Camerata Musica 
Suliman Tekalli, violin
Jamila Tekalli, piano
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Sonata for Piano and Violin in B-flat Major, K.454
Reena Esmail (b. 1983): Jhula Jhule (2013)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): Suite after themes, fragments and pieces by Giambattista Pergolesi
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983): Pampeana No. 1, Op. 16
Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Canzone, Op. 38a
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), arr. Suliman Tekalli: West Side Story Selections
About
Suliman Tekalli
Violinist Suliman Tekalli has established his voice as an exciting and versatile concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. As the top-prize winner of the Seoul International Music Competition and prize winner in the Sendai International Music Competition, International Violin Competition "Rudolfo Lipizer Prize" and the Henryk Szeryng International Competition, Suliman has performed throughout the US, Canada, Central America, Europe, and Asia, appearing on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Seoul Arts Center, Wigmore Hall, and the Kennedy Center among others. His performances have been broadcasted on KBS World TV in Korea, CBC Radio 3 in Canada, and WQXR and NPR in the U.S.
An exponent of chamber music, Suliman has made appearances at numerous festivals, including Music@Menlo, Yellow Barn, and the Banff Centre. He has collaborated and performed with eminent musicians such as Gil Shaham, Miriam Fried, Cho-Liang Lin, Donald Weilerstein, Paul Watkins, Wu Han, David Shifrin, and Robert McDonald. Suliman has also served as concertmaster of numerous critically acclaimed conductorless ensembles including the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Sphinx Virtuosi, and the International Sejong Soloists of which he is currently a principal member.
Jamila Tekalli
Hailed for her “delightful and warm performance ... all played with immediacy and conviction” by Washington Post’s Anne Midgette, Washington D.C.-based pianist Jamila Tekalli Hanner has enjoyed a career as a solo and chamber musician, educator, and arts advocate. Dedicated to increasing diversity in the classical music field, Jamila is the Artistic Director of the Washington Musical Pathways Initiative, a talent development program for Washington D.C. area middle and high school orchestral students from communities historically excluded from classical music.
As a chamber musician, Jamila has performed with members of the National Symphony, Kennedy Center Opera, Colorado Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and Orlando Philharmonic on stage at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Arsht Center, and New World Center. Duo performances with her brother and violinist, Suliman Tekalli, have taken her throughout Libya in 2010 as an American Cultural Ambassador, promoting musical and cultural exchange through the U.S. Embassy, and concerts at the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts (Chicago), Concert Artist Guild (New York), and with the Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra (Mexico). She has performed in residences at the Banff Centre, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, the Keyboard Institute at Mannes, and Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute, studying with members of the Brentano String Quartet, Tokyo String Quartet, Robert McDonald, Gilbert Kalish, and Dawn Upshaw.