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2015–2016artist list

melvin kaplan inc.

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Melvin Kaplan

John Zion

For more than fifty years, Melvin Kaplan Inc. has represented many of the world’s most imaginative musicians, specializing in the best chamber music and soloists. We are often asked what sets our artists apart, and we’ve realized that it’s because we expect the artists to be absolutely true to what drives them and to constantly strive to create innovative programs, special projects, and unique collaborations. It is with great pride that we use our own imaginations and musical backgrounds to help all of our artists dream up groundbreaking programs and travel unfamiliar paths. We encourage you to explore the following pages so that you too can experience what makes them so distinctive.

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Melvin Kaplan

John Zion

Over the past six decades, Mel Kaplan has become one of the most influential forces in classical music, both as a manager and performer, building Melvin Kaplan Inc. into the respected firm that it is today. We are pleased to announce that following the 2015-16 season John Zion will assume the role as President of Melvin Kaplan Inc. Until then, Mel Kaplan will continue in the role as President with John acting as Managing Director.

John joined MKI in 2008 and was recognized last year by Musical America as one of the “Rising Stars in the Performing Arts.” Mel Kaplan says, “I felt that the mixture of his inventive ideas and natural instincts for the business were so perfect that I immediately could see it might be possible for him to take over the business.” John has a clear vision of where he wants to take the company in the future: “I’m deeply honored to continue working with all of our extraordinary artists, while continuing to expand our roster and activities. Above all, I’m committed to maintaining the artistic integrity and passion for music that Mel has always brought to this business and that has made it unique.”

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NorthAmericaAmerican String Quartet

Ariel Quartet

Dover Quartet

Fine Arts Quartet

Gryphon Trio

Hermitage Piano Trio

New Orford String Quartet

New York Chamber Soloists

Pacifica Quartet

Ying Quartet

EuropeBorciani String Quartet Competition Winner | October 1-11, 2015

Quatuor Danel - France | February 12-28, 2016

Leipzig String Quartet - Germany | January 22-February 15, 2016

Meccorre Quartet - Poland | March 4-16, 2016

Pasquier Trio - France | April 8-24, 2016

Talich Quartet - Czech Republic | November 5-22, 2015

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American String Quartet

Ariel Quartet

Dover Quartet

Fine Arts Quartet

Gryphon Trio

Hermitage Piano Trio

New Orford String Quartet

New York Chamber Soloists

Pacifica Quartet

Ying Quartet

EuropeBorciani String Quartet Competition Winner | October 1-11, 2015

Quatuor Danel - France | February 12-28, 2016

Leipzig String Quartet - Germany | January 22-February 15, 2016

Meccorre Quartet - Poland | March 4-16, 2016

Pasquier Trio - France | April 8-24, 2016

Talich Quartet - Czech Republic | November 5-22, 2015

Orion Weiss

Rachel Barton Pine

Menahem Pressler

Jennifer Grim

Mozart Orchestra of New York

New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra

Salzburg Marionette Theater January 25-March 16, 2016

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Inaugurate

Representing the thrilling moment when a new ensemble bursts on the scene, full of hope and brimming with talent, the Ariel, Dover, and Meccorre Quartets have won a host of prestigious international prizes.

In January 2014, the Ariel Quartet was awarded the Cleveland Quartet Award by Chamber Music America. Recent highlights include two record-setting performances of the complete Beethoven cycle, performed – for the first time ever – before all the members of a quartet turned thirty; a series of performances with the superstar cellist Alisa Weilerstein; a performance at New York’s 92nd Street Y; a collaborative concert with the brilliant pianist Orion Weiss; and three residencies for the Perlman Music Program.

Ariel Quartet

ClevelandQuartet Award

“... a blazing, larger-than-life performance that seemed to celebrate the triumph of the human spirit…”

-The Washington Post

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The Dover Quartet made history when it swept the Banff International String Quartet Competition in September 2013, winning not only the Grand Prize but all three Special Prizes as well. Since then the Quartet has exploded onto the international scene, becoming one of the most in-demand groups performing today with over a hundred concerts scheduled during the 2014-15 season throughout North America and Europe.

