2011–2012
SEASON
CONCERT CYCLE 1
Season Opening with Jackiw and Smith DONGMIN KIM conductor STEFAN JACKIW violin EMILY SMITH viola October 1 (Sat), 2011, 8pm at Chodae Community Church (NJ) October 2 (Sun), 2011, 3pm at Church of the Heavenly Rest (NY)
J. SIBELIUS
Presto for Strings
(1865-1957 )
W. A. MOZART (1756-1791)
Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major, K. 364 I. Allegro maestoso II. Adante III. Presto = INTERMISSION =
ISANG YUN
<Tapis> for Strings
(1917-1995)
F. J. HAYDN (1732-1809)
Symphony No. 44 <Trauer> I. II. III. IV.
Allegro con brio Menuetto: Allegetto Adagio Finale: Presto
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NOTES ON THE PROGRAM Presto for Strings Jean Sibelius 1865-1957 The dashing Presto began life as the third movement of the beloved Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius's Op 4 String Quartet in B flat of 1889-90, and was subsequently transcribed for string orchestra in 1894 by the composer himself. He published four quartets, preferring the sweep and grandeur of orchestral writing, and they display an affinity for the form. When the B flat String Quartet was completed Sibelius was handing the technique of string quartet composition with a mastery that belies the fact that he was still only 25 years old. Here is a masterpiece of repertoire and this was the first of the string quartets to which the composer attached an opus number. The influence of Brahms and Tchaikovsky are apparent, but in his heart, Sibelius was a Romantic who never concerned himself with the new, 20th century concepts of harmony, melody and tonality. While he chose to write in a conventional framework, his music was always fresh and original.
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major K. 364 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791 An evolutionary successor to the Baroque concerto grosso, the sinfonia concertante was quite popular in the last half of the eighteenth century with composers such as Johann Christian Bach. As its name suggests, it is a work that combines features of both the symphony (with its emphasis on thematic development and sonata form) and the concerto (with its featuring of a soloist or group of soloists within the orchestra). Mozart wrote his sinfonia concertante for violin and viola sometime in 1779
(probably in the summer or early autumn) in Salzburg. The viola part was written as a scordatura part, which means that the violist was instructed to tune the instrument a semitone higher than usual and play from a part written in D. Modern violists generally play the part on a conventionally tuned viola, while period or “original instrument” performances will sometimes use the scordatura technique. The identity of the original soloists is not known, but they were possibly the famous Italian violinist Antonio Brunetti (who had joined the Archbishop’s musical staff in Salzburg in 1776) and violinist and composer Jospeh Hafeneder. Mozart may have written the sinfonia concertante for violin and viola after abandoning work on an earlier sinfonia concertante for violin, viola, and cello. The work is cast in three movements in the traditional fast/slow/fast concerto pattern, and is scored for two oboes, two horns, and strings (including, somewhat unusually, two sections of violas). The music has been popular since its inception, and portions of it have been featured in a number of film scores. Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra
Tapis for Strings Isang Yun (윤이상) 1917-1995 Isang Yun was born on September 17, 1917 near the southeastern seaport Tongyông, at a time when the Korean peninsula was under Japanese occupation. Yun took part in the resistence against Japan, and in 1943, he was imprisoned and tortured until the end of World War II. After receiving the Seoul City Culture Award in 1955, he was able to study in Paris and Berlin from 1956 to 1959. In Berlin he studied with former Schönberg-disciple Josef Rufer, learning how to compose "with twelve tones related only to one another". From Germany, Yun was able to establish contact with and was a part of the international avant-garde. In 1967 Yun was abducted from Berlin to Seoul by the Korean secret police, and was tortured and charged with high treason. In a political show trial, he was sentenced to death, but released in 1969 after international
protests. In 1971, he became a German citizen. Yun taught composition at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin from 1970 to 1985. His oeuvre includes more than a hundred works, among them four operas and a number of instrumental concertos. In the 1980s he composed a series of five major, interrelated symphonies. During that period, Yun also developed a new tone in his chamber works which are characterized by his striving for peace and harmony. His political goal at the time was the reconciliation of the Korean peninsula. Isang Yun died on November 3, 1995 in Berlin. "A composer cannot view the world in which he lives with indifference. Human suffering, oppression, injustice... all that comes to me in my thoughts. Where there is pain, where there is injustice, I want to have my say through my music." - Isang Yun Yellow Barn Music Festival
