Johannes Gray & Anastasiya Magamedova: Chopin & Rachmaninoff

7 PM Doors & Pre-Reception
8 PM Recital
9:30 PM Post-Reception

Johannes Gray & Anastasiya Magamedova: Chopin & Rachmaninoff

Gotham Arts in collaboration with Groupmuse is delighted to present an intimate private recital by cellist Johannes Gray & pianist Anastasiya Magamedova of the celebrated sonatas by Chopin and Rachmaninoff.

Wine will be served.

Program:

CHOPIN Cello Sonata in g minor, Op. 65

Intermission

RACHMANINOFF Cello Sonata in g minor, Op. 19

About the Artists:

Watch Johannes & Anastasiya perform Poulenc's Sonata for Cello & Piano, II. Cavatine

Duo Gray-Magamedova

The Duo Gray-Magamedova has been performing together since 2019 and enjoys giving concerts throughout Europe and the United States as well as the Middle East and Asia. They are known for their unique and varied recital repertoire programs, particularly enjoying bringing unknown pieces into the spotlight and curating these programs often around a particular theme or concept such as Fairytales in music, pieces inspired by folk melodies, or neoclassicism and how composers look to the past to create new works. Their Fairytales project is being recorded with the franco-suisse label Evidence Classics (Little Tribeca) and will be released in early 2025.

As Young Artists in Residence at the Scandinavian Cello School in Denmark, they participate in numerous music outreach projects as well as public concerts throughout Scandinavia. Since their debut at Lincoln Center at Paul Hall (New York City) in 2019, the duo has continued to perform around the world, in venues such as the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Theatre for Digital Arts in Dubai, and the Tajikistan National Opera. In France, they have been invited on "Générations France Musique, le Live" as well as to give recital programmes. In 2022, they became laureates of the European Chamber Music Competition. As a duo, they continue their studies at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris with Itamar Golan and François Salque.

Johannes Gray

Following his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 14, cellist Johannes Gray is a multiple prizewinner of the International JS Bach Competition in Leipzig, won the International Pablo Casals Award, was a Gold Medalist of the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, received the Verbier Festival’s Prix de l’APCAV award, and was awarded the prestigious “Talent Adami Classique”.

Solo engagements have taken him across four continents - including at the Berlin Philharmonie, the festivals of Ravinia and Verbier, Lincoln Center, SuperCello (Beijing), and the Cello Biënnale Amsterdam. Last season he gave his concerto debut in New York at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall, as well as performing with the Armenian State Orchestra, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, and the Metamorphosen Berlin Chamber Orchestra.

During his studies with Hans Jørgen Jensen (Chicago), Jérôme Pernoo (Paris), Frans Helmerson (Berlin), and Ivan Monighetti (Madrid) he won numerous national and international prizes — in 2022 this included the first prize at the "World's Biggest Stage" International Competition, laureate at Dubai’s "Classic Strings" International Competition and the special prize at the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann.

Anastasiya Magamedova

Recent 1st Prize winner of the International Scriabin Competition in Paris and 2nd Prize winner of the International ArsClassica Competition, pianist Anastasiya Magamedova, began studying the piano at the age of 5 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan and is a graduate of the Juilliard School. Magamedova has performed in halls such as Carnegie Hall’s Weill Concert Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, and Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin. A 2016 National YoungArts Winner, Magamedova has also soloed with Alicante Philharmonic Orchestra, Utah Symphony, American West Symphony, and Wratislava Chamber Orchestra. Magamedova is a Gold medalist of the 2013 International Keyboard Odyssiad Competition, a third prize winner of the 2015 IIYM International Piano Competition. She is currently studying in Paris at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique and is under the mentorship of Gabriela Montero.

What's the music?

Anastasiya and Johannes Piano and cello

Attendees

Alexandra R.

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Carol C. Groupmuse Superhost

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Tina N.

Elaine B.

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Shanker S.

Jonathan H.

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Brian K.

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Irmak Y.