Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital: Igor Kalnin, violin

Illinois State University

Award-winning Duo MemDi was founded by violinist Igor Kalnin and pianist Rochelle Sennet in the summer of 2010, when they served on the faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan. The objective of Duo MemDi is to perform music that embraces the diversity of world cultures. Particularly, they focus on commissioning and performing music of composers from underrepresented groups. All of the Duo’s live performances are from memory – a rare feat in the world of chamber music. They feel that it allows for a connection to composers’ ideas in a more holistic, insightful way. These ideals inspired the name of the duo: Mem[ory] and Di[versity] = MemDi. They will present a recital on Saturday, September 23 at 7pm in Kemp Recital Hall, performing music by prominent African American composers Irene Britton Smith and H. Leslie Adams, as well as by celebrated Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

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Sep 8, 2024

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital: Igor Kalnin, violin · Illinois State University School of Music

Sep 23, 2023

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital: Igor Kalnin, violin · Illinois State University School of Music

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