Anna Štube, violin
Philip Chiu, piano
Thomas Wolf, host
Ernest Chausson: Poème, op. 25
César Franck: Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano
Part storytelling, part live music, The Nightingale Project is a wholly unique narrated concert experience. Accompanied by two acclaimed musicians and the projection of over 100 historical photographs, author Thomas Wolf recounts the life of Lea Luboshutz, the first internationally known female violinist, her incomparable Stradivarius violin (the “Nightingale”), and her multi-generational musical family, of which he is a member. The fascinating narrative tells the story behind his award-winning book, The Nightingale’s Sonata, revealing the family’s personal stories while sketching the history of classical music in the twentieth century. Against the odds of pogroms, the Russian Revolution, and the Holocaust, this Jewish family triumphed again and again. Through this adversity, family members were linked by a remarkable piece of music, César Franck’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, which is performed during the concert – along with Chausson's Poème – by The Glenn Gould School’s violinist Anna Štube, and celebrated Canadian pianist Philip Chiu.