Join us on Sunday, May 31 at 3:00 pm for a performance by Belgian violinist Alexandra Cooreman and Georgian pianist Sophiko Simsive. Ms. Cooreman is appearing by arrangement with Curtis Artist Management.
Program
| Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 30 No. 1 | 1802 |
| Maurice Ravel | Tzigane, M. 76 | 1924 |
| Intermission | ||
| Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe | Sonata No. 4 in E minor (ded. Fritz Kreisler) | 1923 |
| César Franck | Violin Sonata in A major, FWV 8 | 1886 |
About the Artists
Alexandra Cooreman
Belgian-Polish violinist Alexandra Cooreman (b. 2003) started playing the violin at the age of 5. As an exceptional young talent, she was admitted in 2013 to the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo, where she studied with Augustin Dumay and Tatiana Samouil. Alexandra continued her musical education at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid with Anna Chumachenco and at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne with Michaela Martin.
Alexandra has won top honors in the Kocian Violin Competition, the Breughel Competition, and the Grumiaux International Competition, and she has performed as a soloist with orchestras throughout Europe. In 2017, together with Renaud Capuçon, Alexandra performed Bach’s double concerto with the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia conducted by Frank Braley. In 2022, she was invited by Renaud Capuçon to perform a recital at his festival Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad with pianist Kojiro Okada.
Alexandra is currently pursuing a graduate diploma at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, under the guidance of Ida Kavafian. Alexandra performs on a Nicholas Lupot violin, made in 1811 and loaned by a generous donor from the Haverkorn-Van Beuningen Family.
Sophiko Simsive
Sophiko Simsive is an internationally acclaimed pianist, praised by Jean-Yves Thibaudet as “a rare talent who promises to become one of the leading pianists of her generation.” Known for her expressive yet personal artistry, she has appeared at renowned venues including Carnegie Hall, the Berliner Philharmonie, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
She has performed with orchestras such as the Residentie Orkest, Yale Philharmonia, Noord Nederlands Orkest, Jeugdorkest Nederland, and the Manhattan School of Music Philharmonia, working with conductors including Lev Markiz, Peter Oundjian, and Jan Willem de Vriend. A passionate chamber musician, she is the pianist of the acclaimed Claremont Trio, described by The Strad as “one of America’s finest young chamber groups,” and has collaborated with artists such as Anthony Marwood, Kian Soltani, Gilbert Kalish, and the Calidore String Quartet. Festival appearances include Yellow Barn, Music Academy of the West, and the Verbier Festival.
Based in New York, Sophiko frequently performs with New Chamber Ballet. A passionate educator, Simsive serves as a Senior Coaching Assistant at Yale University, where she co-teaches alongside violinist Wendy Sharp, while also maintaining a piano studio at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.
She is a founding member of Trio Phōs, whose interdisciplinary project The Sound of Connection, supported by the 2024 New World Symphony BLUE Grant explores intergenerational storytelling through music, dance, and conversation.
A native of Georgia, and shaped by formative studies with Boris Berman, Jacques Rouvier, Mila Baslawskaja, and Maka Aladashvili, Sophiko holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied under the guidance of Solomon Mikowsky. Sophiko is represented by Interartists Amsterdam Management.
About the Concert
The performance begins at 3:00 pm. If you like, come an hour earlier for our pre-concert discussion (afternoon concerts only). After the performance, you’ll have an opportunity to meet the artist(s) and learn about their backgrounds and career plans.
The address of the venue is 103 North Road, Wakefield, Rhode Island 02879. Driving time from Providence, Newport, Westerly, and southeastern Connecticut is under an hour, and Amtrak’s Kingston Station is only five miles away.
The suggested contribution for this concert is $40 per person, collected at the door. We accept cash, personal checks, and cards. Checks should be payable to “Core Memory Music”. All contributions go directly to our performing artists. To make your contribution in advance, click here.
Children under 18 are welcome to join us free of charge.
If you’d like to attend this concert, send us an email with the full name of each person in your party and we’ll confirm your reservation. If you can’t attend the concert, we invite you to listen to the audio livestream (no reservation required).
| Last | First | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Allen | Tony | |
| Gale | Peggy | |
| Griffin | Vida-Wynne | |
| Margulies | Peter | |
| Routliffe | Tom | newcomer |
| Hirons | Philip | |
| Andeweg | Patricia | |
| Harris | Nadine |