International Violin Competition of Indianapolis and
Ensemble Music Society of Indianapolis present
Classic Beethoven and Brahms Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio
featuring 2002 Bronze Medalist Soovin Kim
April 26, 2022 | 7:30 PM Indiana Landmarks Center
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Table of Contents 5 Board of Directors / Administration 46 About The Indianapolis 7 IVCI Laureates 8 Classic Beethoven & Brahms Program 9-12 About the Artists 15-18 Program Notes 20-23 Support 24-25 Josef Gingold Fund Endowment 26-27 Ensemble Music Society Support
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Dear Friends, We welcome you to tonight’s co-presentation by the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) and Ensemble Music Society (EMS). We are proud of our wonderful collaborative history featuring celebrated IVCI Laureates and jury members, and tonight are thrilled to continue this partnership in the presentation of the Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio. This concert was originally planned for the 2019/2020 season but was postponed due to the pandemic. We offer this recital not only live, but virtually as well. If you wish to relive tonight’s experience, please contact the IVCI office (317-6374574) to purchase a discounted $5 ticket for a virtual link that will be available for on-demand viewing through May 13. Please save the dates of May 4 to join Ensemble Music Society for its season finale featuring Cuarteto Latino Americano in a program of Latin American Classics, and May 17 to join the IVCI for the return of 1986 Gold Medalist Kyoko Takezawa and pianist Chih-Yi Chen. Visit ensemblemusic.org and violin.org for details. Thank you for attending tonight’s performance.
John N. Failey
President Ensemble Music Society of Indianapolis
Glen Kwok
Executive Director International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
Board of Directors Donna L. Reynolds, President Ann Hinson, Vice President Kurt Tornquist, Treasurer Steve Hamilton, Secretary Mario Arango Dawn Bennett Rebecca Dixon Julia Gard Toby Gill Rosalie Held
Peggy Myers Monica Peterson Marian M. Pettengill, Ph.D. Gary J. Reiter Theresa Rhodes David Schurger
Lesley Stoeffler Cheryl Strain Marianne Tobias Susan Brock Williams
Ex-Officio Directors Robert A. Anker, Past President Louis E. Daugherty, Past President Thomas R. Neal, Past President Alan Whaley, Past President
Gingold Fund Board of Directors Tibor Klopfer, President David P. Whitman, Treasurer Glen Kwok, Secretary Robert A. Anker Daniel C. Appel Louis E. Daugherty
Marci M. Matthews Donna L. Reynolds
Administration Glen Kwok Executive Director
Mindy Miller Director of Operations
Mary Jane Sorbera Director of Development
Zack French Director of Communications and Artist Advancement
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About The Indianapolis REMARKABLE PERFORMANCES, extraordinary prizes and a festival atmosphere characterize the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) as “the ultimate violin contest…” writes the Chicago Tribune. Laureates of The Indianapolis have emerged as outstanding artists in concert halls across the globe. For 17 days every four years, 40 of the world’s brightest talents come here to perform some of the most beautiful music ever written before enthusiastic audiences in venues throughout the city including the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Performing Arts and the Hilbert Circle Theatre, where the finalists collaborate with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Of the prizes awarded, one of the most significant is the four-year loan of a concert instrument from the Competition collection which comprises the 1683 “ex-Gingold” Stradivari violin and several modern instruments. Under the guidance of Thomas J. Beczkiewicz, Founding Director, and the late Josef Gingold, who had served on the juries of every major violin competition in the world, the IVCI became known by the musical and media communities as one of the world’s most compelling competitions. In 1994, the artistic leadership of this Competition passed from Gingold to his most famous pupil, Jaime Laredo, one of the master musicians of our time. Since 1982, Indianapolis has hosted 10 Competitions. It is a unique showcase for the world’s most gifted young violinists and a demonstration of Hoosier hospitality and American volunteerism. Regarded as the “Olympics of the Violin,” each Competition generates significant national and international media coverage for the artists and the state. Hundreds of volunteers work tirelessly to make this event possible. Through the performances of its Laureates, the influence of the Competition continues for years afterward in cities of the world far from Indianapolis. These Laureates uphold the tradition of quality and excellence which has made the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis one of the most prestigious music competitions in the world. The 11th Quadrennial will be held September 9-25, 2022.
