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LACA News:
Prepare to be uplifted by harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and guitarist Jason Vieux at 3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 11, in the Duane Smith Auditorium in Los Alamos, New Mexico. You will be treated to three world- premiere works written expressly for them: Message in a Bottle by Kinan Abou-afach, Visit to Vermont by Philip Maneval, and Spring Again by Gary Schocker, as well as other duet and solo works.
This performance will be the third of five concerts in the 79th season for the Los Alamos Concert Association, a 501(c)(3) all-volunteer organization that brings world class artists to its series.
Yolanda Kondonassis is celebrated as one of the world’s preeminent harp soloists and has performed around the globe as a concerto soloist and recitalist. She released her first solo recording in 1993 to widespread critical acclaim and has since recorded over twenty albums, sold hundreds of thousands of discs and downloads worldwide, made over two dozen world premiere recordings, and received two GRAMMY nominations. Hailed as “viscerally exciting” (The Chicago Tribune) and praised for her “keen sense of dramatic timing and a range of colour that’s breathtaking” (Gramophone), Kondonassis has woven her many passions as a published author, speaker, professor of harp, and environmental activist into a vibrant and multi-faceted career.
Grammy-winner Jason Vieaux is described by NPR as “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation.” Praised for his performances on stage and in an extensive discography, Vieaux has cemented his reputation as an artist of brilliance and uncompromised mastery. From New York’s Lincoln Center to Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and the Seoul Arts Center, he is hailed as “virtuosic, flamboyant, dashing and, sometimes ineffably lyrical” (New York Times) and enjoys repeated invitations from several distinguished series including San Francisco Performances, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the 92 nd Street Y. In 2011 Vieaux co-founded the guitar department at the Curtis Institute of Music (with David Starobin). The youngest winner in the history of the Guitar Foundation of America Competition, Vieaux has taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music for 25 years.
The Duane Smith Auditorium is at 1300 Diamond Drive in Los Alamos.
Tickets ($40 plus $3 online service fee) are available in advance at www.losalamosconcert.org via Tix or before the concert at the Box Office ($40). Tickets for youth ages 6-18 are free. Music educators in
Northern New Mexico may also register for free tickets at https://losalamosconcert.org/tickets/.
For complete artist, venue, and ticket information, visit www.losalamosconcert.org.