Judged by the most influential musicians performing today, the Borciani Competition is the most important European string quartet competition; past winners include the Artemis and Pavel Haas Quartets. The Meccorre Quartet, from Poland, won top prizes at the 2011 Borciani Competition, followed quickly by a second-place win at the Wigmore Hall London International String Quartet Competition.

Meccorre Quartet

Borciani String Quartet Competition

Having launched the career of

almost every major European

quartet in the past 15 years, we’re

honored to be able to tour the

winner in North America.

The Competition (this edition

held in June 2014) takes place in

every three years in Reggio Emilia,

Italy, with a dozen leading young

quartets from around the world

vying for the grand prize that

includes €20,000 and tours

of Europe, Japan, and the

United States.

Banff International String Quartet Competition

“The young American string quartet of the moment.”

- The New Yorker

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Borciani String Quartet Competition and Wigmore Hall London International String Quartet Competition

“...burnished-toned serenity.”

-The Strad

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Dover Quartet

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This series brings a refreshing variety to the Beethoven works and imposes a unifying purpose on the parade of quartets.”

- The New York Times

“... a sure-fire programming device…”

-The Washington Post

“This Beethoven series is one of the most interesting

innovations of the season.”

-The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The complete Beethoven string quartet cycle offers for every audience a time of deep reflection and an understanding of the pieces considered by many to be the pinnacle of the quartet form.

Beethoven Cycle: The Sixteen Quartets

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Recent Cycles include:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

National Gallery of Art

Seattle Symphony

University of Florida

Candlelight Concerts - Columbia, MD

Friends of Chamber Music - Portland, OR

The Da Camera Society - Los Angeles, CA

Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo, CA

The sixteen quartets of Ludwig van

Beethoven provide a complete picture

of this great composer’s development

over the course of his creative life. For a

number of years, we have been offering a

presentation of the complete Beethoven

Quartets in six concerts, featuring three

quartets from North America and three

from Europe—an exceptional journey

for any audience. The concerts can be

presented over the course of a single

season or divided into two seasons with

three concerts in each, at a total fee of

$45,000-$65,000, depending on routing and

the artists involved.

Beethoven Cycle: The Sixteen Quartets

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IgniteThe devastating upheaval of World War I represented the transformational moment when Romanticism and Impressionism were confronted by Modernism and Expressionism, and sparked one of the most thrilling and diverse periods in composition.

World War One Centennial Project We are offering a sequence of five programs timed to coincide with the World War I centennial, with one program scheduled each season between 2014-15 and 2018-19. Performed by five different string quartets - Ariel, American, Ying, Dover and Pacifica - each program features works written during just one year of the war that would be performed exactly one hundred years after their composition. Each program is also available by itself or in a smaller combination.

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Ariel Quartet with Orion Weiss

Schulhoff: Divertimento for String Quartet, Op. 14 Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet******Dohnányi: Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 26

1915American String Quartet with Roberto and Andrés Díaz

Villa-Lobos: Quartet No. 1 Ives: Quartet No. 2******Korngold: Sextet in D major, Op. 10

1916

Ying Quartet with Adam Neiman

Bridge: Two Old English Songs for String Quartet Bartók: Suite for Piano, Op. 14******Hanson: Concerto da Camera Delius: String Quartet

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1918

Pacifica Quartet

Saint-Saëns: Quartet No. 2 Hindemith: Quartet No. 2****** Elgar: Quartet in E minor, Op. 83

1917

Dover Quartet Tailleferre: Quartet Bartók: Quartet No. 2******Loeffler: Music for Four Stringed Instruments

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Around the Great War - Gryphon Trio Rebecca Clarke: Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano

Charles Ives: Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano

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Ravel: Trio in A minor

Black Mass - Orion Weiss, piano Granados: Goyescas

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Janácek: In the Mists

Scriabin: Sonata No. 9, Op. 68, “Black Mass”

The Great Wars - Hermitage Piano Trio John Ireland: Trio No. 2 in E Major (1917)

Ravel: Trio in A minor (1914)

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Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 (1944)

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InfluenceThe Pacifica Quartet and Rachel Barton Pine have both delved deeply into the complete output of a composer’s works. Each artist’s projects explore the music that influenced the composers when creating some of their most important works.

