Ismar Gomes, cello
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After meeting during graduate school at the Peabody Conservatory, Mr. Gomes and Wan-Chi Su began a collaborative relationship which evolved into their Duo, which has been concertizing for six seasons. In recent seasons, they have performed dozens of recitals on important series throughout the USA, often collaborating with other renowned musicians. The Duo has studied and performed a wide range of music including most of the standard repertoire for cello and piano. Recently, they have been the dedicatee of a new work by New York composer, William Weigel, premiered in 2015, and are awaiting the completion of another work written for them by Aaron Malone, apart from these special projects, they have also championed the works of Lera Auerbach, Aaron Jay Kernis, and George Walker. Mr. Gomes and Ms. Su studied much of the duo repertoire under the tutelage of Colin Carr, Tom Sauer, Michael Kannen and other distinguished artists.
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Duo Repertoire
Sonatas:
Auerbach – Sonata, Preludes
Bach – Sonata Nos. 1-3, for Viola da Gamba
Beethoven – Sonata Nos. 1-5
Boccherini – Sonata in A major
Brahms – Sonata in e, and Sonata in F
Bridge – Sonata
Britten – Cello Sonata
Chopin – Sonata
Debussy – Sonata
Eccles – Sonata
Faure – Sonata in D minor
Franck – Sonata
Francoeur – Sonata
Martinu – Sonata No. 1
Mendelssohn – Sonata in D major
Poulenc – Sonata
Prokofiev – Sonata in C major
Rachmaninov – Sonata
Schubert – Arpeggione Sonata
Shostakovich – Sonata
Walker – Cello Sonata
Short works:
Bartok – Rhapsody No. 1
Cassado – Requiebros
de Falla – Siete Canciones Populares
Glazunov – Chant de Menestrel
Gottschalk - Some Assembly Required
Janacek – Pohadka
Kernis – Air
Liszt – Die Zelle in Nonnnwerth
Liszt – Romance Oubliee
Liszt – Elegie
Lutoslawski – Grave
Mendelssohn – Lied ohne Worte
Piazzola – Le Grand Tango
Schumann – Fantasy Pieces
Schumann – Adagio and Allegro
Schumann – Funf Stucke in Volkston
Stravinsky – Suite Italienne
Weigel – Fantasy Variations
Tchaikovsky – Valse Sentimentale
Suggested Programs
Masterworks by Women
Boulanger Trois Pieces
Tower Tres Lent
C. Schumann Romances
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Auerbach Preludes
Con Fuoco
Nin Suite Espangole
Faure Sonata in g minor
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Killmayer Funf Romanzen
Saint-Saens Sonata in C minor
Modernism
Schoenfield Six British Folk Songs
Bridge Sonata
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Schnittke Sonata (1978)
Stuffy Classical Music
Bach Gamba Sonata No. 3 in g minor Mendelssohn Sonata No. 1 in Bb Major
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**Malone** Commission TBA
Beethoven Sonata in F major, Op. 1 No. 1
Russian Feast
Stravinsky Suite Italienne
Prokofiev Sonata
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Rachmaninov Sonata
Imitation Game
Schedrin Imitating Albeniz
de Falla Siete Canciones Populares --intermission--
Prokofiev March from Love for Three Oranges Prokofiev Sonata
Bursting with Creativity
Faure Sonata
Bridge Sonata
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Janacek Pohadka
Szymanowski Sonata
Wan-Chi Su
Internationally acclaimed pianist Wan-Chi Su has performed in Asia, Europe, and the United States, at major venues including Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Salle Cortot in Paris, and Taiwan National Concert Hall. She has extensively toured the eastern United States as a soloist and chamber musician. Recent collaborations include Evan Drachman, Joe Burgstaller, George Walker, Michael Kannen, Seth Knopp, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra members, among many others.
Decorated with numerous awards, Wan-Chi won first prize in the Taiwan Cultural Cup Invitational Piano Competition, and the Taiwan National Student Music Competition in Piano. Further, she has been invited to numerous international music festivals, including the Taos School of Music, the Beethoven Institute, both the Icicle Creek Piano Festival and the Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival, the NTSO International Piano Program in Taiwan, and the Paris Piano Program in France.
As a dedicated educator, Wan-Chi serves on the piano faculty of the Park School of Baltimore and maintains a small private studio. She also teaches for the Ohr Chadash Academy, and as guest instructor for various programs.
Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Wan-Chi began piano lessons at age four. She earned a bachelor’s degree in piano, minoring in French horn, at the National Kaohsiung Normal University in Taiwan, followed by a Master of Music and a Graduate Performance Diploma at the Peabody Conservatory, studying with Seth Knopp. Wan-Chi is currently a doctoral candidate at Peabody, under the tutelage of Benjamin Pasternack.
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