Jinjoo Cho and Chihiro Kakishima, violin
James Kang, viola
Luiz Fernando Venturelli, cello
Sasha Kasman Laude, piano

Bienen faculty member and violinist Jinjoo Cho is joined by Bienen students and guest artists to perform a chamber recital devoted to the music of Nikolai Medtner and his contemporaries. Program highlights include Medtner's Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44 (“Spring Sonata”), with late-Romantic textures recalling Russia in spring; Rachmaninoff’s Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G Minor, influenced by Tchaikovsky; and Medtner’s Piano Quintet in C Major, the composer’s final work and the pinnacle of his achievement.