Great Performance Series resumes with Tomescu, Kuznetsov

Romanian violin superstar Alexandru Tomescu, winner of several international violin competitions including the Paganini Competitions in Italy and the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris, will pay tribute to Filipino violin greats when he returns at the Philamlife Theater Saturday, February 24, 2007, 8 p.m. with pianist Mary Anne Espina.

The February 24 concert caps the Great Performance Series sponsored by the Philippine American Life Insurance Company and Manila Pavilion Hotel. The return engagement is dedicated to three distinguished Filipino violinists namely Ernesto Vallejo, Carmencita Lozada and Redentor Romero.

Tomescu and Espina will also be heard at the Nueva Ecija Convention Center in Palayan City under the auspices of Governor Tomas Joson III and in Bacolod City on Thursday, March 1, 2007, 6:30 p.m. at the Governor’s Hall, Provincial Capitol, Bacolod City on the occasion of the National Arts Fair initiated by the Negros Cultural Foundation and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts.

The Great Performance Series resumes May 7, 2007 with the Philippine debut of Russian pianist Sergey Kuznetsov, prizewinner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition (USA), the Alicia de Larrocha Competition (Spain) and the Concours Geza Andam (Zurich), among others.

Kuznetsov’s May 7 program includes Beethoven’s Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90, Tchaikovsky’s Scherzo Humoristic and “Meditation” Op. 72, No. 5, Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit, Scriabin’s Sonata No. 3 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 23 and Chopin’s Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58.

For inquiries on Manila and Bacolod concerts of violinist Alexandru Tomescu and pianist Sergey Kuznetsov, please call tel. 9007023 or cell 09065104270 or email musicnewsservice@ yahoo.com.