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Laureates are listed in order of placement
IVCI Laureates
1982 Competition Mihaela Martin, Romania Ida Kavafian, United States Yuval Yaron, Israel Olivier Charlier, France Nai-Yuan Hu, Taiwan Yuriko Naganuma, Japan
2002 Competition Barnabás Kelemen, Hungary Sergey Khachatryan, Armenia Soovin Kim, United States Frank Huang, United States Susie Park, Australia Alina Pogostkina, Germany
1986 Competition Kyoko Takezawa, Japan Leonidas Kavakos, Greece Andrés Cárdenes, United States Chin Kim, South Korea Sungsic Yang, South Korea Annick Roussin, France
2006 Competition Augustin Hadelich, Germany Simone Lamsma, The Netherlands Celeste Golden, United States Yura Lee, South Korea Ye-Eun Choi, South Korea Bella Hristova, Bulgaria
1990 Competition Pavel Berman, Russia Marco Rizzi, Italy Ivan Chan, United States Virginie Robilliard, France David Kim, United States Martin Beaver, Canada
2010 Competition Clara-Jumi Kang, South Korea Soyoung Yoon, South Korea Benjamin Beilman, United States Haoming Xie, China Antal Zalai, Hungary Andrey Baranov, Russia
1994 Competition Juliette Kang, Canada Stefan Milenkovich, Yugoslavia David Chan, United States Jaakko Kuusisto, Finland Michiko Kamiya, Japan Robin Sharp, United States
2014 Competition Jinjoo Cho, South Korea Tessa Lark, United States Ji Young Lim, South Korea Dami Kim, South Korea Yoojin Jang, South Korea Ji Yoon Lee, South Korea
1998 Competition Judith Ingolfsson, Iceland Liviu Prunaru, Romania Ju-Young Baek, South Korea Svetlin Roussev, Bulgaria Andrew Haveron, Great Britain Bin Huang, China
2018 Competition Richard Lin, Taiwan/United States Risa Hokamura, Japan Luke Hsu, United States Anna Lee, United States Ioana Cristina Goicea, Romania Shannon Lee, United States/Canada
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Classic Beethoven and Brahms with
Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio Tuesday, April 26, 2022 | 7:30 PM Indiana Landmarks Center | Grand Hall Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Pierre Jalbert (b. 1967)
Piano Trio No. 2
Allegro con brio Andante cantabile con variazioni Menuetto. Quasi allegro Finale. Prestissimo
Mysterious, nocturnal, desolate Agitated, relentless
15-minute intermission
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87 Allegro Andante con moto (Tema con variazioni) Scherzo. Presto - Trio. Poco meno mosso Finale. Allegro giocoso
Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio Gloria Chien, piano Soovin Kim, violin Paul Watkins, cello If you would like to experience this performance again, call the IVCI office at (317) 637-4574 to receive a virtual on-demand link for just $5 (live attendees only). The on-demand video will be available through May 13. Proudly co-presented with
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Gloria Chien, piano Taiwanese-born pianist Gloria Chien has one of the most diverse musical lives as a noted performer, concert presenter, and educator. She was selected by the Boston Globe as one of its Superior Pianists of the year, “… who appears to excel in everything.” She made her orchestral debut at the age of 16 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Thomas Dausgaard, and performed again with the BSO with Keith Lockhart. In recent seasons, she has performed as a recitalist and chamber musician at Alice Tully Hall, the Library of Congress, the Phillips Collection, the Kissingen Sommer festival, the Dresden Chamber Music Festival, and the National Concert Hall in Taiwan. A former member of CMS Two, she performs frequently with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In 2009 she launched String Theory, a chamber music series at the Hunter Museum of American Art in downtown Chattanooga, which has become one of Tennessee’s premier classical music presenters. The following year she was appointed Director of the Chamber Music Institute at the Music@Menlo festival by Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han. In 2017, she joined her husband, violinist Soovin Kim, as Co-Artistic Director of the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival in Burlington, Vermont. Ms. Chien received her B.M., M.M., and D.M.A. degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music as a student of Russell Sherman and WhaKyung Byun. She holds the position of artist-in-residence at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. She is a Steinway Artist.
