DESCRIPTION:
Organized as a prelude to the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival, this event will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles and the formal conclusion of World War I. Focusing on the years before, during, and immediately following the Great War, USC history professor emeritus Elinor Accampo and Piatigorsky chair Ralph Kirshbaum will explore the impact of the shattering upheaval on the social fabric and artistic sensibilities of Europe and America.

Visual art, juxtaposed with emotionally laden musical masterpieces featuring the cello by composers who were deeply affected by World War I, will serve as a masterful, beautiful, and cautionary tapestry revealing the wide-ranging human and societal turmoil that arose from this previously unimaginable and brutal military conflict.

The program, featuring performances by some of the brilliant young artists of the USC Thornton School of Music, will be followed by a Q&A.

Performers:
Cello: Stella Cho, Juliette Herlin, Allan Hon, Javier Iglesias-Martin, Taeguk Mun
Violin: Mann Wen Lo
Piano: Feng Bian, Heejung Ju

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