February 15, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Maggie Estes, Director of Marketing and Public Relations,
mestes@cliburn.org, 817.738.6536 (o), 817.739.0459 (c)
Fort Worth, Texas, February 15, 2012-Cliburn at the Bass will
welcome the renowned Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to
Bass Performance Hall on Monday, February 27, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Widely considered the nation's premier repertory ensemble, Chamber
Music Society (CMS) artists Erin Keefe, violin, Arnaud Sussmann,
violin, Paul Neubauer, viola, Andrés Díaz, cello, and Jeremy Denk,
piano, will present "Folk Traditions," a program featuring works by
Dvorak, Smetana, and Martinu. Demonstrating the unique sound of
this distinctly Eastern European repertoire, CMS will highlight the
lush blending of traditional folk idioms with rich art music.
Single tickets for this concert are available from $15-$90 and can
be purchased at Cliburn.org, by calling 817.212.4280, or in person
at the Bass Hall Box Office (525 Commerce Street, Fort Worth,
Texas).
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is one of 11
constituents of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the leading
performing arts complex in the world. CMS presents chamber music of
every instrumentation, style, and historical period. Through its
extensive concert season in New York, national tours, many
recordings and national radio broadcasts, commissioning program,
and multi-faceted educational programs, CMS draws more people to
chamber music than any other organization of its kind. Presenting
annual series of concerts and educational activities for listeners
ranging from connoisseurs to chamber music newcomers of all ages,
CMS provides audiences a comprehensive perspective on the art of
chamber music.
The artistic core of CMS is a multi-generational, dynamic
repertory company of expert chamber musicians who form an evolving
musical community. Having begun as a small ensemble of nine of the
finest string, wind, and keyboard artists, CMS has grown to a
company of 35 performers and additional guest artists. Among these
are veteran favorites of CMS; newcomers to the core group of
artists; young talents from Chamber Music Society Two, a highly
competitive three-year residency program; and guest artists who
contribute to special repertoire projects.
The complete Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center "Folk
Traditions" program will include:
Antonin Dvorak: Bagatelles for Piano, Two Violins, and Cello, Op.
47
Bedrich Smetana: Selected Czech Dances for Piano
Bohuslav Martinu: Duo No.1 for Violin and Viola from Three
Madrigals
Antonin Dvorak: Quintet in A Major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola,
and Cello, B. 155, Op. 81
JEREMY DENK BIOGRAPHY
Jeremy Denk has built a reputation as one of today's most
compelling and persuasive artists. He has performed two solo
recitals at Carnegie Hall and has appeared there with The
Philadelphia Orchestra and Charles Dutoit performing Liszt's First
Concerto. He has appeared at the Italian and American Spoleto
Festivals, the Santa Fe and Seattle Chamber Music Festivals, the
Verbier and Mostly Mozart Festivals, and the Bravo! Vail Valley and
Bard Music Festivals. He has participated in many premieres,
including Jake Heggie's concerto Cut Time, Libby Larsen's Collage:
Boogie, and Kevin Puts's Alternating Current, among others. In
2004, Mr. Denk met and first performed with violinist Joshua Bell
at the Spoleto Festival and was invited on a recital tour, sparking
a musical partnership that continues today. The duo has recently
released a new album titled French Impressions, featuring works by
Saint-Saëns, Franck, and Ravel. After graduating from Oberlin
College and Conservatory majoring in piano and chemistry, Mr. Denk
earned a master's degree in music from Indiana University as a
pupil of György Sebök and a doctorate in piano performance from The
Juilliard School, where he worked with Herbert Stessin. He was a
1998 winner of the Young Concerts Artists International
Auditions.
ANDRÉS DÍAZ BIOGRAPHY
Cellist Andrés Díaz has earned acclaim for his "strongly personal
interpretive vision" (The New York Times) and "bold and
imaginative" playing (Boston Globe). First-prize winner of the 1986
Naumburg International Cello Competition, he was the recipient of
the 1998 Avery Fisher Career Grant. His orchestral appearances
include performances with the Atlanta Symphony under the late
Robert Shaw; the American Symphony at Carnegie Hall; the symphony
orchestras of Milwaukee, Seattle, and Rochester; the Chicago
Symphony at the Ravinia Festival; and the National Symphony
Orchestra. He has appeared in recital at Alice Tully Hall, the
Library of Congress, Jordan Hall, the Ambassador Auditorium in
Pasadena, and the San Francisco Performances Series. A full
professor at Southern Methodist University, Mr. Díaz plays a 1698
Matteo Goffriller cello with a bow made by his father, Manuel
Díaz.
