Sakiko Ohashi & Anna Stoytcheva Piano Duo, The French Connection - Sunday, February 9 at 3:00 PM

Sakiko Ohashi, a native of Japan, began her piano studies at the age of four. By the time she was 10 years old, she was accepted to the Juilliard Pre-College Division as a student of Herbert Stessin. Since then, performances have taken her throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, and Europe. An avid chamber musician, she has collaborated with members of the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and scholarships.

Anna Stoytcheva, winner of the "Ettore Pozzoli" International Piano Competition in Milano, Italy, made her Avery Fisher Hall debut in New York City at the age of nineteen. A winner of the Juilliard School Concerto Competition, Stoytcheva has collaborated with such distinguished artists as pianist Charles Wadsworth, violinist Chee-Yun, clarinetist Anthony McGill, as well as members from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and New York Philharmonic.