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Stephen Fang and Friends to Perform at Watchung Arts Center

Former Bridgewater resident to perform with group in 'Classicals at the Circle' series on Dec. 8.

Stephen Fang and Friends will perform at the Watchung Arts Center as part of the "Classicals at the Circle" series on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m.

Fang, the assistant principal cellist of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, will be joined by his sister Jeannette Fang, pianist, as well as fellow NJSO musicians, violinists Darryl Thomas Kubian and Hector Falcon, and violist Elzbieta Weyman.

The program includes the Prokofiev Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major Opus 119, and the Piatigorsky Variations on a Paganini Theme for Cello and Piano played by Stephen and Jeanette Fang.

Wynton Marsalis’ "At the Octoroon Balls" for String Quartet will be performed by Stephen Fang, Darryl Kubian, Hector Falcon and Elzbieta Weyman.

A dessert reception will follow the concert where audience members can meet and greet the musicians.

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Tickets are $16 in advance or $20 ($18 WAC members, $10 students) at the door.

Stephen Fang, formerly of Bridgewater, has been assistant principal cellist of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra since 2007. Prior to winning his position at the NJSO, he served as assistant principal of the Aspen Festival Orchestra and Akron Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the IRIS Chamber Orchestra and Canton Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Fang has been featured in the Fischoff Grand Prize Winner’s Tour, Kennedy Center Millennium Stage Recital Series, Cleveland Chamber Music Society Series and Cleveland Chamber Music Guild Series.

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Jeannette Fang is an imaginative and expressive pianist whose dynamic performances have attracted the attention of professionals as well as the concert going public. Fang performs regularly in such settings as Alice Tully Hall, John F. Kennedy Center, Zankel Hall, Bargemusic, Peter J. Sharp Theater, Weill Recital Hall, Steinway Hall, Sprague Recital Hall, and many others. In addition to her long-standing commitment to solo piano performance, Fang is a passionate and experienced chamber musician.

Darryl Kubian is a member of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s first-violin section and former principal second violin of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed jazz violin with trumpeter Randy Brecker in a Charlie Parker program entitled “Byrd Lives!” and has arranged and performed Ellington’s “Sacred Songs” in collaboration with the Jazz Studies Program at Rutgers University. Kubian’s improvisational skills have been highlighted with artists such as Nigel Kennedy, Al Jarreau, Bobby Short and Renée Fleming.

Described by music critics as an artist who “displays a solid technique, beautiful sound and great maturity” and possesses “an excellent sense of style and musicality,” violinist Héctor Falcón has won numerous awards and competitions both in the United States and Puerto Rico. Falcón has been a member of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra since 2000, and he regularly plays with the New York City Ballet, Opera Orchestra of New York, American Symphony Orchestra and Houston Symphony Orchestra.”

Elzbieta Weyman joined the NJSO as principal violist in 2013. She was educated at The Juilliard School, where she studied with Masao Kawasaki and Michael Tree. Ms. Weyman was a member of the New World Symphony from 2011-2013. Elzbieta has also made several solo and chamber music appearances including performing the Walton Viola Concerto at the Aspen Summer Music Festival with Leonard Slatkin in 2007 and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the Juilliard Orchestra in 2010 with conductor Xian Zhang.


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