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Select Season: [2001–2002] [2002–2003] [2003–2004] [2004–2005] [2005–2006] [2006–2007] [2007–2008] [2008–2009] [2009–2010] [2010–2011] [2011–2012] [2012–2013] The Previews Archives
2001-2002 Previews Concert Series ~ presenting ~ Beverly Hills Audition Winners Talented rising artists from around the world are selected at the Beverly Hills Auditions and presented monthly in the South Bay on The Interludes concert series in Torrance (previously The Previews concert series in Manhattan Beach). The Interludes series is graciously hosted by First Lutheran Church & School – Torrance as a gift to the community. The concerts also are presented on the preceding Friday evenings on the Music By The Sea recital series in the beautiful Encinitas Library with its expansive view of the Pacific Ocean. From January through June, the concerts are presented the following Sundays on Beverly Hills' Music In The Mansion recital series in the Beverly Hills' historic Greystone Mansion. "The series is a much-sought opportunity for young performers...the talent level is extremely high." ~ Los Angeles Times |
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Saturday, August 25, 2001 at 2:00 p.m. KAZEM ABDULLAH clarinetist
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Saturday, September 22, 2001 at 2:00 p.m. KARINE POGHOSYAN pianist
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Saturday, October 27, 2001 at 2:00 p.m. JESSICA MOK flute
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Saturday, November 17, 2001 at 2:00 p.m. XIBEI JIA pianist (China)
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Saturday, January 26, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. BRENDA JONES pianist
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Saturday, February 23, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. ADOLFO GUTIERREZ ARENAS cellist (Spain)
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Saturday, March 23, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. Cellist FANG FANG XU Cellist FANG FANG XU is a Doctoral Candidate in cello performance at USC studying with Eleonore Schoenfeld. Violinist CHARLES PILON is a graduate student in violin performance at USC studying with Robert Lipsett. Pianist VALERIA MORGOVSKAYA, a graduate of the Kiev State Conservatory, immigrated to the United States in 1990. Since 1991, she has been the official accompanist of the International Gregor Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists at USC. She is currently on staff at Loyola Marymount University as an accompanist and is often engaged in that capacity at USC and the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts. |
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Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. ALEXANDRU TOMESCU violin (Romania) PAVEL PETROV, piano (Russia)
A new name on the Los Angeles musical scene, PAVEL PETROV recently arrived from Russia where he studied at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, and currently enrolled at USC Thornton School of Music under Professor Daniel Pollack. Pavel is a First-Prize winner of the All-Russia Glinka's and Saphonof Piano competitions in Moscow. Internationally, he received 2nd prize in Spain (2000) and 4th prize in Senigalia,Italy (1995). Pavel participated in many international music festivals ( Japan, Macedonia, Spain, Russia), and performed as a soloist to high acclaim in his native Russia. |
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Saturday, June 1, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. CORINNE LARSEN soprano
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KAZEM ABDULLAH is winner of the ARTS
National Talent Search Competition in 1997 and
many other awards, most recently being a grand
prize of the National Symphony Orchestra
Competition and the Bill Cerutti Award from
WETA public radio in Washington D.C. He
soloed with Cincinnati and National Symphony
orchestras and performs in recitals and
participates in music festivals in the US and
abroad. On Friday, October 19, 2001, Kazem will perform
Copland's Clarinet Concerto with the USC Thornton Symphony. 
KARINE POGHOSYAN was born in
Armenia where she graduated with honors from
Art School and Melikian Musical College in
Yerevan, won numerous competitions,
performed in recitals and soloed with orchestra,
and entered Komitas State Conservatory. Karine
immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1998, and currently
pursues a Bachelor's Degree at CSU Northridge.
Since arriving in Los Angeles, Karine has won
numerous scholarships and awards. In October 2000 she performed
the Liszt Piano Concerto with CSUN Symphony Orchestra. Karine
wishes to dedicate her performance of the works she has selected
after the intermission to the victims of the September 11 tragedy.
JESSICA MOK, a native of Seoul,
Korea, began her flute studies at the age
10 and received her Artist Diploma of
Music and Master of Music degrees
from the Cincinnati College
Conservatory. She received a Bachelor
of Music from USC. Among her
numerous awards include a Grand Prize
and Concerto in the Young Artists
Peninsula Competition, first prizes in
the New York Flute Club Competition,
Los Angeles Philharmonic Pasadena
Instrumental Competition, National
Flute Association, Los Angeles
International Philharmonic Excellence in Diversity Competition.
She participated in festivals in Aspen, Sarasota, and Round Top. In
2000 she gave a debut recital at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall.
KEVIN COOPER is pursuing a
Master of Classical Guitar performance
degree at USC, where he received
several honors including the Mary
Pickford Foundation Endowed
Scholarship in Classical Guitar. In 1996
he received the Yamaha Young
Performing Artists Award.
