Upcoming Events of the SeventyFifth Season of The William

Nelson Cromwell and F. Lammot

Belin Concerts

The Chamber Ensemble of the

American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras

Music by Samuel Barber and Ned Rorem

February 4, 2:00

West Building, East Garden Court

Mendelssohn Piano Trio

Complete Piano Trios of Schubert

February 5,12:00 and 3:00

West Building, East Garden Court

Edvinas Minkstimas, piano 

"Washingtonians on Wednesdays"

February 8,12:10

West Building, East Garden Court

Eya

Florence: The Cultural Crucible

Presented in honor of 

Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color

in Renaissance Florence

February 11,12:00 and 2:00

West Building, West Garden Court

Blue Heron

Music of DuFay for Florence and the Medici

Presented in honor of

Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color

in Renaissance Florence

February 12,12:00 and 2:00

West Building, West Garden Court

General Information

Admission to the National Gallery of Art

and all of its programs is free of charge,

except as noted.

The use of cameras or recording equipment

during the performance is not allowed.

Please be sure that all portable electronic

devices are turned off.

Concerts are made possible in part

through the generosity of donors to the

National Gallery of Art through The Circle. 

Reserved seating is available in recognition

of their support. Please contact the

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Board of Trustees, National Gallery of 

Art, Washington

Cover J. Cartwright after George Beck,

Georgetown and the Federal City of Washington

(detail), 1801, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Otis T. Bradley

Atlantic Reed Consort

"Washingtonians on Wednesdays"

American Roots: Branches from Beginning

February 15,12:10

West Building Lecture Hall

75TH SEASON 

OF CONCERTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2017 • NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
FEBRUARY 1

12:10 • West Building Lecture Hall

Marcolivia Duo

Olivia Hajioff, violin and viola

Marc Ramirez, violin and viola

"Washingtonians on Wednesdays"

Sponsored by the Billy Rose Foundation

Bela Bartok (1881 -1945)

Selections from 44 Duos for Two Violins,

Sz. 98, BB 104

Ruten Kolomejka

(Ruthenian Kolomejka)

Maramarosi Tanc

(Dance from Maramaros)

Mennyasszonybucsutato

(Bride's Farewell)

Gyermekrengeteskor

(Cradle Song)

Arab Dal

(Arabian Dance)

Ujevkoszonto

(New Year's Greeting)

Szol a Duda

(Bagpipes)

Benedikt Brydern (b. 1966)

Bebop for Beagles for Violin and Viola

Ffoover's Holiday

Cookies in Space

Purzelbaum

Roosevelt's Sun Shower

Flea Control: Mission Impossible

Kitchen Blues

Bebop for Beagles

Toru Takemitsu (1930 -1996)

Rocking Mirror Daybreak for Violin Duo

Autumn

Rocking Mirror

Aleksey Igudesman (b. 1973)

Five Klezmer Duos for Two Violins

Hava Nagila 

Wedding Thing

Be Jewish, Why Don't You?

Dancing with the Rabbi

Klezmer's Freilach

The Musicians

The Marcolivia Duo has been featured on NPR's Performance Today and Front Row Washington.

They are regular guest artists at the Tokyo College of Music, Japan, and have performed for

the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC, the Phillips Collection, the Kennedy Center,

Strathmore Music Center, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Symphony Space in New York.

Marcolivia performed at Chamber Music America's 25th Anniversary Concert in

New York City, alongside groups such as the Juilliard Quartet, and were the only chamber

music finalists in the Concert Artists Guild International Competition in 2000. The duo is on

the roster of the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center and the Virginia Commission for

the Arts Touring Roster.

Olivia Hajioff and Marc Ramirez enjoy successful individual solo and chamber music 

careers. Hajioff has been a Fulbright scholar and a recipient of the BBC Young Musician of

the Year Award. She has performed chamber music at the Dartington International Festival

with David Owen Norris and Stephen Kovacevich. She has also performed with Edgar

Meyer, Awadagin Pratt, and Led Zeppelin and has concertized throughout Europe and the

United States.

Marc Ramirez has concertized throughout Europe and North America, performing

at such halls as the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center.

His recitals have been broadcast on radio in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. He has

received first prizes in the Henryk Szeryng Competition, the Parisot-Friedman International

Competition, and the Cavallaro International Competition for a two-year fellowship to Yale

University. From 1983 to 1986, Ramirez was invited by Henryk Szeryng to study and tour

with him. The Washington Post has described his playing as "intensely beautiful."