a lasting legacy years
ABOUT PERFORMANCE SANTA FE
For 88 years, from 1937 to 2024, Performance Santa Fe has been presenting the best in music, dance and theater at iconic Santa Fe locations. It is no irony that there are also 88 keys on a piano. With each key and year, our legacy includes great soloists and pianists to the finest ensembles, from theater and dance to opera and music of every genre. No other Santa Fe nonprofit has such a long history of varied repertoire and education offerings, presented on a consistent basis.
The organization has upheld its excellence in the performing arts and brings joy and enrichment to the community. Every year, Performance Santa Fe’s free education programs provide inspiring performances, classroom mentorship, and master classes with our visiting world-renowned performers resulting in life-changing interaction for more than 3,000 students at 24 local schools. Our education programs serve as a catalyst for academic achievement, enriched creativity, and personal growth.
Our 24-25 season is bringing bigger stars to Santa Fe and more venues. Join us in celebrating our 88 year legacy.
Performance Santa Fe is a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization.
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WELCOME
Dear Friends,
We are thrilled to celebrate our 88th year with our continued legacy of bringing the best performances to Santa Fe. Performance Santa Fe has gone through many changes in 87 years, we have always been year-round and in our 88th year we bring you the seasons. This year we are introducing to you: a new logo, a new website, a new staff, a new vision and most importantly a new energy.
We begin with our Pre-Season (I’m a sports buff too!) Festival of Song, three summer Sunday afternoons with amazing performances at the Scottish Rite Temple. This year we are presenting the artistry of Jennifer Johnson Cano, Anthony Roth Costanzo, William Guanbo Su, Paula Murrihy, David Portillo and Liv Redpath. All will be accompanied by our local favorite Robert Tweten.
Our 4 Seasons begin in the Fall! We are kicking off with a pianist, which is appropriate as we celebrate our 88 years. We are delighted to present Alexander Malofeev. The young “Russian genius” came to international prominence when, in 2014, he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians at age thirteen. Malofeev has quickly established himself as one of the most prominent pianists of his generation.
At the peak of the holiday season, and for our Winter we present the Emmy® and Tony® Award winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth. This is her first time performing in Santa Fe and we get to see her right before her return to Broadway! Expect an incredible night of song and to leave in the holiday spirit.
Our Spring blossoms with Contemporary West Dance Theatre. Their dedication to presenting and preserving the work of generations of great artists, choreographers and teachers, is incredibly inspiring. A hint, you might hear a little Stevie Wonder.
We end our 4 Seasons and begin the Summer at our new venue: The Club at Las Campanas! Plan on wearing your boots and dancing the night away at our Concert on The Green!
We take great joy in bringing this new mix of the arts to you and are extremely grateful for your support of Performance Santa Fe.
Sincerely,
Leah Gordon Board President
AT A GLANCE
Festival of Song
Scottish Rite Temple July 28
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Scottish Rite Temple Aug 11
Scottish Rite Temple Aug 4
All accompanied by pianist
ROBERT TWETEN
LIV REDPATH
ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO
WILLIAM GUANBO SU
DAVID PORTILLO
PAULA MURRIHY
JENNIFER JOHNSON CANO
ALEXANDER MALOFEEV
St. Francis Auditorium
Oct 28
Fall Spring Winter Summer
CONTEMPORARY WEST
DANCE THEATRE
The Lensic Apr 5
KRISTIN CHENOWETH
The Lensic
Dec 21
SAVE THE DATE CONCERT ON THE GREEN
The Club at Las Campanas
June 21
Who We Are
We delight Santa Fe audiences with extraordinary performing artists, and we engage local students in performing arts education.
Our Staff
Maria Andriasova-Esparza
General Director
Maria Andriasova-Esparza has over 20 years on Wall Street where she worked directly for Robert Soros and George Soros at Soros Fund Management LLC and for George Walker IV of The Walker-Bush Family at The Greene Group at Neuberger Berman LLC. Maria started her financial career as a finance and administration analyst working for the Government of Japan (Nittsu) and for the Family of the President of South Korea, Chairman Chey Family Office, Sunkyong SK Group. Born in Moscow, USSR, Maria graduated from The Juilliard School in New York City as a Concert Pianist and became the Laureate of the most prestigious prize in the field of the Arts, The Gulbenkian Prize, Lisbon, Portugal, at the age of 18. She came to live in New York City from Moscow at invitations of the U.S. Senators Jacob Javits, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Edward Kennedy. Maria brings the combination of international culture, classical music, and finance to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Prior to moving to Santa Fe in 2023, where she now resides with her husband, Maria spent 10 years working as Director of Family Office at ZS Fund L.P., a private equity fund based in New York City specializing in U.S. investments in China.
Curt Doty Marketing Director
Curt Doty moved to Santa Fe, NM eight years ago after 25 years of working in branding and marketing in Hollywood. He got his break in television at ABC News in New York City and continued his television career in branding TV networks all over the world for over ten years. He then was recruited into the movie business by Universal Pictures and became a creative executive in marketing for many years. He rejoined the entertainment marketing agency world and worked for all the major movie studios and Apple and Microsoft. He joined the PR world in 2013 focusing on Fortune 500 brands in content marketing, digital, social, and mobile solutions and campaigns. Finally hanging out his own shingle CurtDoty.co, a branding and marketing consultancy, he founded the Santa Fe Art Experience with his wife Debra and has worked with numerous startups and local/national foundations, including the National Captioning Institute, Santa Fe Film Institute, and the Godfrey Reggio Foundation. He continues to leverage his film marketing experience for the past seven years with the Santa Fe International Film Festival and many independent filmmakers. Working now with Performance Santa Fe, he rounds out his passion of film, art and music in the City Different.
John D. Jones
Development Director
A native of Memphis, TN, John's connection to Santa Fe goes back decades to his time as a box office intern at the Santa Fe Opera - his first job outside his hometown. Before moving back to the magnificent New Mexico desert, he served as Public Relations Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and as General Director of Opera Birmingham for 15 years. In Birmingham, he served as a trustee of the Alabama School for the Arts as well as an advisory board member of the Birmingham Girls Choir and Birmingham Southern College. After relocating to Santa Fe, he held the position of Co-Director for Administration and Development for SWAIA (The Santa Fe Indian Market) for three summers. He received a business degree from the University of Memphis with a minor in Voice and earned a JD from the University of Mississippi School of Law. He was subsequently admitted to the Georgia Bar. John and his husband, Charles Rountree, enjoy reading, concerts, volunteering, and traveling as well as being attentive at all times to their Shih Tsu, Lucy. Currently, he serves on the Advisory Board of the Envision Fund at the Santa Fe Community Foundation.
““I believe that every child needs to have a chance to study something and there’s nothing better, to be honest with you, than the arts.”
Maria Andriasova-Esparza
“The most memorable performance from Performance Santa Fe was the Delfeayo Marsalis because there’s a lot of classical concerts, a lot of string quartets, but when we brought jazz to the Lensic, It was fantastic.”
Curt Doty
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“I just love that Performance Santa Fe has such a great history. That it was part of Santa Fe before Santa Fe became cool. Before the world found out about Santa Fe. All of these decades. and decades later that it’s still thriving. It’s a pretty special thing.”
John D. Jones
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The History of PERFORMANCE SANTA FE
Originally by Craig A. Smith
Edited and updated by Curt Doty
For 88 years, from 1937 to 2024, Performance Santa Fe has been presenting the best performing artists in the world. It is no irony that there are also 88 keys on a piano. With each key and year, our legacy includes great soloists, pianists, the finest ensembles, theater and dance, opera and music of every genre. No other area nonprofit in Santa Fe has such a long history of varied repertoire and education offerings, presented on a consistent basis.
Performance Santa Fe presentations by year:
1937
Dalies Frantz, pianist
Mischa Elman,violinist
Russian Imperial Singers
Sigrid Onégin, contralto
1938
Mozart Boys Choir
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Gaspar Cassadó, cellist
Vronsky & Babin, pianists
Duci de Kerejarto, violinist
1939
Anya Enters Dance Company
Simon Barere, pianist
Josephine Antoine, soprano
Barrère Symphony
1940
Don Cossacks Chorus
Eugene List, pianist
The Coolidge String Quartet
Francesco Goya, guitarist
1941
Zadel Skolovsky, pianist
The Trapp Family Singers
Helen Jepson, soprano
Henri Temianka, violinist
1942
Vronsky & Babin, pianists
Bruna Castagna, mezzo-soprano
The Krauter Trio
1943
Gregor Piatigorsky, cellist
Jesús María Sanromá, pianist
Don Cossacks Chorus
Mona Paulee, mezzo-soprano
1944
Patricia Travers, violinist
Mildred Dilling, harpist
Mia Slavenska, ballerina
Alexander Kipnis, bass
1945
Zino Francescatti, violinist
Astrid Varnay, soprano
The Fox Hole Ballet
Rudolf Firkušný, pianist
1946
St. Louis Sinfonietta
William Primrose, violist
Sascha Gorodnitzki, pianist
Yves Tinayre, baritone
1947
Apollo Boys Choir
Yara Bernette, pianist
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
Adolfo Odnoposoff, cellist
1948
Jorge Bolet, pianist
Tossy Spivakovsky, violinist
Pierrette Alarie, soprano
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Performance Santa Fe began modestly, as part of the far-flung circuit of the Community Concerts wing of Columbia Artists Management in New York. During its early years it was known as the Santa Fe Community Concert association; later, as the Santa Fe Concert association. Over the decades and no matter the name, the various offerings have continued.
Through challenges and demanding times, Performance
Santa Fe has stayed true to its initial commitment: to maintain the highest level of excellence in every aspect of its work. Its ongoing success confirms its place in the community.
1949
The De Paur Infantry Chorus
Kathleen Ferrier, mezzo-soprano
Edward Kurtz, violinist
Rosario & Antonio, flamenco
1950
Rudolf Firkušný, pianist
John Sebastian, classical harmonica
George London, bass-baritone
The London String Quartet
1951
Aldo Ciccolini, pianist
Elena Nikolaidi, mezzo-soprano
Virtuosi di Roma
1952
Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano
Paganini String Quartet
Vronsky & Babin, pianists
Leonard Rose, cellist
1953
Gershwin Festival Concert Orchestra
Carol Brice, contralto
William Primrose, violist
The Rabinoff Duo, violin & piano
1954
Eduardo Rael, baritone
The Bel Canto Trio: Carol Brice, Léopold
Simoneau, Theodor Uppman
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Leon Fleisher, pianist
ZINO FRANCESCATTI, PHOTO: AI Q
1955
Géza Anda, pianist
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Virtuosi di Roma
The Irish Singers
1956
Paris Ballet
Bidu Sayão, soprano
James Hawthorne, tenor
Duo di Roma, cello & piano
1957
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Michael Rabin, violinist
Theodor Uppman, baritone
1958
Richard Cass, pianist
Carol Smith, soprano
The Festival Quartet
The Singing Boys of Mexico
Zinka Milanov, soprano
1959
Festival Company of Norway
Igor Gorin, baritone
The Eglevsky Dance Company
Richard Cass, pianist
Carol Glenn, violinist & Eugene List, pianist
Vronsky & Babin, pianists
1960
Societa Corelli
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
David Lloyd, tenor
Ivan Davis, pianist
Robert Shaw Chorale
Santa Fe in 1937 was a small city. But despite its air of bucolic calm, New Mexico’s capital enjoyed a flourishing cultural, mercantile, governmental, and artistic life. It was a meeting point for Native American, Hispano and Anglo cultures. It boasted cosmopolitan expatriates from around the world. The combination of ancient traditions with modern life gave it a unique flavor.
The Western visual arts were strongly represented by painters drawn here by the limitless light and sky. The region had inspired writers such as Willa Cather, whose 1927 Death Comes for the Archbishop remains an iconic novel of Santa Fe in the 19th century.
1961
I Musici
Goya & Matteo, pianists
Grant Johannesen, pianist
John Boyden, baritone
1962
The Gregg Smith Singers
San Pietro Orchestra of Naples
Leonard Rose, cellist
1963
Yehudi Menuhin, violinist
Donald Gramm, bass-baritone
Ballet ‘63’
1964
The De Paur Infantry Chorus
Rabinoff Duo, violin & piano
The Pfeiffer Trio
The Lenox String Quartet
1965
Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano
The Marlboro Trio
The Westminster Choir
Theodore Lettvin, pianist
1966
The Teltschik Duo
Folkloristas de Ramón
The Chicago Little Symphony
Four Go Dancing
HOUSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, PHOTO: HARPER LIEPER STUDIOS/HOUSTON SYMPHONY ARCHIVES
1967
The Netherlands String Quartet
Amin Freres, bass
Ronald Turini, pianist
Edith Peinemann, violinist
1968
Louis Kohnop, pianist
Manuel Lopez Ramos, guitarist
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
The Eastman String Quartet
1969
Stecher & Horowitz, pianists
The Brussels Chamber Orchestra
The Marlboro Trio
The Vienna Academy Chorus
1970
The Warsaw Ensemble
The Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra
Aldo Parisot, cellist
Tel Aviv String Quartet with Yona Ettlinger, clarinetist
Susan McDonald, harpist
1971
The Festival Winds
Orchestra Michelangelo di Firenze
The Netherlands Chamber Choir
Imelda Delgado, pianist
Charles Bressler, tenor
1972
Vronsky & Babin, pianists
Helen Donath, soprano
Masuko Ushioda, violinist
The Norwegian Soloists Choir
Quartetto Italiano
The Santa Fe Little Theatre had been providing community drama for 15 years. Native and Spanish Colonial historic crafts were celebrated annually by Indian Market and Spanish Market.
The Santa Fe Fiesta provided a blend of religious commemoration and public spectacle. Saint Francis Auditorium in the Museum of Fine Arts (now the New Mexico Museum of Art) had served as a community gathering place for concerts, lectures, and meetings since 1917.
