Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-179 (left) and 
 Bedrich Smetana, 1824-1884 (right).​
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​Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) and Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 401 North Main Street, Amherst, will present the LIYA String Quartet at the church on Sunday, October 21 at 4 pm.
The quartet will play String Quartet No. 23 in F Major (“Prussian 3”), K. 590  composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), and String Quartet No. 1 in e minor, “From My Life” by Czech Composer Bedfich Smetana. 
Featured on the program is an unusual piece, Smetana’s String Quartet No. 1 in E minor “From My Life.” This work is said by music writer John Palmer in allmusic.com to have been the first autobiographical work of chamber music. It was also said to have influence on other Czech composers such as Janacek. 
 
Smetana himself described the first section of this piece in a letter to his friend Czech music historian and critic Josef Srb,(also known with pseudonym Debrnov),"The first movement depicts my youthful leanings toward art, the Romantic atmosphere, the inexpressible yearning for something I could neither express nor define, and also a kind of warning of my future misfortune.”  The second section uses polka dance themes, and references the overture of Smetana’s still-performed comic opera, The Bartered Bride. The third section, said Smetana in the same letter, “Reminds me of the happiness of my first love, the girl who later became my faithful wife." The final section both celebrates national Czech music and also brings out a single, held note, signifying the beginning of Smetana’s own deafness. 
 
The members of LIYA String Quartet are violinists Christi Salisbury and Yevgeniy Dovgalyuk, violist Domenico Luca Trombetta, and cellist David Feldman. 
 
Violinists Yevgeniy Dovgalyuk is the recently appointed concertmaster of the Lynchburg Symphony and is an assistant Professor of Violin at Liberty University.  He also serves as a substitute violinist with the National Symphony Orchestra, with whom he toured Russia in 2017.  LIYA String Quartet is named for his late sister, Liya.  Mr. Dovgalyuk was born in Riga, Latvia, and came to the United States as a child. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree in Violin Performance from the University of Maryland. 
 
Cellist David Feldman performs frequently as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician. Mr. Feldman has been a member of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra since 2008 and has performed as a concerto soloist with the Boise State University Orchestra, the New River Valley Symphony, and the Shenandoah Conservatory Orchestra. His popular music ventures include appearances with Liza Minnelli, Art Garfunkel, and the Trans Siberian Orchestra, where he was a featured soloist in 2011. Mr. Feldman has been Assistant Professor of Cello at Liberty University since 2015.
Violinist Christi Salisbury studied music at Rutgers University, Eastman School of Music and Manhattan School of Music before becoming a violin teacher at violin teacher at the Monmouth Conservatory of Music in Red Bank, New Jersey in 2001. Christi came to Lynchburg in 2007, where she is active as a performer and teacher. She is an adjunct violin teacher at Lynchburg College and has private studios in Lynchburg and Charlottesville, Virginia. She is concertmaster of the James Chamber Players, and performs often with the Roanoke Symphony, the Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra, and Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra .She also performs on baroque violin with North Carolina Baroque Orchestra.

Violist Domenico Luca Trombetta is a native of Catania, Italy, and studied in conservatories in Rome, Milan and Lugano before moving to the United States. Luca has appeared as featured soloist in solo concerts and recitals and has performed around the world with numerous chamber ensembles, orchestras, and world- renowned conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Yuri Temirkanov, Marc Soustrot, Ennio Morricone, Nicola Piovani (Music ofLife is Beautiful),Lu Ja, and Steven White. He holds a DMA from James Madison University and is currently Assistant Professor of Music and Coordinator of the String Programs at Liberty University. Mr. Trombetta is also a frequent performer with Opera on the James and in concert with his wife, American soprano Adelaide Muir Trombetta.
 
The concert will be followed by an artist reception for a donation to Emmanuel UMC. Concert Tickets are $15 for adults and seniors, $2 for students K-12, and $5 for college students, and can be purchased in advance online through LynchburgTickets.com or at the doors of the church 45 minutes before the concert by cash or check. 
 
AGAR is a non-profit arts and humanities organization in Amherst County.  Its concert season in 2018-2019 is supported in part by: Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts/Art Works, Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation and The Piepho Charitable Trust, as well as local corporations and individuals.

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