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elvin Kaplan, Inc., has continually offered imaginative and groundbreaking musical ideas for more than fifty years. We represent the world’s finest musicians, specializing in the best chamber ensembles and extraordinary soloists. The artists on our roster are known for their artistic excellence, limitless creativity, and warm personalities. They are emerging stars and established, household names. We hope that you enjoy this brochure and will take the time to contact us to learn more about these stellar artists. Bring your audience the sounds of Paris, Prague, Leipzig, Jerusalem, and Zurich, as well as this continent’s most outstanding talent, in the 2011-2012 season.
String Quartets American String Quartet Ariel Quartet (Jerusalem) Spring and Fall Bennewitz Quartet (Prague) January 13-22, 2012 Borciani Competition Winner April 13-29, 2012 Borealis String Quartet Ebène Quartet (Paris) March 2-18, 2012 Leipzig String Quartet (Leipzig) February 10-26, 2012 Pacifica Quartet Stradivari Quartet (Zurich) January 27–February 12, 2012 Talich Quartet (Prague) October 28–November 20, 2011 Quartetto di Venezia (Venice) November 4-20, 2011 Ying Quartet
Visiting Orchestra Israel Festival Orchestra (Tel Aviv) March 9–April 3, 2012
Mixed Ensembles Amelia Piano Trio Aulos Ensemble Los Angeles Piano Quartet New York Chamber Soloists Paris Piano Trio (Paris) February 10-26, 2012
Soloists Jean-François Latour Alain Lefèvre Jean-Claude Pennetier Menahem Pressler Hamao Fujiwara Steven Doane Jennifer Grim
American S T R I N G Q U A RT E T
Ariel Q U A RT E T (Jerusalem) Spring and Fall
Bennewitz Q U A RT E T (Prague) January 13-22, 2012
Borciani COMPETITION WINNER April 13-29, 2012
Borealis S T R I N G Q U A RT E T
Ebene Q U A RT E T (Paris) March 2-18, 2012
Leipzig S T R I N G Q U A RT E T (Leipzig) February 10-26, 2012
Pacifica Q U A RT E T
Stradivari Q U A RT E T (Zurich) January 27– February 12, 2012
Talich Q U A RT E T (Prague) October 28– November 20, 2011
Q U A RT E T T O D I
Venezia (Venice) November 4-20, 2011
Ying Q U A RT E T
BE ET HOV E N CY C L E
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or a number of years, we
have offered a presentation
of the complete Beethoven
quartets in six concerts, featuring three quartets from North America and three from Europe — an exceptional journey for any audience. These six concerts can be presented over the course of a single season or divided into two seasons with three concerts in each, at a total fee of $45,000 – $65,000 depending on routing and the artists involved.
“In a way, it is less a cycle than a quartet series with a theme. That might have been a serious objection 30 years ago, but these days we get a traditional Beethoven cycle nearly every season. We get plenty of unrelated quartet concerts too. This series brings a refreshing variety to the Beethoven works and imposes a unifying purpose on the parade of quartets.” –The New York Times
T H E S IX TE E N QUA RT E T S P A R T I C I P A N T S From North America American String Quartet Borealis String Quartet Pacifica Quartet Ying Quartet
R E C E N T
C Y C L E S
Metropolitan Museum of Art National Gallery of Art Seattle Symphony University of Florida Candlelight Concerts, Columbia, MD Friends of Chamber Music, Portland, OR The Da Camera Society, Los Angeles, CA
From Europe Ariel Quartet Bennewitz Quartet Leipzig String Quartet Stradivari Quartet Talich Quartet Quartetto di Venezia
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Amelia PIANO TRIO Welcoming the extraordinary pianist Andrew Armstrong
Aulos ENSEMBLE
Los Angeles P I A N O Q U A RT E T
New York CHAMBER SOLOISTS
Paris PIANO TRIO (Paris) February 10-26, 2012
Latour
Jean-Franรงois
PIANO
Alain
Lefèvre PIANO
In cooperation with SOLO ARTISTE MANAGEMENT
Jean-Claude
Pennetier PIANO
Menahem
Pressler PIANO
Hamao
Fujiwara VIOLIN
Steven
Doane CELLO
Jennifer
Grim FLUTE
Russian Romance (Shostakovich’s Seven Romances on the Verses of Alexander
Celebrated clarinetist Richard Stoltzman2 once again joins the American String Quartet
Blok) performed by the Amelia Piano
for performances of music by Mozart,
Trio together with soprano Hyunah Yu.
Brahms, Hindemith, Reger, and Françaix.
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• The Ying Quartet in concert with Our artists come from diverse backgrounds, and each has a unique and distinctive approach to programming. They all perform works in the standard repertoire, but also have devised some unusual offerings for the 2011-2012 season that capture their compelling personalities and musical passions. Visit our website for a complete listing of special programs and collaborations.
jazz pianist and Guggenheim Fellow
performed over two nights by the
Billy Childs1 and his sextet.
Paris Piano Trio.
The Stradivari Quartet offers a musical
Dim Sum: The Ying Quartet performs short
narrative that tells the stories of its four
works by Chinese and Chinese-American
legendary Stradivarius instruments.
composers.
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East Meets West: An exploration of music
Shostakovich and Beethoven Cycles:
from Silk Road and western countries,
The Pacifica Quartet‘s complete cycles of
featuring musical interplay between the
Shostakovich and Beethoven string quartets.
Amelia Piano Trio and traditional Eastern In cooperation with Unlimited Myles. In cooperation with Frank Salomon Associates. 3 In cooperation with LVanHart Artist Productions. 4 In cooperation with Joanne Rile Artist Mgmt.
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A cycle of all six piano trios by Beethoven,
instrumentalists.
Last Words: The Leipzig String Quartet
The Los Angeles Piano Quartet performing
The Quartetto di Venezia offers an enchant-
presents Haydn’s “Seven Last Words of
Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet and Vaughn
ing all-Italian program featuring the music
Christ” interpolated with improvisations
Williams’s Quintet with double bass.
of Puccini, Cherubini, Boccherini, Respighi,
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and Duke Ellington’s sacred music from
and Verdi.
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jazz saxophonist Steve Wilson3 and
Menahem Pressler and Richard Stoltzman2
jazz/gospel pianist Pete Malinverni.
with the New York Chamber Soloists
Performing the music of their homeland,
Orchestra performing works by Mozart,
Prague’s prized Talich Quartet offers the
Beethoven, Brahms, and Rossini.
music of Smetana, Dvorˇák, Janácˇek, and
• Messaien’s Quartet for the End of Time
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performed by the Paris Piano Trio with clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein.
• Celebrations: The Aulos Ensemble’s festive programs for Christmas and the musical
The Ebène Quartet displays its electrifying
living Czech composers such as Jiri Gemrot.
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jazz talent alongside the music of Bartók
The Leipzig String Quartet performs
and Debussy.
Schumann’s three string quartets in a single
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concert program, in the way these pieces
valentine If Music be the Food of Love,
The Borealis String Quartet’s performance
were performed in the composer’s lifetime.
together with one of three incredible
of unusual and passionate string quartets
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sopranos: Julianne Baird,4 Kendra Colton,
by Grieg and Respighi, along with a set of
Israel’s Ariel Quartet performs select pieces
or Dominique Labelle.
Taiwanese folk songs.
by memory—a feat not attempted by any other quartet in the past forty years.
Israel F E S T I VA L O R C H E S T R A (Tel Aviv) March 9 –April 3, 2012
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