2025 Summer Concert Season
2025 Summer Concert Season
This year’s concert season at Tippet Rise takes place over five weekends from August 15 through September 14. The season features over 50 musicians performing more than 15 classical and contemporary chamber concerts and recitals, two world premieres, a Tippet Rise commission, and five co-commissions. Thank you for joining us in celebrating music and art beneath the beautiful Montana sky.
Co-Founders, Cathy and Peter Halstead
Cathy and Peter Halstead have known each other since they were 16. Cathy is an abstract painter, whose work explores the similarities between the infinitesimal and the infinite, between the repetition of invisible but essential patterns in nature. Examples of her work are available online at cathyhalstead.com.
Peter is a pianist, photographer, novelist, and poet. He has published 11 volumes of poems, as well as the novel Bug the Great. He recently published A Winter Ride, which combines prose, photos, and poetry to create a sense of the anticipation of winter in Montana. The two-volume series, Tippet Rise Beginnings, describes the personal journey that brought Cathy and Peter Halstead to realize their dream of creating Tippet Rise. Several of Peter’s piano recordings are available in the Tippet Rise Music Download Library, including Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, The Tempest, and his six-album piano series, The Himalaya Sessions.
In addition to Tippet Rise, Cathy and Peter are founders of the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation, which gathers poems from across places, eras, and traditions for audiences worldwide. They are also trustees of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation, which makes grants in climate, education, and the arts. Cathy is on the board of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, of Storm King Art Center, and trustee emeritus of Brown University.
Cathy and Peter have two wonderful daughters and two adorable grandchildren.
Artistic Advisor, Pedja Mužijević
Pedja Mužijević is a pianist and curator and has been the artistic advisor since 2018.
He has defined his career with creative programming and lasting collaborations with artists and ensembles performing with the Atlanta Symphony, Dresden Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, Residentie Orkest in The Hague, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Shinsei Nihon Orchestra in Tokyo.
Pedja has played solo recitals at Alice Tully Hall, 92Y and The Frick Collection in New York, Terrace Theater at Kennedy Center, Dumbarton Oaks and Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, Casals Hall and Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo.
Pedja’s interdisciplinary projects include touring with Mikhail Baryshnikov throughout the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia and with Simon Keenlyside in Trisha Brown’s staged version of Schubert’s Winterreise at Lincoln Center in New York, Barbican in London, La Monnaie in Brussels, Opera National de Paris, as well as Holland, Lucerne, and Melbourne festivals.
Pedja is the artistic administrator at Baryshnikov Arts in New York, and he also directs workshops around the world, from Verbier Festival Academy and Banff Center to Colburn and Longy schools, in which he looks at the concert experience, both in programming and presentation, in an attempt to make it more accessible and relevant today.
2025 Concert Season Schedule
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 5:30 PM
The Olivier Music Barn
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin
Melissa White, violin
Emma Wernig, viola
Bryan Cheng, cello
Lizzie Burns, bass
Pedja Mužijević, harpsichord
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 11:00 AM
The Domo
Brandon Patrick George, flute
Yoonah Kim, clarinet
Monica Ellis, bassoon
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin
Lun Li, violin
Melissa White, violin
Jordan Bak, viola
Emma Wernig, viola
Jay Campbell, cello
Bryan Cheng, cello
Lizzie Burns, bass
Pedja Mužijević, piano
SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 11:00 AM
The Olivier Music Barn
Brandon Patrick George, flute
Yoonah Kim, clarinet
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin
Lun Li, violin
Melissa White, violin
Jordan Bak, viola
Emma Wernig, viola
Jay Campbell, cello
Bryan Cheng, cello
Lizzie Burns, bass
Pedja Mužijević, piano
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 5:30 PM
The Olivier Music Barn
Asiya Korepanova, piano
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 11:00 AM
The Domo yMusic
Alex Sopp, flutes
Mark Dover, clarinets
CJ Camerieri, trumpet
Rob Moose, violin
Nadia Sirota, viola
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 11:00 PM
The Olivier Music Barn
Clayton Stephenson, piano
*Artists and/or programs subject to change without notice.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 5:30 PM
The Olivier Music Barn
Viano Quartet
Lucy Wang, violin
Hao Zhou, violin
Aiden Kane, viola
Tate Zawadiuk, cello
Sir Stephen Hough, piano
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 11:00 AM
The Olivier Music Barn
Angela Chan, violin
Aubree Oliverson, violin
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Zlatomir Fung, cello
Chaeyoung Park, piano
SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 11:00 AM
The Olivier Music Barn
Sir Stephen Hough, piano
SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2;00 PM
The Geode
Angela Chan, violin
Aubree Oliverson, violin
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Zlatomir Fung, cello
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 5:30 PM
The Olivier Music Barn
Inon Barnatan, piano
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 11:00 AM
Tiara Acoustic Shell, Daydreams/Cursive Takes a Holiday, Xylem, The Olivier Music Barn
Roots in the Sky
Andrew Major, conductor
AJ Buegel, soprano
Beth Campbell, soprano
Erin Henke, soprano
Lauren Kelly, alto
Victoria Marshall, alto
Cara Robertus, alto
Madison West, alto
AJ Keller, tenor
Henry Koch, tenor
Tim Lambert, tenor
Walter Aldrich, baritone
Dario Amador-Lage, baritone
Michael Juel, baritone
Daren Small, bass-baritone
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 11:00 AM
The Olivier Music Barn
Alexander Ullman, piano
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 5:30 PM
The Olivier Music Barn
Anna Geniushene, piano
Lukas Geniušas, piano
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 11:00 AM
The Olivier Music Barn
George Li, piano
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 11:00 AM
The Olivier Music Barn
Brooklyn Rider
Johnny Gandelsman, violin
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Michael Nicolas, cello
2025 TABLE OF CONTENTS
TIPPET RISE ART CENTER
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 5:30 PM
The Olivier Music Barn
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin
Melissa White, violin
Emma Wernig, viola
Bryan Cheng, cello
Lizzie Burns, bass
Pedja Mužijević, harpsichord
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269, “Spring”
Allegro
Largo e pianissimo sempre