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Soovin Kim, violin Korean-American violinist Soovin Kim has built on the early successes of his prize-winning years to emerge as a mature and communicative artist. In addition to winning first prize at the Paganini International Competition and the Bronze Medal at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Mr. Kim was recipient of the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the Henryk Szeryng Foundation Career Award. Today he enjoys a broad musical career, regularly performing repertoire such as Bach sonatas and Paganini caprices for solo violin, sonatas for violin and piano by Beethoven, Brahms, and Ives, string quartets, Mozart and Haydn concertos and symphonies as a conductor, and new world-premiere works almost every season. He has performed in past seasons with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco and Stuttgart Radio symphonies, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, and the Seoul Philharmonic and Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra. For twenty years, Kim was the first violinist of the Johannes String Quartet. Among their special projects was a two-season tour with the famed and now-retired Guarneri String Quartet including world premieres of works by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Derek Bermel and William Bolcom. Mr. Kim maintains a close relationship with the famed Marlboro Festival where he regularly spends his summers. He is well known in Korea as a member of MIK, his ground-breaking piano quartet ensemble. Soovin Kim’s latest solo CD, Gypsy, was his third solo collaboration between American label Azica Records and Korea-based Stomp/EMI. They previously released a French album of Fauré and Chausson with pianist Jeremy Denk and the Jupiter Quartet, and Paganini’s demanding 24 Caprices for solo violin which was named Classic FM magazine’s Instrumental Disc of the Month (“he emerges thrillingly triumphant…a
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thrilling debut disc”). He made his first solo recording with Jeremy Denk for Koch-Discover in duo works by Schubert, Bartók and Strauss. Mr. Kim also has six commercial chamber music recordings including an acclaimed live performance from the Marlboro Festival of Beethoven’s Archduke Trio with pianist Mitsuko Uchida and the late cellist David Soyer. Soovin Kim founded the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival in Burlington, Vermont in 2009. With its focused programming and exceptional artists, the festival is “increasing its stature as one of this country’s summer chamber music meccas” (Rutland Herald). Mr. Kim and the Lake Champlain festival helped to create the ONE Strings program in Burlington which makes violin lessons part of the regular curriculum for every third, fourth and fifth grader. In May 2015, he received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Vermont in recognition of his contributions to the community. Soovin Kim dedicates much of his time to his passion for teaching. He has been on the faculties of Stony Brook University and the Peabody Institute, and now he teaches exclusively at the New England Conservatory in Boston. Mr. Kim studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music with David Cerone and Donald Weilerstein, and at the Curtis Institute of Music with Victor Danchenko and Jaime Laredo.
Paul Watkins, cello Acclaimed for his inspirational performances and eloquent musicianship, Paul Watkins enjoys a distinguished career as concerto soloist, chamber musician and conductor. He is the Artistic Director of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival in Detroit (since 2014), the cellist of the Emerson String Quartet (since 2013) and Visiting Professor of Cello at Yale School of Music (since 2018). He took first prize in the 2002 Leeds Conducting Competition, and has held the positions of Music Director of the English Chamber Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra.
