Dr. Elizabeth Hill, Accompanist

Elizabeth Hill is a recognized leader in contemporary music advocacy, pianist Elizabeth G. Hill has led and performed in the D.C. area’s most prominent chamber ensembles, and is known for her work as a performer, educator, and lecturer. A highly-regarded artist, she has performed lecture-recitals and concerts across the United States and in Europe, including for the Embassy Concert Series in Washington DC, the Center for Jewish History in New York, and the Robert-Schumann-Haus in Zwickau, Germany. She currently performs in numerous ensembles within the Washington, D.C. area, and is the Collaborative Pianist for the National Philharmonic Chorale and Chamber Series.

Elizabeth dedicates much of her career to bridging cultures together through music, and realizes this vision through her leadership within two prominent chamber ensembles within the Washington, D.C. area. Her duo, Meraki, which she co-founded in 2016, focuses on performing culturally essential music. The ensemble recently commissioned and premiered the work “Heloha Okchamali” by Jerod Tate as an honoree of Chamber Music America’s Classical Commissioning Program. Elizabeth is also the pianist for Balance Campaign, a group whose focus lies exclusively on commissioning and performing works by underrepresented composers. An active pedagogue, Elizabeth is a private piano teacher in the Washington, DC area, and is a member of the Collaborative Piano Faculty at the Heifetz International Music Institute.

Raised in Anchorage, Alaska, Elizabeth holds degrees from Mary Baldwin College (B.A.), James Madison University (M.M.), and The Catholic University of America (D.M.A., with specialization in Chamber Music).

Agata Miklavc, Co-Artistic Director, Georgetown Chamber Players

Violinist Agata Miklavc began her musical journey at the age of three in Ljubljana, Slovenia where she made her public debut at the age of five at the Great Hall of Cankar Center. Since, her studies and performance career took her all over Europe and the United States. She performed in halls such as the Kennedy Center, Slovenian Philharmonic, RTV Slovenia, Sarajevo National Theater (BiH), The Army Hall (BiH), The Gaillard Center, Musikverein Wien (AU), Mozarteum Salzburg (AU), Rector's Palace in Dubrovnik (HR), Crystal Hall of Slovenia, The Meyerson Symphony Center and Winspear Opera House, to name a few.

She has received awards and distinctions at international competitions such as the Temsig (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Burgos International Festival and Competition (Burgos, Spain) and Glazunov International Competition (Paris, France).

An avid chamber musician, Agata has shared the stage with world-renowned artists such as Andrés Cárdenes, Aaron Boyd, Andres Diaz, Rafael Figueroa, Paul Coletti, Wendy Chen, the Escher Quartet, Yuriy Bekker, Julian Schwarz, Michael Klotz and Gerald Robbins. She regularly performs in a duo with critically acclaimed Greek-American pianist Jason Solounias.

Ms.Miklavc has been a passionate educator ever since her first appointment as a teaching assistant at the studio of Violeta Smailović-Huart in 2013. She has since served as a teaching assistant to Emanuel Borok and Aaron Boyd at Southern Methodist University and Andrés Cárdenes at Carnegie Mellon University. She is currently an associate professor at the Gingold International Chamber Music Festival and a faculty member at Levine Music in Washington D.C.

Since 2021 Ms.Miklavc performs with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra in Charleston, South Carolina. In May 2023, she was appointed concertmaster of Georgetown Chorale in Washington, D.C. She also serves as an artistic director of “Georgetown Chamber Players” and leader of “Georgetown Chamber Orchestra” which she co-founded in 2023. 

Agata's principal teacher is Andrés Cárdenes who remains her trusted mentor, advisor and friend. She also studied with Emanuel Borok, Aaron Boyd and Violeta Smailović-Huart. 

Ms.Miklavc is in high demand as a chamber and orchestral player in addition to her frequent appearances as a soloist in classical and contemporary repertoire.

Jason Solounias, Co-Artistic Director, Georgetown Chamber Players

Praised by the American Record Guide as “…a superb musician”,  Jason Solounias has performed across the United States and Europe, ranging from the Kennedy Center to Southwark Cathedral, including performances at Millennium Stage, the Lincoln Theater, Steinway Society of Puerto Rico, An Die Musik, Duomo di Almalfi, Junior Soto Recital Hall, The Arts Club of Washington, WETA, Church of Epiphany Concert Series, and the Lisner Auditorium. He has collaborated with 6821 Quintet, The Tango Cammerata and has appeared as a soloist with the Trinity Chamber Orchestra and the Pan American Symphony Orchestra.

Solounias began his studies in his home town of Havre de Grace, Maryland with Irene Yeakel and went on to complete his Bachelors of Arts at Shepherd University with Scott Beard. He received his Masters of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Catholic University of America under the direction of Jim Litzelman and Jose Ramos Santana. He has also worked with pedagogues including Emanuel Krasovsky, John Perry, and Leon Fleisher.

Solounias has released his debut album under the Sheva Collection featuring the piano music of Heitor Villa-Lobos. The American Record Guide writes that Solounias, “hones in on the orchestral colors in Villa-Lobos’s music and eschews flashy playing in favor of sober purpose”, and, “brings out the intellect and grandeur of the music”. Solounias was a featured performer during the 2019 Experiencing Villa-Lobos festival at the Virginia Commonwealth University and has lectured about the music of Villa-Lobos at New York University. His recording was included in a playlist scoring the 2020 exhibition ‘Sur Moderno’ at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Solounias is the Director of the Puerto Rico International Piano Festival, the co-artistic director of the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition for Young Pianists, the Chopin Piano Academy, assistant to the Tureck International Bach Competition, and has consulted for the Hiiuma Homecoming Music Festival. Solounias is also on the board of the National Bell Festival.

Solounias is a passionate teacher and is currently a faculty member at Levine Music in Washington D.C. and at Opal Music Studio in Alexandria Virginia.