Allegro pastorale
Beilman, Durrenberger, White, Wernig, Cheng, Burns, Mužijević
ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN: Marejada White, Durrenberger, Wernig, Cheng
VIVALDI: Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “Summer”
Allegro non molto
Adagio e piano – Presto e forte
Presto
Beilman, White, Durrenberger, Wernig, Cheng, Burns, Mužijević
VIVALDI: Concerto No. 3 in F Major, Op. 8, RV 293, “Autumn”
Allegro
Adagio molto
Allegro
Beilman, Durrenberger, White, Wernig, Cheng, Burns, Mužijević
KENJI BUNCH: Allemande pour Tout le Monde Durrenberger, White, Wernig, Cheng, Burns
VIVALDI: Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, RV 297, “Winter”
Allegro non molto
Largo
Allegro
Beilman, White, Durrenberger, Wernig, Cheng, Burns, Mužijević
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 11:00 AM
The Domo
Brandon Patrick George, flute
Yoonah Kim, clarinet
Monica Ellis, bassoon
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin
Lun Li, violin
Melissa White, violin
Jordan Bak, viola
Emma Wernig, viola
Jay Campbell, cello
Bryan Cheng, cello
Lizzie Burns, bass
Pedja Mužijević, piano
ANDY AKIHO: The War Below from Prospects of a Misplaced Year
Durrenberger, Li, Bak, Campbell, Mužijević
JOSEPH LANNER: Marien-Walzer, Op. 143
GUILLAUME CONNESSON: Techno-Parade
Beilman, Durrenberger, Li, Burns
George, Kim, Mužijević
AARON COPLAND: Appalachian Spring Suite
George, Kim, Ellis, White, Durrenberger, Li, Beilman, Wernig, Bak, Campbell, Cheng, Burns, Mužijevic
SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 11 : 00 AM
The Olivier Music Barn
Brandon Patrick George, flute
Yoonah Kim, clarinet
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin
Lun Li, violin
Melissa White, violin
Jordan Bak, viola
Emma Wernig, viola
Jay Campbell, cello
Bryan Cheng, cello
Lizzie Burns, bass
Pedja Mužijević, piano
JOHANN STRAUSS II: Kaiser—Walzer, Op. 437 (arr. by A. Schoenberg)
George, Kim, White, Beilman, Wernig, Cheng, Mužijević
SALINA FISHER: Mata—Au for String Trio
Durrenberger, Bak, Campbell
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 “Trout”
Allegro vivace
Andante
Scherzo: Presto
Andantino – Allegretto
Allegro giusto
Li, Wernig,Campbell, Burns, Mužijević
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 5 : 30 PM
The Olivier Music Barn
Asiya
Korepanova, piano
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Études—Tableaux, Op. 33
I. Allegro non troppo in F Minor
II. Allegro in C Major
III. Grave in C Minor
IV. Moderato in D Minor
V. Non Allegro - Presto in E-flat Minor
VI. Allegro con fuoco in E-flat Major
VII. Moderato in G Minor
VIII. Grave in C-sharp Min or
RACHMANINOFF: Études-Tableaux, Op. 39
I. Allegro agitato in C Minor
II. Lento assai in A Minor
III. Allegro molto in F-sharp Minor
IV. Allegro assai in B Minor
V. Appassionato in E-flat Minor
VI. Allegro in A Minor
VII. Lento. Lugubre in C Minor
VIII. Allegro moderato in D Minor
IX. Allegro moderato. Tempo di Marcia in D Major
WEEK TWO
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 11:00 AM
The Domo yMusic
Alex Sopp, flutes
Mark Dover, clarinets
CJ Camerieri, trumpet
Rob Moose, violin
Nadia Sirota, viola
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
JUDD GREENSTEIN: Together
GABRIELLA SMITH: Aquatic Ecology (2025) —Tippet Rise Co-Commission
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 11 : 00 AM
The Olivier Music Barn
Clayton Stephenson, piano
HAROLD ARLEN—KEITH JARRETT: Over the Rainbow
IGOR STRAVINSKY: Three Movements from Petrushka
Russian Dance Petrushka’s Room
The Shrovetide Fair
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ: Iberia, Book I
Evocación
El Puerto Fête-dieu à Séville
FLORENCE PRICE: Piano Concerto in One Movement, III. Andantino–Allegretto (arr. by C. Stephenson)
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 5 : 30 PM
The Olivier Music Barn Viano Quartet
Lucy Wang, violin
Hao Zhou, violin
Aiden Kane, viola
Tate Zawadiuk, cello
Sir Stephen Hough, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 41/3
Andante espressivo — Allegro molto moderato
Assai agitato
Adagio molto
Finale: Allegro molto vivace
STEPHEN HOUGH: Piano Quintet ( Les Noces Rouges)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 11:00 AM AM
The Olivier Music Barn
Angela Chan, violin
Aubree Oliverson, violin
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Zlatomir Fung, cello
Chaeyoung Park, pian o AUGUST 30, 11:00 AM
ERNŐ DOHNÁNYI: Serenade in C for String Trio, Op. 10
Marcia: Allegro
Romanza: Adagio non troppo
Scherzo: Vivace
Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto
Rondo (Finale): Allegro vivace
Chan, Huang, Fung
VALENTYN SILVESTROV: Two Pastorals for Violin and Piano (2020)—Tippet Rise Commission and World Premiere Oliverson and Park
AMY BEACH: Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 67
Adagio — Allegro moderato
Adagio espressivo
Allegro agitato — Adagio come prima — Presto
Park, Chan, Oliverson, Huang, Fung
SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 11:00 AM
The Olivier Music Barn
Sir Stephen Hough, piano
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Drei Klavierstücke, D.946 No. 2 in E-flat Major
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Sechs Klavierstücke, Op. 118, No. 6, Intermezzo in E-flat Minor
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN: Klavierstück III
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Op. 9
SHERMAN BROTHERS: Mary Poppins Suite (arr. by S. Hough)
Chim Chim Cheree
Feed the Birds
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2:00 PM
The Geode
Angela Chan, violin
Aubree Oliverson, violin
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Zlatomir Fung, cello
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN: Suite for Two Violins, “Gulliver’s Travels,” TWV 40:108
Intrada: Spirituoso
Chaconne of the Lilliputians
Jig of the Brobdingnagians
Daydreams of the Laputians and their attendant flappers
Loure of the well-mannered Houyhnhnms — Furie of the untamed Yahoos
Oliverson and Chan
DOBRINKA TABAKOVA: Pirin for Solo Cello Fung
ERNŐ DOHNÁNYI: Serenade in C for String Trio, Op. 10
Marcia: Allegro
Romanza: Adagio non troppo
Scherzo: Vivace
Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto
Rondo (Finale): Allegro vivace
Chan, Huang, Fung
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 5:30 PM
The Olivier Music Barn
Inon Barnatan, piano
MAURICE RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales
THOMAS ADÉS: Blanca Variations
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances (arr. by I. Barnatan)
Non allegro Andante con moto
Lento assai — Allegro vivace — Lento assai. Come prima — Allegro vivace
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 11 : 00 AM
Tiara Acoustic Shell, Daydreams/Cursive Takes a Holiday, Xylem, The Olivier Music Barn Roots in the Sky
Andrew Major, conductor, AJ Buegel, soprano, Beth Campbell, soprano, Erin Henke, soprano, Lauren Kelly, alto, Victoria Marshall, alto, Cara Robertus, alto, Madison West, alto, AJ Keller, tenor, Henry Koch, tenor, Tim Lambert, tenor, Walter Aldrich, baritone, Dario Amador-Lage, baritone, Michael Juel, baritone, Daren Small, bass-baritone
