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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
2002-2003 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 24, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. SAYAKO KUSAKA violin
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Saturday, September 21, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. JAKUB OMSKY cello
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Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. The Duo
"A force to be reckoned with....they are the future of classical guitar." ~ William Kanengiser, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet "The Duo plays with fire, commitment, humor, musicianship, and a strong personal bond....In the next generation of young guitarists, they stand out as artists with a bright, secure future." ~ guitarist/composer Bryan Johanson |
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Saturday, November 23, 2002 at 2:00 p.m. SHERYL LEE piano
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Saturday, January 25, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. DANIEL AUSTRICH violin
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Saturday, February 22, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. ANDRÉ DUBELSTEN trumpet &
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Saturday, March 22, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. FANG FANG XU cello
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Saturday, April 26, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. EDNA YUAN-YUAN CHIA piano
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Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. TIMO-VEIKKO VALVE cello
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Winner of many prestigious competitions,
violinist SAYAKO KUSAKA received a Silver
Medal in the Premio Paganini International
Violin Competition in Italy, where she also won
the Best Performer Caprice Award, and third
prize in the 8th Jean Sibelius International
Violin Competition in Finland. She soloed with
the Tokyo Symphony, the Kirov Orchestra, and
the Japan, Osaka and Kansai Philharmonics, and
was a featured soloist with I PALPITI in Los
Angeles and Japan. She also soloed and recorded with the Meadows
Symphony Orchestra and continues her studies with Professor
Eduard Schmieder at Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas. This
summer she was a featured soloist with I PALPITI in the 6th Annual
International Laureates Festival.
JAKUB OMSKY was born in Warsaw,
Poland, where he started as the youngest
student in the history of the Fryderyk
Chopin Music Academy. He continued his
studies with Peter Rejto and Andor Toth,
Jr. at the Oberlin College Conservatory of
Music, graduating with Honors in 1995 (Bachelor of Music) and in
1997 (Artist Diploma). He is continuing his studies at USC under
Eleanor Schoenfeld. Jakub has performed at prestigious summer
festivals including Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music
Festival, and Music Academy of the West. 
ERIC BENZANT-FELDRA &
MICHAEL KUDIRKA met at USC and
took 1st and 2nd prizes respectively in the
10th Annual Portland Guitar Competition.
As a duo they have performed extensively
on the West Coast as well as in Chicago
and Osaka, Japan.
Canadian pianist SHERYL LEE attended the
Juilliard pre-college program. She continued her
education at Yale and is currently studying with
John Perry at USC. A recipient of many awards,
she has performed with the Utah Symphony, the
Haling Park Orchestra and Mill Hill Sinfonia in
London, and the Bratislava Chamber Orchestra
in Austria, and has given recitals in New York,
Boston, Connecticut, London, and Hong Kong.
Born in St. Petersburg in 1984,
DANIEL AUSTRICH entered St.
Petersburg Conservatory when he was
9 years old. His teacher there and his
current mentor is Alla Aranovskaya,
first violinist of the St. Petersburg
Quartet. He performed as a soloist with orchestras in the Grand
Philharmonic Hall and other prestigious venues. In 1997 his family
moved to Germany, where he won first prizes in the Steinway &
Sons Competition and Jeunesses Musicales, and most recently won
a Guarneri violin performing with the North German Radio and
Zurich Chamber Orchestra. He is continuing his studies under Ms.
Aranovskaya at Oberlin College.
ANDRÉ DUBELSTEN and DEVON
GUTHRIE are two 16-year-old friends
who perform a baroque repertoire for
soprano and trumpet as well as solo
repertoires. In 2001 André won 1st prize in
the National Trumpet Competition and won
in the brass/woodwind section of the
Vancouver Symphony Competition. He has performed throughout
the U.S. and was a member of the Disney Orchestra (1997-1999).
He has studied with Tim Morrison and Wynton Marsalis. André
plans to attend the Juilliard School of Music this fall. In 2001 Devon
Guthrie was a semifinalist in the L.A. Music Center Spotlight
Awards in the Classical Voice Division and 1st-prize winner in the
British Arts Awards in London. She has performed as a soloist with
the YMF Debut Orchestra and the South Coast Symphony, and is a
student of Elisabeth Howard of Vocal Power Academy.
Cellist FANG FANG XU began cello lessons
with her father in Beijing at age 6, attended the
Central Conservatory of Beijing, and toured
Singapore. In 1990 she moved to the U.S. and
continued her studies with Professor Eleonore
Shoenfeld at USC, where she earned Bachelor's
and Master's degrees in music in cello
performance. She has won many competitions in
Southern California, performed with orchestras
as a soloist, and in 2001 joined Philharmonie der
Nationen on tour in Spain and Germany. She is in the USC doctoral
program.
A native of Taiwan, pianist EDNA
YUAN-YUAN CHIA received her
Bachelor's degree from National Taiwan
University in 1997. She has been a winner in
both Piano Performance and Composition in
the National Taiwan Music Competition, and
in the U.S. received an award from the Leni
FeBland Foundation, a Dean's scholarship
from the USC Thornton School of Music, and
most recently second prize in the annual
Carmel Music Society Competition. 
Finnish cellist TIMO-VEIKKO VALVE has
soloed in Finland with major orchestras
including the Finnish Radio Symphony and the
Helsinki String Chamber Orchestra. He has
appeared as a soloist and a chamber musician in
France, Ireland, Great Britain, Germany,
Belgium, South Africa, and Norway, and has
performed in numerous festivals. Second prize
winner in the Eurovision Grand Prix for Young
Musicians in 2000, Timo-Veikko performs both the modern and the
romantic repertoire for the cello. He has recorded for the Finnish
Broadcasting Company and for TV. His 2002 concerts include a
performance of Schumann's concerto with Sinfonia Lahti conducted
by Paavo Berglund, a solo recital in the Lux Musicae festival, and a
solo appearance with I PALPITI at the Ford Amphitheatre the 6th
Annual International Laureates Festival.