The Berofsky Piano Quartet
Free - no tickets required
This exciting and dynamic ensemble is all in the family! Professors Aaron Berofsky (violin) and Kathryn Votapek (viola) are joined by their sons Sebastian (cello) and Charles (piano) for an engaging evening of chamber music, featuring masterpieces by Mozart and Brahms, as well as the charming piano quartet of Joaquín Turina.
Aaron Berofsky, violin
Kathryn Votapek, viola
Sebastian Berofsky, cello
Charles Berofsky, piano
PROGRAM
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 493
I. Allegro
II. Larghetto
III. Allegretto
Turina: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67 (1931)
I. Lento – Andante mosso
II. Vivo
III. Andante – Allegretto
Intermission
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Scherzo: Allegro
III. Andante
IV. Finale: Allegro comodo
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Great Musical Families: The Berofsky Quartet
Postponed from March 2020, the “Great Musical Families” concert is coming back to Master Players with the Berofsky Piano Quartet. Aaron Berofsky and Kathryn Votapek, former longtime members of the legendary Chester String Quartet, are joined by their award-winning sons, pianist and composer Charles and cellist Sebastian.
The Chester String Quartet, acclaimed as “one of the country’s best young string quartets” by the Boston Globe, has toured worldwide and has participated in numerous commissions and recordings as the former resident quartet at the University of Michigan and at Indiana University South Bend. Aaron and Kathryn are currently on the string faculty at the University of Michigan and the Chautauqua Institution. Kathryn, whose father Ralph was the gold medalist of the first Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, also comes from a large family of accomplished musicians.
The family members will perform music by Mozart, Chopin, Dvořák and Schubert.
For more information, visit University of Delaware Master Players.
Chautauqua Chamber Music: Berofsky Piano Quartet
Aaron Berofsky, violin/chair of School of Music Strings
Kathryn Votapek, viola/chair of School of Music Chamber Music
Charles Berofsky, piano
Sebastian Berofsky, cello
Repertoire:
W.A. Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Charles Berofsky: Uneasy Dreams
Dvorak: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat minor, op. 87
Chautauqua School of Music faculty members Aaron Berofsky, violin/chair of School of Music Strings and his wife, Kathryn Votapek, viola, are joined by are joined by their award-winning sons, pianist and composer Charles, and cellist Sebastian to create the Berofsky Piano Quartet.
Aaron Berofsky was the first violinist of the Chester String Quartet for fifteen years and has been concertmaster of the Ann Arbor Symphony since 2003. Kathryn Votapek was also a member of the Chester String Quartet for 15 years and now maintains an active career as a soloist and guest artist at chamber music festivals throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
For more information, please visit Chautauqua Institution.
Virtual Quartet Dinner featuring the Berofsky Family Quartet
On May 9, your A2SO will be hosting a quartet dinner, and it’s virtual! The concert will feature music performed by the Berofsky family. Your $100 ticket will include a private quartet concert streaming link, salad, entrée, and dessert. Bottles of wine may be purchased for an additional charge. 100% of wine proceeds will go to the restaurants. In support of local Ann Arbor eateries, we will be partnering with the Mani/Isalita/Miketterestaurant group to provide curbside pick-up meals as delicious accompaniment to our virtual concert. Browse the delicious entrée options below and pre-order your meal by Wednesday, May 6. This is an excellent way to celebrate local food, local music, our resilient community, and Mother’s Day weekend!
For more information, visit A2SO.
3 Generations of Musicians - The Berofsky Family with University of Delaware
UD Master Players Series - Backstage Pass Online
Pressenda Chamber Players Concert 5
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): String Sextet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): String Sextet Transfigured Night
Aaron Berofsky, violin
Kathryn Votapek, violin
Amadi Akiziwe, viola
Jan Muller-Szeraws, cello
Tobias Werner, cello
A2SO: Scottish Fantasy
7:00 p.m. pre-concert lecture
Maxwell Davies An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise
with Timothy Michling, bagpipes
Bruch Scottish Fantasy with Aaron Berofsky, violin
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor “Scottish”
Combine your soft spot for all things Scotland with the dash provided by your A2SO, and you’ll have an evening of delights. Concertmaster Aaron Berofsky weaves his always elegant-silky sound, and Principal Oboe Timothy Michling trades in his beloved oboe for the fullness of bagpipes.
Guest/Faculty Recital: Tobias Werner, cello and SMTD Faculty Aaron Berofsky, violin, Amy I-Lin Cheng, piano, and Kathryn Votapek, violin
Tobias was the cellist in residence and co-artistic director at Garth Newel Music Center from 1999 until 2012. He is the music director at The Chamber Music Conference of the East, artistic director of VERGE ensemble, ensemble-in-residence at the Washington Conservatory of Music, teaches at Georgetown University, and is an Arts for the Aging (AFTA) teaching artist. He has performed at the Cape and Islands Chamber Music Festival, Villa Musica Mainz, the San Diego Chamber Music Workshop, the Vail Valley Bravo! Colorado Music Festival, the Maui Classical Music Festival, in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Strathmore Hall, the Phillips Collection, the Library of Congress, the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the New York Society for Ethical Culture, and at Bargemusic. Tobias has appeared as soloist with orchestras in the US, France, Germany, and Romania, and recent performances have included the concertos of Dvorák, Elgar, Haydn, and Boccherini. He has recorded on the ECM, Darbringhaus & Grimm, Bayer Records, and Orfeo labels. Recent CD releases include Piano Quartets by Mozart, Brahms, Dvorák, and Martinu with the Garth Newel Piano Quartet, the Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by J.S. Bach, and the Sonatas for Piano and Cello by Beethoven with Victor Asuncion. Tobias studied at the Musikhochschule Freiburg in Germany, and at Boston University. His teachers have included Andrés Díaz, Christoph Henkel, and Xavier Gagnepain. He plays on an 1844 J.F. Pressenda cello
PROGRAM: Mozart- Piano Quartet in G Minor; Brahms- Piano Quartet in G Minor
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Faculty Recital: Kathryn Votapek, violin and Christopher Harding, piano with Adam Unsworth, horn
Kathryn Votapek and Christopher Harding present a recital featuring sonatas of Mozart and Rodrigo. Adam Unsworth joins them for a performance of Brahms’s Horn Trio.
Free - no tickets required