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PREMIERE WATCH PARTY Thursday, December 31, 2020, 8pm (PST)

HOST Nathalie Joachim

ARTISTS Leif Ove Andsnes, piano • Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society Julia Bullock, classical singer & Laura Poe, piano Dover Quartet • David Finckel, cello & Wu Han, piano Nathalie Joachim, flute and vocals • Tessa Lark, violin Yo-Yo Ma, cello & Kathryn Stott, piano Bria Skonberg, trumpet and vocals • Tetzlaff Quartet Matthew Whitaker Quartet

PERFORMING WORKS BY Darcy James Argue • Harold Arlen • • Edvard Grieg • Lil Hardin Nathalie Joachim • Jerome Kern • Kool & the Gang Tessa Lark • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1 ABOUT THE ARTISTS

LEIF OVE ANDSNES, piano Leif Ove Andsnes was born in Karmøy, Nor- The New York Times calls Leif Ove Andsnes way in 1970, and studied at the Bergen Music “a pianist of magisterial elegance, power, and in- Conservatory. He is currently an artistic adviser sight,” and the Wall Street Journal names him for the Prof. Jirí Hlinka Piano Academy in Ber- “one of the most gifted musicians of his gener- gen, where he lives with his partner and their ation.” With his commanding technique and three children. searching inte rpre tations, the celebr ated Nor - we gian pian ist has won inte rnational acclaim, DARCY JAMES ARGUE, playing concertos and recitals in the world’s composer and conductor leading concert halls and with its foremost or- Darcy James Argue is the “hyper-literate com- chestras, while building an esteemed, extensive poser who leads the Secret Society” (Nate discography. He is the founding director of the Chinen, NPR), an 18-piece big band ensemble Rosendal Festival, was the co- “now renowned in the world” (Giovanni artistic director of the Risør Festival of Chamber Russanello, The New York Times). Argue brings Music for nearly two decades, and has served a seemingly anachronistic ensemble into the as music director of California’s Ojai Music 21st century through his “ability to combine his Festival. A Gramophone Hall of Fame inductee, love of jazz’s past with more contemporary son- Andsnes holds honorary doctorates from Nor - ics like indie-influenced electric guitar and bass, way’s University of Bergen and New York’s as well as arrangement tricks culled from his . study of classical music” (Seth Colter Walls, Andsnes recently partnered with the Mahler Pitchfork). As a Vancouver-born, Brooklyn- Chamber Orchestra for “Mozart Momentum based “visionary arranger” (Steve Futterman, 1785/86,” a major multi-season project explor- The New Yorker), Argue has earned three ing one of the most creative and seminal pe ri - Grammy nominations, a Guggenheim Fellow- ods of the composer’s career. This marks the ship, a Doris Duke Artist Award, and countless pian ist’s second artistic partnership with the or- commissions and fellowships. His most recent chestra, following the success of their “Bee tho - recording—2016’s prescient Real Enemies—was ven Journey.” An epic four-season focus on the named a Top 20 jazz recording of the decade by composer’s music for piano and orchestra, this Stereogum. project saw Andsnes give more than 230 live performances in 108 cities across 27 countries, JULIA BULLOCK, classical singer as chronicled in the documentary Concerto— American classical singer Julia Bullock, “a mu- A Bee thoven Journey and captured on an award- sician who delights in making her own rules” winning Sony Classical series. Now recording (The New Yorker), combines versatile artistry exclusively for that label, the pianist recently re- with a probing intellect and commanding stage ceived his eleventh Grammy nomination and presence. Only in her early 30s, she has already has been recognized with no fewer than six headlined productions and concerts at some of Gramophone Awards. His other accolades in- the world’s preeminent arts institutions. An in- clude the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instru - novative programmer whose artistic curation is men talist Award, the Gilmore Artist Award, in high demand, Bullock’s curatorial positions and Norway’s Peer Gynt Prize and Commander include collaborative partner of Esa-Pekka of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. Salonen in 2020–21, the conductor’s inaugural Andsnes has been honored as the first Scandi - season as music director of the San Francisco navian to curate ’s “Perspectives” Symphony; 2019–20 artist-in-residence of the series, served as a pianist-in-residence of the same orchestra; artist-in-residence of ’s Philharmonic and artist-in-residence of Guildhall School for the 2020–22 seasons; the New York Philharmonic, and been the sub- opera-programming host of the new broadcast ject of a London Symphony Orchestra Artist channel All Arts; founding core member of the Portrait Series. American Modern Opera Company (AMOC);

