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“This program will celebrate
some of the glorious masterpieces
of the classical music and Slavic
musical culture and feature the
works of Dvorak, Borodin and Pro-
koviev;  three phenomenal com-
posers of the idiom of their coun-
try,” said Owen.
Following the completion of her
bachelor’s degree at The Juilliard
School, Yonezaki is pursuing her
master’s degree with Masao Ka-
wasaki. She has performed in mas-
terclasses for Pamela Frank and
Frans Helmerson while at Juilliard,
where she is also a member of the
orchestra. Carrying a deep admi-
ration for collaboration, she has a
strong affinity to double concertos
and chamber music works.
Her most recent international ap-
pearance was as a selected Young
Artist at the Rome Chamber Music
Festival in Italy, where she gave
concerts at the Palazzo Barberini.
She has spent several summers
in Austria as a student of Michael
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Frischenschlager, where she has
had the pleasure of collaborating
with pianists Veronika Kopjova and
Aki Maeda. She has performed for
many galas, including the Fritz Kre-
isler Gala in Vienna and the Boston
Philharmonic Rising Stars Gala.
Nathan Meltzer, who won the
Young Artist Competition in 2016
and is now a rising star in his own
right, will return in March to per-
form the Brahms Triple Concerto.
Last October, Meltzer was award-
ed the Totenberg-Ames Stradivari-
us. Local audiences will be able to
hear about the story and Nathan
perform on this instrument. Umi
Garrett (piano musician from Juil-
liard) Leland Ko (cello student at
Princeton) will perform with Na-
than. The performances take place
on Saturday, March 29 at Good
Shepherd Presbyterian Church in
New York City and Sunday, March
30 at Pascack Valley Regional High
School Auditorium. Jason Tramm
will be the guest conductor.
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