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Closing Recital
Misha Quint, cello & Kuo-Pei Cheng-Lin, piano
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Élégie, op. 24
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, op. 40
Allegro non troppo
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Pezzo Capriccioso, op. 62
Élégie, op. 24
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, op. 40
Allegro non troppo
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Pezzo Capriccioso, op. 62
MISHA QUINT was described by the renowned music critic Harris Goldsmith as a "brilliantly accomplished cello virtuoso - an embodiment of interpretive and executive music-making at its rarefied best". Daniel Webster of the Philadelphia Inquirer attested Quint a “fresh voice and “a master of probing sentiment, shaded phrasing, and flawless technique”.
Quint’s repertoire ranges from Bach to the most challenging contemporary composers, including Alfred Schnittke, Sophie Goubadalina, Robert Sirota, Shulamit Ran, Steven Gerber, Nathan Davis, Ezra Laderman, and Stepan Lucky.
Recent engagements include appearances with the San Remo Symphony in Italy, the Thüringen Symphony Orchestra in Rudolstadt, performing with Nikoaj Szeps-Znaider, Guy Braunstein, Alexei Volodin, Saleem Ashkar, Andrey Baranov, Daniel Stewart, and Oliver Weder. He has given numerous solo recitals and master classes in the leading halls of England, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, Russia, Latvia, Georgia, Belorussia, Romania, Italy, and the US. Quint has performed at Lincoln center Every Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tally, Lincoln center with the New York Chamber Symphony, Metropolitan Symphony, the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Leningrad State Orchestra, Orchestra of Classical and Contemporary Music, National Irish Symphony, the Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional do Brasilia and with the Symphony Orchestras of Latvia and Georgia among others. He is founder of InterHarmony Concert Series at Carnegie Hall New York.
He has worked with distinguished conductors including Maxim Shostakovich, Paul Lustig Dunkel, Colman Pearce, Sidney Harth, Ravil Martinov, Yakov Bergman, and Ira Levin. Quint is an active chamber musician and has performed with such artists as Nikolai Znaider, Vadim Repin, Shlomo Mintz, Bela Davidovich, Bruno Canino, Julian Rachlin, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Sherban Lupu, Boris Kushnir, and Mikhail Kopelman.
Quint’s recording of Tchaikovsky’s Valse Sentimentale is featured in the 2022 Italian Netflix production of Fedeltà. Quint captured the gold medal in the March 2016 Global Music Awards for his recording, Matryoshka Blues, on the Blue Griffin label in three categories: instrumentalist, album, and new release, and was featured in the top five spring albums in Global Music Awards. Quint’s discography includes Live Cello Recitals and Valse Sentimentale on the Volshebnik Productions Label, and the 2014 release of Tempo Trapezio and 2016 release of Matryoshka Blues on the Blue Griffin Label.
As a special guest artist, Misha Quint has been a performer in broadcast performances in Westchester, NY; "The Jewish Entertainment Hour"; German Television, Italian Television, RTN/ WMNB; and live radio broadcast recitals on WQXR's "The Listening Room", WGBH (Boston), WMNB (NJ), WNYC (NY).
Misha Quint is deeply committed to teaching and is Music Director and Founder of InterHarmony International Music Festival. He has been on the faculty of the International Institute of Music in Marktoberdorf, Germany, and was Music Director and Founder of the Soesterberg International Music Festival in Holland from 1998 – 2007, the Intensive Cello Studies Abroad in Blonay, Chalet de lacroix at the Hindemith Foundation in 1997, InterHarmony International Music Festival in Geneva, Switzerland in 2000, The Berkshires, Massachusetts from 2007 – 2008, San Francisco, California in 2009, Hinterzarten, Schwarzwald, Germany from 2008 – 2011, in Tuscany, Italy from 2012 – 2016, presently in Acqui Terme, Italy since 2017, and since 2005 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Bavaria, Germany.
A graduate of the Leningrad Special School for the Gifted and the Leningrad State Conservatory, Misha Quint made his orchestral debut at the age of 13 after winning first prize at the Boccherini Competition in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad). He gained international recognition after capturing top prizes in the 1975 International Competition in Prague and the Russian National Competition. Quint made his orchestral debut in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in 1992. Quint studied with Emmanuel Fishman, Natalia Gutman, Boris Pergamenshikov, and Daniil Shafran. Quint captured first prize of the CRS National competition in 2009, was a featured performer at The Festival of the Musical Citadel in Brasov, Romania in August 2013 and 2014. InterHarmony International Music Festival InterHarmony International Music Festival
Quint’s repertoire ranges from Bach to the most challenging contemporary composers, including Alfred Schnittke, Sophie Goubadalina, Robert Sirota, Shulamit Ran, Steven Gerber, Nathan Davis, Ezra Laderman, and Stepan Lucky.