Symphony No. 44 Franz Joseph Haydn 1732-1809 In the 1760s, Haydn entered what commentators call his Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress) period. Conductor Raymond Leppard describes it as “the literary and musical parallel of the credo of nature over reason first set forth by Rousseau in 1751. In the field of music the effects of this philosophy showed themselves in a heightened subjectivity, an enlarging of the expressive scale by means of new orchestral tone colors, surprising dynamic effects, a new freedom of modulation, and frequent use of minor tonality.” The Symphony No. 44 can be counted among these Sturm and Drang works. Probably dating from around 1772, the Symphony is subtitled “Mourning” because its third movement was a favorite of Haydn’s, who requested that it be played at his funeral. According to C. F. Pohl, an early biographer, the work was performed in Berlin when Haydn died in 1809. Karl Geiringer implies that the title
Mourning was even intended by Haydn himself as a lament for the “death of a hero.” The great Haydn scholar H. C. Robbins Landon calls the Symphony “one of the greatest of Haydn’s Sturm und Drang productions…. Here Haydn finally achieved the form he had sought so long, for the emotional world of the sonata da chiesa (church sonata) was successfully transferred to the normal symphonic structure. Not quite normal, though, because Haydn shifts the weight, after the enormously powerful opening movement, to the slow movement but allows a breathing space by inserting the minuet in between. In overall balance, this Symphony is a miracle of judgment.” The minuet, in the form of a canon, is, writes Landon, “a fantastic piece of contrapuntal prestidigitation.” He says the finale “carries things further than even the first movement would lead us to expect. The unison opening is tensely rhythmic, with those inserted silences that increase the power so effectively. Just as in the first movement, the first (seven) notes of the Finale prove to be essential.” Colorado Public Radio Charley Samson
MEET THE ARTISTS STEFAN JACKIW violin / artist-in-residence Violinist Stefan Jackiw is recognized as one of his generation’s most significant artists, captivating audiences with playing that combines poetry and purity with an impeccable technique. Hailed for “talent that’s off the scale” (Washington Post) Jackiw has appeared as soloist with the Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco symphony orchestras, among others. His solo performance of Mendelssohn Concerto with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra at Sydney Opera House in March was seen live on YouTube by more than 30 million people worldwide. During the 2011/12 season Jackiw makes his debut with the Atlanta Symphony and the Rotterdam Philharmonic in France. He enjoys return engagements with the Chicago Symphony Toronto Symphony, and Rochester Philharmonic. Additional highlights include recitals at the Kennedy Center and in Chicago, presented by the Chicago Symphony. This past summer Jackiw performed at a number of music festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival and Seattle Chamber Music Society. He toured Asia twice, first playing chamber music with Ensemble Ditto in Korea, and a month-long tour as soloist with the Asian Youth Orchestra in China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan and Japan. In 2010/11, Jackiw was reunited with the Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Marin Alsop, who also conducted his return to the Baltimore Symphony. During the winter he toured with the London Philharmonic, appearing in London and Madrid and Seoul. Jackiw made his European debut in London in 2002 to great critical acclaim with the Philharmonia Orchestra. His sensational performance was featured on the front page of London’s Times; the Strad reported, “A 14-year-old violinist took the London music world by storm.” Jackiw has also performed in Europe with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, l’Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Ulster Orchestra of Ireland, the Seoul Philharmonic, and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Jackiw’s New York Philharmonic debut occurred in July 2007. The next month, he appeared with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood and was immediately re-engaged for the following summer. In 2008, Jackiw made his debut with the Cleveland Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony. Jackiw is also an active recitalist and chamber musician. He has performed in numerous important festivals and concert series, including the Aspen, Ravinia Festivals, Celebrity Series of Boston, New York’s Mostly Mozart and Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Louvre Recital Series in Paris. He is a regular participant at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Bravo! Vail Valley Music and Bard Music Festivals. At the opening night of Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall in New York, Jackiw was the only young artist invited to perform, playing alongside such artists as Emanuel Ax, Renée Fleming, Evgeny Kissin, and James Levine. Jackiw was a founding member of the Tessera Quartet, an emerging New York-based ensemble formed under the guidance of the Juilliard String Quartet. On disc, Jackiw is garnering acclaim for his debut album of the Brahms Violin Sonatas with pianist Max Levinson (Sony). Fanfare magazine proclaimed, “Jackiw is fantastic … This is now the recording of Brahms’s violin sonatas to have.” Born in 1985 to physicist parents of Korean and German descent, Stefan Jackiw began playing the violin at the age of four. His teachers have included Zinaida Gilels, Michèle Auclair, and Donald Weilerstein. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, as well as an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory. In 2002, the young artist was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. He makes his home in New York City.
