Jan. 21, 2004
Contact: Jo Ann Lloyd
(805) 756-1511
Ravel, Mozart To Be Focus of Feb. 5 Lecture-Recital at Cal Poly
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Composers Maurice Ravel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
will be the focus of a lecture-recital by Cal Poly music faculty member
Katherine Arthur, soprano, and staff accompanist Rudolfas Budginas, piano,
at 11 a.m. Feb. 5 in Room 218 of the Davidson Music Center on campus.
They will perform and discuss Ravel’s “Trois Poèmes
de Stéphane Mallarmé” (“Three Poems of Stéphane
Mallarmé”), “Soupir” (“Sigh”), “Placet
Futile” (“Futile Supplication”), and “Surgi de
la Croupe et du Bond” (“Rising from the Curve and the Leap”).
They will also perform and talk about Mozart’s concert aria “Bella
Mia Fiamma! . . . Resta, oh cara” (“My Lovely Flame . . .
Stay, oh dear one”).
“One could liken a concert aria to an abbreviated opera, and this
one is about a dying husband who is saying his goodbyes,” according
to Arthur.
Arthur earned a master's degree in voice from UC Santa Barbara, where
she studied with Elisabeth Mannion and Michael Ingham. She appeared as
a soloist with the Southwest Chamber Music Ensemble, Santa Barbara Oratorio
Society and Pacific Repertory Opera.
Arthur has appeared as a guest artist in Europe, recorded works for Austrian
Radio, and performed for many international music festivals and opera
companies. A certified Alexander Technique teacher, she began teaching
voice at Cal Poly in fall 2003.
Budginas was born in Lithuania. He made his concert debut at the age of
nine with the Lithuanian National Symphony. Known as an accomplished soloist,
he has performed in cities throughout Europe as well as Tokyo, Los Angeles,
Seattle and Fort Worth. He has played as a guest soloist with the Lithuanian
National Symphony, The Riverside Philharmonic, Los Angeles Virtuosi and
the California Chamber Ensemble.
Budginas won first prize in the International Liszt Piano Competition
and Vitols International Piano Competition and won the Yamaha of Europe
award.
Admission to the lecture-recital is free. It is sponsored by the Cal Poly
Music Department and College of Liberal Arts. For more information, call
the Music Department at 756-2406.
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