1973
Jacob Lateiner, pianist
Music from Marlboro
The Utah Symphony Orchestra
The Orpheus Trio
1974
The Guarneri String Quartet
Leonard Rose, cellist & Gary Graffman, pianist
The American Brass Quintet
The Albuquerque Symphony
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
1975
Donald Gramm, bass-baritone
The Berlin Philharmonic Octet
The Beaux Arts Trio
Yarborough & Cowan, pianists
The Albuquerque Symphony with Pinchas Zukerman, violinist
1976
Ensemble Ricercare de Zurich
Academica String Quartet
Enrico di Giuseppe, tenor
Jeffrey Swann, pianist
1977
Ellen Shade, soprano
The Orpheus Trio
Santiago Rodriguez, pianist
Manuel Barrueco, guitarist
1978
The Haydn Trio of Vienna
Ransom Wilson’s Virtuoso Winds
The Early Music Consort of London
Janice Felty, mezzo-soprano
Anton Kuerti, pianist
James Kreger, cellist
1979
Heidi Lehwalder, harpist
The Vermeer String Quartet
Trio Concertante
Anton Kuerti, pianist
Ashley Putnam, soprano
The Aulos Ensemble
1980
Tokyo String Quartet
Sergiu Luca, violinist
Maralin Niska, soprano
Ruth Laredo, pianist
1981
Tedd Joselson, pianist
Ashley Putnam, soprano & Brent Ellis, baritone
The Vermeer String Quartet
Yehuda Hannani, cellist
1982
The Alban Berg Quartet
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano & Gilbert Kalish, pianist
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
Miriam Fried, violinist
Sergiu Luca, violinist
1983
Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist
Ruth Laredo, pianist
The Haydn Trio of Vienna
The Ridge String Quartet
1984
The Melos String Quartet
The Suk Piano Trio
Grant Johannesen, pianist
Ofra Harnoy, cellist
An apparently simple life was the city keynote. Traffic lights were unknown. With dry goods stores, restaurants, a drugstore, and other merchants around its borders, the Plaza reigned as the community’s gathering place. Iron troughs were still in place to water horses, mules, and donkeys.
It was six years until the Manhattan Project would transform the region. It was three years until John O. Crosby, later founder of the Santa Fe Opera, would enter the Los Alamos Ranch School. And that year, the Santa Fe Super Chief started regular railway service between Chicago and Los Angeles, with a stop near Santa Fe at Lamy, New Mexico.
1985
The Ridge String Quartet
Sergiu Luca, violinist
The Waverly Consort
The Paillard Chamber Orchestra
Christopher O’Riley, pianist
Pinchas Zukerman, violinist & Marc Neikrug, pianist
Música de Cámara Ensemble Christmas Eve with pianist Jan Pytel-Zak, violinist Leonard Felberg, oboist Elaine Grossman, soprano
Maralin Niska, & trumpeter Greg Heltman
Mostly Bechstein Marathon
1986
The Suk Piano Trio (2)
Peter Serkin, pianist
The Musicians of Swanne Alley
The LaSalle Quartet
Eugene Istomin, pianist
Música de Cámara Ensemble Christmas Eve with soprano Maralin Niska & violinists Leonard Felberg, Lynn Case, & Anthony Templeton
Mostly Bechstein Marathon
The Southwest Chamber Trio
Sandra Neel, soprano
Bruce Gardner, tenor & Ross Holmen, hornist
Nancy Harper, pianist
1987
Elly Ameling, soprano
The Waverly Consort
Santiago Rodriguez, pianist
Harvey Pittel, saxophone
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Música de Cámara Ensemble Christmas Eve with soprano Maralin Niska, violinist Leonard Felberg, & flutist Shelby Boggio
Keith Lemmons, clarinetist
Jonathan Retzlaff, baritone & Lois McLeod, pianist
The New Mexico Brass
Douglas Riva, pianist
COURTESY: PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS PHOTO ARCHIVES (NMHM/DCA), PHOTO: T. HARMON PARKHURST
1988
The Paillard Chamber Orchestra
Josef Suk, violinist
Tashi Quartet
Horacio Gutiérrez, pianist
Kronos Quartet
The Danish Boys Choir & Royal Danish Brass Quintet
Música de Cámara Ensemble Christmas Eve with soprano Maralin Niska, oboist
Elaine Grossman, & violinist Leonard Felberg
1989
Camerata Bern with Émile Naoumoff, pianist
Paula Robison, flutist & Ruth Laredo, pianist
Paul Badura-Skoda, pianist
Takács Quartet
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet, Richard Goode, piano, & Lucy Stoltzman, violin
Philip Hagemann Opera Benefit
Música de Cámara Ensemble Christmas Eve with soprano Maralin Niska, flutist Robert Bush, & violinist/conductor William Mullen
Jan Pytel-Zak, piano
1990
Chanticleer
The Muir String Quartet
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
Through Roses by Marc Neikrug with Paul Walsky, actor
The Borodin Trio
Jan Pytel-Zak, pianist
Música de Cámara Ensemble Christmas Eve with Jan Pytel-Zak, piano, & Maralin Niska, soprano
1991
Joseph Silverstein, violinist
The Boston Chamber Music Society String Sextet
Richard Goode, pianist
The Fine Arts Quartet
Nexus Percussion
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
On October 20, 1937, SFCCA celebrated its first event with distinguished Colorado-born pianist Dalies Frantz (19081965). A home-grown talent as well as a pupil of Artur Schnabel and Vladimir Horowitz in Europe, Frantz made his New York Philharmonic debut in 1932. The Santa Fe New Mexican estimated the concert audience at 775, a number close to a full house today at the Lensic Performing Arts Center.
When Frantz played the first concert, there was little opportunity in Santa Fe for regular exposure to top-flight work by great performers. Aside from national and a few
Música de Cámara Ensemble Christmas Eve with hornist Ellen Campbell, soprano Maralin Niska, & violinist Leonard Felberg
1992
Chanticleer
Trio Fontenay
Cecile Licad, pianist
Gil Shaham, violinist
Cavani String Quartet
Julian Bream, guitarist
Pinchas Zukerman, violinist & Marc Neikrug, pianist
Música de Cámara Ensemble Christmas Eve with soprano Lauren Sawyer, pianist Jacquelin Helin, violinists Leonard Felberg & David Felberg, oboist
Elaine Heltman, & cellist Joanna DeKeyser
1993
Louis Lortie, pianist
The Cleveland Quartet
Christopher Parkening, guitarist
The Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet
Sharon Robinson, cellist & Ilana Vered, pianist
I Solisti di Zagreb
Chanticleer
Música de Cámara Ensemble Christmas Eve with Agustin Anievas, pianist & Elaine Heltman, oboist
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist
1994
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
Elmar Oliveira, violinist
London Chamber Orchestra
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Evelyn Glennie, percussionist
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Música de Cámara Ensemble
Christmas Eve with Dan-Wen Wei, pianist
Alicia de Larrocha, pianist
The King’s Singers
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen with Jamie Laredo, violinist/conductor & Ginesa
Ortega, flamenco singer
THE KING’S SINGERS, PHOTO: JAN GATES
1995
Ruth Laredo, pianist
Emerson String Quartet
Sarah Chang, violinist
Misha Dichter-Robert
McDuffie-Ralph Kirshbaum Piano Trio
The Chilingirian String Quartet
Quartetto Gelato
Anonymous 4
Música de Cámara
Ensemble Christmas Eve with Marc Neikrug, pianist
Katia & Marielle Labèque, pianists
Christopher Parkening, guitarist
1996
Chanticleer
Tokyo String Quartet
London Chamber Orchestra
The Beaux Arts Trio
Joshua Bell, violinist & Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
Emanuel Ax, pianist
Pinchas Zukerman, violin & Marc Neikrug, pianist
John Williams, guitarist
Música de Cámara Orchestra Christmas Eve with sopranos Michelle Nelson & Maralin Niska
Música de Cámara Orchestra New Year’s Eve with Dan-Wen Wei, pianist
The Hanover Band
1997
Jean-Philippe Collard, pianist
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio
Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano
Evelyn Glennie, percussionist
Josef Suk, violinist
The Australian Chamber Orchestra
Steven Isserlis, cellist
Leon Fleisher, pianist
Gil Shaham, violinist
Música de Cámara Orchestra Christmas Eve with Eduardus Halim, pianist & Hae Ye Ni, cellist
The Prague Chamber Orchestra with
major regional centers, that held true for much of the country, the number of first-rate artists available simply could not satisfy the vast territory in question.
Dedicated local talent could fill the gap to some extent, as well as the selfless work of committed music teachers across the country. But those efforts often had no viable yardstick against which to measure their work; and without constant exposure to the best, it is difficult to maintain a high level of achievement.
Since performers generally stuck to sizable cities along major rail routes, there was a need to be met and money
Valentina Lisitsa, pianist & Sergei Nakariakov, trumpeter
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist
Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist
Santa Fe Festival Ballet with Música de Cámara Orchestra, pianist Jacquelyn Helin, violinist David Borishansky, & The Da Vinci Quartet
1998
The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra with Stephen Prutsman, pianist
Midori, violinist & Robert McDonald, pianist
Takács Quartet
Radu Lupu, pianist
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin with Nina Kotova, cellist
Eroica Trio
Música de Cámara Orchestra
Christmas Eve with Rieko Aizawa, pianist & Tomohiro Okumura, violinist
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
Santa Fe Festival Ballet with Música de Cámara
Ensemble
Jacquelyn Helin & Monique Le Duc, pianists
David Borishansky, violinist
1999
André Watts, pianist
The Guarneri Quartet
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin with Nina Kotova, cellist
Joshua Bell, violinist & Simon Mulligan, pianist
Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist & Lukas Foss, pianist
The Beaux Arts Trio
Hélène Grimaud, pianist
Música de Cámara Orchestra with Todd Palmer, clarinetist, & Chee-Yun, violinist
2000
Haydn-Ensemble Berlin with Emmanuel Pahud, flutist, & Hansjörg Schellenberger, oboist
Katia & Marielle Labéque, pianists
The Academy of Ancient Music with Andrew Manze, violinist
The Tákacs Quartet
Ying Huang, soprano
Richard Goode, pianist
PRAGUE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Gil Shaham, violinist & Orli Shaham, pianist
Música de Cámara Orchestra Christmas Eve with Rieko Aizawa, pianist & Chee-Yun, violinist
2001
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra with Hilary Hahn, violinist
Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist with the Royal Swing Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
Joshua Bell, violinist with Simon Mulligan, pianist
Vienna Chamber Orchestra with Philippe Entremont, conductor/pianist
Barry Douglas, pianist with New Mexico
Symphony Orchestra
Música de Cámara Orchestra Christmas Eve with Menahem Pressler, pianist & Adam Neiman, pianist
Kronos Quartet
The National Acrobats of Taiwan
Mark O’Connor, fiddler with bassist Jon Burr & guitarist Frank Vignola
James Dick, pianist
2002
Vladimir Feltsman, pianist
The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra with Peter Ulffers, hornist
Porgy & Bess: Peter Klein Production
Radu Lupu, pianist
Gidon Kremer, violinist & Naida Cole, pianist
I Musici
Música de Cámara Orchestra Christmas Eve with Ying Huang, soprano & Chee Yun, violinist
John Williams, guitarist, & Friends
MOMIX
The Paris Trio & The Ysaÿe Quartet
Les Violons du Roy with Karina Gauvin, soprano & Diane Lacelle, oboist
Angela Hewitt, pianist
2003
Denyce Graves, soprano
Angela Hewitt, pianist
Prague Chamber Orchestra with Eroica Trio
to be made on an expanded concert circuit. The New York-based artist management firm of Columbia Concerts, Inc., was in a perfect position to do so.
Beginning in the 1930s, Columbia Concerts established an ancillary wing called Community Concerts, Inc. (CCI). It provided communities with performances by great musicians and dancers, from soloists to ensembles. To ensure administrative success and parity, partner organizations established in each participating city were closely overseen from New York.
The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra with Sir James Galway, flutist
Anne-Marie McDermott, pianist & Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist
Emerson String Quartet
Música de Cámara Orchestra Christmas Eve with Ruth Laredo, pianist & Adam Neiman, pianist
Eileen Ivers, fiddler
Yamato Drummers
Kronos Quartet
Newport Jazz Festival
Cirque Éloize
The Moscow Festival Ballet
2004
Richard Goode, pianist
Kathleen Battle, soprano
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio with Miami
Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA
Louis Lortie, pianist
Gil Shaham, violinist with Akira Eguchi, pianist
Música de Cámara Orchestra Christmas Eve with
Chee-Yun, violinist & James Dick, pianist
Balé Folclórico da Bahia
Evelyn Glennie, percussionist
National Acrobats of Taiwan
Mingus Big Band
MOMIX
St. Petersburg Ballet
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Joshua Bell, violinist
2005
Angela Hewitt, pianist
Takács Quartet with Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio with Miami Quartet
Barry Douglas, pianist with Camerata Ireland
André Watts, pianist
I Musici with Stephen Hough, pianist
Olga Kern, pianist
Música de Cámara Orchestra
Christmas Eve with Yehuda Hanani, cellist & Adam Neiman, pianist
Marvin Hamlisch, pianist
Peter Nero Trio
National Dance Company of Ireland
Russian National Ballet
Julio Bocca & Ballet Argentino
Deborah Voigt, soprano
Helikon Opera Moscow
2006
Sir James & Lady Galway, flutists
Louis Lortie, pianist
Música de Cámara Orchestra with Ingrid Fliter, pianist
Denyce Graves, mezzo soprano
Australian Chamber Orchestra with Pieter
Wispelwey, cellist
Sarah Chang, violinist with Ashley Wass, pianist
Música de Cámara Orchestra Christmas Eve with Arabella Steinbacher, violinist
Robert Tweten, pianist with Dan Brandt & Arabella Steinbacher, violinists
Broadway Sings
Vienna Boys’ Choir
Tango Fire
Ballet Folklórico de México
Moscow Festival Ballet
Natalie MacMaster, fiddler
The Royal Drummers of Burundi with Mombasa Party
Camelot National Tour
2007
Olga Kern, pianist
International Sejong Soloists
Colorado Symphony Orchestra with Jeffrey Kahane, conductor/pianist
André Watts, pianist
Takács Quartet with Joyce Yang, pianist
State Symphony of Mexico with Joan Kwuon, violinist
Música de Cámara Orchestra Christmas Eve with Ioannis Potamousis, pianist & Philippe Quint, violinist
Betty Buckley
In The Mood Singers & Dancers
CCI had an ambitious but straightforward motto: “A Carnegie Hall in Every City.” To make the concept work, it offered a one-stop shop. It dealt with artistic matters and artists’ booking. It provided uniform programming and artist biographical information. It mandated a proven model of how to plan and administer a series. It was a winning situation in every way and satisfied a major need for decades.
