Christine Lamprea Set for Pepperdine Recital Series at Raitt Recital Hall, 2/22

The Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts ends its 2014-2015 Recital Series with a special performance by the international-prize-winning cellist Christine Lamprea in Raitt Recital Hall at Pepperdine University at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 22.

Tickets, priced starting at $22 for the public and $10 for full-time Pepperdine students, are available now by calling (310) 506-4522 or online at http://arts.pepperdine.edu/. More information: http://www.christinelamprea.com/

The program will include Luigi Boccherini's Cello Sonata in G Major, Bach's Solo Cello in C Major, Jeffrey Mumford's amid fleeting pockets of billowing radiance, and Brahms' Cello Santa in F Major.

Noted for her "supreme panache" (The Boston Musical Intelligencer), Colombian-American cellist Christine Lamprea has performed across the country, appearing as a soloist with the Houston Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, and Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, as well as toured with the Sphinx Virtuosi in such venues as Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Lamprea was the First Prize winner of the 2013 Sphinx Competition and joined the roster of the Sphinx Soloists Program, and as such is presented as soloist with major orchestras worldwide.

A winner of Astral Artists' 2013 National Auditions, Lamprea has also received awards from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, the Young Texas Artists' Competition and captured First Prize at the 2013 Schadt National String Competition.

An avid chamber musician, Lamprea has participated in the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music School, Perlman Music Program, the Banff Centre, and Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival, performing alongside such esteemed musicians as Mark Hill, Maria Lambros, Nicholas Mann, Itzhak Perlman, Roger Tapping, and Carol Wincenc.

Lamprea strives to expand her musical boundaries by exploring many genres of music as well as non-traditional venues for performance and teaching. She has worked with members of Baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants, and studied sonatas with fortepiano with Audrey Axinn. She has premiered several works by composers at The Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory. She was a member of a small ensemble that worked with jazz musician Anthony Coleman on avant-garde composer John Zorn's game piece Cobra, for musical improvisers and prompter.

A passionate teacher, Lamprea worked with Ecuadorian youth in the cities of Quito and Guayaquil, as part of a residency between The Juilliard School and "Sinfonia Por La Vida," a social inclusion program modeled after Venezuela's El Sistema program. She continued to pursue musical outreach as a Gluck Community Service Fellow at Juilliard, performing in hospitals and nursing homes in and around New York City as part of a mixed ensemble of dancers, actors, and musicians.

Lamprea is the recipient of a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. She studied with Bonnie Hampton at The Juilliard School and holds a Master's degree from the New England Conservatory.

In 2016, she premieres Jeffrey Mumford's Cello Concerto with both the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the San Antonio Symphony.

The Recital Series at Pepperdine University has delighted audiences with new and emerging classical musicians since 1993. With intimate Sunday afternoon performances in Raitt Recital Hall, the series is nationally known for the high quality of its performances, the stunning location, the beautiful and acoustically superior venues, and the engagement and loyalty of its audience. Many of the featured artists have gone on to significant critical and professional acclaim, including cellist Johannes Moser, pianist Haochen Zhang, soprano Jessica Rivera, and cellist Alisa Weilerstein.

The Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine University provides high-quality activities for over 50,000 people f­­rom 664 zip codes annually through performances, rehearsals, museum exhibitions, and master classes. Located on Pepperdine's breathtaking Malibu campus overlooking the Pacific, the center serves as a hub for the arts, uniquely linking professional guest artists with Pepperdine students as well as patrons from surrounding Southern California communities. Facilities include the 450-seat Smothers Theatre, the 118-seat Raitt Recital Hall, the "black box" Helen E. Lindhurst Theatre, and the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art.

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