Dress up in your scariest or silliest costumes and get ready for a night filled with music, treats, tricks, and lots of laughter. Enjoy spooky sounds from violinist Florence Wang Conrad and pianist Daria Kiseleva. Cliburn performances will occur for 10 minutes each at every half hour.
Program
SAINT-SAENS Danse Macabre
TARTINI Violin Sonata in G Minor ("Devil’s Trill”), II. Allegro moderato
AGUILA Conga
YSAŸE Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 2 (“Obsession”)
NAVARRO Son a Papa
GINASTERA “Danza del Gaucho Matrero” from Danzas Argentinas, op. 2
BOLCOM Graceful Ghost Rag
About Florence Wang Conrad, violin
Originally from China, Florence Wang Conrad began her musical studies at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She later moved to the United States after accepting a full artist scholarship at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University, studying under Chee-Yun.
Mrs. Conrad has spent many summers at Tanglewood Music Center, where she was concertmaster of the Contemporary Music Ensemble; Music Academy of the West; Spoleto Festival USA; Sarasota Music Festival; and Utah Festival Opera.
Currently, Mrs. Conrad serves as acting assistant concertmaster of the Dallas Opera Orchestra. She has also performed with the Dallas Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, and Charleston Symphony in South Carolina. An active chamber musician, she appears on stage with Dallas area ensembles such as Ensemble 75, Avant Chamber Ballet, and the Basically Beethoven Festival.
Apart from the violin, she enjoys life with her husband Wayne and their two young children.
About Daria Kiseleva, piano
Pianist Daria Kiseleva debuted with orchestra at age 10. She has since won top prizes at some of the world's most renowned music competitions and performed at famous concert halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York and the Salle Cortot in Paris. She has brought her music to Europe, North, and South America and looks forward to visiting even more continents.
Born in Russia, Daria started piano lessons at the age of 4 and graduated from Moscow State Gnesin College and Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 2014, she moved to Fort Worth to pursue an artist diploma and doctor of musical arts at TCU. She also joins Cliburn in the Classroom for her first season as a program pianist.
Apart from music, Daria loves ballet. She danced throughout childhood and now shares that joy with her own daughter. She also can’t live without trips to the mountains or good coffee!