Carter in Context: Pacifica Quartet

The Pacifica Quartet captivated audiences in New York,

London, Tokyo, Chicago, and San Francisco with single-concert

performances of Elliott Carter’s cycle of five quartets. The

performances attracted headlines, with critics calling the

groundbreaking concerts “brilliant” and “astonishing.” The

Quartet maintained a close relationship with Carter until his

death in 2012, and is offering a special project commemorating

Elliott Carter’s life featuring three programs that trace the

arc of his career. The project begins with a program focusing

on his neo-classical beginnings, moves to his dramatic break

from that style, and concludes with a program featuring his

final quartet. Each of the programs feature repertoire that is

related conceptually to Carter’s musical development, that is

representative of one of the three periods from his life, and that

places his quartet in a larger musical context.

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Program I: Beginnings (1908-1950)Opening with a work written by Carter in his early

neo-classical style, the program also includes

the first quartet by Charles Ives – who was one

of Carter’s most important influences – and

Shostakovich’s third quartet, written the same

year as Carter’s Elegy.

Carter: Elegy

Ives: Quartet No. 1

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Shostakovich: Quartet No. 3

Program II: Turning Point (1951-1995)Both Carter and Beethoven made dramatic

changes to their compositional style that marked

the end of their early periods and that made a

revolutionary break from the kind of music being

written by their contemporaries. The two pieces

featured on this program are representative of

that turning point.

Carter: Quartet No. 1

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Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1

Program III: Last Words (1995-2012)The final program features Carter’s last

quartet along with two fragments he wrote in

his final years paired with the last quartets of

Mendelssohn and Beethoven.

Carter: Two Fragments for String Quartet

Mendelssohn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 80

******

Carter: Quartet No. 5

Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 135

Elliott Carter1908-2012

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Bach & Before - Rachel Barton Pine

Hailed as the zenith of solo violin repertoire, Bach’s Sonatas

and Partitas are divided between these back-to-back

programs that are performed and interspersed with works

by composers who lived just before Bach and influenced his

compositions. In addition to this project, Rachel recently

recorded the complete Mozart violin concertos with Sir Neville

Mariner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and

continues to perform with major orchestras around the world.

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Program I:Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G minor

Baltzar: Prelude in G major

Bach: Partita No. 1 in B minor

*****

Pisendel: Sonata in A minor

Bach: Sonata No. 2 in A minor

Program II:Westhoff: Suite in A major

Biber: Passacaglia in G minor

Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor

*****

Bach: Sonata No. 3 in C major

Bach: Partita No. 3 in E major

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InspireThe Salzburg Marionette Theater is the oldest and most renowned company of its kind in the world, and, as one of the only touring marionette theaters, has brought this rare, magical art form to countless people worldwide for generations.

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Salzburg Marionette Theater Tour: January 25-March 16, 2016

The legendary Salzburg Marionette Theater, which recently celebrated its

100th anniversary, returns in 2015-16, bringing Alice in Wonderland, The Sound

of Music, The Barber of Seville, and a new version of Peter and the Wolf featuring

puppets on short strings held in front of the curtain, which allows the audience

a unique perspective on the inner workings of their dazzling craft.

“In an age of ubiquitous digital animation, it remains one of the most elegant advocates of marionettes’ ability to communicate with audiences in a number of idioms, ranging from children’s comedies to spoken theater and opera.”

