Contact: Robert McConnell, (319) 653-8671, robert.mcconnell@seiso.us
Iowa City native, SEISO artist-in-residence, to perform free recitals
By Diana Nollen, Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra
MOUNT PLEASANT – On the brink of graduating from New York’s Juilliard School, Iowa City native Katya Moeller is returning to her home state to perform free recitals this month as the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra’s artist-in-residence.
The violin prodigy has been garnering national and international acclaim and accolades since her early teens. Eastern Iowa audiences can hear her, performing with her mother, Ksenia Nosikova on piano, at these sites:
Wednesday, April 15: 12:15 to 12:45 p.m., Burlington Lunchtime Chamber Music Series, First United Methodist Church, 421 Washington St., Bulington.
Friday, April 17: 7 p.m., Chapel Auditorium, 601 N. Main St., Mount Pleasant.
Thursday, April 23, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 228 W. Fourth St., Ottumwa.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Moeller began her violin studies at age 4 at Iowa City’s Preucil School of Music, and she and her mother, a member of the University of Iowa’s piano faculty, have performed around the globe for 15 years as the Avita Duo. (www.avitaduo.com)
Moeller then will step into the SEISO spotlight during its 75th anniversary season finale April 25 and 26, with Tchaikovsky’s Violin
Concerto, described as a “delicate, passionate, dazzling dance.”
The program also includes Bedrich Smetana’s national masterpiece, “The Moldau,” and H. Owen Reed’s three-part Mexican folk music symphony, “La Fiesta Mexicana.”
Masterworks performances are slated for 7 p.m. April 25 at The Capitol, 211 N. Third St., Burlington; 2 p.m. April 26 at the Bridge View Center, 102 Church St., Ottumwa; and 6:30 p.m. April 26, the Chapel Auditorium, 601 N. Main St., Mount Pleasant.
Tickets are free for children and students. $20 for adults at the door and $18.50 for adults online at www.seiso.us
Audiences are invited to free pre-concert talks and post-concert receptions at each site.
The Ottumwa matinee features the annual Ruth P. Seim Concert for a Cause, which raises funds for an area high school. This year’s recipient is the Fairfield Community School District’s music program, and audiences will hear the high school band perform during the SEISO mainstage event.
For more information on the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra, its concerts and legacy, go to www.seiso.us
PHOTO CUTLINE: Mother Ksenia Nosikova on piano and daughter Katya Moeller on violin perform as the Avita Duo. They will be featured in April in a series of Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra free recitals in Eastern Iowa. Moeller, an Iowa City native, is the symphony’s artist-in-residence. She will be featured on Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto during the SEISO’s Masterworks concerts April 25 in Burlington and April 26 in Ottumwa and Mount Pleasant. (Photo by Paras Bassuk)
