The Hammond Performing Arts Series Presents Sarita Kwok and Wei-Yi Yang

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (March 13, 2015) – Saul Cohen, President of Hammond Residential Real Estate in Chestnut Hill, is pleased to announce that violinist Sarita Kwok and pianist Wei-Yi Yang will perform works by Debussy, Schnittke, Dvořák and Ravel as part of the Hammond Performing Arts Series, which is sponsored by the Saul B. and Naomi R. Cohen Foundation. The concert will take place on Sunday, March 29 at 3 p.m. at Follen Community Church, 755 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington. Admission is complimentary.

Australian violinist Sarita Kwok has been featured on stages throughout the world, and has performed as a soloist with the major symphony orchestras in her home country. She has held residencies at the Pacific Music Festival, Japan, Aldeburgh Festival, United Kingdom, Aix-en-Provence Festival, France, the French Academy in Rome, in addition to performing extensively throughout the United States. From 2004-2010, Kwok was the first violinist of the award-winning Alianza String Quartet. Frequently sought after as an educator, she has also presented master-classes at Wellesley College, Central Connecticut State University, University of the Pacific, SUNY Buffalo, and the New Zealand School of Music. She is currently the Chair of the Department of Music and Associate Professor at Gordon College.

Pianist Wei-Yi Yang has earned acclaim from critics and audiences worldwide for his performances in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center. Most recently, the New York Times hailed his piano solo that “contributed significantly and virtuosically” to a “sensational” performance of Messiaen’s Turangalila-Symphonie at Carnegie Hall. A dedicated chamber musician, Mr. Yang has recently collaborated with the Pacifica, Cassatt, and Tokyo String Quartets, mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, clarinetists Richard Stoltzman and David Shifrin, and violinist Axel Strauss, among others. With cellist Clive Greensmith, he performed Mendelssohn’s complete duos for cello and piano on the 1884 Erard Grand piano at the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments.

The Hammond Performing Arts Series began in Chestnut Hill twenty years ago as a way to provide young professional musicians with performance opportunities and to enrich the cultural life of the communities that Hammond’s network of offices serve. The series proved so successful in Chestnut Hill that it has been expanded to Boston, Concord, Hingham, Lexington, and Weston.

Reservations for the March 29 concert are currently being accepted. If you are interested in attending, please call 781-861-8100 x 1102 to reserve your complimentary seats. Admission is free, but reservations are required.

To learn more, please visit http://www.hammondre.com/community-outreach/performing-arts-series.html