In fact, for more than three decades, the Community Concerts model worked well for Santa Fe, offering from three to five performances each season. But times and needs change. By the 1960s, travel was easier,
Marvin Hamlisch, pianist
Georgian State Dance Company
Tango Buenos Aires
St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre (2)
Peru Negro Dance Company
Yamato Drummers
Carl Rosa Opera Company (Mikado)
2008
East Village Opera Company
Palast Orchester with Max Raabe, singer
Mariza, fado singer
Branford Marsalis, saxophonist & Filharmonia Brasileira
Los Romeros
Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist & Peter John Stoltzman, pianist
Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra with Finghin Collins, pianist
Ingrid Fliter, pianist
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist with Sérgio & Odair Assad, guitarists
SFCA Orchestra Christmas Eve with Irina
Muresanu, violinist & Ioannis Potamousis, pianist
I Love A Piano
Maureen McGovern
Bye, Bye Birdie
Footloose
Compañia Flamenco José Porcel
Russian National Ballet Theatre (2)
Shen Wei Dance Arts
2009
SFCA Orchestra Season Opener with Jackie Tso, violinist & Eric Illick, soprano
Notes on Music: Mozart
Transformations by Conrad Susa
Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company
Joshua Hopkins, baritone
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber
Ensemble
Midori, violinist
Chanticleer
Notes on Music: Verdi
Anonymous 4
JULIO BOCCA & BALLET ARGENTINO
SFCA Orchestra Christmas Eve with Wendy Warner, cellist
Dionne Warwick
SFCA Orchestra New Year’s Eve with Andrew von Oeyen, pianist
Irina Muresanu, violinist
Yeol Eum Son, piano with the Albers Trio
Moscow Festival Ballet (2)
Vanbrugh String Quartet
Notes on Music: Chopin
The Band of Irish Guards and The Pipes, Drums, and Dancers of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
Sarah Chang, violinist
Cabaret
Ballet Folklórico de México
Clavier Trio
Adam Neiman, pianist
Pieter Wispelwey, cellist
2010
Lang Lang, pianist
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
The Spanish Brass Quintet
Takács Quartet
Notes on Music: Schumann
Apollo’s Fire
Murray Perahia, pianist
Robert McDuffie & the Venice Baroque Orchestra
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (staged cabaret mounting)
The King’s Singers
SFCA Orchestra Christmas Eve with tenor Richard Croft, conductor/pianist Joseph Illick, violinist Irina Muresanu, & cellist Wendy Warner
Tierney Sutton
SFCA Orchestra New Year’s Eve with soprano
Sandra Lopez, mezzo-soprano Nina Yoshida
Nelsen, tenor Stuart Neill, & baritone
Grant Youngblood
Free Family Opera: Hansel and Gretel
Bliss by Joseph Illick (workshop reading)
communications more efficient, and musical opportunities broader than in previous decades. As a result, local organizations realized that they could administer their affairs better on their own, rather than being a cell in a national network.
For the Santa Fe Community Concert Association, independence came on September 18, 1970, when the Association withdrew from Community Concerts, and the Santa Fe Concert Association was born.
Tango Buenos Aires
Russian National Ballet (2)
Notes on Music: Liszt
Windwood Theatricals: The Music Man
Opole Philharmonic of Poland
Notes on Music: Order & Chaos
Ashu, saxophonist, & Kuang-Hao Huang, pianist
David Russell, guitar
Setzer-Finckel-Han Trio
2011
Festival of Song: Isabel Leonard, soprano & Joseph Illick, pianist
Festival of Song: Daniel Okulitch, bass-baritone with Ricky Ian Gordon & Glen Roven, pianists
Festival of Song: Eric Owens, bass-baritone & Joseph Illick, pianist
SFCA Orchestra Season Opener with soprano
Susanna Phillips, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and violinist Caroline Goulding
The Hall Ensemble
Notes on Music: Mahler
From the Top
Stars of American Ballet (2)
Gil Shaham, violinist
Compañia Flamenco José Porcel
Anonymous 4
SFCA Orchestra Christmas Eve with trumpeter
Brynn Rector & violinist Jackie Tso
Brian Stokes Mitchell, actor
SFCA Orchestra New Year’s Eve with Claire Huangci, pianist
Free Family Opera: The Magic Flute
Anderson & Roe, pianists
Harlem String Quartet
Moscow Festival Ballet (2)
Igudesman & Joo
Stephen Hough, pianist
Notes on Music: Rossini
Patti LuPone, actor
Apollo’s Fire
Orchestra of St. Petersburg with Alexandre Pirozhenko, pianist
Red Star Army Chorus & Dancers
Swingle Singers
WYNTON MARSALIS, PHOTO: FRANK STEWART
2012
Festival of Song: Leah Crocetto, soprano & Joseph Illick, pianist
Stars of American Ballet (2)
Festival of Song: Nicole Cabell, soprano & Ricky Ian Gordon, pianist
Festival of Song: Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone & Joseph Illick, pianist
Notes on Music: The Story of the Violin Cirque Chinois
Ballet Folklórico de México
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Notes on Music: Debussy Chanticleer
Los Romeros with Concerto Málaga
SFCA Orchestra Christmas Eve with Emily Bear, pianist
Sutton Foster, actor
SFCA Orchestra New Year’s Eve with Harlem String Quartet
Free Family Opera: Cinderella
Louis Lortie, pianist
Notes on Music: Wagner
Gabriela Montero, pianist
Hilary Hahn, violinist
Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Fiddler on the Roof
The Pipes and Drums of the Black Watch
Richard Goode, pianist
Signum Quartet
2013
Festival of Song: Christine Brewer, soprano & Joseph Illick, pianist
Festival of Song: Paul Appleby, tenor & Joseph Illick, pianist
Festival of Song: Michael Fabiano, tenor & Joseph Illick, pianist
Festival of Song: soprano Heidi Stober, mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer, tenor William Burden, & pianist Jake Heggie
Stars of American Ballet (2)
SFCA Orchestra Season Opener with soprano Heidi Melton &
During its years as the Santa Fe Concert Association, Performance Santa Fe was widely known as “the Pied Piper of Santa Fe” for its successful youth concerts series. Then and today, the organization boasts a wide-ranging and extensive educational outreach program.
The first event took place on March 14, 1974, when the Utah Symphony Orchestra presented a program of light classics and patriotic music for 3,000 young people at Sweeney Center downtown. From the 1980s through the 2000s, youth concerts continued to play a vital part in the organization’s operations.
tenor Brandon Jovanovich
Setzer-Finckel-Han Trio
Notes on Music: Richard Strauss featuring guest soprano Gina Browning
Yuja Wang, pianist
Notes on Music: Verdi
Donnell Leahy and Family
The King’s Singers
SFCA Orchestra Christmas Eve with Caroline Goulding, violinist
SFCA Orchestra New Year’s Eve with Claire
Huangci, pianist
Free Family Opera: The Barber of Seville
Notes on Music: The Sing-Along of the Nibelung
David Russell, guitarist
Notes on Music: Mendelssohn with guest violinist Ezra Shcolnik
Curtis on Tour
Vadym Kholodenko, pianist
Ballet Next
2014
Festival of Song: tenor Alek Shrader, mezzo-soprano Daniela Mack, & pianist
Joseph Illick
Festival of Song: Corinne Winters, soprano & Stephen Blier, pianist
Festival of Song: Paul Groves, tenor & Joseph Illick, pianist
Festival of Song: Brenda Rae, soprano & In Sun Suh, pianist
Stars of American Ballet (2)
PSF Orchestra Season Opener with Audrey Luna, soprano
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet with Jon Nakamatsu, pianist
Atrium String Quartet
Globe Theatre on Tour: King Lear
Anonymous 4
PSF Orchestra Christmas Eve with pianist Emily Bear
PSF Orchestra New Year’s Eve with violinist
Vadim Gluzman & soprano Ava Pine
Free Family Opera: Hansel and Gretel
The Hot Sardines
PABLO SAINZ VILLEGAS, PHOTO: RICARDO REYES PAZ
Sir András Schiff, pianist
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Les Violons du Roy with Marc-André Hamelin, pianist
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Takács Quartet
Christian Tetzlaff, violinist & Lars Vogt, pianist Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
2015
Festival of Song: baritone Quinn Kelsey, soprano Marjorie Owens, & pianist Tamara Sanikidze
Festival of Song: Anna Christy, soprano with Joseph Illick, pianist
Festival of Song: SFO Apprentices with pianists Joseph Illick & Harry Bicket
Stars of American Ballet (2)
PSF Orchestra Season Opener with James Ehnes, violinist
Notes on Music: Tannhäuser and the Road to Redemption
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Mark Morris Dance Group
Harlem String Quartet
Notes on Music: Chamber Music with Gil Shaham, violinist
PSF Orchestra Christmas Eve with pianists Anderson & Roe
PSF Orchestra New Year’s Eve with Joyce Yang, pianist
Free Family Opera: The Pirates of Penzance
Canadian Brass
Notes on Music: Gilbert & Sullivan
Time for Three
Cameron Carpenter
Ana Vidović
Yuja Wang, pianist
Savion Glover with Jack DeJohnette Quartet
Education and outreach began to expand tremendously when Gina Browning became Director of Education in 2008. Under her visionary leadership, Performance Santa Fe has grown its community reach on many levels. Today, many people are included, from seniors at concerts in retirement communities and free community venues, to school children – more than 3,500 in 24 schools annually. The program is a model operation.
For many years, the Association functioned with Board members performing staff duties. Violinist and conductor William Mullen became Association president in the 198384 season, and then segued into the position of Managing
2016
Festival of Song: bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch, soprano Keri Alkema, & pianists
Joseph Illick & Glen Roven
Festival of Song: Angela Meade, soprano & Joseph Illick, pianist
Festival of Song: Leah Crocetto, soprano & Tamara Sanikidze, pianist
Festival of Song: baritone Joshua Hopkins
tenor Ben Bliss, & pianist Joseph Illick
Stars of American Ballet (2)
Shanghai Acrobats
Havana Cuba All-Stars
Stephen Hough, pianist
The King’s Singers
PSF Orchestra Christmas Eve with Claire Huangci, pianist
PSF Orchestra New Year’s Eve
Free Family Opera: The Mikado
Roomful of Teeth
Notes on Music: Schubert
Cirque: The 7 Fingers
Well-Strung
Taj Express
2017
Festival of Song: Brief Encounters
Festival of Song: Anna Christy, soprano & Joseph Illick, pianist
Stars of American Ballet (2)
Festival of Song: Paula Murrihy mezzo-soprano & Tanya Blaich, pianist
Matt Haimovitz, cellist (2)
Dover Quartet with Edgar Meyer, bassist
The Soul of New Orleans with Irma Thomas, The Blind Boys of Alabama & The Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet
Julie Fowlis, Celtic singer
Tango Buenos Aires
Cécile McLorin Salvant, jazz singer
The Hot Sardines
Notes on Music: Beethoven
PSF Orchestra Christmas Eve with Joyce Yang, pianist
PSF Orchestra New Year’s Eve with Augustin Hadelich, violinist
Notes on Music: Bach
Angela Meade, soprano
BARBER OF SEVILLE
Vadim Gluzman, violinist
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Parsons Dance
Kronos Quartet
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Notes on Music: Brahms
Fred Hersch & Friends
2018
Stars of American Ballet (2)
A Far Cry with Simone Dinnerstein, pianist
Julian Sands, actor
SFJAZZ Collective
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Veronica Swift, jazz singer
Mark Morris Dance Group
John Pizzarelli with Catherine Russell
All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
Nicola Benedetti, violinist with Alexei Grynyuk, pianist
BODYTRAFFIC
Delfeayo Marsalis presents
the Uptown Jazz Orchestra
Danú
Havana Cuba All-Stars
Emanuel Ax, pianist
Emerson String Quartet
Los Angeles Master Chorale
2019
Festival of Song: Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano & Nathan Raskin, pianist
Festival of Song: mezzo-soprano
Susanne Mentzer, baritone Rod Gilfry & pianist Robert Tweten
Stars of American Ballet (2)
Julian Sands, actor
Third Coast Percussion
Schoen Movement Company
Billy Childs Quartet
Einav Yarden, piano
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, fiddlers
Kronos Quartet
Alicia Olatuja, jazz singer
The King’s Singers
Director. He was succeeded by conductor, pianist and composer Joe Illick in May 2008. Illick, former Artistic Director, guided the group astutely and even expanded the number of concert events and various outreach activities.
