Pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn, son of
Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, opens the 2002-03 Union College Concert
Series on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m.
in Union College's
Memorial Chapel.
Recognized as one of today's most
gifted young artists, and enjoying an active career as pianist, chamber
musician, and conductor, his interpretations have won him worldwide critical
acclaim.
The Series, now in its 31st
year, also features some returning favorites: the Artemis String Quartet,
Musicians from Marlboro, Boston Camerata and the Emerson String Quartet.
For details, visit:
http://www.union.edu/News/Events/ConcertSeries/
Following is a chronological
listing of concerts:
8 p.m., Wednesday, October 16: Ignat Solzhenitsyn, piano
8 p.m., Saturday, October 26: Artemis String Quartet
8 p.m., Wednesday, November 6: Musicians from Marlboro
8 p.m., Wednesday, November 13: Budapest Strings with Frederic Chiu, piano
3 p.m., Sunday, November 24: Pacifica String Quartet with Ursula Oppens, piano
8 p.m., Saturday, November 30: Yefim Bronfman, piano
8 p.m., Tuesday, December 17: Boston
Camerata
8 p.m., Friday, January 3: David Finckel, cello and Wu Han, piano
3 p.m., Sunday, January 26: La
Fenice (Phoenix)
8 p.m., Friday, February 21: Freiburg
Baroque Orchestra with Bernada Fink, mezzo soprano
3 p.m., Sunday, March 2: Emerson String Quartet
8 p.m., Saturday, March 15: Midori, violin and Robert McDonald, piano
8 p.m., Saturday, March 22: Flanders
Recorder Quartet and Friends
8 p.m., Friday, April 4: Dubravka Tomsic, piano
8 p.m., Friday, April 11: Nash Ensemble of London
8 p.m., Wednesday, April 23: Arnaldo Cohen, piano
These concerts are made possible,
in part, by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Times
Union Newspapers, and the Schenectady County Initiative Program.
Faculty and staff may receive free tickets to concerts through Rosemary Filkens in the President's Office.