Erwin Schulhoff MSR Classics MS1560 Eka Gogichashvili (violin) Kae Hosoda-Ayer (piano) 2015

Suite for Violin and Piano, Op.1, WV 18 (1911)

1. I. Praeludium

2. II. Gavotte

3. III. Minuetto

4. IV. Walzer

5. V. Scherzo

Sonata for Solo Violin, WV 83 (1927)

6. I. Allegro con fuoco

7. II. Andante cantabile

8. III. Scherzo - Allegretto grazioso

9. IV. Finale - Allegro risoluto

Sonata No.1 for Violin and Piano, Op.7, WV 24 (1913)

10. I. Allegro risoluto

11. II. Tranquillo

12. III. Presto

13. IV. Allegro molto

Sonata No.2 for Violin and Piano, WV 91 (1927)

14. I. Allegro impetuoso

15. II. Andante

16. III. Burlesca - Allegretto

17. IV. Finale - Allegro risoluto

On March 15, 1939, Germany invaded Czechoslovakia, initiating one of humanity’s darkest chapters. In the wake of the Third Reich’s appalling efforts to exterminate Europe’s Jewish population, millions perished, among them some of the best and brightest minds in history, figures whose lives and legacies are just now receiving the attention they deserve. Among those figures is the remarkably gifted Czech pianist, composer, conductor and writer Erwin Schulhoff, whose nearly 200 compositions include works for piano, chamber music, symphonies, concertos, songs, operas and ballets.
Eka Gogichashvili maintains an active performing career. As a soloist, she has performed with the Temple Symphony Orchestra, Baylor Symphony, Rowan Symphony, Tbilisi State Symphony Orchestra and Tbilisi Radio-TV Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, she has played with the Contemporary Chamber Players, LSU Piano Trio, Tbilisi String Quartet, Elag Quartet, Baylor String Quartet and Baylor Piano Trio. Also an orchestral player, Gogichashvili has performed with the Waco Symphony, Temple Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Shreveport Symphony, Baton Rouge Symphony, Acadiana Symphony, Moscow Chamber Orchestra Arco, Bridgeton Symphony, Belcanto Opera, Tbilisi Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Abilene Philharmonic and Ohio Light Opera.
Dr. Gogichashvili regularly appears as a clinician at national conventions, giving presentations on topics including violin performance practice, repertoire, and practice methods. She has presented at events given by the College Music Society, American String Teachers Association, Texas Orchestra Directors Association, Texas Music Educators Association, International Double Reed Society, National Association of Teachers of Singing, College Band Directors National Association, and others.
Currently Associate Professor of Violin at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, Gogichashvili holds dual Bachelor of Music degrees in violin performance from Balanchivadze College of Music in Tbilisi, Georgia (former Soviet Union), and from Rowan University in New Jersey. She also holds dual Master of Music degrees in violin performance from Tbilisi State Conservatory in Tbilisi and the Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Music. She completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at LSU with a minor in orchestral conducting. Her teachers include Kevork Mardirossian, Dennis Parker, Michael Butterman, Bertram Greenspan, Akvsenti Megrelidze, Shota Shanidze and Boris Chiaureli. She has also worked with members of the Audubon Quartet, Jeffrey Sollow, Karen Tuttle, David Cerone, Yfrah Neaman, Joseph Silverstein, Moscow Trio, Camilla Wicks, Levon Ambarzumian, Helen Kwalwasser, and Yair Kless.
Kae Hosoda-Ayer has concertized throughout the United States, Canada, Japan and Korea, where she is in demand both as a soloist and collaborative pianist. Hosoda-Ayer has been heard on National Public Radio with Ronald de Kant, Professor Emeritus of Clarinet at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. With her husband, clarinetist Christopher Ayer, she performs as the Duo Karudan throughout the United States, Canada and Japan, and performed at the International Clarinet Association World Conferences in Austin, Atlanta and Tokyo. Currently Assistant Professor of Piano and Director of Collaborative Piano at Baylor University, Dr. Hosoda-Ayer holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance with emphasis in chamber music and collaborative arts from the University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Music degree and Graduate Diploma in piano performance from the New England Conservatory where she was a Piano Honors Competition winner, and a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo. Her principal teachers include Anton Nel, Gabriel Chodos and Nobuko Amada, and she has coached with Eiji Oue, Shuku Iwasaki and Margo Garrett. She has served on the accompanying faculty at New England Conservatory, and while at the University of Texas at Austin was named first prize winner in the Sidney Wright Endowed Presidential Scholarship Competition in Piano Accompanying.