Schiff/Brandwynne Duo Perform Violin and Piano Works at Mondavi Center
The UC Davis Department of Music presents artists-in-residence Zina Schiff, protégé of violin master Jascha Heifetz, and Lois Brandwynne, UC Davis faculty pianist, in a performance of works by Mozart, Schubert, Bloch and other classical composers at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15, in the Studio Theatre of the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.
Tickets are $18 for adults and $9 for students and children. Purchase tickets online at MondaviArts.org, through the Mondavi Center ticket office at 530-754-2787 or 866-754-2787 (toll-free), or at the door. Accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Zina Schiff has performed throughout the world. Her recordings include solos with the Israel Philharmonic. The “American Record Guide” has selected her CDs as Critic’s Choice Best of the Year.
The "London Daily Telegraph" wrote that her complete mastery of the violin “took her audience's breath away in a program worthy of her teacher Heifetz,” and the "New York Times" has lauded her "luscious high voltage...vintage Heifetz."Lois Brandwynne has soloed with numerous orchestras, including the San Francisco and Oakland symphonies. She has appeared with the San Francisco Chamber Players, with the Mills Performing Group, and at Davies Symphony Hall on the Chamber Music Sundaes series. The "San Francisco Chronicle” has described her as "a four-star musician with blazing technique, musical intelligence and sensitivity.” “San Francisco Classical Voice” has called her "a wizard at the piano,” bringing “genuine passion to the music [with] beautifully nuanced lyrical lines.”
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