2 ABOUT THE ARTISTS and 2018–19 artist-in-residence of New York’s Music, Bard College’s Graduate Vocal Arts Metropolitan Museum of Art. Chosen as a 2021 Program, and New York’s Juilliard School. She “Artist of the Year” by Musical America, which lives with her husband, conductor Christian hailed her as an “agent of change,” Bullock is Reif, in . also a prominent voice of social consciousness. As Vanity Fair notes, she is “young, highly suc- DOVER QUARTET cessful, [and] politically engaged,” with the Hailed as “the next Guarneri Quartet” (Chicago “ability to inject each note she sings with a sense Tribune) and “the young American string quar- of grace and urgency, lending her performances tet of the moment” (The New Yorker), the Dover the feel of being both of the moment and in- Quartet catapulted to international stardom in credibly timeless.” 2013, following a remarkable sweep of all prizes Bullock has made key operatic debuts at San at the Banff Competition; it has since become Francisco Opera in the world premiere of John one of the most in-demand ensembles in the Adams’ Girls of the Golden West; Santa Fe Opera world. In addition to its faculty role as the in- in Adams’ Doctor Atomic; Festival d’Aix-en- augural Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Resi - Provence and Dutch National Opera in Stra - dence at the Curtis Institute of Music, the Dover vinksy’s The Rake’s Progress; and the English Quartet holds residencies with the Kennedy National Opera, Spain’s Teatro Real, and Rus- Cen ter, Bienen School of Music at North - sia’s Bolshoi Theatre in the title role in Purcell’s western University, Artosphere, the Amelia The Indian Queen. In concert, she has collabo- Island Chamber Music Festival, and Peoples’ rated with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Symphony Concerts in New York. Among the Gustavo Dudamel, the San Francisco Sym- group’s honors are the Avery Fisher Career phony and both Salonen and Michael Tilson Grant, Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Thomas, the New York Philharmonic and Alan Quartet Award, and Lincoln Center’s Hunt Gilbert, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Family Award. The Dover Quartet has also won Andris Nelsons, Japan’s NHK Symphony and top prizes at the International Paavo Järvi, and both the Berlin Philharmonic String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff and London Symphony Orchestra with Sir National Chamber Music Competition. Simon Rattle. Her recital highlights include The Dover’s first volume of the complete appearances at Cal Performances, New York’s Beethoven string quartet cycle, which focuses Carnegie Hall, the Phila delphia Chamber Music on the composer’s Op. 18 quartets, was released Society, Boston’s Celebrity Series, Wash ington’s earlier this year by Cedille Records, which Kennedy Center, and the Mostly Mozart and previously released the ensemble’s Voices of Ojai Music festivals, where she joined Roomful Defiance: 1943, 1944, 1945 in 2017 and an all- of Teeth and the International Contemporary Mozart debut recording during the 2016–17 Ensemble for the world premiere of Josephine season, featuring the late Michael Tree, violist Baker: A Portrait (the original prototype for of the Guarneri Quartet. Voices of Defiance, Perle Noire: Meditations for Joséphine, a work which explores works written during World conceived by Bullock in collaboration with War II by Viktor Ullman, , Peter Sellars, and written for her by Tyshawn and Simon Laks, was lauded as “undoubtedly Sorey and Claudia Rankine). one of the most compelling discs released this Bullock’s growing discography includes year” (The Wall Street Journal). Doctor Atomic, recorded with the composer The Dover Quartet draws from the lineage of conducting the BBC Symphony Orches tra, and the distinguished Guarneri, Cleveland, and West Side Story, captured live with Tilson Vermeer quartets. Its members studied at the Thomas and the San Francisco Sym phony, both Curtis Institute of Music and Rice University’s of which were nominated for Grammy Awards. Shepherd School of Music, where they were Bullock was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and mentored extensively by Shmuel Ashkenasi, holds degrees from the Eastman School of James Dunham, Norman Fischer, Kenneth

