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Duo vio-LINK-oto

Violin and koto

with Ryuko Mizutani, Japanese koto

Denmark Tour.

Copenhagen: Runde Taarn Concerts

Odense: Music Library Hall

Kerteminde Church

2008

Cross Currents. 2 nights of new music

Hawai'i, University of Manoa. Incl premieres

2007

10-years Composers' Anniversary Concert.

University of Chicago

2007

Text and Music. Music by Aaron Travers/Winnie Cheung

University of Chicago, Chapel

2007

Faculty Artist Series. Composer David Liptak

Eastman School

2007

WXXI, Broadcast

Hochstein Performance Hall

2005

Women in Music

Eastman School, Kilbourn Hall

2005-06

Composition department concerts, fora, and symposia Performances for students, faculty and visiting composers

Eastman School

2005-06

World Music Series

Eastman School, Kilbourn Hall

2004

Elmira College: Concert Series.

Concert and presentation, koto/violin 

2003

Liptak-Beaudette Duo

Violin and piano

with Sylvie Beaudette, piano

Updates coming soon

Nordic Harmonies I

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Nordic Harmonies II. Canadian Composers

Chapin Grant from NYSMTA for research and coachings with composers, incl. in Montreal. 

Skidmore College. Lecture Recital

2006

Americana

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Rogers Commissions Concert

Eastman School of Music

2006

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Eastman at Washington Square

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Montreal

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New Paltz, NY

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Liptak-Chang Duo

2022

Reflections - Pre-CD Recording Concerts

​American Music, incl. own compositions

Hochstein Hilda D Taylor Recital Hall

2018

3 American Sonatas

Hobart and William Smith College

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More to come

Legno Duo

2-violin repertoire

w. Margaret Leenhouts, violin

2006

Eastman at Washington Square 

2007

Music at St. Andrews

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More to come...

Violin and Organ ​​​

Extensive repertoire and performances in Danish churches, 1974-2000

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Millenium celebration concert. w. Katherine Hanford Lund, organ

San Anselmo, Rome, Italy, 2000

International headquarters of the Benedictine Confederation

Concert. w. Katherine Hanford Lund, organ

King Louis of France Church Concert Series. 

St. Paul, Minnesota. 2000

Composition dedications for violin and organ include: 

Lars Kristian Larsen: Passacaglia

David Liptak: Sonata

Odense Symphony Orchestra

Member, tutti first violin, 1982-87

Concerts incl:

Incl. Tours to St. Petersburg. Moscow, Spain 1986-87

Incl. Premiere and recording of Mozart’s 16A

Sønderjyllands Symphony Orchestra

Contracts, tutti first violin, 1985-87

Regional concerts

Den Fynske Sinfonietta

String Orchestra, Uffe Most, director

Concerts in Denmark 1993-98

Concertmaster

Cordancia Chamber Orchestra

Founder and Artistic Director (2009-2022)

Concertmaster (2009-current)

 

Selected themed programs 

Concerto do Brasil 

2025

Presence​

2025

Alchemy

2024

Florence Price and the Machine

2023

Something Nordic, Celestially Blue

2022

Tripping the Light Fantastic

2022

Something New

2020

Backstage Pass, WXXI broadcast

2019

Something Olde

2019

Music from Terezín Concertration Camp

2019

​Music from Eastern Europe

2019

Music from South America

2018

Bailemos-Let us Dance

2018

Streets of Paris, Songs of Russia

2017

Diálogos

2017

Songs of the Soul

2017

Serenades for Winds and Strings

2016

April in Paris

2016

Corda of Cordancia. Strings

2016

Music of Water

2015

Cordancia Dances

2015

Cordancia Sings. VoiCings

2015

Cordancia Paints

2014

Luminous Music, Vibrant Voices

2014

Simple Gifts

2013

Of Heaven and Earth

2013

Seasons without Vivaldi

2013

St. Matthew Passion

2013

Vintage to Modern

2012

A Night of Dreams

2012

More than Mozart

2012

Mozart and More

2011

Liptak-Stravinsky-Ginastera

2011

Music inspired by Childrens' Stories

2010

Classical meets Jazz

2010

Collaborations have included: 

Soloists have included: 

Concerto competition since...

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Soloist with orchestra

Piazzolla: Fra 4 Seasons of Buenos Aires: Summer/Winter. w. Cordancia

Hochstein Performance Hall

2013

Honegger: Concertino, piano. w. Cordancia

Rochester Christian Reformed Church

2010

Bach:  Concerto for Oboe&Violin. w. Kathleen Suher and Cordancia

Immanuel Baptist Church, Rochester

2010

Bruch: Concerto (G). w. U. Rochester Symphony Orchestra

Strong Auditorium, U. Rochester

2008

Barber: Violin Concerto. w. Jydsk Akademisk Orkestra & Nowy Sacz Symphony Orchestra

Denmark and Poland Tour, incl: Hornslet Church, Zakopane, Krynica, Nowy Sacz

1997

Bruch: Concerto (G). w. Det Fynske Musickonservatorium Orchestra

DFM Conservatory Performance Hall, Odense

1986

Mozart: Concerto (D). w. Det Fynske Musikkonservatorium Orchestra

DFM Conservatory Performance Hall, Odense

1986

Selected Special Concerts

2019

Music by composers from Terezin Concentration Camp

Cordancia Chamber Group and Tyler Cassidy Heacock, voice

Live from Hochstein, WXXI Broadcast

2014

Edgy Roars from the Golden Decade

w. Ines Draskovic, piano

Recital: Hochstein Performance Hall concert

Broadcast: WXXI. Broadcast

2012

Pia plays Arthur, George, and David

w. Albert Kim, Howard Spindler, Ines Draskovic, piano

Hochstein Performance Hall concert

2011

Violin PLUS, a concert with a PULSE

Music by living composers. w. kaleidoscope of instrumental collaborations

Hochstein Performance Hall concert

2011

Music of Mario Davidovsky

w. Tony Arnold and ensemble 

Eastman School, Kilbourn Hall

2001

San Francisco: Old First Church Concert Series.

