Music at the Farm will present a Mother’s Day concert on Sunday, May 9, at 2 p.m., with David Bernat on violin and Jiarong Li on piano performing works by Debussy, Strauss, Prokofiev, Sarasate and a Chinese work.
The concert will be held at Grace Note Farm, 969 Jackson Schoolhouse Road, Pascoag. Call 401-567-0354 for reservations. Tickets are $40 and all proceeds go to the artists.
Violinist David Bernat is a C.V Starr Doctoral Fellow at the Juilliard School, where he studies with Joseph Lin, and is a graduate of the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Soovin Kim. He was recently featured on the BBC Radio 3 program, “In Tune,” and at WQXR’s “Greene Space” as part of Juilliard’s annual ChamberFest.
Chinese Pianist Jiarong Li enjoys sharing music with the community and believes music is a powerful language we all understand. She is currently pursuing her doctorate at Manhattan School of Music, where she studies with John Forconi. Li holds a Master of Music from New England Conservatory, and a Bachelor of Music from Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where she was admitted with first place.