Cherry Street Music: Classical with a Twist — Musical Kaleidoscope, Mar. 8

Cherry Street Music will presents Classical with a Twist: Musical Kaleidoscope on Saturday, March 8 at 7:30PM at The Allen Center (35 Webster Street, West Newton). Tickets and information are available at newtonculture.org.

This time, the twist is a collaboration with the award-winning Boston String Academy String Ensemble following their 2024 debut at Carnegie Hall with ground-breaking Co-Directors and violinists Mariesther Alvarez and Marielisa Alvarez. The Boston String Academy is a non-profit organization providing rigorous string instrument instruction to children in Boston’s under-served communities. The program is based on the Venezuelan El Sistema philosophy that utilizes music as a vehicle for social change. The String Ensemble is composed of their most accomplished students.

Visiting guest conductor and violinist Markus Däunert will lead The Boston String Academy String Ensemble in performances of Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 8, Piazzolla Fuga y Misterio,  and Mahler’s famously heartbreaking Adagietto.

Dvorak’s beloved “Dumky” Piano Trio will be performed by pianist Yutong Sun, acurrent Concert Artist in New England Conservatory’s Institute of Concert Artists, with violinist Markus Däunert, and Cherry Street Music’s Artistic Director Allison Eldredge on cello.