- The New York Times

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La Boîte à Joujoux

The brilliant pianist Orion Weiss is

teaming up with the Marionette Theater

to present a program that includes

Schumann’s Papillons and Debussy’s

La Boîte à Joujoux (“The Toy Box”), with

Orion performing on stage together with

four masterful puppeteers.

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InventThe idea of using music as a reflection of one’s times is as old as music itself. Our artists have a long and successful history of commissioning relevant and accessible works from contemporary composers.

LifeMusic - Ying Quartet

For the past fifteen years, the Ying Quartet has

offered the groundbreaking project LifeMusic

which commissions important contemporary

American composers to write a work inspired

by life in modern America. With the support of

the Institute of American Music, the Quartet

commissions two works per year, one each from

an established and an emerging composer.

Each composer is asked to write a quartet that

is inspired by some dimension of the American

experience – perhaps a literary, historical, or

musical source, or a significant and enduring

issue. LifeMusic works are intended to be suitable

both in the concert hall and in community settings.

Select previous works include:

Dark Vigil of Youth (1999) – Kevin Puts

The Village Street Quartet (2000) – Paquito d’Rivera

Eagle at Sunrise (2001) – Augusta Read Thomas

Icefield Sonnets (2004) – Pierre Jalbert

...but not simpler… (2005) – Tod Machover

Quartet No. 6 “Addio” (2009) - Richard Danielpour

Three Rags for String Quartet (2010) – John Novacek

Awakening (2012) – Billy Childs

Quartet No. 2, “Concussion Theory” (2013) – Kenji Bunch

Quartet No. 8, “Sylvia’s Diary” (2014) – Lera Auerbach

“The idea of LifeMusic grows directly from the experience of the Ying Quartet. Our mission has always been twofold: to make classical music a relevant and vital part of American culture in all its diversity, and to do so with the highest standards of artistic integrity. Whether we are performing in Carnegie Hall or the White House, teaching at the Eastman School of Music or spending a week in Helena, Montana, the Quartet is committed to exploring the many ways in which great music can impact and transform our daily lives.”

- Phillip Ying

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Mohammed Fairouz: Violin Concerto “Al-Andalus”

Rachel Barton Pine

The Arab-American composer Mohammed Fairouz previously

wrote a violin sonata inspired by the Arab Spring for Rachel

Barton Pine and has now written a large-scale violin concerto for

her that was premiered with the Alabama Symphony under the

direction of Fawzi Haimor. The epic first movement is inspired

by an account of a poet-philosopher from the 9th century - the

first person to make a significant attempt at flight. The slow

movement is based on a love treatise written in 1082, and the wild

and fast last movement draws on a homoerotic poem from 1205.

Christopher Rouse: Seeing

(Concerto for piano and orchestra)

Orion Weiss

Commissioned for Emanuel Ax and the New York Philharmonic,

Orion Weiss had the pleasure of making the first recording of

this fascinating work together with David Alan Miller and the

Albany Symphony. Orion has a close relationship with Emanuel

Ax, who was his teacher at the Juilliard School, and Orion now

has the privilege of touring this wonderful work throughout the

world. Seeing, a monumental work for piano and orchestra,

is an explanation of the music and mental illnesses of Robert

Schumann and Skip Spence (of the band Moby Grape).

György Kurtág:

Impromptu—al Ongherese for solo piano

Menahem Pressler

A piece written by one of the giants of modern composition

for one of the giants of modern pianism, György Kurtag’s

Impromptu—al Ongherese is a tribute to Menahem Pressler’s

remarkable career. “György Kurtág is one of the most important

composers of the day and one of the finest musicians I know,”

Pressler said. “I love him, respect him, fear him.”

New Music by Living Composers

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These artists combine forces with more than one additional musician to offer larger-scale and lesser-heard works, pushing chamber music to its largest, most orchestral form.

