Ettore Causa viola
& Boris Berman piano
faculty artist series Music by Schubert, Stravinsky, and Brahms March 5, 2014 • Morse Recital Hall
Robert Blocker, Dean
Faculty Artist Series
Ettore Causa & Boris Berman Wednesday, March 5, 2013 • 8:00 pm • Morse Recital Hall
Franz Schubert 1797–1828
Sonatina in D major, Op. 137, No. 1, D. 384 I. Allegro molto II. Andante III. Allegro vivace
Johannes Brahms 1833–1897
Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 arr. Riebl/Causa I. Vivace, ma non troppo II. Adagio III. Allegro molto moderato
intermission
Schubert
Sonatina in G minor, Op. 137, No. 3, D. 408 I. Allegro giusto II. Andante III. Allegro moderato
Igor Stravinsky 1882–1971
Suite Italienne from Pulcinella arr. for cello and piano by Piatigorsky adapted for viola and piano by Causa I. Introduzione II. Serenata III. Aria IV. Tarantella V. Minuetto e Finale
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Artist Profiles
Ettore Causa · viola
Boris Berman · piano
Italian-born violist Ettore Causa was awarded both the Peter Schidlof Prize and the John Barbirolli Prize for the most beautiful sound at the prestigious Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition in England in 2000. He has since made solo and recital appearances in many of the major venues around the world. A devoted chamber musician, Mr. Causa was a member of the Aria Quartet 2004–2009 and currently plays in the Poseidon Quartet. He is frequently invited to prestigious chamber music festivals where he has performed with such internationally renowned musicians as the Tokyo, Artis, and Elias String Quartets, Pascal Rogé, Boris Berman, Thomas Adès, Ana Chumachenco, Natalie Clein, Alberto Lysy, Thomas Demenga, Anthony Marwood, Ulf Wallin, William Bennett, and others. Mr. Causa taught both viola and chamber music at the International Menuhin Music Academy for many years. He was appointed as an associate professor at the Yale School of Music in September 2009. Among his recordings, both the Brahms Sonatas and the collection of Romantic pieces garnered overwhelming success and were highly praised by critics worldwide. Ettore plays on a viola made for him by Frédéric Chaudière in 2003.
Boris Berman is well known to the audiences of close to fifty countries on six continents. He regularly appears with leading orchestras, on major recital series, and in important festivals. He studied at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with the distinguished pianist Lev Oborin. An active recording artist and a Grammy nominee, Mr. Berman was the first pianist to record the complete solo works by Prokofiev (Chandos). Other acclaimed releases include all piano sonatas by Alexander Scriabin (Music and Arts) and a recital of Shostakovich piano works (Ottavo), which received the Edison Classic Award in Holland, the Dutch equivalent of the Grammy. The recording of three Prokofiev concertos with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Neeme Järvi conducting (Chandos), was named the Compact Disc of the Month by CD Review. Other recordings include works by Mozart, Beethoven, Franck, Weber, Debussy, Stravinsky, Schnittke, Shostakovich, Joplin, and Cage. In 1984, Mr. Berman joined the faculty of the Yale School of Music, where he is professor of piano, coordinator of the Piano department, and Music Director of the Horowitz Piano Series. He also conducts master classes throughout the world. In 2005, he was named an honorary professor of Shanghai Conservatory; and in 2013, an honorary professor of the Royal Danish Conservatory in Copenhagen. In 2000, Yale University Press published Mr. Berman’s Notes from the Pianist’s Bench; since then, the book has been translated into several languages. In 2008, the same publisher released Mr. Berman’s new book Prokofiev’s Piano Sonatas: A Guide for the Listener and the Performer.
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