EMILY DAGGETT SMITH viola Violinist Emily Daggett Smith is rapidly emerging as one of the most compelling artists of her generation. In 2009, Ms. Smith won first place in the Juilliard concerto competition and made her New York concerto debut in Alice Tully Hall, playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Juilliard Orchestra, under the direction of Emmanuel Villaume. As an active chamber musician, Ms. Smith has performed in venues around the world with such artists as Andrés Diaz, Claude Frank, Joseph Kalichstein, Orion Weiss and Eugenia Zukerman. Ms. Smith has performed at various festivals including the Seattle Chamber Music Society, Ravinia’s Steans Institute, Banff International Masterclasses, Kneisel Hall, and the New York String Orchestra Seminar. All of her performances from the Seattle Chamber Music Society have been broadcast live on Classical King FM. She has also appeared on PBS's national broadcast, Live from Lincoln Center, as well as twice on NPR's From the Top. In addition to her numerous performances as a violinist, Ms. Smith also performs regularly as a violist. This season, she will perform Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with violinist Stefan Jackiw and the New York Classical Players, conducted by Dongmin Kim. Ms. Smith is the founding first violinist of the Tessera Quartet, an emerging New York-based ensemble. The quartet recently recorded a world-premiere album of Harold Brown’s complete works for String Quartet on Albany Records to commemorate the composer’s centennial. Recent highlights include collaborations with Orli Shaham at (le) Poisson Rouge and recital appearances with renowned pianists Claude Frank and Hamish Milne, as well as multiple performances of Lowell Liebermann’s Piano Quintet with the composer at the piano. The Quartet made its New York debut on the New School (Schneider) Concerts series, and has performed on many series, including Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music, the Tri-I Noon Recital Series at Rockefeller University, Ars Vitalis at Kean University, Chamber Music Live at Queens College, Music Mondays, and the Rhinebeck Chamber Music Society. Ms. Smith is also a founding member of the West End Trio with pianist Michael Brown and cellist Matthew Zalkind, with whom she performed Ravel's Piano Trio in Alice Tully Hall in April, 2010. Ms. Smith has performed as Concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra under the direction of James DePreist, Nicholas McGegan, Jeffrey Milarsky, Leonard Slatkin, and Michael Tilson-Thomas. She has traveled with the orchestra to Beijing and Shanghai, as well as across the United States, performing in such venues as Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, Disney Hall in Los Angeles, The National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, and the Shanghai Grand Theatre. Ms. Smith regularly performs throughout New York City with various ensembles. She appeared multiple times at Zankel Hall with Ensemble ACJW, collaborating with such artists as Sir Simon Rattle, Christian Tetzlaff, Barbara Hannigan, and David Robertson. She also frequently performs with the Grammy-nominated Metropolis Ensemble, most recently in an innovative “Brownstone” concert, in which ten musicians performed in different areas of a threestory Brownstone in a “site-specific electro-acoustic composition/installation”. She is also a member of the New York Classical Players; highlights include performances with cellist Mark Kosower, soprano Jung-Nan Yoon and violinist Alex Kerr. Ms. Smith received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School. Her teachers have included Ronald Copes, Nick Eanet, Joel Smirnoff, Laurie Smukler, Masuko Ushioda, and Donald Weilerstein. Ms. Smith lives in New York City.
THE NEW YORK CLASSICAL PLAYERS
The New York Classical Players is a professional performing group of highlygifted young instrumentalists from different cultures committed to bringing classical repertoire concerts to the public. Envisioned by Dongmin Kim in 2009, the New York Classical Players brings together seven nationalities combining personal and cultural strengths and a high level of chamber musicianship based upon democratic principles in the process of creating music. Trained at distinguished music institutions, members of the New York Classical Players are en route careers as critically acclaimed soloists, chamber musicians, and orchestral musicians in major American orchestras. Now in their second season in 2011-2012, the NYCP continues to present free concerts in different venues around the New York metropolitan area. Repertoire includes pieces spanning from Haydn and Beethoven to Pendercki and Isang Yun. This season’s guest artists include Stefan Jackiw(violin), Josef Spacek(violin), Kim Kashkashian(viola), Emily Smith(viola/violin), Jasmine Choi(Flute), Uriel Vanchestein(clarinet), Edward Auer(Piano), Daxun Zhang(double bass), and the Amphion String Quartet. In addition, the NYCP is highly committed to creating new repertoire to convey a different dimension of interest to the public by presenting pieces by young outstanding composers of today, including, Uriel Vanchestein, and Yoomi Paick.. Today's most exciting young performing arts organization, the New York Classical Players takes responsible for being an emerging cultural source in connecting people with a broader world of musical art and culture.
MISSION The New York Classical Players reaches out to diverse audiences in order to enrich the human spirit and enhance cultural vitality of life through performances at the highest artistic level by today's most exciting young instrumentalists making their artistic careers in New York metropolitan area and beyond.
