DUO Stephanie & Saar

DUO Stephanie & Saar
Saturday, December 8, 2018    
7:00pm - 8:15pm
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church - 440 Hoboken Ave, Jersey City, NJ

FREE, all ages welcome

“This is creative music making of an extraordinarily high level.” – The Art Music Lounge

Con Vivo Music is pleased to welcome DUO Stephanie & Saar to our stage for a special concert of piano music for 4 hands. Join us for a fantastic recital including Beethoven’s fiery Grosse Fuge in the composer’s own four-hand version, Schubert’s poetic Fantasie in F minor and selections from Art Of Fugue by Bach and Bach/Kurtag transcriptions. Learn more and listen to DUO at http://www.stephsaarduo.com.

Program
Art of Fugue by J.S. Bach
Fantasia in F minor by Franz Schubert
Cavatina and Grosse Fuge, Op. 130 by Ludwig van Beethoven
and transcriptions of Bach by György Kurtág

About DUO Stephanie & Saar
Pianists Stephanie Ho and Saar Ahuvia collaborate as DUO Stephanie & Saar in dazzling performances filled with visceral excitement, elegance and artistic vision.

Recent performances include their Lincoln Center debut with Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring; collaboration with Philadelphia’s Orchestra 2001 in a complete performance of Frank Zappa’s The Yellow Shark and Symphony Space’s Wall to Wall Bernstein, a marathon celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s 100th anniversary.

The duo’s 2017 recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Art of Fugue has garnered tremendous praise; Stephanie and Saar toured The Art of Fugue extensively with stops in Portland, Sacramento, Phoenix, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, among others. Their recording of György Kurtág’s four hand transcription of Bach’s Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (God’s Time is the Very Best of Times) was featured on the soundtrack of the documentary film Red Trees. Beethoven Dialogues, their 2014 album featuring Beethoven Quartets Op. 18 Nos. 1, 4 and 6 in rarely heard four hand arrangements, was chosen as Album of the Week on New York Public Radio WQXR.

Other peak performance include collaborations with New World Symphony’s Percussion Consort; multiple projects with Miami’s Dranoff Two Piano Foundation including the world premiere of Fantasia de Très Mundos by Cuban-American jazz pianist Martin Bejerano; Sarajevo Chamber Music Festival; Washington DC’s Smithsonian Museum of American Art and sold-out performances at New York City’s (le) poisson rouge.
While pursuing graduate studies at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Stephanie and Saar were inspired by Leon Fleisher to explore the Beethoven string quartets in a duo piano setting. The duo, who are married to each other, reside in New York City. Outdoor enthusiasts, they recently completed the 93-mile Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier.


Thank you to St. Paul Lutheran Church for their support.

CVM works to ensure that our concerts are accessible to all. If you require a special accommodation or have specific questions, please contact us prior to your visit.

CVM’s 2018 Season is supported by The Langworthy Foundation and SILVERMAN.
This program has been proudly supported by a grant from Investors Foundation.

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of The National Endowment for the Arts, administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Thomas A. Degise, County Executive, and the Board of Chosen Freeholders.