Beethoven, Bagels & Banter

Beethoven, Bagels & Banter SUN / FEB 17 / 11:00 AM Kevin Fitz-Gerald PIANO Robert Davidovici VIOLIN Andrew Shulman CELLO There will be no intermission. Please join us after the performance for refreshments and a conversation with the performers. PROGRAM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Piano Trio in G major, “Gypsy”, Hob.XV:25 i. Andante ii. Poco adagio iii. Finale. Rondo all'Ongarese, Presto Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) Duo for Violin and Cello, Op.7 (1914) i. Allegro serioso, non troppo ii. Adagio – Andante iii. Maestoso e largamente, ma non troppo lento – Presto Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Piano Trio No. 3, Op.101 i. Allegro energico ii. Presto non assai iii. Andante grazioso iv. Allegro molto This series made possible by a generous gift from Barbara Herman. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 18 ABOUT THE ARTISTS KEVIN FITZ-GERALD (PIANO), enjoys spectacular technique, wide-ranging full-blooded tone being just what a versatile performing career as repertoire and magnificent artistry the work deserves” (TheArtsDesk. recitalist, orchestra soloist and with an exciting, compelling stage com). He returned to London in chamber musician. His performances presence. Born in Transylvania, February 2015 to perform the have garnered international acclaim, Romania, he began his studies as a Tchaikovsky and Brahms Violin and he has been recognized for student of David Oistrakh. He went Concerti, again with the RPO his “hypnotically powerful and on to study with Ivan Galamian at under Maestro Nowak. In February precise” pianism and “dynamic and the Juilliard School, where, upon 2007, he was soloist at Lincoln distinguished” interpretations. graduating, he became a teaching Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in the His concert tours and performances assistant to the Juilliard String American premiere of the Kletzki have taken place in major concert Quartet. He has collaborated Violin Concerto (1928) with the halls, universities and concert in concert with such esteemed American Symphony Orchestra organizations throughout the United artists as Yo-Yo Ma, Isaac Stern, conducted by Leon Botstein, States, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Lynn Harrell, Yefim Bronfman, following which The New York Times Australia, Mexico, South America, the Cho Liang-Lin and Emanuel Ax, commented on the “excellent” Mediterranean and the Caribbean. among others. Carnegie Hall has performance. The New York Times, Notable venues include Carnegie Hall featured him as part of its in describing his performance (New York), The Mormon Tabernacle “American Music Masters” series on Bach’s Solo Sonata No. 1 said, (Utah), Walt Disney Concert Hall and he was the subject of a television “he played cleanly and without (Los Angeles), National Arts Centre special on WGBH Boston. His affectation. Contrapuntal lines (Ottawa), Roy Thompson Hall multifaceted career has included being emerged clearly because multiple (Toronto), Place des Arts (Montréal), Concertmaster of such orchestras as stops stayed in tune, and a fast, tight Izumi Hall (Osaka), Suntori Hall the Osaka Philharmonic, Vancouver vibrato helped keep the music from (Tokyo), National Gallery (Kingston) Symphony, The Residentie Orchestra sounding expressive in a 19th-century and Town Hall (Melbourne). He has (The Hague) and Cincinnati Symphony, manner. This was, in fact, excellent appeared with several Canadian as well as the Grand Teton Music Bach.” In describing his performance and American orchestras including Festival and Chautauqua and of the Bernstein Serenade, the Toronto Symphony, Montréal Colorado Music Festival Orchestras. The New York Times stated that Symphony, Canadian Chamber In addition to his solo engagements, “it would have been hard to Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra, he is Artist-in-Residence and imagine a sweeter performance,” Calgary Philharmonic, Los Angeles Professor of Violin at Florida and the Sydney Morning Herald wrote, Camerata, Utah Chamber Orchestra International University in Miami. “Robert Davidovici lingered lovingly and the Mormon Tabernacle He is a guest professor at leading over the poetic passages