Performance Santa Fe’s history has spanned many world events: including WWII, The Korean War, Vietnam and more. But none had as much impact as the COVID-19 Pandemic when the world and our country shut down in early 2020. During those two years, Performance Santa Fe used the time to learn how to adapt in the face of adversity. Through all those challenges, one thing
Pablo Sáinz Villegas, guitarist
2020
Lara Downes
Festival of Song: Jack Swanson & Benjamin Taylor with pianist Robert Tweten
Festival of Song: Scott Comer & Alexandra LoBianco with pianist Robert Tweten
Stars of American Ballet
Festival of Song: Audrey Luna & Ryan McKinney with pianist Robert Tweten
iL Sico
Ray Chen & Julio Elizalde
Caleb Teicher & Company
Piaf! The Show
VOCES8
Theatre Re:
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Rhythmic Circus
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Eighth Blackbird
Alisa Weilerstein
Joyce DiDonato
Martha Graham Dance Company
Meow Meow
Los Romeros
Beatrice Rana
Jerusalem Quartet with Pinchas
Zukerman & Amanda Forsyth
Chanticleer
Vijay Iyer Sextet
Charlotte Ballet
Birds in the Moon
2021
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Tessa Lark
Yefim Bronfman
Jerusalem Quartet with Pinchas
Zukerman & Amanda Forsyth
Rhythmic Circus
KRONOS QUARTET, PHOTO: LENNY GONZALEZ
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Eighth Blackbird
Piaf! The Show
Alisa Weilerstein
Cecile McLorin Salvant
VOCE8
Martha Graham Dance Company
Beatrice Rana
Ray Chen & Julio Elizalde
Meow Meow
Lucy Negro Redux with Nashville Ballet & Rhiannon Giddens
Los Romeros
Selected Shorts
Gautier Capucon & Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Chanticleer
Vijay Iyer Sextet
Counterpoint with Caleb Teicher & Conrad Tao
Festival of Song: Tamara Wilson & Heidi
Melton with pianist Robert Tweten
Stars of American Ballet (2)
Festival of Song: Nicholas Brownlee & Elena
Villalon with pianist Robert Tweten
Festival of Song: Emily Fons and Jack Swanson with pianist Robert Tweten
Emerson Quartet
Eighth Blackbird
Helene Grimaud
Anat Cohen Quartetinho
Montrose Trio
Ensemble Basiani
Charles Lloyd Ocean Trio
Thomas Dunford
The Boston Camerata
Aaron Diehl Trio & Warren Wolf
Alisa Weilerstein
Mark Morris Dance Group
Susan Graham
Richard Goode
Late Night with Leonard Bernstein
Pablo Sainz-Villegas
Jupiter Ensemble with Lea Desandre
has remained constant – your support. The outpouring of generosity over that period allowed us to present exceptional digital performances to both local and global audiences and enabled us to shift our award-winning education programs to online platforms, serving more young people across the state than ever before.
In 2021, we resumed live, in-person concerts and took every measure possible to adhere to the highest standards of caution. The health and safety of our patrons, staff, artists, and volunteers was our highest priority. Our safety protocols were developed in collaboration with public health officials as CDC recommendations continued
Pablo Sainz-Villegas
Jupiter Ensemble with Lea Desandre
Ragamala Dance Company
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Wind
Ensemble with Simon Crawford-Phillips
The Tallis Scholars
Joshua Redman
2023
Stars of American Ballet (2)
Festival of Song 1:
Samantha Hackey & Huw
Montague Rendall with pianist Robert Tweten
Festival of Song 2: Ailyn Perez & Robert Watson with pianist Robert Tweten
Festival of Song 3: Lauren Snouffer &
Rolando Villason with pianist Robert Tweten
Transient Landscapes
Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein
Arturo Sandoval
Camilla Tilding & Emanuel Ax
Secret Byrd
Jessica Vosk
The
Brad Mehldau
Delfaeyo Marsalis and the Uptown Orchestra
Benjamin Grosvenor
Kronos Quartet
Kenny Baron & Regina Carter
Jordi Savall & Hesperion XXI
Takacs Quartet and Julian Labro
Isidore String Quartet
2024
Festival of Song 1: Jennifer Johnson Cano & Anthony Roth Costanzo with Robert Tweten
Festival of Song 2: Rachel Willis-Sorenson & Paula Murrihy with Robert Tweten
Festival of Song 3: David Portillo & Teresa Perrotta with Robert Tweten
Alexander Malofeev
Kristin Chenoweth
Contemporary West Dance Theatre
Winter Wassail
Aunties
DANIEL ULBRICHT MASTER CLASS, PHOTO: GABRIELLA MARKS
JORDI SAVALL & HESPÈRION XXI
to evolve. As we emerged, COVID spikes hurt our attendance, musicians needed to alter their tours, patrons’ fear of public gatherings continued, yet we persisted.
Soon, live music and dance made a comeback with a bravissimo that rang through the City Different. Through it all, we survived as we just completed our 87th season with 21 performances.
Sailing strongly ahead, Performance Santa Fe is wellpoised for the future. As we celebrate our lasting legacy of 88 years with the metaphor of 88 keys, each key represents a step higher. We are moving forward with a renewed spirit, a new look, a new website, and new leadership and staff to steer our future and maintain our mission.
JULIAN SANDS MASTER CLASS, PHOTO: GABRIELLA MARKS
ISIDORE STRING QUARTET
PERFORMANCE SANTA FE PRESENTS
JENNIFER JOHNSON CANO & ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO
WITH ROBERT TWETEN
SUNDAY, JULY 28 | 4:00 PM | SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE
JENNIFER JOHNSON CANO
Jennifer Johnson Cano has garnered critical acclaim for performances of both new and standard repertoire; lauded by the New York Times for her “richtoned mezzo-soprano” voice and by Opera News as a “matchless interpreter of contemporary opera.”
In summer 2023, Cano performs Mozart’s Requiem with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Bravo! Vail Festival Chorus under Yannick Nézet-Séguin and can be heard in concert with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Soceity and Music from Angel Fire. Her 2023-2024 season highlights include performances as Mistress Quickly in Falstaff at Houston Grand Opera; appearances with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Dallas, Chicago, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and National Symphonies; the Philadelphia premiere of Marc Neikrug’s A Song by Mahler with the FLUX Quartet. Next summer, she inaugurates the role of Michele in the world premiere of Gregory Spears’s The Righteous with Santa Fe Opera.
Cano undertakes a balance of orchestral, opera and chamber music performances each season. She has collaborated on numerous projects with the Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst as well as the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel in both the US and Europe. She has performed with the New York Philharmonic in both New York and Vail; Pittsburgh Symphony under Manfred Honeck; Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin; the Chicago Symphony and Riccardo Muti; and Atlanta Symphony under Nathalie Stutzman. Highlights of Cano’s operatic career have included performing the roles of Donna Elvira, Carmen and Offred with the Boston Lyric Opera; The Fox in The Cunning Little Vixen with the Cleveland Orchestra; the Mother, Dragonfly, and the Squirrel in L'enfant et les sortilèges with the San Francisco Symphony; performances of El Niño with John Adams and the London Symphony Orchestra; Carmen with the New Orleans Opera; and Orphée with the Des Moines Metro Opera and Opera Theatre
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“Dramatic intelligence and imagination suffused every note of Ms. Johnson Cano’s performance. Endowed with an attention-grabbing dark mezzo, its depths bracing like strong coffee, she seems to thrive in the role of a storyteller.”
— The New York Times
JENNIFER CANO, PHOTO: GRANT LEGAN
of Saint Louis. She has appeared in more than 100 performances on the stage at The Metropolitan Opera since her debut in the 2009-2010 season, most recently in the roles of Nicklausse, Emilia, Hansel, and Meg Page. Cano debuted the role of Virginia Woolf in the world premiere of Kevin Puts's The Hours with the Philadelphia Orchestra about which The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, “Every word was clear both in content and intention, and her mezzo-soprano tone was deeply alluring.”
Other recent roles have included Mother Marie in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites with Houston Grand Opera; Judith in Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle with Roanoke Opera; Donna Elvira with the Atlanta Opera; and Celeste in the world premiere of Gregory Spears's Castor and Patience with Cincinnati Opera.
A native of St. Louis, Cano earned degrees from Rice University and Webster University, where she was honored as a distinguished alumna and commencement speaker in May 2017. Her debut recital recording with pianist Christopher Cano, “Unaffected: Live from the Savannah Voice Festival,” was recorded live and unedited. She sings as a soloist on a live recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony and in Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah" with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. She also recorded Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble. Ms. Cano joined the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera after winning the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Among her honors are Winner of the Young Concert Artist International Auditions, a Sara Tucker Study Grant, a Richard Tucker Career Grant and a George London Award.
ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo began performing professionally at the age of 11 and has since appeared in opera, concert, recital, film, and on Broadway. He was recently awarded a GRAMMY, an Honorary Doctorate from Manhattan School of Music, a visiting fellowship from Oxford University, and the History Makers Award from the New York Historical Society. He is a distinguished visiting scholar at Harvard, a recipient of the 2020 Beverly Sills Award from the Metropolitan Opera, a winner of the 2020 Opera News Award, and Musical America’s 2019 Vocalist of the Year.
This coming season, he returns to the Metropolitan Opera in another title role, after two sold-out runs of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten, as Gluck’s Orfeo. His season also includes a chamber concert with the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, his Paris Opera Debut in a new production of Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel under the baton of the composer, a world premiere at Santa Fe Opera, solo recitals at the Kennedy Center and Boston Celebrity Series, a return to Madrid’s Teatro Real, his Wigmore Hall debut, performances at the new Perelman Arts Center in New York. Last season he was artist-in-residence with the New York Philharmonic, and artist-in-residence at Glimmerglass Opera, where he sang the title role in Rinaldo and performed with Natalie Merchant. He also returned to the Spoleto Festival USA for orchestra and chamber concerts, and he brought the show he created with Justin Vivian Bond, based on his second album for Decca Gold. His first album, with music by Glass and Handel, was nominated for a GRAMMY.
Costanzo has appeared with many of the world’s leading opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, English National Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Opera Philadelphia,
“Otherworldly” — The Wall Street Journal
Los Angeles Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Dallas Opera, Teatro Real Madrid, Spoleto Festival USA, Glimmerglass Festival, and Finnish National Opera. In concert he has sung with the New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, NDR at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, and Philharmonia Baroque, among others.
He has performed at many different types of venues including Carnegie Hall, Versailles, The Kennedy Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Sawdust, Minamiza Kyoto, Joe’s Pub, The Guggenheim, The Park Avenue Armory, and Madison Square Garden.
Costanzo works as a producer and curator in addition to performing, creating and producing the New York Philharmonic’s celebrated Bandwagon initiative during the Covid pandemic, as well as shows for The BBC Proms, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Opera Philadelphia, National Sawdust, Philharmonia Baroque, The Barnes Foundation, St. John The Divine, Princeton University, WQXR, The State Theater in Salzburg, Master Voices and Kabuki-Za Tokyo. To continue and expand these pursuits, he has received major support from the Mellon Foundation. He is a founding member of the American Modern Opera Company. In film, he played Francis in the Merchant Ivory feature, “A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries,” for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, and sings in the recent feature film “She Came to Me” with Anne Hathaway. He also operatically launched the purple M&M in a national commercial.
Costanzo’s other awards include first place in the Operalia competition, a Grand Finals Winner of the 2009 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a George London Award, a career grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation, and the first countertenor to win First Place in the Houston Grand Opera Eleanor McCullom competition, where he also won the audience choice prize. He has also received a Sullivan Foundation Award, and won First Place in the Opera Index Competition, the National Opera Association Vocal Competition, and the Jensen Foundation Competition.
He graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University, where he has returned to teach, and received his Masters of Music from the Manhattan School of Music, where he now serves on the board of Trustees. He is also on the board of National Black Theater. As of June 2024, Costanzo is the new General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia.
ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO
PERFORMANCE SANTA FE PRESENTS
WILLIAM GUANBO SU & PAULA MURRIHY
WITH ROBERT TWETEN
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 | 4:00 PM | SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE
WILLIAM GUANBO SU
Heralded by the New York Times for “musical taste, honest execution of Handelian ornaments and bel canto filigree, and a solid voice,” William Guanbo Su is a 2019 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Grand Finals winner.
In the 2023-24 season, he returns to the Metropolitan Opera as the Speaker in the company’s beloved English presentation of The Magic Flute as well as to Houston Grand Opera as the Bonze in Madama Butterfly. He makes company debuts with Seattle Opera as Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Santa Fe Opera as Masetto in Don Giovanni, and Utah Opera as Colline in La bohème. On the concert stage, he joins the American Symphony Orchestra as Simon in Handel’s Judas Maccabeus. Coming seasons see his company debuts with the Staatsoper Hamburg and Dallas Opera. Last season he sang his first performances of the Speaker in The Magic Flute in a return to the Metropolitan Opera as well as made further role debuts as Blitch in Susannah with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Colline in La bohème with Boston Lyric Opera, Alidoro in La Cenerentola with Opera Maine, and Bonze in Madama Butterfly at the Grand Tetons Music Festival. He also returned to Austin Opera as Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
His other recent performances include his Metropolitan Opera debut as the Jailer in Tosca as well as both Angelotti and the Jailer in the same title with Austin Opera. At the Aspen Music Festival, he sang his first performances of Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Garibaldo in Rodelinda.
He is a former member of the prestigious Studio of the Houston Grand Opera at which he sang Zuniga in Carmen, the First Officer in Dialogues des Carmélites, Second Armed Man in Die Zauberflöte—while also being responsible for Sarastro, Mandarin in Turandot—while also being responsible for Timur, and the Duke of Verona in Roméo et Juliette. He also sang the Usher in Rigoletto, but his scheduled performances of Sparafucile were cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. While a participant in the Académie Vocal Residence at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, he sang the Demon in Pergolesi’s Li prodigi della divina grazia nella conversione e more di San Guglielmo Duca di Aquitaina with Les Talent Lyriques.
As an ambassador for Opera for Peace, he sang Verdi’s “O tu Palermo” from I vespri siciliani for that organization’s digital concert celebrating World Opera Day 2020. He is a former Gerdine Young Artist of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, at which he sang Count Ceprano in Rigoletto and covered Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro. He joined Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Lyric Unlimited for its production of Perla’s An American Dream. While at The Juilliard School, he sang the Commendatore in Don Giovanni and Pluton in Hippolyte et Aricie.
