Blake Pouliot, violin & Henry Kramer, piano

AND QUIET FLOWS THE DON:
HOPE BORN OUT OF POLITICAL REVOLUTION

BAOZHI YANG
Ambush on All Sides

JANÁCEK
Sonata for Violin and Piano

DERRICK SKYE
the spark she left behind for solo violin (World Première)

Co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and La Jolla Music Society

PIRAYEH POURAFAR
Damon for solo violin and electronics (World Première)

Co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and La Jolla Music Society

PROKOFIEV
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80

A favorite of La Jolla Music Society audiences, Blake Pouliot has been described as “immaculate, at once refined and impassioned” and has anchored himself among the ranks of classical phenoms. Pouliot has established himself as “one of those special talents that comes along once in a lifetime” (Toronto Star). He is joined by pianist Henry Kramer, who has been praised by The Cleveland Classical Review for his “astonishingly confident technique” and The New York Times for “thrilling [and] triumphant” performances.