The Program

Ravel:  Le Tombeau de Couperin
Schulhoff:  Duo for Violin and Cello
Beethoven:  Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3

Pre-concert Lecture at 6:45 pm by Richard Freedman

The Artists

Ida Levin, hailed for her "affecting intensity" by The New York Times, began her violin studies at the age of three, making her professional debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at ten. Since her Carnegie Hall debut as soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra, she has made solo appearances with the New York String Orchestra under Alexander Schneider at both Carnegie Hall and Washington's Kennedy Center, with the orchestras of St. Louis, Utah and Los Angeles and with the Edinburgh Chamber Orchestra, among many others.  

A native of Detroit, Cynthia Raim graduated from the Curtis Institute in 1977 after studying with Rudolf Serkin and Mieczyslaw Horszowski.  Her awards include first prize at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, the Pro Musicis Award, first prize at the J.S. Bach International Piano Competition, first prize at the Three Rivers National Piano Competition and the first Distinguished Artist Award of the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia, given for “outstanding achievement and artistic merit.”  Ms. Raim has collaborated with David Soyer, Samuel Rhodes, and the Guarneri and Johannes Quartets, among others.  Annually, she gives recitals throughout the world, participating in many leading international music festivals such as Marlboro, Ravinia, Mostly Mozart and Santa Fe.

Peter Stumpf has been principal cello of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2002.  Bringing his "faultless technique and panache" (Symphony Orchestra Reviews) to each performance, Stumpf has also been a chamber music partner of the Emerson String Quartet and such eminent artists as Emanuel Ax, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Mitsuko Uchida.  Stumpf is also a member of the Johannes Quartet and has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Symphony, the Virginia Symphony and the Aspen Festival Orchestra.