Hope in the Dark - Rannveig Marta Sarc violin and Mathias Halvorsen piano
Emotional music from a turbulent time. This concert features the premiere of a piece by Iván Enrique Rodríguez, composed for Rannveiga at the beginning of the pandemic, along with works by Janácek, Eleanor Alberga and Schumann. The works have one thing in common: they are conflicting and full of despair, but they still have extraordinary beauty. There is always a glimmer of hope in the dark.
The concert will take place at Harpa concert hall, in Reykjavik, Iceland at 4:00pm Iceland time.
Programme
Leoš Janácek (1854-1928)- Sonata for violin and piano (1914-1915)
Iván Enrique Rodríguez (1990)- Latency Denouement (2020) for violin - world premiere
Interval
Eleanor Alberga, (1915-1915) Land Lullaby (1996) for violin and piano, premiere in Iceland
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)- Sonata for violin and piano no. 2 in D minor, op.121 (1851)
Rannveig Marta Sarc
Rannveig Marta Sarc, violinist and viola player, has performed widely in Europe, North America and Asia. She started studying the violin at the age of 4 in Slovenia, but in 2006 she moved to Iceland and became a student of Lilja Hjaltadottir. She graduated from the Music Academy in Reykjavík under the guidance of Guðnýjar Guðmundsdóttir and also studied viola with Þóruna Ósk Marinósdóttir. Rannveig did graduate studies in New York at The Juilliard School and completed his bachelor's and master's degrees with a grant from The Kovner Fellowship. Her main teachers were Donald Weilerstein, Catherine Cho, Laurie Smukler, together with Robert Mealy on baroque violin.
Mathias Halvorsen (born 1988) lives in Reykjavík with his family. He regularly performs in concerts, both chamber concerts and solo concerts, and also composes music (see www.mathiashalvorsen.com). He studied with prof. Jiri Hlinka (2006-2010) in Oslo and with prof. Gerald Fauth (2011 – 2013) in Leipzig.