Program
| Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ernest Chausson | Poème, Op. 25 | 1896 |
| Intermission | ||
| César Franck | Violin Sonata in A major, FWV 8 | 1886 |
About the Artists
Thomas Wolf
Keila Wakao
Born in 2006 in Boston, MA, Japanese-American violinist Keila Wakao has gained international recognition as one of the leading young artists of her generation. Praised for her “crystalline sound” (The Boston Musical Intelligencer) and the “special energy she brings to the stage,” she captivates audiences with her exceptional musicality, technical command, and expressive depth beyond her years.
Keila began playing the violin at age three. At six, she became a student of former Boston Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Joseph Silverstein, and from ages nine to eighteen studied with Donald Weilerstein. She has also worked with Itzhak Perlman and participated in the Perlman Music Program from 2018 to 2022. She is currently a second-year undergraduate student of Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory as a Starling Foundation Full Scholarship recipient.
Keila performs on the 1690 Cremona “Theodor” Stradivarius violin, on loan from the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and Rare Violins In Consortium, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative.
Dina Vainshtein
Pianist Dina Vainshtein collaborates with some of the most promising musicians of our time. Now based in Boston, she is the daughter of two pianists, and studied with Boris Berlin and Arthur Aksenov at the prestigious Gnessin Russian Academy of Music in Moscow. At the 1998 International Tchaikovsky Competition, she received the Special Prize for the Best Collaborative Pianist.
In recent concerts Ms. Vainshtein has collaborated with violinists Miriam Fried, Yura Lee, Karen Gomyo, Chad Hoopes, Caroline Goulding, Zina Schiff, Alexi Kenney, and Angelo Yu; cellists Natasha Brofsky and Amit Peled; as well as the Borromeo String Quartet.
Dina Vainshtein came to the United States in 2000 to attend the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she worked with Vivian Hornik Weilerstein and Donald Weilerstein. For nearly a decade, Vainshtein has been affiliated with the New England Conservatory and the Walnut Hill School, where she teaches chamber music.