Beth Rapier, cello
Ilya Shterenberg
we’ve been up to Georgetown, Fredericksburg, down the way, we just held auditions for our Young Artist to Uvalde, and added Boerne in 2001, one of our Program, and nine accomplished San Antonio students won tuition-free fellowship spots; we can’t wait to work mainstay cities with a most faithful following. with them. “So, we like to expand into new areas as we move on through the years. It’s always great to see new faces, be “Austin Symphony principal viola Bruce Williams is greeted with new energy and gain devoted supporters back, along with acclaimed violinist Sandy Yamamoto, along the way,” she said. “It’s about the audience, who joins us for the first time. Mark Holloway, a regular playing some of the greatest music ever created and with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, experiencing that rapt attention that comes with such makes his debut, along with Scott Cuellar, the goldbeauty in intimate settings. You can’t beat it. And when medal winner of the 2016 San Antonio International you are on stage with some of the best musicians in Piano Competition. CPMF veterans — violinist Dmitri Pogorelov, Canadian violist David Harding, and the world, it’s even more of a joy.” Minnesota Orchestra title-chair cellists Beth Rapier and CPMF musicians typically include some of the stars of husband Anthony Ross — round out the crew. For one the San Antonio Symphony (SAS), along with artists and concert only, at 7 p.m. July 9 in Boerne, we present an colleagues Sant’Ambrogio plays with throughout the exciting saxophone quartet, Bel Cuore, in a program with works by Ravel, Ligetti, Bach and others. We can’t country, as well as emerging talent she comes across. wait to present them for the first time — and can’t wait “We’ll be joined by five SAS musicians this season, all to launch all five programs this summer.” wonderful artists: principal clarinet Ilya Shterenberg, newcomers principal flute Mark Teplitsky and principal With her hand on the throttle, Sant’Ambrogio is oboe Paul Leuders, and Albanian cellist and pedagogue ready for another decade. “I’m always excited at the Holgen Gjoni. SAS violinist Craig Sorgi helms our Young start of a new season and believe that it’s going to Artist Program as the festival education director. By be the best ever.” 58 On The Town | May/June 2017