His performances of Handel’s Messiah with the Portland Baroque Orchestra and Beethoven’s Mass in C in the 2019-20 season were also cancelled due to the pandemic. He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Cecilia Chorus of New York singing Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and returned to the stage a year later for Handel’s Messiah with the same organization.
In addition to winning the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Grand Finals, Mr. Su won second prize in the Eleanor McCollum Competition at Houston Grand Opera. He won first prize in the Liederkranz Foundation’s Song/Lieder Competition in 2017 and, in 2018, received third prize in the Gerda Lissner Opera Competition. He received his Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School and his Bachelor of Music Degree from the Manhattan School of Music. He completed further studies at the Franz Schubert Institute in Austria.
WILLIAM GUANBO SU
“Paula Murrihy is fantastic. With a beautiful, flattering soprano, she sings about her fate and the hope that a ship with her hero will appear on the horizon. Indeed, she acts as a proud pityful woman who can delight with a blossoming beautiful song at any time”
— Online Merker
PAULA MURRIHY, PHOTO: BARBARA AUMUÌLLER
PAULA MURRIHY
Irish Mezzo-Soprano Paula Murrihy enjoys a busy career working at the highest level in both Europe and the US. Previously a member of Oper Frankfurt’s acclaimed ensemble, her many roles in Frankfurt included Dido Dido and Aeneas, Lazuli L’étoile, Octavian Der Rosenkavalier, Medoro Orlando Furioso, and creating the role of Carmen in Barrie Kosky’s iconic production, which she also reprised in Frankfurt for their 2020 revival. Paula received her Bachelor of Music from DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama in Dublin before continuing her studies in North America at the New England Conservatory. She also participated in the BrittenPears Young Artist Programme, San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program and as an apprentice at Santa Fe Opera.
This season, Paula makes her role and company debut as Prince Charmant Cendrillon at the Opéra de Paris. Elsewhere on the operatic stage, she returns to Santa Fe Opera as Octavian Der Rosenkavalier and reprises the role of Dejanira in Barrie Kosky’s Hercules at the Komische Oper Berlin, following her highly praised performance in the production premiere at Oper Frankfurt last season.
In concert, Paula sings Mozart Requiem in Chicago with Music of the Baroque conducted by Dame Jane Glover, Sandström’s The High Mass with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Ryan Bancroft, and Marguerite in a concert performance of Le Damnation de Faust with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
She also performs solo recitals, both at Oper Frankfurt alongside pianist and longtime collaborator Tanya Blaich, and at the Wigmore Hall, London. Next season’s highlights include the role of Fox Cunning Little Vixen at Opéra de Paris and Waitress in a new production of Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence at the Semperoper Dresden. Last season, Paula returned to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden to sing the role of Donna Elvira Don Giovanni directed by Kasper Holten, followed by the title role Carmen for her company debut at the Det Kongelige Teater Copenhagen. Her recent notable debuts include singing Komponist in Katie Mitchell’s production of Ariadne auf Naxos at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, the title role Ariodante in a livestreamed concert performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Christian Curnyn and for her house debut at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, her debut as Orfeo in a concert performance of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice with Opera North conducted by Laurence Cummings and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, and her company debut at the Metropolitan Opera, as Stéphano Roméo et Juliette.
Further operatic highlights include Idamante in Peter Sellars’ production of Idomeneo for the Salzburg Festival, Ruggiero Alcina and Orlofsky Die Fledermaus for Santa Fe Opera, Nicklausse Les Contes d’Hoffmann conducted by Marc Minkowski and Dorabella Cosi fan tutte both at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, the title role in Fauré’s Pénélope for Frankfurt Opera, Sesto La Clemenza di Tito and Octavian Der Rosenkavalier for Dutch National Opera, Concepcion L’heure Espagnole and Cherubino Le Nozze di Figaro for the Opernhaus Zürich, Countess of Essex in Britten’s Gloriana for Teatro Real Madrid and for English National Opera, Dido Dido and Aeneas for Los Angeles Opera, Octavian Der Rosenkavalier at Staatsoper Stuttgart and appearances in her native Ireland as Judith in Bluebeard’s Castle, title role Carmen and Octavian Der Rosenkavalier with Irish National Opera.
PERFORMANCE SANTA FE PRESENTS
DAVID PORTILLO & LIV REDPATH
WITH ROBERT TWETEN
SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 | 4:00 PM | SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE
DAVID PORTILLO
Praised by Opera News for “high notes with ease, singing with a luxuriant warm glow that seduced the ear as he bounded about the stage with abandon,” American tenor David Portillo has established himself as a leading classical singer of his generation. Projects for current and recent seasons include Tamino in The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera, Septimius in a new production of Theodora with Theater an der Wien, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and the Italian Singer in Der Rosenkavalier with Santa Fe Opera, Ferrando in Così fan tutte with The Dallas Opera, Pirro in Ermione opposite Angela Meade and Lawrence Brownlee with Washington Concert Opera, Nadir in The Pearl Fishers with Austin Opera, Tonio in La fille du regiment with Minnesota Opera, Nemorino in L’elisir d’Amore with Calgary Opera, Dr. Richardson in Missy Mazzoli’s Breaking the Waves with Detroit Opera, Hades in Eurydice with Boston Lyric Opera, Henry in Die schweigsame Frau with Bard Festival and Don Ottavio in Osaka, Japan. He joins the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel for a world tour of Beethoven’s Fidelio as Jacquino, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra for the Messiah and Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings and select Mozart arias, and Jane Glover and Music of the Baroque as the title role in Handel’s Jephtha. In the 2021-2022 season, David performed Lurcanio in Ariodante with the Palau des les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, Spain, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Opéra de Lille and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with Pittsburgh Opera. An accomplished recitalist, David Portillo collaborated with pianist Craig Terry for appearances with Vocal Arts DC, Harris Theater and the Cleveland Art Song Festival.
In the 2020-2021 season, David Portillo performed the title role in a filmed version of Albert Herring with Minnesota Opera, originated the role of Jonathan Harker in the world premiere of John Corigliano and Marc Adamo’s Lord of Cries with Santa Fe Opera, gave a virtual recital with Valhalla Media Live and pianist Yasuko Oura, and was the tenor soloist in Bach’s B Minor Mass with Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. In the 2019-2020 season, Mr. Portillo returned to the Metropolitan Opera to debut the role of Steuermann in a new production of Der fliegende Holländer, conducted by Valery Gergiev as well as Tamino in the English version of The Magic Flute, a role he repeated with the Washington National Opera.
Past seasons on the operatic stage include appearances at the Metropolitan Opera (Count Almaviva, Eduardo in The Exterminating Angel, Camille de Rosillon in The Merry Widow, Chevalier de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, Jacquino in
Fidelio), Lyric Opera of Chicago (David in Die Meistersinger, Arbace in Idomeneo, Trin in La fanciulla del West, Andres in Wozzeck), Houston Grand Opera (Tamino, Count Almaviva), Dallas Opera (Don Ottavio), Opera Australia (Ferrando in Così fan tutte), Washington National Opera (Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola), Opera Philadelphia (Don Ottavio, Dr. Richardson in Breaking the Waves), Glyndebourne Festival (Tamino, David in Die Meistersinger), Opera Theatre of St. Louis (Don Ottavio; Ferrando), Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Pittsburgh Opera (Belmonte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail; Count Almaviva), San Diego Opera (Don Ramiro), Arizona Opera (Ralph Rackstraw, HMS Pinafore, Tonio), Palm Beach Opera (Count Almaviva, Ernesto in Don Pasquale), the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy (Ferdinand, The Tempest), and the Saito Kinen Festival in Japan (Gonzalve, L’heure espagnole).
Mr. Portillo has also made important European debuts in recent seasons, including the Wiener Staatsoper (Count Almaviva), Dutch National Opera (Pedrillo), Oper Frankfurt (Tamino), Bayerische Staatsoper (Pasquale, Orlando Paladino), The English Concert (Lurcanio in Ariodante), Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (Pedrillo, Lurcanio), and with Salzburg Festival (Don Gaspar in Donizetti’s La favorite).
With orchestra, David Portillo has appeared as the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Mass in C Major, and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Los Angeles Master Chorale for Mozart’s Requiem with Grant Gershon, a solo orchestral program of Italian repertoire with the San Antonio Symphony and Sebastian Lang-Lessing, the Minnesota Orchestra for performances of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, the New York Choral Society for Tippett’s A Child of our Time at Carnegie Hall, Verdi’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Phoenix Symphony and Colorado Music Festival, and Haydn’s Creation with the Colorado Music Festival.
“David Portillo’s clear, airy tenor was an ideal fit for the Chevalier de la Force, Blanche’s brother, colorful and light at its top.”
— New York Classical Review
DAVID PORTILLO, PHOTO: SIMON PAULY
“Liv Redpath as Ophélie impresses with crystal-clear, razor-sharp coloratura, which demands a lot of vocal artistry in the madness scene. Playful, attractive and with an intense expression, she is an ideal partner for her Hamlet.”
— Klassik Begeistert
LIV REDPATH
Hailed as possessing “such a radiant voice, effortless even in the highest register with breathtaking coloratura, the likes of which have not been heard for a long time” (Berliner Umschau), Liv Redpath is a leading soprano leggero who is quickly establishing herself in diverse operatic and symphonic repertoire around the world. In 2023/24, Ms. Redpath debuted at Royal Opera House and Staatsoper Hamburg as Lucia di Lammermoor in productions by Katie Mitchell and Amélie Niermeyer, conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti and Lorenzo Passerini, respectively. She debuted at The Metropolitan Opera as Oscar in David Alden’s Un ballo in maschera, conducted by Carlo Rizzi, returning for Pamina in The Magic Flute. Ms. Redpath reprised Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for The Atlanta Opera, and spent the summer with Santa Fe Opera as Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier. She enjoyed concert collaborations with Kirill Petrenko and Berliner Philharmoniker on Schoenberg: Die Jakobsleiter, Harry Bicket and The English Concert on L’incorinazione di Poppea, Bernard Labadie and Orchestra of St. Luke’s on Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Daniel Harding and The Cleveland Orchestra on Mahler’s 4th Symphony, Federico Cortese and Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra on Strauss’ Brentano Lieder, François López-Ferrer and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on Fauré’s Requiem, as well as concerts at Wigmore Hall and The Church in Sag Harbor. Highlights of previous seasons include Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl for their presentation of Icons on Inspiration with introduction by Julie Andrews; debuts with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest in a program comprised of the Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël and Schubert’s Mass in G under Vasily Petrenko as well as the Bregenzer Festspiele as Woglinde in Das Rheingold with the Wiener Symphoniker led by Andrés Orozco-Estrada; a return to Edinburgh International Festival to sing Naiad and cover Zerbinetta in concert performances of Ariadne auf Naxos; her role and house debut at Deutsche Oper Berlin singing Marguerite de Valois in David Alden’s production of Les Huguenots under the baton of Alexander Vedernikov; Crobyle in concerts of Thaïs with Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis and recorded for release on the Chandos label, subsequently winning a 2021 Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year.
Ms. Redpath has been engaged by The Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Seattle Symphony, Cincinnati Opera, Aspen Music Festival, Scottish Opera, New York Festival of Song, Wolf Trap Opera, Pacific Symphony, Tesserae Baroque, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Los Angeles Master Chorale. Conductors with whom she has collaborated include William Christie, James Levine, James Conlon, Emmanuel Villaume, Christophe Rousset, James Gaffigan, and Barbara Hannigan, as well as stage directors Tim Albery, Mark Lamos, James Robinson, Francesca Zambello, Paul Curran, Ed Berkley, John Neumeier, Omer Ben Seadia, Louisa Muller, and Thaddeus Strassberger. Her wide-ranging operatic repertoire includes Le nozze di Figaro, Hänsel und Gretel, Ariadne auf Naxos, Béatrice et Bénédict, Orphée et Eurydice, Dido and Aeneas, Cendrillon, Die Zauberflöte, Lakmé, Les contes d’Hoffmann, Die Fledermaus, Les mamelles de Tirésias, The Golden Cockerel, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Candide, and L’enfant et les sortilèges. Her orchestral and chamber assignments have included Messiah (Handel), Choral Fantasy (Beethoven), Nelson Mass (Haydn), Mass in C major (Beethoven), Songs of Ascent(Kirchner), Requiem (Mozart), La resurrezione (Handel), String Quartet No. 2 (Schoenberg), Philomel (Babbitt), Gloria(Poulenc), and Hodie (Vaughan-Williams).
A graduate of Harvard University and The Juilliard School, Ms. Redpath is a former Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist with the Los Angeles Opera.
ROBERT TWETEN
Robert Tweten has performed extensively as both a pianist and conductor throughout the USA and his native Canada, and currently holds the positions of Head of Music Staff for The Santa Fe Opera, and Music Director of Graduate Opera Studies for the New England Conservatory.
The position, Head of Music Staff, was created by The Santa Fe Opera for Robert in 2000. He has been on the podium for a number of productions during his tenure, most recently conducting performances of Falstaff during the 2022 season.
Tweten has enjoyed a long relationship with Utah Opera/Symphony where he has conducted eighteen productions since his debut in 2005, and other companies he has collaborated with include the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Calgary Opera, Vancouver Opera, Florentine Opera, Opera San Antonio, Kentucky Opera, Edmonton Opera, Dayton Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, and Sarasota Opera.
Tweten’s recent projects have included conducting orchestral concerts with the Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra, La Calisto, Die Fledermaus and La Bohème with NEC, as well as leading The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs and La Bohème for Utah Opera, and the North American premiere of Roberto Scarcella Perino’s, Furiosus at Merkin Hall in New York.
