Santa Cecilia Presents Natasha Marin and SCO Friends

Dec. 20, 2010 - PRLog -- LOS ANGELES, CA – Santa Cecilia Orchestra (SCO) will host Natasha Marin and SCO Friends, its next concert of the 2010-2011 season.  Taking place at the Center for the Arts, Los Angeles on Saturday January 15 at 8:00 p.m., the chamber concert will feature music by Chopin, Rachmoninov, Beethoven, Piazzolla, Schumann and Mendelssohn.  Associate concertmaster Yi-Huan Zhao and SCO cellist Beth Park- Zhao will join special guest artist, pianist Natasha Marin.

These artists will dazzle the audience with their virtuosity as they play chamber music masterpieces.  SCO is fulfilling its Music is For Everyone mission by offering full orchestra concerts, chamber concerts and its nationally acclaimed Discovering Music Program.

The concert performance will feature music for solo piano as well as duets and end with the dazzling Mendelssohn trio.  Also featured are five masterworks that include Chopin’s Scherzo No. 1, Rachmoninov’s Vocalize, Beethoven’s Spring Sonata, Piazzolla’s Grand Tango and Schumann’s Fantasiestuke (Fantasy Pieces).

The concert will take place at Center for the Arts, 2225 Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, 90041 on Saturday January 15, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.  There will be one performance only of this program.  Tickets priced at $20 and $12 (youth, 17 and under) are available by calling the orchestra office at (323) 259-3011 or by visiting http://scorchestra.org/201011orderform.html#Jan2011.

SCO kicked off the 2010-2011 season on October 15, 2010 with a concert and fundraiser, which featured a string orchestra performing music by Respighi and selections from Vivaldi and Piazzolla with violin soloist Mark Menzies.

The season will run through May 22, 2011 with five concerts that pay tribute to the company's history as the only orchestra in the nation with a specific mission to take classical music to the Latino community.  A complete season schedule is available at http://scorchestra.org/concerts.html.

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About Natasha Marin
Natasha (Rubin) Marin was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. She began her piano studies at age 6. By age 10 she was playing at competitions and in prestigious concert halls. She was accepted to the Special Music School for Gifted Children (one of several such schools in the entire former USSR). Her education continued with Professor Leonid Sintsev, under whom she graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov Music College with honors and received her master’s degree in piano performance from the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. Later, Natasha also studied privately with Professor Vitaly Margulis. Natasha Marin enjoys working both as a soloist and in the ensembles. She has been performing extensively in Russia (including venues such as St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall) and in the United States. Natasha moved to the U.S. in 1995 and is married to actor/comedian Cheech Marin. They reside in Malibu, Ca.