Even as a child, MARY AU was an unabashed lover of music as well as of food. Her mission is to make classical music part of the fabric of everyday life, in settings where both audience and artist can share in the joy of live music.

Feel free to view Mary's music biography, performance schedule, and repertoire lists.



 

Selected Performances

Selected Performances

2007

WED
JAN
17 		MTAC Honors Recital with cellists
Christopher Chee and David Mrdjenovich
San Diego, CA
WED
JAN
24 		Recital with bassist Dennis Trembly
Santa Monica-Westside Philharmonic Committee
(Misek, Schubert, Koussevitzky, Bloch, Weber and Gličre) 		Santa Monica, CA
SAT
FEB
17 		Recital with cellist Ruslan Biryukov
(Mozart and Davidoff) 		Los Angeles, CA
WED
MAR
28 		Performance with Margaret Zhou San Diego, CA
WED
APR
11 		Performance with Margaret Zhou San Diego, CA
SUN
APR
15 		Duo Recital with cellist Ruslan Biryukov for
the Chamber Music Society of North County
(Boccherini, Schubert and Chopin) 		Poway, CA
THU
APR
19 		Performance with cellist Xian Zhuo
(Schubert) 		Los Angeles, CA
THU
APR
19 		Recital with cellist Xian Zhuo
USC Thornton School of Music
(Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, Massenet and Sarasate) 		Los Angeles, CA
WED
APR
25 		Performance with cellist Nathaniel Rosen
(Schubert) 		Los Angeles, CA
SAT
APR
28 		LAVS Scholarship Audition Santa Monica, CA
SUN
MAY
6 		LAVS Winners Recital
(Shostakovich, Saint-saens, Haydn and Popper) 		Santa Monica, CA
Week of
JUN
3-9 		Gregor Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists
USC Thornton School of Music
Master teachers: Natalia Gutman, Erling Bengtsson, Nathaniel Rosen
Cellists: Konstantine Manaev, Nikolay Gimaletdinov, Xian Zhuo, Agnieszka Kolodjewsh, Anna Cho, Sifei Wen, Martin John Smith, Angela Park, Eugene Lifschutz, Paloma Ferrante
(Barber, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Dvorak, Elgar, Franck, Grieg, Haydn, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Schnittke, Schubert, Schumann, Shostakovich, Walton) 		Los Angeles, CA
WED
JUN
6 		Performance with cellist Xian Zhuo
The Gregor Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists
(Debussy) 		Los Angeles, CA
THU
JUN
7 		Performance with cellist Paloma Ferrante
The Gregor Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists
(Schumann) 		Los Angeles, CA
THU
JUN
7 		Performance with cellists Angela Park & Sifei Wen
The Gregor Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists
(Shostakovich, Brahms) 		Santa Monica, CA
SUN
JUN
9 		Performance with cellist Nathanial Rosen
The Gregor Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists
(Elgar) 		Los Angeles, CA
SUN
JUN
23 		Outreach recital
(Bach, Breval, Goltermann, Kabalevsky, Popper, Saint-saens) 		San Diego, CA
MON
JUN
24 		Performance with cellist Michelle Beauchesne
(Rachmaninoff) 		Arcadia, CA
Week of
JUN
25-29 		National Cello Institute Claremont, CA
SUN
JUL
15 		Satori Strings Competition Arcadia, CA
SUN
JUL
15 		Recital with cellist Ruslan Biryukov
(Schubert, Davidoff) 		Arcadia, CA
FRI
AUG
3 		Performance with cellist Margaret Zhou
(Tchaikovsky and Piazolla) 		San Diego, CA
WED
AUG
8 		Recital with cellist Ruslan Biryukov
(Bach, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Popper and Williams) 		Mt Washington, CA
THU
AUG
9 		Outreach Recital with cellist Ruslan Biryukov
(Bach, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Popper and Williams) 		Los Angeles, CA
FRI
AUG
10 		Recital with cellist Ruslan Biryukov
(Bach, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Popper and Williams) 		Manhattan Beach, CA
SAT
AUG
11 		Outreach recital with cellist Ruslan Biryukov
San Clementi Villa
(Bach, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Popper and Williams) 		San Clemente, CA
