Cedar Newman | Graduation Recital

Australian violinist Cedar Newman with pianist Nianyi Huang invites you to her Graduation Recital

Program

J.S. Bach, Sonata No.2 for Solo Violin in A minor, BWV 1003

L.v. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No.6 in F major, Op.10, No.2

G. Enescu, Violin Sonata No.2 in F minor, Op.6

How happy I am to be able to wander among bushes and herbs, under trees and over rocks; no man can love the country as I love it. Woods, trees and rocks send back the echoes that man desires. Beethoven to Therese Malfatti

I moved from Australia and commenced my studies at Manhattan School of Music Pre-College with Albert Markov when I was 13 and have been a student of Prof. Lucie Robert since 2018 (with a period of time back in Australia due to Covid-19).

I am grateful to have been supported by merit scholarships through pre-college and the Presidents Scholarship to complete my BA Music Peformance. I have performed recitals and chamber music in Australia, the United States and Europe. I won the pre-college senior string concerto competition in 2019 and this year my quartet performed the Benjamin Lee Concerto for Quartet and Orchestra with conductor Joshua Gersen.

Having grown up surrounded by ocean and rainforest my music making is inspired by the natural environment. Years of piano studies has made me passionate about repertoire that brings the violin and piano into dialogue, this is reflected in my choice of sonatas for this program.