Berkeley Chamber Performances presents Dancing with Ravel

Join us for an evening of music by Maurice Ravel, in honor of the sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) of his birth, presented by distinguished pianist and scholar, Gwendolyn Mok. Ms. Mok studied with Ravel’s last student, Vlado Perlemuter, and has recorded all of Ravel’s solo piano works. She will be joined by two members of San Francisco Symphony, violinist Florin Parvulescu, and cellist David Goldblatt.

Program:

Valses nobles et sentimentales for solo piano

Daphnis et Chloe, Part 3

Forlane, Menuet and Rigaudon from Le Tombeau de Couperin

Trio for violin, cello and piano

About the Artists:

Dr. Gwendolyn Mok, pianist, has performed in many of the world's leading concert halls. She is frequently invited to play and record with major international orchestras and is an award-winning recording artist.

Florin Parvulescu, violinist, joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1998. A native of Romania, he was previously a member of the St. Louis Symphony and the Baltimore Symphony.

David Goldblatt, cellist, joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1978 having previously played in the Pittsburgh Symphony. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Mr. Goldblatt has been a cellist with the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia and the Santa Fe Orchestra.