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Chase/Otaki duo to perform at Piedmont Jan. 14 1-6-04 The viola and piano duo of Roger Chase and Michiko Otaki will perform in concert at Piedmont College at 7:30 p.m., Jan. 14, in the Center for Worship and Music. Admission is free and everyone is invited. Originally from Japan, pianist Michiko Otaki has performed in most major U.S. cities and abroad as a soloist and in chamber music groups. She recently performed at Washington's National Gallery in a broadcast for National Public Radio's "Performance Today." She also performed at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall during that hall's celebrated centennial season, and she has performed nearly 200 concerts in the U.S. and Europe with the Warsaw Wind Quintet. Born in London, violist Roger Chase made his debut with the English Chamber Orchestra in 1979 and has appeared as a soloist at a Promenade Concert at The Royal Albert Hall in London. He has played as a soloist or chamber musician in concerts around the world. He has been a member of many ensembles including the Nash Ensemble, the London Sinfonietta, the Esterhazy Baryton Trio, the Quartet of London, Hausmusik of London, and the London Chamber Orchestra. For the Piedmont concert, the duo will perform works by Benedetto Marcello, Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, and Niccolò Paganini. -30 – |