CORE VALUE Uncompromising artistic excellence Engagement with community Innovative vision Collaboration and Teamwork Committed to fiscal responsibility
ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP
DONGMIN KIM music director / principal conductor
DAXUN ZHANG leader / double bass
Dongmin Kim is quickly establishing himself as one of the most exciting and versatile conductors of his generation. In the summer of 2008, Dongmin Kim gave a critically acclaimed debut with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. He has also conducted The Magic Flute at the Seoul Arts Center with great success. His conducting experience also includes the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Baltimore, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Winnipeg Symphonies (Canada), the Orquesta Filarmonica de la UNAM (Mexico), the Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Germany) and the Zandonia Ensemble (Italy), among others. He was awarded the Karajan Fellowship and served a residency with the Wien Philharmonic Orchestra at the Salzburg Festival. He has studied and worked together under the mentorship of Masur, Maazel, Rostropovich, Slatkin, Comissiona, and Meier among others. As the Schmidt Conducting Fellow at the Indianapolis Symphony, he worked with many world’s renowned conductors and artists. As a keen advocate of new music, he was the first to conduct the opera Lorenzo de’ Medici by P.Q. Phan in 2007. He also served as staff conductor of the IU New Music Ensemble where he collaborated with leading composers including George Crumb. As a fine violist, Dongmin was the principal viola at the PMF Orchestra, the Kumamoto Festival Orchestra in Japan, the Yonsei Symphony Orchestra in Seoul and the IU Symphony. He was the first violist ever to win First Prize in the Yonsei Symphony Concerto Competition where he appeared as solo violist. As a recitalist and chamber musician, he has given concerts in Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore as well as the United States. He studied the viola with Paul Neubauer, James Dunham, Roland Vamos, YongYoon Kim and SeungYong Choi. His chamber music mentors include members of Beaux Arts Trio, Juilliard, Tokyo, Cleveland, Orion String Quartets, and Janos Starker. A native of Seoul, Dongmin Kim is currently completing his doctoral studies at the Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music in instrumental conducting under David Effron, Thomas Baldner and Imre Pallo, and in viola under Alan de Veritch. As associate instructor of instrumental conducting, he taught the graduate conducting courses, and served as the music director of the IU All Campus Orchestra. He received his Masters of Music and Performer Diploma from the Jacobs School of Music where he received the Eugene J. and Eleanor J. Knapik Scholarship. Prior to his study in the States, he graduated from Yonsei University, where he was awarded the Music Merit Scholarship.
In April 2007, Mr. Zhang won an Avery Fisher Career Grant, only the second double bassist in the history of this prestigious award. He is the first double bass player to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and start a career under the auspices of Young Concert Artists. He made his New York debut sponsored by the Claire Tow Prize and his Washington, DC debut as a copresentation with Washington Performing Arts Society. He also won the La Jolla Music Society Prize, the Orchestra New England Soloist Prize, and The Fergus Prize. In April 2006, Mr. Zhang performed his arrangement of Waxman's Carmen Fantasy in at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall with Keith Lockhart conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's. Mr. Zhang was the first double bassist ever to win first prize in the 2003 WAMSO Competition, leading to a performance with the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra with Osmo Vanska, conducting. In 2001, Mr. Zhang was the youngest artist ever to win the International Society of Bassists Solo Competition. He has also received the Grand Prize of the American String Teachers Association National Solo Competition. Mr. Zhang has performed extensively with the Silk Road Project, including concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, at Carnegie Hall, and in Japan and California. He recorded the soundtrack with the Silk Road Project and its Artistic Director, YoYo Ma, which aired in Japan on NHK TV. The CD was released as "Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon" on Sony Classical. As concerto soloist, Mr. Zhang has appeared with prominent orchestras such as the Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Lukes, the Tokyo Symphony, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Pacific Symphony, etc. He has given hundreds of recitals in US, Canada, Panama, Japan, Korea and China. As a chamber musician, Mr. Zhang has appeared in music festivals such as the La Jolla Summer Fest, Music@Menlo, Strings in Mountains and Vancouver Summer Combustion, he was also a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two. DaXun Zhang comes from a family of bassists in Harbin, China. He has been playing the instrument since the age of nine, and studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing beginning at the age of eleven. He continued his studies in the U.S. at the Interlochen Arts Academy and received his Artist Diploma at the Indiana University School of Music, where he worked with Lawrence Hurst. He has served on the faculty of Northwestern University and is Assistant Professor of Double Bass at the University of Texas at Austin.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ARTISTIC ADVISORY
DONGMIN KIM Music Director/Principal Conductor
JANOS STARKER cello Recipient of a Grammy Award and Grand prix du disque Faculty at Jacobs School of Music Indiana University
BRIAN CHANG President, Cogent Global, Inc. JAIHYUN PARK Associate Professor, Baruch College JINA CHOI Violinist JULIE C. KIM Pianist MINGI CHOI Physiatrist, Somerset Orthopedic Associates, P.A.