SAT
AUG
18 		MPE International Competition Winners’ Recital
with cellist Ruslan Biryukov
(Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Paganini, Popper, Amirov) 		San Clemente, CA
SUN
AUG
26 		6pm: Sundays Live at LACMA
Recital with cellist Ruslan Biryukov
(Schubert, Davidoff) 		Los Angeles, CA
MON
AUG
27 		Performance with cellist Patricia Ryan
(Dvorak) 		Los Angeles, CA
WED
AUG
29 		12 noon: radio broadcast of Sundays Live at LACMA
Recital with cellist Ruslan Biryukov
KCSN (FM 85.1 FM) and live-streamed online
(Schubert, Davidoff) 		Los Angeles, CA
SUN
SEP
9 		4pm: Memorial of Eleonore Schoenfeld
Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern California
(Popper) 		Los Angeles, CA
FRI
SEP
28 		2:15pm: Outreach recital with cellist Ruslan Biryukov
(Popper, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns) 		Eagle Rock, CA
MON
OCT
1 		12:30pm: Performance with cellist Andrea Yu
(Saint-Saëns) 		San Diego, CA
WED
OCT
3 		Noon: Performance with cellist László Mező-Arruda
(Polish composer Krzysztov Meyer) 		Los Angeles, CA
THU
OCT
4 		6pm: Performance with cellist László Mező-Arruda
2007 Paderewski Lecture Recital at USC
USC Alfred Newman Hall
(Polish composer Krzysztov Meyer) 		Los Angeles, CA
FRI
OCT
5 		8pm: Performance with violinist Anne Lee
(Tchaikovsky) 		Los Angeles, CA
SUN
OCT
7 		2pm: Performance with cellist Ruslan Biryukov at the
Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation
(Schumann, Popper, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Paganini, Williams and Davidov) 		Yorba Linda, CA
SUN
OCT
7 		5pm: Alto Polis recital with Trio del Mar
(cellist Ruslan Biryukov and violinist Alan Busteed)
and members of the Alto Polis Academy
(Bach, Chopin, Lalo, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky) 		San Diego, CA
SAT-SUN
OCT
13-21 		Pennsylvania tour with cellist Evan Drachman
(Haydn, Brahms, Debussy, Weber, Chopin, Fauré) 		Pennsylvania, USA
THU
OCT
25 		Outreach recital with Trio del Mar
Cellist Ruslan Biryukov, violinist Alan Busteed
(Mendelssohn, Ravel) 		Whittier, CA
FRI
OCT
26 		2:15pm: Outreach recital with Trio del Mar
Cellist Ruslan Biryukov, violinist Alan Busteed
(Mendelssohn, Ravel) 		Eagle Rock, CA
SUN
OCT
28 		3pm: Performance with Trio del Mar
Cellist Ruslan Biryukov, violinist Alan Busteed
Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara 		Santa Barbara, CA
SAT
NOV
3 		Victory Recital with Ruslan Biryukov
(Program to come) 		Mt Washington, CA
THU
NOV
8 		Recital with Ruslan Biryukov for MPE LA Alum
(Program to come) 		Brentwood, CA
SAT
NOV
17 		2pm: Recital with cellist Xian Zhuo
Trinity Lutheran Church
(Beethoven, Schumann, Franck) 		San Diego, CA
SAT
NOV
17 		7pm: Recital with cellists Ruslan Biryukov and Andrea Yu
Taiwanese American Chinese Center
(Davidov, Popper, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Melikov, Saint-Saëns) 		Torrance, CA
SAT
DEC
2 		2:15pm: Performance with cellist Andrea Yu
Neuroscience Institute
(Davidoff) 		San Diego, CA
SUN
DEC
9 		Performance with cellists Xian Zhuo and Patricia Ryan
Dominant Club
(Schumann, Franck, Golterman, Liu, Paganini) 		La Canada, CA
SUN
DEC
9 		Performance with cellist Ruslan Biryukov
(Popper, Paganini) 		Huntington Beach, CA
FRI
DEC
21 		8pm: Performance with cellist Ruslan Biryukov
(Popper, Paganini) 		Huntington Beach, CA
SUN
DEC
23 		8pm: Performance with double bassist Tony Grosso
(Eccles, Paganini) 		Santa Monica, CA
THU
DEC
27 		9pm: Performance with cellist Maggie Hummel
and violinist Charles Hummel
(Schumann, Brahms) 		Baltimore, MD
MON
DEC
31 		9pm: Performance with cellist Evan Drachman
and clarinetist Dr. Daniel Drachman
(Brahms) 		La Canada, CA

2006 performance archive