Kevin Lawrence Violinist
VCU Music welcomes guest artist Kevin Lawrence for a recital on December 2, 8-9 pm at the Singleton Center.
PROGRAM:
Schubert: Rondo Brillante in B minor, Opus 70
Poulenc: Sonata in D minor (1943)
Prokofiev: Sonata in D Major, Op. 94a
Praised for his “vibrant intensity,” (The Times, London) and playing supremely convincing in its vitality,” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) violinist Kevin Lawrence has consistently elicited superlative responses for his performances throughout the United States and Europe. His assertive style and strong musical personality have thrilled audiences at Merkin Hall, Carnegie Hall and and Alice Tully Hall in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and in Houston, Chicago, London, Frankfurt, Rome, Prague, St. Petersburg, and Amsterdam, where the Dutch press (Het Vaderland) described him as “simply miraculous.” In the fall of 2003 he made an extensive recital tour of Europe, including concert appearances in Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, the Czech Republic, Germany and Italy, supported by one of the first sabbatical grants awarded to NCSA faculty. His release of the complete violin works of the American composer Arthur Foote on the New World label was “highly recommended” as “beautifully played” by the Washington Post, and heard on the Ken Burns series `Not for Ourselves Alone,´ broadcast on PBS; his second CD of American violin sonatas, recently released by New World, was hailed as `vital playing´ and `a labor of love´ by Classics Today.com.
Kevin Lawrence received his musical education at The Juilliard School as a scholarship student of Ivan Galamian and Margaret Pardee. While at Juilliard he also studied chamber music with Felix Galimir and continued his chamber music study with Josef Gingold at the Meadowmount School in Westport, NY. Lawrence is currently the chair of the string department at the North Carolina School of the Arts, from which he received the Music School`s Excellence in Teaching Award last spring. He is the artistic director of the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Vermont, which he founded in the summer of 2005. During previous summers he taught at the Meadowmount School as well as the Texas Music Festival, and for eight years he was Artistic Director of the Killington Music Festival. He has given master classes throughout the US, in Russia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria and Venezuela.
Singleton Center for the Performing Arts - Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall Monroe Park Campus, 922 Park Avenue.
Contact Information Ms. Tiffanie S Chan
(804) 828-1169
Special Needs Mr. Curt Blankenship
804.828.4019
