Pablo Mahave-Veglia and Michael Carrera, cellos

Sonata in G Major No. 4 from Book 4 for two cellos - Jean-Baptiste Barrière
(1707 – 1747)
Andante
Adagio
Allegro prestissimo
 
Suite No. 2 in D Minor for Cello Solo BWV 1008 (arr, Arnone) - Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 – 1750)
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Minuet I and II
Gigue
 
Five Duos for Two Cellos - Halsey Stevens
(1908 – 1989)
Allegretto
Adagio
Poco allegro
Andante
Allegro
 
Duetto - Gioachino Rossini
(1792 – 1868)
Allegro
Andante molto
Allegro zingarese
 
Pablo Mahave-Veglia and Michael Carrera, cellos

Cellist Pablo Mahave-Veglia ​
Cellist Pablo Mahave-Veglia resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he is Professor of Cello at Grand Valley State University. Mr. Mahave-Veglia is a cellist and teacher of broad interests whose repertoire ranges from the early baroque, performed on period instruments, to his ongoing interest in researching, performing and recording the work of contemporary Latin-American composers. He counts among his musical influences his mother, the noted piano pedagogue Mercedes Veglia, as well as such artists/teachers as Arnaldo Fuentes, Steven Doane, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Janos Starker and Uri Vardi.

Highlights of the current season include several performances of the complete Sonatas for cello and continuo by Vivaldi, featuring a collaboration with harpsichordist Gregory Crowell. Performances will take place at GVSU and Calvin College in Michigan, as well as Cookeville and Knoxville in Tennessee. Last year Dr. Mahave-Veglia toured widely his Not So Alone program, a recital that focuses on the idea of creating polyphony (visual or musical) in works for cello with electronic and/or video counterpoint. With the collaboration of electronics assistant Nate Bliton, this program of works by Andrés Alcalde, Bill Ryan, Steve Reich, Edgardo Cantón and Robert Muczynski was presented at St. Cloud State University, the Z Studio in Minneapolis and Concordia College (Minnesota), Dog Story Theater in Grand Rapids, the University of Iowa, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania and James Madison University in Virginia. 

A concerto tour of Chile last year included performances of the Haydn D Major Concerto with the Orquesta Clásica de Santiago, the Dvorák with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Antofagasta and the Boccherini with the Chamber Orchestra of Coyhaique. Previous projects include the performance of the Complete Beethoven Sonatas and Variations for cello and pianoforte utilizing period instruments and historical performance practices.  Each of the three concerts was performed at Grand Valley State University, and repeated in regional concert series, and featured a different keyboard artist. Concerts took place at Eastern Michigan University, the Ann Arbor Early Music Academy, the Feeding the Soul of the City Series in Muskegon, MI, the Colby Barn Early Music Series in Illinois, and Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
Previous endeavors include touring with a solo program of the Bach Cello Suites using original instruments, including a 5-string violoncello piccolo. Recent concerts, classes and lectures include performances at Ohio University, Converse College in South Carolina, Arizona Sate University, the SUNY at Fredonia, Queens College in Ontario, Canada, and the Universities of Iowa, Delaware, Kentucky and Hong Kong Baptist University, among many others. His program of galant style Sonatas by London-based composers was performed at venues like the Fringe Concerts of the Boston Early Music Festival, the Fontana Chamber Arts Summer Festival in Kalamazoo, and in Chicago’s Live from WFMT radio broadcast series.

An alumnus of the Interlochen Arts Academy, Dr. Mahave-Veglia holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Indiana University and the Eastman School of Music. Additionally, he has attended such music festivals as Banff (Canada), NOI (Maryland), Pacific Music Festival (Japan), the Jerusalem International Festival (Israel) and the Schleswig-Holstein and Heidelberg Music Festivals (Germany). Mr. Mahave-Veglia is a former faculty member at the University of Evansville (Indiana), Ripon College (Wisconsin), St. Cloud State University (Minnesota), the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Madison Summer Cello Institute, the International Music Academy in Pilsen (Czech Republic), and the Eastern and Brevard Music Festivals (North Carolina). In addition, he has appeared as soloist or chamber musician in his native Chile, Colombia, Perú, Costa Rica, Europe, Hong Kong and Malaysia. In the United States he has performed at such venues as the Mammoth Lakes Chamber Music Festival (California), the Saugatuck Music Festival (Michigan), the Dame Myra Hess Recital Series in Chicago, the Elvehem Museum in Madison, Wisconsin, and in New York City at the Renee Weiler Hall, Bang on a Can Marathon and le poisson rouge.

