DUO DRAMATIQUE
UPCOMING CONCERTS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 7PM
THIS EXCITING RECITAL FEATURES TWO GIGANTIC LANDMARKS OF THE VIOLIN-PIANO REPERTOIRE:
THE ICONIC, MUSCULAR "KREUTZER SONATA" BY LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, AND THE GRAND SONATA IN F MAJOR (1838) BY FELIX MENDELSSOHN, NEVER PUBLISHED DURING THE COMPOSER'S LIFE UNTIL NEARLY 120 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH.
WE WILL ALSO PERFORM THE ELUSIVE "NOCTURNE" BY LILI BOULANGER.
WEBSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
201 W NASA PKWY, WEBSTER, TX
“TWISTS OF FATE: FROM FORGOTTEN MANUSCRIPT TO FORGOTTEN VIRTUOSO"
WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT AN ORIGINAL CONCERT OF ART SONGS AND CHAMBER MUSIC, THOUGHTFULLY COMBINED WITH A DISPLAY OF ART BY POLISH PAINTERS OF THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES.
JOIN US AS WE TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY THROUGH MUSIC AND PAINTING AS BREATHTAKING AS THE VISION OF FREEDOM...
DONATION-BASED.
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS TO FOLLOW
SUNDAY, MAY 10, 4PM
"VISIONS OF FREEDOM: POLISH MODERNISM IN MUSIC AND PAINTING"
WITH SOPRANO
KINGA SKRETKOWICZ-FERGUSON
UNIVERSITY OF ST.THOMAS
CULLEN HALL
4001 MT VERNON, 77006
PAST CONCERTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 7.30PM
“THE MUSEUM OF LOST LOVE”
JOIN US FOR A RIVETING EVENING OF STORIES AND MUSIC. THE IDEA FOR THIS CONCERT IS BASED ON THE 2019 BOOK BY GARY BARKER "THE MUSEUM OF LOST LOVE", FEATURING THE ACTUAL EXISTING MUSEUM IN ZAGREB, CROATIA, ESTABLISHED IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 1990s WAR IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA.
THIS SPECIAL CONCERT WILL FEATURE MUSIC BY YUGOSLAV AND BALKAN COMPOSERS, AS WE EXPLORE THEMES OF IMPERMANENCE OF LOVE AND PRECARIOUSNESS OF HAPPINESS.
THIS CONCERT IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON THROUGH THE HOUSTON ARTS ALLIANCE "LET CREATIVITY HAPPEN" GRANT.
Music by:
Teodora žebeljan, Marko Tajcevič, Dora pejačević
CULLEN HALL
4001 MT VERNON, 77006
UNMIVERSITY OF ST.THOMAS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 7PM
“TWISTS OF FATE: FROM FORGOTTEN MANUSCRIPT TO FORGOTTEN VIRTUOSO"
THIS EXCITING RECITAL FEATURES TWO GIGANTIC LANDMARKS OF THE VIOLIN-PIANO REPERTOIRE:
THE ICONIC, MUSCULAR "KREUTZER SONATA" BY LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, AND THE GRAND SONATA IN F MAJOR (1838) BY FELIX MENDELSSOHN, NEVER PUBLISHED DURING THE COMPOSER'S LIFE UNTIL NEARLY 120 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH. WE WILL ALSO PERFORM THE ELUSIVE "NOCTURNE" BY LILI BOULANGER.
THIS CONCERT IS A PART OF MUSIC AT THE MEETING HOUSE CONCERT SERIES AT FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
10840 BEINHORN RD, 77024
WEEKLY PERFORMANCES
Acclaimed program headed by the city of Houston and Houston airports, presenting Houston’s best musicians in hobby airport and George bush international airport terminals
HARMONY IN THE AIR
FRIDAYS, 11AM-2PM
HOBBY AIRPORT MAIN TERMINAL STAGE
WHO IS DUO DRAMATIQUE
"HAILED AS “A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH”, WHOSE CONCERTS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS “PASSIONATE AND TRANSPORTING”, Duo Dramatique is a renowned Violin-Piano ensemble based in Houston, Texas.
Violinist Dominika Dancewicz and pianist Andrew Schneider have earned recognition for their compelling, eclectic and thought-provoking programs that include significant classical music from every era, as well as jazz, broadway and pop.
The Duo’s programming is always thoughtfully planned to communicate with the audiences beyond just the musical content. The ensemble creates contexts that introduce deeply affecting stories based on historic, social and emotional issues featured in the music they perform.
The Duo enjoys a number of engagements across Texas, with performances in Houston, Huntsville, Dallas, San Antonio, Boerne and Missouri City. They have also performed in Colorado and Louisiana, by the invitations of the concert series in Georgetown, CO and Lake Charles, LA.
In 2019 they made their debut at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in San Antonio with a thematic recital devoted to women in music. The concert was recorded and broadcast by Texas Public Radio .
THEY ARE ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF CLASSICAL ENSEMBLES INVITED TO PERFORM AT THE Cave Without a Name in Boerne,TX where they play in the Cave’s spectacular natural acoustics almost 100 feet underground.
The Duo’s other engagements include the Gallery Concert Series at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and Crain Garden Concert Series at the Houston Methodist Hospital.
DUO DRAMATIQUE ENDEAVORS HAVE BEEN FEATURED BY Houston Chronicle, Houston Public Media and Arts+Culture Texas magazine.
THEIR FIRST FULL-LENGTH CD WITH SONATAS by Edward Elgar, W.A.Mozart and Claude Debussy was released in 2018 to critical acclaim, with reviews praising “warmth and sensitivity”, “subtle and nuanced performance” and “broad and expansive tone”.
DUO DRAMATIQUE ‘S SECOND COMMERCIAL ALBUM "CROSSROADS" WAS RELEASED IN 2021 ON NAVONA LABEL.
READ CRITICAL ACCLAIM HERE.