WANDER SERIES CONCERT
MATTHEW RECIO: The Hollow
Tread 1: Traveler
Echo 1: The Possessed
Echo 2: The Stargazer
Echo 3: The Hollow
Echo 4: The Enchanted
Tread 2: Enchanted Traveler
Echo 5: The Renewal
Tread 3: Renewal Traveler
Echo 6: The Hope
Coda: Hope Traveler
ĒRIKS EŠENVALDS: Trees
SAMUEL BARBER: Reincarnations
3. The Coolin
MARQUES GARRETT: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
SHARA NOVA: Titration
5. How Do I Keep On Feelin’ In This Mean, Mean World
3. What’s the Vibe, Vagus?
4. Titration 1
SARAH RIMKUS: We walked through the trees
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 11:00 AM PM
The Olivier Music Barn
Alexander Ullman, piano
EDVARD GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (arr. by A. Ullman)
Morning Mood
Death of Åse
Anitra’s Dance
In the Hall of the Mountain King
FRANZ LISZT: Grandes études de Paganini, S.141
No. 3 in G-sharp Minor, “La Campanella”
No. 6 in A Minor, “Theme and Variations”
GRIEG: Piano Transcriptions of Songs, Op. 41
Lullaby
Little Haakon
I Love Thee
She Is So White
The Princess
To Spring
RICHARD WAGNER: Tannhäuser Overture, S. 442 (arr. by F. Liszt)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 5:30 PM
The Olivier Music Barn
Anna Geniushene, piano
Lukas Geniušas, piano
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Fantasie in F Minor, D. 940
Allegro molto moderato
Largo
Scherzo. Allegro vivace
Finale. Allegro molto moderato
GYÖRGY LIGETI: Sonatina
Allegro
Andante
Vivace
IGOR STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 11 : 00 AM
The Olivier Music Barn
George Li, piano
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze (Dances of the League of David), Op. 6
FLORENCE PRICE: Clouds
IGOR STRAVINSKY: Three Movements from Petrushka
Russian Dance Petrushka’s Room
The Shrovetide Fair
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 11 : 00 AM
The Olivier Music Barn
Brooklyn Rider
Johnny Gandelsman, violin
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Michael Nicolas, cello
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: String Quartet in F Minor, Hob. III:35, Op. 20 No. 5
Allegro moderato Menuetto
Adagio Finale
ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN: Our Children Speak English and Spanish (2025)—Tippet Rise Co-Commission and World Premiere
DON BYRON: New Work (2025) —Tippet Rise Co-Commission
TED HEARNE: New Work (2025)—Tippet Rise Co-Commission
BOB DYLAN: The Times They Are A-Changin’ (arr. by Colin Jacobsen)—Tippet Rise Co-Commission
2025 Artists
Jordan Bak, viola
Inon Barnatan, piano
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Brooklyn Rider
Lizzie Burns, bass
Jay Campbell, cello
Angela Chan, violin
Bryan Cheng, cello
Isabelle Ai Durrenberger, violin
Monica Ellis, bassoon
Zlatomir Fung, cello
Brandon Patrick George, flute
Lukas Genuišas, piano
Anna Geniushene, piano
Sir Stephen Hough, piano
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Yoonah Kim, clarinet
Asiya Korepanova, piano
George Li, piano
Lun Li, violin
Pedja Mužijević, harpsichord and piano
Aubree Oliverson, violin
Chaeyoung Park, piano
Roots in the Sky
Clayton Stephenson, piano
Alexander Ullman, piano
Viano Quartet
Emma Wernig, viola
Melissa White, violin
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JORDAN BAK
The Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak has achieved international acclaim as a trailblazing artist, praised for his radiant stage presence, dynamic interpretations, and fearless power. The recipient of the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Alexandra Jupin Award and former Young Classical Artist Trust’s Robey Artist, Bak was also a prizewinner in the Sphinx, Lionel Tertis, and Concert Artists Guild competitions.
Bak’s sophomore album, Cantabile: Anthems for Viola, features works by Bax, Britten, and Vaughan Williams, paired with contemporary compositions by Jonathan Harvey, Bright Sheng, and Augusta Read Thomas. He gave the world premieres of recent works by Thomas, Kaija Saariaho, and Jessica Meyer.
Bak has appeared as soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarasota Orchestra, London Mozart Players, and New York Classical Players, among others. As a recitalist and chamber musician, he has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Royal Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, Jordan Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Helsinki Musiikkitalo.
Bak currently serves as assistant professor of viola at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Only the third violist to earn the Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School, he holds a Bachelor of Music degree from New England Conservatory and a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School. He plays a 2016 viola made by Jon van Kouwenhoven. He shares two cats, Bartók and Walton, with his wife, violist Rubina Bak.
Described by The New York Times as “one of the most admired pianists of his generation,” Inon Barnatan is equally celebrated as a soloist, curator, and collaborator.
As a soloist, Barnatan performs regularly with many of the world’s foremost orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic; the BBC Symphony for the BBC Proms; the Los Angeles Philharmonic; the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Cleveland, and Boston; the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra Symphony; and the London, Helsinki, Hong Kong, and Royal Stockholm philharmonics. He performed a complete Beethoven concerto cycle in Marseilles; Copland’s Piano Concerto with the San Francisco Symphony; and in multiple U.S. tours with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
Barnatan opens the 2024–25 season with a gala performance at the San Diego Symphony and performs with the New Jersey, Pasadena, Boston, Tokyo, Israel, and Atlanta symphonies, among others. In November 2024 Barnatan and cellist Alisa Weilerstein released an acclaimed album of Brahms’s Cello Sonatas on the Pentatone label.
Barnatan is music director of La Jolla Music Society Summerfest in California and regularly plays at major chamber music festivals. His passion for contemporary music has resulted in commissions and performances of many living composers, including Thomas Adès, Sebastian Currier, Avner Dorman, Alan Fletcher, Joseph Hallman, Alasdair Nicolson, Andrew Norman, and Matthias Pintscher.