ERIN KEEFE BIOGRAPHY
Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, violinist Erin Keefe is
garnering worldwide praise as a compelling artist. In 2010-2011 she
appeared with orchestras in Japan, Poland, New York, New Jersey,
and Minnesota, in addition to performing recitals in Japan, Poland,
Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C. She has performed with the
Korean Symphony Orchestra at the Seoul Arts Center, the Sendai
Philharmonic Orchestra in Japan, and the Göttingen Symphony
Orchestra in Germany, among others. Ms. Keefe recently took the
grand prize in the Valsesia Musica and Torun International Violin
Competitions, the Schadt String Competition, and the Corpus Christi
International String Competition. She has appeared at the Marlboro,
OK Mozart, Music@Menlo, Music from Angel Fire, Ravinia, and Bravo!
Vail Valley Music Festivals. Ms. Keefe received her bachelor's
degree from The Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with
Arnold Steinhardt and Ida Kavafian, and her master's degree from
The Juilliard School under Ronald Copes.
PAUL NEUBAUER BIOGRAPHY
Paul Neubauer's exceptional musicality and effortless playing
distinguish him as one of this generation's quintessential artists.
Appointed principal violist of the New York Philharmonic at age 21,
he is the chamber music director of the OK Mozart Festival in
Oklahoma and artistic director of the "Chamber Music Extravaganza"
in Curaçao. A two-time Grammy Award® nominee, he has recorded works
by Robert Schumann, as well as pieces commissioned specially for
him from Joan Tower, Henri Lazarof, and Derek Bermel. He has
appeared with over 100 orchestras including the New York, Los
Angeles, and Helsinki Philharmonics; National, St. Louis, Detroit,
Dallas, and San Francisco Symphonies; and Santa Cecilia, English
Chamber, and Beethovenhalle Orchestras. He gave the world premiere
of the revised Bartók Viola Concert as well as concertos by Tower,
Penderecki, Picker, Jacob, Lazarof, Suter, Müller-Siemens, Ott, and
Freidman. Mr. Neubauer is on the faculty of The Juilliard School
and Mannes College and has been a CMS artist since 1989.
ARNAUD SUSSMANN BIOGRAPHY
Winner of a 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant, violinist Arnaud
Sussmann is a multi-faceted and compelling artist who has performed
as a soloist throughout the United States, Central America, Europe,
and Asia, and at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall,
Alice Tully Hall, the Smithsonian Museum, and the Louvre. He has
appeared with the New York Philharmonic, American Symphony
Orchestra, Monaco Chamber Orchestra, Nice Orchestra, Orchestre des
Pays de la Loire, and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra.
Additionally, he has performed with many of today's leading
artists, including Itzhak Perlman, Menahem Pressler, Joseph
Kalichstein, Miriam Fried, Fred Sherry, and Gary Hoffman. Winner of
the Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Competition, the Andrea
Postacchini Competition, and the Vatelot/Rampal Competition, Mr.
Sussmann studied at The Juilliard School with Boris Garlitsky and
Itzhak Perlman, who chose him to be a Starling Fellow, an honor
qualifying him as Mr. Perlman's teaching assistant for two
years.
ABOUT THE VAN CLIBURN FOUNDATION
The Van Cliburn Foundation disseminates classical music worldwide,
and nurtures and launches young artists' careers through the
quadrennial Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the
ensuing three-year international concert tours of its medalists,
award-winning documentaries, radio broadcasts, and a live webcast
that extends its outreach to listeners around the world. In 2009,
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The Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will
take place May 24-June 9, 2013, at Fort Worth's Bass Performance
Hall and will welcome 30 of the world's finest young pianists to
Texas. Continuing its longstanding commitment to new music, the
Cliburn has selected composer Christopher Theofanidis to write the
commissioned work that will be performed by all competitors during
the Semifinal Round. Additionally, the Competition has been
dedicated to showcasing both the extraordinary talent of its
competitors in recital performance as well as their ability to
collaborate with other musicians. The Fourteenth Competition will
mark the first Cliburn appearance by the world-renowned Brentano
String Quartet performing a piano quintet with each of the 12
semifinalists. The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, which has
appeared at???every Cliburn Competition, will perform two concerti
with each of the six finalists, under the baton of Maestro Leonard
Slatkin for the first time. Maestro John Giordano will serve as
chairman of the jury for his eleventh Competition since assuming
the post in 1973.
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Foundation promotes great music and world-class artists through the
annual Cliburn Concerts series. It reaches 33,000 elementary school
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