A concert pairs Thornton faculty violinist Henry Gronnier with guest artist pianist Rina Dokshitsky.

The program will include Mozart's Sonata in B-flat Major, KV 454; Beethoven's Sonata in G Major, Op. 96; and Paderewski's Sonata in A Minor, Op. 13.

Henry Gronnier is a founding member of the Rossetti String Quartet. As a soloist, he has performed worldwide in recital, including at Carnegie's Weill Hall and at Wigmore Hall in London. He has performed at many of the leading international music festivals as an orchestral soloist and as a collaborator in chamber music ensembles, including Spoleto (Italy and Charleston), Festival Mediterranean and Zino Francescatti Festival in France, and San Miguel de Allende in Mexico.

Born in Saint-Quentin, France, Gronnier began his musical studies at the Conservatoire in Saint-Quentin, where he was awarded a Premier Prix in both violin and piano. He later studied with Madeleine Thuillier-Deverge at the Conservatoire National de Region de Versailles, where he received a Gold Medal. He continued his studies with Michele Auclair at the Conservatoire National in Paris and was awarded a full scholarship to Tulsa University, where he became a student of the renowned French violinist Nell Gotkovsky.

 

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