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Gold smith, Joseph Silverstein, Arnold Stein - less young artists through a wide array of edu- hardt, Michael Tree, and Peter Wiley. It was at cational initiatives. Under their leadership at Curtis that the Dover Quartet formed; its name CMS, the Bowers Program identifies and pays tribute to Dover Beach by fellow Curtis inducts the finest young chamber artists into alumnus Samuel Barber. the entire spectrum of CMS activities. Their The Dover Quartet proudly endorses Tho - Chamber Music Institute at Music@Menlo has mastik-Infeld strings. provided hundreds of students with incompa- rable, immersive musical experiences over 17 DAVID FINCKEL, cello & WU HAN, piano summers. From 2009–18, David Finckel and David Finckel and Wu Han are among the most Wu Han directed the LG Chamber Music esteemed and influential classical musicians in School in South Korea, which served dozens of the world today. They are recipients ofMusical young musicians annually, and they also led an America’s Musicians of the Year award, one of intensive chamber music studio at the Aspen the highest honors granted by the music indus- Music Festival and School. David Finckel and try. The energy, imagination, and integrity they Wu Han’s website recently launched a new bring to their multifaceted endeavors as concert initiative that addresses the challenges and performers, artistic directors, recording artists, opportunities facing today’s classical music per- educators, and cultural entrepreneurs go un- formers and presenters. matched. David Finckel and Wu Han reside in New David Finckel and Wu Han are currently in York. For more information, please visit their their third term as artistic directors of the website at www.davidfinckelandwuhan.com. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Under their leadership, CMS is celebrating NATHALIE JOACHIM, flute and vocals three global broadcasting initiatives that bring Nathalie Joachim is a Grammy-nominated chamber music to new audiences around the flutist, composer, and vocalist. The Brooklyn world via partnerships with Medici TV, Radio born Haitian-American artist is hailed for being Television Hong Kong, and the All Arts broad- “a fresh and invigorating cross-cultural voice” cast channel. David Finckel and Wu Han are the (The Nation). She is co-founder of the critically founders and artistic directors of Music@Menlo acclaimed urban art pop duo Flutronix and in Silicon Valley, and of Chamber Music Today, comfortably navigates all kinds of music, from an annual festival held in Seoul, South Korea. classical to indie-rock, all while advocating Wolf Trap appointed Wu Han to serve as artis- for social change and cultural awareness. A tic advisor of its Chamber Music at the Barns 2020 United States Artist Fellow and 2019–20 series, and this season, she is in residence at Kaufman Music Center Artist-in-Residence, Montclair State University. Joachim has performed and recorded with an Leaders of the classical music recording in- impressive range of today’s most exciting artists dustry, the two created ArtistLed in 1997, the and ensembles—including Bryce Dessner, Bon - first musician-directed and internet-based clas- nie “” Billy, Richard Reed Parry, Miguel sical recording company. David Finckel and Wu Zenón, and the International Contemporary Han have also overseen the establishment of the Ensemble (ICE)—and is the former flutist of CMS Studio Recordings label, the society’s part- the contemporary chamber ensemble Eighth nership with , CMS’ Blackbird. As a composer, Joachim is regularly live stream programming, and Music@Menlo commissioned to write for instrumental and LIVE, which has been praised as “the most am- vocal artists, dance, and interdisciplinary theater, bitious recording project of any classical music each highlighting her unique electroacoustic festival in the world” (San Jose Mercury News). style. Her Fanm d’Ayiti is an evening-length work David Finckel and Wu Han have received for flute, voice, string quartet, and electronics universal praise for their passionate commit- that celebrates some of Haiti’s most iconic yet ment to nurturing the artistic growth of count- under recognized female artists, and explores

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Joachim’s personal Haitian heritage. The work, premiere recording of ’s solo vi- released in 2019 on New Records olin composition Stomp. as Joachim’s first featured solo album, received Tessa Lark is a graduate of the New England a Grammy Award nomination for Best World Conser vatory and earned her artist diploma at Music Album. the Juilliard School.

TESSA LARK, violin YO-YO MA, cello Violinist Tessa Lark is one of the most captivat- Yo-Yo Ma’s multifaceted career is testament to ing artistic voices of our time. A 2020 Grammy his enduring belief in culture’s power to gener- nominee in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo ate trust and understanding. Whether per- category, recipient of a 2018 Borletti-Buitoni forming new or familiar works from the cello Trust Fellowship and a 2016 Avery Fisher Career repertoire, collaborating with communities and Grant, Silver Medalist in the International Violin institutions to explore culture’s role in society, Competition of Indianapolis, and winner of the or engaging unexpected musical forms, Ma 2012 Naumburg International Violin Competi- strives to foster connections that stimulate the tion, Lark has won widespread praise from crit- imagination and reinforce our humanity. ics and audiences for her astounding versatility, With partners from around the world and technical agility, and musical elegance. A bud- across disciplines, he creates programs that ding superstar in the classical realm, she is also stretch the boundaries of genre and tradition to a highly acclaimed fiddler in the musical tradi- explore music-making as a means not only to tions of her native Kentucky. share and express meaning, but also as a model Lark has been a featured soloist at numerous for the cultural collaboration he considers es- US orchestras, recital venues, and festivals since sential to a strong society. It was this belief that making her concerto debut with the Cincinnati inspired Ma to establish Silkroad, a collective of Symphony Orchestra at age 16. Her 2019–20 artists from around the world who create music season included debuts with the Royal Scottish that engages their many traditions. National Orchestra, Philadelphia Chamber In August 2018, Ma began a new journey, set- Music Society, Rochester Phil har monic Or - ting out to perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s six chestra, and the Pasadena, Tucson, and West suites for solo cello in one sitting in 36 locations Virginia symphony orchestras. Lark is delighted around the world, iconic venues that encompass to take part in the inaugural season of Cal Per- our cultural heritage, our current creativity, and formances at Home. the challenges of peace and understanding that Three recordings featuring Lark were re- will shape our future. Each concert is an exam- leased in 2019: Fantasy, which includes fan- ple of culture’s power to create moments of tasias by Schubert, Telemann, and Fritz Kreisler, shared understanding, as well as an invitation Ravel’s Tzigane, and Lark’s own Appalachian to a larger conversation about culture, society, Fantasy; SKY, a Grammy-nominated Albany and the themes that connect us all. Symphony Orchestra release whose title selec- Yo-Yo Ma was born in 1955 to Chinese par- tion is a bluegrass-inspired violin concerto writ- ents living in . He began to study the cello ten for Lark by Michael Torke; and Invention, with his father at age four and three years later the debut album of the violin-bass duo Tessa moved with his family to New York City, where Lark & Michael Thurber comprising arrange- he continued his cello studies with Leonard ments of Two-Part Inventions by J.S. Bach along Rose at the Juilliard School. After his conserva- with non-classical original compositions. tory training, he sought out a liberal arts edu- Scheduled for 2021 is Lark’s fourth album, cation, graduating from Harvard University The Stradgrass Sessions, which will include with a degree in anthropology in 1976. Ma has collaborations with composer-performers Jon performed for eight American presidents, most Batiste, Edgar Meyer, Michael Cleveland, and recently at the invitation of President Obama Sierra Hull; works by Bartók and Ysaÿe; and the on the occasion of the 56th Inaugural Cere -