Equally at home as a pianist, Robert has performed throughout the world with many of the industry’s most prominent singers in venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Los Angeles’ Disney Hall, Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu, Vienna’s Konzerthaus, and the Salzburg Festival. Recent recitals include a four recital series for the inaugural season of the Sag Harbor Song Festival, of which he is Music Director. Upcoming performances include SHSF recitals with Teresa Perrotta, Erika Baikoff, Samantha Hankey, Duke Kim, Justin Austin and William Guanbo Su, as well as leading productions of Sweeney Todd for Utah Opera, Later the Same Evening and Susannah at NEC, and Rigoletto for Pacific Opera Victoria.
ROBERT TWETEN, PHOTO: TIRA HOWARD
PERFORMANCE SANTA FE PRESENTS
ALEXANDER MALOFEEV
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28 | 7:30 PM | ST. FRANCIS AUDITORIUM
Alexander Malofeev came to international prominence when, in 2014, he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians at age thirteen. Reviewing the performance, Amadeus noted, “Contrary to what could be expected of a youngster…he demonstrated not only high technical accuracy but also an incredible maturity. Crystal clear sounds and perfect balance revealed his exceptional ability.” Since this triumph, Malofeev has quickly established himself as one of the most prominent pianists of his generation.
Highlights of the 2023-24 season included Malofeev’s return to the Bournemouth Symphony for a multi-concert residency, a solo tour in China, and a European tour with Filarmonica della Scala and Riccardo Chailly, as well as performances at the Munich Isarphilharmonie, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, and Carnegie Hall. He will perform with the National Symphony Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under Kent Nagano, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under Marin Alsop, and many others.
Alexander Malofeev performs with some of the most well-known orchestras around the world including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, State Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosi", Baltic Sea Philharmonic Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Orchestre National de Lille, and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. He regularly appears with the most distinguished conductors on stage today, including Mikhail Pletnev, Myung-Whun Chung, Charles Dutoit, Michael Tilson Thomas, Alain Altinoglu, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, JoAnn Falletta, Susanna Mälkki, Lionel Bringuier, Alondra de la Parra, Marcelo Lehninger, Kazuki Yamada, Juraj Valcuha, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Kristjan Jarvi, Kirill Karabits, Vladimir Spivakov, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Vasily Petrenko, Andris Poga, and Fabio Luisi, among others.
ALEXANDER MALOFEEV, PHOTO: LIUDMILA MALOFEEVA
ALEXANDER MALOFEEV, PHOTO: LIUDMILA MALOFEEVA
He has been a guest of renowned music festivals and series including Verbier Festival, International de Piano de La Roque d’Anthéron Festival, Rheingau Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Tsinandali Festival, Master Pianists Series, and Celebrity Series of Boston.
Malofeev was born in Moscow in October 2001. Now residing in Berlin, he continues to give concerts at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, where he opened the 30th anniversary concert of the renowned Meester Pianists series. Other recent highlights include concerts at Teatro alla Scala, Musikverein Wien, Kurhaus Wiesbaden, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Munich Herkulessaal, Philharmonie de Paris, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Theater of the Champs-Elysees, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Roma, Teatro Putruzzelli in Bari, Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Australia, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, and the Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman.
In addition to his First Prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, he has won numerous awards and prizes at international competitions and festivals, including the Grand Prix of the first International Competition for Young Pianists Grand Piano Competition, the Premio Giovane Talento Musicale dell’anno and Best Young Musician of 2017. Also in 2017, Alexander Malofeev became the first Young Yamaha Artist.
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“The latest phenomenon of the Russian piano school” — Corriere della Sera
“Alexander Malofeev manifests the piano mastery of the new millennium in itself”
— Il Giornale
“Malofeev’s artistry is truly remarkable for a young pianist who is at the beginning of what hopefully will be a long and fruitful career.”
— Boston Classical Review
PERFORMANCE SANTA FE PRESENTS
KRISTIN CHENOWETH
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21 | 7:30 PM | THE LENSIC
Emmy® and Tony® Award winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth’s career spans film, television, voice-over and stage. In 2015, Chenoweth received a coveted star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2009, she received an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in “Pushing Daisies.” In 1999, she won a Tony Award for “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” and she was nominated for her original role of Glinda the Good Witch in “Wicked” in 2004. Chenoweth has been nominated for two Emmy Awards and for a People’s Choice Award for her role on “Glee.” Chenoweth earned a Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for her lead role in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s “On the Twentieth Century.” She also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Drama League Award for the role.
Her next major project is the development of the newly announced musical based on the award-winning 2012 documentary The Queen of Versailles and the life of beauty queen, socialite and TV personality Jacqueline “Jackie” Siegel. Chenoweth is attached to star and produce through her production banner Diva Worldwide Entertainment. The project, described as “a new musical exploring the true cost of fame, fortune, and family,” will reteam her with her Wicked composer, Stephen Schwartz, who is on board to write the music.
Chenoweth can currently be seen in the second season of Apple TV+’s acclaimed musical-comedy series “Schmigadoon!” which premiered in April. She received a Critics’ Choice Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, for her role as Mildred Layton in the first season.
In January 2023, Chenoweth released her hilarious and insightful gift book, “I'm No Philosopher, But I Have Thoughts: For Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us” -- meaningful and meme-worthy philosophical musings on connection, creativity, loss, love, faith, and closure. She recently released her first picture book “What Will I Do with My Love Today?,” a heart-warming and sweet tale about a young girl who shares her love through acts of generosity around New York City. Chenoweth is an editor
KRISTIN CHENOWETH
and participant in an essay book, “My Moment: 106 Women on Fighting for Themselves” which released in May 2022.
In 2009, she wrote an upliftingly candid, comedic chronicle of her life so far, “A Little Bit Wicked,” which debuted on the New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction Best Seller List. Chenoweth recently teamed up with Kenny Ortega and Monarch Media Team to produce the docuseries, “1300 Miles to Broadway”, inspired by her theatre program, Broadway Bootcamp. The “1300 Miles to Broadway” series follows 8th –12th graders as they navigate the world of performing arts through master classes in acting, singing, and dancing as they prepare for a future as performers and artists.
Chenoweth released her latest holiday album “HAPPINESS is…Christmas!” in 2021. Filled with holiday classics both old and new, the set highlights her favorite time of year. Chenoweth released her album “For The Girls,” debuting at #3 on the
Current Pop Albums chart and #11 on the Billboard Top Albums chart. Her heartfelt tribute to great female singers throughout history, Chenoweth celebrated the release with a return to the Broadway stage in November 2019, for an eight-performance concert engagement at the Nederlander Theatre.
Chenoweth has performed to sold-out audiences across the world, including performances at Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall. Chenoweth released “The Art of Elegance,” her album of American Songbook classics via Concord Records. The album debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Current Jazz and Traditional Jazz charts, and #1 on Amazon’s Vocal Pop chart. Chenoweth also returned to the stage in her limited engagement “My Love Letter To Broadway,” receiving rave reviews. In 2014, she released a CD and DVD of her own live concert performance, “Kristin Chenoweth: Coming Home.” Chenoweth performed with The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra in their annual Christmas concert. The concert aired on PBS and BYUtv in December 2019.
Notable television roles include appearances in “American Gods,” “Trial & Error,” “The West Wing,” Disney’s “Descendants” and “The Muppets.” Chenoweth starred in the holiday film “A Christmas Love Story,” which premiered on Hallmark Channel. and hosted the Food Network competition series “Candy Land.”
Chenoweth was seen starring in the sports drama “National Champions.” She also starred in the Netflix film “Holidate,” and voiced the character Daisy in the HBO Max film “The Witches.” She voiced the role of Gabi in the hit animated film “Rio 2” and Fifi, Snoopy’s beloved French poodle in "The Peanuts Movie." She starred in the indie teen drama entitled "Hard Sell" and additional film credits have included “The Boy Next Door,” “Deck the Halls,” “Twelve Men of Christmas,” “Four Christmases,” “RV,” “Bewitched,” “The Pink Panther,” “Hit & Run” and “Family Weekend.” She also starred in NBC’s “Hairspray Live!” as Velma Von Tussle. Chenoweth voiced the role of Princess Skystar in Lionsgate/Hasbro’s “My Little Pony: The Movie,” and can also be heard in the Sony Pictures animated film “The Star.”
Chenoweth is a passionate supporter of charities which dedicate their time and efforts to helping those in need. She formed a charity partnership with the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center (BAPAC) Foundation in her home state of Oklahoma. Chenoweth's accomplishments were honored by her hometown with BAPAC naming "The Kristin Chenoweth Theatre" in 2012. Partnering with the BAPAC in a labor of love, Kristin launched an annual Broadway Bootcamp in 2015, providing young Broadway hopefuls with the opportunity to take classes, hold performances and learn from top mentors in the entertainment industry including Kristin herself. In her lifelong mission to cultivate arts education across the globe, Chenoweth has also created “Places! The Kristin Chenoweth Tour Experience," a unique educational program for young singers that puts them right next to her performing on stage. Each concert in Chenoweth’s ongoing tour will feature local participants from higher education conservatories, universities, and colleges for the immersive educational experience.
Chenoweth is a graduate of Oklahoma City University with a Master’s degree in Opera Performance. She is an inductee into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, as well as the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.
PERFORMANCE SANTA FE PRESENTS
CONTEMPORARY WEST DANCE THEATRE
SATURDAY, APRIL 5 | 7:30 PM | THE LENSIC
OUR MISSION
The mission of Continuing the Legacy Dance Foundation is to continue the American Legacy of excellence in dance by creating opportunities to nurture, educate and advance future artists. The Continuing the Legacy Dance Foundation supports Contemporary West Dance Theatre and Contemporary West Dance Conservatory.
OUR VISION
It is our vision that the Contemporary West Dance Theatre and its artists join in America’s diverse cultural tapestry as cultural ambassadors, by helping present and preserve the arts through the universal language of dance. Proud of its thriving arts community Based in Las Vegas, CWDT path is to share dance’s many rituals with communities all over the world.
OUR STORY
Contemporary West Dance Theatre (CWDT), formerly known as the Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater, is a multicultural nonprofit organization that was founded in March 2007 by Bernard H. Gaddis and Charmaine Hunter. CWDT is Las Vegas’ premiere contemporary modern dance company, named by the Las Vegas Review Journal as one of the “Fab Four” arts organizations in Nevada. The company has a dance methodology that integrates classical and modern paradigms with an athleticism that gives audiences a more profound dance experience. CWDT dancers are passionate, relatable and highly skilled and have been bringing virtuoso performances to the stage that have excited and inspired audiences around the world for over a decade. With well over sixty ballets, CWDT continues to build its vault with works by both well-renowned and up-and-coming choreographers. Consistent with the CWDT brand, the repertoire is made of sophisticated modernist choreography that combines tangible spiritual elegance with grace, which have proven highly impactful and connects strongly with their audiences. Forging new growth in the community, CWDT offers local arts and education outreach programming, and both national and international touring performance opportunities for dance artists. The company has also recently embarked on the journey to becoming an accredited conservatory in the fine art of dance.
“The audience was gasping with astonishment as the dancers of CWDT kept going, proving relentlessly how superhuman their endurance, preparation, and technique were. It was absolutely awe-inspiring.”
— Desert Companion Magazine
About the Founder/Artistic Director
Bernard Gaddis’ dance studies began in Philadelphia at the High School for Performing Arts, under the tutelage of Ms. Althea Leslie, Judy Oruska, & David Kloss. He received numerous awards and scholarships while in high school, including a full scholarship to the prestigious Governor’s School for the performing Arts. Mr. Gaddis has also received scholarships to the Pennsylvania Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem, Princeton Ballet, & The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Bernard’s first professional dance experience was with The Philadelphia Dance Co. (Philadanco) at the age of fifteen being the youngest male to ever join the co. quickly became a principal dancer in his second year. Mr. Gaddis also became the Founder, Artistic Director & Choreographer of Philadanco’s second performing company D2. The company is in its fourteenth year and is still growing strong. Bernard has received numerous awards for his role as Artistic Director & Choreographer including the prestigious award for Men Making a Difference in the city of Philadelphia presented to him by Senator Chakka Fattah.
After leaving Philadelphia, Bernard traveled to New York City where he became the Principal Dancer with The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater under the artistic directorship of the renowned dancer and choreographer Ms. Judith Jamison. He spent seven years as a principal dancer with the company performing such works as Revelations, Memoria, Episodes, A Hymn for Alvin Ailey, and many other famous ballets. Bernard has traveled throughout the world and has performed for the Queen of England, Nelson Mandela and the former President of the United States Bill Clinton & and has performed in famous theaters such as the Paris Opera House, Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera house, The Kennedy Center Theater, The Lincoln Center Theater, The Tivoli Theater Copenhagen, The Bolshoi Theater, among the few. Bernard also Joined the La cast of The Broadway Musical The Lion King as a lead Dancer and chorus singer where he work with renowned director Julie Tamour. Mr., Gaddis is currently a Principal Dancer & Choreographer for Cirque Du Soleil’s Las Vegas shows Zumanity and Mystere. Bernard has successfully produced directed and choreographed two sold out Benefit concerts (Dance for Life 1 and II) raising money for Women’s Breast Cancer and Children living with HIV and Aids, in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Mr. Gaddis is currently the Event Coordinator and Artistic Director for a Los Angeles based Entertainment co. (Cienega Entertainment Group) Bernard has performed with various companies as a Guest artist, such as Oakland Ballet, Ballet Pacifica, The Koresh Dance co. The Pennsylvania Ballet and the Paris Company Zingaro.
