Recall enchanting memories of summer romance at the June 2nd performance of "A Romantic Afternoon" featuring a charismatic cello and piano duo, Schwarz and Bournaki. With both undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Juilliard School of Music, award-winning musicians Julian Schwarz and Marika Bournaki have delighted audiences wherever they perform.

Descended from an Austrian musical family, Julian Schwarz made his orchestral debut at the age of 11 with the Seattle Symphony. He has since been a guest musician at symphonies around the world and was featured in a PBS special playing a concerto written especially for him. In 2016 he and Bournaki won the Boulder International Chamber Music Competition "Art of the Duo". Schwarz plays a cello that was made in Naples in 1743 by Gennaro Gagliano.

A true piano protégé, Marika Bournaki performed her first piano solo at age 9 with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal playing Mozart's Piano Concerto No.17. Having won numerous other piano competitions by age 20, she was named by Canada's Chatelaine magazine as one of the 2011 Women of the Year. An award-winning documentary "I Am Not A Rock Star" featured Marika and chronicled her evolution as an artist. At the June concert, she will play a spectacular 1928 restored Steinway Concert Grand with original keys and soundboard.

The concert will take place at the Middleburg United Methodist Church, 15 W. Washington Street (corner of Pendleton). There will be a "Meet The Artists" Reception following the concert sponsored by Blackwater Beef. In order to support the program of outstanding artists, there will be a small admission charge of $20 per ticket (no charge for students or under 18) or a $50 charge for premium seating for this and the December concerts. Reserve tickets at Eventbrite.com or purchase tickets at the door. For more information call 540-592-1660 or email middleburgconcerts.com.