Monday, November 14, 2022
12 PM
Comprised of Anna Grigorian and Natasha Gubenko, the award winning Grigorian Gubenko Piano Duo was formed in 2016. The duo has been featured numerous times at the MTAC conventions and continues to perform extensively at various professional and community functions. Both pianists lead busy piano teaching careers, conduct masterclasses, serve as adjudicators, and have leadership positions in the state and national professional music teachers associations.
Anna Grigorian, originally from Georgia, now lives and teaches in Carlsbad, CA. Natasha Gubenko, originally from Ukraine, maintains a private piano studio in Irvine. Both pianists have lived and taught in several other countries before moving to the US and settling in Southern California.
Program:
“AFTERNOON IN PARIS”
Gabriel Faure
Dolly Suite, Op.56
1. Mi-a-ou
2. The Garden of Dolly (Le Jardin de Dolly)
3. The Spanish Dance Step (Le Pas Espagnol)
Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose Suite (Ma mere I’Oye)
1. Pavane for a Sleeping Beauty ( Pavane Da La Belle Au Bois Dormant)
2. Empress of the Porcelain Dolls (Laideronnette, Impératrice Des Pagodes
3. The Enchanted Garden (Le Jardin Feerique)
Georges Bizet
Children's Games (Jeux d'Enfants), Op. 22
1. The Top (La Toupie)
2. The Doll (La Poupée)
3. Merry-Go-Round (Les Chevaux de Bois)
4. Trumpet and Drums (Trompette et Tambour)
5. The Ball (Le Bal)
—Intermission—
Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
1.En bateau
2.Cortege
3.Menuet
4.Ballet
Francis Poulenc
Sonata ( 1919 Edition)
1.Prelude
2.Rustique
3.Final
Maurice Ravel
Feria
( from Rhapsody Espagnole)
Free concerts at noon every Monday from fall through spring . . . no wonder the Mini-Concerts are the longest-running and one of the most popular classical music series at the library! This series was founded by Glenna Hazleton in 1970 at the Athenaeum, and has been going strong ever since. The concerts feature both local and touring musicians, prize-winning students, university music faculty members, local chamber ensembles. . . and the repertoire also includes jazz, folk and world music. There are no reservations, no tickets . . . just line up at the side door of the Athenaeum before noon. (Donations are always welcome!) Mini-Concerts take place every Monday at noon and last about an hour.
The concerts will be in person at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library. There are no physical tickets for these events. Doors open at 11:50 a.m. Seating is first-come; first-served. These events will be presented in compliance with State of California and County of San Diego health regulations as applicable at the time of each concert.
Masks optional. If you have a fever, cough, or flu-like symptoms, please stay home.