Saturday March 12, 7pm. Doors: 6:30pm
The Box Factory, 1519 Decatur St, Ridgewood NY, 11385
Tickets available online, or at the door.
Violinist Ariel Horowitz, hailed as “sweetly Lyrical” (Washington Post) and prize-winning pianist Alexa Stier present a stirring duo recital of works by Jennifer Higdon, Errolyn Wallen, Ariel Horowitz and Vera Stanojevic among others. This concert will be followed by a Q&A with the artists.
*Ticket price includes complementary wine reception.
Ticketholders are required to show proof of vaccination and wear masks during the concert.
PROGRAM
A Tree's Spiral of Time - Electra Perivolaris
-Alexa Stier, piano
How Do You Tell Your Child? - Ariel Horowitz
-Ariel Horowitz, violin
Voyage I - Vera Stanojevic
-Alexa Stier, piano and electronics
Solitude for Singing Violinist - Ariel Horowitz
-Ariel Horowitz, violin
String Poetic - Jennifer Higdon
1. Jagged Climb
2. Nocturne
3. Blue Hills of Mist
4. Maze Mechanical
5. Climb Jagged
-Ariel Horowitz
Woogie Boogie - Errollyn Wallen
-Ariel Horowitz, violin
Hailed by The Washington Post as “Sweetly Lyrical,” violinist Ariel Horowitz cannot remember life before loving music. In October of 2020, Ariel won the Concert Artists Guild Ambassador Prize and joined the Concert Artists Guild roster. A recent graduate of the Yale School of Music under the tutelage of Ani Kavafian, Ariel previously studied with Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho at The Juilliard School. Ariel is a prizewinner of the Grumiaux, Stulberg, and Klein International Competitions as well as the Salon De Virtuosi Career Grant. In the Fall of 2019, Ariel joined the faculty of Mount Holyoke College, teaching violin and chamber music.
Ariel enjoys an active concert schedule, frequently programming beloved staples of the classical canon alongside both lesser-known works by composers from backgrounds historically underrepresented in classical music as well as her original songs for violin with voice. She has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Kammerphilharmonie Hamburg, and the Santa Fe ProMusica Orchestra, and in recitals across the United States, Europe, Israel, and South America. In recent seasons, Ariel premiered her original works at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall and the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater. In 2017, Ariel traveled to Auschwitz with with Eva Kor, a survivor of both the Holocaust and the medical experiements performed on twins by the infamous Dr. Joseph Mengele. During this trip, she performed a short concert alongside bassist Sebastian Zinca featuring an original co-composition for violin, bass, and spoken word for Kor on the selection platform, or in Eva’s words, “the final place that I saw my family.” This performance was broadcast on The Violin Channel, and the duo performed this music across Poland. Alongside several of her friends, Ariel performed compositions by the students of Daniel’s Music Foundation - an NYC based organization providing music education to the disability community - with DMF students in both the DMF 2017 NYC Gala and at a concert organized by Ariel and her friends at The Juilliard School. In 2013, Ariel and two of her colleagues organized a concert and food drive during their first semester at The Juilliard School to benefit the Food Bank For New York City.
At home in a variety of musical genres and disciplines including improvisation, Ariel has performed with artist-activists such as Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon of Sweet Honey in the Rock, Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely, Holly Near, and Pete Seeger. In 2020, the band Empire Wild organized a holiday-themed video performance of the song ‘Winter Wonderland’ performed by Ariel and some of her colleagues on the Concert Artists Guild roster which was featured by The Strad. She has given masterclasses and lectures for The Teaching Tonic, Through the Staff, String Insiders, Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, and the Indiana University Summer String Academy. She has attended festivals and masterclasses such as The Perlman Music Program, Mozarteum Salzburg, Keshet Eilon International Master Course, Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival Winter Workshop, Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, and Orford Music Centre, performing alongside artists such as Vadim Gluzman, Michael Kannen, Steven Tenenbom. In the summer of 2020, were it not for the coronavirus pandemic, Ariel would have enjoyed her position as a fellow of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.
A native of Romania, Hungarian pianist Alexa Stier was the recipient of the Silvestri Musical and Academic Scholarship offered by The Mary Erskine School (Edinburgh, UK, 2013-2015). In 2019, she completed her Bachelor of Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, studying with Prof. Fali Pavri. In 2019, Alexa appeared as a soloist with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and won First Prize at the Sheepdrove Piano Competition (UK). In May 2021, she completed her Master’s degree at the Yale School of Music, where she is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Musical Arts. In 2020 she was awarded the Elizabeth Parisot Prize, and in 2021, the Alumni Prize, both granted by the Yale School of Music. Stier is particularly interested in Eastern European history and culture. In her free time Alexa likes travelling, visiting art museums, and playing with her puppy Zuzu.