The Sands Point Preserve Conservancy presents the Chamber Players International, a trio of renowned classical musicians, on Sunday afternoon, May 22, from 3 to 5 p.m., inside the grand Winter Living Room of historic Hempstead House. The performance is followed by a reception with refreshments in the mansion’s Summer Living Room. The concert includes Mozart’s Piano Trio in C major K. 548 (1788), Beethoven’s Archduke Trio in Bb, Op 97 (1810) and a 1912 Gatsby Medley—a musical tribute to the era in which Hempstead House was built.
The concert features cellist Adrian Daurov, violinist Bela Horvath and pianist and composer Yoni Levyatov.
Having made his debut as a soloist at age 15 with the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Daurov went on to earn top prizes in international competitions, including Bulgaria’s first International Music Competition “Coast of Hope” in 1996, The Netherlands’ Peter De Grote International Music Competition in 2002 and New York City’s LISMA International Music Competition in 2004. He has performed as a featured artist around the world, including at Carnegie Hall.
Horvath studied violin at the Bela Bartok Conservatory. In 1998, he won the National Janos Koncz violin competition in Hungary. In 1999, he was a finalist at the International Carl Flesch violin competition. He received a special prize for the best interpretation of a 20th-century piece written for the competition by Miklos Csemiczky, with whom he studied at Franz Liszt University of Music. Horvath studied at Manhattan School in the studio of Pinchas Zukerman and Professor Patinka Kopec.
A Russian-born Israeli pianist and composer, Levyatov won the International Russian Music Competition, and made his New York concerto debut in 2005, performing the Schumann Piano Concerto under the baton of Philippe Entremont. In 2006, he made his Lincoln Center recital debut at Alice Tully Hall. Levyatov received the Harold Bauer Award, NY; the Dorothy McKenzie Artist Recognition Award; and the Clairmont Prize, Tel Aviv. The Silver Medalist at the International Boesendorfer Piano Competition, he has been an America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholar since 1990.
David Winkler, Chamber Players International executive and artistic director since 1999, has composed more than 200 works. Current commissions include a Piano Quintet for The Martha Argerich Project, Double Concertos for the Brussels Chamber Orchestra and The United Strings of Europe, a 2016-17 season opening work for the Karpfalzsizche Kammer Orchester, Mannheim, and a new work for the San Francisco Symphony chamber series, spring 2017.
Tickets are $40 for members of
the Conservancy, $45 for nonmembers and $20 for students under 21 years old.
The Chamber Players International performance is one of many exciting new offerings at the Sands Point Preserve. Upcoming programs include the Composer’s Night series featuring Solomon Hoffman on June 16; Dance Visions NY—Isadora Duncan & Contemporary Works on July 10; the North Shore Music Festival’s production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly on July 30, including a dinner in Hempstead House and performance in Castle Gould; and a site-specific theatrical work, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None on Nov. 18, 19 and 20.
For additional programming information and to purchase a 12-month membership, go to www.sandspointpreserve.org, call 516-571-7901 or visit the Gate House at 127 Middle Neck Rd. Open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sands Point Preserve Conservancy is a nonprofit organization with the mission to protect and preserve the 216-acre waterfront grounds and historic mansions and to provide a range of cultural arts events in Hempstead House and Castle Gould as well as educational programs for families and schools in the Phil Dejana Learning Center and Outdoor Classroom.
