The Abaca String Band was founded by guitarist Andrew Schulman in 1991. This unique group, consisting of 8-string Guitar, Mandolin, Violin, Viola, and Double Bass, began by performing for membership events at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. They have appeared as featured artists on the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series since 1995. The Abaca String Band frequently... read full bio

At University, Andre Rieu performed the Gold And Silver Waltz by Franz Leh√°r. Encouraged by the audience reaction he decided to pursue the waltz form. Rieu formed the Maastricht Salon Orchestra and performed as a violinist with the Limburg Symphony Orchestra. In 1987, he created the Johann Strauss Orchestra and his own production company. Since then, his melodramatic stage performances... read full bio

André Watts is a classical pianist and professor at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University. He has had a successful career in the music industry and won a Grammy Award for Best New Classical Artist in 1964.... read full bio

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American born Soprano Andrea Hanson brings a wealth of experience and dramatic intensity to her performances. She has been heard in the title role of Manon Lescaut, Mimi in la La Boheme, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Desdemona in Otello, the female chorus in The Rape of Lucretia and Marguerite in Faust among many others. Having taught voice both in... read full bio

Pratt's career received its impetus when in 1992 he became the first African-American pianist to win the Naumburg International Piano Competition. He won the Naumburg prize, which launched him into a strenuous performance schedule, with 40 to 50 concerts that year and 70 in the following year, when he signed with the New York City artist management firm IMG Artists.... read full bio