Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante

A stunning display of virtuosity and interplay performed by Aviva Hakanoglu, principal second violin, and Nicholas Jeffery, principal viola.

Program

Bologne
Symphony No.1 in G major 14’

Still
Mother and Child

Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K364 (Aviva Hakanoglu and Nicholas Jeffery)

About Aviva Hakanoglu

Aviva Hakanoglu enjoys a varied career as a performer and educator. A violinist with the Euclid Quartet, she is a full-time Lecturer at Indiana University South Bend where the quartet is in residence. In addition to its local performance and educational engagements, the quartet performs around the country and is active in the recording studio. Aviva is a director of the Louise E. Addicott Summer Chamber Music Festival, a ten-day event established by the Euclid Quartet on the campus of IU South Bend.   

Aviva has enjoyed an active orchestral career. She is the principal second violin of the South Bend Symphony, and previously held positions in the Terre Haute and Owensboro Symphonies. 

Aviva has always searched for creative ways to bring music into her community. She organizes musical events across Michiana, including at the Civil Rights Heritage Center and the St. Joseph County Public Library. Previously, Aviva served as assistant director of the Three Village Chamber Players, a chamber music collective that provides free concerts and educational events around Long Island. 

Aviva earned her D.M.A. from Stony Brook University and her M.M. from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Music from Harvard. Her mentors include Jennifer Frautschi, Philip Setzer, Simin Ganatra, the Pacifica Quartet, and the Emerson Quartet. 

About Nicholas Jeffery

Nicholas Jeffery is a violist and teacher in Kalamazoo Michigan. He holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he studied with Catherine Carroll and Masao Kawasaki, and from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where his main teacher was Sally Chisholm. As a performer, Dr. Jeffery has been a member of the Madison Symphony Orchestra and served as Principal Viola of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. An active chamber musician, Dr. Jeffery helped found the Ursa Ensemble, a mixed chamber ensemble in Chicago, IL, and has been invited to appear as a guest artist with the Willy Street Chamber Players, and the Heart Strings Ensemble in Madison, WI.  

Dr. Jeffery is strongly committed to teaching and maintains a full studio of private students at the Crescendo Academy of Music. As a member of the Hunt String Quartet at the University of Wisconsin, he visited area elementary schools to present musical lessons and give performances in the classroom. He currently serves as Principal Viola of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, and Assistant Principal of the Kalamazoo Symphony where he also performs as a member of the Burdick-Thorne String Quartet.