Kobayashi-Siepkes Duo
Monday, July 7th - 12 p.m.
FREE

The New York-based Kobayashi-Siepkes Duo will perform music for violin and piano by Bach, Prokofiev, and Mozart in a free concert Monday, July 7th.  The concert will begin at noon and last for 45 minutes.  Audience members are invited to bring a lunch to eat during the concert; St. John's will provide drinks and cookies.  Admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted to help defray concert expenses.

This is the first concert of our annual summer series, which continues on Mondays throughout July and August. 

New York-born violinist Akiko Kobayashi is an enthusiastic solo and chamber music player, noted by the IBLA Grand Prize Competition for her “remarkably precise and honest playing, with no artificial effects” and The Boston Musical Intelligencer as “excellent…top-notch.”  She has appeared as a soloist with the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Suginami Kokaido Chamber Orchestra, and Interharmony Festival Orchestra. She won First Prize in the American Protege International Piano and Strings Competition, the Richmond County Orchestra Concerto Competition, and a Distinguished Musician Diploma at the IBLA Grand Prize Competition.

New York-born violinist Akiko Kobayashi is an enthusiastic solo and chamber music player, noted by the IBLA Grand Prize Competition for her “remarkably precise and honest playing, with no artificial effects” and The Boston Musical Intelligencer as “excellent…top-notch.”  She has appeared as a soloist with the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Suginami Kokaido Chamber Orchestra, and Interharmony Festival Orchestra. 

Her recital appearances include Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in the Young Musicians Concert sponsored by the MTNA League; Steinway Hall in New York; Cathedral of St. John in New York; the All-Mozart Fall Festival Gala Concert near Pittsburgh, PA where she co-presented lecture concerts; the Gala Chamber Music Concert at the Nyack Academy of Music Summer Festival where she collaborated with founding member of the American String Quartet; and a benefit concert for the Annie Le Memorial Fellowship Fund which she founded and coordinated, sponsored by the Association of Yale Asian American Alumni. Season highlights include a debut appearance in Chicago and solo with the West Islip Symphony.

Pianist Eric Siepkes made his debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall as prize winner of the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in New York.  His recent appearances include the Baruch Center of Performing Arts in New York and the Allegheny Riverstone Center for the Arts in Pennsylvania. He has performed in master classes for Richard Goode, Angela Hewitt, Natalya Antonova, and has performed in chamber music master classes for London Baroque, the Avalon String Quartet, and the Eroica Trio.  Please visit www.ericsiepkes.com for more information.