海角乱伦社区 International Center for Music鈥檚 23rd Season Kicks Off Sept. 5 with Violist Carr, Pianist Petrova
August 6, 2025 鈥� The 海角乱伦社区 鈥檚 2025-26 concert season will begin on Friday, Sept. 5, with a performance by showcasing classical music created entirely by female composers. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at the 1900 Building in Mission Woods, Kan.
The program, titled 鈥淗ERS,鈥� vibrantly celebrates the vision, strength, resilience and vital contributions of females throughout history. Through music and storytelling, the Carr-Petrova Duo will lead the audience through the inspirations, battles and incredible accomplishments of eight fearless women 鈥� from the 12th century鈥檚 Hildegard Von Bingen (a German Benedictine abbess, visionary mystic and composer) to today鈥檚 Beyonc茅 鈥� inviting attendees to share in the centuries of heartbreak, struggles and triumphs that comprise the female experience.
Described as 鈥渞avishing鈥� (Strad), 鈥渆nlightened鈥� (BBC), 鈥渆xplosive鈥� (Virginia Gazette) and 鈥渋rresistibly elegant鈥� (Diario de Le贸n), Carr and Petrova are rapidly compiling a remarkable list of accolades in recognition of their fiery musical expression, refined artistry and relentless entrepreneurial dedication to social initiatives.
Carr and Petrova began playing together during their years at the Juilliard School and the Manhattan (N.Y.) School of Music, and have since performed together around the world. Their Carnegie Hall debut in 2019 was praised by the Classical Post as 鈥渃ategorically astonishing in its beauty, ensemble, artistry, quality of sound and almost uncanny ability to draw into the music.鈥� Their debut album, 鈥淣ovel Voices,鈥� was released on Melos Records in 2019 to critical acclaim. Ritmo, a Spanish classical music magazine, immediately chose it as one of its 鈥淭op 10 CDs of the Month,鈥� while Fanfare magazine reviewed the album as 鈥渕agical鈥� and a 鈥渞ecording to have and hold dear鈥ne of the most successful viola and piano recitals 鈥� technically perfect and musically involving.鈥� In addition, Codalario magazine gave the album its seal of 鈥淪uperior Quality,鈥� listing the album as its top album of 2020 and stating, 鈥淚t would be hard to debut better than this.鈥�
In 2018, Carr and Petrova launched an interdisciplinary project called the Novel Voices Refugee Aid Project (winner of Music Academy of the West鈥檚 Alumni Enterprise Award) 鈥� a venture designed to give voice and visibility to refugee communities while raising awareness and support for both local and international refugee aid organizations. In support of this project, and in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights, Carr and Petrova were honored at the United Nations and invited to perform and present the Novel Voices Refugee Aid Project that same year.
Collectively, the Carr-Petrova Duo holds faculty positions at the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Bard College Conservatory of Music in New York and the University of Louisville (Ky.).
The program for the concert is scheduled to include:
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥⒙� 鈥淓lfentanz,鈥� composed by Florence Price
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥⒙� 鈥淭hree Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22鈥� (arranged for viola and piano), composed by Clara Schumann
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥⒙� 鈥淧rayer鈥� (based on music by Von Bingen),鈥� composed by Vivian Fung
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥⒙� 鈥淩omance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23鈥� (arranged for viola), composed by Amy Beach
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥⒙� 鈥淗alo,鈥� by Beyonc茅 and Henrique Eisenmann
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥⒙� 鈥淢agnitude,鈥� composed by Andra Casarrubios
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽o聽 This piece was commissioned by the Carr-Petrova Duo and is based on music by the Palestinian Women Ensemble Daughters of Jerusalem
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 鈥⒙� 鈥淪onata for Viola and Piano,鈥� composed by Rebecca Clarke
Tickets for the concert are $30 for the general public and $20 for students (not including fees), and are .
The next concert in the Park 鈥檚 2025-26 season will feature the Park ICM Orchestra, led by guest conductor Timothy Hankewich, music director of Orchestra Iowa, on Friday, Oct. 3, starting at 7:30 p.m. in Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel on the University鈥檚 Parkville Campus. Admission to ICM Orchestra events in the Chapel are free, but reservations are recommended for this concert at .