December 15, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Janice L.
Mayer, Director of Artistic Planning and Communication,
817.738.6536
CLIBURN AT THE BASS TO PRESENT VIOLINIST MICHAEL
SHIH ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010 AT 7:30 PM
MR. SHIH WILL BE JOINED BY NINE COLLABORATIVE INSTRUMENTALISTS
IN A CHAMBER MUSIC PROGRAM
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, December 15, 2009--Violinist
Michael Shih, who holds the Mr. and Mrs. Sid R.
Bass Chair as concertmaster of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra,
will make his Cliburn at the Bass debut on Tuesday, January 12,
2010.
Michael Shih was a United States Presidential Scholar in the
Arts, as well as a winner of the Naumburg International Violin
Competition and Artists International's Auditions--a prize that
earned him a New York recital debut at Carnegie's Weill Recital
Hall in 1992.
As an orchestral soloist, he has appeared with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Little Orchestra Society at
Avery Fisher Hall, the Williamsburg Symphonia, the New York Youth
Symphony, the San Pedro Sula Symphony in Honduras, and with the
symphony orchestras of Dallas, Fort Worth, Hartford, and New
Amsterdam. A native of Taiwan, he has performed with the Taipei
Symphony at Taiwan's National Concert Hall and at the prestigious
Chiehshou Concert Hall at the Office of the President of Taiwan.
Festival appearances have included Aspen, Bard, Chautauqua, La
Jolla, Lincoln Center, Mostly Mozart, Ravinia, and Spoleto
USA.
A passionate chamber musician, from 1992 to 2002 Michael Shih
was first violinist of the Whitman Quartet, formerly graduate
quartet-in-residence at the Juilliard School, as well as winner of
the Naumburg Chamber Music and Catherine Filene Shouse Debut
Artists awards. He is currently the associate artistic director of
the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth, and has also appeared with
Chamber Music Northwest, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center, Chamber Music International in Dallas, and on the Cliburn
at the Modern series.
Media credits include NPR's Performance Today, NBC's Today
Show, and Japan's NHK Television. Additionally, the esteemed
violinist can be heard on numerous recordings with the Fort Worth
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by music director Miguel
Harth-Bedoya.
Mr. Shih plays a 1710 Antonio Stradivari violin, generously on
loan to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association from Mr. and
Mrs. William S. Davis of Fort Worth.
Nine distinguished instrumentalists will join Mr. Shih on his
Cliburn at the Bass program, which includes compositions by Mozart,
Kodály, Tchaikovsky, and Sebastian Currier.
Participating Artists:
PROGRAM
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370
Jennifer Corning Lucio, Oboe
Michael Shih, Violin
Laura Bruton, Viola
Karen Basrak, Cello
SEBASTIAN CURRIER (b. 1959)
Aftersong for Violin and Piano
Michael Shih, Violin
Shields-Collins Bray, Piano
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY (1882-1967)
Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
Michael Shih, Violin
Brinton Averil Smith, Cello
PYOTR IL'YICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70, "Souvenir de Florence"
Michael Shih and Swang Lin, Violins
Scott Lee and Susan Dubois, Violas
Kristina Reiko Cooper and Brinton Averil Smith, Cellos
TICKETS AND INFORMATION
Tickets are available from Central Ticket Office
online or by calling
817.335.9000. Ticket prices range from $15 to
$90.
Special Ticket Offer for Students and Senior
Citizens:
For information on Special Super-Saver Tickets for students
and senior citizens (age 65 and older, with identification), at a
cost of $10 each on a space-available basis,
Please call 817.335.9000.
Widely regarded as the foremost performance series in the
region, Cliburn Concerts features the world's leading recitalists,
ensembles, and rising stars. Cliburn Concerts is presented at Bass
Performance Hall and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
ExxonMobil is the Principal Corporate Sponsor of the Van
Cliburn Foundation. American Airlines; Crystelle Waggoner
Charitable Trust, U.S. Trust; City of Fort Worth; J.P.Morgan;
Star-Telegram; Steinway & Sons; and XTO Energy Inc. are
Official Corporate Sponsors. Official Sponsors include the Amon G.
Carter Foundation, Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County,
Beaumont Foundation of America, the Burnett Foundation, the Sid W.
Richardson Foundation, and the T. Boone Pickens Foundation.
Star-Telegram is the principal media partner and WRR 101.1 FM is
the official radio station of Cliburn Concerts.
