Lembit Beecher is currently Composer in Residence of Opera Philadelphia, Gotham Chamber Opera and Music Theatre Group.

On October 15th and 17th in collaboration with the Scrag Mountain Music, he will present a concert of 20th and 21st century Estonian and Hungarian Music inspired by folk music including Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Veljo Tormis, Lembit Breecher and György Ligeti plus five world premiere “micro-commissions” based on Estonian Folk Songs.

The juxtaposition of the music from Estonia and Hungary reveals surprising similarities rooted in the deep relationship of the language and folk songs of these two countries.
The concert features the Aizuri String Quartet, comprised of graduates of the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music as well as soloist soprano Mary Bonhag, who will sing songs by Zoltán Kodály, and Veljo Tormis. Other performers featured are double bassist Evan Premo, pianist/concertinist Lembit Breecher and the “radiant” cellist Karen Ouzounian.

Please find more photos from our website (the concert took place in the New York Estonian House on October 18th, 2013)