Eroica Duo

Pianist Erika Nickrenz has played as a solo artist and chamber musician at numerous festivals, including Marlboro, Tanglewood, and the Spoleto Festivals in both Italy and America. She has toured with "Music from Marlboro", and as a member of Chamber Soloists USA, and has made recordings for the Musical Heritage/Music Masters and ASV London labels. For the "Backstage at Lincoln Center" series narrated by Hugh Downs, Nickrenz performed solo excerpts from Mussourgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition"; the program was aired on PBS' opening night of "Live from Lincoln Center". In May 2003 she participated in the opening of the New York Stock Exchange after performing there as part of the Steinway 150th anniversary celebration. She has recorded several CD’s on the MusicMaster and ASV London labels and for Angel/EMI Classics.

At age six, Nickrenz began playing the piano, and was sent to study with German Diez of the Claudio Arrau School in New York City. Nickrenz made a prodigious concerto debut at age eleven at New York's Town Hall, where she played the Mozart Piano Concerto in A Major. The young pianist played chamber music throughout her education at the Juilliard School and received both her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees, where she studied with Abbey Simon and Felix Galimir.

The Performers

Cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio first leapt to international attention when she won the Eighth International Tchaikovsky Violoncello Competition in Moscow. As a result of her medal, Carnegie Hall invited Ms. Sant’Ambrogio to perform a recital that was filmed by CBS News as part of a profile about her, which aired nationally. Sant’Ambrogio has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as Atlanta, Boston Pops, Chicago, Dallas, Moscow State Philharmonic, the Osaka Century Orchestra (Japan), St. Louis, San Francisco and Seattle; she has performed throughout the world at major music centers and festivals including Aspen, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, the Konzert Huset in Stockholm, Ravinia, Musikverein in Vienna, and Orchard and Suntory Halls in Tokyo.

At the age of 16, Ms. Sant’Ambrogio was invited on full scholarship to study with David Soyer at the Curtis Institute of Music. Three years later, world renowned cellist Leonard Rose invited Ms. Sant’Ambrogio to study at The Juilliard School; within weeks of arriving, she won the Schumann Cello Concerto Competition. Ms. Sant’Ambrogio has won numerous international competitions, including The Whitaker, Dealy, Artists International, and Palm Beach competitions, and the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Competition with her chamber ensemble, Eroica Trio.

Ms. Sant’Ambrogio is the subject of a feature length documentary, which had multiple airings nationwide on PBS in 2003-2004.

https://www.EroicaTrio.com https://www.SaraSantAmbrogio.com

Porgy and Bess Fantasy

Requiebros

Oblivion

Libertango

Orientale

Intermezzo

Dance of Fire

Intermission

Sonata in E Minor Opus 38

Allegro non troppo

Allegretto quasi Menuetto

Allegro

George Gerswhin arr. Eroica Duo

Gaspa Cassado

Astor Piazzolla arr. Sara Sant’Ambrogio

Astor Piazzolla arr. Sara Sant’Ambrogio

Enrique Granados

Enrique Granados arr. Gaspar Cassado

Manuel De Falla arr. Grego Piatagorsky

Johannes Brahms

Program

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