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Or9fww% M*4k/fYlw'' SUZUKI & FRIENDS 10th Anniversary Season The Children's Museum Page Table of Contents 2 About the Featured Artists 7 September 20 program 8 Program Notes for September 20 11 November 15 program 12 Program Notes for November 15 14 February 28 program 15 Program Notes for February 28 19 March 28 program 19 Program Notes for March 28 22 April 25 program 23 Program Notes for April 25 25 May 23 program 26 Program Notes for May 23 28 History of Cathedral Arts At 7:00 p.m. before each Suzuki & Friends concert, a radio personality conducts an informal discussion with one or more of the evening's performers. Focusing on the music, the instruments, or the artist's own career, "Making Music" brings added insight into the program for young and old members of the audience. No children under the age of six shall be admitted. Children between the ages of six and thirteen must be accompanied by an adult at all times during a concert. No photographic or recording equipment is allowed in the theater. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed backstage at any time because of safety and security regulations. Following the concert, the performing artists will greet members of the audience in the area immediately in front of the stage. ABOUT THE FEATURED ARTISTS . ; HIDETARO SUZUKI, violinist and conduc tor, began concertizing throughout Japan at the age of 14 as a result of winning the first prize in that country's National Violin Competition. Since then, his performances have also been awarded with top prizes at the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow, the Queen Elisabeth in Brussels, and the Montreal International. Since his graduation from the Curtis Institute of Music, Mr. Suzuki has been a soloist, conductor, concertmaster and chamber musi cian throughout the world. He has been a par ticipant in the Marlboro, Stratford (Canada), and Grand Teton Music Festivals, and has served as a member of the jury in the Montreal and Indianapolis International Violin Competitions. In addition to being the concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and a faculty member at the Jordan College of Fine Arts, Mr. Suzuki is the artistic director of "Suzuki & Friends," now celebrating its tenth season. Mr. Suzuki's playing has been described as "tonal magic" with "graceful phrasing, rich sonority and delicate sensitivity." Music is ZEYDA RUGA SUZUKIS first Ian guage. At the age of three she learned how to read music before she learned how to read Spanish in her native Cuba. Since then, her fluency and eloquence in the language of music have transcended cultural and political boundaries. Married to Japanese violinist Hidetaro Suzuki in 1962, she and her husband have enjoyed a magnificent global partnership, hav ing toured extensively in the Soviet Union in 1980 and in Japan every year since 1964, play ing over 250 concerts there. The Asahi Shim- bun, Japan's largest newspaper, has hailed her as "masterful," adding that "the special beauty of Mrs. Suzuki's tone and her irresistible expressivity are unforgettable." Since coming to Indianapolis in 1979, whether playing in a duo, as a piano solo recitalist, soloing with the Indianapolis Symphony or in chamber music collaborations with local, national and international artists, Mrs. Suzuki's depth and dedication have captivated the Hoosier audience, inspiring Arts Indiana to call her "an Indianapolis treasure." Mrs. Suzuki has recorded several discs for Toshiba-EMI, Select Canada and CBC International. February 28,1990 program The exciting young mezzo soprano MARY ANN HART, recognized for her vocal purity and expressivity, won Second Prize in the 1987 Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition for Vocalists and has been awarded a Solo Recitalist Grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. This season her con cert schedule includes performances with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Steve Reich's Tehillim with American Com posers Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, and her Chicago recital debut in the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series. A native of Missouri, Mary Ann Hart grew up in a musical family, and graduated with a degree in voice from Central Missouri University, which in 1986 named her its Distinguished Music Alumna of the Year. Her Master's Degree is from the University of Illinois, where studies with pianist-coach John Wustman and Grace Wilson prompted her to pursue her love of song repertoire in Vienna. During her three years in Austria, she earned a Diploma in Lied and Oratorio from the Hochschule fuer Musik, with a Prize of Distinction from the Austrian