Sunday, September 29
| 2:00PM
Temescal Beach House
6500 Broadway | Berkeley - Oakland Hills
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Join us for an exceptional performance as cellist Eileen Moon, along with Polina Sedukh (violin), David Chernyavsky (violin), Marcel Gemperli (viola), and Jonah Kim (cello), present Franz Schubert's celebrated Cello Quintet. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear one of Schubert’s greatest compositions performed by an all-star ensemble.
The afternoon includes a reception before and after the performance featuring wines from Miner Family Winery.
$85 per guest
Learn more about the Olivia Decker Power of Music Series.
Performers
Cellist Eileen Moon, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Juilliard School, followed by studies at the Hochschule fur Musik in Vienna, Austria. Eileen received 2nd Prize at the Geneva International Competition in 1991 and 4th Prize (the highest award given that year) at the Tchaikovsky International Cello Competition in 1993. She performed with the New York Philharmonic for 25 years, including positions as section cello and Assistant Principal Cello.
Born to a family of musicians in St. Petersburg, Russia, Polina Sedukh began studying violin at the age of four with her father Grigory Sedukh, and Savely Shalman. She is a graduate of the Special Music School of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory, where she studied under the guidance of Lev Ivaschenko and Vladimir Ovtcharek. She also holds an Artist Diploma from Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she studied with Laura Bossert and Malcolm Lowe.
David Chernyavsky joined the San Francisco Symphony in 2009. Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, he began violin studies at the age of six and at eleven gave his first solo recital. After winning prizes in competitions in Russia and France, he entered the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
Marcel Gemperli (viola) is Principal Violist of the California Symphony and performs regularly with the San Francisco Symphony. He was an acting member of the San Diego Symphony viola section from 2017 until 2022 and has also performed with the orchestras of the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, and numerous regional ensembles in the Bay Area.
Jonah Kim is an artist of great charisma and originality. His beauty of tone is immediately distinguishable by its signature sweetness. Kim invites the listener in with “the cosy warmth of a well-loved cashmere sweater," (Gramophone) then “dives into the music with courage underpinned by formidable technical prowess, with which he achieves a dazzling performance.” (All About the Arts)
Venue
6500 Broadway, Oakland
With its waterfront views of Lake Temescal, the Beach House is a charming, tranquil oasis amidst the lush greenery of the Temescal Regional Recreation Area in the Berkeley / Oakland hills.