BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Acme Widgets\, Inc.//NONSGML ExportToCalendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Groupmuses near X-WR-NAME:Groupmuses near BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260428T132440Z UID:af22e344-43b0-4f10-80a8-745db7a2c8ff DTSTART:20260512T230000Z DTEND:20260513T013000Z DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Jonathan D.\nMusicians: Audrey Vardanega and Geneva L ewis\n\n7 PM Doors & Pre-Reception\n8 PM Recital\n9 PM Post-Reception\n\n_ ____\n\n**Geneva Lewis & Audrey Vardanega: Schumann & Brahms**\n\n[Gotham Arts](https://gothamarts.net) in collaboration with [Groupmuse](https://ww w.groupmuse.com/) is delighted to present an intimate private duo recital by violinist [Geneva Lewis](https://www.genevalewisviolinist.com/) and pia nist [Audrey Vardanega](https://www.audreyvardanegapianist.com/) featuring works by Schumann and Brahms.\n\nAn array of light bites and Wine will be served.\n\n**Program**\n\nBRAHMS Three Intermezzi for Piano\, Op. 117\n\ nSCHUMANN Three Romances for Oboe and Piano\, Op. 94 (arr. Violin and Pian o)\n\nBRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major\, Op. 78 ("Regensonate")\n\n_ ____\n\n**About the Artists**\n\n[Watch Geneva and Audrey perform Schumann 's Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in d minor at Tippet Rise Art Center] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeHqWaQsFOo)\n\n**About Geneva Lewis**\n\ nAmerican/New Zealand violinist Geneva Lewis has forged a reputation as a musician of consummate artistry whose performances speak from and to the h eart and who has been lauded for the “remarkable mastery of her instrume nt” (CVNC) and hailed as “clearly one to watch” (Musical America). \ n\nNamed a BBC New Generation Artist (2022-24)\, Geneva is also the recipi ent of a 2022 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award and a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant. She was also Grand Prize winner of the 2020 Concert Artists Guild C ompetition\, the winner of the Kronberg Academy’s Prince of Hesse Prize (2021)\, Musical America’s New Artist of the Month (June 2021)\, a Perfo rmance Today Young Artist in Residence and a YCAT Concordia Artist. \n\nIn 2023\, Geneva made her BBC Proms debut in the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Jaime Martin. Additional collaboration s have included the BBC Symphony and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestras\, th e Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine\, Auckland Philharmonia Orchest ra\, Scottish Chamber Orchestra\, Orquestra Filarmonica de Minas Gerais\, Atlanta Symphony\, Indianapolis Symphony\, and the Vancouver Symphony Orch estra. The 2025-26 season includes performances with Kremerata Baltica\, B altimore Symphony Orchestra\, San Diego Symphony\, BBC National Orchestra of Wales\, Filharmonia Czěstochowska\, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada\, Utah Symphony\, Santa Rosa Symphony\, and Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco. \n\ nDeeply passionate about chamber music\, Geneva has had the pleasure of co llaborating with prominent musicians such as Jonathan Biss\, Glenn Dictero w\, Miriam Fried\, Kim Kashkashian\, Gidon Kremer\, András Schiff\, and M itsuko Uchida. Geneva has performed in venues and festivals such as London ’s Wigmore Hall\, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam\, Marlboro Music Festival\ , Kronberg Festival\, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society\, Ravinia and Cha mberfest Cleveland. \n\nAn advocate of community engagement and music educ ation\, Geneva was selected for the New England Conservatory’s Community Performances and Partnerships Program’s Ensemble Fellowship\, through w hich her string quartet created interactive educational programs for audie nces throughout Boston. The quartet was also chosen for the Virginia Arts Festival Residency\, during which they performed and presented masterclass es in elementary\, middle\, and high schools. \n\nGeneva received her Arti st Diploma from the New England Conservatory as the recipient of the Charl otte F. Rabb Presidential Scholarship\, studying with Miriam Fried\, and w ent on to study with Professor Mihaela Martin in the Professional Studies Program at the Kronberg Academy. Before that\, she studied with Aimée Kre ston at the Colburn School of Performing Arts. \n\nGeneva currently perfor ms on a composite violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini\, c.1776\, genero usly on loan from a Charitable Trust.\n\n**About Audrey Vardanega**\n\nPra ised as a "[musically] eloquent" (San Francisco Classical Voice) player "w ith the kind of freedom\, authority\, and strength... that one expects fro m the world’s finest pianists" and a "bewitching musical presence" (The Piedmont Post)\, American pianist and arts entrepreneur Audrey Vardanega ( b. 1995) has performed as a solo and collaborative pianist across Europe\, China and America. \n\nShe has appeared at venues such as Merkin Hall at The Kaufman Music Center\, Hangzhou Grand Theater\, Princeton University C oncerts\, Tippet Rise Arts Center\, Festival Napa Valley\, Zhejiang Conser vatory of Music\, Teatro del Libertador San Martín\, The Ravinia Festival \, Gordon Music Series\, San Francisco’s Old First Concerts\, Herbst The ater\, Festival Napa Valley\, Rockefeller University\, Valley of the Moon Music Festival and more.\n\nBorn and raised in Oakland\, California\, Audr ey began her piano studies at the age of six with Araks Aghazarian. She be gan formal piano training with Robert Schwartz at the San Francisco Conser vatory of Music from 2002 to 2013 as well as formal composition training w ith Arkadi Serper at the Berkeley Crowden School from 2004 to 2013. Her pa st instructors include Seymour Lipkin\, Jeremy Siepmann\, Christopher Elto n and Victor Rosenbaum.\n\nAudrey earned her B.A. in Political Science fro m Columbia University in May 2017 and received her Masters in Music in May 2019 from Mannes The New School under the tutelage of Richard Goode. Upon graduation\, she founded [Musaics of the Bay](https://www.musaics.org/)\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting musicians\, composers\, and visual artists for collaborations\, residency programs\, mentorship\, and the creation of new work in the Bay Area and beyond.\n\nAudrey also se rves as the Director of Operations at The [Autumn Salon](https://www.theau tumnsalon.com/)\, a NYC-based magazine\, film production house and concert series that features world-class performances shared in intimate settings .\n\nAudrey is passionate about providing emerging artists with opportunit ies to shape their own artistic careers by creating new communities and re imagining patronage. When she’s not playing piano or organizing concerts \, she enjoys cooking and spending time with her shih-tzu and morkie\, Rom eo and Bear. LOCATION:Flatiron\, New York SUMMARY:Geneva Lewis & Audrey Vardanega: Schumann & Brahms URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/16599-geneva-lewis-audrey-vardanega-sc humann-brahms END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR