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Chamber Music Series

The Sonoran Chamber Music Series
ASU School of Music
Katzin Concert Hall
Sunday, October 19, 2014
2:30 p.m.

Henry Gronnier, Violinist
Thomas Landschoot, Cellist
Rina Dokshitsky, Pianist

About The Artists

Violinist Henry Gronnier is a founding member and first
violinist of the Rossetti String Quartet. While specializing in
chamber music, Gronnier also has led a distinguished career as
both a recitalist and an orchestral soloist, having performed in
such venues as London's Wigmore Hall and Carnegie's Weill
Hall in New York City. He has performed at an array of chamber
music festivals throughout the Americas and Europe, including
the Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto in both Italy and in
Charleston, S.C., the Lucerne Festival, The Festival
Mediterraneen, Festival Albert Schweitzer, and Festival Zino
Francescatti, the Mostly Mozart Festival and Caramoor Festival
in New York, the Casals Festival of Puerto Rico, and Mexico's
Festival de San Miguel de Allende.
Gronnier's studies included work at the Conservatoire National de
Region de Versailles, where he received a Gold Medal, followed by
further studies with Michele Auclair and Zino Francescatti. His
subsequent full scholarship at the University of Tulsa led to him
working with the renowned French violinist, Nell Gotkovsky. Mr.
Gronnier has shared musical stages with many leading artists,
including Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Chantal Juillet, Anne Queffelec,
Carter Brey, Eugenia Zukerman, Lucas Foss, and many others.
Henry Gronnier has been a member of the violin faculty of the USC
Thornton School of Music, and was the Thornton School's Director
of Chamber Music. Currently he is on the faculty of the Colburn
School of Music in Los Angeles.

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 compositions have been written for Tom Landschoot,
including two large symphonic cello concertos by two leading
European contemporary composers: 'Prix de La Musique' winning
Frank Nuyts and director of the Phil!ldelphia 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 Tommaso Balestrieri cello
and a Dominique Pecatte bow.

Israeli pianist Rina Dokshitsky gave her first solo
appearance at age thirteen, performing Mendelssohn's
Piano Concerto No.1 with the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra. At age twenty-one, Dokshitsky won the Young
Concert Artists International Auditions and consequently
made her debut recital at the 92nd Street Y and Kennedy
Center. Two years later she received fifth place at the
Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition and
was awarded a special prize as the best Israeli performer.
Dokshitsky has performed extensively as a solo recitalist
and her orchestra appearances have included the Israel
Philharmonic, the Jerusalem Symphony, the Israel
Chamber Orchestra, the New England Conservatory
Symphony, the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, the
Paducah Symphony Orchestra, the Lake Charles
Symphony, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, and the
Santa Monica Symphony. Festival appearances have
included performing at Spoleto Festival in the U.S. and
Italy, Chamber Music East, Grand Teton Festival and
Ravinia Festival. She often has collaborated with cellist
Alban Gerhardt with whom she performed at 92nd Street
Y, Kennedy Center, Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, and on a
tour of Japan. She also recorded a CD with Gerhardt under
the EMI label.
Dokshitsky is also passionately dedicated to her teaching
and is highly sought after as a piano teacher. She resides in
Los Angeles and regularly collaborates with the Rossetti
String Quartet and with violinist Henry Gronnier.

Program

Prelude and Fugue
no. XVI in G minor

Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)

Sonata for Piano and Violin
in G major Op. 96 No. 10

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)

Allegro moderato
Adagio espressivo
Allegro
Poco allegretto
Intermission

Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor
Op.66
Allegro energico e con fuoco
Andante espressivo
Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto
Finale: Allegro appassionato

Felix Mendelssohn
(1809-1847)

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Thank You for Your Support
B Major $5000 +
E Major $2500 +
A Major $1000 +
D Major $500 +
G Major $250 +
C Major $100 +
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ASU Foundation
Sonoran Chamber Music Series (memo box)
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P.O. Box 870405, Tempe, AZ 85287-0405
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Shawn Richards@asu.edu or 480.965.8985

2014-2015 season
November 9, 2014 Cello and Piano
January 25, 2015 Piano Quartet
March 1, 2015 Cello and Piano
April 12, 2015 Piano Trio

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