Bernard has had the privilege of having ballets created and remounted on him by renowned choreographers such as Alvin Ailey, Judith Jamison, Talley Beatty, Ulysses’ Dove, Jerome Robins, Donald Mc Kayle, Garth Fagan, Geoffrey Holder, Gene Hill Sagan, Lester Horton, Lynn Taylor Corbett, Brenda Way, Lar Lubovitch, Hans Van Manen, Jawole Willa Jo Pillar, Ronald K. Brown, Milton Myers, Dwight Roden, Katherine Dunham, Billy Wilson, Elisa Monte and Pearl Primus. Bernard has been taught by some of the most famous teachers in the world teachers such as Ms. Marion Cujett, Ms. Delores Brown, Ms. Sandra Fortune, Maurice Bejart, and Katharine Dunham. Jose Mier, Frank Hatchett & Jimmy Truitt. Mr. Gaddis abilities extend into Modeling and Television being a Guest Artist for The young & the Restless, a repeat guest for The Jay Leno Show, The Lady of soul Awards, Home & Garden TV. Arsenio Hall, The Sinbad Show, and featured Artist for The Glaad Awards. His Modeling Credits shows he has worked with some of the top photographers of our time. Jack Mitchell, Howard Schatz, Scott Ashton, Andrew Eccles, Marc Bapitse, Lois Greenfield, Bernard has been in top magazines British GQ, ZINK, Essence, Time, News Week, Dance Magazine, Dancer Magazine, & Vogue. Mr. Gaddis has also had the privilege to be the AGMA union representative for the Alvin AILEY dance theater. His duties were to negotiate The Artist Contracts for the years 1998-2000 also fundraising and grant writing for Philadanco’s Second Co. Mr. Gaddis has also been published for his photography in The International Library of Photography for his photo dancers “Bodies in Motion” Mr. Gaddis is also a Master Teacher in Horton, Ballet, Dunham, & African, and has given Lectures at various Universities and Colleges around the United States.
Education Retrospective
In close partnership with local education agencies, Performance Santa Fe’s award-winning education programs bring the vibrant world of music, dance, and theater to life for the young people of our community. These programs seek to enhance the role of the performing arts by inspiring greater awareness of their educational, cognitive, and emotional power.
By encouraging an active and experiential study of the arts, Performance Santa Fe advances the belief that all human beings are inherently creative. These programs are designed to build on that creativity by equipping schoolchildren with the skills necessary for a life-long engagement with the arts and an understanding of their essential contribution to enlightened citizenship.
Every year, we provide inspiring performances, innovative programs, and life-changing interaction with world-renowned performing artists to more than 3,000 students in 24 local schools. These programs serve as a catalyst for academic achievement, enriched creativity, mental well-being, and personal growth.
Performance Santa Fe offers all its education programs at no cost to participants, reflecting our mission to bring joy and enrichment to community members otherwise unable to access top-tier arts education. These programs are funded entirely by foundations, grants, and individual donors.
Performance Santa Fe offers discounts to its year-round performance season to students, educators, families, and patrons under 30.
DANIEL ULBRICHT MASTER CLASS, PHOTO: GABRIELLA MARKS
BILLY CHILDS MASTER CLASS, PHOTO: NICHOLAS CUETO
VICKI BELL SCHAEVITZ, PHOTO: TIRA HOWARD
Arts for Life Mentors
VICKI BELL SCHAEVITZ
Vicki Bell Schaevitz moved to Santa Fe, NM in late 2020 from Sacramento, CA, where she previously performed and taught flute for 30 years. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Boston University under the tutelage of James Pappoutsakis, and received a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance from the University of Colorado.
Prior to moving to Santa Fe, Vicki performed with the Sacramento Philharmonic, the Folsom Lake Symphony, the Auburn Symphony, and with numerous chamber groups, duos, and trios, including the Camellia City Flute Choir. Since coming to Santa Fe, she has performed with the Concordia Wind Orchestra, NM Performing Arts Society, and National Dance Institute. She is currently a board member and flutist in the Santa Fe Flutes and frequently performs at National Flute Association annual conventions in the Adult professional flute choir. Vicki is a certified Suzuki Flute Instructor. She currently teaches flute at Capital High School, Santa Fe High School and several middle schools in the SF area, as well as to a dozen private students, both in person and remotely.
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“I’m teaching for Performance Santa Fe about six hours a week, and what’s fascinating is I teach at all levels, from fifth grade beginners, this is all on the flute, I have a middle school group, and some of those are beginners, some of those are a little more advanced, and then I have some high school students, and some ninth graders that are beginners, and I have some eleventh graders that are very advanced, and perform in the honor ensembles throughout the state. I’m really proud of those kids, all of them, from beginning to end.”
MICHAEL BURT, JR., PHOTO: LELAND CHAPLIN
Arts for Life Mentors
MICHAEL BURT JR.
Michael Burt Jr. is a dynamic American multi-instrumentalist, teaching artist and composer living and working in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Born in Petersburg, Virginia, he is from a long line of teachers; both his mother and grandmother answered the call. Michael’s skill with musicality revealed itself at an early age when he taught himself to play the upright bass. Michael’s history with the blues is legendary within his family, and he began performing professionally at eleven years old. A natural teacher, Michael has mentored young people for over 20 years in both public and private schools. He can be found teaching in music departments at Nelson Mandela Charter School and Santa Fe High. He also regularly performs at historic La Fonda Hotel, Sky Railway Santa Fe, Meow Wolf, SITE Santa Fe, among other venues. Michael’s 2023-2024 Master Artist Workshop series introduced students to ‘the body as keeper and origin of song’ by way of an immersion into the rich traditions of blues music and original songwriting.
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“I think the greatest thing about Performance Santa Fe supporting schools is that (by way of us professional musicians) the kids experience not just the expectations of the teachers, but the perspective of someone committed to personal excellence and accountability at music. I like for my students to understand that they shape my personal success as well. So if I get booked a part or have a concert I try to be as transparent as possible about the process of work I am putting in and obviously they are invited to come to concerts or shows if they can!! Through PSF I have aided many kids to making All-State orchestra and band on various instruments, Superior ratings at festival and MPA’s, and at this point entrances in some great schools: Oberlin, U-Cal, North Texas, University of Denver to name a few. I am just truly grateful to be a part of this amazing organization!”
““I think one of the best things and most generous things about Performance Santa Fe is the way they engage with the community. They do a really inspiring and wonderful job bringing in younger communities and inspiring the next generation to really have a love for this kind of music.” -- Phoenix Avalon
Inspiring Origins
COMING FULL CIRCLE
PHOENIX AVALON
Phoenix returned to his roots when the Isidore’s String Quartet premiered in Santa Fe last season. Phoenix (age 23) is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School where he worked under the tutelage of Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin as a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship.
Originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Phoenix began his violin studies at age three with Rick Lohmann and Carmelo de los Santos. Since then, he has attended the Meadowmount School of Music, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, the Perlman Music Program, and was a scholarship student at the Cleveland Institute of Music Young Artist Program studying with Jaime Laredo and Jan Sloman. Phoenix has studied chamber music extensively with members of the Cavani String Quartet, the Juilliard String Quartet, and the Cleveland Quartet.
As a soloist, Phoenix has performed across the United States and Europe and has enjoyed engagements with the Jena Philharmonic, the Cleveland POPS Orchestra, the Boulder Symphony, the Arapahoe Philharmonic, the New Mexico Philharmonic, and Performance Santa Fe Orchestras. He has been featured on USA national radio programs Performance Today and From the Top, as well as giving a solo presentation for TedXABQ.
Phoenix’s competition awards include First Prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition as a member of the Isidore String Quartet, First Prize at the Louis Spohr International Violin Competition, Third Prize at the Johansen International Competition and Silver Medal at The Fischoff National Chamber Music Association as a member of the Razumovsky Quartet. He is honored to also be a recipient of a 2019 EMCY Prize and the Davis New Mexico Arts Excellence Scholarship.
Phoenix is a founding member of the Isidore String Quartet. Formed in 2019, the ISQ has attended the Ravinia Steans Institute, received first prize and the Haydn prize at the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition, and was most recently honored with the 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant.
Actively dedicated to community service, Phoenix has played for numerous fundraisers and outreach programs, and has developed and toured an interactive presentation of classical music history for school children as part of ‘From the Top’s Leadership Training’. Phoenix performs on a G.B. Guadagnini violin, Milan 1753 “Ex-Birkitt”, on loan from Rare Violins In Consortium, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative.
Masterclass Series
Through the Masterclass Series, aspiring young musicians, dancers, and actors in Northern New Mexico have the unique opportunity to interact and work closely with the internationally renowned artists we present in an intimate master class setting. These intensive experiences, offered to intermediate and advanced students pursuing the arts, allow hundreds of students each year to receive individualized instruction from artistic luminaries, inspiring them to dream of a career in the arts. Performance Santa Fe has offered several master classes during the with artists including Daniel Ulbricht, Aaron Diehl, Alisa Weilerstein, Mark Morris Dance Company, and more.
Performance Santa Fe’s education programs are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs. We also acknowledge Beth Beloff and Marc Geller; Selby and Douglas Key; Enterprise Bank and Trust; Thornburg Investment Management; The Life Center Foundation; The Lineberry Foundation; Los Alamos National Labs Foundation; Santa Fe Hestia Fund; The Synàkos Foundation, as well as the many supporters who generously underwrite these free programs. We are grateful to the involved and community-driven Education Committee for their dedication to bringing these programs to life.
MARK MORRIS MASTER CLASS, PHOTO: GABRIELLA MARKS
NICOLA BENEDETTI MASTER CLASS, PHOTO: GABRIELLA MARKS
Our Board
PRESIDENT
Leah Gordon
VICE PRESIDENT
Natalie Beller
TREASURER
Jack Larson
SECRETARY
Bronwyn Poole
2024-2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Natalie Beller
Cynthia Coleman
Leah Gordon
Leslie Jones
Jack Larson
Michelle Midyette
Timothy Mitchell
Tracy Mobley-Martinez
Bronwyn Poole
Dinah Reddick
Kathleen Reidy
PSF FOUNDATION
Timothy Mitchell, President
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Michelle Midyette
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Reflections
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“We had everything from early medieval music to contemporary dance and the native storytelling. So really just a wide variety. And I think what that meant was there’s something for everyone. I’m very curious and always liking to try something new, but if there’s somebody who says, Oh no, I only really want to see ballet, they could do that. If they only wanted to hear classical music, they could do that. So I think we have such a variety that allows people to choose what they like or come to everything. I love the fact that we’re bringing really extraordinary talent to the city of Santa Fe.”
-- Bronwyn Poole, PSF Board Secretary
“My husband and I really love ballet, so we really have enjoyed when they bring American Ballet Theatre to town. I always liked dance, and when I lived in San Francisco, I was involved with the ballet in terms of fundraising. I just love the energy and what you get when you look at what the talent that these young people have. And with jazz, I just like the music, and I’m not a rock and roll person, and I like piano and I like classical, but I like the energy that you get when you go to a performance and it’s lively. It is fascinating to watch the way people play, and I think it’s the energy that I love on the stage.”
-- Cynthia Coleman, PSF Board Director
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“I think we need to, as a non profit, do all sorts of different things and to increase the audience. And almost all of it has to do with music. And there’s so many different kinds of music. Ten years ago, we didn’t do jazz. And jazz has become one of our biggest sellers of music, for example. Now, I’m, you know, the kind of person who likes to listen to Mendelssohn, and if I were in charge, I would do more of that. But the answer is, everybody has their own tastes, and we should try to continue with the mission, which is to bring the best of the best, but of all different kinds of genres.”
-- Timothy Mitchell, President, PSF Foundation Board
“The performances recently have been extraordinary. Like Jordi Savall. I’ve really not heard Baroque music or thought that I had. And his rendition and explanation and the people in the group just brought it to life. in such perspective that it was really, it makes you want to go back and study and study the instruments and, and the cultures that intermingle to create that kind of music. Takács Quartet was something else that was amazing. And I think probably my favorites occur at the Scottish Rite when some of the people from the opera come in. Because they’re so extraordinary on such a level. And you get to be with them to not just see the performance, but then to discuss the performance later when they gather for coffee at the upper auditorium at the Scottish Rite.”
-- Kathleen Reidy, PSF Board Director
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MARK MORRIS MASTER CLASS, PHOTO: GABRIELLA MARKS
Igor Stravinsky in Santa Fe.
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a composer and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music.
Stravinsky’s musical genius and his cultural presence in Santa Fe added Santa Fe to the global cultural map as a contemporary music scene mecca, bringing the most current and influential contemporary music to historic Santa Fe and adding a new dimension to the City.
PHOTO: HORST TAPPE/ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA,
The History of Santa Fe Since 1937
by Curt Doty
Santa Fe, New Mexico, the oldest state capital in the United States, has a rich history that has evolved significantly since 1937. This period marked a turning point in the city’s cultural and social landscape, driven by various developments, including the establishment of the Santa Fe Concert Association.
In 1937, Santa Fe was already known for its unique blend of Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo cultures, which contributed to its distinct architectural style, vibrant art scene, and rich traditions. The city’s historic charm, with its adobe buildings and winding streets, attracted artists, writers, and intellectuals seeking inspiration from its serene and picturesque environment.
The Santa Fe Concert Association (SFCA), founded in 1937, played a pivotal role in enriching the city’s cultural fabric. It was a participant in Columbia Artists Management’s famed Community Concerts program, which toured international artists all over the country through a network of local presenters. Its mission was to bring world-class musical performances to the local community, thereby fostering an appreciation for the arts. Over the decades, SFCA has hosted numerous renowned artists and ensembles, from classical music virtuosos to contemporary performers, making Santa Fe a significant hub for musical excellence.
One of many venues for Performance Santa Fe was the Lensic Theater, which had opened in 1931. The Lensic became a hub of Santa Fe social life primarily showing movies, which proved to be a great distraction and place of escapism during the Depression and the war years that followed.
