Beethoven Piano/Violin Sonata
October 17th, 2020
Enjoy our concert, Beethoven Piano/Violin Sonata! 

This program was premiered at 7:45 P.M. CST on Saturday, October 17th.
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https://youtu.be/jxqKaKfdC_o

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Horacio Nuguid, pianist
Ray Shows, violinist



Program
      
​Dvorak – Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100 (1st mov) 6 min.
Beethoven – Sonata in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3 (complete) 19 min.
The Rochester Chamber Music Society joins the whole world in commemorating the 250th birth anniversary of arguably the greatest composer of all time—Ludwig van Beethoven! In collaboration with the Artaria String Quartet, two short programs will be presented featuring two works by the great master. Pianist Horacio Nuguid and violinist Ray Shows will perform Beethoven's Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major, Op. 30 No. 3 at the award-winning Antonello Hall in Minneapolis on October 17, 2020. Then on November 14, Ray Shows will be back with the Artaria String Quartet to perform Beethoven’s String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1. These performances will be available for online viewing only. Please check rochesterchambermusic.org for more information.    ​
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Horacio Nuguid 
Pianist Horacio Nuguid received his music performance degrees from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, the University of Northern Iowa and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  With an extensive repertoire, he has performed both in solo recitals and concerto programs with various orchestras in the Philippines, Mexico and the United States.  As founder and artistic director of the Rochester Chamber Music Society, Nuguid collaborates with distinguished artists in the region.  He has presented master classes internationally.  Dr. Nuguid is also a sought-after adjudicator in state and regional piano competitions.  In 2014, he was the recipient of the Ardee Award for “outstanding artist.”  Nuguid currently resides in Rochester with his wife and fellow piano teacher Rosanna Faller Nuguid.
Ray Shows 
​Colombian-American violinist Ray Shows is a complete musician with three decades of performances as first violin of the acclaimed Artaria String Quartet and as a solo recitalist. His sound has been called "a wail of individuality.”  Ray has performed in major concert halls in New York, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Minneapolis, across the U.S. and in Europe. Winner of a prestigious McKnight Performing Artist Fellowship, Ray is a highly regarded chamber musician who has collaborated with renowned artists Arnold Steinhardt (Guarneri Quartet), Eugene Drucker (Emerson Quartet), Paul Katz (Cleveland Quartet), and Raphael Hillyer (Juilliard Quartet) and has appeared on national television and radio broadcasts in both the U.S. and Canada. Ray is passionate about 20th century music and has recorded music of today's leading composers, including Gunther Schuller, Augusta Read Thomas, Marjorie Merryman and Thomas Oboe Lee. A Teaching-Artist in Residence at the Tanglewood Institute, Ray has held positions at Boston College, Viterbo University, Florida State University and Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory. Named MNSOTA Studio Teacher of the Year in 2010, his students are concerto soloists, scholarship recipients at renowned American music schools, prizewinners at national competitions, and have appeared on National Public Radio’s From the Top. Ray received the coveted Director's Award and graduated with distinction from Boston University and Florida State University in Violin Performance under the tutelage of Carl Flesch protégé Roman Totenberg and Galamian assistant Gerardo Ribeiro. Chamber music studies were mentored by Eugene Lehner of the legendary Kolisch Quartet and by members of the Budapest, Juilliard, Emerson, Cleveland, LaSalle, Muir, and Colorado Quartets. Ray is a member of the string faculty at St. Olaf College where he teaches violin, viola and chamber music. He is honored to perform on a rare violin by Andrea Castagneri and violin bow by Pierre Simon.