Fry Street Quartet with

Misuzu Tanaka, piano Maksim Shtrykov, clarinet

Photo: Andrew McAllister (Fry Street Quartet) / Denis Gostev (Maksim Shtrykov & Misuzu Tanaka)

Fry Street Quartet Worldwide Management Jonathan Wentworth Associates, Ltd. www.jwentworth.com Martha Woods, President Email: Martha@jwentworth.com Tel: 301-277-8205

Maksim Shtrykov & Misuzu Tanaka Worldwide Management Concertant Classics www.concertantclassics.com Maksim Shtrykov, Founder & Director MShtrykov@concertantclassics.com Tel: 917-336-1441

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Fry Street Quartet www.frystreetquartet.com

"technical precision and scorching spontaneity" Strad Magazin

"their balance, blend and rhythmic cohesion work beautifully"

Washington Post

This remarkable quartet - hailed as "a triumph of ensemble playing" by the New York Times - is a multi-faceted ensemble taking chamber music in new directions. Touring music of the masters as well as exciting original works from visionary composers of our time, the Fry Street Quartet has perfected a "blend of technical precision and scorching spontaneity" (Strad). Since securing the Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the quartet has reached audiences from Carnegie Hall to London, and Sarajevo to Jerusalem, exploring the medium of the string quartet and its life-affirming potential with "profound understanding...depth of expression, and stunning technical astuteness" (Deseret Morning News). With a discography that includes a wide range of works from Haydn and Beethoven to Stravinsky, Janacek and Rorem, the quartet is known for being "Equally at home in the classic

repertoire of Mozart and Beethoven or contemporary music," (Palm Beach Daily News). The FSQ's tour repertoire reaches many corners of the musical spectrum, including works of Britten, Schubert, Beethoven and Bartok, as well as programs of American women composers Laura Kaminsky, Amy Beach, Joan Tower and a newly commissioned work by Libby Larsen. Over the next two seasons, the Salt Lake City-based NOVA series will present the FSQ’s complete Bartok Cycle, pairing these monumental works with Haydn’s String Quartets Op. 76. In addition to collaborations with acclaimed instrumentalists (including Joseph Kalichstein, Wu Han, Paul Katz, Donald Weilerstein, Misha Dichter, Andres Cardenes and Roger Tapping, among others), the Fry Street Quartet has commissioned and toured new works by a wide range of composers. Pandemonium by Brazilian composer Clarice Assad received its Fry Street premiere with the San Jose Chamber Orchestra; Michael Ellison's Fiddlin' was co-commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music Series and the Salt Lake City based NOVA series; Laura Kaminsky's Rising Tide was commissioned especially for the quartet's global sustainability initiative, The Crossroads Project. After more than 30 performances in three different countries, The Crossroads Project: Rising Tide continues to resonate with audiences. This fresh approach to communicating society’s sustainability challenges draws upon all the senses with a unique blend of science and art and has been featured on the NPR program joe’s big idea which aired during All Things Considered, as well as in publications by Yale Climate Connections, Reuters, and the New York Times. The quartet's 2014-2015 season included its premiere of Laura Kaminsky's new chamber opera, As One with soprano Sasha Cooke and baritone Kelly Markgraff at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, as well as a new work by Libby Larsen entitled Emergence, which anchors the Crossroads Project’s second chapter, Crossroads: Emergence for string quartet, film, and actor. The quartet's significant touring history includes performances at major venues, festivals, and for distinguished series such as Carnegie Hall and the Schneider Series at the New School in New York, the Jewel Box series

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in Chicago, Chamber Music Columbus, the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, the DiBartolo Performing Arts Center at Notre Dame, the Theosophical Society in London, and the Mozart Gemeinde in Klagenfurt, Austria. The Fry Street Quartet is pleased to hold the Dan C. and Manon Caine Russell Endowed String Quartet Residency at the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University. Misuzu Tanaka piano www.misuzutanaka.com

"A very mature, sure performer . . . Misuzu Tanaka is definitely a Distinguished Artist we’d like to hear again."

Peninsula Reviews (Santa Cruz, CA)

“[Misuzu Tanaka] performed with very high precision and enthusiasm.” Deutsche Welle (Germany)

Hailed by international press as a pianist "who dispatched everything with both dizzying speed and sensitivity" Today’s Zaman (Turkey) and for her “exceptionally high technical level” General-Anzeiger Bonn (Germany), Misuzu Tanaka has established herself as an artist of remarkable individuality with a rare combination of poetic sensitivity and breathtaking virtuosity. She has performed in prestigious concert venues throughout the world, from the Gewandhaus in Leipzig and Mozart’s Museum at Villa Bertramka in Prague to Alice Tully Hall in New York. Misuzu Tanaka is a respected regular performer for Music from the Frederick Collection, a leading North-American venue for performance on historical instruments. Enjoying an active solo career in the U.S., she is among the country’s brightest emerging stars. She opens her 2016-2017 season with a performance of Mozart’s Concerto No.9 with the Amadeus Festival Orchestra under the direction of maestro John Zoltek. Her recital highlights of the season

