Corey Cerovsek & Friends

Corey Cerovsek, violin
Lucienne Renaudin Vary, trumpet
Felicien Brut, accordion
Steven Vanhauwaert, piano

Join us for a special program, produced exclusively for Chamber Music San Francisco, bringing together these musicians from around the world. 

The Grammy-nominated Canadian violinist Corey Cerovsek collaborates with such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Charles Dutoit, and Michael Tilson Thomas, performing with such orchestras as Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Detroit.  His recordings have won several awards, and his rich, chocolately tone has filled Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall and the Théâtre du Châtelet, and he has appeared on NBC’s Tonight Show, CBS’ Sunday Morning, and PBS’ Musical Encounters.  Cerovsek earned a bachelor’s degree in music and mathematics at age 15; master’s degrees in both soon followed, and he completed his doctoral coursework in music and mathematics at age 18.

https://www.cerovsek.com/

24 year-old French Lucienne Renaudin Vary is a true shooting star of the music world, winning the Opus Klassik award in the Young Artist category in 2021.  She performs with such orchestras as the Tonhalle Zurich, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Les Violons du Roy, BBC Concert Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonia and Kammerorchester Basel under such conductors as Paavo Järvi and Vladimir Ashkenazy, and in such festivals as the Festival de Pâques (in Aix), Schleswig-Holstein, Musikfest Bremen, Istanbul Music Festival and the Gstaad Menuhin Festival. Vary is equally sought after as a jazz artist and has opened for Wynton Marsalis at Jazz in Marciac in 2018 and 2022.

https://www.warnerclassics.com/artist/lucienne-renaudin-vary

Fe´licien Brut has swiftly become his generation’s ambassador of the accordion, bringing the instrument to new prominence and helping to create new repertoire dedicated to him in chamber settings and with orchestra.  At age 20 he won the three biggest international accordion competitions: Klingenthal in Germany, Castelfidardo in Italy and the World Accordion Trophy in Samara, Russia. These awards propelled him to the spotlight, which he has never relinquished. His innovative recordings with string quartet have won raves from audiences and critics alike. Brut’s tango collaborations with other top artists are wildly popular, and he presents a weekly radio program on France Musique: “Brut d’accordéon”

https://www.felicienbrut.com/en/963-2/

Hailed by the Los Angeles Times for his “impressive clarity, sense of structure and monster technique,” Belgian pianist Steven Vanhauwaert is a frequent guest at concert halls across the United States, Canada, South America, Europe and Asia. Highlights include appearances at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Concertgebouw, the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, and the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center. He collaborates with orchestras throughout the world, and is a frequent guest at festivals such as the Steamboat Springs Festival, the Montana Chamber Music Festival, the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music, the High Desert Chamber Music Festival, and the Ottawa Chamberfest.

https://www.stevenvanhauwaert.com