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Featuring...
Olga Kern, piano - Mon., September 22, 2008
Jupiter String Quartet - Mon., November 10, 2008
Balsom Ensemble - Mon., February 23, 2009
Amelia Piano Trio - Mon., March 16, 2009
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All performances begin at 8:00 p.m. and will be presented at the Sunrise Theater.
Subscription for reserved seating: $80 per person for 4 concerts ($30 for students)
To subscribe, receive a brochure, or additional information, call 910-692-4356.
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Monday, September 22, 2008 at 8 p.m.
OLGA KERN, PIANO
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 Winner of the Gold Medal at the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the first woman to have achieved this distinction in more than 30 years, Olga Kern was born into a family of musicians with direct links to Tchaikovsky and Rachmanivov and began studying piano at the age of five. Her teachers include Evgeny Timakin at the Moscow Central School, Sergei Dorensky at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and Boris Petrushansky at Accademia Pianistica Incontri col Maestro in Italy. She has appeared in recitals and as a soloist on all five continents, captivating fans and critics alike with her passionate artistry and magnetic stage presence. Immediately following the striking Russian's acclaimed New York recital début at Carnegie Hall's new Zankel Hall in 2004, she was invited back to play a return engagement in Carnegie Hall's main Stern Auditorium only eleven days later. She is a magnetic performer with one of the most prodigious piano techniques of any young pianist. Ms. Kern records exclusively with Harmonia Mundi. Her new release of Brahms Variations was released in 2007. For more on Ms. Kern, please click here.
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Monday, November 10, 2008 at 8 p.m.
JUPITER STRING QUARTET
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 The Jupiter String Quartet has been earning an impressive list of awards for such a young chamber group. In 2004, they won the Grand Prize in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and first prize in the 8th Banff International String Quartet Competition; in 2005, they garnered the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the Jerome L. Greene Foundation Prize, which sponsored their debut at Carnegie's Zankel Hall; in 2006, they received the Award for Outstanding Chamber Music Performance from the Austin Critics Table; and in 2007, Chamber Music American awarded them the Cleveland Quartet Award, a prize which “honors and promotes a rising young string quartet whose artistry demonstrates that it is in the process of establishing a major career.” They have also been selected to join Lincoln Center's Chamber Music Society Two for a three-year residency. The quartet is made up of Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel on violin, Liz Freivogel on Viola, and Daniel McDonough on cello. To learn more about the Jupiter String Quartet, click onto www.jupiterquartet.com.
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Monday, February 23, 2009 at 8 p.m.
BALSOM ENSEMBLE
featuring ALISON BALSOM, TRUMPET
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 A highly acclaimed artist, trumpeter Alison Balsom was named Best Young British Performer at the 2006 Classical Brit Awards and was honored with the Classic FM Listener's Award in the September 2006 Gramophone Awards. Recording exclusively for EMI Classics, her latest CD Caprice was released in 2006 to further critical acclaim. She has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony, LA Philharmonic, and English Chamber Orchestra, as well as at London's Mostly Mozart Festival with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Chicago's Ravinia Festival, and her New York debut at “Free for All at the Town Hall.” Ms. Balsom studied trumpet at the Guildhall School of Music, the Paris Conservatoire, and with Hĺkan Hardenberger. She received the Feeling Musique Prize for quality of sound in the 4th Maurice André International Trumpet Competition, and was recently appointed Visiting Professor of the trumpet to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. The Balsom Ensemble consists of trumpet, violin, cello, and harpsichord/piano, and performs a wide variety of works from across the centuries. You can learn more about Alison Balsom at her website, www.alisonbalsom.com.
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Monday, March 16, 2009 at 8 p.m.
AMELIA PIANO TRIO
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 Formed in 1999, the Amelia Piano Trio is among the most exciting young chamber ensembles to appear in the last decade. Called “remarkable” by Strings and “exemplary” by The Strad, the group has quickly become one of its generation's most sought-after ensembles. In 2003, National Public Radio asked the group to be the Young Ensemble in Residence, which put them firmly in the foreground of classical music in America. The Trio has performed extensively in North America and abroad, including France, Italy, Panama, and the Caribbean. In addition, members of the Trio have toured North America and Central Asia with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project. The Trio is actively involved in arts education and dedicates a substantial amount of time to educational projects, master classes, and coaching children and adults. The Trio members are professors at the Hartt School of Music and Connecticut College, and include Anthea Kreston on violin, Jason Duckles on cello, and Rieko Aizawa on piano. To learn more about the Amelia Piano Trio, visit their website, www.ameliapianotrio.com.
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PAST CLASSICAL CONCERT SERIES YEAR: 2006-07 2007-08
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[ARTIST/AGENT INQUIRIES: The Arts Council of Moore County is happy to accept press kits for artists wishing to perform in the Classical Concert Series. Please send them to the Arts Council of Moore County, P.O. Box 405, Southern Pines, NC 28388. Be sure to include a bio, recording (CD only), photo, press clippings, and contact information. We may not be able to review your materials and we will not respond to every submission we receive. If we are able to include you in a future series, we will contact you. No phone calls, please. Thank you for your interest in the Classical Concert Series.]
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