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Watkins gives regular concerto performances with the major British orchestras, including at the BBC Proms, where he has appeared most recently with the BBC Symphony and Thomas Adès in Lutosławski’s cello concerto, and with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in the world premiere of the cello concerto composed for him by his brother, Huw Watkins. He has performed with prestigious orchestras across the globe including the Netherlands Philharmonic, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. He has performed under the baton of renowned conductors including Leonard Slatkin, Sakari Oramo, Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Mark Elder, Sir Andrew Davis and Sir Charles Mackerras. He premiered (and was the dedicatee of) Mark-Anthony Turnage’s new concerto with the Antwerp Symphony and Edo de Waart, the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra and Hannu Lintu, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko, and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Andris Nelsons. A dedicated chamber musician, Watkins was a member of the Nash Ensemble from 1997 until 2013, when he joined the Emerson String Quartet. With the Quartet he has travelled extensively, performing at major international festivals including Tanglewood, Aspen, Ravinia, Edinburgh, Berlin and Evian and has collaborated with distinguished artists such as Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, Renée Fleming, Evgeny Kissin and Barbara Hannigan. His extensive discography as a cellist includes a wide range of repertoire for Chandos Records, including Britten’s Cello Symphony, the concertos of Delius, Elgar, Finzi, Lutosławski, Walton, Tobias Picker and Cyril Scott, and recitals of Mendelssohn, Martinů, and 20th century British and American music for cello and piano with Huw Watkins. He has recorded the Britten solo cello suites and twentieth century British repertoire for Nimbus, Takemitsu’s Orion and Pleiades for BIS Records, and as a conductor, music by Mozart, Gliere, Röntgen, and a Grammy® nominated pairing of the Berg and Britten violin concertos with Daniel Hope. Watkins plays on a cello made by Domenico Montagnana and Matteo Goffriller in Venice, c.1730.
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A Romantic Finale 1986 IVCI Gold Medalist
Kyoko Takezawa and Chih-Yi Chen, piano
Tuesday, May 17 | 7:30 PM Indiana History Center Live and Virtual performance
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Melanie Laurent with Ronen
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Program Notes Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3 (1795) The first published works of Beethoven’s occurred soon after he left Bonn to settle in Vienna. The initial purpose of his move was to study with Haydn, who from all accounts found Beethoven to be a headstrong young man. Of the three piano trios of the Opus 1 set, Haydn was clearly bewildered by the last one. No wonder; this is the first occurrence of Beethoven’s characteristic C-minor mood; any piece of his in this key is guaranteed to have fireworks and high drama. The irony about this situation is that Beethoven’s style owes more to Haydn than to Mozart; one must not forget too that Haydn continued to compose significant works for eleven years after Mozart died, and was Beethoven’s only serious competitor, so to speak, for much of the 1790s. The drive and vigor of Beethoven’s works can be easily traced to Haydn’s late quartets, sonatas and symphonies. Beethoven’s penchant for motivic development can be already seen in this work. The quiet statement of the opening theme, by the whole ensemble in unison, belies the ferocity which this theme will be heard later in the exposition. The construction of the theme, with particular emphasis on a four-note motive on a rising arpeggio, is very typical of his style. Another theme in the beginning, stated by the piano after a hold, recurs many times in various guises throughout the movement; its more rhythmic nature especially lends itself to transition passages. Eventually, a contrasting theme will be heard in the relative major key (E-flat); its more flowing nature, mostly on descending scale patterns, provides a brief respite from the driving tension of the movement. The development section is where Beethoven really makes his mark. The boldness of his modulations must have been very bracing at the time, going from E-flat minor, B major, and F minor in short order. The four-note rising motive from the opening theme plays a big role in this section; the sudden fortissimo fury contributes to the dramatic nature of the work. The switch in emphasis from the exposition to the development is Beethoven’s personal transformation of the form; a much bigger point is made to the process of setting up the return of the main theme at the recapitulation. 2021 - 2022 Laureate Series
