BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10@millbrookmusicsalon.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T190000 DTSTAMP:20260402T230958Z URL:https://millbrookmusicsalon.org/events/salon-series-songs-from-afar/ SUMMARY:Salon Series - “Songs from Afar” DESCRIPTION:Guitar and Viola duo\nPerformers:\nJacob Kellermann\, Guitar\n\ nLuosha Fang\, violin and viola\nProgram:\nThis spring\, Millbrook Music S alon begins its first partnership with the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Stu dies\, presenting Swedish guitarist Jacob Kellermann and Chinese violinist and violist Luosha Fang in a rare duo recital.\n\nTheir program connects Central Europe\, the Iberian Peninsula\, and the Mediterranean through mus ic by Schubert\, Britten\, de Falla\, Castelnuovo-Tedesco\, and Francisco Coll\, including the U.S. premiere of Coll’s Sephardic Song for viola an d guitar.\n\nPresented by Millbrook Music Salon at the Cary Institute\, th e evening showcases the evocative and seldom-heard pairing of viola and gu itar.\n\n Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata\n Manuel de Falla: Seis Canc iones Populares Españolas\n Francisco Coll: Sephardic Song for viola and guitar — U.S. Premiere\n Francisco Coll: Two movements from Sepharad f or solo guitar\n F. Kreisler - Liebesleid\, liebesfreud\, Schön rosmarin \n B. Bartok - Danses folkloriques roumain\n\nBuy Tickets\nAbout the Arti st\nJacob Kellermann\nLeading Swedish classical guitarist Jacob Kellermann is one of the most visible and respected guitarists of his generation. He has released four albums on BIS Records—Gubaidulina: Repentance (2014)\ , Schubert Sonatas (2018)\, Rodrigo\, Harden &\; Coll: Guitar Works (20 20)\, and Takemitsu: Spectral Canticle (2023)—each met with critical acc laim\; his 2020 release received a Swedish Grammy for Best Classical Album \, was named #1 Record of the Year by Dagens Nyheter\, and was listed as a Diapason d’Or selection.\n\nKellermann has appeared as a soloist with l eading orchestras around the world\, including the London Philharmonic Orc hestra\, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra\, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchest ra\, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra\, Bielefelder Philharmoniker\, Quer étaro Philharmonic Orchestra\, Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra\, and Talli nn Chamber Orchestra. He also performed at the official Nobel Prize Ceremo ny in Stockholm\, a distinction shared by only a select few Swedish musici ans.\n\nA dedicated collaborator with composers and ensembles\, Kellermann has premiered concertos with Scandinavian contemporary music groups such as BIT20 Bergen and Norrbotten NEO and is co-founder of the Netherlands-ba sed New European Ensemble\, specializing in contemporary repertoire.\n\nKe llermann studied in Sweden\, Spain\, the Netherlands\, and Germany\, earni ng a Meisterklasse Diploma at the Hochschule für Musik in München. He re gularly gives masterclasses and artist residencies internationally\, shari ng his expertise on performance practice\, contemporary work\, and guitar technique.\nLuosha Fang (violin/viola)\nChinese-born violinist and violist Luosha Fang is a prizewinning soloist and chamber musician based in New Y ork. She is a winner of Astral Artists’ 2013 National Auditions and the S&\;R Foundation’s 2015 Washington Award\, and has also won 1st Prize at the 2019 Classic Strings International Competition (Vienna) and the 20 18 Tokyo International Viola Competition.\n\nOrchestral / solo appearances include performances as violin soloist with the Saint Paul Chamber Orches tra\, Louisville Orchestra\, West Virginia Symphony\, Bay-Atlantic Symphon y\, and the American Symphony Orchestra (including the U.S. premiere of Gr ażyna Bacewicz’s Violin Concerto No. 5). As a violist\, she has appeare d with the New Japan Philharmonic\, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra\, Hirosh ima Symphony Orchestra\, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra\, and the Franz L iszt Chamber Orchestra.\n\nFang has performed at major halls including Car negie Hall\, the Kennedy Center\, the Library of Congress\, Wigmore Hall\, the Elbphilharmonie\, and the Auditorio Nacional de Música (Madrid).\n\n Her recordings include two commercial releases: Johannes Brahms: Quintets Op. 34 &\; 111 (Supraphon) and George Tsontakis: Unforgettable with the Albany Symphony Orchestra (Naxos). (A further album\, Collective Memories \, is announced for release in early 2026.)\n\nFang served as violist of t he Pavel Haas Quartet (Prague) in 2021–22 and recorded with the ensemble . She is on faculty at the Bard Conservatory of Music (violin/viola).\n\n\ n\n\n2026 Summer- Fall will be announced soon! 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