JAIME LAREDO violin/conductor Music Director, Vermont Symphony Orchestra Faculty at Jacobs School of Music Indiana University CHEE-YUN KIM violin Avery Fisher Career Grant Winner Faculty at Southern Methodist University ALEXANDER KERR violin Concertmaster, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Former Concertmaster, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra DAIVD KIM violin Concertmaster, Philadelphia Orchestra Prize winner, Tchaikovsky Competition
STAFF
TSUYOSHI TSUTSUMI cello Grand Prize, Casals cello competition President, Toho Gakuen School of Music, Japan
YEJI JUILE CHA general manager Carnegie Hall
SHARON ROBINSON cello Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio Faculty at Jacobs School of Music Indiana University
JUNE YJ RHEE director of development LG Chem YEJIN KIM art director La Prairie / Joliyou by Ye Jin, Inc. EUNSHIK PARK sound designer Pianist JIHWAN KIM music arranger Composer ANNA CHAE BMW
MICHELLE KIM violin Assistant Concertmaster, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Faculty at Mannes School of Music DANIEL HEIFETZ violin Founder/Director, the Heifetz Music Institute Prize winner, Tchaikovsky Competition
COMMUNITY OUTREACH ADVISORY DANIEL SONG Former Executive Vice President Korean American Association of Greater New York
MUSICIAN MUSIC DIRECTOR DONGMIN KIM LEADER DAXUN ZHANG VIOLIN ROBIN SCOTT, concertmaster DAVID SOUTHORN EMILY SMITH KATIE HYUN JINA CHOI MARIE-EVE POUPART SIWOO KIM VIOLA ANDY LIN BRENTON CALDWELL SUNGHEE CHOI CELLO BROOK SPELTZ HYERI JANG PETR SPACEK SE-DOO PARK DOUBLE BASS KRIS SAEBO
Dongmin has succeeded in forming an amazing ensemble out of some of the best and brightest young musicians on the music scene today. It is a passionate, exciting, flexible and inspiring group. I'm proud to be a part of the NYCP! Alex Kerr Concertmaster Dallas Symphony Orchestra Former Concertmaster, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
ROBIN SCOTT violin/concertmaster Robin Scott has competed internationally, winning 1 st prizes in the California International Young Artists Competition and the WAMSO Young Artist Competition, and 2 nd Prizes in the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, the Irving M Klein International String Competition, and the Stulberg International String Competition. As a soloist he has appeared with the Indianapolis Symphony, the Orchestre National de Lille (France), the Springfield (OH) Symphony, and the Carmel Symphony, New York Classical Players and others. He has given numerous recitals and performances throughout the United States and France. Highlights of the 2012 season include a debut with the Minnesota Orchestra, and two tours with Musicians from Marlboro. Also an avid chamber musician, he has performed at the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, Jordan Hall, and has attended the Marlboro Music Festival, Ravinia Festival, the Yellow Barn Festival, the Maine Chamber Music Festival and others. This year marks his first of two years as concertmaster of the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra. Scott was recently a student of Donald Weilerstein and Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory (NEC) in Boston. He received his BM with Miriam Fried at NEC, where he was the recipient of the Presidential Award. In 2006, he completed an Artist Diploma at IU. Scott plays on a Vuillaume violin generously lent to him by the Marlboro Festival. DAVID SOUTHORN violin New York City based violinist David Southorn is pursuing a versatile career as a soloist, chamber musician, and Concertmaster. As a member of the Amphion String Quartet he will be performing this season at the MET and on the New Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Schneider Concert Series in NYC. As soloist he has performed with the Fremont, Nova Vista and Portland Festival Symphonies. A passionate orchestra leader, Southorn will be Concertmaster in performances with the Delaware Symphony this November and will serve as guest Principal Second of the Miami Symphony this season. He has appeared at numerous festivals, including the Banff Centre, Spoleto USA, Kneisel Hall, Tanglewood, Music@Menlo and most recently at the OK Mozart Festival
and Chamber Music Northwest with the Amphion Quartet. David holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, Yale University and the San Francisco Conservatory. EMILY SMITH violin In 2009, Ms. Smith won first place in the Juilliard concerto competition and made her New York concerto debut in Alice Tully Hall, with the Juilliard Orchestra. As an active chamber musician, Ms. Smith has performed in venues around the world with such artists as AndrĂŠs Diaz, Claude Frank, Joseph Kalichstein, Orion Weiss and Eugenia Zukerman. Ms. Smith has performed at various festivals including the Seattle Chamber Music Society, Steans Institute, Banff Masterclasses, Kneisel Hall, and the NY String Orchestra Seminar. All of her performances from the Seattle Chamber Music Society have been broadcast live on Classical King FM. She has also appeared on PBS's national broadcast, Live from Lincoln Center, as well as twice on NPR's From the Top. Ms. Smith received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School. Ms. Smith has performed as Concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra under the direction of DePreist, Slatkin, and Tilson-Thomas. Her teachers have included Ronald Copes, Nick Eanet, Joel Smirnoff, Laurie Smukler, Masuko Ushioda, and Donald Weilerstein. KATIE HYUN violin Violinist Katie started violin at the age of five and made her recital debut in 1994. She has performed as a soloist with the Houston Symphony, Dallas Chamber orchestra, Concerto Soloists Orchestra in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and "Up Close and Musical," a string orchestra composed of members of the Colorado Symphony. Winner of the Philadelphia Orchestra Albert M. Greenfield Student Competition, she has also won the Stony Brook Concerto Competition, Aspen Academy Orchestra Concerto Competition, and Houston Symphony League Competition among many others. Katie has appeared on the television program "Good Morning Texas," and "Prairie Home Companion", NPR, with bassist Nathan Farrington. In 2006, she was invited by
bassist Edgar Meyer to collaborate with him at the Laguna Beach Chamber Music Festival and she also participated in his Carnegie Hall Workshop. During the summers, she has attended Encore School for Strings, Kneisel Hall, Music Academy of the West, Aspen, Taos Festival of Music, Music@Menlo, Yellow Barn, and Masterclass at Apeldoorn. Katie Hyun received her Artist Diploma at the Yale School of Music, studying with Ani Kavafian. She received her Master’s Degree at the Stony Brook, where she studied with Pamela Frank, Ani Kavafian, and Philip Setzer. She studied with Aaron Rosand and Pamela Frank at the Curtis Institute of Music where she received her Bachelor’s degree.