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Program Notes This return itself is set up with a jolt, by having a fade out preceding its fortissimo entrance. A few more jolts are left for the recap. As all the material which used to be in the major mode in the exposition now have to be in minor, many elements are quite transformed from their analogues in the exposition. The ferocity of the main theme, which was heard earlier before in E-flat major, sounds even more intense in C minor. The slow movement sports another favorite form of Beethoven’s, the variation set. This one is set up in a usual format, with the first three variations getting progressively more active, a slow expressive variation in the minor mode, a closing variation extended by a coda. Beethoven must have been fond of his early effort in this form; the closing passage to the movement was later re-used in one of the late piano Bagatelles (Op. 119, No. 2). The third movement, for convention’s sake, is called a Minuet, but the syncopations will surely prevent any attempts to dance an actual minuet to this movement. The accented off-beats are yet another characteristic element of the style. The Trio section in C major is more decorative, with alternating piano scales and melodies for the cello. A Prestissimo finale obviously means a whirlwind display of virtuosity, especially from the piano. Finales now are more apt to be in sonataallegro rather than in Rondo form, consistent with the increasing weight composers put on their last movements. The big surprise of the movement, however, is in the coda section. After all the fury of the movement, one would expect a real slam-bang ending; instead, there is a slow fade-out, finally ending peacefully in C major after a quiet flurry of scales in the piano. For a work with such drama, it takes real assurance to end it quietly. Hsueh-Yung Shen
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Program Notes Pierre Jalbert (b. 1967) Piano Trio No. 2 (2014) Pierre Jalbert is a celebrated American composer known for his mastery of tonal colors, vivid scores and expressive writing. He has won numerous awards, such as the Rome Prize, BBC Masterprize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He first became widely known for his 2001 orchestral work In Aeternam, and since then his music has been frequently performed internationally. Jalbert’s compositional style participates in a twenty-first century trend towards musical gesture as a defining feature. In particular, his music can grab an audience’s attention by establishing an austere atmosphere that is interrupted by brief musical fragments, creating a feeling of suspension in time. In many of his works, that effect is then contrasted with periods of driving rhythmic activity. These concepts are immediately made evident in the first movement of his Piano Trio No. 2. It opens with an ethereal mood and twinkling glimmers in the piano. Jalbert wrote that this movement was inspired by a nighttime desert landscape. Stars dot the soundscape as breezes briefly capture attention. The nocturnal atmosphere eventually accelerates into a more agitated section before dissipating back to the stillness of night. The second movement, according to Jalbert, was inspired by driving through Houston on an elevated highway. Looking at the cityscape from that vantage point caused the buildings to appear as if they were passing in slow motion, made more curious by viewing them at the level of their fourth or fifth floors, rather than at ground level. The music, however, is not programmatic. Instead, this imagery was used as inspiration for the fast tempo, juxtaposition of motion and stillness, and racing finish. Nicholas Johnson, PhD Butler University
