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Tchaikovsky Elijah T Omas Samantha Tartamella Felix Reyes Michelle Whitmore Violin II Assistant Conductors Symphony No BGSU PHILHARMONIA SCHOOL OF ART | COLLEGE OF MUSICAL ARTS | CREATIVE WRITING | THEATRE & FILM Violin I Bass Alexandria Midcalf** Nicholas R. Young* Trombone Brandi Main** Lindsay W. Diesing Kyle McConnell* Teresa Bellamy+ Joseph R. Starks James Foster Mary Solomon Stephen J. Wolf Jef Hlutke, bass Ling Na Kao Adam Behrendt Kurtis Parker Cameron M. Morrissey Tuba Jianda Bai Jenica Georgeson Samuel Teeple Ben Silberman La Le Du Flute/Piccolo Percussion/ Timpani Nia Dewberry Alaina Clarice* Scott Charvet* tchaikovsky Anna Eyink Paul Mizzi R. J. Seibert Elijah T omas Samantha Tartamella Felix Reyes Michelle Whitmore symphony no. 5 Violin II Assistant Conductors Sophia Schmitz Oboe/Cor Anglais Maria Mercedes Diaz Garcia Zi-Ling Heah Jana Zilova* Robert Jay Garza III violin concerto Bethany Holt T omas Morris Jamie Maginnis Mayuri Yoshii *denotes principal Charlotte Hands Anthony Af ul **denotes co-principal or Renata Kurtz co-concertmaster Xiangyi Liu Clarinet/Bass Clarinet +denotes librarian featuring Lindsay Watkins Kyle J. Kostenko** Emily Topilow Jeremy Gdaniec the bowling green philharmonia Joshua Martin Lucas Gianini** Zachariah Shutt Timothy Young Alexis Reif emily freeman brown, music director & conductor Bassoon/Contra Viola Ashley Mania* noah bendix-balgley, violin Kathryn Kibbe* Mikaela Kroyer Caleb C. N. Georges Jack Smolenski Yu-Ting Huang Irene Blazek Horn Blade W. M. Frisch Rachel Romero** Amory R. Fout Peter Guidi Alysha Szczublewski Douglas Poteat** Kristen Ronning Cello Trent Andersen Jonathan Moody* monday, november 14, 2016 Andrew Lewis Trumpet 8:00 p.m. Taylor Stobinski Bryan Powell** kobacker hall Sara Hart Enrico Solito Gramm Drennen Christina Komosinski moore musical arts center Kaleb Ringler Edmund Gunther** Julia Horter program biography First Concertmaster of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Noah Symphony No. 5 in E minor, opus 64 (1888) ................................Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Bendix-Balgley has thrilled and moved audiences around the (1840-1893) world with his performances. I. Andante - Allegro con anima II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza Since becoming a Laureate of the 2009 Queen Elisabeth III. Valse - Allegro moderato Competition in Brussels and gathering acclaim at further IV. Finale - Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace international competitions, Noah has appeared as a soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestre National de Belgique, I Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, and the Orchestre Royal Chambre de Wallonie (Belgium), among others. Recent - intermission - highlights include recitals throughout Europe and the United States, and performances with the Adelaide and Auckland symphony orchestras, Brahms Double Concerto with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and Tomas Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, opus 35 (1878) .....Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Netopil at the Aspen Music Festival, and the premiere of Noah’s own klezmer concerto Fidl-Fantazye with the Pittsburgh Symphony conducted by Manfred Honeck. I. Allegro moderato II. Canzonetta - Andante From 2011 until 2015, Noah was Concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. III. Finale - Allegro vivacissimo His Pittsburgh debut recital in January 2012 was named the “Best Classical Concert of 2012” by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Noah’s performance with the Pittsburgh Symphony Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin Orchestra of the Beethoven Violin Concerto, featuring his own original cadenzas, was acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. Noah also performed his own version of “T e Star-Spangled Banner” for solo violin in front of 39,000 fans at the 2013 Pittsburgh Pirates Opening Day at PNC Park. Noah is a passionate and experienced chamber musician. He has performed on a North Please join us in the lobby following the performance to meet Noah Bendix-Balgley. American tour with the Miro String Quartet. From 2008 to 2011, he was the first violinist of the Munich-based Athlos String Quartet, which won a special prize at the 2009 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Competition in Berlin, and performed throughout Europe. He has performed with artists including Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Gary Hof man, Emanuel Ax, Lars Vogt, and percussionist Colin Currie. Noah has appeared at numerous festivals in Europe and North America, including the Verbier Festival, the Sarasota Festival, ChamberFest Cleveland, the Nevada Chamber Music Festival and Chamber Music Connects the World in Kronberg, Germany. Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Noah began playing violin at age 4. At age 9, he played for Lord Yehudi Menuhin in Switzerland. Noah graduated from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and the Munich Hochschule. His principal teachers were Mauricio Fuks, Christoph Poppen, and Ana Chumachenco. upcoming philharmonia performances Holiday Concert In his spare time, he enjoys playing klezmer music. He has played with world-renowned 4:00 p.m. Saturday, December 3, Donnell T eatre, klezmer groups such as Brave Old World, and has taught klezmer violin at workshops in Wolfe Center for the Arts Europe and in the United States. Noah performs on a Cremonese violin made in 1732 by Carlo Bergonzi..
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