Schenectady, N.Y. (March 4, 1998) — Pianist Mitsuko Uchida, violinist Mark Steinberg and cellist Peter Stumpf will perform as a trio on Tuesday, March 17, at 8 p.m. in Union College's Memorial Chapel.
The trio's appearance is part of this year's Schenectady Museum-Union College chamber music series.
The all-Mozart program is to include Trio in G Major, K. 564, Trio in B-flat Major, K. 502, and Trio in E Major, K.542.
Japanese-born pianist Mitsuko Uchida is an internationally renowned performer especially known for her performances of Mozart's piano sonatas and concertos. She comes to Schenectady after a performance of a Chopin concerto with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center and has given recitals all over the world, making orchestral appearances with the London, Boston and Toronto Symphonies, the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Philharmonia and the Orchestra de Paris. In October, she toured Japan with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Bernard Haitink. Miss Uchida lately recorded Beethoven's Piano Concertos No. 3 and No. 4 with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Kurt Sanderling, and both sets of Schubert's Impromptus.
Violinist Mark Steinberg is an active chamber musician and recitalist. He has appeared in chamber music festivals in Holland, Germany, Austria and France, as well as in the Marlboro Music Festival. An advocate of contemporary music, Steinberg has worked closely with many composers and has performed with such 20th century music ensembles as the Guild of Composers, the Da Capo Chamber Players, Speculum Musicae and Continuum, with which he has toured extensively in the U.S. and Europe. He is a faculty member of the Juilliard School's Pre-College Division and of New York University. In April 1995 Mr. Steinberg appeared in the Series with the Brentano String Quartet.
Peter Stumpf, associate principal cellist of The Philadelphia Orchestra, is an active recitalist and dedicated chamber musician. He has performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras such as the Boston Symphony, the Colorado Philharmonic, the Boston Philharmonic, the Virginia Symphony and the National Repertory Orchestra. He has also participated in the Marlboro Music Festival, has performed with the Emerson String Quartet, and was a member of a prize-winning string quartet at the Evian International String Quartet Competition in France. Stumpf previously appeared in the Series with Music from Marlboro in April 1994.
Memorial Chapel is located near the center of the Union Campus. Parking is available on campus and on nearby side streets.
Tickets, at $20 each ($8 for students), are available in advance at the Schenectady Museum (518)382-7890 and at the door at 7 p.m. For more information, call 372-3651.