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Duo Figer-Khanina

Based in New York City, Duo Figer - Khanina is a young and dynamic ensemble formed with the goal of exploring the rarely played repertoire composed for this instrumentation. The duo often enjoys collaborations with contemporary composers and is also active in commissioning new music. It presents unique and innovative programs, comprised of the traditional duo repertoire, rarely performed pieces and new music. The group have recorded recitals to WFMT Chicago and to the Israeli radio station “Voice of Music”. Founded in 2006, they have already performed all over North America as well as in Europe and Israel.
Engagements for the 2009-2010 season include a recital at the Trinity Church "Concerts at One" series, a recital at the Bach Festival of "Con Vivo Jersey City", a feature at the "MacGraw Hill Young Artists Showcase" on WQXR New York, a collaboration with the "Adama" dance company and a recital of Israeli music at the "Zlilim Ba'Midbar" Festival in the Negev Desert.

Anna Khanina’s career spans the continents of Asia, Europe and North America, where she regularly appears as a soloist with orchestras and chamber ensembles.
Among her many awards are the prizes at the Val Tidone International Piano Competition, the Second International Piano Competition in Panama, the Seventh International Competition Ciutat de Carlet, the Grieg Competition in Oslo, the Nueva Acropolis Competition in Madrid and the Clasica Nova Competition in Hannover. Guest appearances include engagements at the Brunswick Classix Festival in Braunschweig, at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, the Norfolk Festival as well as concert tours in Novgorod, Bratsk, Moscow, Braunschweig, Helmstedt, Wolfenbuttel, Karlsruhe, Hannover, Magdeburg and throughout the United States.
Ms.Khanina studied at the Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow, Russia, before continuing her studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, the Chicago College of Performing Arts and the Stony Brook University. Her teachers include Gilbert Kalish, Solomon Mikowsky, Bernd Goetzke, Valentina Zwerewa and Lidia Grigorjeva.

Recent programs:

Schubert – sonatine in D major
Bacewicz – sonata No.4
Schubert – Duo in A major
Arnold – 5 pieces for violin and piano

Mozart – sonata in B flat k.454
Debussy – sonata
Cheung – Shoreland
Poulenc – sonata

Beethoven – sonata no.1 in D major
Schumann – sonata in A minor
Beethoven – sonata no.7 in C minor
Grosz - Jazzband

Jewish and Israeli music project
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Bloch- Ba’al Shem Suite
Navok – sonata
Alexander – 6 Israeli Dances
Keren – Krekhzando
Achron – Hebrew Melody
Paul Ben Haim – Improvisation and Dance

"Entrees and Desserts"
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Mozart – sonata in E minor k.304
Brahms – sonata no.2 in A major
Short encores by Kreisler, Rachmaninov,
Achron, Cui and others

GUY FIGER-VIOLINIST