COFFEE CONCERT
Friday, March 4, 2011 at 7:30pm
Church of the Loving Shepherd, West Chester, PA
Aisha Dossumova, violin
William Houston III, viola
Ignaz Joseph Pleyel: GRAND DUO, Op. 69
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: DUO in G, KV 423
Johan Halvorsen: PASSACAGLIA
Concert proceeds donated to repair weather damage to Church of
the Loving Shepherd.
Musicians sponsored by the Suburban Philharmonic Society.
AISHA DOSSUMOVA is the prize-winner of numerous competitions including 1st prize in the International Violin Competition "Shabyt" in Astana (Kazakhstan), 2nd prize in the Michelangelo Abbado International Competition in Milan (Italy), 1st prize in the International Violin Competition in San Bartolomeo (Italy), 3rd prize in the National Competition of Kazakhstan, diploma in the W.A. Mozart International competition (Austria) and in the Mravinski International Violin Competition. Born in Almaty, Kazakhstan, she began studying violin at the age of five at the State's Special Music School and continued her studies at the Kazakh National Academy of Music in Astana in the class of Professor Aiman Mussakhodjayeva. Aisha has participated in various international music festivals as a soloist, and chamber musician, including Ost-West Musikfest, Mozarteum Summer Academy, Musica in Laguna, The iPalpiti International Laureates Festival and the Cliburn Institute. As a soloist and the assistant of concertmaster of the Kazakh State Chamber Orchestra "The Academy of Soloist" Aisha has toured and performed in many countries including Austria, Italy, France, England, and Russia. As a member of iPalpiti Chamber Orchestra since 2004, she has performed in Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, and Carnegie Hall in New York. In the USA, Aisha continued her study at the Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas in the class of Professor Eduard Schmieder, receiving an Artist Certificate Diploma in 2005 and Masters Degree in 2008 from Temple University in Philadelphia. Currently, Aisha is pursuing her Doctoral Degree at Temple University in Philadelphia. Aisha will solo in the Suburban Philharmonic Society Orchestra's inaugural concert series in the fall of 2011.