Pianist Orli Shaham and violinist Deborah Buck bring Clara Schumann's legacy to Bargemusic
Concert on May 26 includes music by Clara and Robert Schumann, Amanda Maier, Jessie Montgomery, Johannes Brahms, and Avner Dorman
On May 26 at 7 pm pianist Orli Shaham joins violinist Deborah Buck to celebrate Clara Schumann's legacy at Bargemusic in Brooklyn (1 Water Street). In addition to works by Clara and Robert Schumann, the program extends to the couple's circle of friends, with music by Amanda Maier and Johannes Brahms featured alongside contemporary works from Jessie Montgomery and Avner Dorman.
Clara Schumann was an inspiration to generations of composers and performers for her artistry and fierce personal perseverance. Celebrating her legacy, Buck and Shaham perform works by Schumann and her contemporaries, including violin sonatas by her husband Robert and friend Amanda Maier, alongside Brahms' Intermezzo No. 1 for piano solo. The duo rounds out the program with Avner Dorman's Intermezzo No. 2 for piano solo "After Brahms", and Jessie Montgomery's Rhapsody No. 1 for solo violin.
Tickets for the May 26 concert at Bargemusic are $35 and available online at Bargemusic.org or at the door.
Calendar Listing
Friday, May 26, 2023 at 7 pm
Pianist Orli Shaham and Violinist Deborah Buck
at Bargemusic (1 Water St, Brooklyn, NY 11201)
Tickets $35 available here
Amanda Maier Sonata for Violin and Piano
Jessie Montgomery Rhapsody No. 1 for Solo Violin
Clara Schumann Three Romances Op. 22 for Violin and Piano
Johannes Brahms Intermezzo Op. 119, No. 1 for piano solo
Avner Dorman After Brahms, Intermezzo No. 2 for piano solo
Robert Schumann Sonata No.1 for Violin and Piano, Op. 105
Biographies
Hailed as “a first-rate Mozartean” by Chicago Tribune, Orli Shaham has established an international reputation as one of today's most gifted pianists.
Orli Shaham has performed with many of the major orchestras around the world, and has appeared in recital from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House. She is Artistic Director of Pacific Symphony’s chamber series Café Ludwig in Costa Mesa, California and Artistic Director of the interactive children's concert series, Orli Shaham’s Bach Yard, which she founded in 2010.
In 2022, Ms. Shaham releases the second and third volumes of the complete Mozart Piano Sonatas. Her Mozart recording project also includes Volume 1 of the Piano Sonatas and her album of Piano Concertos with St. Louis Symphony, all of which are part of her discography of a over a dozen titles on Canary Classics, Deutsche Gramophone, Albany Records, SFS Media and more.
Orli Shaham is a Co-Host and Creative for the national radio program From the Top. She is on the piano and chamber music faculty at The Juilliard School and is chair of the board of trustees at Kaufman Music Center in New York. In 2022, Orli Shaham serves on the juries of both the Cliburn and Honens International Piano Competitions.
Deborah Buck has built a rich and varied musical career as a chamber musician, concertmaster, soloist, professor, and artistic leader. Ms. Buck made her Lincoln Center concerto debut in 1997 with the Little Orchestra Society. For seventeen years, Ms. Buck was a member of the Lark Quartet where she concertized, commissioned, and recorded works by many of America’s most celebrated composers. As a recitalist, she has performed at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.; the Dame Myra Hess Series in Chicago for WFMT; the Brooklyn Museum of Art; and over the airways via “Sunday’s Live” on Los Angeles’s KKGO.
In 2022, Ms. Buck was appointed Concertmaster of Orchestra Lumos (formerly Stamford Symphony) and has been guest concertmaster of the Phoenix and West Virginia Symphonies. Ms. Buck is Assistant Professor of Violin and Head of Strings and Chamber Music at SUNY Purchase, and Co-Executive Director and curator of the Faculty Concert Series at the Kinhaven Music School in Vermont.