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Presented by: Sitka Summer Music Festival

Zuill Bailey is widely considered one of the premiere cellists in the world. His rare combination of celebrated artistry, technical wizardry as well as his engaging personality has secured his place as one of the most sought after and active cellists today. He is also the Art Director Designate (2012) for the Sitka Summer Music Festival. His CD, the "Bach Cello Suites" has soared to the top of the Classical Billboard Charts. "The sound is rich, like dark chocolate...his voice is distinctive--strong and direct. Bailey reaches from the soul of his instrument to our own." -- Jason Victor Serinus

This year's three-concert weekend will feature Sitka Festival founders Paul Rosenthal and pianist Doris Stevenson with longtime Festival favorite, cellist Eugene Osadchy. Friday night will feature sonatas by Beethoven and Debussy, and the concert will conclude with a piece by Russian romantic master Anton Arensky. Saturday night will open with Beethoven's first published work, a piano trio that took Vienna by storm. Then it's a salute to the Bohemians as Rosenthal and Stevenson play the folk-influenced and adventurous Janacek violin sonata. The concert will conclude with Smetana's Piano Trio. Sunday afternoon cellist Eugene Osadchy has arranged four of the Shostakovich Piano preludes as duets for cello and violin. The evening will also feature the final piano trio by Brahms and a final trio Franz Schubert.

The artists of the Sitka Summer Music Festival - Independently impressive. Together, extraordinary. Expect the Extraordinary. We invite you to share the beauty and intimacy of chamber music and the thrill of brilliant performance. Classical chamber music series performed by internationally acclaimed musicians. Programs include works by master composers from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.

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