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THE AUSTRIAN CULTURAL FORUM NEW YORK PRESENTS TUESDAY FEB 17, 7:30 PM CONCERT | MOSTLY CONTEMPORARY LIDIA BAICH, VIOLIN Lidia Baich was born in St. Petersburg, her mother from a family of wellknown Russian musicians, her father a cellist from Austria. She began to study the violin at the age of four. In 1998, Baich won the Grand Prix d'Eurovision with an outstanding performance of the 5th concerto by Vieuxtemps. Lord Yehudi Menuhin, head of the international Jury, presented her with the title of "European Musician of the Year." She has since performed at the Musikverein and the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Warsaw, Moscow and St. Petersburg Philharmonics, the Mozarteum Salzburg, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, as well as in Prague, Munich, Rome, Milano, and many other European cities. Various concert tours have take her to Japan, China, Corea, Israel, South Africa, Argentina and Brasil. In 2008 Universal Music released her latest CD "Violinkonzerte". Lidia Baich Program Liebhart: Ci(f)re I for violin and piano Cerha: Rhapsody for violin and piano (2001) D'Ase: Bühnenmusik zu "EUGENIE GRANDET" (Honore deBalzac) for violin (1991) Eröd: 2. Sonata for violin and piano Op. 74 (1999 - 2000) Dvorak: Romantische Stücke, Op. 75 Franck: Sonate A-Dur Accompanied by Matthias FLETZBERGER, piano. Please note: Program may be subject to change VENUE Austrian Cultural Forum NY, 11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022 RESERVATIONS Free Admission. Reservations necessary. Call (212) 319 5300 ext. 222 or e-mail reservations@acfny.org REMINDER DIALOGUE WEDNESDAY FEB 11, 6:30 PM THE EUROPEAN WELFARE STATE: A MODEL FOR THE UNITED STATES? WITH BERND MARIN AND MARTIN SCHAIN Professors Martin Schain (NYU) and Bernd Marin (European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research) discuss "The European Welfare State: A Model for the United States?". Martin Schain and Bernd Marin Moderator: Andreas Stadler, Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum New York Introductory Statement: Kurt Flecker, Deputy Governor and Provincial Councillor for Social and Cultural Policies of the Austrian Province of Styria VENUE Austrian Cultural Forum NY, 11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022 RESERVATIONS Free Admission. Reservations necessary. Call (212) 319 5300 ext. 222 or e-mail reservations@acfny.org CONCERT | MOSTLY CONTEMPORARY FRIDAY FEB 13, 7:30 PM FLORIAN KITT AND RITA MEDJIMOREC Florian Kitt and Rita Medjimorec Works by Erich Urbanner, Franz Koglmann, Nigel Osborne, Anthony Payne, and Igor Stravinsky are at the core of this annotated concert by two excellent musicians and academics who are on an extensive US concert tour this Spring. VENUE Austrian Cultural Forum NY, 11 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022 RESERVATIONS Free Admission. Reservations necessary. Call (212) 319 5300 ext. 222 or e-mail reservations@acfny.org