FanFaire Foundation and Villa Musica Present “From Paris To You 2014”

FanFaire Foundation and Villa Musica Present “From Paris To You 2014”FanFaire Foundation celebrates its new community partnership with Villa Musica with a concert by the Paris-based piano and viola duo of Zachary Deak and Virginie D’Avezac De Castera. The artists will perform a program of music by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Clarke at Villa Musica in Sorrento Valley on Sunday March 2, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. The event is part of FanFaire Foundation’s “Free Family Concerts Series.

The Paris-based duo of pianist Zachary Deak and violist Virginie D’Avezac De Castera returns to San Diego this winter with a new program of stirring music by Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Rebecca Clarke. Unlike their 2012 performances which spanned Western music from the Baroque to the 20th century, this time the duo has as thoughtfully assembled a program of works by the well-known composers of the Romantic era and interestingly juxtaposes these with music by the late 20th century English-American woman composer and violist, Rebecca Clarke. Unfamiliar to many of us, Clarke is acclaimed in music circles for the lush textures and harmonies of her compositions for the viola, which have been compared with works by Ravel and Bloch, as well as for her songs and choral pieces. Her “Sonata for Viola and Piano”, which is the final number in the program, is today a standard of the viola repertoire. The duo will also perform Schumann’s “Marchenbilder for Viola and Piano”. Schubert’s “Piano Sonata in C minor, D.958” and Brahms' “Intermezzo op.118 no.6”, which showcase Zachary Deak’s exquisite piano artistry, complete the program of music to remember. What better way to welcome Spring and celebrate a new community partnership in music!San Diego-born and raised, (by an American mother and a Slovak father), Zachary Deak began his musical studies at the age of five as a pre-schooler in Encinitas. At age thirteen he began his studies at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris which awarded him various “diplomes” in 2004 and 2007, culminating in 2011 with the coveted “Diplome Superieure d’execution avec l’unanimite”. Zachary has performed extensively in France as a soloist and in chamber groups, participating in the premieres of contemporary works. In June 2012, Zachary received the Hodgkins silver medal at the prestigious Chappell Medal piano competition in London. In January 2013, Zachary participated in the “Maria Joao Pires Academy” in Paris and performed in a concert at the Cite de la Musique.. In July 2013, Zachary graduated from the Royal College of Music in London with a Masters degree in Performance with distinction.

Like Zachary Deak, Virginie d’Avezac de Castera began her musical studies at age five as a piano student. She entered the Bordeaux National Conservatory at age ten where a few years later at age fourteen she found her true musical calling and began studying the viola, receiving first prizes from the Bordeaux Conservatory in viola, chamber music, harmony and counterpoint. Virginie studied with two of France's most respected violists and has played in many prominent orchestras across France. A professor of viola at the Cognac Conservatory of Music and conductor of the school’s string orchestra from 2004-2010, she now lives in Paris where she performs regularly with Zachary Deak and other musicians. Since 2011, she has been performing with the Magnolia Quartet of which she is a founding member. In September 2012, the Magnolia quartet was admitted to study at the prestigious European center of chamber music, Proquartet, in Paris

Free and open to the public.
Villa Musica
10373 Roselle St.
San Diego, CA 92121

For more information:
www.fanfairefoundation.org/from-paris-to-you/
(760) 666-1810