Flatiron Festival, Offering IV: Shostakovich: A Life in Three Sonatas: Irina Muresanu, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, Julian Schwarz, & Asiya Korepanova
About This Event
Flatiron Festival's Offering IV presents Shostakovich: A Life in Three Sonatas at Groupmuse NYC, a focused program built around three of Dmitri Shostakovich's sonatas that together outline aspects of his chamber output. The lineup — Irina Muresanu, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, Julian Schwarz and Asiya Korepanova — offers a concentrated chamber reading that highlights the sonatas' structural and expressive contrasts.
About A Life in Three Sonatas(chamber)
At Groupmuse NYC, Flatiron Festival’s Offering IV frames Dmitri Shostakovich’s life in three chamber sonatas, heard as a single through-line rather than isolated repertory pieces. Violinist Irina Muresanu, violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, cellist Julian Schwarz, and pianist Asiya Korepanova trace how the composer uses classical forms to register pressure, irony, and private lyricism. Shostakovich’s sonatas have long been part of New York’s concert DNA, returning here in an intimate setting that suits their scale. The program quietly argues that his most direct autobiography often appears in chamber music, where gestures cannot hide behind volume.
About the Artists
Dmitri Shostakovich
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Dmitri Shostakovich, a luminary of classical music whose performances are a staple of New York City's vibrant cultural scene. Known for his intricate compositions that blend emotional depth with technical brilliance, Shostakovich's work resonates profoundly in the grand acoustics of David Geffen Hall.
Irina Muresanu
Saint-Saëns was such a genius that he could create, in 1863, a showpiece for violin that would sound like it was written expressly for Irina Muresanu in the year 2020. And she stopped the show with it….
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt is a New York–based violist whose work sits in the city’s chamber-music circuit, including performances at Groupmuse NYC. She appears in programs that place individual voices inside larger narratives, such as Shostakovich-focused sonata evenings alongside violinist Irina Muresanu, cellist Julian Schwarz, and pianist Asiya Korepanova.
Julian Schwarz
Heralded from a young age as a cellist destined to rank among the greatest of the 21st century, Julian Schwarz's powerful tone, effortless virtuosity, and extraordinarily large color palate are hallmarks of his style.
Asiya Korepanova
Asiya Korepanova is a concert pianist, composer, transcriber, visual artist, poet, and entrepreneur.