Join Pianist Amy Zanrosso as she returns back to the Cloverdale stage along with Violinist Cuna Kim, Cellist Kyle Stachnik and Violinist Mitso Floor.
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Amy Zanrosso’s playing has been hailed as expressive, magnetic and masterful but since no one at the New York Times has said this, she’s not allowed to put it in quotes. Thanks to her attentive and industrious Italian immigrant mom, piano lessons started at the age of 6 and by the age of 15, Amy had made the decision to make music her life.
As a soloist, Amy is addicted to the thrill of performing with orchestra. Since 2016, concerto repertoire, similar to chamber music but on steroids, has forced her to push her limits, helping make her into the confident and electrifying player she always hoped to be. She has appeared as soloist with the Santa Rosa Symphony, the Symphony of the Kootenays, the Russian Chamber Orchestra, the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra, Symphony of the Redwoods and the Kensington Symphony Orchestra. Her intense love of chamber music has led her to more fully admire and explore her favorite composers while sharing the experience with countless inspiring, dedicated players and appreciative audiences.
Like performing, Amy finds teaching to be a highly rewarding part of a musician’s life. She is a faculty member and chamber music coach at the Pre-College Academy of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as well as at The Nueva School in Hillsborough, CA. She is constantly fueled by her fantastically inspiring students and enjoys forcing her favorite composers on them as well as telling them what to do. Amy is looking forward to all the superb music, musicians, students and enthusiastic audiences that will come her way in the future. Many thanks to Beethoven and Brahms for inspiring her to come this far – she wouldn’t change a thing. For more information, please visit www.amyzanrosso.com.
Violinist Cuna Kim began her violin studies at the age of four in Pittsburgh, PA. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Chamber Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the guidance of Wonhee Bae from the Esmé Quartet. With a strong passion for chamber music, Cuna actively advocates for the accessibility of classical music, aiming to break barriers and reach underprivileged communities. She has had the privilege of collaborating with distinguished artists such as Kim Kashkashian, Nicholas Phan, Emanuel Ax, Robert McDonald, Paul Hersh, William van der Sloot, and Ian Swensen, as well as esteemed quartets like the Esmé, Miró, Telegraph, and Jupiter Quartets. Cuna is a versatile artist, which has led her to record for Meta and various film scores, as well as perform with Brandee Younger, Ravi Coltrane, and Ambrose Akinmusire at SFJazz. She has also shared the stage with Alexi Kenney and the New Century Chamber Orchestra, and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. Recently, she has participated in the Bowdoin International Music Festival and Orford Musique Academy.
Cellist Kyle Stachnik is the Fourth Chair Cellist of the Santa Rosa Symphony and the Assistant Principal Cellist of the Bay Philharmonic. He holds a Master’s degree in Chamber Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Jennifer Culp, and a Bachelor of Music from the Frost School of Music under Ross Harbaugh. He also attended Interlochen Arts Academy, studying with Crispin Campbell.
An active performer in the Bay Area, Stachnik has played with ensembles such as the New Century Chamber Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera, Opera San José, Vallejo Festival Orchestra, and SF Broadway. He has recorded at Skywalker Sound and was recently a part of an album with the New Century Chamber Orchestra released on Deutsche Grammophon.
He is Professor of Cello at Pacific Union College in Angwin, CA, and maintains a private teaching studio. Stachnik is also the co-director of Viridian Strings, a summer music series in Northern Michigan, which entered its eighth
Mitso Floor is an avid chamber and orchestral musician from Seattle, WA. He is the violist of Friction Quartet, an ensemble that primarily champions the eclectic sounds of new music. In addition to his role as Assistant Principal Viola with the Santa Rosa Symphony, he regularly substitutes with the San Francisco and Seattle Symphonies and holds positions in the California, Berkeley, Sacramento, and Vallejo Symphonies. Mitso’s passion for chamber music began in eighth grade when he formed his first string quartet—the Bach Street Boyz. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a Master’s degree as a Mancini Fellow at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami. His past teachers include Matthew Young, Jodi Levitz, and Dimitri Murrath. Equally at home with music new and old, he also plays with historical performance ensembles such as Voices of Music and Cantata Collective. Mitso plays on a 2012 viola made by Ted Skreko and a bow by Paul Goh. When not playing the viola, Mitso can be found riding bikes and trains to far-off locations, knitting, 3D printing, or creating videos of himself simultaneously playing many different instruments (and non-instruments) for his YouTube channel “Beanzo”.