Concert: Violinist Pi-Hsun Shih Cellist Tanya Anisimova

Pianist
Pi-Hsun Shih and cellist Tanya Anisimova will perform Chopin and Mendelssohn on
Saturday, October 5 at 2pm in the
Hubbard Room at Russell Library, 123 Broad Street, Middletown.  Described as a pianist of "searing
precision" by the Hartford Courant, Pi-Hsun Shih enjoys a versatile career
as a soloist, collaborative pianist, and teacher. The Taiwanese-American
musician has been a featured soloist with the Sao Paulo State Symphony, The
Hartt Symphony, and the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra, for whom she served as
the principal keyboardist. She has performed throughout North America, South
America, and Asia with ensembles such as Empire Brass and the Emerson String
Quartet. Ms. Shih balances her vibrant performing career with an equally active
teaching schedule. Currently on the faculty of the Hartt School Community
Division and the Center for Creative Youth at Wesleyan University, she has also
taught at Mount Holyoke College and in the Hartt School Collegiate Division.

 Tanya
Anisimova is an internationally renowned  Russian cellist and composer. 
She holds graduate degrees from the Moscow Observatory, Boston University, and Yale.  In addition to composing, performing and
touring, she has taught master-classes at Moscow Conservatory, Hartt School of
Music, Loyola University, and Virginia Commonwealth University among
others.  Celebrated cellist Janos Starker has hailed Anisimova as, “an Everest
climber,” anda “high class cellist with a strong and inventive musical mind.”  Legendary conductor Zubin Metha described her
as “the exceptional talent.”