ARKAI – Lake George Music Festival Preview

If metal band Metallica took a time machine to Johann Sebastian Bach’s studio in Cöthen as he was composing Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, the resulting collaboration might sound a bit like ARKAI. Graduates of The Juilliard School, this award-winning string duo is comprised of violinist Jonathan Miron and cellist Philip Sheegog. They’ve performed at venues as diverse as Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, to NYC’s Joe’s Pub and City Winery. As creative collaborators, ARKAI was commissioned by the Museum of Chinese in America to compose a work for their exhibition Responses: Asian Americans Resisting the Tides of Racism.

“These energetic, accomplished young musicians present an innovative model of how musicians interested in classical and popular music can transcend genres. That they do so with a lot of heart makes it even better” (Ruth S. Holmberg, Professor of American Music at University of Tennessee). ARKAI was selected by the U.S. Department of State and the Association of American Voices to participate in the 2021-22 American Music Abroad season. Through this program, ARKAI has engaged in exchange programs with underserved audiences around the world with little or no access to American music, demonstrating the power of cultural diplomacy as a tool to bring people together.

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