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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Lora A.\nMusicians: Kofi Hayford\, Daniel Beliavsky\,
  and Mary Beth (Nelson) Zaros\n\nCelebrate the holidays with an unforgetta
 ble night of opera at Salon 58! The incredible Kofi Hayford\, Mary Beth (N
 elson) Zaros\, and Daniel Beliavsky will fill the air with beautiful music
 \, performing seasonal favorites and holiday classics. \n\nCome warm your 
 spirits with organic hot chocolate\, vanilla\, and special liqueur from th
 e Caribbean Martinique as we revel in the magic of the season together. Al
 l guests will be given a small goodie bag stuffed with surprises. \n\nJoin
  us on Saturday\, December 28 2025 at 7:00pm in Midtown (exact address wil
 l be sent by email to ticket-holders a day before the event).\n\nGrab your
  tickets now!\n\nAgenda: \n7:00 - 7:30 PM - Welcome Drinks & Snacks\n7:30 
 - 8:30 PM - Music Program \n8:30 - 10:00 PM - Post-Concert Mingle & Jam\n\
 nARTIST BIOS \n\nKOFI HAYFORD is a prize-winning Ghanaian-American bass\, 
 described as possessing an “impressive” “sonorous”\, and “stento
 rian bass voice” also produces a distinct sound – easily identified fo
 r its unique timbre. He has over 40 operatic roles under his belt and  has
  performed roles and concerts with The Metropolitan Opera Guild\, Fort Wor
 th Opera\,  Indianapolis Opera\, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra\, and more
 . Kofi was recently a double laureate of the 2024 Grand Voix Lyrique d'Afr
 ique International Competition and also had his mainstage Carnegie Hall de
 but in May. Kofi’s performing career has found enthusiastic audiences ra
 nging from the Arctic Circle down to the Caribbean and across the Atlantic
  Ocean in Europe and Africa. He received his Bachelor’s from SUNY Buffal
 o\, co-founded the DictionBuddy mobile app\, and is Chairman of the Board 
 for the Groupmuse Foundation. \n\nMARY BETH (NELSON) ZAROS is an American 
 mezzo-soprano\, lauded by Opera News for her “ardent\, focused\, von-Sta
 dean mezzo.” She recently made her Carnegie Hall solo debut with the Ora
 torio Society of New York\, closing their 150th season as Micah in Handel
 ’s Samson. This spring\, she will join Musica Sacra New York as the alto
  soloist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at the Cathedral of St. John the 
 Divine.\nMs. Zaros earned her Master of Music degree from The Juilliard Sc
 hool as a Kovner Fellow. She has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera in a
  workshop of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay\, set to premiere
  at the Met in the 2025–26 season. Her other performances include appear
 ances with Wolf Trap Opera\, The Glimmerglass Festival\, Utah Opera\, Oper
 a Delaware\, Florida Grand Opera\, Opera Las Vegas\, Opera Baltimore\, and
  Houston Grand Opera.  This summer\, she will join the Santa Fe Opera as a
 n Apprentice Artist\, performing in Rigoletto under the baton of Carlo Mon
 tanaro and Le Nozze di Figaro conducted by Harry Bicket. \n\nDANIEL BELIAV
 SKY\, Ph.D.\, is an educator\, concert pianist\, music theorist\, composer
 \, and filmmaker.  He has performed in Europe and throughout the United St
 ates with both orchestra and in recital— notable engagements include con
 certo performances with the Milwaukee and New Jersey  Symphony Orchestras 
 and the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra. His discography includes the  wor
 ld-premiere recording of composer Lukas Foss’s complete piano works\, as
  well as music by  J.S. Bach\, Domenico Scarlatti\, Franz Schubert\, Frede
 ric Chopin\, and Modest Mussorgsky. \nDaniel produces music documentaries 
 through his production company\, Opus1films\, which in  2011 released Sona
 ta (1957)\, a film about the distinguished American composer Donald Harris
 ’s  opus one\, the Sonata for piano\, and about Harris’s early career 
 in Paris. That film was shown at  Lincoln Center in New York City and was 
 broadcast on public television. More recently\, Daniel completed Secret Mu
 sic and Gay Body of Music\, a feature and short film\, respectively\, abou
 t  Pulitzer Prize winning composer David Del Tredici and the contemporary 
 social and cultural  impact of his music. These films have won multiple ac
 colades\, and have been screened at film  and music festivals\, including 
 the Wisconsin Film Festival\, the Mostly Modern Music Festival\,  the Amer
 ican Music Festival\, QFest Houston\, the Lonely Seal International Film F
 estival\, the  Toronto LGBTQ+ Film Festival\, the San Diego International 
 Film Festival\, Berlin Shorts\, the  Rotterdam Independent Film Festival\,
  and the San Francisco Arthouse Short Festival.  \nNow Chair of the Fine A
 rt and Music Department at Yeshiva University in New York City\,  Daniel h
 as been a visiting professor of music theory\, piano performance\, aesthet
 ics\, writing about  music\, and history at several universities\, includi
 ng the City College of New York\, the John Jay  College of Criminal Justic
 e\, Stern College\, Montclair State University\, the New School for Jazz  
 and Contemporary Music\, Mannes College\, and New York University. \n
LOCATION:Midtown - Carnegie Hall area
SUMMARY:A Classical Chrismukkah! 
URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/14836-a-classical-chrismukkah
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