On November 6, the Island Symphony Orchestra will celebrate its 50th Anniversary at the Van Nostrand Theater with a Gala Concert featuring members of the acclaimed American String Quartet: violinist, Peter Winograd & cellist, Wolfram Koessel, in a performance of Brahms’ Double Concerto.
The November 6 program will also include the beloved Symphony “From the New World” by Antonin Dvorak.
A meet-and-greet with our guests will follow the afternoon’s performance.
Tickets can be purchased at the door for only $10
Peter Winograd gave his first solo public performance at the age of 11. Recognized early as an exceptionally promising young artist, Winograd was a top prize winner in the 1988 Naumburg International Violin Competition.
He made his New York debut to critical acclaim and has since appeared as a guest soloist with numerous orchestras and in recital across the country and abroad, including annual collaborative performances with cellist Andrés Díaz at the Florida Arts Chamber Music Festival.
Winograd has been a member of the violin and chamber music faculties of the Manhattan School of Music and the Aspen Music School since 1990.
Born into a gifted musical family, Winograd began his studies with his parents. His mother was a professional pianist, and his father was the founding cellist of the Juilliard Quartet and a conductor of the Hartford Symphony in Hartford, Connecticut, where Winograd grew up.
Since his Carnegie Hall debut in 1994, Wolfram Koessel has performed as a chamber musician, recitalist and soloist throughout the world. The Strad praised his “exceptionally attractive cello playing.”
As a soloist, he has performed concertos throughout the United States as well as with Japan’s Osaka Symphony Orchestra and orchestras in Germany and South America. He also has appeared often with the New York Metamorphoses Orchestra, which he cofounded in 1994. His collaborations include performances with legendary tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, distinguished dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, and cellist Yo Yo Ma, among many others.
Long-time followers of the ISO may remember Koessel as a guest in our Artists for Artists video series.
