Ettore Causa viola
& Boris Berman piano
faculty artist series October 27, 2015 • Morse Recital Hall
Robert Blocker, Dean
Faculty Artist Series
Ettore Causa & Boris Berman Tuesday, October 27, 2015 • 7:30 pm • Morse Recital Hall
Robert Schumann 1810–1856
Three Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73 I. Zart und mit Ausdruck II. Lebhaft, leicht III. Rasch und mit Feuer Three Romances, Op. 94 I. Nicht schnell II. Einfach, innig III. Nicht schnell F-A-E Sonata for violin and piano II. Intermezzo Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70 intermission
Johannes Brahms 1833–1897
Sonata for piano and cello, No. 1, Op. 38 I. Allegro non troppo II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto III. Allegro
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Artist Profiles
Ettore Causa · viola 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 · piano Boris Berman is well known to the audiences of over 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. Berman was named an Honorary Professor of the Shanghai Conservatory in 2005, and in 2013, an Honorary Professor of Royal Danish Conservatory in Copenhagen. In 2000, Yale University Press published Mr. Berman’s Notes from the Pianist’s Bench, which has since 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. In 2011, Shanghai Publishing House published a new bilingual edition of the scores of Prokofiev’s piano sonatas, revised and edited by Mr. Berman. Based on manuscripts and first editions, this is the most authoritative edition of this repertoire available.
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