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Hector Falcon & Saki Uetsuhara – Violins
Jean Marie Leclair (1697-1764)
Sonata in e minor for 2 violins
II Gavotte
III Presto
HÉCTOR FALCÓN- Violin
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, including first prize in the Sam Levenson Violin Competition and the R. J. Reynolds Career Grant award. He began his violin studies with Jose Figueroa, a member of Puerto Rico’s most prestigious family of musicians, and with Jaime Medina, a member of the Orquesta Sinfónica of 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. For the past 20 years, he has toured Japan with the New York Symphonic Ensemble. A busy soloist and chamber musician, Falcón has performed in prestigious music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival, Grand Teton, Pacific Music Festival & OK Mozart Festival. He made his solo debut with the NJSO in January 2012, performing François Dompierre’s Les Diableries; The Star-Ledger praised his “charismatic performance throughout, with fluid, silky tone and impressive precision.” At The Juilliard School, where he obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, he studied with Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang, and Masao Kawasaki. He has attended masterclasses with Itzhak Perlman, Igor Bezrodny and Ruben Gonzalez. Falcón is an avid violin recordings collector and violin historian.
Saki Uetsuhara- Violin
Saki Uetsuhara a native of Japan, graduated from the Tokyo College of Music as a student of their prestigious violin department in 2013. Her teachers include Masayuki Kino, Yoshio Unno & Toshiro Yokoyama. She also studied the viola with Yuki Hyakutake. An active musician around Tokyo, Ms.Uetsuhara has performed and recorded with artists of all genres, and regularly performs with orchestras in the Tokyo Metropolitan area. She is a prizewinner of the 12th Chang Jiang International Music Competition in 2009. Since relocating to NY she has played with the New Jersey Symphony, Greenwich Symphony, and several musicals on and off-Broadway. She pursued graduate studies with Daniel Philips at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College where she is an artist diploma candidate. Besides practicing, Saki enjoys cooking, sewing, and long walks.