The Thornton School’s Midori Goto presents student violinists, who perform works by Bach to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
February 14
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Concerts with Fisher@USC: Eva Beneke and Jane Grothe
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 : 3:00pm to 5:00pm
University Park Campus
USC Fisher Museum of Art
Free
Guitarist Beneke and harpist Grothe perform a musical selection inspired by the art on display at the Fisher Museum.
In particular, they will draw on the American and European landscapes currently being exhibited.
Eva Beneke was born in Berlin, Germany, where she took her first guitar lesson at the age of nine and also started learning the piano. At age 14, she founded a pop/jazz band with her friends that remained active for six years. Beneke has won numerous prizes, including first prize at the International Guitar Festival “Chittarrissima” in Saluzzo, Italy; and second prize at the International Guitar Competition in Zwolle, The Netherlands. in 2008, she was a finalist in the International Guitar Competition in Culiacan, Mexico, and winner of the Donald Miller Concerto Competition in Los Angeles.
Jane Grothe was born in Berlin. At the age of 10, she was enrolled in the Julius-Stern-Institute for gifted young students at the University of Arts, Berlin. Later she attended the Academy of Music “Hans Eisler” Berlin. She received her master’s degree from the California Institute of the Arts in 2006. Grothe is currently a doctorate candidate and teaching assistant at USC. She has received many scholarships and prizes and has worked with several celebrated musicians on stages worldwide.