PROGRAM
MOZART
Piano Trio K 542

RAVEL
Sonata for violin and cello

BRAHMS
Piano Quartet in g

ARKADY FOMIN, violinist, was born in Riga, Latvia, where he received his musical training at the Latvian State Conservatory with legendary pedagogue, Voldemar Sturestep. As a chamber musician and soloist, Mr. Fomin has collaborated in performances with Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, Emanuel Borok, Schlomo Mintz, Atar Arad, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and the late Stephen DeGroot, among others. His active concert schedule has included performances throughout the United States, Russia, Latvia, Estonia, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Austria, and Japan. In addition to his duties as a violinist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Fomin is founder and Artistic Director of the New Conservatory of Dallas, Artistic Director of the Conservatory Music in the Mountains in Durango, Colorado, and Director of the Music Academy at Schloss Ort in Gmunden, Austria. In 2002, Mr. Fomin begins his affiliation as Artist in Residency at Colorado State University. His association with University of Texas at Dallas has been long and distinguished. In 1980, he was honored as recipient of the Cowlishaw Artist-in-Residence Award at the University of Texas at Dallas for artistic achievement and contributions to the City of Dallas. Presently, Mr. Fomin is a member of the faculty and Artist in Residency at UTD.

BARBARA THIEM, cellist, was born and raised in Germany where she trained with Siegfried Palm (Cologne), specialist in 20th century cello music. She came to the US for graduate studies in music with Janos Starker at Indiana University where she received a Master of music in cello performance and the coveted Performer’s Certificate. Ms. Thiem has held teaching positions at Iowa State University, the University of Texas at Dallas, several universities in Colorado, and, at present, is Adjunct Professor at the University of Wyoming and artist-in-residence at Colorado State University. Active as a soloist with orchestra and in recital and in chamber music, she has been a member of the Dallas Piano Trio and the Mendelssohn Trio. Her concerts and recordings have taken her all over Europe, the US, and Canada. She has produced CD’s of Bach’s solo suites, of cello and bass duos (with Gary Karr), of works by the 19th century composer Felix Draeseke (with Wolfgang Mueller-Steinbach) and of cello and organ music (with Robert Cavarra). Her publications include the translation of Gerhard Mantel’s Cello Technique, as well as several articles in the field of music and medicine. She makes her home in Fort Collins, Colorado, and spends summers with her family in Austria, where she is co-Director of the Music Academy at Schloss Ort in Gmunden, Austria.

MISHA GALAGANOV, violist, born in Russia, holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Jerusalem Rubin Academy, an Artist Certificate from SMU in Dallas, and a Master of Music degree from Rice University in Houston, where he is currently completing his DMA. His main teachers included Michael Kugel, Barbara Hustis, Martha Katz, and Wayne Brooks. Mr. Galaganov has been invited to collaborate in solo and chamber music performances with Martha and Paul Katz, Donald Weilerstein, Ko Iwasaki, Eduard Bruner, and many others in the USA, Mexico, Israel, Holland, Germany, France, Italy, and Austria. As a principal violist of the Young Israel Philarmonic and member of other orchestras, Mr. Galaganov performed under buttons of Kurt Mazur, Zubin Mehta, James De Priest, Yoel Levi, and Lorin Maazel. Presently, Mr. Galaganov is Assistant Professor of Viola at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and serves as a conductor of the string division of the Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Worth.

THEODOR LICHTMANN, pianist, was born and educated in Switzerland. He studied at the University of Munich and the Vienna Academy of Music, as well as privately with Irma Schaichet and Leonard Shure, assistant to legendary Arthur Schnabel. Mr. Lichtman received his Master of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He is highly sought after as a soloist and chamber musician concretizing throughout the USA and internationally and is co-founder of the Mendelssohn Trio. Professor Lichtmann has taught in Zurich, the Brooklyn Conservatory, the University of Texas at Austin, and Wittenberg University. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Piano Division at Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver in Colorado.