1pm-
$7 donation
Melanie Maz, violin
Itamar Ronen, piano
Program-
Schumann, Sonata No. 1
Brahms, Sonata No. 3
Dvorak, "Romance"
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Melanie Maz
Violinist Melanie Maz has performed in recitals, chamber music groups, orchestras and music festivals, including the Idyllwild Arts Academy summer program, the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival and Opera in the Ozarks. Since moving to Boston in 2000, she has been a violinist in the Longwood Symphony, the Longy Summer Orchestra, the Brahms Society Orchestra, and the New England Philharmonic.
A native of southern California, Melanie began studying violin and piano in elementary school. She received a B.A. with Distinction and Honors in Music and Communication from Goucher College (Towson, MD) in 1998, where she studied violin with Ronald Mutchnik and piano with Lisa Weiss. Post-college, Melanie continued her violin studies with Michael Tseitlin in San Diego and with Janet Packer at the Longy School of Music.
Melanie is currently a violinist in the Newton Symphony and teaches lessons at her Somerville studio. She is also an established visual artist who exhibits regularly in the Boston area. Her website is www.maz-art.com.
Itamar Ronen
Born in Jerusalem, Israel, Itamar took his first piano lesson at the age of 9. Soon after, he enrolled at the Israeli Conservatory of Music, where he studied piano, music theory and music history. He focused on chamber music early on, and performed in public with several chamber music ensembles and singers, specializing in the German Art Song. During his military service he connected with several wind players, and together they formed a piano and wind quintet which held together for several years.
Itamar holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Tel Aviv University. Following a five-year post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, he is now a faculty member at the Department of anatomy and Neurobiology at the Boston University School of Medicine. His research is in the field of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the brain, and focuses on how MRI methods can reveal the microscopic structure of the brain.
contact: Ai Isshiki 617-764-0298 zeitgeistca@mac.com
: Sylvain Bouix sbouix@gmail.com