INON BARNATAN
PIANO
BENJAMIN BEILMAN
Among the leading violinists of his generation, Benjamin Beilman has won international praise for his passionate performances and deep, rich tone. Highlights of his 2024–25 season include his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko on tour in the United States, as well as returns to the Chicago, Cincinnati, and Antwerp symphonies. He also debuts with the Belgian National Orchestra and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony and embarks on a U.S. recital tour with pianist Steven Osborne.
Beilman’s dedication to contemporary music has led to new works being written for him by Frederic Rzewski and Gabriella Smith. He has given multiple performances of Jennifer Higdon’s violin concerto and recorded Thomas Larcher’s concerto with Hannu Lintu and the Tonkünstler Orchester. He premiered Chris Rogerson’s Violin Concerto (The Little Prince) with the Kansas City Symphony and Gemma New.
Beilman studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with Ida Kavafian and Pamela Frank and at the Kronberg Academy with Christian Tetzlaff. His honors include a Borletti- Buitoni Trust Fellowship, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and a London Music Masters Award. He performs with the ex-Balaković F.X. Tourte bow (c. 1820), and plays the “Ysaÿe” Guarneri del Gesù from 1740, generously on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.
The name Brooklyn Rider was inspired by the artist group The Blue Rider, which published an eclectic almanac of artwork, essays, and music that offered a vision for the future and an open embrace of diverse artistic traditions, media, and aesthetics.
The subject of Brooklyn Rider’s The 4 Elements serves as a wake-up call: global warming and the destruction of our planet.
Its 2020 project Healing Modes takes a holistic view of Beethoven’s Op. 132 with five commissioned works by Reena Esmail, Gabriela Lena Frank, Matana Roberts, Caroline Shaw, and Du Yun.
Brooklyn Rider’s long and productive relationship with Philip Glass began in 2011 with the highly praised album Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass. The collaboration continues with the upcoming release of Glass’s recent quartets on his Orange Mountain Music label.
Brooklyn Rider toured Australia in February 2024 with concerts at the Melbourne Recital Center, the Perth Festival, Ukaria, in Adelaide, and the Sydney Opera House.
The Sydney Morning Herald ran a headline declaring that Brooklyn Rider “may be the coolest string quartet in the world.”
For the 2024–25 season the quartet performs in Europe at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, the Tonhalle Zurich, the Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin, the Konserthuset Stockholm, the Teatro Auditorium Manzoni in Bologna, and other leading venues.
BROOKLYN RIDER
JOHNNY GANDELSMAN, VIOLIN COLIN JACOBSEN, VIOLIN
NICHOLAS CORDS, VIOLA
MICHAEL NICOLAS, CELLO
LIZZIE BURNS
BASS
L
izzie Burns is a sought-after bassist and chamber musician who currently performs in chamber orchestras, continuo sections, and new music ensembles. She performs with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; records for major record labels and on motion picture soundtracks; has given dozens of world premieres; and is on the faculty at the Hartt School of Music, Mannes School of Music at The New School, and Montclair State University.
Drawing abundant inspiration from her colleagues, Burns is a member of The Knights and A Far Cry chamber orchestras and also works with the International Contemporary Ensemble, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, New Century Chamber Orchestra, East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), NOVUS NY, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s. She is the solo bassist of Simone Dinnerstein’s ensemble Baroklyn. An experienced historical bassist, she performs with the Tafelmusik Baroque, Handel and Haydn Society, and Trinity Baroque orchestras.
Burns has recorded with soloists Edgar Meyer, Yo-Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, and Pekka Kuusisto, as well as popular artists such as Jon Batiste, Chris Thile, Phoebe Bridgers, Ingrid Micahelson, and Wye Oak. She has recorded for the Sony Masterworks, Deutsche Grammophon, naxos, New Amsterdam, and Nonesuch labels and appears on film and television soundtracks, including the hit HBO series Succession.
JAY CAMPBELL
Currently the only musician ever to receive two Avery Fisher Career Grants—in 2016 as a soloist and in 2019 as a member of the JACK Quartet—cellist Jay Campbell has brought his eclectic artistic interests both as a performer and curator to the New York Philharmonic, Deutsche-Symphonie Orchester, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Ojai Festival, Lucerne Festival, and many others. Deeply committed to collaborative music, Campbell is a member of the JACK Quartet, as well as the Junction Trio with violinist Stefan Jackiw and composer-pianist Conrad Tao, and multidisciplinary artist collective AMOC. He frequently works with composers and performers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, John Zorn, Tyshawn Sorey, and many more from his own generation.
CELLO
ANGELA CHAN
Praised for her sensitivity and tone, Angela Chan is emerging as one of the most unique and polished violinists of her generation. The Hong Kong–born violinist won the 2024 Hannover Joseph Joachim Violin Competition as well as numerous other prizes and awards. She is the founder and violinist of the AYA piano trio, which won first prize in the WDAV Chamber Music Competition and Yellow Spring Chamber Competition.
Chan has performed as soloist with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, Staatskapelle Weimar Orchestra of Germany, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, EOS Orchestra of Beijing, and the Hong Kong Symphonia, among others. In 2016 she was selected as soloist for a national tour with the Curtis Chamber Orchestra. As a recitalist she has performed throughout the world. She has collaborated on chamber music with internationally renowned artists.
Chan started playing violin at age three. Initially taught by her mother, she continued her violin training with teachers in Beijing before attending the Curtis Institute of Music. She earned her master’s degree from the New England Conservatory of Music under Donald Weilerstein. She is currently an artist in residence at the Queen Elizabeth Music Chapel in Belgium.
VIOLIN
After winning several prizes in prominent international competitions, the Canadian-born, Berlin-based cellist Bryan Cheng has established himself as one of the most compelling young artists in classical music.
In the 2024–25 season he continues his residency with the Banatul Philharmonic of Timișoara in Romania; gives the European premiere of Mason Bates’s Cello Concerto with Tampere Philharmonic in Finland; and debuts with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Prague Philharmonia at Mozartfest W ü rzburg, Orchestre M é tropolitain, and Bochumer Symphoniker, among others. Equally in demand as a chamber musician, he appears at Wigmore Hall, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, ChamberFest Cleveland, Rockport Music, and Tippet Rise Arts Center for the first time, while returning to the Verbier Festival and Heidelberger Fr ü hling, curating a mini-residency featuring his two regular ensembles, Cheng Duo and CelloFellos.
Cheng ha s released a trilogy of acclaimed albums on the German label Audite. Nominated for two Juno awards, his newest recital album, Portrait, on Centrediscs, features commissioned works and Cheng’s own arrangements of compositions by composers of diverse Asian heritage.
Cheng r eceived his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Universität der Kü nste Berlin and is now enrolled in the Professional Studies program at Germany’s Kronberg Academy. He plays the 1696 Bonjour Stradivari cello, generously on loan from the Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank.
