CSUN Symphony 5-11-22

CSUN Symphony Orchestra Tomasz Golka, Conductor Adam Golka, Piano

PLAZA DEL SOL CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2022 7:30 P.M.

Piano Concerto #25 in C major, K. 503 (1786) I. Allegro maestoso II. Andante III. Allegretto Adam Golka, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Intermission Overture for Orchestra (1943)

Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)

The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109 (1896)

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)

Adam Golka, Pianist Polish-American pianist Adam Golka (born 1987) first performed all of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas when he was 18 years-old, and he considers the 32 masterpieces to have been his saving grace during the Covid crisis. "The reason I can't stay away from Beethoven is that he put himself through absolute hell in an attempt to marry the rawest expressions of his subconscious to the unattainable ideals of his mind. No other composer before or since has been willing to explore this internal warfare as deeply as he did, and I constantly feel that I'll somehow redeem myself by surrendering to the fight which is at the core of performing his works."

As a concerto soloist, he has appeared with dozens of orchestras, including the BBC Scottish Symphony, NACO (Ottawa), Warsaw Philarhmonic, Shanghai Philharmonic, as well as the San Francisco, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, New Jersey, and San Diego symphonies. Adam has enjoyed collaborations with conductors such as Donald Runnicles, Pinchas Zukerman, Mark Wigglesworth, Joseph Swensen, and countless concerto appearences with his brother, Tomasz Golka. Adam gave his Carnegie Stern Auditorium début in 2010 with the New York Youth Symphony and his New York recital début at Alice Tully Hall, presented by the Musicians Emergency Fund.

Adam's professional life began when he was awarded the first prize and audience prize at the 2nd China Shanghai International Piano Competition. In 2009, he won the Max I. Allen Fellowship from American Pianists Association. As a pedagogue, he acted as Artist-in-Residence for six schoolyears at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Adam has recorded works by Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms for First Hand Records and he has premiered works composed for him by Richard Danielpour, Michael Brown, and Jarosław Gołębiowski.

CSUN Symphony Orchestra Violin I. Lina Saleh Daniel Herrnstein Melanie Ooi Alizah Chao Ruisi Gong Esteban Andrade Min-Shou Chiou Garret Wang Michael Ayranian Sarah Seltzer Violin II. Logan Sacino Jin Taguchi Abtin Farrokh Casey Ignacio Myles Moreno Zahra Arabshahi Karla Lopez Rachel Greenup Samantha Carabay Sahand Zare

Viola Simiao Xiao Zachary Cruz Kevin Massin Luigi Ito Rebekah Ramano Karen Paz Cello Alec Glass Betsy Liu Isabella Argueta Clement Chow* Arlette Cadenas* Rachel Coosaia* Bass Ian Lindley Jonathan Ho Aiden Neumann Zachary Pickins

Flute Jonathan Rodriguez Marcos Ramirez Justin Thai Oboe Isaac Chyun* Abiah Padua English Horn Linda Muggeridge*

Horn Drew Patterson Hayden Amendola Michele Cheaure Daniel Gallardo

Timpani Jared Davenport Percussion Andrew Greenberg Lucas Heininger Miranda Clark

Trumpet Carlos Gonzalez Santiago Piano/Celesta Brandon Douglas Ryan Buchanan Melissa Ooi

Trombone Clarinet Adrian Hawthorne Eder Hernandez Caitlynn Cooper Nancy Crisostomo Jordan Friedman Geoffrey Nudell* (bass) Riley Baker

Harp Kenneth Pasewark

Bassoon Eric Johnson-Tamai* Tara Chase

Librarian Alec Glass

Contrabassoon Allen Savedoff*

Tuba Shane Willey

*Guest Performers

A very special thank you to Carey Christensen, Lauren Welsh and the Soraya staff for helping us facilitate this performance!

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