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Classical Coffee Concert with violinist Martin Chalifour

  • Surrey Arts Centre 13750- 88 Avenue Surrey, BC, V3W 3L1 Canada (map)

Sarah hosts and performs in this intimate and casual concert series!

Socialize over coffee, tea, and goodies in the lobby, followed by a concert in the Studio Theatre. You’ll feel like you are in Sarah's living room as she introduces the music, sharing her stories and musical insights. 

The concerts in this series are:
October 22, 2015: Sarah Hagen and Philip Hansen (cello)
November 26, 2015: Sarah Hagen and François Houle (clarinet)
December 10, 2015: Sarah Hagen (piano)
January 14, 2016: Sarah Hagen and Martin Chalifour (violin)
February 25, 2016 Sarah Hagen and Nicolò Eugelmi (viola)
March 10, 2016: Sarah Hagen and Søren Bebe (jazz piano)

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This concert features Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal Concertmaster Martin Chalifour. Martin and Sarah have selected a programme of French and Czech composers featuring music by Ravel, Suk, Dvořák, Leclair, and more!

About Martin

MARTIN CHALIFOUR began his tenure as Principal Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1995. The recipient of various grants and awards in his native Canada, he graduated with honors from the Montreal Conservatory at the age of 18 and then moved to Philadelphia to pursue studies at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Chalifour received a Certificate of Honor at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, and is also a laureate of the Montreal International Competition. Apart from his LA Phil duties he maintains an active solo career, playing a diverse repertoire of more than 60 concertos. Chalifour has appeared as soloist with conductors Pierre Boulez, Gustavo Dudamel, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Sir Neville Marriner, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Outside the U.S., he has played solos with the Auckland Philharmonia, the Montreal Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the National Orchestra of Taiwan, and the Malaysian Philharmonic, among others.

Chalifour began his orchestral career with the late Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony, playing as Associate Concertmaster for six years. Subsequently he occupied the same position for five years in the Cleveland Orchestra, where he also served as Acting Concertmaster under Christoph von Dohnányi. While in Cleveland, Chalifour taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music and was a founding member of the Cleveland Orchestra Piano Trio.

Chalifour is a frequent guest at several summer music festivals, including the Sarasota Festival, the Mainly Mozart Festival, and the Reno Chamber Music Festival. In December 2014 at the same Nevada festival, Chalifour was featured with his friend and colleague Noah Bendix-Balgley in a special program entitled “The Concertmasters of the Berlin Phil and the LA Phil.” Maintaining close ties with his native country, he has returned there often to teach and perform as soloist with various Canadian orchestras, most recently with the Vancouver Symphony and Bramwell Tovey.

Martin Chalifour has recorded solo and chamber music for the Telarc, Northstar and Yarlung labels. He teaches at the University of Southern California and Caltech. He was appointed as a Yosemite Centennial Ambassador for 2016, serving to inspire a new generation of stewards and supporters in the 100th year of the National Park Service.