Tuesday Matinees: Randall Goosby, violin & Zhu Wang, piano at Merkin Hall

A. DVOK Sonatina for Violin and PianoW.G. STILL Suite for Violin and PianoE. GRIEG Violin Sonata No. 3A 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, violinist Randall Mitsuo Goosby has appeared as guest soloist with numerous orchestras throughout the U.S. since winning First Prize at the Annual Sphinx Concerto Competition in 2010 at age 13. Shortly after winning the Sphinx Competition, Randall was invited to appear as part of the New York Philharmonics prestigious Young Peoples Concert series at Lincoln Centers Avery Fisher Hall. A First Prize Winner in the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Goosby has performed as a soloist throughout the U.S. and has appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and the New World Symphony Orchestra, among others.Praised for his technical mastery and deep sense of lyricism (The Durango Herald), pianist Zhu Wang has been honored by many international awards including first prize at the 2nd Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians, and special prizes in the 5th International Chopin Young Artist Piano Competition and in the 16th Asian Chopin International Piano Competition in Japan. At Juilliard he won the Juilliard Gina Bachauer International Scholarship Piano Competition and received Mieczyslaw Munz Scholarship.