XIBEI JIA arrived in Los Angeles
almost 2 years ago from her native
China, and currently is in the 10th grade
at the Aube Tzerko Piano Academy of
the New Roads School in Santa
Monica, where she studies with Mary
Ann Cummins. In a short time in Los
Angeles she has won numerous musical
honors. Most recently, she won the
Music Center Spotlight Award and
appeared with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic as a winner of the
Bronislav Kaper Award. She also won the State MTAC concerto
competition and the Rotary Club's Young Musicans Competition
and has soloed with Westchester/Marina and the Pacific Palisades
orchestras. Xibei is a recipient of YMF Fred Bock Memorial
Scholarship, and also holds a scholarship from Westside Junior
Philharmonic. Xibei participated in master classes with John Perry
and Murray Perahia.
BRENDA JONES, a USC senior and
student of John Perry, is pursuing a
piano performance degree as well as
minor in business administration. Her
first solo performance with orchestra
was at the age of eight. As a recipient of
the prestigious Gilmore Young Artist
Award in 1998, she has had numerous
concerts nationwide. Other awards
include Los Angeles Music Center
Spotlight Award and top prizes in the
Bronislav Kaper and Kingsville
competitions. She has appeared on NPR "Performance Today" as
well as 91.5KUSC and Michigan Public Radio. Brenda recently
performed with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles
Chamber Orchestra, Symphonies in the Glen, and participated in
festivals in Aspen, Sarasota and New York.
ADOLFO GUTIERREZ ARENAS was born
in Munich, Germany in 1975 and graduated from
the Reina Sofia School of Music under Swedish
cellist Frans Helmerson. He continued
violoncello studies with Lluis Claret and
participated in master courses with such eminent
musicians as Janos Starker, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi,
David Geringas, and Ralph Kirshbaum.
Currently Adolfo is studying with Bernard Greenhouse cellist of the
famed Beaux Art Trio for over three decades. As a member of the
Beethoven String Quartet and the Scarlatti Piano Quartet, sponsored
by the Carlos de Amberes Foundation, he performed throughout
Spain. In chamber music, he performed in festivals in Germany,
France, and Holland. Presently, Adolfo is a member of the Arizcuren
String Trio. Adolfo has been among selected soloists for the 1999
International Laureates Music Festival and performed solo with I
PALPITI Chamber Orchestra in Los Angeles. Season engagements
include numerous performances of Beethoven's entire works for
cello and piano and Bach's Six Suites.
KARINA SABAC was born in Romania in
1978. Her studies in the Romanian "George
Enesco" High School in Bucharest were
accomplished simultaneously with her
University studies in Academy of Arts
"Hochschule der Künste" of Berlin. In 2001, she
received the Masters degree at University of Southern California, in
Los Angeles, where she is presently enrolled in the doctoral program
studing with Professor John Perry.
ALEXANDRU TOMESCU is the
winner of 28 international awards
including 2nd Gran Prix/Menuhin Prize at
the Jaques Thibaud International Violin
Competition in Paris and a Gold Medal in
the Enescu International Violin
Competition, Romania. Hailed in Berliner
Morgenpost as "a violin superstar," in Le
Monde, France as "one of the great players
of violin in the world," and in De Gool-en Eemlander, Holland, as "a
wonder indeed," Alexandru enjoys recognition being among elite
violinists of his generation. He has appeared as soloist with major
orchestras in his native Romania as well as with orchestras
throughout Europe, South and North Korea, the Philippines, Turkey,
and Japan. Most recently he performed with L'Orchestre National de
France under Christoph Eschenbach and Israel Philharmonic under
Sergiu Comissiona. He graduated from Academy of Music in
Bucharest with Professor Stefan Gheorghiu, took master classes
with Ruggero Ricci, and studied with Eduard Schmieder in Europe
and USA. From1998-2000 he was a selected artist of Young Artists
International and was a featured soloist in its annual International
Laureates Festival in Los Angeles, Taos and Seoul. In 2001, he was
featured in THE STRAD and French Classica Magazine.
CORINNE LARSEN has studied
with Marvellee Cariaga since age 14. A
graduate of the Orange County School
of the Arts, she participated in the
Opera Arts Training Program in San
Francisco in 1995-96. She has won
prizes in the Carmel Music Society
Voice Competition, the Los Angeles
Artists of the Future Competition and
the American Institute of Fine Arts
Voice Competition, as well as many
scholarships. In the 1997-98 and
1998-99 seasons she covered roles in Manon, Cosi fan Tutte, The
Magic Flute, and Don Giovanni. She has sung numerous recitals,
participated in Summer Songfest in 1997, 1998, and 2000, and most
recently performed in the Young Artists Peninsula Music Festival.
She appeared in "Sundays at Two" in 1995. She spent last summer at
Aspen with a full fellowship in Voice Performance Studies and was
a regional finalist at the Metropolitan Opera auditions in October.