CONTACT! 
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YEFIM BRONFMAN AND FRIENDS

A co-presentation with the New York Philharmonic and 92nd Street Y

92nd Street Y partners with the New York Philharmonic to present three programs at the new underground venue SubCulture on Bleecker Street as part of CONTACT!, the New York Philharmonic's new-music series. Pianist Yefim Bronfman, the New York Philharmonic's 2013-14 Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence, gives the world premiere of composer Marc Neikrug's Passions, Reflected for Solo Piano in a program also hosted by Mr. Neikrug. Bronfman will be joined by musicians from the New York Philharmonic for Marc-André Dalbavie's Trio No. 1 for Violin, Cello and Piano. Danish composer, Poul Ruders's String Quartet No. 4 receives its US public premiere after being co-commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Britten-Pears Foundation celebrating Britten's centenary and the RPS's bicentenary. 

Monday, January 13, 7:30 PM
SubCulture - 45 Bleecker Street (downstairs) 

"Yefim Bronfman and Friends" 
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Marc Neikrug, host
Musicians from the New York Philharmonic
Quan Ge, violin
Fiona Simon, violin
Sharon Yamada, violin
Robert Rinehart, viola
Eileen Moon, cello
Maria Kitsopoulos, cello

NEIKRUG: Passions, Reflected for Solo Piano (World premiere)
RUDERS: String Quartet No. 4 (US public premiere)  
DALBAVIE: Trio No. 1 for Violin, Cello and Piano

Tickets $40 
Artist Website: Yefim Bronfman

KREMERATA BALTICA

Founded and led by internationally renowned violinist Gidon Kremer, chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica is comprised of twenty-four young players from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Since 1997, it has commissioned new works and performed new arrangements of existing works in over fifty countries. The orchestra’s wide-ranging and carefully chosen repertoire is showcased in its more than twenty discs, for which the ensemble won the 2002 GRAMMY Award in the category of Best Small Ensemble. The ensemble's exclusive New York appearance this season at 92Y recognizes the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten with Arvo Pärt's Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten and Britten's Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge. Two compositions by Polish/ Russian composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg demonstrate the strong mentoring influence Shostakovich played in his compositional style. Joined by Russian bass Alexei Mochalov, the group presents Shostakovich's political satire opera written after the official denunciation of his music and comments on the music thought to be "acceptable" by the Soviet system.

Thursday, January 30, 7:30 PM
92Y - Kaufmann Concert Hall

Kremerata Baltica
Gidon Kremer, Music Director
Alexei Mochalov, bass 

PÄRT: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten for Strings and Bell
WEINBERG: Concertino for Violin and Strings, Op. 42
BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for Strings, Op. 10
WEINBERG: Symphony No. 10 for Strings, Op. 98
SHOSTAKOVICH: Antiformal Rayok, satiric comic opera for Bass and Chamber Orchestra

Tickets $25 (age 35 & under), $35, $52, $57
Artist Website: Kremerata Baltica

Tickets are available at www.92Y.org/concerts or 212-415-5500.

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ABOUT 92Y

92Y is a world-class nonprofit community and cultural center that connects people at every stage of life to the worlds of education, the arts, health and wellness, and Jewish life. Through the breadth and depth of 92Y’s extraordinary programs, we enrich lives, create community and elevate humanity. More than 300,000 people visit 92Y’s New York City venue annually, and many more join us through digital and social media, live webcasts of events, and an extensive archive of stage programs and original content produced for the web, all available on 92YOnDemand.org. A proudly Jewish organization since its founding in 1874, 92Y embraces its heritage and enthusiastically welcomes people of all backgrounds and perspectives.

For more information, visit www.92Y.org.