MEI MEI LUO, Violin
LASZLO PAP, Violin
RICHARD FLEISCHMAN
Viola
SUSAN MOYER BERGERON 'Cello
Mei Mei Luo, violin, coming from China, earned her Bachelor's Degree from the Shanghai conservatory of music. She is a recent graduate from the Master's program at the University of Miami. Miss Luo has played with the Philadelphia Concerto soloist as well as the Philadelphia Orchestra. She is recognized as one of South Florida's finest violinists and until its closing was the assistant concertmaster of the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, and also as concertmaster of Orchestra Miami and Boca Raton Philharmonia, and Concert Master of New Philharmonia. This season Miss Luo will be performing, as soloist, ten performances of both the Tchaikovsky and Bruch Violin concertos. As a leading chamber music violinist she performs with the Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival and the Delray String Quartet for the fourth season. Miss Luo records on Sony, EMI, Toshiba, Warner Brothers and Klavier labels.
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Laszlo Pap “... wonderful sense of style...” (Entertainment News and Views) “... bravura strings acrobatics...” (Sun-Sentinel) “... unique tonal sound...” (Palm Beach Post) “... softly aristocratic and penetrating...” (Sun-Sentinel) ...enthusiastic response from both audiences and critics have been a major part of Laszlo Pap’s career as soloist, chamber musician and orchestra leader around the world. Born and trained in Hungary, he received his early musical education at the Bartok Conservatory and at the prestigious Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. His graduation recital was broadcast live in 1992. He subsequently became soloist for the Hungarian Public Radio and first violinist with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra. Laszlo Pap has performed in the most illustrious European concert halls in Austria, Italy, Germany, Spain and many Scandinavian countries.
He is featured soloist in recordings with such recognized orchestras as the Arpeggione Chamber Orchestra, the Budapest Chamber Orchestra, the Czech Moravian Virtuosi, the Hungarian Virtuosi and the I Musici Estensi. In 1994 Laszlo Pap moved to the United States where he has served as concertmaster for the Palm Beach Opera and the Palm Beach Pops, associate concertmaster for the Symphony of the Americas and first violin with the Florida Philharmonic. He has toured Argentina, Aruba, Brasil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and San Salvador as soloist with the Symphony of the Americas ‘Summerfest’ series. Laszlo Pap’s worldwide solo engagements include performing in such renowned theaters as the esteemed Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, playing Piazzola in the legendary Sala Piazzola of Mar del Plata, the centennial celebration of the famed Teatro el Circulo in Rosario, concerts in Tokyo, Nagasaki, Shanghai, the Vigado Theater in Budapest and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.
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Richard
Fleischman
Having performed in twenty countries around the world, violist
and conductor Richard Fleischman has been acknowledged by critics for
his "satiny tone" (Philadelphia Inquirer), "expert and
sensitive performances" and "commanding leadership" (San
Francisco Chronicle).
He has received numerous honors, most notably the Windsor Prize,
personally awarded to him by Leonard Bernstein, and the Edward Steuermann
Memorial Prize, the highest award bestowed by The Juilliard School. His
extensive career over the last twenty years as soloist, chamber musician,
orchestral musician and teacher has brought him much acclaim.
www.richardfleischman.com
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Susan Moyer Bergeron
Susan Moyer Bergeron began playing the cello at the age of four. She is currently in her third season as a member of the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra. She holds a master's degree form the University of Akron and a bachelor's degree with honors from the New England Conservatory of Music. She collaborated on two special chamber concert performances with Sir George Solti in London. Susan played for ten seasons in the former Florida Philharmonic, the last two seasons as assistant principal. _________________________