Presenting

 
 

ANNE YARROW – violinist
AVRAHAM STERNKLAR – pianist

in a program of music for violin and piano, with works by Beethoven, Grieg and others.
In addition, piano compositions by Sternklar will be performed, based on art work by Tea Sternklar, the composer's mother.

The paintings will be on display.

Admission Free
 

 Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 8:00 PM

                                                            Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library
                                                                    999 Old Country Road
                                                                            Plainview, NY
                                                                        Phone: 938-0077
 
 
 
 

          ANNE YARROW
 
 

Anne Yarrow, violinist, conductor, college professor and music scholar holds Bachelor and Master Degrees in Music from Yale University's School of Music where she was a scholarship student of Joseph Fuchs.
Further studies were with Nadia Boulanger in France, Helen Airoff Dowling in New York and Switzerland and
Maxim Jacobsen in Portugal. She received a PhD in musicology and violin performance from New York University.
Dr. Yarrow was a member of several violin/piano duos and violinist with The Musinger Players, a vocal/instrumental chamber ensemble, and the Chimes of Hope, a trio with vocalist Lloyd E. Dees and pianist Laurel Tompkins.

Since 1990 she has been active in performing and promoting the works of living composers.
Currently she is on the music faculties of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College and Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York, where she founded and conducts the Molloy College Community Orchestra.
Throughout the years she has been asked to judge numerous musical competitions and to serve on selections committees and Arts Councils.

In the last five years, Dr. Yarrow has recorded and produced several albums.  They include Jeanne Singer: A Memorial Tribute,  Adoration, (a collection of solo works for violin and piano) and the 1930's: Violin and Piano Sonatas, with Swiss pianist Caspar Dechmann.
She is presently focusing on violin/piano works from Baroque to Modern. The first volume, Old Masters with pianist Avraham Sternklar has already been released.
Later this year works by Edvard Grieg and Charles Ives will be available on the Gryphon Records Label.
 

AVRAHAM STERNKLAR

Avraham Sternklar’s concert career began in Israel where his early studies took place.
Concerts followed both as recitalist and soloist with the Israel Philharmonic and Jerusalem Symphony.
When Leonard Bernstein met Sternklar, he was truly impressed with his talent urging him to come to the USA for advanced studies.
Upon his arrival to this country he was awarded scholarships for study at the Juilliard School of Music for five consecutive years.
He traveled coast to coast and abroad, often appearing in the triple role of pianist, composer and lecturer.

He performed in concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The National Gallery in Washington, The Stratford Festival. Also as artist with such prominent ensembles as The Hofstra String Quartet, The Cantilena Trio, The Bayview Chamber Players and piano soloist with orchestras conducted by Jascha Horenstein, Seymour Rubinstein, Karel Solomon and Paul Rudoff.

Sternklar held the office of Co-Director of The Long Island Composers Alliance for six years and in that capacity he played a major role in performing new music.
He has served as Associate Professor of Piano Performance at the Aaron
Copland School of Music at Queens College, the faculties of The Brandeis Institute of the West and the 92nd Street Y.
His compositions are published, recorded and performed by soloists and ensembles on an international level, most recently in Malaysia, Japan and Taiwan.
He is the recipient of many awards among them 18 "Meet the Composer" awards, 3
 "Best of the Year" awards from The Piano Quarterly Magazine and Men of Achievement Award. His biography appears in 17 WHO IS WHO’s including the International Who is Who in Music.

At present Sternklar continues his work as a composer and concert pianist, specializing in chamber music and contemporary repertory. He teaches privately at his Plainview studio where over the years he has been instrumental in launching the careers of hundreds of talented young musicians.
 

Sternklar and Dr. Yarrow have shared in the joy of making music together for a number of years, appearing repeatedly in recitals throughout Long Island.