Faculty Artist Series: "Russian Romantics" with the Murasaki Duo

Since its founding in 1996 at the Juilliard School, the Murasaki Duo has been dedicated to performing the cello and piano literature as chamber music. Named in homage to Lady Murasaki, the author of the world’s first novel, Associate Professor of Cello Eric Kutz and pianist Miko Kominami weave their instruments’ voices together in a unique and compelling equal partnership. For this performance, the duo presents works by two of the most influential Russian composers of the Romantic era: Sergei Rachmaninoff and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. After opening with Rachmaninoff's sweeping Sonata for Cello and Piano, the duo will be joined by Professor of Violin James Stern for Tchaikovsky's emotional Piano Trio.