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About this event<\/h3>\n

Praised for their fresh and surprising interpretations,\u00a0<\/span>Merz<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Trio<\/span>\u00a0has quickly emerged as a unique and award-winning ensemble, recently winning the 2019 Concert Artists Guild Competition and garnering the First Prize at the 2019\u00a0<\/span>Fischoff<\/span>\u00a0Competition as well as the First Prize and Audience Prize at the 2018 Chesapeake Competition. The\u00a0<\/span>Trio<\/span>‘s 2019<\/span>\u2013\u00a0<\/span>20 season included performances at major venues in New York, Boston, and Chicago, along with residencies at Snape Maltings and Yellow Barn. The\u00a0<\/span>Trio<\/span>\u00a0is committed to passionate, original playing and thoughtfully curated programming, presenting a wide range of repertoire each season in both a traditional recital format and in unique multidisciplinary concert experiences.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA star in the making,\u201d (<\/span>Seattle Pi<\/span><\/i>) Jamaican<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>–<\/span>American violist Jordan Bak is establishing a career as an artist of passion, energy, and authenticity in the recital and chamber music arenas. Considered one of the most outstanding musicians of his generation, Bak is a winner of the 2019 Concert Artists Guild Victor <\/span>Elmaleh<\/span>\u00a0Competition, the recipient of the 2019 Samuel Sanders Tel Aviv Museum Prize and the 2019 John White Special Prize from the\u00a0<\/span>Tertis<\/span>\u00a0International Viola Competition. Bak is also a Sphinx Competition alum and Sphinx MPower Artist Grant Recipient. In addition to his growing solo career, Jordan Bak is a member of the celebrated New York Classical Players and guest artist with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Highlights of the 2019<\/span>\u2013\u00a0<\/span>20\u00a0<\/span>season<\/span>\u00a0included a Young Artist Residency with Minnesota Public Radio\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Performance Today<\/span><\/i>, showcase recitals in both New York and Tel Aviv, performances with A Far Cry and The Knights, and a 2020 concerto premiere by James Ra with the New York Classical Players.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Virginia G. Piper Classical Concert Series Sponsors<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Title Sponsor<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Virginia<\/p>\n

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Presenting Sponsor<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

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Signature Sponsor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Praised for their fresh and surprising interpretations, Merz Trio\u2019s unique sound pairs well with violist Jordan Bak\u2019s interpretations of everything from traditional classical music to 21st century compositions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[57,99],"tribe_events_cat":[16,148],"acf":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6400"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=6400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}