Mahwah Library to Host Violinist, Pianist Concert Oct. 5

The Mahwah Public Library will host a concert by violinist Anat Malkin Almani and pianist Inesa Sinkevych on Sunday, Oct. 5 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the library’s Winter Room.

Anat Malkin Almani and Inesa Sinkevych will perform works by Schubert, Schedrin, Pärt and Franck.

This program is free and tickets are not necessary. Seats are on a first come basis and doors will close when the concert begins. Latecomers will be seated during any appropriate breaks.

Israeli-born Anat Almani began her violin studies with her father, Isaac Malkin, and made her Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 16 under the baton of Alexander Schneider. Other performances have taken her throughout Holland, Israel, Italy, Korea, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay, the United Kingdom and the United States. An active chamber musician, Almani performs regularly with her sister, violinist Bracha Malkin, as part of the The Malkin Duo.

In his book entitled “Violin Virtuosos from Paganini to the 21st Century,” Henry Roth named Almani as one of the “gifted young violinists who are among the vanguard leading the march of violin art into the 21st century.”

A laureate of the 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano master Competition, Ukrainian-born pianist Inesa Sinkevych has also won first prizes in the Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona and at the Concurso Internacional de Piano Premio Jaen in Spain, as well as awards in the Minnesota International Yamaha Piano-e-Competition, the Vianna da Motta and the Porto international competitions in Portugal, the Casagrande International Competition in Italy, the Panama International Competition and the Cidade del Ferrol and the Spanish Composers competitions in Spain.