Kleinhans Music Hall Presents
Andrea Cicalese, Violin
Zsolt Bognár, Pianist
Tuesday, November 19, 2024｜7:30 pm
Sponsored by Bud and Sandy Whistler

“CLEARLY A STAR IN THE MAKING” – Pianist Magazine, London.

Program
• Mozart: Sonata in G major, K.301 for violin & piano
• ⁠Mozart: Sonata in E minor, K.304 for violin & piano
INTERMISSION
• ⁠Franck: Sonata in A major for violin & piano
• ⁠Saint-Saens: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28

About Andrea Cicalese​
A quickly rising presence in the musical world in Europe and in the United States, violinist Andrea Cicalese, was born in Naples, Italy, in 2005. Despite his young age, Andrea regurarly performs in some of the most renowned concert halls in Germany, Italy, France, Austria, the Czech Republic and the United States of America, such as the Berliner Philharmonie, Tonhalle Zürich, Kleinhans Music Hall of Buffalo or Gasteig and Herkulessaal in Munich, both as a soloist and recitalist.

About Zsolt Bognár
Pianist, host, and author Zsolt Bognár is known to many around the globe in musical and cultural circles. As pianist, he has performed in Europe, Asia, and United States, and recorded a highly-praised debut album of works of Schubert and Liszt. He has appeared at New York’s Lincoln Center and 92nd Street Y, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. With notable performances in Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Chicago, and Los Angeles, he has appeared on many NPR programs including full-length recitals and interviews. As producer and host of the award-winning film series Living the Classical Life, featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Pianist Magazine, he has shared the lives and stories of living musical legends in nearly 200 episodes filmed as of 2024. Born in Urbana, Illinois, Zsolt Bognár studied with Sergei Babayan and Paul Schenly at Cleveland Institute of Music.