BRIAN CHENG
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ISABELLE
AI DURRENBERGER
American violinist Isabelle Ai Durrenberger is praised for her imaginative performances and her ability to communicate with sincere artistry. Based in New York City, she is first violinist of the Aeolus Quartet and a recent graduate of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect program.
An avid chamber musician, Durrenberger is recognized for her unique collaborative instincts. Recent engagements include concerts with Boston Chamber Music Society, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Music Northwest, Jupiter Chamber Players, The Knights, A Far Cry, and Marlboro Music Festival.
Durrenberger grew up in a musical home in Columbus, Ohio, and began playing piano at age four, beginning violin lessons three years later. At age 13, she began her studies with Jaime Laredo at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She attended Meadowmount School of Music for four years, graduated from high school a year early, and at age 16 began her undergraduate program in Cleveland, where she continued receiving mentorship from Laredo. Other influences include Jennifer Koh, Sharon Robinson, Joan Kwuon, Jinjoo Cho, Jan Mark Sloman, and Jun Kim. In 2022 she completed her graduate studies at the New England Conservatory in Boston with Soovin Kim and Don Weilerstein. Durrenberger has a private violin studio in New York City and serves on the violin faculty at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School in Boston, where she teaches violin and coaches chamber music.
Bassoonist Monica Ellis is a 2024 Grammy Award winner and a four-time nominee, as well as an entrepreneur and a founding member of the wind quintet Imani Winds, which for more than a quarter century has dazzled audiences with its dynamic playing; adventurous programming; and commitment to outreach, new works, and collaborations.
Ellis’s teach ers include Mark Pancerev, George Sakakeeny at Oberlin Conservatory (BM), and Frank Morelli at The Juilliard School (MM) and Manhattan School of Music (PS).
She has mad e solo appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, and Chineke! Orchestra in London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.
She is on the faculty of Curtis Institute of Music and Manhattan School of Music and serves on the boards of Concert Artists Guild and the International Double Reed Society.
The daugh ter of a jazz saxophonist father and a fashionista mother, Ellis was raised in a house full of go-getters; consequently, she is the co-artistic and executive director for Imani Winds and its annual Chamber Music Festival and treasurer for its nonprofit foundation. She watches Jeopardy! religiously, loves home decorating, and resides in New York City’s Harlem with the greatest joy of her life—her 11-year-old son, Oden.
MONICA ELLIS
BASSOON
ZLATOMIR FUNG
Zlatomir Fung burst onto the scene as the first American in four decades (and the youngest musician ever) to win first prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition Cello Division. Subsequent acclaim and standing ovations at performances around the world have confirmed his reputation as one of the preeminent cellists of our time, endowed with boundless virtuosity and exquisite sensitivity.
In the 2024–25 season Fung gives recitals in New York City, Boston, and St. Louis. He performs the complete Bach Cello Suites in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Arcata, California. He joins the symphony orchestras of Rochester, San Antonio, and Billings, among others. Internationally, he performs in Europe and Asia with the London Philharmonic, Barcelona Symphony, and others, and tours Italy as a recitalist. In January 2025 Signum Records released his debut album, a collection of opera fantasies and transcriptions for cello and piano.
Fung served as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s artist in residence during the 2023–24 season. Recent debut appearances include engagements with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, and BBC Philharmonic, as well as the Baltimore, Dallas, Detroit, Seattle, and Kansas City symphonies. Fung was a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship winner in 2022.
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Hailed as a “knockout musician with a gorgeous sound” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Brandon Patrick George is a leading flute soloist and Grammy-winning chamber musician whose repertoire extends from the Baroque era to today. He is the flutist of Imani Winds and has appeared as a soloist with the Atlanta, Baltimore, and Albany symphonies; American Composers Orchestra; and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, among others.
George has performed at the Elbphilharmonie, the Kennedy Center, the Dresden Music Festival, the Prague Spring Festival, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and 92nd Street Y. Current collaborations include touring projects with harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, pianist Aaron Diehl, and the Escher String Quartet. In 2021 George was part of the inaugural class of WQXR’s Artist Propulsion Lab, a program designed to advance the careers of early and mid-career artists and support the future of classical music.
Raised by a single mother in Dayton, Ohio, George is the proud product of a public arts education. He draws on his personal experiences in his commitment to educating the next generation, performing outreach concerts for schoolchildren and mentoring young conservatory musicians of color. This commitment guides his latest commissioning initiative, BPG: The Community Concerto Project, which includes school visits and performance opportunities for local students.
He serves on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. In 2024 he was appointed music consultant at the Morgan Library and Museum.
BRANDON PATRICK GEORGE
FLUTE
LUKAS GENIUŠAS
Praised by The Guardian for his “brilliance and maturity,” the Russian-Lithuanian pianist Lukas Geniušas has firmly established himself as one of the most exciting and distinctive artists of his generation. He appears in recital at major international venues, such as London’s Wigmore Hall, The Royal Concertgebouw, Salle Gaveau, Louvre Auditorium, Frick Collection New York, Sala Verdi in Milan, and the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. He regularly performs at the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, Verbier Festival, La Roque-d’Anthéron, the Ruhr Piano Festival, and the Schloss Elmau and Lockenhaus music festivals, among others.
Geniušas is regularly invited to perform with major orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Royal Northern Sinfonietta, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the Russian National Orchestra. Recent highlights include concerts with the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and a tour with the Flanders Symphony Orchestra.
A dedicated chamber musician, Geniušas records and performs regularly in Europe’s foremost venues including the Salzburg and Aix-en-Provence Festivals; the Zurich, Geneva, and Frankfurt opera houses; the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg; La Scala in Milan; and the Vienna Konzerthaus with the violinist Aylen Pritchin; his wife, the pianist Anna Geniushene; and, notably, the soprano Asmik Grigorian.
Anna Geniushene’s fresh, layered, and powerful interpretations defined her participation at the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, where she won the silver medal. Praising her “powerhouse sound, forceful musical personality, and sheer virtuosity, Musical America named her young artist of the month that July. Recent and upcoming engagements include her Atlanta Symphony Orchestra debut, return appearances with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra and Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, and a tour with the Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic. Her latest album—a deeply personal collection of lullabies—was released in 2023, and a duo disc with her husband and frequent collaborator, pianist Lukas Geniušas, came out the following year. She joins the roster of the Bowers Program of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for 2024–27.
Born in Moscow on New Year’s Day, 1991, Geniushene made her recital debut seven years later. She currently performs in major venues throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia. She is also dedicated to chamber music, collaborating closely with Quartetto di Cremona and in duo piano repertoire with Lukas Geniušas. Her first album, released in 2020, features works by Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff.
