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NEWSMadalyn and Cicely featured in Hudson Valley Magazine 
Tannery Pond Live Concert CD Available! 
A recording of the Tannery Pond Concert performed on August 22, 2009, featuring Cicely & Madalyn with Christian Steiner is available on CD. This concert, which included Beethoven's Spring Sonata, Shostakovich's Cello Sonata, and Arensky's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, was enthusiastically received by the audience who responded with a standing ovation and four curtain calls! The music critics approved heartily as well! Read more... Stupendous! Review of "Gare du Nord" by Gene Gaudette: "This is the best new chamber music disc I've heard so far this year." Read more... Congratulations Madalyn! On May 8, 2010 at age 19, Madalyn received her diploma from The College of Saint Rose graduating summa cum laude with concentrations in both French and Music. Madalyn completed her college education in just three years taking more than 130 credit hours of classes and carrying a 4.0 GPA. During these college years Madalyn also performed 30 concertos with orchestra including the New York String Orchestra conducted by Jaime Laredo and the Albany Symphony Orchestra under the baton of David Alan Miller. She recorded two CDs... Read more... PRESS/REVIEWSRave reviews for duo parnas!
"The Sisters Parnas, violinist Madalyn and cellist Cicely, are poised for potential major careers in an increasingly superstar-oriented classical music business. The winsome Stephentown, N.Y., duo made that perfectly clear in their performance with the Albany Symphony..." --Clarence Fanto, Berkshire Living Read more... "The Parnas sisters...could just as well have been gazelle and antelope, so thoroughly did they erase programmatic connotations with the suavity and assurance of their playing... They are real talents. There is nothing showy in their playing. Everything is for musical value..." --Andrew L. Pincus, Berkshire Eagle Read more... "...as Duo Parnas walked on stage in gowns of peach and pink, it felt like the blooming of roses in winter. No less radiant was their playing..." --Joseph Dalton, Times Union Read more...  "Although the violin-cello duo of Madalyn and Cicely Parnas have local roots, they’re destined for an international career that could make this area but a memory. Neither is 20; both have impressive virtuoso chops that they’ve already wielded to great acclaim as soloists and in chamber music performances...." --B.A. Nilsson, Metroland Read more... "...violinist Madalyn Parnas, 19, and cellist Cicely, 17, were the stars of the Albany Symphony Orchestra concert Thursday night at the Canfield Casino..." Geraldine Freedman, The Daily Gazette Read more... From The New York Times:  Recent Works With a Smattering of Jazz and a Pinch of Presidential
Politics The Duo Parnas (Madalyn Parnas, violinist, and her sister, Cicely Parnas, cellist) gave the piece an electrifying reading[...] Read more... From The New York Times: A Sister Act With a Mentor At the Piano |
SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTSduo parnas to perform at Kerrytown Concert House 
"They are phenomenally gifted, intelligent, and mature young musicians [...] I remember Leslie Parnas from the early Aspen days when I studied with Darius Milhaud and am thrilled to see his superb musicianship has passed on so stunningly." --William Bolcom Parnas/Kohlberg Trio  These three charismatic young artists met and immediately began working together while Yaron was on tour in the United States, following his 2nd prize win at the 2007 Cleveland International Piano Competition. The collaboration has been truly magical. Within six months of their meeting, they performed concerts at Tuxedo Park (NY), Lenox (MA), Bard Hall at Bard College, at the Soros home in New York City, and at Temple Beth El in Oneonta, NY. These concerts were immensely successful as audience capacities were exceeded and the music was received with genuine jubilation in all cases. One long-standing member of the musical community said she had never heard a more exciting piano trio performance. We hope you will attend and hear for yourself! Concerto Reengagements - Barber, Elgar, and Brahms Being invited back is the highest compliment, and this season both the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra in Schenectady NY and Sedona Arizona’s Verde Valley Sinfonietta have done just that! On October 3, 2010, Madalyn and Cicely will collaborate with music director, Charles Schneider, and the SSO to perform Barber's Violin Concerto and Elgar's Cello Concerto, respectively. It is always a wonderful experience to step onto the stage in Proctor’s Theatre and perform with an orchestra that has such a rich history, which boasts solo performances with Mischa Elman, Joseph Szigeti, and Ruggiero Ricci! The Verde Valley Sinfonietta, though just established in 2002, has grown by leaps and bounds during its short history. Conductor David Cripps will conduct Madalyn and Cicely performing the great Brahms Double for two performances on April 16 and 17, 2011.  If you are interested in hearing an amazing recording of this piece, which features cellist Leslie Parnas and violinist Yehudi Menuhin and the Casals Festival Orchestra conducted by Pablo Casals, click here. Prokofiev and Shostakovich Concertos with St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic  On May 21, 2011, during the time of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg Russia, Madalyn will perform Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 and Cicely Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic under the baton of conductor Jeffery Meyer. This most extraordinary opportunity to travel to St. Petersburg and perform in Glinka Hall with this wonderful orchestra and Maestro Meyer is a great honor! MUSICParnas/Serkin Trio opens Music Mountain 81st season on June 13, 2010.  See video... Jaime Laredo conducts guest soloists Madalyn & Cicely in their NYC debut with the New York String Orchestra Read more... More Music and Full Discography... BLOGS
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