FARMINGTON – Maine Mountain Chamber Music will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31, in Nordica Auditorium at the University of Maine at Farmington.

Founded in 2002 by Lily Funahashi and Laurie Kennedy, Maine Mountain Chamber Music is committed to bringing guest artists of the highest caliber to Farmington and presenting concerts of the highest quality.

For this concert, Funahashi and Kennedy will introduce two sensational artists, violinist Peter Zazofsky and cellist Rafael Popper-Keizer to there series.

Zazofsky is an international prizewinner and the first violinist of the world-renowned Muir String Quartet. He comes here from Boston, where he is on the faculty of Boston University.

Cellist Popper-Keizer is active both as a soloist and chamber musician. He recently appeared as soloist with the Boston Philharmonic and has collaborated with such notable artists as harpsichordist John Gibbons, flautist Eugenia Zukerman and the Borromeo String Quartet.

Funahashi and Kennedy are also both first-rate performers and are well known by Farmington audiences.

The program for the May 31 concert will consist of Beethoven’s C minor String Trio, the Debussy Violin Sonata, Asotr Piazzolla’s lively Grand Tango and the Schumann Piano Quartet.

The concert is sponsored by the Arts Institute with support from Bangor Savings Bank. Admission will be $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and $3 for children. There will be no advanced sales of tickets. For more information, call 778-7136.

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