Brand Associates Music Series - Shalini Vijayan/Aron Kallay

Afternoon Concert in the Recital Hall

Violinist Shalini Vijayan and pianist Aron Kallay will perform music by Brahms, Satoh, Womack, Emma Lou Diemer, Elisenda Fabregas.

The Brand Associates Music Series features virtuosos from Southern California performing repertoire favorites and new music by living composers. All concerts will take place in the Brand Library Recital Hall. Admission is free and seating is limited. Sponsored by the Brand Associates.

Violinist Shalini Vijayan and pianist Aron Kallay will perform music by Brahms, Satoh, Womack, Emma Lou Diemer, Elisenda Fabregas.

Violinist Shalini Vijayan, deemed “a vibrant violinist” by Mark Swed of the LA Times, is an established performer and collaborator on both coasts. Always an advocate for modern music, Ms. Vijayan was a founding member and Principal Second Violin of Kristjan Jarvi’s Absolute Ensemble, having recorded several albums with them including 2001 Grammy nominee, Absolution. In Los Angeles, Ms. Vijayan is a member of the Lyris Quartet, resident ensemble of the famed Jacaranda Series in Santa Monica. She is featured regularly with Grammy Award-winning Southwest Chamber Music. Most recently, she has been a featured soloist with the Los Angeles Master Chorale in Chinary Ung’s Spiral XII and Tan Dun’s Water Passion. Vijayan is also on the performance faculty of the Nirmita Composers Workshop in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Described as a “modern renaissance man,” (Over the Mountain Journal) Grammy® nominated pianist Aron Kallay’s playing has been called “exquisite…every sound sounded considered, alive, worthy of our wonder” (LA Times). Aron’s performances often integrate technology, video, and alternate tunings; Fanfare magazine described him as “a multiple threat: a great pianist, brainy tech wizard, and visionary promoter of a new musical practice.” Aron has performed throughout the US and abroad and is a fixture on the Los Angeles new-music scene. He is the co-founder and board president of People Inside Electronics (PIE), the managing director of MicroFest, and the co-director of the underground new-music concert series Tuesdays@MONK Space. He is also the co-director of MicroFest Records, whose first release, John Cage: The Ten Thousand Things, was nominated for a Grammy® award for Best Chamber Music Performance. In addition to his solo work, Aron is currently a member of the Pierrot + percussion ensemble Brightwork newmusic, the Varied Trio, and the Ray-Kallay Duo. He is on the faculty of Pomona College.

For information on the entire music series, visit BrandLibrary.org/Music-Series

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Ample free parking is available in Brand Park. An accessible entrance and accessible parking for cars with a disabled parking placard or license plate is located on the East side of Brand Library.

For additional information about this event, please contact Brand Library & Art Center at (818) 548-2051 or send us an email at Info@BrandLibrary.org.

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