Continuing its popular “Summer Stars” classical series, OGCMA will present “Trio! The Power of Three” starring young classical artists Risa Hokamura (violin), Narek Arutyunian (clarinet) and Albert Cano Smit (piano). This prize-winning trio will perform works by Aram Khachaturian, Ernest Chausson, Bela Kovács, Enrique Granados, Paganini, Eugène Ysaÿe, and Darious Milhaud.

About the Performers
Risa Hokamura (violin) began studying at the age of three, and by the age of the ten captured top prizes in Japan. She first came to international attention upon winning First Prize in the 2018 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions at the age of seventeen, as well as the Tannery Pond Concerts Prize, The Ruth Laredo Memorial Prize, and The Ronald A. Asherson Prize, and the Silver Medal at the 2018 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, where she performed the Tchaikovsky Concerto with the Indianapolis Symphony conducted by Leonard Slatkin. Narek Arutyunian (clarinet) is an artist who “reaches passionate depths with seemingly effortless technical prowess and beguiling sensitivity” (The Washington Post). A First Prize Winner of the YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, he has performed in prestigious halls such as Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall and in Washington, DC at the Kennedy Center. Albert Cano Smit (piano) enjoys a growing international career on the orchestral, recital and chamber music stages. Noted for his captivating performances, storytelling quality and nuanced musicality, the First Prize winner of the 2019 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions has appeared as a soloist with the Las Vegas, San Diego and Montréal Symphonys, the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río, Barcelona Symphony, Catalonia National Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Nottingham Youth Orchestra, and American Youth Symphony.