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Chamber Music Series

The Sonoran Chamber Music Series
ASU School of Music
Katzin Concert Hall
Sunda), November 9, 2014
2:30 p.m.

Thomas Landschoot, Cellist
Victor Santiago Asunci6n Pianist

About The Artists

Program

Pianist Victor Santiago Asunci6n is recognized as a pianist of
innate musical sensitivity, fiery temperament, and superb
technique. He was hailed by the Washington Post for his "poised
and imaginative playing." As a recitalist and concerto soloist, he
has appeared in major concert halls in Brazil, Canada, Japan,
Mexico, Turkey and the Philippines. He played his orchestral debut
at the age of 18 with the Manila Chamber Orchestra and his New
York recital debut in Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall in 1999. In
addition, he has worked with conductors including Sergio Esrnilla,
Enrique Batiz, Zev Dorman, Arthur Weisberg, Corrick Brown,
David Loebel, Leon Fleisher, Michael Stern, Jordan Tang, and
Bobby Mcferrin.

Sonata for Piano and Cello
Op. 5,No.1

A chamber music enthusiast, he has performed with artists such as
Lynn Harrell, Zuill Bailey, Andres Diaz, Antonio Meneses,
Cho-Liang Lin, James Dunham, Ronald Leonard, Susanne Mentzer,
H.K. Gruber, John O'Connor, Marc Neikrug, Liang Wang,
Ensemble Sao Paolo, and the Vega and Emerson String quartets at
venues that include the Phillips Collection, the Corcoran Gallery,
92nd Street Y, Benaroya, Merkin, Spivey and Shriver Concert Halls,
and the Santa Fe, Aspen, Madison, Virtuosi, Pera, and Amelia
Island Music Festivals. He was on the chamber music faculty of the
Aspen Music Festival and School, as well as the Garth Newel
Summer Music Festival. He was also the pianist for the Garth
Newel Piano Quartet for three seasons.
In addition to his active performing career, Mr. Asunci6n is sought
after as a piano, vocal, and chamber music coach. He is currently an
associate professor of piano, and Director of Collaborative Arts
Studies at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. He received his
Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 2007 from the University of
Maryland at College Park. His principal teachers include Rosario
Picazo, Avelina Manalo, Roberta Rust, and Rita Sloan.

Praised for his expressive and poetic music making, Belgian
cellist Thomas Landschoot enjoys an international career as a
pedagogue, as well as a concert and recording artist. As an active
soloist, he has performed recitals and concerto performances in
Brussels, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Taipei, Toronto, Vancouver, San
Francisco, New York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Bucharest, and
Loja, Equador with orchestras like the National Orchestra of
Belgium, the Orchestra of the White House and the Frankfurt
Chamber Orchestra. He has performed at renowned festivals and
music series including Barge Music, Park City, Santa Barbara,
Mammoth Lakes, Eureka, High Peaks, Utah, Red Rock, Waterloo,
Killington and Texas Music Festivals. His CD recordings are
released on Summit, Organic, Kokopelli, ArchiMusic and Centaur
Records.
Over 20 new cornposltions have been written for Torn Landschoot,
including two large symphonic cello concertos by two leading
European contemporary composers: 'Prix de La Musique' winning
Frank Nuyts and director of the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra
Dirk Brosse.
Thomas Landschoot was appointed to the faculty of music at
Arizona State University School of Music in 2001, after having
taught at the University of Michigan. In 2013, Landschoot joined
the Rossetti String Quartet. Thomas Landschoot performs on a
Tornrnaso Balestrieri cello and a Dominique Pecatte bow.

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)

Adagio sostenuto
Allegro
Allegro vivace

Three transcriptions

Franz Liszt
(1811-1886)

Liebestraurn
Gretchen am Spinnrade
Widrnung

(Liszt)
(Schubert/ Liszt)
(Schumann/ Liszt)

La Soledad
from "La Soledad de America Latina"

Dirk Brosse
(b. 1960)

Intermission

Sonata for Piano and Cello
Op.19
Lento - Allegro moderato
Allegro scherzando
Andante
Allegro rnosso

Sergei Rachmaninoff
(1873-1943)

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2014-2015 season
October 19, 2014 Piano Trio
November 9, 2014 Cello and Piano
January 25, 2015 Piano Quartet
March L 2015 Cello and Piano
April 12, 2015 Piano Trio

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