Emanuel Ax, piano

Emanuel Ax » piano

h orowit z p i a no ser ie s · f e b r uar y 2 3 , 2 0 11 · 8: 00 pm

franz schubert 1797–1828

Impromptus, Op. posth. 142, D. 935 No. 1 in F minor No. 2 in A-flat major No. 3 in B-flat major No. 4 in F minor

Sonata No. 13 in A major, Op. 120, D. 664 I.

Allegro moderato

II.

Andante

III. Allegro Intermission Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960 I.

Molto moderato

II.

Andante sostenuto

III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza – Trio IV.

Allegro, ma non troppo – Presto

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Robert Blocker, Dean

a rtis t p ro fi l e

Born in Lvov, Poland, Emanuel Ax moved to Winnipeg, Canada with his family when he was a young boy. He studied at the Juilliard School and Columbia University, capturing public attention in 1974 when he won the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. In 1975 he won the Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists, followed four years later by the coveted Avery Fisher Prize.

Highlights of the current season include return visits to the orchestras of Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Atlanta, and Toronto, as well as a number of recitals culminating in a series of three at Lincoln Center focused on the music of Schubert.

In recognition of the bicentenaries of Chopin and Schumann in 2010 and in partnership with London’s Barbican, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the San Francisco Symphony, Mr. Ax commissioned new works from composers Thomas Adés, Peter Lieberson and Stephen Prutsman for three recital programs presented in each of those cities with colleagues Yo-Yo Ma and Dawn Upshaw. His collaboration with Mark Morris Dance Group continued during summer 2009, when he partnered with Yo-Yo Ma in a dance work jointly commissioned by the Tanglewood and Mostly Mozart festivals.

In addition to this large-scale project, recent tours included performances in Asia with the New York Philharmonic on its first tour with music director Alan Gilbert, and European tours with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and James Conlon as well as the Pittsburgh Symphony with Manfred Honeck. As a regular visitor in subscription concerts, he returned to Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston last spring.

Mr. Ax has been an exclusive Sony Classical recording artist since 1987.

He has received Grammy Awards for the second and third volumes of his cycle of Haydn’s piano sonatas and has also made a series of Grammywinning recordings with Ma of the Beethoven and Brahms sonatas for cello and piano. Mr. Ax resides in New York City with his wife, pianist Yoko Nozaki, and their two children. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds honorary doctorates of music from Yale and Columbia Universities. » www.EmanuelAx.com

Emanuel Ax » piano

h orowit z p i a no ser ie s · 2 0 10 -11 s eas o n

Boris Berman · Artistic Director Wednesdays at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall Tickets $12–22 | Students $6

MAR 23

Robert Blocker “Great skill and accomplishment, a measurable virtuoso bent...” – Los Angeles Times Music of Scarlatti, Chopin, Schwantner, Ravel, and Ginastera.

APR 6

Boris Berman The New York Times has praised Berman’s “poetical refinement and intense musicality.”

Concertos by J.S. Bach for keyboard and strings.

With Katie Hyun and David Southorn, violin; Ettore Causa, viola; and Mihai Marica, cello.

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MAR 3

Master Class with Paul Badura-Skoda 10:30 am | Thu | Morse Recital Hall | Free The legendary Austrian pianist gives a public master class featuring movements from three Mozart piano concerti performed by Aura Go, Elizaveta Miller, and Esther Park.

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Yale Philharmonia: Concertante 8:00 pm | Fri & Sat | Morse Recital Hall | Free Twentieth-century chamber concertos. Featuring the U.S. premiere of Frank Martin’s rediscovered Ballade No. 2 for flute, plus music by Bloch, Strauss, and Ginastera. Shinik Hahm, conductor. With soloists Ransom Wilson, flute; David Shifrin, clarinet; and Frank Morelli, bassoon.

MAR 1

Kavafian-Schub-Shifrin Trio 8:00 pm | Tue | Morse Recital Hall Tickets $20-30 | Students $10 Ani Kavafian, violin and viola; David Shifrin, clarinet; and Andre-Michel Schub, piano. Mozart: “Kegelstatt” Trio, K. 498; Schumann: Märchenerzälungen (Fairy Tales); Milhaud: Suite; Stravinsky: Suite from Histoire du Soldat.

MAR 2

Linden String Quartet 8:00 pm | Wed | Morse Recital Hall | Free Mozart: String Quartet E-flat Major, K. 428; Bridge: Three Idylls; Beethoven: String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132.

Sarah McElravy and Catherine Cosbey, violins; Eric Wong, viola; and Felix Umansky, cello.

MAR 24

New Music New Haven 8:00 pm | Thu | Morse Recital Hall | Free Featuring composer Ezra Laderman, with the world premiere of his Piano Sonata No. 5. Also on the program will be Ingram Marshall’s Authentic Presence for solo piano.

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