Spanish-born violinist Francisco Fullana won a 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant, 2015 Pro Musicis International Award, and 2014 Johannes Brahms International Violin Competition. He has appeared in recital at Carnegie Hall and with numerous European and American orchestras and festivals. Francisco graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Madrid, and received degrees from The Juilliard School and the Thornton School of Music, where he worked with the renowned violinist Midori.

Japanese pianist Tomomi Sato is a prizewinner in the 2013 Seattle International Piano Competition, and has performed as a soloist with the Los Angeles Bach Festival Orchestra and Bellflower Symphony, as well as venues in the US, Asia, and South America including Bing Theatre at LACMA and Weill Hall in New York.

PROGRAM

“KREISLER’S VIOLIN,” PERFORMED ON THE 1735 “EX-KREISLER” GUARNERI DEL GESÙ

Ysaÿe: Sonata for Solo Violin No. 4 “Fritz Kreisler”

Kreisler: Recitativo & Scherzo

Schubert: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, D. 574 “Grand Duo”

Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 18

Kreisler: Liebesleid

Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin