Violinist Sarah Chang & Pianist Sonya Ovrutsky Fensome
Sep 22nd, 2024
At 7:30 p.m.

Where:
Wachholz College Center
795 Grandview Drive Kalispell, MT

Description:
Wachholz College Center is proud to present world renowned violinst SARAH CHANG and pianist SONYA OVRUTSKY FENSOME in recital.

SARAH CHANG - VIOLINIST

Recognized as one of the foremost violinists of our time, Sarah Chang has performed with the most esteemed orchestras, conductors, and accompanists in an international career spanning more than two decades. Since her debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of eight, Ms. Chang has continued to impress audiences with her technical virtuosity and refined emotional depth.

In 2006, Ms. Chang was listed in the 20 Top Women in Newsweek Magazine’s “Women and Leadership," and in 2008, Ms. Chang was named a Young Global Leader for 2008 by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

In 2012, Sarah Chang received the Harvard University Leadership Award, and in 2005, Yale University dedicated a chair in Sprague Hall in her name. In 2004, Ms. Chang carried the Olympic Torch in New York for the Olympic games, became the youngest person ever to receive the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame award, and was awarded Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana Prize in Sienna, Italy.

Other previous distinctions include the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Gramophone’s “Young Artist of the Year” award, Germany’s “Echo” Schallplattenpreis, “Newcomer of the Year” honors at the International Classical Music Awards in London, and Korea’s “Nan Pa” award. In 2011, Ms. Chang was named an official Artistic Ambassador by the United States Department of State.


SONYA OVRUTSKY FENSOME - PIANIST

Born in Moscow, Russia, into a family of classical musicians, Ms. Ovrutsky Fensome gave her first performance at age 5. At age 15, she gained world recognition upon winning the International Piano Competition in Senigalia, Italy. She was invited to study at the Juilliard School of Music as a full scholarship recipient, where she earned her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in piano performance, studying with legendary professors Herbert Stessin for piano and Felix Galimir for chamber music.

Ms. Ovrutsky Fensome has performed in major venues in the United States, Europe, Russia, and South Africa – including Weill Carnegie Concert Hall and Lincoln Center in NY, Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Aspen Music Festival, Palace de Beaux Arts in Brussels and Lucerne Music Festival. She performed as a soloist with the Aspen Festival Orchestra, Reno Philharmonic, and Neuchatel Festival Orchestra in Switzerland. She has performed in recitals with world renowned violinist Sarah Chang, and collaborates with her brother, violinist Mikhail Ovrutsky.

Ms. Ovrutsky Fensome resides in the Boston area where she is a professor at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, and the director of M. Steinert and Sons Piano Academy.


Program to include:

Sonatensatz in C minor, WoO 2 JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)

Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 JOHANNES BRAHMS
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Un poco presto e con sentimento
IV. Presto agitato

~ INTERMISSION ~

Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
I. Moderato
II. Presto
III. Andante
IV. Allegro con brio