FileThe Orfeo Trio faculty ensemble will appear as soloists with the 麻豆传媒 Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in Wiedemann Hall.
General admission for the program, which will feature music by Beethoven and Shostakovich, is $7. Discount tickets for military, senior citizens, faculty and staff are available for $6, and children and non-麻豆传媒 students for $3. Wichita State students always receive one free ticket with their Shocker ID.
The Orfeo Trio 鈥� which includes pianist and Professor of Music Julie Bees, violinist and Adjunct Professor Evgeny Zvonnikov and cellist and Assistant Professor of Music Leonid Shukaev 鈥� will perform Beethoven鈥檚 Triple Concerto in C Major, a virtuosic showpiece believed to be written for 15-year-old Archduke Rudolph, a pupil of Beethoven鈥檚 who would become his greatest patron. The orchestra will also perform Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Dimitri Shostakovich.
The Orfeo Trio was formed in 2012 as the official Piano Trio of the Wichita State College of Fine Arts, School of Music. All three members of the group are active performers with considerable chamber music experience.
Bees has performed chamber music throughout her career, including with the Vermeer Quartet and the St. Petersburg String Quartet, as well as in lieder recitals and with various instrumental ensembles at summer festivals. Zvonnikov played second violin in the St. Petersburg String Quartet from 2010-2014, and is associate concertmaster of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. Shukaev is a founding member of the St. Petersburg String Quartet, the quartet-in-residence at Wichita State.
The 麻豆传媒 Symphony Orchestra鈥檚 performance will be conducted by Mark Laycock, professor of music and holder of the Ann Walenta Faculty of Distinction Endowed Professorship.
Tickets are available at the Fine Arts Box Office noon-5 p.m. weekdays in the lobby of Duerksen Fine Arts Center. Contact the box office at 316-978-3233, or purchase tickets online at .
For more information, contact Laycock at 316-978-6202 or mark.laycock@wichita.edu.