Professor Mahave-Veglia performs on a five-string baroque cello made by Chilean Luthier Marcelo Cigna in 1986. He also performs on a late eighteenth century British cello restored to period setup by Ian Watchorn in 2005. His modern instrument is a 1790 William Forster on loan to him by an anonymous private collector.

Mr. Mahave-Veglia has recorded for the Eroica, Centaur, Audite, Ghostly International and Innova labels. Visit his website at www.pmvcello.com

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Cellist Michael Carrera 
Associate Professor of Music - Ohio University
Cellist Michael Carrera has performed in some of the world’s greatest concert halls as a chamber musician, concert soloist, and recitalist. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2001 to great critical acclaim. He has played at Town Hall in New York City, Wigmore Hall in London, at the Rheingau Festival in Germany, and many other festivals in the United States and across Europe. He has performed live on radio at Germany’s MDR, France’s Radio 3, National Public Radio in the US, and television broadcasts in just as many countries. He performed a solo broadcast specifically for “NPR’s Performance Today” in New York City of the musical and theatrical adventure of Bernardo’s Farewell.
Michael is the Artistic Director of the Juniper Music Festival, where international artists come together to give concerts, masterclasses, and lectures for under-represented communities across the United States. Since 2002, this festival has reached out to children and adults alike who would normally not have access to great music and famed musicians. Throughout his travels, he has performed alongside Pinchas Zukerman, Ivry Gitlis, Emanuel Borok, Peter Rejto, Pamela Frank, Robert DeMaine, Orli Shaham, Peter Takacs, and many others. He has performed with chamber groups and individual musicians from the Tokyo, Borromeo, Cleveland, Guarneri, American, and Emerson String Quartets. Michael regularly toured Asia, Eastern and Western Europe, and parts of South America, giving concerts and master classes at music conservatories and schools, as well as acting as a judge at international competitions
Michael’s festival appearances include the Grand Canyon Music Festival (New Mexico), the Bravo! Vail Valley Festival and the Aspen Music Festival (Colorado), the Park City International Music Festival (Utah), the Great Music West Festival (Utah and Iowa), the Flathead Music Festival (Montana), and the Rheingau and Mecklenberg- Voppermen Music Festivals (Germany). His concerto performances include Utah Symphony, East-West Symphony Orchestra (Altenberg, Germany), Moldova National Orchestra (Chisinau), Idaho Falls Symphony, and the CYSO in Ohio.
Michael has recorded numerous commercial discs for New World Records, VOX Records, Summit Records, and Equilibrium Records. He has performed as a member of the Arcata Quartet in the world premiere of Paul Chihara’s Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra, Kisses Sweeter than Wine, with the Utah Symphony and conductor Keith Lockhart. Miklos Rozsas Sinfonia Concertante for violin, cello and orchestra with the National Symphony Orchestra of Moldova, and a CD entitled “Sticks and Stones” for percussion and strings. Specifically Tan Dun’s “Elegy: Snow in June”, concerto for Cello and Percussion Ensemble. This last CD is now considered one of the authoritative performances of this specific work by Tan Dun.
As an avid promoter of new music of all genres, Michael has presented world premier works of Paul Chihara, Judith Shatin, Mark Phillips, David Noon, Nils Vigeland and William Campbell. His current project is working with African world music specialists to help bridge the ideological gap between classical and world music.
Michael studied with cellists Lynn Harrell, David Geber, and Peter Rejto. He also studied chamber music with the late Isidore Cohen – former member of the Beaux Arts Trio and the Juilliard String Quartet. Michael’s degrees come from The Manhattan School of Music in New York City and University of Arizona. Michael currently serves as faculty at Ohio University in Athens and the Montecito Summer Chamber Music Festival in California. Every year, he invites one guest artist for a residency at Ohio University. These have included Janos Starker, Robert DeMaine, Peter Rejto, Andres Diaz, and the Tokyo String Quartet. Michael serves on the faculty at the Montecito Music Festival in Santa Barbara in the summers. Michael performs on a rare cello made in Italy in 1720.

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