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87 (1882) In order to appreciate how much of a classicist Brahms was, one must remember that Wagner died barely a year after this work was written. Around this time, Wagner and Brahms were seen at odds with each other, the former said to be the more “progressive” of the two. One certainly sees a reliance upon classical forms at a time when it was no longer fashionable, in particular a conscious emulation of Beethovenesque sonorities and devices. To have a piece with predominantly positive or happy affects is also becoming unusual at this time, even for Brahms. The diatonic nature of the main theme in the first movement is very striking, especially coupled with Brahms’ characteristic sense of line. Also typical are hemiola effects in the triple-meter pulse, where two groups of three beats are felt as three groups of two. Brahms has a way with subtle rhythmic shifts; though the listener may not be consciously aware of them, they provide much of the work’s sense of direction. One unusual flight of fancy in the first movement is a sudden speedup in tempo in the middle of the development section, and also at the beginning of the coda. The second movement, a variation set, shows Brahms’ continuing fascination with gypsy-style music. The theme has a snapping motive characteristic of Hungarian speech inflections. The use of the variation form itself is modelled after Beethoven, the acknowledged master of the form. The characteristic snapping motive is retained in the first three variations; the music takes a much different turn in the last two variations, with both the melodies and the rhythms becoming less angular. The Scherzo shows Brahms’ particular brand of Impressionism, a hushed and somewhat foreboding variety of scurrying textures. This affect becomes more prominent in his later styles, and tends to be associated with death-related imagery. It is the only genuinely dark spot in the work, and at any case, it is relieved by a much warmer sounding “trio” section. A rather curious theme starts the Finale, an insistence on F# in a basically C-major theme makes for a modal flavor. A harmonic imbalance is created, making the first theme already lean naturally toward E minor, the key of the second theme. Much of the tension in this movement comes from the constant battle between those two keys, with the tonic key ultimately becoming victorious. Hsueh-Yung Shen
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Annual Fund Gifts The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) operates on an overall four-year cycle, with four individual fiscal years comprising the full quadrennial budget. Gifts to the Annual Fund are acknowledged in the year received. The following list reflects Annual Fund gifts received for the current fiscal year (received as of April 7, 2022). Carter Family Quasi Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation Steve Hamilton and Keith Norwalk Kay F. Koch Ann M. Stack Charles and Carol Ward
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Annual Fund Gifts HONOR/MEMORIAL GIFTS In honor of Thomas J. Beczkiewicz Anne Longtine and Marco Spallone N. Clay and Amy Robbins In honor of Dawn Bennett’s Birthday Peggy and Byron Myers In honor of Donald Bogard and his 80th Birthday David and Ingrid Bellman Deirdre Bogard
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The Josef Gingold Fund Endowment The Josef Gingold Fund is an endowment established in 1985 to secure a financial base for the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis’ future. In order for the Competition to become selfsupporting, it is vitally important that the endowment continues to grow. The importance of an endowment is recognized by both friends of the Competition and its Laureates. A strong endowment provides the foundation needed to maintain our Competition’s status. Please join the growing list of supporters of The Josef Gingold Fund. Whether you choose to make a planned or an outright gift, your contribution will help ensure the future of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis - a great cultural and community asset.
Please call the Competition office at (317) 637-4574 or email Mary Jane Sorbera at maryjane@violin.org if you wish to discuss a planned or outright endowment gift.
JOSEF GINGOLD FUND GIFTS The following list reflects cumulative gifts made from August 1, 2021 through April 7, 2022. Anonymous Cynthia P. Matthews Family Foundation Mr. Thomas P. Murphy Alan and Elizabeth Whaley
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The Josef Gingold Society has been created in order to recognize, during their lifetime, those kind supporters who include The Josef Gingold Fund in their estate plans. Members of The Josef Gingold Society: Anonymous (3) Bob and Pat Anker Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Beczkiewicz Donald P. Bogard Anita and Bill Cast Mrs. Chris J. Christy Lou and Kathy Daugherty Rosalie Held Glen Kwok and Chih-Yi Chen
