Avital Mazor, originally from Israel, has been an active violinist in NYC since 2016. He has performed worldwide as both a soloist and chamber musician. Avital has participated in music festivals including Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival, Green Mountain and many others. He has been the recipient of the America-Israel Foundation scholarships as well as a laureate of the Rosen Schaffel and Gritz competitions. Avital is an alumnus of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, University of North Carolina School of the Arts as well as Mannes School of Music. He resides in Brooklyn where he devotes much of his time to recording solo and chamber music as well as maintaining a private studio. Apart from playing the violin, Avital enjoys woodworking and studying languages.
Beyza Yazgan is a Turkish pianist born in 1989. She is laureate of the Edrine Young Musicians Competition, the the Success in Education Award, the Metropolitan International Piano Competition and the International Music Academy in Italy. Beyza performed solo with the Mimar Sinan Youth Orchestra and holds a PhD from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory in Istanbul and a diploma from the Mannes School of Music. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Abrons Arts Center, and Teatro Alfieri in Italy and took part in music festivals including Madrid Torrelodones Music Festival, Forum Musikae, New York International Keyboard Festival (2017), Castelnuovo di Garfagnana International Academy of Music (2019) and Art of Piano (Cincinnati, 2019). Beyza currently lives in Brooklyn and works as an assistant to Prof. Yuri Kim in her studio. In addition to her love of the piano, Beyza also draws illustrations, composes and loves improvising.
Program
Mozart Sonata Sonata for Piano and Violin K.301
Tartini Devil's Trill
Sibelius Bercuese
Dvorak Sonatina