THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
Guest Artist Recital of
Tomoko Fujita, Cello
Luba Poliak, Piano
Sunday, February 2, 2025
7:30 p.m. | Longmire Recital Hall
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PROGRAM
Twelve Variations on the Theme “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen”
Ludwig van Beethoven from Mozart’s Opera, The Magic Flute, Op. 66 (1770–1827)
Dreaming, Op. 15, No. 3
Sonata for Piano and Violoncello
Amy Beach (1867–1944)
Francis Poulenc
I. Allegro. Tempo di Marcia (1899–1963)
II. Cavatine
III. Ballabile
IV. Finale
Five Pieces in Folk Style
INTERMISSION
Robert Schumann
I. Mit Humor (1810–1856)
II. Langsam
III. Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen
IV. Nicht zu rasch
V. Stark und markiert
24 Mozas
Andrea Casarrubios (b. 1988)
Le Grand Tango Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
Hailed as “first-rate” by The Boston Globe, cellist Tomoko Fujita enjoys an active musical life as a performer, educator and administrator. As a founding member and the cellist of the Bryant Park Quartet for ten years, she presented numerous concerts and interactive outreach performances nationally and internationally and released a CD album entitled BPQ. She collaborates regularly with pianist Luba Poliak, and has performed with esteemed artists such as Itzhak Perlman, members of the Cleveland, Emerson, and Juilliard String Quartets, dancer Wendy Whelan, and the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. Having previously served on the music faculties of Princeton and Hofstra universities, she is currently Assistant Professor of Cello at Montclair State University and serves as coordinator of the Cali Pathways Project, an initiative aimed at creating dynamic and comprehensive pathways to higher education and careers in music for under-served student musicians. She also coaches at the New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program. In the summers, Tomoko is in residence at the Kinhaven Music School in Weston, VT.
Born in Siberia, Luba Poliak made her orchestral debut at the age of eleven playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 with the Novosibirsk Philharmonic and has won several competitions and awards. Poliak has performed solo and chamber recitals around the world, appearing on series or at venues such as the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series, Chicago; Embassy Series, Washington, D.C.; the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, Belgium; Jordan Hall, Boston; the 92nd Street Y, New York; and the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art. She is on the faculty of the 92nd Street Y School of Music and New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program, and has taught at University of Houston, Lawrence University (WI), Bard Prep Division and MSM Summer program.