The Trapp Family Singers started touring America in 1938 after their escape from Austria. The Trapp Family Singers Tour Manager was Frederick (Freddy C.) Schang of Columbia Concerts and Publicist Alix B. Williamson. They performed in Santa Fe in 1941 as part of their third transcontinental tour of the U.S. (photos courtesy of von Trapp family)
Following World War II, Santa Fe experienced significant growth and transformation. The influx of new residents and visitors, drawn by the city’s artistic allure and natural beauty, spurred economic development. The city expanded its cultural offerings, with galleries, museums, and cultural institutions proliferating. The annual Santa Fe Indian Market, established in the early 20th century, continued to grow in prominence, celebrating Native American art and culture.
Throughout the latter half of the 20th century and into the 21st, Santa Fe has balanced modernization with preservation. The Santa Fe Concert Association evolved into Performance Santa Fe, broadening its scope to include not only music but also dance and theater, thus reflecting the diverse artistic interests of the community. Performance Santa Fe remains a cornerstone of the city’s cultural life, showcasing a wide range of performances that attract audiences from near and far.
Today, Santa Fe is a vibrant, cosmopolitan city that honors its historical roots while embracing contemporary arts and culture. It boasts numerous festivals, such as the Santa Fe Opera, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and the International Folk Art Market, all contributing to its reputation as a cultural mecca.
Since 1937, Santa Fe has undergone significant cultural and social evolution, driven by a commitment to preserving its unique heritage while fostering artistic innovation. The establishment of the Santa Fe Concert Association marked the beginning of a new era, cementing the city’s status as a premiere destination for arts and culture.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here, you’ll find answers to our most frequently asked questions, including information about our organization, venues, Santa Fe, and more.
What is Performance Santa Fe?
Performance Santa Fe has been bringing the very best of music, dance, and theater to iconic Santa Fe locations since 1937. Now in its 88th season, the organization upholds excellence in the performing arts and brings joy and enrichment to the community. Alongside its extensive performance season, the organization runs two dynamic, exciting, and inclusive educational programs for students in the community— Arts for Life and the Masterclass Series.
Is Performance Santa Fe a nonprofit organization?
Yes! Performance Santa Fe is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our tax-exempt ID is 23-7265489. Your donations and support are greatly appreciated.
What types of performances does
Performance Santa Fe present?
Performance Santa Fe presents the world’s best music, dance, and theater year-round at venues across Santa Fe. Our musical offerings span several genres, including classical, chamber, opera, jazz, world music, and more. We present modern dance, world dance, and ballet in addition to inventive theatrical offerings. You can count on
Performance Santa Fe’s diverse group of internationally-renowned artists to provide you with an unforgettable performance experience.
Where is Performance Santa Fe located?
Our administrative offices are located on the north side of downtown Santa Fe.
Performance Santa Fe
300 Paseo de Peralta, Suite 102 Santa Fe, NM 87501
Where do performances take place?
The city is our stage— we present in locations all across Santa Fe, pairing the City Different’s unique venues with our worldclass performances. Our primary venues include the Lensic Performing Arts Center, the St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Scottish Rite Temple, and introducing Las Campanas.
Do programs change or get canceled?
All programs and artists are subject to change. If one of our events is canceled or postponed, we will notify you via email. In the event of a program cancellation, you can receive a refund. In the event of a rescheduling, your ticket will be good for the new date.
What should I wear to a performance?
Santa Fe is a casual town and there is no set dress code. You may see jackets and ties and cocktail attire or jeans and cowboy boots. We ask that you refrain from wearing strongly scented products.
When should I arrive and where can I park? Parking varies by venue. We recommend arriving 30 minutes prior to any scheduled event start time to park and locate your seat. Payment ($2 per hour) is required at metered parking spots in downtown Santa Fe from 8am to 6 pm, Monday through Saturday, excluding major holidays.
What if I arrive late to the performance? We will do our best to get you into the performance at the earliest appropriate break in the program to minimize disruption.
What if I can’t make it to the show?
Once tickets have been purchased, there are no refunds, even in inclement weather. We encourage anyone who is feeling unwell not to attend a performance. Please call the Performance Santa Fe prior to your performance to discuss your options if you are ill.
Accessibility
If you need wheelchair seating or any other special assistance, please specify your needed accommodation when purchasing tickets.
What are your COVID-19 safety precautions? Ensuring the health and safety of our patrons, artists, staff, and community are of the highest importance to us. To that end, have developed a set of COVID-19 Safe Practices, which are updated based on local, state, and federal guidelines.
Ticket Delivery
All current orders will reference your delivery method as Deferred Print At Home. Tickets will be sent electronically approximately 14 days prior to your performance. You can choose to show your ticket(s) at the gate on your device or you can present a printed copy.
Ticket Exchanges
Tickets will not be refunded. Tickets purchased directly from Performance Santa Fe can be returned to Performance Santa Fe as a tax-deductible contribution. Seating is subject to availability. Programs and artists are subject to change.
Lost your Tickets?
Simply contact us at Performance Santa Fe, and we will hold reprinted tickets at will-call.
Can’t Attend?
Please don’t let your tickets go to waste — donate them to Performance Santa Fe for resale. You will receive a written acknowledgement for tax deduction purposes. Tickets may be donated until 30 minutes before the performance.
House Rules for all of our Venues
The use of cameras, recording devices and cell phones (i.e., calling, texting, apps) is prohibited during performances.
Latecomers and those who exit during the performance will be seated at the discretion of management.
Talking during performances is strongly discouraged out of respect for performers and other audience members.
Oversized bags, such as a large duffle bag, luggage or a large picnic basket, should be left in your car or at home.
Food, beverages and smoking (tobacco, vaping, marijuana and controlled substances) are not permitted inside the theater.
Pets are not allowed in the theater or parking lot.
We promote a fragrance-free environment in all of our venues
Assistance is available during performance evenings by contacting an usher or one of our volunteer staff.
Firearms are not allowed on the premises. Pursuant to New Mexico Law Sec 30-7-3 (A). Open or concealed carrying of a firearm, either loaded or unloaded, onto these premises is strictly prohibited. Any person carrying a firearm is guilty of a fourth-degree felony.
Any visitors who are disrespectful or discourteous to other guests, staff or volunteers may be asked to leave.
What if I want to know more?
We are happy to assist you! Contact us at info@performancesantafe.org or call us at (505) 984-8759.
PAULA MURRIHY
ALEXANDER MALOFEEV, PHOTO: XENIE ZASETSKAYA
ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO
DANIEL OKULITCH
Photo Credits
Photos courtesy of Performance Santa Fe except: cover: Contemporary West Dance Theatre p. 2: Brad Mehldau; bradmehldaumusic.com, Parsons Dance p. Mia Slavenska; croatia.org p. 4: Dalies Frantz; public domain, Simon Mulligan; ©2024 Steinway & Sons, Camelot, Jeremy Pelt; Kasia Idzkowska p. 5: Leah Gordon pp. 6-7: Jennifer Cano; Grant Legan, Anthony Roth Costanzo; courtesy of the artist, William Guanbo Su; courtesy of the artist, Liv Redpath; courtesy of the artist, Paula Murrihy; Barbara Aumuiller, David Portillo; Simon Pauly, Alexander Malofeev; Liudmila Malofeeva, Kristin Chenoweth; courtesy of the artist, Contemporary West Dance Theatre; Jeremy Metellus, Shutterstock p. 8: Maria Andriasova-Esparza; Tira Howard, Curt Doty; Tira Howard, John D. Jones; Tira Howard p. 9: Contemporary West Dance Theatre; Jeremy Metellus p. 15: Dalies Frantz; public domain, Trapp Family Singers; © 2024 The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, Duci de Kerejarto; public domain, Josephine Antoine; public domain, Eugene List; public domain, Bruna Castagna; public domain p. 16: Gregor Piatigorsky; public domain, Mia Slavenska; croatia.org, Zino Francescatti; AI Q, Sascha Gorodnitzki; CBS photo archive, Yara Bernette; public domain, Tossy Spivakovsky; National Portrait Gallery, John Sebastian; kilesmith.com, Kathleen Ferrier; Zeb Soanes, Carol Brice; kadoguy, Virtuosi di Roma; Latina Corriere, Paganini String Quartet; University of Michigan, Leon Fleisher; ©2024 Steinway & Sons p. 18: Houston Symphony Orchestra, Photo: Harper Lieper Studios/Houston Symphony Archives, Paris Ballet: Patrice Molinard, Carol Smith; Bach Cantatas website, The Eglevsky Dance Company; NYPL Digital Collection, Dorothy Warenskjold; Margo Melton Nutt p. 19: I Musici; imusici.com, Leonard Rose; WNYC, Yehudi Menuhin; Wikipedia, The Lenox String Quartet; Grinnell College Digital, Betty Allen; Wikipedia, Folkloristas de Ramón; musicapopular.cl p. 20: Edith Peinemann; pastdaily.com, Manuel Lopez Ramos; mexicanguitarplayers.com, Stecher & Horowitz; public domain, Aldo Parisot; Yale Alumni Magazine, The Netherlands Chamber Choir; kadoguy, Masuko Ushioda; queenelisabethcompetition.be p. 21: Jacob Lateiner; Piano Morphosis, The Beaux Arts Trio; Wikipedia, Gary Graffman; Philadelphia Music Alliance, Academica String Quartet; RTÉ Archives, Ellen Shade; bruceduffie.com, Ransom Wilson; Jack Mitchell p. 22: Heidi Lehwalder; heidilehwalder.com, Tokyo String Quartet; Young Concert Artists, The Vermeer String Quartet; Historic Images, Garrick Ohlsson; Philip Jones Griffiths, Richard Stoltzman; Milken Archive of Jewish Music, Ofra Harnoy; The Strad p. 23: The Waverly Consort; Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, The LaSalle Quartet; TheAudioDB.com, Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio; Cleveland Classical p. 24: The King’s Singers; Jan Gates,The Danish Boys Choir & Royal Danish Brass Quintet; Kim Matthai Leland, Paula Robison; Young Concert Artists, Chanticleer; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Nexus Percussion; © 2024 NEXUS p. 25: Gil Shaham; The Mercury News, Louis Lortie; elias. photography, Dawn Upshaw, Knight Foundation p. 26:
Prague Chamber Orchestra; viberate.com, Christopher Parkening; Montana State University, Tokyo String Quartet; Wikipedia, The Australian Chamber Orchestra; Limelight Magazine p. 27: Midori; The Peace Studio, André Watts; Wikipedia, Katia & Marielle Labéque; Umberto Nicoletti p. 28: Hilary Hahn; Wikipedia, Porgy & Bess; The New York Times, Denyce Graves; Wikipedia p. 29: Kathleen Battle; Brittanica, Marvin Hamlisch; Breaking Character p. 30: Julio Bocca & Ballet Argentino; CurtainUp.com, The Royal Drummers of Burundi with Mombasa Party; Wikipedia, Betty Buckley; Emilio Madrid-Kuser/Broadway. com p. 31: Russian National Ballet Theatre; Giselle p. 32: Wynton Marsalis; Frank Stewart, Dionne Warwick; The Music Hall, Murray Perahia; Bill Alkofer p. 33: Daniel Okulitch p. 34: Pablo Sainz Villegas; Ricardo Reyes Paz, Richard Goode; The Gilmore, Stars of American Ballet; courtesy of artist p. 35: Ballet Next; The New York Times p. 36: Barber of Seville, Wynton Marsalis; wyntonmarsalis.org p. 37: Taj Express; UAB Arts Alliance p. 38: Kronos Quartet; Lenny Gonzalez, Parsons Dance; parsonsdance.org, Havana Cuba All-Stars; The Gazette, Billy Childs; Raj Naik p. 39: Piaf! The Show; patrimoinemusicalfrancais.fr p. 40: Daniel Ulbricht; Gabriella Marks, Martha Graham Dance Company: Copyright Martha Graham center of Contemporary Dance, Inc., Montrose; Shayne Gray, Mark Morris Dance Group; Andrea Mohin/ The New York Times p. 41: Arturo Sandoval; Jeremy Lock, Jessica Vosk: Matthew Murphy pp. 42-43: Julian Sands; Gabriella Marks, Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI, Isidore String Quartet p. 45: Jennifer Cano, Grant Legan p. 47 Anthony Roth Costanzo pp 48-49: William Guanbo Su; courtesy of the artist p. 50: Paula Murrihy; Barbara Aumuìller p. 52: David Portillo; Simon Pauly p. 54: Liv Redpath; courtesy of the artist p. 57: Robert Tweten; Tira Howard p. 5960: Alexander Malofeev; Xenie Zasetskaya Liudmila Malofeeva pp. 63-64: Kristin Chenoweth, courtesy of the artist p. 66: Contemporary West Dance Theatre, Jeremy Metellus p. 67: Contemporary West Dance Theatre, courtesy of the artist pp. 68-69: Contemporary West Dance Theatre, courtesy of the artist pp. 70 -71: Daniel Ulbricht; Gabriella Marks, Billy Childs; Nicholas Cueto p. 72: Vicki Bell Schaevitz; Tira Howard p. 74: Michael Burt, Jr.; Leland Chaplin p. 76: Phoenix Avalon; courtesy of the artist pp. 78-79: Mark Morris; Gabriella Marks, Nicola Benedetti; Gabriella Marks p. 83: Bronwyn Poole; Tira Howard, Cynthia Coleman; Tira Howard, Timothy Mitchell; Tira Howard, Kathleen Reidy; Tira Howard p. 85: Mark Morris; Gabriella Marks p. 86: The Lensic; Shutterstock, The Lensic; Shutterstock Igor Stravinsky; Horst Tappe/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. pp. 90-91: Stars of the American Ballet; courtesy of the artist, Jordi Savall; courtesy of the artist, Dave Grusin, courtesy of the artist, Pablo Sainz Villegas; Ricardo Reyes Paz p. 92: Paula Murrihy p. 93: Alexander Malofeev; Xenie Zasetskaya p. 94: Anthony Roth Costanzo p. 95: Delfeayo Marsalis p. 96: Daniel Okulitch. 99: Miguel Cervantes; Joan Marcus p. 100: Contemporary West Dance Theatre; Jeremy Metellus
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