Geniushene graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 2015. She completed her master’s degree with distinction and earned an advanced diploma from the Royal Academy of Music in 2018. Until 2022 she served as assistant professor at the Moscow Conservatory and now teaches masterclasses and adjudicates competitions. She lives in Berlin with her husband and their two young sons.
ANNA GENIUSHENE
PIANO
SIR STEPHEN HOUGH
One of the most distinctive artists of his generation, Sir Stephen Hough combines a distinguished career as a pianist with those of composer and writer. Named by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths, he was the first classical performer to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. He has appeared with virtually all major American and European orchestras, has given recitals throughout the world, and has recorded more than 60 albums for Hyperion. His writing has appeared in BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Times (London). He has also written four books: The Bible as Prayer, The Final Retreat, Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More, and Enough: Scenes from Childhood.
Hough has composed many works for orchestra, choir, chamber ensemble, organ, harpsichord, and solo piano. He has been commissioned by the Takács Quartet, the Cliburn, the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, London’s National Gallery, Wigmore Hall, Le Musée de Louvre, and many others. This season he performed the world premiere of his Piano Quintet (Les Noces Rouges) with the Viano Quartet as part of his debut with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at David Geffen Hall. His recording of his first piano concerto, The World of Yesterday, was released in February on Hyperion, along with two of his solo works.
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ne of the leading violists of her generation, Hsin-YumHuang performs internationally, commissions and records new works, and nurtures young musicians. She has appeared as soloist with the Berlin Radio Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, Bogotá Philharmonic, NCPA Orchestra in Beijing, Zagreb Soloists, International Contemporary Ensemble, London Sinfonia, and Brazil Youth Orchestra, among others. She appears regularly at the major festivals and tours extensively with the Brentano String Quartet. A passionate proponent of music education, she founded VivaViola!, a hybrid educational space with the mission of expanding the viola repertoire while preserving musical values and history through conversations with contemporary musicians.
Huang has commissioned a series of works for solo viola and chamber ensemble. Her critically lauded 2012 album Viola Viola includes two commissions by Shih-Hui Chen and Steven Mackey, along with music by Elliott Carter, Poul Ruders, and George Benjamin. Other catalogue highlights include FantaC (2020), a collection of solo viola pieces based on the C string, and Viola Lens (2019), a collaboration with her husband, violist Misha Amory.
A nativ e of Taiwan and an alumna of Young Concert Artists, Huang earned degrees from The Juilliard School and Curtis Institute of Music, where she currently serves on the viola faculty. She lives in New York City with Amory and their two children, Lucas and Leah. She plays a 1735 Testore viola.
HSIN-YUN HUANG
VIOLA
YOONAH KIM
CLARINET
Hailed by The New York Times for her “inexhaustible virtuosity,” Yoonah Kim enjoys a diverse career as solo clarinetist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, and educator.
Kim launched her career when she won the 2016 Concert Artists Guild International Competition—the first solo clarinetist to win in nearly 30 years. She is the first woman to win first prize at the Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition, and she is a first prize winner of the George Gershwin International and the Vienna International competitions.
Kim has given recitals at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Chicago’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts series, Washington Performing Arts’ Music in the Country series, Chamber Music Society of Little Rock, and Union County Performing Arts Center. She has appeared as concerto soloist with the Maui Chamber Orchestra, New England Philharmonic, Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, New York Classical Players, DuPage Symphony Orchestra, Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestra, and the Chesapeake Youth Symphony.
Beyond performing solo clarinet repertoire, Kim is a committed advocate for new music. She has commissioned and premiered works such as Eric Nathan’s Double Concerto for Violin and Clarinet (premiered alongside her husband, violinist Stefan Jackiw), Texu Kim’s reimagining of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue for solo clarinet and string orchestra, and Andrew Hsu’s Erebus for clarinet and piano and Three Pieces for solo clarinet. Kim is a Vandoren Artist and is a clarinet faculty member at New York University.
After performing Rachmaninoff’s complete solo piano works in 2023, Asiya Korepanova was hailed by the South Florida Classical Review as a “tremendously gifted pianist who exhibits a singular affinity for Rachmaninoff’s Russian rodistinctive scores.” She is also an acclaimed composer, visual artist, and poet.
The author of many original works and solo piano transcriptions, Korepanova studied composition with Albe rt Leman, chair of Moscow Conservatory’s composition department and a student of Dmitri Shostakovich. She also creates original multimedia projects featuring her poetry and artwork inspired by Liszt, Bach, Tchaikovsky, and Mussorgsky.
Bo rn to a musical family in Russia, Korepanova made her orchestral debut at age nine with Mozart’s Concerto No. 8, playing her own cadenza. Since immigrating to the United States in 2012, she has garnered national attention with appearances at Carnegie Hall, Phillips Collection, Newport Classical Festival, and other leading venues. She has appeared on CNN, NPR, WFMT, and WETA.
In 202 5 Korepanova brings h er beloved Amy Beach piano concerto to New York, performing with Pegasus Orchestra. She also returns to the San Francisco Piano Festival, Master Players Concert Series, Vashon Center for the Arts, Friends of Chamber Music of Miami, and MostArts Festival, and performs on tour in Switzerland and England. In June she directs the inaugural Flatiron Festival, a two-week chamber music series in Manhattan.
ASIYA KOREPANOVA
CELLO
GEORGE LI
Praised by The Washington Post for combining “staggering technical prowess, a sense of command and depth of expression,” George Li displays an authority beyond his years. Since winning the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, he has established a major international reputation and performs regularly with some of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors.
In the 2024—25 season Li debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Saratoga Performing Arts Center; with the Minnesota and Belgian National orchestras; with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in a season-opening chamber recital at Carnegie Hall; and with the Hohhot Philharmonic and Xi’an Symphony orchestras in China. Other highlights include returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Symphony Tacoma; and the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Pacific symphonies.
Li is a n exclusive Warner Classics recording artist whose latest release, Movements, features works by Schumann, Ravel, and Stravinsky. He gave his first public performance at Boston’s Steinway Hall at age 10. In 2011 he performed for President Obama at the White House. His many awards and honors include the 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant, the 2012 Gilmore Young Artist Award, and first prize in the 2010 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. In 2019 he completed the Harvard/New England Conservatory dual-degree program, with a bachelor’s degree in English literature and a master’s degree in music. He graduated with an artist diploma from New England Conservatory in 2022.
