The Music Department at San Francisco State University presents a guest artist recital featuring the duo of Mimi Dye, viola, and Dmitri Cogan, piano, at 1 pm on Friday, September 22 in Knuth Hall, located in the Creative Arts Building on the university's campus.
Admission is free.
A former student of Itzhak Perlman, Mimi Dye is a renowned viola soloist and chamber music artist who has performed in music festivals and concerts throughout the United States and Europe. She has appeared as a soloist with the Carmel Bach Festival, the San Francisco Chamber Players, the Somerville Symphony, The Garden State Pops Orchestra, and The New York String Ensemble. Pianist Dmitri Cogan studied with Vladmir Pleshakov and Maria Cysic at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music after immigrating with his family from Russia in 1974. He later received both an undergraduate and graduate degree in music from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Martin Canin. Cogan has performed in Russia and throughout the Northwestern United States, California, France and Asia.