An Evening of Piano Trios by Tchaikovsky & Brahms

violin, and cello plus some other surprises, At this intimate salon-styled house concert, the musicians will share their insights around the music while you enjoy wine, food, and hors d'oeuvres brought by other guests as well as provided by the hosts. 
ProgramTchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Brahms Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87
and other surprises
TicketsPlease RSVP with a free ticket on Eventbrite, and make a donation at the door. Suggested donation is $20 for adults and $15 for students. We accept cash, check and credit card at the door.
PotluckGuests are encouraged to bring wine, food or a dessert. 
ScheduleEnjoy wine, hors d'oeuvres, and social time from 7:15pm - 8pm. The concert will start promptly at 8pm. 
About the Artists
Brian Suits, PianoPrimarily a collaborative artist, pianist Brian Suits is an eclectic musician: at times he also wears the various hats of composer, conductor, and arranger. He is comfortable in a wide range of musical styles, and is a fluent improviser. Outside of his frequent stage appearances as collaborative artist and chamber musician, Suits has performed as piano soloist in concerti with the Jupiter Symphony and Sejong Soloists, among others. He recorded a set of 23 teaching CDs for Chung-Eum Music Publishers in Korea, including three dozen sonatas of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven, the Bach Inventions, and the complete Czerny Etudes. He has written concerti for both piano and violin, a double concerto for violin and guitar, a string quartet, a program work for full orchestra, and manifold solo and chamber works and songs. His album of jazz-flavored solo piano works, “The Way Back,” was released in 2004 on musikdorf Records. Suits has conducted the French Chamber Orchestra Albéric Magnard, and has also conducted the Gonzaga Symphony, Project Divisi, and Nino Rota's “Italian Straw Hat” for the Moores School of Music Opera; as well as the Cheju Symphony, Prime Philharmonic, SangRok Symphony, Cadenza Chamber Orchestra and others in Korea. Suits has written and conducted orchestral arrangements for more than a dozen films in Korea, including “The Host” and “Mother,” both directed by Bong Joon-Ho. “The Host” was a hit at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, broke all box office records in Korea, and was a sleeper art house hit here in the states. The top two prizes for film music at the 2006 Korean Film Awards were awarded to “For Horowitz” and “The Host,” for both of which Suits made and conducted the orchestral arrangements. Suits taught accompanying and coached art song at the Yale School of Music from 1990-2002, and for many summers taught and played at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Burlington, Vermont. He was also a guest artist at the Great Mountains Festival. He received his BM from UT Austin and his MM from USC, and his teachers have included David Renner, Brooks Smith, and Jean Barr. He also studied composition with Donald Grantham. He joined the faculty at the Moores School of Music in fall of 2006, where he is Visiting Associate Professor of Accompanying and Chamber Music, as well as art song coach.
 
Chavdar Parashkevov, ViolinBulgarian violinist Chavdar Parashkevov has captivated audiences throughout Europe and the US with his sensual artistic approach, sensitivity, and virtuosic technique. He has been awarded a number of prizes from various national and international competitions. These include First Prize in the National Competition "Svetoslav Obretenov" – Provadia, First Prize and a special prize for a Bach performance in "Young Talents Competition" in Sofia, Second Prize in "The Best Performance of Bulgarian Music" in Varna, Special Prize in a competition for the "Best Performance of Czech and Slovak Music" in Varna.
 
Mr. Parashkevov’s diverse career has included numerous appearances with different orchestras. He has soloed with the Eskisehir Symphony in Turkey, the BAYS Symphony in Houston, TX, the Varna Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as the Schumen Philharmonic Orchestra and the "L. Pipkov" Symphony Orchestra of in Sofia, Bulgaria. He regularly appears in recital and chamber music performances throughout the United States, in the Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Italy and Denmark.
 
Throughout the years, Chavdar Parashkevov has studied with many renowned violinists, including Peter Hristoskov, Ginka Gichkova, Veronica Bogaertz, Thomas Hapanen, Takashi Shimizu and Nelli Shkolnikova. Chavdar is a graduate of the School for the Arts in Varna. In 1997, he came to the United States to continue his education with Edward Schmieder (Southern Methodist University) and Andjei Grabiec (The University of Houston). Currently, Chavdar combines performing and teaching careers, and plays for the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet Orchestras.
 
In 2005 Chavdar and pianist Vessela Gintcheva released the CD "Moto Perpetuo" featuring Bulgarian violin music. In May 2009 the CD was played on Space Shuttle Atlantis during mission STS 125 to the Hubbel space telescope, which made the news in Bulgarian media and press.
 
The critically acclaimed violin and piano duo, Chavdar Parashkevov and Natasha Kislenko, recently released a new CD “Russian Sonatas” with three major sonatas by Prokofiev, Schnittke and Nikolayev. Currently, they are on tour playing recitals and promoting this CD in Europe, Asia and the United States.
Louis-Marie Fardet, CelloLouis-Marie Fardet was appointed Cellist of the Houston Symphony in January 2015. Previously, he served as Assistant Principal Cellist for the Houston Grand Opera and Ballet since 2006, and prior to moving to Houston, he was a tenured member of L’Opéra de Paris Orchestra for five years. Born in Rochefort, the south-west coast of France, Mr. Fardet moved to Paris to pursue his cello studies at the prestigious Paris Conservatory, then came to Houston in 1999 to study with Paul Katz at Rice University. He has won top prizes in several International Competitions including Antonio Janigro (Zagreb) and Ima Hogg (Houston), and has participated in numerous International Music Festivals such as Ravinia Festival, the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshop in Carnegie Hall, and Chamber Music Encounters in Jerusalem.