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Julia Henderson, Cello and Margarita Rovenskaya, Piano at Cornelia St. Cafe (Site)

Monday October 8, 2018, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Julia Henderson, cello; Margarita Rovenskaya, piano

Join for an evening of chamber music for piano and cello, with music by Beethoven, Bach, Schnittke, and Schumann!

Recent performances have found cellist Julia Henderson at the Joyce Theatre, Carnegie Hall, Bargemusic, Birnam Arts Center (UK), and in her own neighborhood of Inwood as part of Listen Closely concert series. She is an avid chamber musician, performing with groups throughout New York City, as well as touring with the chamber music theatre group Core Ensemble. Julia holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and The Juilliard School, where she studied with Darrett Adkins and Timothy Eddy. She has coached with members of the Shanghai, Juilliard, St. Lawrence, Jupiter, Cavani, and Orion String Quartets, and plays regularly with members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Knoxville Symphony as faculty of the Montserrat Music Festival. In addition to performing, Julia is a passionate teacher, and is on faculty at Sonic Exploration El Sistema Program and The Trinity School, as well as running a private cello studio in NYC.

Pianist and avid chamber musician Margarita Rovenskaya has performed extensively in the US and abroad, with solo and chamber recitals in venues such as Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall. Winner of the Mary Smart International Concerto Competition, Westminster Piano Concerto Competition, Connecticut Young Artist Competition, and American Fine Arts Festival, Ms. Rovenskaya is based in New York City. She is co-adjunct faculty at Rutgers University, served as Adjunct Piano Instructor at New York University, and is currently piano faculty at several studios and schools in NYC.

Born in Ukraine, Margarita Rovenskaya began studying the piano at the age of six in Chicago. She is earned her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Oberlin Conservatory in May 2012, her Masters in Piano Studies with Eteri Andjaparidze at New York University in May 2014, and is currently earning her Doctorate of Musical Arts at Rutgers University. Her teachers include Efrem Briskin, Peter Takacs, Eteri Andjaparidze, and Vladimir Valjarevic.

Details

Date:
Monday October 8, 2018
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Website:
http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com/underground/performances.asp?ID=11762&sdate=10/8/2018&search=piano

Venue

The Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia St
New York, NY 10014 United States
Phone:
212.989.9319
Website:
http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com/