01/24/2025
Dear friends ,
We are doing a community concert this week and would love you to join us !
EAST MEETS WEST
Egle Jarkova, violin
Christina Wright - Ivanova, piano
Sunday, January 26 at 2 PM
Hunneman Hall, Brookline Public Library
361 Washington st., Brookline, MA 02445
Program:
J. Williams, P. Hadjiev, C. Franck.
Meet the artists :
Eglė Jarkova, a Lithuanian-born violinist, has established herself as a sought after educator and distinguished performer on the international stage, including Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, Beethoven Hall, Wiener Saal among others. A top prize winner in several national and international competitions, Ms. Jarkova holds the Queen Morta Premium Laureate title. Her teaching career spans across Italy, Lithuania, and Boston, where she has instructed violin, chamber music, and orchestral repertoire. Ms. Jarkova holds a full teaching private studio, and also serves on the Brookline Music School faculty as a violin teacher and String Department Chair, as well as a Director to Summer Chamber Music Festival and the founder and artistic director of the International Summer Music Festival “Vivace Vilnius”.
Dr. Christina Wright-Ivanova, hailed by critics as “a brilliant pianist” (Wiener Zeitung, Vienna) and an “ideal partner” (Huffington Post), is an Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at Keene State College. As a chamber musician, she has been heard in over 25 countries throughout North & South America, UK, Europe, Asia, and Australia. She frequently performs with singers and instrumentalists in concert series around the US and has previously held faculty appointments at New England Conservatory, UMass Amherst, and the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