Anative of Shanghai, Lun Li won first prize in the 2021 Young Concert Artists (YCA) Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, the Paul A. Fish Memorial Prize, and the Buffalo Chamber Music Society Prize. He was named John French Violin Chair at YCA.
An avid chamber musician, Lun has participated in the Marlboro Music Festival, the Verbier Music Festival Academy, Music@Menlo’s international program, and Music from Angel Fire. He has collaborated with Kim Kashkashian, Ani Kavafian, Marcy Rosen, and other leading musicians. Lun is a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program.
Lun has performed in numerous international venues and has toured with the Curtis Institute of Music and Musicians from Marlboro. He made his New York City recital debut at Merkin Concert Hall and his Washington, D.C., recital debut at The Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, both presented by YCA. He has appeared as concert soloist with the Brevard Philharmonic, Aiken Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Salisbury Symphony Orchestra, and the Riverside Symphony at Alice Tully Hall.
Lun ho lds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School. He is currently pursuing an Artistic Diploma at The Juilliard School, where he serves as teaching assistant to Catherine Cho. He plays the Stradivarius “Samazeuilh” 1735 violin, on generous loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.
LUN LI
VIOLIN
PEDJA MUŽIJEVIĆ
Pedja Mužijević is a pianist and curator and has been the artistic advisor at Tippet Rise since 2018. He has defined his career with creative programming and lasting collaborations with artists and ensembles, performing with the Atlanta Symphony, Dresden Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, Residentie Orkest in The Hague, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Shinsei Nihon Orchestra in Tokyo. Pedja has played solo recitals at Alice Tully Hall, 92Y and The Frick Collection in New York, Terrace Theater at Kennedy Center, Dumbarton Oaks and Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, Casals Hall and Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo.
Mužijević’s interdisciplinary projects include touring with Mikhail Baryshnikov throughout the United States, South America, Europe and Asia and with Simon Keenlyside in Trisha Brown’s staged version of Schubert’s Winterreise at Lincoln Center in New York, Barbican in London, La Monnaie in Brussels, and Opera National de Paris, as well as Holland, Lucerne, and Melbourne festivals. Mužijević is the artistic administrator at Baryshnikov Arts in New York, and he also directs workshops around the world, from Verbier Festival Academy and Banff Center to Colburn and Longy schools, in which he looks at the concert experience, both in programming and presentation, in an attempt to make it more accessible and relevant today.
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Praised for her evocative lyricism and joyful, genuine approach, Aubree Oliverson is one of the most compelling artists of her generation. Solo appearances include season openings of the Chamber Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall, Utah Symphony at Abravanel Hall, Peace Orchestra Project, and Ridgefield Symphony. Other career highlights include performances with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Columbus Symphony, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, North Carolina Symphony, Pacific Symphony, and Des Moines Symphony.
A dynamic recitalist and a sensitive chamber musician, Oliverson toured Europe with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Clive Greensmith, and Tatjana Masurenko. Other recent collaborations include performances with Anne Akiko Meyers and the Philharmonic Society of Orange County in duo works of Bach, Philip Glass, and Handel-Halvorsen. Festival engagements include the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival, the Rome Chamber Music Festival, Oropa Music Festival, Moab Music Festival, ChamberFest West, Grand Teton Music Festival, and SOKA Performing Arts Center. Oliverson has collaborated with world-renowned artists such as Robert McDuffie in Harris Hall at the Aspen Music Festival; Gil Shaham on tour in Mexico; Renaud Capuçon in France; Joseph Silverstein in Salt Lake City; and Lynn Harrell, Orli Shaham, Robert Chen, and Andrew Marriner in Los Angeles.
AUBREE OLIVERSON
VIOLIN
CHAEYOUNG PARK
Praised by New York Concert Review as a passionate pianist who “does not play a single note without thought or feeling,” Chaeyoung Park embraces a broad range of repertoire, from early French Baroque works by Rameau to new compositions by Unsuk Chin. As a recital soloist, she has performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Bravo! Vail Music Festival, Gilmore Rising Stars, and Tongyeong International Music Festival. Recent concerto engagements include performances with the Charlotte Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Redlands Symphony, and Israel Camerata Jerusalem.
In 2019 Park made history as the first female Korean winner of the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, leading to her Carnegie Hall solo debut and a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra. In 2022 she was the first-prize winner of Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, and finalist in the 2023 Arthur Rubinstein International Master Piano Competition and 2021 Concours Musical International de Montréal.
An avid chamber musician, Park has participated in Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, Yellow Barn, Music@ Menlo, and YoungArts Week, which awarded her the gold medal in music. Her chamber music performances have been featured at WNYC/WQXR’s Greene Space, Tennessee Arts Academy, YCA on Tour, and the Harvard Club in New York City. In 2025 she collaborates with cellist Zlatomir Fung as part of the Celebrity Series in Boston.
With performances described as “the best choral singing we’ve ever heard in Bozeman (or almost anywhere),” Roots in the Sky has established itself as Montana’s premier chamber choir. It is committed to presenting thoughtfully curated performances of choral works—especially compositions by living composers and historically marginalized voices—that respond to the complexities of life in the 21st century and the world in which we are living. An amateur-turned-professional ensemble, Roots in the Sky includes professionals working in law, healthcare and wellness, education, business, engineering, and music. We are united by our art, community, and deep sense of place.
Sought-after for collaborations, Roots in the Sky has appeared in performance with the Grammy Award–winning chamber choir The Crossing, Baroque Music Montana, Jitro Czech Children’s Choir, and many of Montana’s finest instrumentalists. Recent and upcoming projects include the region’s first historically informed performances of Handel’s Messiah with Baroque Music Montana; a program that explores the legacy of earthen materials featuring new works written as part of our 2025 Choral Composition Program with composer-mentor Michael Gilbertson; and performances of Scott Ordway’s The End of Rain, a multimedia reflection on the way that climate change and wildfires are affecting our relationship to the landscapes we call home.
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VOCAL ENSEMBLE
CLAYTON STEPHNSON
Clayton Stephenson’s love for music is immediately apparent in his joyous onstage charisma, expressive power, and natural ease at the instrument. Hailed by Gramophone for interpretations that are “fresh, incisive, and characterfully alive,” Stephenson is committed to making an impact on the world. Growing up in New York City, he found musical inspiration in community programs. As he describes it, the “Third Street Music School jump-started my music education; the Young People’s Choir taught me phrasing and voicing; Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program introduced me to formal and rigorous piano training, which enabled me to get into Juilliard Pre-College; the Morningside Music Bridge validated my talent and elevated my self-confidence; and the Boy’s Club of New York exposed me to jazz.” He received an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2024 and is a 2025 Sphinx Medal of Excellence honoree. Recent and upcoming career highlights include appearances with the New York Philharmonic and the Houston and Cincinnati symphony orchestras, as well as dates at Grant Park, the Kennedy Center, Fondation Louis Vuitton, and 92NY.
