Dmytro Choni Program - Arts at Queens 2022

2022 - 2023 SEASON

WELCOME TO THE

SARAH BELK GAMBRELL CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Since its opening in 2020, the Sarah Belk Gambrell Center for the Arts and Civic Engagement is dedicated to the pursuit of creative literacy, collaboration in the arts, and service to the Charlotte Community. It serves as the cultural and creative center of campus and is home to academic, visual, performing and literary arts programs, including design and music therapy.

Through Arts at Queens, it presents a diverse array of performances for campus and community audiences.

EMBRACING THE CHARLOTTE CONCERTS LEGACY

For 90 years, Charlotte Concerts has brought the very best in international classical music to the Queen City. Also known as Carolinas Concerts Association, the organization has hosted music and performing arts legends such as the Cleveland Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein, Les Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo, the London Symphony Orchestra, Itzhak Perlman, and countless others.

This heartfelt passion for classical music will continue through the annual Charlotte Concerts Legacy Performance event as part of the Arts at Queens Spotlight Series. A scholarship fund will further the organization’s long-standing educational mission by awarding a graduate of CharlotteMecklenburg Schools an annual music scholarship to Queens.

SARAH BELK GAMBRELL C E N T E R S TA F F Laura Kratt, Executive Director Kristof Leopold, Technical Director Savannah Deal, Operations Manager Scott Brower, Media Specialist Amanda Mullen, Media Specialist Jane Wiley, Media Specialist The Gambrell Center staff programs and manages the Sarah Belk Gambrell Center in addition to providing production services to events across campus.

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SPOTLIGHT SERIES

A R T S AT Q U E E N S A N D CHARLOTTE CONCERTS LEGACY FUND present

DMYTRO CHONI IN RECITAL BRONZE MEDALIST

Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Monday, November 21, 2022 8:00 p.m.

Sandra Levine Theatre Queens University of Charlotte Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)

Sarcasms, op. 17 Tempestoso Allegro rubato Allegro precipitato Smanioso Precipitosissimo

Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

“Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut” from Images, Book II L’isle joyeuse

Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)

Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp Major, op. 30 Andante Prestissimo volando

Intermission Valentin Silvestrov (b. 1937)

Three Bagatelles, op. 1 Allegretto Moderato Moderato

Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

Tonight’s program celebrates the 90th Anniversary of Charlotte Concerts and honors Carolyn and Sam McMahon.

Mr. Choni appears by arrangement with The Cliburn.

ABOUT THE ARTIST 28-year-old Dmytro Choni began piano in his native Kyiv in Ukraine when he was just four and called his acceptance into the 2022 Cliburn Competition “nothing else but my dream.” He earned a bachelor’s degree from the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine under the guidance of Yuri Kot, then moved to Austria in 2015 to study at the Kunstuniversität Graz. He has taken first prize at six international piano competitions, has performed in the world’s greatest halls and collaborated with many leading orchestras.

Speaking to the Fort Worth Report, he said that music is “always kind of a hideaway from what’s going on in the world. Through the music, you can try to project the best possible emotion, the optimism, the hope.”

Widely considered one of the preeminent international music contests, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition exists to share excellent classical music with the largest international audience possible and to launch the careers of its winners.

Building on a rich tradition that began with its 1962 origins in honor of Van Cliburn and his vision for using music to serve audiences and break down boundaries, the Cliburn seeks to achieve the highest artistic standards while utilizing contemporary tools to advance its reach. The world’s top 18- to 31-year-old pianists compete for gold in front of a live audience in Fort Worth, Texas, as well as global online viewership of over 10 million.

Dmytro Choni took home bronze at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in June 2022, only the second Ukrainian pianist to medal at the prestigious contest. He won hearts and accolades with a compelling and colorful musicality that is fortified by a genuine, immediately engaging stage presence. As one critic noted: “Each time he strode onstage, it was with winning confidence and a big smile. He’s clearly an accomplished, assured—and communicative—pro” (Dallas Morning News).

