PENN STATE

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE

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School of Music
presents

A Guest Artist

Dimitri Murrath, viola

with

Christopher Guzman, piano

Thursday, February 11, 2016

1:00 p.m.
Esber Recital Hall

Program

Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major

BWV 1012

Johann Sebastian Bach

(1685-1750)

Prlude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte I
Gavotte II
Gigue

Sonata for Solo Viola (1991-1994)

I. Hora lung
II. Loop

lgie in F Minor
for Viola and Piano, Op. 30

Gyrgy Ligeti
(1923-2006)

Henri Vieuxtemps
(1820-1881)

Andante con moto

Christopher Guzman, piano
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Immediately following this peroformance, Mr. Murrath will present a

masterclass featuring Penn State viola students.

Masterclass with Dimitri Murrath

Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008

I. Prlude
II. Allemande
David Phillips, viola

Viola Concerto, Op. posth.

I. Allegro moderato
Alexa Thomson, viola
Jina Jang, piano

Der Schwanendreher
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra

I. Zwischen Berg und tiefem Tal

John Roxburgh, viola
Ann Deighton, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach

(1685-1750)

Bla Bartk
(1881-1945)

Paul Hindemith
(1895-1963)

Dimitri Murrath, violist, began his musical education at the Yehudi Menuhin
School studying with Natalia Boyarsky, and went on to work in London with
David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He graduated with
an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory in 2008, as a student of
Kim Kashkashian.
Murrath has made his mark as a viola soloist on the international scene, regularly
giving solo performance in prestigious venues including NEC's Jordan Hall,
The Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and Royal Festival Hall in
London, the National Auditorium in Madrid, and the Palais des Beaux Arts in
Brussels.
With repertoire extending from Bach to contemporary music by Ligeti, Kurtag
and Sciarrino, Murrath is particularly keen on performing new works. He has
taken part in the Park Lane Group New Year Series in London to great critical
acclaim, as well as commissioned, given the world premieres, and recorded several
solo works by Edwin Roxburgh and Michel Lysight.
An avid chamber musician, Murrath has collaborated with violinist Gidon
Kremer, whom invited him to his festival in Lockenhaus, Austria and to Kronberg
Academy's 'Chamber Music Connects the World' project. Other artists with
whom Murrath has worked with include many members of the NEC faculty
including Miriam Fried, Laurence Lesser, Paul Katz, Donald Weilerstein, and Kim
Kashkashian, as well as Menahem Pressler, David Soyer, Radovan Vlatkovic, and
Peter Wiley.
Festivals include IMS Prussia Cove (UK), Ravinia's Steans Institute for Young
Artists (Chicago), Verbier Festival Academy, Gstaad Festival (Switzerland),
Caramoor Rising Stars (New York), Great Lakes Festival (Michigan) and
Marlboro Music Festival (Vermont).
A first prize winner at the 2008 Primrose International Viola Competition,
Murrath has won numerous awards, including second prize at the First Tokyo
International Viola Competition 2009, the special prize for the contemporary
work at the ARD Munich Competition, Verbier Festival Academy's Viola Prize,
New England Conservatory's Presidential Scholar Award, and a fellowship from
the Belgian American Educational Foundation.
A.D., New England Conservatory. Studies with Kim Kashkashian, Natalia
Boyarsky, and David Takeno.
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