Lysander Piano Trio to Close Out 2023-24 Auditorium Chamber Music Series April 9
April 03, 2024
MOSCOW, Idaho 鈥� The Auditorium Chamber Music Series will wrap up its 37th season with the Lysander Piano Trio performing in concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, at 果冻传媒麻豆社鈥檚 Administration Auditorium on campus in Moscow.聽
The Lysander Piano Trio, whose name is inspired by the character in Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淎 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream,鈥� is composed of pianist Liza Stepanova, violinist Itamar Zorman and cellist Michael Katz.
Praised by The Strad for its 鈥渋ncredible ensemble, passionate playing, articulate and imaginative ideas and wide palette of colors鈥� and by The Washington Post for 鈥渁n uncommon degree of heart-on-the-sleeve emotional frankness," the trio has been performing together for more than a decade.
The ensemble will perform an assortment of selections from the early 19th century through to the present day: Sergei Rachmaninoff鈥檚 Trio 茅l茅giaque No. 1 in G Minor (1892), Bongani Ndodana-Breen鈥檚 鈥淭wo Nguni Dances鈥� (2009), Udi Perlman鈥檚 鈥淣ostos鈥� (2022) and Ludwig van Beethoven鈥檚 Piano Trio Op. 97, 鈥淎rchduke鈥� (1811).
Tickets, which are $25 for the general public, $20 for seniors, $10 for U of I students and free for children 12 and under, can be purchased at , as well as at the Bruce M. Pitman Center box office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and at the door an hour before the concert begins (card only, no cash).聽聽
Since 1986, the Auditorium Chamber Music Series has presented some of the world's finest small ensembles in the beautiful neo-gothic auditorium in the heart of U of I鈥檚 campus.聽
For more information about the trio, visit . For more information about the music series, visit uidaho.edu/acms.
Media Contact:
Monica Evans
Music Events Operations Coordinator, Lionel Hampton School of Music
208-885-7557
chmusic@uidaho.edu
About the 果冻传媒麻豆社
The 果冻传媒麻豆社, home of the Vandals, is Idaho鈥檚 land-grant, national research university. From its residential campus in Moscow, U of I serves the state of Idaho through educational centers in Boise, Coeur d鈥橝lene and Idaho Falls, nine research and Extension centers, plus Extension offices in 42 counties. Home to more than 12,000 students statewide, U of I is a leader in student-centered learning and excels at interdisciplinary research, service to businesses and communities, and in advancing diversity, citizenship and global outreach. U of I competes in the Big Sky and Western Athletic conferences. Learn more at uidaho.edu.