Concert, piano trio 

ca. 1993

Concert

w. Rudolpho Llambias

Odense Music Library Hall

Benefit Concerts

2022

 

PRISM Concert for Ukraine

Linehan Chapel at Nazaret College

2012

If Music be the Food

Supporting Rochester's Foodlink

2007

Touching Calcutta

Supporting The Harley School's Hospice Program, India 

Duo vio-LINK-oto, Petar Kodzas, Allyn van Dusen

Rochester Academy of Medicine

2007

19th Annual Night of Encores

Supporting Lupus

2005

Ciudad Hermana. Sister City benefit concert. String quintet

Private setting

2004

Symphony Showhouse Concert

for RPO’s Music Education Programs, 2-violins/ harpsichord

The historic Perkins Mansion

1998

Amnesty International

Thomas Kingo's Church, Odense

Organizer and performer

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More Contemporary Music

Premiers, work with composers

Faculty Recital. Ines Draskovic.

Fingerlakes Community College

2012

Women in Music Festival. w. Cordancia and Hilary Tann, composer

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Rochester

2011

Twenty21. Two concerts

Robert Wesleyan College

Spotlight at Hochstein, Performance Hall

2011

Faculty Artist Series: David Liptak. w. Jamie Jordan, voice; Sean Connors, percussion

Eastman School, Hatch Hall

2011

Faculty Recital: Matt Witten, percussion. w. Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, composer

Monroe Community College, Rochester

2011

Composers Sinfonietta. 4 premieres

Eastman School, Kilbourn Hall

2010

Women in Music Festival. incl readings of own poetry

Eastman School, Miller Center 

2010

Composers Sinfonietta. Elizabeth Kelly, Michaela Eremiasova, Jung Sun Kang

Eastman School, Kilbourn Hall

2007

Composer Degree Recital, DMA. Jung Sun Kang

Eastman School, Killbourn Hall

2008

University of Rochester Symphony Orchestra

Concertmaster 1999-2017

Season Concerts and other events incl. 

50 Anniversary concert in Kodak Hall, concetmaster

Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Other Ensembles

Harlequin Ensemble

Mixed Sinfonietta w. Jan-Inge Wijk 

Music and Theater

Concerts in Denmark ca. 1992-95

Trio la Corda

String/Piano Trio

Concerts in Denmark ca. 1993-1999

Baroque

Ensembles incl.

Trio w. Eva Bagge, recorder and Monica Westheimer

Concerts in Denmark ca. 1980-87

Accompanist

Associated accompanist at the Carl Nielsen Academy, 1993-98

Lecture Recitals, presentations

Liptak-Beaudette Duo presentations on Scandinavian, Canadian and American music

incl. Skidmore College, SUNY New Paltz, and more

Koto and Violin presentations at UR music appreciation classes

University of Rochester, dep. of music

Music for Violin by Niels Viggo Bentzon

DMA, Lecture Recital

Eastman School

Miscellaneous

2020

Handel & Haydn Society.

American Choral Directors Association Eastern Region Conference

Hochstein ​Performance Hall 

2020

Passionate Spring. String Department Concert

Hochstein ​Performance Hall 

2012

Eastman at Washington Square. Cordancia's Chamber Group plays Prokofiev. 

First Universalist Church, Rochester​​

2012

Awake the Voice. w. Allyn van Dusen, voice; Petar Kodzas, guitar

Live from Hochstein, WXXI Broadcast

Hochstein Performance Hall

2012

Eastman at Washington Square. Gems for violin and piano. w. Carlolyn Ray

First Universalist Church, Rochester

2011

Piano trios from the 1920s. w. Kathy Kemp, cello, Doleen Hood, piano

Live from Hochstein, WXXI Broadcast

Spotlight on Faculty Recital

both at Hochstein Performance Hall

2008

The Greater Rochester Women's Philharmonic. w. Nancy Strelau

Hochstein Performance Hall

2008

Nonets and Quartets

Goerge Eastman House  

2008

MuPhiEpsilon. Musician of the Year: David Harman

Eastman School. Killbourn Hall 

2008

Voice and Violin. w. Allyn van Dusen

Eastman at Washington Square

2008

The Greater Rochester Women's Philharmonic. w. Nancy Strelau

2007

Spirit. w. Lee Wright, piano

Downtown Arts Link. Arts and Lunch Series. 

Downtown United Presbyterian Church

2007

Literary Awards Ceremony. Writers and Books. w. advanced students

Rochester Academy of Medicine, Rochester

FESTIVALS and SERIES

Women in Music 

Memorial Art Gallery

Krengerup Slots Manor Concerts, Denmark

Nordstrandhallens Koncerter, Oslo

Alleshave 

Nordfyns festival

FUT (Young Composers of Funen), Denmark

Vestfyns Musikselskab

Spotlight on Faculty, Hochstein

Eastman Faculty Recitals

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