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Great Lakes Performing Artist Associates 415 N. 4 th Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734.665.4029 greatlakespaa.org Duo 1717 Jean Bernard Cerin, baritone Veena Kulkarni, pianist “Forgo the coffee the night you intend to hear Duo 1717. Kulkarni & Cerin break with tradition to bring you a potpourri of highly entertaining works that will keep you on the edge of your seats until it's time for the standing ovation!” - pianist Waleed Howrani. A classical crossover duo, baritone Jean Bernard Cerin and pianist Veena K. Kulkarni fuse art, folk, world and religious idioms to celebrate individual communities while also creating spaces for intercultural dialogue. With Indian-Filipino-American and Haitian backgrounds, Veena and Jean Bernard synthesize a broad cultural heritage with their rigorous western classical training to explore music from all around the globe. Together, they bring new sounds to conventional classical music audiences and share the rich tradition of western art music with new audiences. Duo 1717 was established in the summer of 2014. Their first season included Love Bade us Welcome and Aalaiki’ssalaam: Peace be with You in Ann Arbor, MI and the The Callebasse Road Project in Indianapolis, IN. JEAN BERNARD CERIN has charmed audiences throughout the United States, France, Austria and his native Haiti. Highlights of the past season include Mendelssohn’s edition of J.S. Bach's St. Matthew's Passion and Byron Au Yong's Turbine for moving choir and dance troupe with the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Ted Hearne's Katrina Ballads with the X Trigger Ensemble in New Jersey and a return to the Philadelphia Bach Festival in performances of Bach's Cantata XXI and Handel's Messiah. Past seasons have featured recitals at the Symphony Hall in Detroit, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and a performance at Carnegie Hall as part of the Marilyn Horne Song Continues Festival. Equally at home on the operatic stage, Jean Bernard has given life to Mozart's Papageno in the Magic Flute and the title role of Don Giovanni among many others. Jean Bernard completed his doctoral studies at the University of Michigan. His dissertation explored new forms of audience engagement in the recital format through narrative, staging, unusual instrumentation, and multimedia. Lead Instructor at the Faber Piano Institute in Ann Arbor, VEENA K. KULKARNI delights in teaching students of all ages from the earliest years of study through advanced concert repertoire. In the 2011 Liszt-Garrison International Piano Competition, Veena won Best Liszt Interpretation, and gave the East Coast Premieres both of Frank Felice’s Echolocator and Jennifer Blaire Furr’s Of Iron and Silicon. Veena has led contemporary worship at the Ann Arbor Christian Reformed Church for over 12 years, giving her the fluency in style and versatility that are central to Duo 1717. Veena was also the pianist for Eero Trio, whose CD Wolf Glen was released in 2010 and features the premiere recording of Christopher Dietz’s Fumeux fume, for clarinet, cello & piano. Veena completed her doctorate in Piano Performance and Pedagogy under Logan Skelton and John Ellis at the University of Michigan and has also taught at Madonna University and the University of Windsor.
Transcript of Duo 1717 Final - Great Lakes Performing Artist Associates Lakes Performing Artist Associates 415 N....
Great Lakes Performing Artist Associates
415 N. 4th
Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734.665.4029
greatlakespaa.org
Duo 1717
Jean Bernard Cerin, baritone Veena Kulkarni, pianist “Forgo the coffee the night you intend to hear Duo 1717. Kulkarni & Cerin break with tradition to bring you a potpourri of highly entertaining works that will keep you on the edge of your seats until it's time for the standing ovation!” - pianist Waleed Howrani. A classical crossover duo, baritone Jean Bernard Cerin and pianist Veena K. Kulkarni fuse art, folk, world and religious idioms to celebrate individual communities while also creating spaces for intercultural dialogue. With Indian-Filipino-American and Haitian backgrounds, Veena and Jean Bernard synthesize a broad cultural heritage with their rigorous western classical training to explore music from all around the globe. Together, they bring new sounds to conventional classical music audiences and share the rich tradition of western art music with new audiences. Duo 1717 was established in the summer of 2014. Their first season included Love Bade us Welcome and Aalaiki’ssalaam: Peace be with You in Ann Arbor, MI and the The Callebasse Road Project in Indianapolis, IN.
JEAN BERNARD CERIN has charmed audiences throughout the United States, France, Austria and his native Haiti. Highlights of the past season include Mendelssohn’s edition of J.S. Bach's St. Matthew's Passion and Byron Au Yong's Turbine for moving choir and dance troupe with the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Ted Hearne's Katrina Ballads with the X Trigger Ensemble in New Jersey and a return to the Philadelphia Bach Festival in performances of Bach's Cantata XXI and Handel's Messiah. Past seasons have featured recitals at the Symphony Hall in Detroit, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and a performance at Carnegie Hall as part of the Marilyn Horne Song Continues Festival. Equally at home on the operatic stage, Jean Bernard has given life to Mozart's Papageno in the Magic Flute and the title role of Don Giovanni among many others. Jean Bernard completed his doctoral studies at the University of Michigan. His dissertation explored new forms of audience engagement in the recital format through narrative, staging, unusual instrumentation, and multimedia.
Lead Instructor at the Faber Piano Institute in Ann Arbor, VEENA K. KULKARNI delights in teaching students of all ages from the earliest years of study through advanced concert repertoire. In the 2011 Liszt-Garrison International Piano Competition, Veena won Best Liszt Interpretation, and gave the East Coast Premieres both of Frank Felice’s Echolocator and Jennifer Blaire Furr’s Of Iron and Silicon. Veena has led contemporary worship at the Ann Arbor Christian Reformed Church for over 12 years, giving her the fluency in style and versatility that are central to Duo 1717. Veena was also the pianist for Eero Trio, whose CD Wolf Glen was released in 2010 and features the premiere recording of Christopher Dietz’s Fumeux fume, for clarinet, cello & piano. Veena completed her doctorate in Piano Performance and Pedagogy under Logan Skelton and John Ellis at the University of Michigan and has also taught at Madonna University and the University of Windsor.
Great Lakes Performing Artist Associates
415 N. 4th
Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734.665.4029
greatlakespaa.org
Great Lakes Performing Artist Associates
415 N. 4th
Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734.665.4029
greatlakespaa.org
Great Lakes Performing Artist Associates
415 N. 4th
Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734.665.4029
greatlakespaa.org
