YEARS of MUSIC MAKING
GUSTAVO DUDAMEL RESIDENCY I 2018/19 UNITING OUR WORLD THROUGH MUSIC SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC EVENTS
I cannot say that music is the only thing that will save the world, but we have to put art somewhere far more central to the main sense of our society.
The current Music and Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic has championed music as a catalyst for individual, environmental, and world change. In addition to a series of curated concerts, Maestro Dudamel will come to campus in three separate visits. Events open to the public, many of them free, include: • Panel discussions, public talks and interdisciplinary colloquia on a range of current issues • Events featuring students of El Sistema-inspired music education programs across the United States
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• Visual art inspired by music • Celebrations of Latin American culture, including Venezuelan folk music This schedule will continue to be updated.
ANNOUNCING THE 2018-2019 SEASON
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2018-2019 SEASON
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DECEMBER 2018 Saturday, December 1, 2018 FREE OPENING CELEBRATION 8:00pm ART, EDUCATION, & SOCIAL CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA: A PUBLIC CONVERSATION Maestro Dudamel sits down with acclaimed musicologist and Harvard Dictionary of Music editor Don Michael Randel to discuss the issues closest to his heart.
9:00pm
Jorge Glem
Cuatro/Mandolin
vital, unplugged, deeply rooted... The New York Times
BETSAYDA MACHADO Everyone is invited for a musical party with venerated Afro-Venezuelan folk music singer Betsayda Machado – the voice of Venezuela - and Grammynominated cuatro/mandolin virtuoso Jorge Glem. In a program called “Aguinaldos y Parrandas,” the duo, alongside Maestro Dudamel’s colleagues special guests Diego Álvarez on percussion and Gonzalo Teppa on bass, gives us a taste of timeless holiday traditions that are to this day celebrated throughout Latin American villages in a performance described by NPR as “one of the most joyful shows I’ve seen in years.” THE OPENING CELEBRATION TAKES PLACE IN RICHARDSON AUDITORIUM, ALEXANDER HALL The Opening Celebration is FREE but ticketed. Tickets will be released online, by phone, and in person on Monday, November 19, 2018 at noon.
Betsayda Machado
The Voice of Venezuela
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...a voice hued like polished teak... arrestingly vulnerable - The New York Times
Emily D’Angelo Mezzo-soprano Sunday, December 2, 2018 2:00pm
QUARTET 212 with EMILY D’ANGELO, Mezzo-Soprano Musical Preview at 1:00pm by students of the Boston String Academy, an El Sistema-inspired program. An ensemble featuring principal members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra translate their extensive experience in the operatic world into a program that highlights music’s intimate relationship with the human voice. Works by Haydn, Respighi, Verdi and a new work written for the ocassion by Princeton University faculty composer Donnacha Dennehy. There wil be a post-concert talk with Maestro Dudamel and New York Philharmonic President Deborah Borda, free to ticketholders.
Quartet 212
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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JANUARY 2019 Monday, January 7, 2019 7:00pm
MUSICIANS FROM THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
9:00pm
Musical Preview at 6:00pm by students from the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (“YOLA”)
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Conductor Sir Georg Solti once said “Mozart makes you believe in God,” and it’s hard to disagree after listening to the absolute perfection of his Clarinet Quintet. As the luminous centerpiece of this program that explores the intersection of art and spirituality, Mozart’s music will be placed side-by-side with that of living Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, whose “holy minimalist” works evoke a kind of meditative transcendence, containing oceans of feeling in their seemingly simple repetitions. A new work by Princeton University faculty composer Juri Seo rounds out this intense, introspective program.
Following the concert, Princeton University Professors Alexander Nehamas and Elaine Pagels discuss the intersection between Art & Faith in a public conversation moderated by Gustavo Dudamel. BOTH EVENTS TAKE PLACE IN RICHARDSON AUDITORIUM, ALEXANDER HALL All concert tickets are $30, $10 students with valid id, and include admission to the post-concert panel discussion.
Tuesday, January 8, 2019 6:00pm “LA MÚSICA COMO LIBERTAD: GUSTAVO DUDAMEL EN PRINCETON” A conversation in Spanish between Maestro Dudamel and Princeton University Professor Javier Guerrero. TRINITY CHURCH, 33 MERCER STREET
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 4:30pm
Buenos Aires
“EL SISTEMA:” A PANEL DISCUSSION El Sistema, a publicly financed music education program for underserved children founded in Venezuela in 1975, has now grown to provide music access to young students around the world. Its most famous alumnus is none other than Gustavo Dudamel. Join the legendary conductor for a panel discussion about El Sistema, moderated by Stanley Katz, Professor of Public and International Affairs and Director of the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies. Panelists include individuals who have similarly devoted themselves to advocating for accessible systematic music education: Elsje Kibler-Vermaas (YOLA, Acting Director of Education), Anne Fitzgibbon (Harmony Program, Founder and Executive Director), and Lou Chen ’19. MCCOSH 10
ART & FAITH: A PANEL DISCUSSION
6:00pm
MUSIC MADE VISIBLE: METAPHORS OF THE EPHEMERAL: A GALLERY RECEPTION An art exhibit by local artist Marsha Levin-Rojer responds to Maestro Dudamel’s understanding that the power of music lies in its invisible beauty, “the fact that sound, vibration, and harmony can create something in us.” This exhibit is on view from November 30, 2018 to January 31, 2019. BERNSTEIN GALLERY AT THE WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL Both events are free and hosted by the Center for Arts & Cutural Policy Studies at Woodrow Wilson School.