Sextets The American String Quartet and their longtime

collaborators Roberto and Andrés Díaz are available

with a blockbuster sextet program featuring major

works by Brahms and Strauss, as well as Tchaikovsky’s

Souvenir de Florence.

Brahms: Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36

Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85

*****

Tchaikovsky: Sextet in D minor, Op. 70,

Souvenir de Florence

VII & VIII The New York Chamber Soloists perform important

but rarely heard pieces as part of this audience-

pleasing program.

Beethoven: Septet in E-flat major, Opus 20

Schubert: Octet in F major, D. 803

Inflate

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Flute, Harp, and String Quartet The American String Quartet will be offering a

unique program together with the dynamic flutist

Jennifer Grim and the New York Philharmonic’s

principal harpist Nancy Allen.

Mozart: Flute Quartet in D major

Debussy: Sonata for flute, harp, and viola

Debussy: Danses Sacres et Profanes

*****

Ravel: Quartet in F Major

Chausson: Concerto for violin, piano, and string quartet The New Orford String Quartet, violinist Cho-Liang Lin,

and pianist Orion Weiss team up to present a program built

around Chausson’s Concerto for violin, piano, and string

quartet. The remainder of the program will feature French

works that demonstrate the smaller combinations that can

be made with the participating artists.

Ravel: Sonata for violin and piano

Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

*****

Chausson: Concerto in D major for violin, piano,

and string quartet, Op. 21

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Artists take great pride in performing music of their native country; there is something about having been steeped in those sounds, those rhythms, that history, during one’s development as both a person and a musician that inform a performance in a special way.

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France The Quatuor Danel has been at the forefront

of the European music scene for over twenty

years and will be making its long-awaited

North American debut tour in March 2016. The

Danel draws on its French heritage to perform a

program featuring lesser-known works by Onslow

and Franck together with Debussy’s masterful

quartet.

Onslow: Quartet No. 28, Op. 54

Debussy: Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

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Franck: Quartet in D major

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Germany

Germany’s prized Leipzig String Quartet has been called

“one of the towering and most versatile quartets of our

time.” Known for its vast repertoire, the Leipzig offers a

program featuring the three Schumann quartets performed

in a single evening.

Robert Schumann, Opp. 41

Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1

Quartet in F Major, Op. 41, No. 2

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Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3

RussiaDescending from the great Russian musical tradition, the

Hermitage Piano Trio is made up of three soloists originally

from Russia who are now based in New York City. Following

a recent performance, The Washington Post raved, ”three

of Russia’s most spectacular young soloists… turned in

a performance of such power and sweeping passion that

it left you nearly out of breath.” The Hermitage offers a

program celebrating their shared heritage.

Rachmaninov: Trio No. 1 in G minor, “Elégiaque”

Arensky: Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32

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Tchaikovsky: Trio in A minor, Op. 50

Leipzig String Quartet

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France The three great French soloists

who have comprised the Pasquier

Trio for more than three decades

have been united by their love

of chamber music since they were

students together at the National

Conservatory of Music in Paris.

The Pasquier draws on the

lesser-known string trio repertoire

to offer an all-French program that

concludes with Fauré’s

piano quartet together with a

guest pianist.

Roussel: Trio for violin, viola and

cello in A minor, Op. 58

Françaix: Trio for violin, viola and

cello in C major

******

Fauré: Piano Quartet in C minor,

Op. 15

PolandPraised for its breathtaking performances,

flawless technique, and visionary

interpretations, the Meccorre Quartet is

made up of four of Poland’s leading young

musicians. The Meccorre offers a program

featuring repertoire by their fellow countrymen

Szymanowski and Lutosławski in a program

that also features works by Haydn and

Schumann.

Haydn: Quartet in B minor, Op. 33, No. 1

Szymanowski: Quartet No. 2

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Lutosławski : String Quartet

Schumann: Quartet in A major, Op. 41, No. 3

Pasquier Trio

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Czech Republic For several decades the Talich Quartet has been recognized

internationally as one of Europe’s finest chamber ensembles, and

as the embodiment of the great Czech musical tradition. The Talich

offers a program featuring works by three Czech masters.

