Robert Blocker, Dean
Yale Philharmonia Peter Oundjian, Principal Conductor
Saturday, May 7, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Woolsey Hall
Program Tōru Takemitsu 1930–1996
To the Edge of Dream (1983) Roberto Granados, guitar
Benjamin Britten 1913–1976
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a I. Dawn II. Sunday Morning III. Moonlight IV. Storm
intermission Audience members are asked to refrain from mingling.
Antonín Dvořák 1841–1904
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, “From the New World” I. Adagio – Allegro molto II. Largo III. Scherzo. Molto vivace IV. Allegro con fuoco
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Artist Profiles Peter Oundjian, principal conductor
Roberto Granados, guitar
Toronto-born conductor Peter Oundjian has been an instrumental figure in the rebirth of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra since his appointment as Music Director in 2004. In addition to conducting the orchestra in dynamic performances that have achieved significant artistic acclaim, he has been greatly involved in a variety of new initiatives that have strengthened the ensemble’s presence in the community and attracted a young and diverse audience.
Roberto Granados is a guitarist and composer from Hayward, California. First inspired by the music of Jimi Hendrix, Roberto began studying guitar at the age of six with Hungarian classical guitarist Gyorgy Vass. He has since studied privately with flamenco guitarist-composer Jason McGuire and classical guitarist-composer Sérgio Assad.
In addition to his post in Toronto, from which he stepped down in 2018, Oundjian served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 2010 and played a major role at the Caramoor International Music Festival in New York between 1997 and 2007. In 2012 he was appointed Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Oundjian was the first violinist of the renowned Tokyo String Quartet, a position he held for fourteen years. Since 1981, he has been on the Yale School of Music faculty. He was awarded the School’s Samuel Simons Sanford Medal for distinguished service to music in 2013 and named Principal Conductor of the Yale Philharmonia in 2015. He is Professor (adjunct) of Music and Orchestral Conducting at the School of Music.
Roberto holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from California State University East Bay, where he studied with Marc Teicholz, and Master of Music and Master of Musical Arts degrees from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Benjamin Verdery. Roberto has performed widely in numerous venues in collaboration with various ensembles and artists, including the San Francisco Guitar Quartet, the California Symphony, the Santa Cruz Symphony, Jon Anderson of British progressive rock band Yes, and ukulele soloist Jake Shimabukuro. In 2009, at ten years old, Roberto was invited to perform for and meet President Barack Obama at a fundraiser for the DNC’s “Organizing for America” campaign. That same year, he was invited to represent NPR’s From the Top’s PBS series From the Top at Carnegie Hall, at the 36th Annual Emmy Awards. Other notable performances include NPR’s From the Top, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts; Linfield College; Walnut Creek Lesher Center for the Arts; San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Yoshi’s San Francisco; San Francisco de
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Staff
Young Museum; Santa Cruz Kuumbwa Jazz Center; Brava Theater; Guitar Solo & Ensemble Festival; New World Flamenco Festival; Tony LaRussa’s Animal Rescue Foundation - Stars to the Rescue; La Peña Cultural Center; Ashkenaz Berkeley; West Coast Blues Hall of Fame & Awards Show; Canciones 2 - Caminos Flamencos; Ukulele Jams Festival; EG5 Conference; TEDxRedmond and TEDxSanJose; and Google Zeitgeist ‘13.
Manager Jeffrey M. Mistri
Roberto composes music varying from solo and ensemble works to electronics and performance art-inspired pieces, and often experimenting with elements of noise, improvisation, indeterminacy, and altered tuning systems. He has premiered and composed new works for guitar and other instruments in collaboration with the Bay Area Composers Group collective, including several concerts at the Center for New Music in San Francisco and an online livestream premiere series. Roberto has also performed extensively as a flamenco guitarist, and has released an album of flamenco music, Soñador (2018). He writes music for a solo multi-instrumental progressive metal project under the alias of The Halcyon Effect, and works in audio production and visual art in his free time. » robertogranadosguitar.com
Assistant Manager Samuel Bobinski Office Assistant Matthew Matheny Stage Crew Shania Cordoba Alex Dergal Ryan Goodwin Jihyun Hwang Seojin Kim Makana Medeiros Stephen Perkyns Chris Rogers-Beadle Matthew Rose Declan Wilcox Deng Zhang Library Stephanie Fritz Nicholas Hernandez Jillian Honn Gregory Lewis Freya Liu Zachary Merkovsky Jaimee Reynolds
Yale Philharmonia Roster Peter Oundjian, principal conductor Violin 1 Kate Arndt Eunsae Lee Michael Ferri Freya Liu Julia Hwang Ilana Zaks Tianpei Ai Ayrton Pisco Yuna Jo Boyu Li Wei Zhu Yasmine Fu Violin 2 Gregory Lewis Emily Shehi Anna Lee Tristan Siegel Herdís Guðmundsdóttir Jeremy Lap Hei Hao Erin White Riana Heath Rebecca Weger Katherine (Kit Ying) Cheng Viola Kayla Cabrera Brian Isaacs Adam Newman Serena Hsu Harris Bernstein Deng Zhang Emily Rekrut-Pressey Colin Laursen
Cello Stephen Perkyns Jihyun Hwang William Suh Hye In Lee Jakob Taylor Jenny Bahk Thomas Hung Hans Emil Sollesnes Sandra Lied Haga Double Bass Zachary Merkovsky Matthew Peralta Seojin Kim Ryan Sujdak Nicholas Hernandez Dylan Reckner Flute Jordan Arbus¹ Hyeonjeong Choi² Danielle Maeng³ alto Flute Hyeonjeong Choi¹ Piccolo Hyeonjeong Choi³ Danielle Maeng¹ ² Oboe Rachel Ahn Soo Min Ha³ Mickenna Keller¹ ² Will Stevens English Horn Will Stevens¹
Clarinet Alex Dergal² Lloyd Van’t Hoff¹ Zikang Wang Kean Xiong³ e-flat Clarinet Lloyd Van’t Hoff² Bass Clarinet Zikang Wang¹ Bassoon Matthew Matheny² Anjali Pillai³ Andy Sledge¹ Marty Tung Contrabassoon Marty Tung¹ ² Horn Ava Conway² Stephanie Fritz Torrin Hallett Xin He³ Franco Ortiz³* Jaimee Reynolds Kate Warren¹ Trumpet Anthony Barrington Joshua Bialkin² Shania Cordoba¹ Connor Holland³ Lizbeth Yanez Trombone Addison Maye-Saxon³ Chandler McLaughlin¹ ²
Bass Trombone Matthew Rose¹ ² Declan Wilcox³ Tuba Bridget Conley² ³ Timpani Jacob Gutierrez² Makana Medeiros³ Percussion Russell Fisher Jacob Gutierrez Sijia Huang Makana Medeiros² Yukiko Nakamura¹ Michael Yeung³ Harp Mia Venezia¹ Jane Yoo² celeste Muzi Zhao¹
¹ Principal on Takemitsu ² Principal on Britten ³ Principal on Dvořák ³* Assistant Principal on Dvořák
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