Laura Hamilton was Principal Associate Concertmaster for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, where she led hundreds of performances over 33 years. She was concertmaster for many of the MET's popular “Live in HD” videocasts, including Carmen, Parsifal, Turandot, Faust, Salome, and Madama Butterfly. Previously a member of the Chicago Symphony, she appeared with that orchestra as concerto soloist with Maestro Sir Georg Solti. She is currently Artistic Director and Concertmaster for the summer festival Classical Tahoe in Nevada, and Concertmaster for CityMusic Cleveland.
Laura returns to Downtown Music with clarinetist Daniel Gilbert who has appeared as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, the New Haven Symphony, Solisti New York, and the Aspen Mozart Orchestra, and pianist Cullan Bryant, who has appeared in recitals with members of the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, New York City Ballet Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Boston Symphony and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in venues including Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Detroit’s Orchestra Hall. The program includes Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano, SZ. 111 of Bela Bartok.
This concert is made possible, in part, with the generous support of Catherine Toolin.