Dvorák: Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 51, “Slavonic”

Janácek: Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters”

*****

Smetana: Quartet No. 1, “From My Life”

IsraelFormed in Israel, the Ariel Quartet

moved to the United States in 2004

to continue its studies and was recently

named the faculty quartet-in-residence

at the prestigious University of

Cincinnati College-Conservatory

of Music. The Ariel offers a fascinating

program featuring works by

Israeli composers.

Paul Ben-Haim: Prelude for String Quartet

Paul Ben-Haim: Quartet, Op. 21

******

Marc Kopytman: Quartet No. 3

Menachem Wiesenberg: Between the Sacred and the Profane

CanadaConsisting of the concertmasters

and principal cellist and violist of the

Montreal and Toronto Symphonies, the

New Orford String Quartet has seen

astonishing success, giving annual

concerts for national CBC broadcast

and receiving unanimous critical

acclaim. The New Orford is dedicated

to promoting Canadian works, both new

commissions and neglected repertoire

from the previous century.

Ana Sokolovic: Blanc Dominant

R. Murray Schafer: Quartet No. 1

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Airat Ichmouratov: Quartet No. 4

Talich Quartet

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IntimateThese programs represent the heart of music-making to these artists, projects and composers that symbolize their deepest feelings and are the closest to their hearts.

Old World, New World The violinist Rachel Barton Pine has long been

interested in exploring how music from other

genres has influenced the classical tradition,

and she strives to reach new audiences that

are not yet familiar with classical music. She

offers a program entitled “Old World, New World”

together with the leading alternative-styles

cellist Mike Block (a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk

Road Ensemble). The program is designed to

explore traditional styles from Bach to Metallica,

including works by Bartók, Vieuxtemps, and Led

Zeppelin interspersed with traditional music

from Scotland and Appalachia.

Russian Roulette Russian composers have always held a special

place in the Quatuor Danel’s repertoire. They

have put together a program entitled “Russian

Roulette,” which surveys the history of Russian

music by featuring a selection of short pieces

by Borodin, Glazunov, Gubaidulina, Prokofiev,

Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Tishchenko,

Weinberg, and others. The pieces can be chosen

by the promoter or by the audience from a list of

a dozen pieces.

New York Chamber Soloists

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Broken Hearts and MadmenThe Gryphon Trio, committed to redefining

chamber music for the 21st century,

has been particularly successful at

establishing connections with non-classical

musicians and designing programs with them

that can be successfully programmed on

a standard chamber music series. “Broken

Hearts & Madmen” features the Gryphon

performing together with opera-turned-

cabaret singer Patricia O’Callaghan singing

love songs from South America, as well as

covers of songs by Leonard Cohen, Laurie

Anderson, and Elvis Costello.

Choose-Your-Own-BeethovenThe Leipzig String Quartet offers a fascinating

“Choose-Your-Own-Beethoven” program

in which, before the concert, the audience

chooses one Beethoven from each of his early,

middle, and late periods. The Leipzig is one

of the very few quartets in the world able to

perform this feat on such short notice.

The Golden AgeThe Fine Arts Quartet, “one of the gold-plated

names in chamber music” (The Washington

Post), ranks among the most distinguished and

authoritative ensembles of our time, with an

illustrious history of performing success and

an extensive recording legacy. Throughout their

career, the Fine Arts has remained dedicated

to honing a sound evocative of the great string

players of the past like Fritz Kreisler and

Jascha Heifitz, and have created a beautiful

program honoring the most enduring works of

that era.

Kreisler: Quartet in A minor

Rachmaninov: Quartet No. 1 in G minor

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Zimbalist: Quartet in E minor

Appalachian SpringThe New York Chamber Soloists has

commissioned over fifty works from some

of the most influential composers of the

last sixty years. This all-American program

is built around Copland’s masterpiece

Appalachian Spring in its original 13-musician

instrumentation, and includes a commission by

Mel Powell.

