Elham Fanous:
The 24-year old Elham Fanous is the leading Afghan pianist of his generation. His life’s work is to embody a positive face of Afghanistan’s future and to provide hope to musicians and artists living under threats to their creative expression all around the world.
Elham has performed as a soloist on US State Department-sponsored appearances at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and Carnegie Hall in New York City in 2013. He has performed at the Library of Congress for the 2017 Anne Frank Awards Ceremony, members of the diplomatic corps of Australia, China, Germany, Italy, and Korea, and at the Afghan Embassy in Washington DC through the Embassy Series: Uniting People Through Music Diplomacy.
Elham has been profiled on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition by host Renee Montagne, in BBC, on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, Military Times, New York Post, and other international media outlets. He is a recipient of the Young Musical Scholars Foundation and Anna Sosenko Assist Trust Fund. He is the subject of a German television documentary (ZDFtivi), and one of the featured artists in WQXR’s “20 for 20,” Artists to Watch. He is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music, Hunter College, and Afghanistan National Institute of Music.

Basil Alter:
Hailed as a “teenage virtuoso” in his Commercial Appeal profile, violinist Basil Alter is originally from Clinton, South Carolina. He has performed as soloist with the Germantown Symphony, the University of Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. He has concertized through Europe and has been profiled in Jewish Scene Magazine and the University of Memphis Magazine. Recent performances have included appearances at Temple Emanu-El of NYC performing on a Landolfi violin from the traveling exhibit Violins of Hope. Upcoming performances include leading Manhattan School of Music school orchestras in Merkin Hall as concertmaster under the direction of Kent Tritle and Rob Kapilow.

Basil Alter, Violin

Elham Fanous, Piano

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Title: A Classic Journey

Program:

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord, No. 3 in E major BWV 1016
I. Adagio

II. Allegro

III. Adagio ma non tanto 

IV. Allegro

W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Violin and Piano Sonata No. 22 in A major, K. 305

I. Allegro di molto

II. Tema con variazioni

L. V. Beethoven (1770-1827)

Violin and Piano Sonata No. 8 in G major

I. Allegro assai

II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso

III. Allegro Vivace