New York Empire Trio Presents Brooklyn Concerts on October 18 and 19 The New York Empire Trio will present two concerts in Brooklyn, New York this coming weekend: Saturday, October 18 - 12:30 PM at the Brooklyn Center For Performing Arts, Sam Levenson Recital Hall, 2900 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. This program is presented by the Brooklyn College Preparatory Center for Performing Arts. Sunday, October 19 - 4 PM at Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library - Dweck Center, Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. Repertoire for these concerts will be Haydn's Trio in D, Hob. XV:16, contemporary Bulgarian composer Roumi Petrova's Eastern Connection Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, Rachmaninov's Trio Elegiaque in G minor and Dvorak's Trio "Dumky" in E minor, op. 90. Both of these events are free and open to the public. For more about the October 19 program, directions or other information, please call Brooklyn Library at 718-230-2100 or visit http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/branch_library_detail.jsp?branchpageid=3D. New York Empire Trio members Hristo Popov - violin, Kalin Ivanov - cello, Joshua Pierce - piano are winners of many distinguished awards and have had prominent careers. 'Virtuoso-violinist extraordinaire', Hristo Popov, is a prizewinner at the Kozian International Violin Competition, Silver Medalist at the California Young Artist Competition, winner of the Grand Prize at the International Institute of Music (Germany, USA), first place at the American String Teachers' Association Chamber Music Competition. Kalin Ivanov, cellist, is a prominent soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and recording artist who performs with: 'dramatic urgency and expressive tone'(The Strad, London). A winner of the C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival Concerto Competition, he has performed in major performing centers in Europe and the United States. Grammy nominated pianist Joshua Pierce has performed with many orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonia, Moscow State Philharmonic, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, among others. He has recorded over 200 works for MSR Classics, EMI Classics, Koch International Classics, Sony Classics, Vox and other labels. Future plans include a European tour in the summer of 2009, and debut concerts in Washington D.C. and at Carnegie Hall in New York City. For more information on upcoming performances visit www.bulgarianvirtuosi.com/nyempiretrio.html For press inquiries about the New York Empire Trio, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or [log in to unmask] Jeffrey James Arts Consulting Website: http://www.jamesarts.com *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html