Duo Anime
Duo ANIME is an outgrowth of Andrew Pongracz and Mell Csicsila performing together while students at Cleveland State University. Duo ANIME represented their alma mater at the 1993 Odenwald Festspiele in Gras-Ellenbach, Germany in the orchestra and percussion ensemble. Pongracz and Csicsila have performed together professionally with artists like Aretha Franklin, Yes, Kansas, Gary Puckett, Dennis DeYoung and Charo.
Both gentlemen perform regularly as principal chairs with many of our area major arts organizations including the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Playhouse Square Foundation and the Erie, Fort Wayne, Youngstown, Wheeling, and Mansfield Symphonies.
Duo ANIME is a part of the Cleveland Orchestra's "Musical Rainbow" series of concerts. The ensemble has performed programs for the Cleveland Composers Guild, the Cleveland State University Chorale and the Local 4 Music Fund.
Both gentlemen perform regularly as principal chairs with many of our area major arts organizations including the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Playhouse Square Foundation and the Erie, Fort Wayne, Youngstown, Wheeling, and Mansfield Symphonies.
Duo ANIME is a part of the Cleveland Orchestra's "Musical Rainbow" series of concerts. The ensemble has performed programs for the Cleveland Composers Guild, the Cleveland State University Chorale and the Local 4 Music Fund.