Ministry of Culture. Using the international competition as a showcase for her prowess on the concert stage, Mary Ann Hart won First Prize in the Concert Artists Guild International New York Competition, as well as top prizes in the Walter J. Naumburg Vocal Competition, the Minna Kaufmann Ruud Dis tinguished Performance Awards, the Washington International Competi tion, the National Association of Teachers of Singing's Artist Awards, and the Robert Schumann International Competition. She has recordings on the Eterna, Arabesque, Telefunken-Decca, and Musical Heritage labels. Miss Hart has recorded programs for broadcast in Vienna, Zwickau, Cologne and Washington, DC, and has been featured on NPR's Carnegie Hall Tonight singing Dominick Argento's cycle Casa Guidi with the American Composers Orchestra under Gunther Schuller. March 28,1990 program CAROL WINCENC, a frequent guest of major orchestras and festivals throughout the U.S.A., has also recently scored great successes with the London Symphony at the Barbican, the English Chamber Orchestra at the Aldeburgh Festival, as guest of the Budapest Spring Festival and in tours of Korea and Japan. Long a champion of contemporary music, Ms. Wincenc gave the world premier of "A Renaissance Concerto for flute and orchestra," written for her by Lukas Foss, with the Buffalo Philharmonic in May, 1986. She then pre miered the work in Germany with the Indian apolis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of John Nelson. The New York premiere took place at Carnegie Hall during the 1988/89 season with Ms. Wincenc appearing as soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra. Later that season, she gave another important premiere at Carnegie Hall — a concerto written for her by Joan Tower, performed with the American Composers Orchestra. In 1985, Miss Wincenc created and became artistic director of the first International Flute Festival, a very successful event in Saint Paul and New York that demonstrates the impact around the world of the flute and its related family of instruments. Miss Wincenc is equally active on the recording front, having albums on the Nonesuch label and with the Musical Heritage Society She is presently on the faculty of Indiana University's School of Music. MARIA CASALE, winner of the 1989 USA International Harp Competition, studied harp with the legendary Mildred Dilling and in 1980 entered the Juilliard School of Music, where she studied with Susann McDonald. She received bachelor and master's degrees from Juilliard, where she also won the Concerto Competition and Arthur Ross Scholarship. Ms. Casale won the American Harp Society's National Competition in the Advance Division in 1981. She was a semi-finalist in the 32nd International Music Competition in Munich, Germany, in 1983; and one of three finalists in the 9th International Harp Competition in Israel. In 1986, Ms. Casale joined the Concert Artists Program of the American Harp Society and is now concertizing throughout the United States. In addition to her busy recital schedule, Ms. Casale is an avid chamber musician and works frequently with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. 4 April 25 program JOHN KASICA, percussion, became a mem ber of the Saint Louis Symphony in 1971 at the • K age of twenty-two. He received his bachelor's m degree from the Juilliard School where his teachers included Saul Goodman and Elden Bailey. Prior to his appointment in St. Louis, he had performed with the New York City Opera and the New York Philharmonic. Known as a virtuoso mallet player, he has appeared as a ^•fc Itata^ soloist with the Saint Louis Symphony Music Bk. VfeftS I Aeterna Orchestra of New York, the Canton m^^^^^j^H I Symphony the North Carolina Symphony and mk• I Minnesota Orchestra. In addition, he has been the percussionist at the festivals of Kekrade (the Netherlands), Aspen, Spoleto and Grand Teton. In 1983, he performed the American premiere of the Tilo Medic Marimba Concerto with the North Carolina Symphony. In 1985, Mr. Kasica performed the American premier of The Mihero Miki Marimba concerto with the St. Louis Symphony and also performed the work in Tokyo, Japan, as soloist with the St. Louis Symphony's Far East Tour. In 1987, the St. Louis Symphony commissioned a solo marimba work for Mr. Kasica by the composer in residence of the Atlanta Symphony, Alvin Singleton. The world premier followed in November of the year. In January, 1990, Mr. Kasica makes his solo debut at Carnegie Hall and in Symphony Hall in Washington, DC performing Bartok's Sonata for two pianos and percussion with the St. Louis Symphony on tour. He made his solo debut on accordion with the St. Louis Symphony Pops conductor Richard Hayman the summer of 1989.