Registrations are closed for this concert. Yet please present at the door 7.00pm as there are a few seats left.

Concert Program

Jules Massenet                 Elégie, Mélodie for soprano, cello and Piano (1872)

(1842-1912)                    

Leonard Bernstein           Peter Pan – “Dream with me” (1950)
(1918-1990)                     Song for soprano, cello and Piano

Dmitri Chostakovith        Sonata for cello and Piano, op. 40 in 4 movements (1932)

(1906-1975)                 Allegro non troppo

                                    Allegro

                                    Largo

                                    Allegro

Intermission (drinks with our partner MyDelice.com)

Heitor de Villa Lobos      Bachianas Brasileiras n. 5 – Aria (1938)

(1887-1959)                        arrangement for Piano, 1 cello, Soprano from Alfred Heller

Ambroise Thomas            Hamlet (1868)

(1811-1896)                     Ophélie – “Sa main depuis hier n’a pas touché ma main”

Franz Liszt                       Invocation (1847)
(1811-1886)                    2nd Ballade (1859)

Eva dell Acqua                 Vilanelle (1893)
(1856-1930)

Biographies

Carole Gabay, Soprano was awarded in 2006 with a First Prize from Conservatoire de Courbevoie, near Paris, France. Her natural vocal skills directed her very young to lyric singing and she has kept on studying the Coloratura répertoire during her academic studies (ESSEC MBA Graduate) and her professional career in Market Research. She has been living on family expat assignments since 2007 in various countries (Japan, Switzerland and China) and has thrilled the audience with her voice at each destination with numerous music performances of various musical styles. In Japan she performed as soloist with chorus and orchestra in Haydn’s “Schöpfung” and in China performed with renowned pianists like Pascal Gallet, Li Weijie and famous Barytone Heng Shi.

Pascal Gallet, pianist is a graduate from the prestigious Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, and was awarded in numerous international competitions. He has produced several recordings of pieces from Chopin, Debussy, GRIEG, TURINA, Chinese composers and Jolivet for whom he stands as the only pianist to have recorded the complete works. He often runs Master classes in France and abroad and teaches at the CNRR from Marseilles and the Conservatoire International de Musique from Paris. He has close ties with China and visits frequently for performances with famous Chinese composers like Lei Jiang and Wen Deqing. Pascal Gallet collaborates with French Radio SUD RADIO as musical chronicler in the broadcast “Tout est Classique” www.sudradio.fr/Tout-est-classique

Patrick Nowlin is an American cellist who has played several years in orchestra and ensemble in Japan and China.