Cellist Laura Usiskin Returns to Museum Series 2017-Sept-28

I met Laura Usiskin (website) in 2010 during her tenure (twoyer?) as cello fellow with the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra. She played for A Little Lunch Music, a weekly series I don't know if I mentioned that I coordinate at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. She's played for us about yearly since then.

She is a masterful cellist and has an onstage friendliness that at the same time betrays and makes sense of the skill and beauty she brings to a performance. She's like a relatable brain surgeon, somehow with an innate understanding of what it means to be listening to music that you're not quite sure how it exists in the first place.

Below is a link to my article on the museum's website about this Thursday's free recital, noon - 1 pm. Pianist Ting Li will join her.

A Little Lunch Music 9/28/2017: Cello-Piano Duo Will Perform Shostakovich Concerto