Please join us on the evening of Thursday, December 8 in the ballroom of the Carnegie Institution for a private recital by master cellist Sophie Shao.  Hailed as “eloquent” and “powerful” by The New York Times, Ms. Shao has toured the concert halls of the world—from New York to Paris to Moscow to Tokyo—and gained international acclaim for her elegant interpretations of the classical repertoire.  A recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant at age nineteen, Ms. Shao is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Yale School of Music and serves on the faculty of Vassar College and the Bard Conservatory of Music.

Ms. Shao will perform selections from the Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, J.S. Bach’s lyrical masterpiece rediscovered and popularized by Pablo Casals. Ms. Shao will perform the suites on an 1860 cello made by Honore Derazey and once owned by Mr. Casals himself.

The concert will be followed by a champagne reception in the ballroom of the Carnegie’s marble rotunda.

This will be Esperanza’s third annual winter gala featuring internationally recognized immigrant artists.  (For images from our two previous galas, click here or here.)

For tickets and information on how to sponsor this event, click here.