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Cellicious: Wonderful Works for Cello and Piano
About the Musicians
Amy Barston, cellist from Philadelphia, will be making her Asheville debut with AmiciMusic. Amy appeared as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17 and has been performing in halls around the world ever since as both a soloist and chamber musician. She has been praised by the New York Times as “passionate and elegant.” She also is a devoted teacher with numerous students around the world.
Daniel Weiser, pianist, has a Doctorate in Piano/Chamber Music from the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with Samuel Sanders and Robert MacDonald and won the Richard Franko Goldman prize for outstanding contribution to musical and educational life. He has performed on many great stages, including the Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., and on the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago. He has also concertized around the world, including Israel, Thailand, Holland, and France and was the 1996 United States Artistic Ambassador Abroad, for which he performed on an eleven-country tour of the Middle East and Asia. He has been on the music faculty of Dartmouth College and the prestigious St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire.
Performances
Dance, poetry, storytelling and other live performances bring artworks in our Museum's Collection and exhibitions to life. Performances include discussion of the intersections between art forms. To be included in our Performances mailing list, click here.
- Contact:
- Asheville Art Museum
- Phone:
- 828.253.3227
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