Violist Linda Ghidossi-DeLuca, bassist Robert Matheson, perform with pianist Christian Bohnenstengel at SUU
By Ashley H Pollock
Violist Linda Ghidossi-DeLuca, double bassist Robert Matheson, and pianist Dr. Christian Bohnenstengel will perform Oct 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Thorley Recital Hall of SUU’s music building in Cedar City. This concert is free and open to the public.
Linda Ghidossi-DeLuca is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music where she received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music performance under the tutelage of the renowned Lillian Fuchs. She currently studies with Robert Slaughter, “a mentor who has made the greatest impact on my musical career.” She has performed with Jeffrey Kahane, Yo-Yo Ma, Pamela Frank, and Lorraine Hunt. Ghidossi-DeLuca is currently the string orchestra director and band co-director of the Vista at Entrada School of Performing Arts and Technology in Ivins and an adjunct viola and violin instructor at DSU, and she also performs as a member of the string section of the Tuacahn Amphitheatre Orchestra for the summer theater productions as well as performing as principal violist with the Southwest Symphony.
“Guest artist recitals offer our students the opportunity to see how things operate outside of our environment,” said Brian Chan, an SUU accompanist. “They provide them with examples of professional performances and get them exposure to a lot of things they normally don’t get.”
Double bassist and music technologist Robert Matheson incorporates elements of classical, jazz, and contemporary music into his original works. In his solo performances, he achieves a fluid interaction between acoustic and electro-acoustic music. His performance setup allows him to perform live electro-acoustic music while maintaining the integrity of the natural acoustic sound of the bass. He received a doctoral degree in bass performance from the University of Arizona where he studied bass with Patrick Neher and music technology with Dr. Norman Weinberg and Dr. Craig Walsh. He previously studied bass with Barry Green at the University of California, Santa Cruz and Dr. David Young at California State University, Long Beach. Robert lives in St. George where he teaches double bass, music technology, and musicology at DSU and performs in the orchestra at Tuacahn.
For more information, please visit suu.edu/pva/music.
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