Albert Seo, cello & Scott Meek, piano – Sunday, November 3, 2024 – 2:30pm

“Dances Across Time: A Cello and Piano Journey.”

Join us for an enchanting afternoon of dance-inspired music with cellist Albert Seo and pianist Scott Meek. Highlights will include Chopin’s Introduction and Polonaise Brillante and Popper’s Concert Polonaise, both showcasing the vibrant rhythms and virtuosic flair of the dance form. Kapustin’s Elegy and Burlesque, Ginastera’s Pampeana No. 2 and Cassadó’s Dance of the Green Devil will round out the program.

The concert will open with an informal conversation between LCMS’ Artistic Director Elizabeth Bergmann and the artist, followed by complimentary coffee, tea and refreshments before the performance. The performance will take place in the Rose Gellert Hall and will last approximately 60 min, with no intermission.

Commentary & Coffee – 2:30pm, Concert – 3:15pm

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About the Artists

Albert Seo, cello
Albert Seo is a Canadian cellist born and raised in Vancouver, BC. He began his studies at Langley Community Music School at the age of seven with Cristian Markos, a current member of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. He then went on to study with LCMS faculty member, Joel Stobbe. Additional former teachers include Ariel Barnes at the VSO School of Music, Joseph Elworthy at the Vancouver Academy of Music, and Sungyong Lim of the Borealis Quartet. Recently, he studied at the renowned Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, completing his undergraduate studies in 2021. His professors were Carter Brey, principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic, and Peter Wiley, former cellist of the Guarneri Quartet.

He also spent summers participating in various festivals and masterclasses, exploring different types of music with various ensembles. Some of these summer programs included the Aspen Music Festival & School, Domaine Forget, Abbaye de Fontainebleau, and the Heifetz International Music Institute. At these programs and schools, he participated in masterclasses with Gary Hoffman, Colin Carr, Lluís Claret, Philippe Muller, Raphael Wallfisch, Paul Watkins, Paul Marleyn, and Roman Borys.

In 2016, he won the senior division of the VSO School of Music Future of Excellence Competition, resulting in the opportunity to perform Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the VSO. Other international competitions he has participated in include the Concours OSM 2019 and the Isangyun International Competition 2018.

Albert is grateful to be able to work with colleagues he grew up listening to and receiving instruction from. He can’t imagine a more inviting and family-like orchestra than the VSO and is grateful to be able to perform in his hometown.

Constantly finding ways to make music more relevant, Albert focuses not only on how he enjoys music but also on how he can share his love with the audience. To this day, Albert aspires to achieve a fluid playing style; though he is interpreting through the cello, he strives to make the performance as organic as possible.

Dr. Scott Meek, piano
Described by the Winnipeg Free Press as a “consummate musician” who plays with “near-impossible fluidity” and “total physical involvement and passion,” Canadian pianist Scott Meek is a highly active and sought-after chamber musician, collaborative pianist, and teacher in Langley, British Columbia. He performs and records regularly with his wife pianist Clare Yuan as part of The Meeks Duo, and his extensive repertoire of collaborative works with other instruments includes over 180 complete concertos and sonatas. As an arranger, Meek has published over 100 works for piano duet, and the number continues to grow, as he gets new ideas all the time!

Scott Meek is a top prizewinner in several international and national competitions, and he has performed as soloist with the Edmonton, Toronto, and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras, as well as with several orchestras in the USA. He has performed at the Taiwan National Concert Hall (Taipei, Taiwan), Kennedy Centre (Washington, DC), Roy Thompson Hall (Toronto, ON), Winspear Centre (Edmonton, AB), and Centennial Concert Hall (Winnipeg, MB.)

Scott Meek attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, to earn his Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts (East Asian Studies) degrees, studying under Alvin Chow. At the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Meek received his Master of Music and Doctor of Music degrees, studying under the world-renowned pianist and founding member of the Beaux-Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler.