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T H U R S D AY, M AY 7, 2 0 1 5

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Cover art:Karen LaMonte (b. 1967), Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery, 2006, cast glass, 1/3, 19 x 61 x 23 inches, Collection of the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Museum purchase, 2008.1.

SEASON 7

T H U R S DAY, O C T O B E R 2 9 , 2 0 1 5

SOOVIN KIM violin

PAUL WATKINS cello

GLORIA CHIEN piano

Featuring Beethoven Sonata & Trio

T H U R S DAY, D E C E M B E R 1 7, 2 0 1 5

ANNE-MARIE McDERMOTT piano

Featuring all-Haydn recital

T H U R S DAY, J A N U A R Y 1 4 , 2 0 1 6

ELIZABETH SCHUMANN piano

GLORIA CHIEN piano

Featuring Stravinsky “Rite of Spring”

T H U R S DAY, F E B R U A R Y 2 5 , 2 0 1 6Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on TourKRISTIN LEE violin

SEAN LEE violin

RICHARD O’NEILL viola

MIHAI MARICA cello

GLORIA CHIEN piano

Featuring Mozart Piano Trio & Korngold Piano Quintet

T H U R S DAY, M A R C H 2 4 , 2 0 1 6

ALEXANDER SITKOVETSKY violin

COLIN CARR cello

GLORIA CHIEN piano

Featuring Ravel Duo and Ravel Trio

T H U R S DAY, M AY 1 9 , 2 0 1 6

EMERSON STRING QUARTET

S AT U R DAY, J A N U A R Y 1 6 , 2 0 1 6String Theory Family Concert: PIANIMALPIANIMAL integrates literature, music, art, and multimedia for children through piano pieces, theatre and artwork inspired by animals. Pianimal showcases the music of Dvorák, Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Scriabin, Dutilleux, Mussorgsky, and Saint-Saëns.

5:30 pm Art Connection Join former Hunter Museum Chief Curator Ellen Simak and Maestro Robert Bernhardt, Conductor Emeritus of the Chattanooga Symphony, as they connect the music on tonight’s program with Karen LaMonte’s iconic, glass “Reclining Dress” and Howard Ben Tre’s beloved “Caryatids” in the Hunter’s contemporary gallery.

6:30pm Concert

THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015

SOOVIN KIM, violinHSIN-YUN HUANG, violaPAUL WATKINS, celloGLORIA CHIEN, piano

Variations Concertantes for Cello & Piano, op.17 Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26 Brahms (1833-1897) I.Allegronontroppo II.PocoAdagio III.Scherzo:PocoAllegro IV.Finale:Allegro

Soovin Kim, violinInternationally renowned violinist Soovin Kim performs as both a concert soloist and recitalist and with the Johannes String Quartet. In 2009 he founded the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival in Burlington, Vermont, which has quickly gained national attention for its innovative programming, educational outreach, and

work with young composers. Soovin re-ceived first prize at the Paganini International Competition when he was only 20 which launched an international concert career. He later was a recipient of such distinguished prizes as the Henryk Szeryng Career Award, the Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.Soovin has released nine commercial CD recordings in recent years including Niccolò Paganini’s demanding 24 Caprices and a French album of Fauré and Chausson with pianist Jeremy Denk and the Jupiter Quartet. He is currently working on a recording of the Bach works for solo violin. Soovin grew up in Plattsburgh, NY, and joined the Vermont Youth Orchestra as its then-youngest member at age 10. He is often heard in Vermont through his performances with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, on the Lane Series at the University of Vermont, on the Rochester Chamber Music Society series, at Middlebury College, with the Burlington Chamber Orchestra, and on Vermont Public Radio. Soovin is passionate about music education and joined the violin faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music in the Fall of 2014.

Hsin-Yun, violaViolist Hsin-Yun Huang was the gold med-alist at the 1988 Lionel Tertis

International Viola Competition, the top prize winner at the 1993 ARD Competition in Munich, winning at the same time Japan’s prestigious Bunkamura Orchard Hall Award. She has appeared as a soloist with the Berlin Radio Symphony, the

City of London Sinfonia, the Russian State Symphony, the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Zagreb Soloists, the Bavarian Symphony Orchestra, ICE, the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, and the National Symphony of Taiwan. Recent highlights include concerto appearances in Central Park and Alice Tully Hall; collaborations with the Guarneri, Juilliard, Brentano, Orion, and St.

Lawrence string quartets; the premiere of a new chamber concerto by Steven Mackey for viola with chamber ensemble at the Aspen Festival; and a solo album, ViolaViola, that was released in fall 2012 by Bridge Records. Her upcoming highlights include a Hindemith concertos project with the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan as well as the first ever solo viola recital in the National Concert Hall in Beijing. Ms. Huang has participated in the Marlboro Festival, the Stavanger Festival in Norway, the Rome Chamber Music Festival, the Vancouver Chamber Music Festival, the Moritzburg Festival in Dresden, the Cartagena Festival in Colombia, and the Spoleto Festivals, both in Italy and Charleston. In 2012 she was appointed the artistic director of the Sejong International Music Festival. An Artist of the Chamber Music Society, Ms. Huang is currently a member of the faculties of the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School.

Paul Watkins, celloAcclaimed for his inspirational performances and eloquent musicianship, Paul Watkins enjoys a distinguished career both as concerto soloist and chamber musician. Born in 1970, he studied with William Pleeth, Melissa Phelps and Johannes Goritzki, and at the age of 20 was appointed Principal Cellist of the BBC

Symphony Orchestra. During his solo career he has collaborated with world renowned conductors including Paavo Berglund, Leonard Slatkin, David Robertson, Sakari Oramo, Andrew Litton, Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Mark Elder, Vernon Handley, Richard Hickox, Sir Andrew Davis and Sir Charles Mackerras. He performs regularly with all the major British orchestras including the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Philharmonia and City of Birmingham Symphony. He has made six concerto appearances at the BBC Proms, most recently in a televised performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto at the First Night of the Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiří Břlohlávek and recorded live by Deutsche Grammophon. He made his concerto debut at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of chief conductor Yakov Kreizberg, and has performed with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony, Queensland Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra of Turin. He has toured to Italy and Prague with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, and to China and the Far East with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Highlights of recent

seasons have included his debut at Carnegie Hall performing Brahms’ Double Concerto with Daniel Hope, as well as concerto appearances with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and in 2012/13 he made his debut with the Bournemouth Symphony, returned to the BBC Scottish Symphony and BBC National Orches-tra of Wales, and premiered a new concerto written for him by Mark-Anthony Turnage with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Tampere Philharmonic, Royal Flemish Philharmonic and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.

Gloria Chien, pianoPicked by the Boston Globe as one of the Superior Pianists of the year, “… who appears to excel in everything,” pianist Gloria Chien made her orchestral debut at the age of 16 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Since then she has appeared as a soloist under the batons of Sergiu Comissiona, Keith Lockhart and Thomas

Dausgaard. She has presented concerts at Alice Tully Hall, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Phillips Collection, Jordan Hall, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Savannah Musical Festival, Dresden Chamber Musical Festival and the National Concert Hall in Taiwan. An avid chamber musician, she has collaborated with artists such as the St. Lawrence, Miró, Pacifica, Brentano Quartets, David Shifrin, Daniel Hope, Jaime Laredo, Roberto Diaz, Jan Vogler, James Ehnes and Carolin Widmann. She recently released a CD with clarinetist Anthony McGill. In 2009 she launched String Theory, a chamber music series at the Hunter Museum of American Art in downtown Chattanooga, as its founder and artistic director and the following year was appointed Director of the Chamber Music Institute at the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival by Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han. A native of Taiwan, Ms. Chien is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, where she was a student of Russell Sherman and Wha-Kyung Byun. She is an Associate Professor at Lee University in Cleveland, TN, and is a member of Chamber Music Society Two. Gloria is a Steinway Artist.www.gloriachien.com

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Rebroadcast of this concert has been made available through the generosity of WSMC 90.5 FM Friday, June 5 at 3:00 PM and Sunday, June 7 at 4:00 PM.