Eugene Friesen with Joel A. Martin
Cello/Piano at the Pushkin Gallery
Saturday, August 20 at 8 pm
Tickets available at the door from 7:30 pm.
Four-time Grammy-winner Eugene Friesen
teams up with pianist extraordinaire Joel A. Martin to explore
the sublime acoustics of the newly renovated Pushkin Gallery
in Greenfield, Massachusetts. This “grand opening” evening will meld
Friesen’s warm, rhythmic cello with Martin’s trademark “jazzical” approach
in music from Brazil, Europe and America.
teams up with pianist extraordinaire Joel A. Martin to explore
the sublime acoustics of the newly renovated Pushkin Gallery
in Greenfield, Massachusetts. This “grand opening” evening will meld
Friesen’s warm, rhythmic cello with Martin’s trademark “jazzical” approach
in music from Brazil, Europe and America.
Eugene Friesen is active internationally as a concert artist, composer, conductor and teacher who has worked and recorded with such diverse artists as Dave Brubeck, Toots Thielemans, Betty Buckley, Will Ackerman, Joe Lovano and Dream Theater. Eugene's passion for the responsive flow of improvisatory music has been featured in concerts all over the world with the Paul Winter Consort and with Trio Globo (Friesen, Howard Levy and Glen Velez). He has performed as a soloist at the International Cello Festival in Manchester, England; Rencontres d'Ensembles de Violoncelles in Beauvais, France; the World Cello Congress in Baltimore, Maryland; and the Rio International Cello Encounter in Rio de Janeiro.
" Warm, easy, artful, inspiring, honest and worth treasuring."
-- Jon Potter, Brattleboro Reformer
“The music is beautiful and so is the playing.” – Yo-Yo Ma
“A breath of fresh air.” – Mike Marshall
With Special Guest Joel A. Martin
Joel A. Martin is an award-winning concert and jazz pianist who has performed his innovative Jazzical compositions, as well as jazz and classical pieces, both domestically and in Paris, London, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Russia and Kyrgyzstan. Joel has performed as soloist with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Delaware Symphony, Springfield Symphony and Hartford Symphony Orchestras premiering Jazzical: Dueling Orchestras. He has been featured on BET (Black Entertainment Television) in "BET on Jazz," NBC-TV and performed his original Jazzical compositions at the Savannah Music Festival, Guggenheim Museum, Lincoln Center, Snug Harbor, Kennedy Center, and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
About the Pushkin Gallery
A former bank, the Pushkin boasts a 40-foot glass ceiling,
marble floors, beautiful Steinway piano, and a wine/beer bar. It is fully
accessible and climate controlled.
Come witness Greenfield’s newest performance venue, The Pushkin, an elegant and stunning venue for Friesen and Martin’s innovative and soulful classical jazz.
Come witness Greenfield’s newest performance venue, The Pushkin, an elegant and stunning venue for Friesen and Martin’s innovative and soulful classical jazz.