Stephenson graduated from the Harvard-New England Conservatory (NEC) dual-degree program in spring 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in economics at Harvard and a master’s degree in piano performance at NEC under Wha Kyung Byun. In 2022 he was the first Black finalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and he won the inaugural Nina Simone Piano Competition the following year.
L auded by The Scotsman for his “powerful musical intellect and effortless technical facility,” British pianist Alexander Ullman has captivated audiences and critics worldwide.
Recent concert highlights include his return to Wigmore Hall and Klavierfest Ruhr; concerto appearances with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Sofia Philharmonic, and Filharmonie Brno; and his debut at Hamburg Elbphilharmonie. He has performed with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra and given recitals in Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Georgia, Mexico, France, Spain, Korea, and his native UK.
Ullman’s first album on Rubicon, featuring Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev’s Six Pieces from Cinderella, and Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Firebird suites, received rave reviews. In 2022 Ullman released a second album consisting of three Liszt works. His next solo album, Dreamworld, focuses on music by Grieg.
Ullman first came to international attention in 2011 after winning the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest. Born in London, in 1991, he studied at the Purcell School, the Curtis Institute, and the Royal College of Music, completing his Artist Diploma as the “Benjamin Britten Piano Fellow” in 2017 (awarded by the Philip Loubser Foundation). His teachers include William Fong, Leon Fleisher, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Robert McDonald, Dmitri Alexeev, Ian Jones, and Eliso Virsaladze.
ALEXANDER ULLMAN
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VIANO QUARTET
LUCY WANG, VIOLIN HAO ZHOU, VIOLIN AIDEN KANE, VIOLA TATE ZAWADIUK, CELLO
Praised by The Boston Globe for its “virtuosity, visceral expression, and rare unity of intention,” the Viano Quartet is one of the most sought-after young ensembles performing today. The quartet attracted international notice after winning first prize at the 13th Banff International String Quartet Competition. Since then, the members have captivated audiences in nearly every major city across the globe.
During the 2024–25 season the Viano Quartet debuts Alice Tully Hall in the season-opening concert of CMSLincoln Center, followed by numerous engagements throughout the country. In November the quartet performs for the first time in David Geffen Hall with Sir Stephen Hough in the world premiere of his new piano quintet.
As dedicated advocates of music education, the Viano Quartet works with students at Music@Menlo, SUNY Buffalo, the Colburn Academy, Duke University, University of British Columbia, Northern Michigan University, Utah State University, University of Denver, and Virginia Commonwealth University. The quartet’s first album, Portraits, featuring pieces by Schubert, Florence Price, Tchaikovsky, and Ginastera, was released in 2023.
The name Viano was created to describe the four in dividual instruments in a string quartet interacting as one. Each of the four instruments begins with the letter V, and like a piano, all four string instruments together play both harmony and melody, creating a unified instrument called the Viano.
Born in Los Angeles in 1999, German-Austrian violist Emma Wernig has gained international recognition for her expressive artistry and distinctive musical voice. Her competition successes include the Barbirolli Prize at the 2019 Tertis International Viola Competition, first prize at the 2017 Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition, and the Wilo Foundation Prize in 2021, all of which played a pivotal role in propelling her international career.
Wernig’s 2 021 debut recording, an acclaimed album of rare Austrian viola works with pianist Albert Cano Smit, showcased her commitment to expanding the viola repertoire. In 2024 she joined Gidon Kremer, Magdalena Ceple, and Kremerata Baltica to record Schnittke’s Concerto for Three. As a soloist, she has performed with ensembles such as Kremerata Baltica, Württembergische Philharmonie, and the Folkwang Kammerorchester.
Wernig re cently became the violist of the award-winning Doric String Quartet, with which she will tour globally and perform a complete Beethoven cycle at Wigmore Hall. Beyond her chamber music and solo endeavors, she has collaborated with renowned artists, including Janine Jansen and Steven Isserlis.
Wernig ho lds degrees from Colburn Conservatory, Yale School of Music, and Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, where she studied with Paul Coletti, Ettore Causa, and Tabea Zimmermann. She plays a viola crafted by Jason Viseltear in 2019 and currently lives in London.
EMMA WERNIG
VIOLA
MELISSA WHITE
M elissa White’s rapid rise as a soloist has captured the attention of critics worldwide, many of whom knew her as a founding member of the Grammy-winning Harlem Quartet. As a soloist, she has performed with the Cleveland, Louisville, and Philadelphia orchestras; the Boston Pops; the Buffalo Philharmonic; the Aspen and Brevard festival orchestras, and the Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Colorado, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Pittsburgh symphony orchestras, among others.
Highlights of the 2024–25 concert season include appearances with the Delaware, Hilton Head, and Springfield symphony orchestras; Orchestra Iowa; and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as recitals at Boston Conservatory, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music Detroit, and Ontario’s Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts.
A first- prize laureate in the Sphinx Competition, White also performs with the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Internationally, she has performed with Poland’s Filharmonia Dolnoslaska, the Czech National Philharmonic, and the Colombian Youth Orchestra on tour, and in recital in Azerbaijian and Poland. Her film credits include a violin solo for the soundtrack of the psychological thriller Us. She has performed alongside pop artists such as Pharrell, Bruno Mars, Alicia Keys, and Lauryn Hill.
White ser ves as professor of music at the University at Buffalo and music artist faculty at New York University. She performs on a c. 1780 Ferdinando Gagliano violin on loan from Strumenti.
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yM usic is a genre-leading American chamber ensemble. Now in its 16th season, the group is renowned for its innovative and collaborative spirit. Since its inception, yMusic has had a unique mission: to work on both sides of the classical/popular music divide, without sacrificing rigor, virtuosity, charisma, or style. yMusic was recently praised by NPR Music as “deeply, profoundly skilled. They’ve formed a language all their own.” Named for Generation Y, yMusic and its cohort of composer-collaborators, who include Andrew Norman, Missy Mazzoli, Nico Muhly, Marcos Balter, and Gabriella Smith, have come to represent the vanguard of American contemporary music. Simultaneously, yMusic has been tapped to lend its orchestral sound and instantly recognizable style to recordings and concert projects by a dizzying array of popular artists, from ANOHNI to John Legend to Paul Simon.
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ALEX SOPP, FLUTES
MARK DOVER, CLARINETS
CJ CAMERIERI, TRUMPET
ROB MOOSE, VIOLIN
NADIA SIROTA, VIOLA
GABRIEL CABEZAS, CELLO
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