Competition, the Orchestre symphonique de Trois- Rivières competition, the Repentigny Music Competition and the Joseph McAbbie Foundation. Marie-Ève Poupart is also the recipient of the 2008 Peter Mendell Prize by the Jeunesses Musicales of Canada Foundation. She has appeared as soloist with the Amati Ensemble, the Montreal Symphony, and the Metropolitan Orchestra of Greater Montreal among others. As concertmistress, she performed the opening concert of the Montreal Symphony’s 2007-2008 season conducted by Kent Nagano. Currently she is on the Artist diploma program studying Pamela Frank at the Peabody Institute.
SIWOO KIM violin Siwoo Kim is a multifaceted artist active in solo, chamber and orchestral settings. Kim took first prize at the Sejong Music and Columbus Symphony Young Musician competitions; was awarded the Elaine Louise Lagerstorm Violin Award at the WAMSO Young Artist Competition; and placed second at the Corpus Christi International Competition, where he was awarded special prizes for the Best Performance of Bach and Best Violin Performance. He also won the Crescendo Music Awards, the Hellam Young Artist Competition, and the Ima Hogg Young Artist Competition among others. Additionally, he has received scholarships from the National Federation of Music Clubs, the Korean-American Scholarship Foundation, the Rachel Barton-Pine Foundation and the NFAA Young ARTS Awards. His concerto engagements included with the Columbus and Westerville, Tulsa and Springfield symphony orchestras. He also has appeared on the popular NPR’s From The Top. As a full scholarship recipient, he is currently MARIE-ÈVE POUPART violin an undergraduate student at the Juilliard Marie-Ève Poupart is regarded as one of School where he studies under Donald Canada’s most promising young violinists. Weilerstein and Ronald Copes. Previous She began studying the violin at the age of teachers include Robert Mann and Roland & four and went on to work with Angèle Almita Vamos. Kim performs on a G. B. Dubeau, Anne Robert and Johanne Arel. She Guadagnini, on generous loan from The has also taken lessons from Maxim Vengerov, Juilliard Collection. Pinchas Zukerman, Igor Oistrakh, Maurcio Fuks, and Aaron Rosand. In 2007, she ANDY LIN viola received her diploma with honors from the Wei-Yang Andy Lin, recognized as one of the Conservatoire de musique in Montréal. Ms most promising young violists of today, born Poupart has also won numerous prizes and in Taiwan, is currently a Doctoral Candidate awards, including the Canadian Music at the Stony Brook University. He holds his JINA CHOI violin Jina Choi is internationally active as an orchestral musician, chamber player, and soloist. She has appeared as a soloist with the Budapest Chamber Orchestra, the Pucheon Philharmonic, the Hwaum Chamber Orchestra, and has given numerous solo and chamber music recitals across the United States. Recently Jina has appointed the Concertmaster at the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra(NJ), and also held concertmaster positions including in the New York Symphony Orchestra, Pucheon Philharmonic, the PMF Orchestra (Japan), the Mannes Orchestra, and the Greater Newburgh Symphony. Jina Choi completed her BM and MM at Seoul National University, and the Professional Study Diploma at the Mannes College of Music. Her past instructors include Michelle Kim, Namyoon Kim, Jong-Sook Lee, and Ik-Hwan Bae. She is currently pursuing her doctoral study with Arnold Steinhardt at Rutgers University under a full scholarship.
