The First Church of Deerfield’s Brick Church Music Series continues Sunday, Feb. 12, featuring violin and piano concertos.
According to Jean Pitman Turner, the concert series’ artistic director, Taiwanese-American violinist Sirena Huang, 22, and pianist Pi-Hsun Shih will perform at 3 p.m. inside the historic brick church on Old Main Street.
Beginning at age 4, Huang studied violin at the Hartt School in Hartford, Conn. – the same music school Pi-Hsun Shih teaches at. Currently, she’s a scholarship student studying at Juillard.
She has been a featured soloist with the Sao Paulo State Symphony, The Hartt Symphony, and the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra, for whom she served as the principal keyboardist.
Shih has also taught at other schools and universities, including Mount Holyoke.
“Both musicians are exceptionally talented and are seasoned performers in Europe, Asia, and the United States,” Turner said, noting that “they will be playing music by Stravinsky, Paganini, He Zhan Hao and Chen Gang, Brahms, and Ravel.”
The concert series is funded through donations. Following the concert, there will be refreshments held next door at Deerfield Academy’s Caswell Library. A $10 donation at the door is suggested.
For more information, contact Turner at 413-774-2657.
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