An esteemed violinist and professor of violin and chamber music at Boston University, Peter Zazofsky enjoys a multifaceted career as a soloist and chamber musician. Zazofsky tours and records as the first violinist of the Muir Quartet and is the director of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute String Quartet workshop. In a program that includes the stately Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34, Zazofsky will be joined by School of Music faculty members Rita Sloan, Irina Muresanu, Katherine Murdock and Eric Kutz to showcase his extensive ensemble versatility.

Program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in B-flat Major, K. 454
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Masterful Strings is a lively series of masterclasses, discussions and performances that feature renowned string artists sharing their artistry in string pedagogy and performance. Masterful Strings is funded in part by the Tretter Distinguished Faculty Fellowship in Violin and the Barbara K. Steppel Memorial Faculty Fellowship in Cello.