Monterey Symphony Balcony Sessions Continue; New Board President of The Symphony is Named The Monterey Symphony continues its Balcony Sessions on Friday, September 18th with a duo featuring Genie Wie, violin and Adelle Akiko-Kearns, cello.
Carmel, CA, September 18, 2020 – The Monterey Symphony continues its Balcony Sessions on Friday, September 18th with a duo featuring Genie Wie, violin and Adelle Akiko-Kearns, cello. The two women, both members of the Symphony, have put together a delightful 30-minute program which can be streamed online. Sponsors and donors are invited to sit in in the outside tasting room at Manzoni Vineyards through a pre-arrangement with the Symphony. The music can also be heard from both the Scheid and Silvestri Tasting rooms, also located in the 7th and San Carlos quadrangle. The performance can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/452722219
Artist bios: ADELLE-AKIKO KEARNS, cello Hailed by critics as an "impressive" cellist exhibiting "beautifully sensuous cello playing," AdelleAkiko Kearns currently serves as the Assistant Principal cellist of the Monterey Symphony. The recipient of the prestigious Artists International Award, Adelle made her New York recital debut at Carnegie's Weill Hall in November of 2008. Since then she has appeared on the the world's most important stages including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Suntory Hall, Davies Symphony Hall, and many others. In 2006 she gave the Japanese premiere of the Korngold Cello Concerto with the Tokyo Philharmonic, and was immediately engaged to return the following season to perform the Dvorak Concerto. Other previous solo appearances include concerto collaborations with the Santa Rosa Symphony, Cambrian Symphony, Auburn Symphony, Juilliard Conductors' Orchestra, the West Valley Symphony (Arizona), the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra, the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra, and the Pacific Chamber Symphony.