Icar Press Release
 
Presented in connection with the exhibition of
JCJ Vanderheyden
February 6 - April 24, 2002 at ICAR-Paris

March 25 and 27, 2002 at ICAR-Paris at 8 p.m.

LATICA HONDA-ROSENBERG, VIOLIN, AND ELDAR NEBOLSIN, PIANO
W.A Mozart - Sonata in G-Major for Piano and Violin KV301
J. Brahms - Violin Sonata no.1 in G-Major, Op. 78
S. Prokofiev - Sonata for Violin and Piano no.1 in F-major, Op. 80
 

Violinist Latica Honda-Rosenberg is winner of major international competitions, such as the Queen Elisabeth Competition of Belgium, the Hannover International Violin Competition and the competition organized by the Deutsche Musikrat in Germany. She studied with Tibor Varga, Zakhar Bron in Lubeck, Germany, and Dorothy Delay at the Juilliard School in New York. She was the first German violinist to win the second prize of the Tschaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1998.

Eldar Nebolsin was born in Tashkent (Usbekistan) in 1974. Already at the age of twelve he received the first prize at the Young Russian Pianists Competition in Moscow. In the course of his carrier he has performed with many major orchestras and has worked with such world-renowned conductors as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Riccardo Chailly, Yakov Kreizberg, and Leonard Slatkin.

March 26 and 28, 2002 at ICAR-PARIS at 8 p.m.

MAHNKYU KIM, BASS BARITONE, AND SIMON LEBENS, PIANO
W.A. Mozart - Per Questa Bella Mano, Concert Aria KV612
G. Mahler - Five Rückert-Lieder
G. Finzi - Let Us Garlands Bring: Five Shakespeare Songs
J.Ibert - Chansons de Don Quichotte (Four Songs)

Korean singer MahnKyu Kim has a degree from the National University of Séoul and lives in the United States. He holds a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School where he studied with Daniel Ferro. He completed his studies in the United States at Yale University. MahnKyu Kim received his first acclaim in 1996 when he performed with the San Francisco Opera. He sings regularly in operas, oratorios and recitals throughout the United States, including in Chicago, Dallas, and New York, and also regularly in Séoul.

Simon Lebens studied piano at the Royal College of Music in London. In 1991 he moved to France. Among his most notable performances is his participation in the program of Stravinsky and Mahler under the direction of Philippe Herreweghe at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris and the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels.

Reception to meet the musicians after each concert

Tickets: €20 (students €12);
€30 for two concerts and gallery talk
Reservations through ICAR-Paris, tel 01 53 26 36 61 / fax 01 53 36 03 44