2021 - 2022 Laureate Series
Deborah and Joe Loughrey Laura and Alan Mendelsohn Melinda J. Miller Peggy and Byron Myers Jane and Andrew Paine Nancy J. Schmidt Alan and Elizabeth Whaley Anna S. and James P. White
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Ensemble Music Society Donations for the 12 months ending March 31, 2022. FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE $5000 AND ABOVE John and Jill Failey PRESIDENT’S CLUB $2000 - $4999 Max Kime Dr. Christian and Elaine Holden Wolf CONCERT SPONSOR $1000 - $1999 Tom and Dawn Bennett John and Barb Chirgwin Frank and Nancy Gootee Tom and Mary Grein William and Renate Hubbard Ann H. Hunt Larry and Anne Lazarz Barbara MacDougall Doris McCullough Jane Nolan Marian Pettengill Scott and Susan Putney Jean Richcreek R. Charles Rudesill Anne Longtine and Marco Spallone Phil and Shandon Whistler Marianne S. Wokeck PATRON $500-$999 Marsha Brown Thomas and Lorelei Farlow Helmut Fortense Sarah Kunz and John J. Goodman Dennis and Anne McCafferty Elisabeth Ohly-Davis Dr. Valerie Purvin PARTNER $250-$499 Ms. Frankie Besch Mr. and Mrs. Gayl Doster Reynold and Ann Berger Frutkin Dr. Gottlieb and Annette Glauninger
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Brad and Laura Hays Karl and Jean Patton Beverly Ruebeck Klaus and Joel Schmiegel John A. Seest Dr. and Mrs. James Smith Ieva Straatman Royce D. Thrush James P. White Larry L. and Sue Wilson Tim and Cathy Wright DEVOTEE $100-$249 Laura Bramble John and Catherine Bridge Lee Clifford David and Ann Cook Steve and Mary O. DeVoe Alan and Julie Duncanson Rise’ A. Friedman Shirley Ann Fry Alan Hamburger Samuel and Margaret Hazlett Thomas E. Jackson Kelly Koehler Joan Leibman Lucila I. Mena Heather Platt Sarah Binford and Peter Racher Dr. and Mrs. Joerg Schreiber Ms. Ada C. Shaum Edward and Joan Staubach Stephen E. Towne Paul and Marjorie Valliere Ken and Mary Anne Winslow CONTRIBUTOR $50-$99 George Freije Frank and Patricia Hartman Andy Hein
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Glen Helman Joanne T. Hom Joie Kipka Keith R. and Karen Phelps Marsh Ross David and Kathleen Solotkin Lisa Teague Betty Wagoner Alan and Elizabeth Whaley OTHER Nikolaus Brahtz Bob and Deborah Falk Michael Finnerty John Wood FOUNDATIONS AND GRANTS Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, Inc Arts Council of Indianapolis Arts Midwest HONORS Contribution in Honor of John Failey Anne Longtine and Marco Spallone Contribution in Honor of Lorelei Farlow Edward and Joan Staubach MEMORIALS Memorial Contribution for Anita Beeth Sarah Kunz and John J. Goodman Memorial Contribution for Lamar Richcreek Mrs. Jean Richcreek Memorial Contribution for Bob and Helen Rudesill Frank and Pat Hartman
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MAY 15, 2022 · 3:30pm · Indiana Landmarks Center Our season concludes on a high note with Michelle Cann weaving works by Black female composers Margaret Bonds and Florence Price with pieces by Romantic composers Brahms and Chopin. A champion of the music of Florence Price, Cann made her orchestral debut at age fourteen and has since performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras, including The Philadelphia Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra. She will perform Price’s “Fantasie Nègre No. 1 in E minor” as well as “Troubled Water” by Bonds.
Tickets at americanpianists.org
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Connect & Discover 2021-2022 Season
Sterling Elliott
Dance Kaleidoscope
Matthew Kraemer, Music Director
Professional Orchestra-In-Residence Schrott Center for the Arts at Butler
March 19 • Metropolis April 23 • Sterling Elliott, Cello May 20-22 • Music Moves with DK
Tickets $35-40 at icomusic.org full page ivci.indd 1
1/14/2022 10:58:15 AM
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2021-2022 | OUR 77 th SEASON
ALL TOGETHER
AGAIN.
CUARTETO LATINOAMERICANO WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 | 7:30 PM GLICK INDIANA HISTORY CENTER 450 WEST OHIO STREET
LATIN AMERICAN CLASSICS Héitor Villa-Lobos | String Quartet No. 5 (1931) Julián Orbón | String Quartet (1951) Silvestre Revueltas | Música de Feria (1932) Alberto Ginastera | String Quartet No. 2, Op. 26 (1958)
ensemblemusic.org 2021 - 2022 Laureate Series
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The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
presents 2018 Gold Medalist
RICHARD LIN Pianist Thomas Hoppe
Carnegie Hall Isaac Stern Auditorium June 24, 2022 8:00 PM
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