Merkin Concert Hall, © Photo: John Bartelstone Njioma Grevious: Kaufman Music Center
New York, Merkin Concert Hall — Main Hall
About the Event
Njioma Grevious in concert at the Kaufman Music Center.
Njioma Grevious's playing “seemed to stop time both with its violin pyrotechnics and with its sheer intensity' (Washington Classical Review). Described as “superb” by the Chicago Classical Review, Grevious is a versatile violinist recognized for her exceptional contributions as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral performer. She was awarded the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Grand Prize at the 2023 Concert Artists Guild Elmaleh Competition, and First prize at the 2023 Sphinx Competition. She has showcased her talent in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and has received praise as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra, among others. Grevious is a founding member of the award‐winning Abeo Quartet.
Program
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Sonata No. 2 selections
- Coleridge‐Taylor Perkinson – Blues Forms & Just Blues
- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Scherzo, Op. 42
- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Mélodie E‐flat Major op. 42/3
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304
- Robert Schumann – Intermezzo dalla Sonata F.A.E. (“Frei Aber Einsam”) in la minore
- Johannes Brahms – Scherzo della Sonata FAE — Sonata n. 2 op. 100
- Olivier Messiaen – Thème et variations (Theme and Variations)
- Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev – Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94a
Address
Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York, USA — Google Maps