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APRIL 2019 Monday, April 22, 2019 7:30pm THE LIBERATOR: FILM SCREENING
With a score by Gustavo Dudamel, this film by Alberto Arvelo recounts Simón Bolívar’s struggle to liberate South America. A Q&A will follow. PRINCETON GARDEN THEATRE Tickets on sale at the Princeton Garden Theatre
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 7:00pm MUSICIANS FROM THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC Musical Preview at 6:00pm students from the Harmony Program of New York City Maestro Dudamel’s relationship to the hallowed Berlin Philharmonic stretches back a decade and includes close personal connections with the orchestra’s most recent Music Directors, Claudio Abbado and Sir Simon Rattle. For this concert Dudamel has chosen a handful of musicians from the august orchestra to perform a program that explores nature in all its forms – from science to the environment to the very nature of humanity itself. Works by Schubert and Wagner, as well as a new work by Princeton University faculty composer Steven Mackey, paint a broad musical portrait of the physical world and beyond that is perhaps most elegantly encompassed by poet Heinrich Heine: “When words leave off, music begins.” The musicians from the Berlin Philharmonic will be joined by students from the elite KonstKnekt training academy.
9:00pm ART & NATURE: A PANEL DISCUSSION Following the concert, panelists including Nobel Prizewinner physicist Kip Thorne (CalTech), discuss the intersection between Art & Nature, in a public conversation moderated by Gustavo Dudamel. BOTH EVENTS TAKE PLACE IN RICHARDSON AUDITORIUM, ALEXANDER HALL All concert tickets are $30, $10 students with valid id, and include admission to the panel discussion
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 8:00pm
LATE NIGHT CHAMBER JAM
Amateur musicians are invited to join members of the Berlin Philharmonic in a community sight-reading fest! RICHARDSON AUDITORIUM, ALEXANDER HALL Free but reservations are required
Thursday, April 25, 2019 8:00pm
“THE ARTIST IN SOCIETY:” GUSTAVO DUDAMEL IN CONVERSATION WITH FINTAN O’TOOLE
The Maestro will be in conversation with Fintan O’Toole, one of Ireland’s leading public intellectuals, a columnist for The Irish Times, and the Leonard L. Milberg ’53 visiting lecturer in Irish Letters at Princeton. The conversation will be chaired by Melissa Lane, Class of 1943 Professor of Politics and Director of the University Center for Human Values. A reception will follow. RICHARDSON AUDITORIUM, ALEXANDER HALL Free and hosted by the Center for Human Values
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APRIL 2019 Friday, April 26, 2019 7:30pm PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA & GLEE CLUB GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, CONDUCTOR Pre-concert panel discussion at 6:30PM hosted by Professor Stanley Katz. Panelists including Professors Rachel Price and Javier Guerrero will discuss the intersection between Art, Society and Politics. Maestro Dudamel picks up his baton for the first time in the residency and does what he loves most: inspiring and empowering young people through the power of music. He will lead the Princeton University Orchestra and Glee Club in a program centered around two great Shakespeare plays, Tchaikovsky’s take on Romeo and Juliet and Mendelssohn’s majestic Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. RICHARDSON AUDITORIUM, ALEXANDER HALL All Tickets: $15 - $85 - SOLD OUT
Saturday, April 27, 2019 4:00pm
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA & GLEE CLUB GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, CONDUCTOR The program above is repeated in a concert FREE and open to all. In this concert, the Mendelssohn will feature video projections by Venezuelan film director Alberto Arvelo. TRENTON WAR MEMORIAL AT PATRIOTS THEATER Free but tickets required. Tickets will be released to the public on Monday, April 1, 2019
Sunday, April 28, 2019 3:00pm EL SISTEMA: FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE (A COMMUNIVERSITY EVENT) Young people from Trenton Music Makers, and their guests from the El Sistema NJ Alliance, plus Play on, Philly! and OrchKids of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, will come together for a day of shared music making: a “seminario.” The long-standing tradition in the El Sistema movement of bringing students together for a large-scale experience will include Maestro Dudamel working with the programs’ instructors, and sharing his invaluable experience of working with Sistema orchestras. The seminario will culminate in a public concert as an orchestra of some 300 players and singers, dedicated to Maestro Dudamel. RICHARDSON AUDITORIUM, ALEXANDER HALL Free and open to the public. Hosted by Trenton Music Makers.
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BEHIND THE SCENES... In addition to public events listed in this brochure, Maestro Dudamel will engage with campus and community partners in a number of ways: a conversation at the Center for Human Values; visits with student musicians in the Trenton Music Makers program and in Trenton Public Schools; and classroom discussions on a range of topics including conducting, the human voice, and Verdi opera.
YEARS of MUSIC MAKING
The overarching goal of Gustavo Dudamel’s residency at Princeton University Concerts is to bring people together through music, to explore the impact and relevance of music both inside and outside of the concert hall, and to explore the role of the artist in our times. We look forward to uniting in music this season!
INFORMATION: 609-258-2800 princetonuniversityconcerts.org
Additional residency events and details will continue to be announced throughout the year.
TICKETS: 609-258-9220