The Cayman Arts Festival presents an evening of classical music featuring the musicians of the New York City Ballet Orchestra, under the direction of concertmaster Arturo Delmoni on Saturday, 11 Nov., at 7pm in the Vault at Compass Centre.
The event will feature Delmoni on the violin; Michael Roth, associate concertmaster, on the viola; and Sarah Hewitt Roth, on the cello; in collaboration with visiting musicians Elizabeth Pitcairn, violinist; Heather Johnson, French horn player;, and Cayman Arts Festival’s very own Glen Inanga, pianist.
Audiences will be treated to an evening of Johannes Brahms’ masterpieces, including Sonatensatz; the Horn Trio in E♭ major, Op. 40; and Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34.
Arturo Delmoni
His distinctive playing embodies the romantic warmth that was the special province of the great virtuosi of the golden age of violin playing.
Delmoni has recorded approximately 20 CDs. Alan Heatherington of The American Record Guide wrote, “The growing discography of Arturo Delmoni testifies to a musician who must possess an artistic soul of exceptional beauty. Each new issue reveals additional aspects of a winsome musical personality and verifies an impression of great warmth and geniality.”
Delmoni’s violin is a J. B. Guadagnini, 1780.
Michael Roth
Roth is associate concertmaster of the New York City Ballet Orchestra.
He is also a member of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, the Westchester Philharmonic, the American Composers Orchestra and the New York Pops. He has served as concertmaster of the Princeton Symphony, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and the Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra.
Sarah Hewitt-Roth
Praised for her “golden, beautifully singing”, cellist Sarah Hewitt-Roth has talents that span a wide musical spectrum.
As a chamber musician, Hewitt-Roth has toured throughout Europe and the United States, performing with Philharmonia Virtuosi and the New York Chamber Soloists. She is a member of the New York Pops Orchestra and is a regular performer at Carnegie Hall as assistant principal cellist of the New York City Chamber Orchestra.
A frequent Broadway collaborator, Hewitt-Roth has held cello chairs in 12 shows on Broadway.
Heather Johnson
Johnson attended the Curtis Institute of Music at age 17. In addition to studying extensively with teachers from the Norwegian Academy of Music, she holds degrees in horn performance from the Curtis Institute of Music and Stony Brook University, and a master’s degree in conducting from the Dana School of Music.
Johnson performs extensively in Pennsylvania and Ohio. She is on the faculty of Slippery Rock University, Westminster College, and the Luzerne Music Center. She also maintains two private studios. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, a luthier and Juilliard-trained double bassist.
Elizabeth Pitcairn
Violin virtuoso Elizabeth Pitcairn has earned a stunning reputation as one of America’s most beloved soloists. She appeared as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Academy of Music and, in the year 2000, gave her New York debut at Alice Tully Hall with the New York String Orchestra.
She has since performed at Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Fisher Center and the Kimmel Center.
Pitcairn is featured on the 10th anniversary edition of The Red Violin DVD in a special feature called ‘The Auction Block’. Named the Red Stradivarius while in the possession of Joseph Joachim, the violin was a gift from her grandfather in 1990 at Christie’s Auction in London.
Glen Inanga
Following graduation from Clare College, University of Cambridge, as a British Council Scholar, where he read the Engineering Tripos and received his master’s of arts degree in 1998, Inanga studied with Martin Roscoe at the Royal Academy of Music, London, UK.
Inanga has performed internationally as concert pianist soloist, as duo pianist with the multi-award winning Micallef-Inanga Duo, as well as a chamber musician collaborating in recordings on the Sono Luminus label with Grammy Award-winning artists, Eliesha Nelson and John McLaughlin Williams.
“We are delighted to welcome back the immensely talented musicians from NYC Ballet Orchestra to the Cayman Arts Festival,” Marius Gaina, executive director of the Cayman Arts Festival told the Compass. “With their wealth of experience and exceptional talent this promises to be a night that will leave a lasting imprint on your memory.”
He added that “their reunion with the renowned Elizabeth Pitcairn, our very own artistic director, Glen Inanga, and the exceptional french horn virtuoso, Heather Johnson, guarantees a musical synergy like no other. If you have a deep appreciation for classical music, this event is an absolute must-attend.”
Tickets are US$42 for adults, $18 for students (up to 18 years old). For tickets and more information, visit www.caymanartsfestival.com, email [email protected] or call 922-5550.
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