SPOTLIGHT SERIES

C O N T R A - T IE MP O P R E S E N T S J OY U S J U S T U S

S AT U R DAY, MARCH 25, 2023 @ 8 PM

CONTRA-TIEMPO is a bold, multilingual activist dance theater company based in Los Angeles.

Through the combination of Salsa, Afro-Cuban, hip-hop, and contemporary dance with theater,

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compelling text, and original

through a new lens that joyously

music, the group brings dynamic

celebrates and uplifts. The true

and nontraditional storytelling

stories, as told by CONTRA-

experiences to the concert stage.

TIEMPO with their unique blend

CONTRA-TIEMPO provides

of performance, inspire audiences

entertaining and electrifying

through immersive sights, sounds,

performances that challenge the

movement and words.

audience to open their hearts and minds, and actively engage with

At Queens, joyUS justUS will

others and their own humanity.

engage students and faculty across arts and humanities

It is that notion of “us” that is at the

disciplines and bring together local

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Charlotte visual artists working on

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civic engagement. joyUS justUS is

color, joyUS justUS takes themes

an experience guaranteed to leave

such as social injustice, resistance

you feeling connected, elated,

and immigration and presents them

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WELCOME. SUPPORT. LIFT UP. A R T S AT Q U E E N S A N N U A L M E M B E R S H I P J U LY 1 , 2 0 2 2 – J U N E 3 0 , 2 0 2 3 $1,500 for two adults ($1,125 tax-deductible) Support from our annual members extends far beyond the galleries and theaters.

Our members make it possible for students to experience exceptional engagement and learning opportunities including master classes, one-on-one interactions and Q&A sessions with professionals representing the visual, literary and performing arts. Thank you for your support!

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS:

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MUSE CIRCLE

Four evenings at the Gambrell Center

$5,000 ($4,500 tax-deductible)

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Two tickets for all four performances in Sandra Levine Theatre with reserved seating.

Option to select your seats for the season before tickets go on sale to the public.

Attend the members-only reception at each performance.

Exclusive reserved parking easily accessible to the Gambrell Center (available on a first-come, firstserved basis).

Recognition in the printed program for all performances.

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Join us for special occasions with guest performers and artists, faculty and students throughout the year.

Receive your own reserved parking space across from the theatre for all Arts at Queens member events throughout the year (available on a first-come, first-served basis).

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Exclusive invitations to observe student learning opportunities made possible

by Arts at Queens support.

Special behind-the-scenes opportunities for study, reflection and engagement with Queens University arts scholars and faculty members.

EX HIBIT ION OPEN I N G S •

Invitation to two Bank of America Gallery and Loevner Gallery art exhibition openings.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF A R T S AT Q U E E N S

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Claudia and Andy Heath

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MUSE CIRCLE MEMBERS

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A R T S AT Q U E E N S M E M B E R S

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Georgia and Bill Belk

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Amy and Philip Blumenthal

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Kim Brattain and Allison Clark

Jennifer and Eric Steigerwalt

Sally and Brian Bridgford

Ann and Michael Tarwater

Jan and Ed Brown

Will and Dorothy Trotter

Kathy and Peter Browning

Cynthia H. Tyson

Frances Campbell

Rita and Bill Vandiver

Siu Challons-Lipton and Jordan Lipton

Mary Claire and Dan Wall

Gina and Herb Clegg

Dorothea West and Jim Levesque

Jerusha and Murray Fadial

Martha and Chip Whitfield

Dorlisa & Peter Flur

Gail Brinn Wilkins and Howard Freese

Eileen Friars and Scott Pyle This listing is current as of 11.14.22

SPOTLIGHT SERIES This performance is presented by The Charlotte Concerts Legacy Fund

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“ONE OF THE FINEST AMONG THE ASTONISHING GALLERY O F YO U N G V I R T U O S O C E L L I S T S .”

Gramophone Magazine “ … A N E N S E M B L E O F F I R S T- R AT E M U S I C I A N S , T E C H N I C A L LY S U P E R B , G E N E R O U S LY E X P R E S S I V E , A N D O B V I O U S LY E N J O Y I N G T H E M S E LV E S . ” Dallas Morning News