Duo Sonidos: William Knuth & Adam Levin. Photo by Teresa Tam Studio
The guitar/violin duo of Duo Sonidos, featuring classical guitarist Adam Levin and violinist William (Will) Knuth will perform in Gould Hall at View on Saturday, July 21 at 7 p.m.
Based in Boston, they are recognized as leading chamber musicians, with their striking combination of classical guitar and violin.
They have performed throughout the U.S. and Europe and have been honored as U.S. Fulbright Scholars in the field of music performance in Madrid, Spain and Vienna, Austria.
Their debut album, Duo Sonidos, released in November 2010, was awarded first prize at the 2010 Luys Milan Interna-tional Chamber Music Competi-tion in Valencia, Spain.
It was also selected by BBC Music magazine as US Choice Release, and it received acclaim and features in Fanfare Magazine, Classical Guitar Magazine, and American Record Guide.
Adam Levin, a native of Chicago, holds BM and BA degrees from Northwestern University in Music Performance, Psychology, and Pre-med, and a Masters in Music degree from New England Conservatory in Boston.
He has played guitar since age seven, he said.William Knuth, who is the son of Daniel and Danuta Knuth of Inlet, was raised in Deerfield and graduated from Whitesboro Central School.
He performed as guest solo violinist with the Syracuse Symphony at the annual symphony event in Inlet’s Arrowhead Park in 2007 and 2010.
He holds a Masters in Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree in violin with a minor in German from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester where he was a student of Lynn Blakeslee and the Ying Quartet.
Knuth said he has played the violin since he was a young child after being enrolled by his parents in Suzuki violin lessons at Munson Williams Proctor Institute in Utica.
He and Levin met while they were students at the New England Conservatory, and they have been performing together for the last six years.
For ticket information contact View at (315) 369-6411 or by email at info@ViewArt.org.
