CHESTERTOWN, MD—Violinist
Nabeel Abboud Ashkar will be the special guest Friday, September 7 as the
Washington College Music Department kicks off the second season of its popular “12@Hotchkiss”
lunchtime concert series on campus. The
free public performances, which are hosted at noon in Hotchkiss Recital Hall on
the first Friday of each month during the academic year, feature acclaimed
musicians from the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.
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| Pianist Grace Kim directs the 12@Hotchkiss concert series. |
In the opening concert,
Ashkar will collaborate with pianist and faculty member Grace Eun Hae Kim in a
program that includes Mozart’s Sonata for Violin and Piano E minor, K. 304 and
Beethoven’s Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 in F major, “Spring.”
Ashkar, a Palestinian native
of Nazareth, has earned international praise for bringing young Arabs and Jews
together through music. He founded the Polyphony Conservatory in Nazareth in
2006 with support from the Barenboim-Said Foundation. In 2011, he helped found
the Polyphony Foundation and launch the Polyphony Youth Orchestra. He will
receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Washington College during Fall
Convocation on Thursday, September 6.
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| A day after receiving an honorary degree from the College, violinist Nabeel Ashkar will perform with Kim Friday, September, in the first concert of the free lunchtime series on campus. The community is welcome. |
