Nicholas DiEugenio, violin

nicholas dieugenio · violin Doctor of Musical Arts Recital

Music of Ives, Carter, Schumann, Szymanowski, and Enescu Morse Recital Hall • Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 8 pm

Robert Blocker, Dean

Doctor of Musical Arts Recital

nicholas dieugenio · violin September 19, 2013 • Morse Recital Hall • with Mimi Solomon, piano

Charles Ives 1874–1954

Sonata No. 4 for violin and piano, “Children’s Day at the Camp Meeting”, S. 63 (K. 2C3) I. Allegro II. Largo III. Allegro

Elliott Carter 1908—2012

Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi (1984)

Robert Schumann 1810–1856

Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck II. Allegretto III. Lebhaft

intermission

Karol Szymanowski 1882–1937

Romance, Op. 23

George Enescu 1881–1955

Violin Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain” I. Moderato malinconico II. Andante sostenuto e misterioso III. Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso

As a courtesy to the performers and audience, turn off cell phones and pagers.

Please do not leave the hall during selections. Photography or recording of any kind is prohibited.

Nicholas DiEugenio • violin

Praised by the Cleveland Plain Dealer for his “invigorating, silken” playing and “mysterious atmosphere,” and by Early Music America (“the music comes alive in a new way”), violinist Nicholas DiEugenio leads a versatile life as performer, collaborator, and teacher, in music from Biber to Carter and beyond.

DiEugenio and pianist Mimi Solomon perform as a duo in the U.S. and abroad. He has played concerts at Seattle’s Town Hall, Merkin Hall, and at the CMS of Lincoln Center, as well as at Weill Hall.

Projects this year include performances and recordings with the Sebastian Chamber Players (dubbed “everywhere sharp-edged and engaging” by the New York Times) and the Quodlibet Ensemble, as well as with the group Tenet as part of its 2014 TENEbrae series in New York.

Symphony. In 2012, Mr. DiEugenio premiered his commission of composer Loren Loiacono’s Violin Concerto with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in Glinka Hall. As a founder of the Biava Quartet and Lorien Trio, he has twice been a prizewinner at the Fischoff Competition.

He has recorded the three Schumann sonatas with Chi-Chen Wu using a Graf-type fortepiano made by Rodney Regier.

Mr. DiEugenio, a passionate teacher, gives masterclasses throughout North America. During the summers, Mr. DiEugenio is a member of the violin faculty at the Kinhaven Music School, and has appeared at the Monadnock Festival in New Hampshire. Currently Assistant Professor of Violin at the Ithaca College School of Music, he holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, and the Yale School of Music.

As soloist, Mr. DiEugenio has performed with orchestras including Interlochen’s World Youth

This performance is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree.

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Robert Blocker, Dean