Berger: Quartet in C for flute, oboe, clarinet and

bassoon

Powell: Eight Miniatures for baroque ensemble

Piston: Divertimento for nine instruments

*******

Carter: Sonata for flute, oboe, cello, and

harpsichord

Copland: Appalachian Spring New York Chamber Soloists

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The Ying Quartet offers a program together with the

fascinating cellist Zuill Bailey built around a new

version of the Schumann cello concerto arranged for

cello and string quartet. This arrangement fulfills an

intention that Schumann had proposed but that was

rejected by his publisher.

The American String Quartet performed the

Korngold piano quintet together with Anton Nel at

the Aspen Festival last summer. The artists enjoyed

the repertoire and collaboration so much that they’ll

be taking it on the road in 2015-16.

A consortium of presenters from the United States

and Europe have come together to commission a

new work from Julia Wolfe for the Pacifica Quartet

together with the exhilarating German cellist

Johannes Moser for performances in the 2015-16

season. Written in response to the Schubert cello

quintet, the new work will be composed with a

similar scope and structure.

Named the first-ever quartet-in-residence for

the Curtis Institute, the Dover Quartet has been

collaborating closely with Curtis’ President

Roberto Díaz, a renowned violist in his own right.

The Dover has performed with Roberto throughout

North America and Europe and will continue to do so

in 2015-16.

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The Leipzig String Quartet has had the privilege of

collaborating with the renowned German actress

Dietlinde Turban-Maazel in both North America and

Europe. The Leipzig offers a program built around

Thomas Mann’s Dr. Faustus featuring revelatory

music by Schubert, Webern, Adorno, Beethoven, and

Cage interspersed by Dietlinde reading the English

translation of Mann’s famous “Talk With the Devil.”

The Gryphon Trio performs a program together with

the Metropolitan Opera star and bass-baritone

Robert Pomakov entitled Slavic Expressions. The

program is built around Mussorgsky’s Songs and

Dances of Death, and also features music by Glinka,

Tchaikovsky, and Shostakovich.

Combining decades of combined musical

knowledge, the Fine Arts Quartet and Menahem

Pressler offer a gorgeous program featuring either

the Dvorak or the Brahms piano quintets.

The inimitable Menahem Pressler is available in a

program together with the radiant soprano Heidi

Grant-Murphy in a program featuring songs by

Schumann and Strauss.

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Gerard Schwarz, Music Director The Mozart Orchestra of New York is a touring 45-piece orchestra

formed by some of New York City’s finest musicians. Led by the

renowned Gerard Schwarz, the Mozart Orchestra performs a wide

range of repertoire from Mozart and Beethoven to Prokofiev and

Stravinsky. The Mozart Orchestra will tour with soloists including

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg with the Mendelssohn violin

concerto, Cho-Liang Lin with the Beethoven violin concerto, the

Hermitage Piano Trio performing the Beethoven triple concerto,

and Julian Schwarz performing Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a

Rococo Theme.

Mozart Orchestra of New York

IndulgeWe’re thrilled to be able to offer extraordinary programs with two orchestras ranging in size from 25-45.

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Over the past few seasons, the New York Chamber Soloists

Orchestra - an elite conductor-less chamber orchestra - has been

performing concerts featuring multiple concertos from prominent

soloists at major venues like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, UCLA

Live, and the Kravis Center.

Programs have featured the violinist Rachel Barton Pine (performing

all five Mozart concertos), pianist Menahem Pressler (performing

concertos by Mozart and Beethoven), clarinetist Richard Stoltzman

(performing works by Mozart and Rossini), and the guitarist

Sharon Isbin (performing concertos by Rodrigo and Vivaldi).

New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra

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We encourage you to visit our website to discover more about all of these

remarkable artists. Recordings and videos, reviews, and additional program ideas can all be found at

www.melkap.com

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