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faculty artist series
Wendy Sharp Joel Wizansky, piano Rolston String Quartet
Sunday, October 15, 2017 • 3 pm Morse Recital Hall
Faculty Artist Series
Wendy Sharp, violin joel wizansky, piano rolston string quartet Sergei Prokofiev 1891–1953
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a I. Moderato II. Presto III. Andante IV. Allegro con brio
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky “Méditation,” from Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42 1840–1893 Christopher Theofanidis b. 1967 Niccolo Paganini 1782–1840 ed. Fritz Kreisler
Fantasy for violin and piano (2009) “La Campanella,” from Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7 intermission
John Corigliano b. 1938
The Red Violin Caprices (1999)
Franz Schubert 1797–1828
Rondo in A major for violin and strings, D. 438 rolston string quartet Luri Lee, violin Jeffrey Dyrda, violin Hezekiah Leung, viola Jonathan Lo, cello
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Artist Profiles
Wendy Sharp, violin Award-winning violinist Wendy Sharp performs frequently as a recitalist and a chamber musician. In demand as a teacher and chamber music coach, Ms. Sharp is currently the director of chamber music and a member of the violin faculty at the Yale School of Music. Ms. Sharp was the first violinist and a founding member of the Franciscan String Quartet, winners of the first prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Press and City of Evian prizes at the Evian International Competition. She attended Yale University, graduating summa cum laude with distinction in music, and received her master of music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Ms. Sharp was a member of the California Summer Music faculty for 21 years and also taught at Mannes, Dartmouth College, and the San Francisco Conservatory. She has participated in the Aspen, Tanglewood, Chamber Music West, Yale Summer School of Music/Norfolk Chamber Music, BrittenPears, and Music Academy of the West festivals. Ms. Sharp is also a member of the board of Chamber Music America and a fellow at Berkeley College at Yale. Joel Wizansky, piano Pianist Joel Wizansky made his debut with the San Francisco Symphony at age 17. Since that time he has performed frequently as soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Among his appearances have been solo recitals at the 92nd St. Y in New York, the Phillips
Collection in Washington, D.C., and Old First Concerts in San Francisco, and chamber recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Caramoor Festival in New York, the National Concert Hall in Taipei, and the Seoul Arts Center in Korea. Mr. Wizansky has been heard in radio broadcast recitals in New York, Washington, Baltimore, and Chicago, and his recordings include the complete violin and piano works of Benjamin Lees, and a solo disc, A Brahms Recital. Among Mr. Wizansky’s numerous awards are first prize in the Helen Hart International Piano Competition, fifth prize in the Marguerite Long International Competition, and first prize in the Yale Gordon Concerto Competition. He is a graduate of the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Leonard Shure, and earned the Artist Diploma as a student of Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory. He has served on the faculties of the Peabody Conservatory and the Yale School of Music. Rolston String Quartet YSM Fellowship Quartet-in-Residence Luri Lee, violin Jeffrey Dyrda, violin Hezekiah Leung, viola Jonathan Lo, cello In the fall of 2017, the Rolston String Quartet began its tenure as the Yale School of Music’s fellowship quartet-in-residence. The quartet has also served as the graduate quartet-in-residence at Rice University’s
Artist Profiles
Shepherd School of Music and has participated in residencies and fellowships at the Académie musicale de Villecroze, Aspen Music Festival, Banff Centre, McGill International String Quartet Academy, Yale Summer School of Music/Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Robert Mann String Quartet Institute, St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar, and the Yehudi Menuhin Chamber Music Festival. Notable collaborations for the Rolston String Quartet include performances with renowned artists Andrés Díaz, Gilbert Kalish, Mark Morris, Donald Palma, Jon Kimura Parker, and Miguel da Silva. Additionally, the quartet has worked with composers John Luther Adams and Brian Current. Primary mentors include the Brentano String Quartet (the School of Music’s quartet-in-residence), James Dunham, Norman Fischer, and Kenneth Goldsmith, and the quartet has received additional guidance from the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Barry Shiffman, Miguel da Silva, and Alastair Tait. The Rolston String Quartet was formed in the summer of 2013 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Chamber Music Residency. They take their name from Canadian violinist Thomas Rolston, founder and longtime director of the Music and Sound Programs at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Luri Lee plays a Carlo Tononi violin, generously on loan from Shauna Rolston Shaw. Rolston String Quartet is endorsed by Jargar Strings of Denmark.
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