Bachelor and Master’s Degree from The Juilliard School. He has won numerous competitions including the Taiwan National Viola Competition, the Idyllwild Concerto Competition, Top Prize in the 2008 Juilliard Viola Concerto Competition and subsequently made his Avery Fisher Hall solo debut with the Juilliard Orchestra. He also won the 2009 Stony Brook University Concerto Competition. Mr. Lin is currently a member of the award winning string quartet, the Amphion String Quartet and currently serves as principal violist of the Carnegie Ensemble and the New York Classical Players. He is also the artistic director of the New Asia Chamber Music Society. BRENTON CALDWELL viola Since beginning viola studies at the age of twelve, Brenton Caldwell has performed throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and Japan. Brenton has received numerous awards including top prizes in the 2009 National Young Artist in Texas and the Watson Forbes International Viola Competition in Scotland. As a soloist he has performed with the Curtis and Banff chamber ensembles, and the East Texas Symphony Orchestra. A dedicated chamber musician, he has appeared at the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, Music@Menlo, Banff, Ravinia, Verbier, Tanglewood, and the PMF. Brenton regularly performs with Roberto Díaz, Gary Graffman, Ida Kavafian, Menahem Pressler, and Eugenia Zukerman. He served as teaching assistant to Karen Tuttle, and has studied chamber music with Pam Frank, Joseph Silverstein, members of the Beaux Arts Trio and the Cavani, Cleveland, Guarneri, and Orion string quartets. He has worked with Kim Kashkashian and Nobuko Imai, and Tabea Zimmermann. Brenton is alum of the Academy, a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute. He earned his BM at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Jeffrey Irvine and Lynne Ramsey and an Artist Diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music with Roberto Díaz and Misha Amory. SUNGHEE CHOI viola A native of South Korea, Sunghee Choi made her solo debut with the Seoul Symphony. She also soloed with the Sunhwa Symphony. She
finished her BM from Seoul National University, and continued her graduate studies at NEC. Choi has won the Rutgers Symphony Concerto Competition, Kumho Young Artists Award, Korean-American Young Artists Competition, and Nanpa Awards. Choi won a coveted substitute position with the Philadelphia Orchestra and also participated The Grant Park Music Festival. She has participated in a number of music festivals such as Sarasota, Spoleto, Kuhmo(Finland), and Music Alps(France). She has participated for the master classes with Pinchas Zukerman, Josef Silverstein, Ani Kavafian, Pamela Frank, and Mauricio Fuks. She has studied with Arnold Steinhardt, CJ Chang, James Buswell, Lisa Kim, Ik-Hwan Bae, and Min Kim. She is currently a member of Beaubliss Quartet and pursuing her doctoral degree from Rutgers University where she is the recipient of the Arnold Steinhardt Scholarship.
Park's performances have been nationally broadcasted in Canada. Park has appeared as a soloist with Indiana University Orchestra, Academy Symphony, and Oakwood Symphony. Most recently she was the prizewinner for the Montreal Symphony Concerto Competition. Park has appeared at numerous music festivals including Ravinia, Sarasota, Aspen, Banff, Centre d'arts Orford, and Le Domaine Forget, all on scholarship. She has premiered numerous chamber music, and continues to perform actively in Canada, London, Berlin and USA. Ms. Park's mentors include Bryan Epperson, Miriam Fried, Charles Neidich, Menahem Pressler, Sharon Robinson, and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. She has been educated at Indiana University, Royal Conservatory of Music of Canada, Juilliard School. Park is currently pursuing her Artist diploma at Colburn School in California.
BROOK SPELTZ cello Brook Speltz, born in Los Angeles, graduated PETR SPACEK cello from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2009, Petr has extensive performance experience as following studies with Peter Wiley and Carter a chamber musician. He recorded a CD for Brey. As a soloist, Speltz has performed with NHK and toured Japan in the fall of 2007 with the Curtis Chamber Orchestra, the Music his brother, Josef Spacek, and pianist, Marek Academy of the West Festival Orchestra, and Sedivy. Petr is a founding member of the the Mozart Orchestra of Laguna Beach, Starling Quartet and the Prague Cello Quartet. among others. He has appeared as recitalist In 2006, he was accepted into the European at the Montecito Music Festival, Pacific Union Youth Orchestra, which toured Europe Serenades, the New Music New Haven series under the direction of Vladimir Ashkenazy. and the Idyllwild Arts Festival. Speltz has Petr has also won several competitions and received top prizes in the Houston scholarships. He received the grand prize at Symphonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ima Hogg Competition, ASTA the International Radio Competition National Competition and the LA Concertino Praga and was invited to perform Philharmonic Bronislaw Kaper Awards. He as a soloist with the Czech Radio Symphony. has performed at the Music Academy of the He also performed with Bohuslav MartinĹŻ West, ENCORE Music and the Oregon Bach Philharmonic at the Talentinum festival in festivals. As a member of the Vuilliaume Czech Republic. Petr also attended the String and Ares String quartets, Speltz has International Music Academy in Pilsen and participated in the BRAVO Vail Valley Music the Aspen Music Festival. He began playing Festival, Music From Angel Fire as part of a the cello at the age of six. He studied in the quartet in residence, and the Marlboro Prague Conservatory. Currently, he is a Festival. A regular performer with the student of Laurence Lesser at the NEC in Philadelphia Orchestra and San Diego Boston. Symphony, Brook is currently pursuing a diploma at the Juilliard School, studying with SE-DOO PARK cello Joel Krosnick. Grand prize winner of the National Music Competition of Korea, the Korean TV-Radio HYE-RI JANG cello Competition, Kiwanis Music Competition, Hye-ri Jang began studying the cello at the Academy Symphony Competition, and age of ten. She won the Sun-Hwa Arts School Indiana University Cello Competition, Se-Doo competition, Eumyoun Competition, Coca-
