Baritone Michael Kelly and pianists David Fung and Roman Rabinovich perform works by Satie and Ravel, in an evening dedicated to Misia Sert, a supporter and confidante to the great impresario Sergei Diaghilev. The evening’s décor will showcase artworks from The Mikhail Baryshnikov Collection by Jean Cocteau, Alexandre Benois, and others.
This concert, performed in an intimate salon setting, is part of a series honoring renowned arts patrons from early 20th century Paris.
Program
E. Satie: Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear
M. Ravel: Histoires naturelles
M. Ravel: La valse
Leadership support for music programming in 2015 provided by the J.C. Flowers Foundation and the Thompson Family Foundation.

David Fung
Pianist David Fung is widely recognized for playing that is elegant and refined, yet deeply poetic and intensely expressive. In recent seasons, Fung has appeared as soloist with the world’s foremost ensembles, including the Israel Camerata Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Belgium, the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra.

Michael Kelly
American baritone Michael Kelly continues to distinguish himself as a consummate artist, sought-after for his riveting interpretations of recital, concert and operatic repertoire. This season, Kelly appears in recitals at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, in Houston, Texas, and at the National Opera Center. He will perform world premieres by Matthew Aucoin and Mohammed Fairouz, and will appear in Fauré’s Requiem, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, and Orff’s Carmina Burana.

Roman Rabinovich
Israeli pianist Roman Rabinovich is the winner of the 12th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. Rabinovich has performed internationally in prestigious venues in the United States, such as Carnegie’s Zankel Hall in New York and the Millennium Stage of Kennedy Center in Washington, DC., as well as internationally at Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Wigmore Hall in London, the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, and Cite de la Musique in Paris.
Composite Slide and Upcoming page photos: Kelly by Robert Mannis / Fung by Michael Xun / Rabinovich by Balazs Borocz