include performances on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts in Chicago (IL), Pro Musica in San Miguel de Allende (Mexico), Chamber Music Society of Maryland and Ridgecrest Chamber Music Society among others. Highlights of the past season include recitals at California State University Sacramento Piano Series, Distinguished Artists Lecture and Concert Series in Santa Cruz (CA), Warner Robins Community Concert Association (GA) and the Rappahannock Concert Association in Heathsville (VA). An avid small-ensemble collaborator, Misuzu Tanaka has also collaborated with prominent artists including James Dunham (Cleveland Quartet) and members of the National Symphony Orchestra. In 2012, together with her artistic partner and critically acclaimed clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov, she began touring throughout the United States as the Shtrykov-Tanaka Duo. Born in London, United Kingdom where she began her piano lessons at age 5, she then continued her studies in Japan and in the United States with Martin Canin at The Juilliard School. Her Masters and Doctoral degrees are from University of Michigan where she was a full scholarship recipient studying with Dr. Logan Skelton, during which she devoted much time to the study and performance of the works of Leoš Janáček. Other notable teachers include the late Ivan Moravec, and Miroslav Brejcha in the Czech Republic.

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Maksim Shtrykov clarinet www.maksimshtrykov.com

“Maksim is an unusually sensitive musician with excellent ensemble skills and a clarinetist who plays with

great imagination and attractive stage presence. The recitals he has given have been among the best I have heard recently.”

Charles Neidich International Soloists and Recording Artists

“Maksim Shtrykov is a virtuoso clarinetist who performs with conviction and excellence”

David Dubal Emmy-Award Winning Broadcaster and Classical Music Writer

Already an acclaimed artist in his native Belarus, clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov is quickly gaining renown as an artist of profound musical sensibility and a performer of remarkable charisma. Recently hailed by the Lucid Culture for “clarity that’s viscerally breathtaking” and “effortless…quicksilver legato” Maksim continues to win over audiences with his profound musical sensibility and flawless technique. As the recipient of the Artists International New York Debut Award, Mr. Shtrykov presented his solo debut recital at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall in April 2007. Since his orchestra debut recital at age 14, Mr. Shtrykov has appeared as a regular guest soloist with the Belarusian State Symphonic Orchestra and the Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Shtrykov is a first prize winner of the Belarus National Woodwind Competition and a prizewinner of Dymtro Bida International Woodwind Competition in Ukraine. Mr. Shtrykov is also a two-time recipient of the Presidents’ Foundation Award “Young Talents of Belarus.” He has performed recitals and chamber music concerts in such major halls as

the Polish Baltic Philharmonic, the Belarusian State Philharmonic, Izumi Hall in Osaka, Miller Theatre at the Columbia University and Baruch Performing Arts Center. Maksim Shtrykov actively performs both as a recitalist and with various chamber music ensembles. As a founding member of the Chamber Trio “Reflection”, Mr. Shtrykov is a winner of the International Johannes Brahms Chamber Music Competition in Poland, where he was awarded First Prize and the Special Award for the best performance of a work by Brahms, and a prizewinner of the International “Gaetano Zinetti” Chamber Music Competition in Sanguinetto-Verona, Italy. A passionate advocate of clarinet music, Mr. Shtrykov regularly tours throughout the United States with acclaimed pianist, Misuzu Tanaka, as members of the Shtrykov-Tanaka Duo. Maksim Shtrykov holds a degree of Master of Music from The Juilliard School, where he had been a scholarship student in the studio of Charles Neidich.

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Program Proposal for 2017-2018 Season

Program #1: Fry Street Quartet with Misuzu Tanaka, piano & Maksim Shtrykov, clarinet

TBA: Possible piece for quartet to be announced

SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

Intermission

BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet, Op.115 PROKOFIEV: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op.34 for Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet.

Program #2: Fry Street Quartet with Maksim Shtrykov, clarinet

TBA: Possible piece for quartet to be announced

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581 or WEBER: Clarinet Quintet, Op.34

Intermission

BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet, Op.115

Program #3: Fry Street Quartet with Misuzu Tanaka, piano

TBA: Possible piece for quartet to be announced

SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

Intermission

BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 or DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B. 155

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Selected Piano Quintet Repertoire BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op.34 BRUCH: Piano Quintet BRIDGE: Piano Quintet DVOŘÁK: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155 ELGAR: Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op.84 FRANCK: Piano Quintet SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op.44 SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet, Op. 57 Selected Clarinet Quintet Repertoire BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115 FRANÇAIX: Clarinet Quintet MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581 REGER: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 146 WEBER: Clarinet Quintet B Flat Major, Op. 34 String Quartet with Clarinet and Piano COPLAND: Sextet PROKOFIEV: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op.34 for Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet

Photos: Andrew McAllister. Denis Gostev © 2017 Concertant Classics