Recent engagements include appearances with the San Remo Symphony in Italy, the Thüringen Symphony Orchestra in Rudolstadt, performing with Nikoaj Szeps-Znaider, Guy Braunstein, Alexei Volodin, Saleem Ashkar, Andrey Baranov, Daniel Stewart, and Oliver Weder. He has given numerous solo recitals and master classes in the leading halls of England, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, Russia, Latvia, Georgia, Belorussia, Romania, Italy, and the US. Quint has performed at Lincoln center Every Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tally, Lincoln center with the New York Chamber Symphony, Metropolitan Symphony, the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Leningrad State Orchestra, Orchestra of Classical and Contemporary Music, National Irish Symphony, the Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional do Brasilia and with the Symphony Orchestras of Latvia and Georgia among others. He is founder of InterHarmony Concert Series at Carnegie Hall New York.
He has worked with distinguished conductors including Maxim Shostakovich, Paul Lustig Dunkel, Colman Pearce, Sidney Harth, Ravil Martinov, Yakov Bergman, and Ira Levin. Quint is an active chamber musician and has performed with such artists as Nikolai Znaider, Vadim Repin, Shlomo Mintz, Bela Davidovich, Bruno Canino, Julian Rachlin, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Sherban Lupu, Boris Kushnir, and Mikhail Kopelman.
Quint’s recording of Tchaikovsky’s Valse Sentimentale is featured in the 2022 Italian Netflix production of Fedeltà. Quint captured the gold medal in the March 2016 Global Music Awards for his recording, Matryoshka Blues, on the Blue Griffin label in three categories: instrumentalist, album, and new release, and was featured in the top five spring albums in Global Music Awards. Quint’s discography includes Live Cello Recitals and Valse Sentimentale on the Volshebnik Productions Label, and the 2014 release of Tempo Trapezio and 2016 release of Matryoshka Blues on the Blue Griffin Label.
As a special guest artist, Misha Quint has been a performer in broadcast performances in Westchester, NY; "The Jewish Entertainment Hour"; German Television, Italian Television, RTN/ WMNB; and live radio broadcast recitals on WQXR's "The Listening Room", WGBH (Boston), WMNB (NJ), WNYC (NY).
Misha Quint is deeply committed to teaching and is Music Director and Founder of InterHarmony International Music Festival. He has been on the faculty of the International Institute of Music in Marktoberdorf, Germany, and was Music Director and Founder of the Soesterberg International Music Festival in Holland from 1998 – 2007, the Intensive Cello Studies Abroad in Blonay, Chalet de lacroix at the Hindemith Foundation in 1997, InterHarmony International Music Festival in Geneva, Switzerland in 2000, The Berkshires, Massachusetts from 2007 – 2008, San Francisco, California in 2009, Hinterzarten, Schwarzwald, Germany from 2008 – 2011, in Tuscany, Italy from 2012 – 2016, presently in Acqui Terme, Italy since 2017, and since 2005 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Bavaria, Germany.
A graduate of the Leningrad Special School for the Gifted and the Leningrad State Conservatory, Misha Quint made his orchestral debut at the age of 13 after winning first prize at the Boccherini Competition in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad). He gained international recognition after capturing top prizes in the 1975 International Competition in Prague and the Russian National Competition. Quint made his orchestral debut in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in 1992. Quint studied with Emmanuel Fishman, Natalia Gutman, Boris Pergamenshikov, and Daniil Shafran. Quint captured first prize of the CRS National competition in 2009, was a featured performer at The Festival of the Musical Citadel in Brasov, Romania in August 2013 and 2014. InterHarmony International Music Festival InterHarmony International Music Festival
Mrs. Kuo-Pei Cheng-Lin's journey in music began in her native Taiwan, where she immersed herself in the world of classical music from a young age. Entering a prestigious classical music school in the seventh grade, her talent led her to be accepted to Taiwan's top musical high school and subsequent university, and earning a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the National Institute of Arts in Taiwan. Her educational path continued with two Master's degrees in Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano from The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), where she excelled to the point of receiving a full scholarship for the Santa Barbara Summer Music Festival. Upon completion of her studies, Mrs. Cheng-Lin secured a role as a staff accompanist at CIM, laying the foundation for her dynamic career in music.In 1995, Mrs. Cheng-Lin took her talents to Cincinnati, where she not only became the principal pianist for the Middletown Symphony Orchestra but also served as the music director and pianist for the Cincinnati Chinese Church at Mason. Her move to Greenville, SC in 2004, she shared her expertise as an adjunct professor at North Greenville University while continuing her role as principal pianist for the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra. She was also a speaker and panelist for GMTA meetings and Bob Jones University piano symposium. Over her 40-year teaching career, Mrs. Cheng-Lin has inspired countless students, many of whom have gone on to achieve success in various competitions and auditions. Beyond her teaching, Mrs. Cheng- Lin has been an active performer, participating in numerous concerts as both a soloist and collaborative pianist. She has shared the stage with musicians from esteemed orchestras such as the Cincinnati Symphony and the Greenville Symphony, alongside faculty members from universities including Florida Atlantic University, Palm Beach Atlantic University, North Greenville University, Bob Jones University, Furman University, and Indiana University, One of the highlights of her performance career was her rendition of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.1 with the Foothills Philharmonic at the Peace Center in Greenville, showcasing her virtuosity and passion for music. Today, Mrs. Cheng-Lin continues to influence the music scene as an adjunct professor at Florida Atlantic University, seamlessly balancing her teaching duties with an active performing schedule that includes solo, chamber, and collaborative piano engagements.