Tickets are and are $5.00 available at the Rialto on Friday, April 3rd or by calling 570-268-2787 or visiting the BCRAC office at the Keystone Theatre in Towanda.
For over 24 years, The Piatigorsky Foundation’s commitment to artistic excellence and public outreach has fascinated many avid concert goers as well as curious first-timers. It is this combination of complimentary access, flamboyant performances, and human warmth that makes Piatigorsky Foundation concerts so appealing to diverse audiences. During its last visit, The Foundation presented a tour of 8 concerts in Pennsylvania reaching over 1,415 people in Latrobe, Canton and Mansfield. Likewise, this year The Piatigorsky Foundation aims to reach hundreds of people across Pennsylvania to increase awareness and appreciation of classical music in communities throughout the state.
Violinist Linda Rosenthal performs throughout North America, Europe and Asia in recitals, as a soloist with orchestra and as a chamber musician. She is Founder and Artistic Director of Juneau Jazz & Classics, an annual festival that features world-renowned classical, jazz and blues musicians each May. She is also Founder and Artistic Director of the Lake Placid Chamber Music Seminar in New York and Professor of Music at the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau, Alaska, where she makes her home. In addition to a busy schedule performing solo and chamber music, Ms. Rosenthal also tours Strings & Stories, a show for young audiences that she created and premiered at the Kennedy Center in 1995. Over the past decade, Ms. Rosenthal has commissioned and premiered more than a dozen works, including pieces for solo violin, electric violin and violin & narrator. Her four solo CDs include Three American Sonatas, featuring the works Copland, Piston and Porter; Favorite Violin Encores; Fiddle de Bop, a collection of Americana music for violin and piano; and Glacier Blue, A Concerto for Violin and Jazz Big Band. Linda Rosenthal plays on a violin made in Turin, Italy in 1772 by J. B. Guadagnini.
Maxim Pakhomov, pianist, has toured England, Scotland, Austria and Estonia in both solo and chamber music performances. He is a founding member of The Bronx Chamber Players and is principal pianist of the Bronx Opera Company. His solo performances include piano concertos by Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens, Brahms, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Grieg with the Orchestra of the Bronx, the Orchestra of The Barge Music Festival, and the Staten Island Philharmonic. Mr. Pakhomov is a graduate of The Moscow Conservatory.