Show #22: Ben Lash, cello

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17 year old Ben Lash of Evanston High School (and a student at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy for gifted pre-college musicians) gave a terrific performance today. Last on his program was a new work composed in 1999, which I especially recommend! Ben was joined on piano for several pieces by Shirley Trissell.

Program:

Suite No. 6 in D major J.S. Bach
Courante
Sarabande

Divertimento in D Major for Cello and Piano Franz Joseph Haydn (arranged by Gregor Piatigorski, 1903-1976)
Adagio
Allegro di molto

Beethoven Sonata No. 4 in C major, op. 102, No. 1
Andante-Allegro Vivace

Polonaise Brillante, Opus 3 Frederic Chopin

Alone for Solo Cello Giovanni Sollima

Bio:

Benjamin Lash is 17 years old and is a senior at Evanston Township High School.

He has studied cello since he was six years old. Benjamin is a member of the Music Institute of Chicago's Academy program for gifted pre-college musicians where he studies privately with artist faculty member Tanya Carey. Benjamin's first place awards include the Society of American Musicians, Music Teachers National Association State and Regional Junior String Divisions, the North Suburban Symphony, the Oak Park and River Forest Symphony, Kishwaukee Symphony, the Sejong Cultural Society, and 2007 Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra competitions. He has received honors in the Chicago Symphony Youth Auditions, the Stulberg International Competition, and the Illinois American String Teachers Association Competition.

Benjamin has performed on From the Top, the Skokie Library Young Steinway Series, and on the WFTM "Introductions" series. Recent concerto performances include Schelomo with the Chicago Youth Symphony and the Haydn D Major Concerto with the Northwest Symphony Orchestra. In 2008-09, he will perform on From the Top and on the Music in the Loft series. Benjamin is the principal cellist of the Evanston Township High School Symphony.