February 20, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Alys Stephens Center presents violinist Rachel Lee at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 9, at the Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. S. This show is part of the Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Rushton Haskell Birmingham Music Club Classically Inclined Series. Tickets are $35, $25 and $20; student tickets are $10. Call 205-975-2787 or go to www.AlysStephens.org.

At the age of 18, violinist Rachel Lee is regarded as one of the most prodigious and promising talents on the concert stage. She has been featured on Ravinia’s Rising Star series and appeared with the most prestigious orchestras in the United States and Europe. Lee currently studies with Itzhak Perlman and attends Harvard College. She also can be seen with Perlman in a PBS documentary.

Lee began her violin studies at age 4. In 1996, Lee moved to New York to study with the late Dorothy DeLay. At 9, she was the youngest musician selected to give a recital for the 1998 La Jolla Chamber Music Society’s Prodigy Series, where the San Diego Daily Transcript described her as “a violinist of utmost stature, a performer with maturity beyond her years.”

On the program for her Alys Stephens Center recital: Mozart’s Sonata in A Major, K. 305, Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 1 in F minor, De Falla’s “Suite Populaire Espagnole” and Smetana’s “From My Homeland.”

This show is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt R. Haskell, Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham, Jefferson County Commission, WBHM, The Birmingham News and Charter Media.