of the Orchestra at Temple Square. Recent music schools around the world, most Tchaikovsky Concerto, and ignited orchestral performances have recently at the Musashino Academia the fiery ones with passion.” included concerti by Dvořák, Mozart, Musicae in Tokyo, Universities of Fanfare Magazine commented on Beethoven, Prokofiev, Mendelssohn, Washington and British Columbia and his first CD that “Davidovici handles Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Berg and the Australian National University. the five compositional styles with Poulenc. Mr. Fitz-Gerald’s concerts The Montréal La Presse said that, confidence. His tone is ripe, his have frequently been recorded for “Robert Davidovici is a born violinist intonation dead on and he plays with local, national and international radio in the most complete sense of aplomb. This is an impressive disc and television networks in Canada, the word.” In October 2013, he debut.” He has recorded as violin USA, South America, France, Japan performed the Beethoven Violin soloist with the London Symphony and Australia. His CD recordings can Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Cala Records. His CD be found on the Summit, Quatro Orchestra (RPO) under Grzegorz Nowak, Mélodie-The Art of Robert Davidovici Corde, AFCM, Yarlung, GM, Centaur after which he recorded his second was selected as one of the top 30 and Ivory Classics record labels. CD with the RPO under G. Nowak, CD releases in Japan in 1995. He containing the Beethoven and may also be heard on New World ROBERT DAVIDOVICI (VIOLIN) Mendelssohn Concerti. The reviews Records, Centaur, Clavier and is acclaimed in the United States, for the first CD with the RPO, under Meistermusic. His CD recording of Canada, Europe, South America, G. Nowak, released in the autumn transcriptions of Chopin’s Nocturnes Australia and Asia as a virtuoso of 2013, comment on “the fantastic was released in May 2004 in Japan in concerto, recital and chamber performance of the Kletzki Violin by JVC Victor. He is the recipient music performances who combines Concerto and Robert Davidovici’s of several distinguished First Prize PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 19 ABOUT THE ARTISTS honors, among them, the Naumburg and the Salt Lake Tribune writes, Competition and the Carnegie Hall “[Shulman] gave a fabulously nuanced International American Music Violin and impassioned performance.” Competition. As conductor, Andrew has performed in the UK, Europe and Scandinavia. ANDREW SHULMAN (CELLO), principal LA Opening Nights described his US cello with LACO and faculty at USC, conducting debut as “a stunning was the first British winner of the performance” with the LA Chamber Piatigorsky Award and was made an Orchestra. He has also conducted Honorary RCM by The Queen Mother. successful productions of Mozart’s He has performed concertos with Figaro and Cosi at the Theater Royal. the Philharmonia, ASMF, CBSO, Solo and chamber recordings span 35 BBC Scottish, Utah and Singapore CDs, including the Britten Quartet’s Symphonies and Los Angeles and complete discography, Vivaldi Royal Liverpool Philharmonics. concertos for Virgin and Janacek for Recitals include Wigmore Hall; EMI, where he was an exclusive artist. the Royal Palace, Stockholm and Andrew studied with Dickson, Pleeth Buckingham Palace, London; and he and du Pré. He was principal of the has performed Strauss’s Don Quixote Philharmonia, the Academy of St with Rattle in London and Salonen at Martin in the Fields and the the Hollywood Bowl. He is a regular Los Angeles Philharmonic, and is guest at the Aspen, Aldeburgh, Bath, one of the most sought-after cellists Edinburgh, Mainly Mozart and La Jolla in TV and movies, with thousands of festivals, collaborating with Kahane, credits. Last season he premiered Hadelich, Steinhardt, Harrell and a concerto by Broughton and a new Thibaudet. work by Zigman, and appeared at the La Jolla ‘Summerfest,’ the Green LA Times declares that his playing is Chamber Festival in Sonoma and the “always eloquent and passionate,” Piatigorsky Festival in LA. The Times praises him for “fastidious poetry of phrase and technique,” 20 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE .

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