Cola Foundation Scholarship Competition, and Korea Times Competition. She made her solo debut with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. After earning her BM from Seoul National University, she continued her graduate studies at The Juilliard School with Fred Sherry. She had many solo recitals and chamber recitals in New York City, including the Alice Tully Hall. She has participated and performed in Aspen and Kronberg Cello Festival. Also, she participated in master classes with Arto Noras, David Geringas, Bernard Greenhouse, Daniel Shafran. Hye-ri moved to Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and has served as associate principal and principal of IU Festival Orchestra and appeared as a substitute cellist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. In 2009, She performed in Morelia, Mexico where she was a semi-finalist in the Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition. She is currently finishing her Doctoral studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as the assistant of Janos Starker. KRIS SAEBO double bass Bassist Kris Saebo is chamber musician, recording artist, and teaching artist. Kris enjoys playing in a variety of musical forms: classical, contemporary, folk, and funk. He is a member of Ensemble ACJW, SONYC, The Carnegie Ensemble, The Chris Norman Ensemble, and performs regularly with Wordless Music Orchestra, Argento Chamber Ensemble, and Grammy Award-Winner Paul Halley. In 2008, Kris finished a two year residency teaching and playing chamber music with The Academy- a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute. He teaches bass privately and in Manhattan at Bloomingdale School of Music. Mr. Saebo received his Master and Bachelor of Music Degrees from the Juilliard School in 2006 as a student of Orin O'Brien and in 2004 as a student of Homer Mensch.
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8 THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND
WHEN WATCHING A CLASSICAL CONCERT By Espie Estrella
DRESS APPROPRIATELY What you wear depends on the type of concert you are going to. Since we're talking about classical concerts, it's best to wear something that's in between; not too casual and yet not too formal. For example, wear something that you would to a job interview or a business meeting. It's also advisable not to wear hats as this will obstruct the view of the person behind you. HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE It is a common practice when watching classical concerts to hold your applause until the end of a music piece. However, this might get confusing if you're unfamiliar with the piece being performed. Your safest bet is to clap when most of the audience starts clapping. MIND YOUR TIME Make sure that you arrive before the concert starts. This will give you enough time to find your assigned seat. Also, stay in your seat until the end of the performance. Standing up, wandering about or leaving the concert hall before the end of a performance is disrespectful. STAY QUIET This is the most important rule in concert etiquette. As best you can, avoid talking, whispering, whistling, singing along or humming to the music while the concert is ongoing so as not to distract other people. Listening attentively to the music and paying attention to the performers on stage will help you appreciate the concert more. STAY STILL Of course nobody expects you to sit perfectly still; however, stretching while you're seated, tapping your feet, cracking your knuckles or chewing gum are inappropriate. These actions also distract other viewers and the musicians themselves. Try your best to stay put while the concert is ongoing. ALARM OFF If possible, leave items like cellphones and wristwatches with alarms at home. If you really need to bring these things with you, make sure to turn it off or set it to vibrate/silent mode before the concert starts. FLASHES OFF Flash photography is usually not allowed during concerts. The reason behind this is the flash from your camera can distract the musicians. Other items like camcorders and camera phones are usually not allowed and may pose copyright violations. When in doubt, ask organizers first before you use these gadgets. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INTERMISSIONS Concerts usually have intermissions; this is the time when it's OK to leave your seat. If you need to, you can go to the restroom, get a drink or a snack, or call someone on your cellphone during intermissions.
2011–2012
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2011-2012 season concert cycle 2
KIM KASHKAHIAN with NYCP Grieg/ Yoomi Paick/ Britten/ Nicolas Bacri/ Elgar
NEW YORK CLASSICAL PLAYERS DONGMIN KIM conductor KIM KASHKASHIAN viola
FREE ADMISSION
Nov. 12 (Sat) 2011 / 8pm College of Mount Saint Vincent (Chapel) 6301 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx, NY 10471
Nov. 13 (Sun) 2011 / 3pm Church of the Heavenly Rest 2 East 90th St, 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128
The NYCP welcomes the incomparable violist Kim Kashkashian as she performs as soloist in pieces by Britten and Nichlas Bacri. Music Director Dongmin Kim leads the NYCP and conducts Grieg’s Holberg Suite, Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro, and a new commissioned piece for NYCP composed by the brilliant young composer, Yoomi Paick.