Daniel Kurganov, violin, has been described as a musician of "extraordinary fervor, commitment, and technical prowess" (Classics Today). Recent concert seasons have included performances at Merkin Hall (NYC), BargeMusic (NYC), The Roerich Museum (NYC), Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), and the Harvard Musical Association. Kurganov was also invited to Sion, Switzerland for the Violins of Hope project and performed on an instrument rescued from the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. As a passionate teacher, he founded the Boston Violin Intensive, a 10-day intense training for violinists, and runs a popular YouTube channel, making in-depth violin master class videos. His music and writing are featured regularly in The Strad Magazine, and he was voted Best of the Strad 2021.
Together with pianist Constantine Finehouse, Kurganov made world-premiere recordings of the music of Lera Auerbach and Richard Beaudoin (Orchid Classics). In 2022, the duo will release a recording of the complete Brahms Violin Sonatas using historical instruments.
Kurganov was born in Minsk, Belarus, and grew up in Chicago. He began playing the violin at the age of 16 and completed his studies at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) under Rudolf Koelman, protégé of Jascha Heifetz.
Constantine Finehouse, piano, is a critically acclaimed artist who has performed extensively in the U.S. and abroad at venues such as the Mozarteum (Salzburg), Miaskovsky Hall (Moscow Conservatory), Merkin Hall (New York City), Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall), and Jordan Hall (Boston), as well as at Harvard, Yale, and Emory universities, and St. Vincent’s and Elmira colleges, among others. As a renowned interpreter of works by William Bolcom, Finehouse’s collaboration with American violinist Philip Ficsor, the Bolcom Project, included an Albany Records two-CD set and a national tour. Fanfare praised the recording as “indispensable to any serious collector with an interest in later 20th-century duo repertoire for violin and piano.” Finehouse’s most recent album with cellist Sebastian Bäverstam features works by Brahms and Shostakovich.
With degrees from the Juilliard School and Yale University, Finehouse teaches at New England Conservatory and serves as a visiting artist/faculty member of Westmont College in California.
