Peter Arnstein, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op.53 Waldstein
Allegro con brio
Introduzione. Adagio molto - attacca
Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo
Nancy Oliveros, violin
Mary Ellen Haupert, piano
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sonata in G Major, Op. 78
Vivace ma non troppo
Adagio
Allegro molto moderato
About the Artists:
Dr. Peter Arnstein is well known in the Twin Cities area as a pianist and composer. He has often served as pianist and harpsichordist with the Minnesota Orchestra, and has accompanied many members of the Twin Cities’ two main orchestras and college music faculties. A winner of international competitions in both composition and piano, he has toured the Midwest as pianist and composer-in-residence for the Sylmar Chamber Ensemble, was a frequent pianist with the Macalester Trio, and currently teaches at the St. Paul Conservatory of Music.
He has performed many times at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, as both piano soloist and harpsichord soloist, as accompanist for violinist Michael Antonello, and as part of the piano trio, Trio di Vita, which premiered his Trio Jazzico Nostalgico and Scottish Fantasy. He has recorded seven CDs with Antonello which have all received enthusiastic reviews in Fanfare magazine.
Dr. Arnstein’s compositions include more than a hundred chamber music works, hundreds of piano solos and duets, and music for orchestra and chorus. His music has been published in both the United States and Europe. He has a doctorate in piano from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Master's from the University of Illinois-Urbana, and a Bachelor's from the Manhattan School of Music. In his spare time he writes mystery novels and humorous short stories.
A founding member of the critically acclaimed ARTARIA STRING QUARTET and a 2004 McKnight Fellow, violinist Nancy Oliveros has performed at renowned venues in New York, Boston, Atlanta, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Chicago, and throughout the United States and Europe. She is a multi-year recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, and the Heartland Fund for performance and educational outreach projects. She has appeared with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Juilliard and Cleveland Quartets, and performed in Boston with the Pops "Cameo", Ballet, Opera and Pro Arte Chamber Orchestras. Prior to co-founding Stringwood, a unique summer chamber music program, she was an Artist/Teacher in Residence at the world-renowned Tanglewood Institute. With the ASQ, other festival performances include Banff, Hampden-Sydney, and the L'Epau Festival in France. She was awarded past fellowships to Aspen, Kneisel Hall, the Florida Festival, and Brevard. Nancy was a graduate teaching assistant at The Florida State University, and Boston University where she received a Director's Award for post-graduate violin and chamber music studies with Roman Totenberg, Eugene Lehner, Raphael Hillyer, and the Muir Quartet. Further studies in chamber music were mentored by members of the Budapest, Emerson, Cleveland, LaSalle, and Colorado Quartets. Major violin teachers include Roman Totenberg, Gerardo Ribeiro, Karen Clarke and Robert Gerle. She has served on the faculty at Carleton College and Viterbo University. Nancy resides in St. Paul, Minnesota where she co-directs the Artaria Chamber Music School <http://www.acms.artaria.us> and maintains a private studio. She plays on a rare 1819 violin by Joseph Ceruti.
