FORT BRAGG, Calif. – The Fort Bragg Center for the Arts Music Series presents two acclaimed American artists, violinist Dan Smiley and pianist Jonathan Shames, in concert on Sunday, May 20.

The concert begins at 3 p.m. in Preston Hall, Mendocino.

Tickets, which are $20, are available at Fiddles and Cameras, Harvest Market, Main Street Books, at www.brownpapertickets.com and at the door.

Smiley and Shames will perform “Sonata for Piano and Violin in A major” by Mozart, “Fantasy in C major for Violin and Piano” by Franz Schubert and “Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor” by Edward Elgar.

The Smiley-Shames Duo has been recognized as an exceptional collaboration presenting performances of the great masters with power, technical brilliance and artistry.

Julliard graduate Smiley served for more than a decade as principal second violin for the San Francisco Symphony.  

He will be remembered locally as former concert master for the Mendocino Music Festival and as soloist in the Prokofiev and Brahms concertos.  

Last year he gave a haunting performance of the Barber Violin Concerto with the Symphony of the Redwoods.  

Pianist/conductor Shames won the l982 Moscow International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition.  

Since then he has performed, recorded and conducted in France, Finland, South Korea and Russia and the U.S.

As a chamber musician Mr. Shames has performed with the Colorado, Moscow, Audobon and Vega String Quartets.

The Smiley-Shames Duo has inspired audiences with powerful performances infused with technical brilliance and deep artistry.