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mony. He plays three instruments, a 2003 in- panist to several instrumental and vocal com- strument made by Moes & Moes, a 1733 pe titions, and is also an experienced soloist and Montagnana cello from Venice, and the 1712 chamber musician. Davidoff Stradivarius. Poe has been heard in concert at numerous festivals throughout the United States, includ- LAURA POE, piano ing the Music Academy of the West, Ravinia’s Korean American pianist Laura Poe is a highly Steans Institute, Bard Summerscape, Glimmer - sought-after artist and collaborator who enjoys glass Opera, in New York’s Alice Tully Hall and a career as a pianist, opera coach, and educator. the Museum of Modern Art, as well as in Based in Düsseldorf, Germany, Poe is a mem- Europe and Trinidad and Tobago. ber of the music staff at the Deutsche Oper am Poe’s academic accomplishments include a Rhein. Since the 2015–16 season, she has also graduate diploma in collaborative piano from been a member of the music staff at San Fran - the Juilliard School in New York City and a cisco Opera. masters degree in accompanying and chamber Poe has also worked as a répétiteur and vocal music from the University of North Carolina at coach at De Nationale Opera in Amsterdam, the Greensboro, where in 2015 she received the Metropolitan Opera, and the Semperoper Dres - first-ever Distinguished Alumni Award in Per - den, where she made her professional conduct- formance. A dedicated teacher, Poe holds a ing debut with 19 performances of Purcell’s Dido bachelor’s degree in instrumental music educa- and Aeneas. The production was later invited to tion from the University of North Carolina at the Lucerne Music Festival for an additional two Greensboro. performances. Poe was also an associate vocal coach at the Juilliard School, the San Francisco BRIA SKONBERG, trumpet and vocals Conservatory of Music, Aspen Music Festival New York-based and Canadian-born singer, and School, AIMS in Graz, CoOperative, and trumpeter, and songwriter Bria Skonberg has Si parla, si canta in Urbania, Italy. been described as one of the “most versatile and A graduate of the Metropolitan Opera Lin - imposing musicians of her generation” (The de mann Young Artist Development Pro gram, Wall Street Journal). Skonberg has stormed onto Poe has trained under the tutelage of world- the jazz scene with her smoky vocals, blistering class musicians, conductors, and directors in- trumpet, and compelling compositions and cluding Sir , Marco Armiliato, arrangements. The Juno Award winner has Reri Grist, Thomas Hampson, James Levine, sung the music of Aretha Franklin alongside Malcolm Martineau, Ken Noda, Felicity Palmer, Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child, played Renata Scotto, Diane Soviero, Dame Kiri Te with at the iconic Apollo Theater, sat in Kanawa, Benita Valente, José van Dam, and with the Dave Matthews Band, was a featured Stephen Wadsworth. guest with Jon Batiste, performed as part of the Poe has collaborated with some of today’s on Tour, and sang the greatest singers, including sopranos Lisette National Anthem at Madison Square Garden Oropesa and Deborah Voigt, the latter with for a New York Rangers game. whom Poe performed a live broadcast on New Skonberg’s fall 2019 album, Nothing Never York’s classical radio station WQXR. Poe was Happens, offers striking originals and creative also featured in the BBC2 documentary What covers of Queen, , Duke Ellington, Makes a Great Soprano with Dame Kiri Te and more. Produced by Grammy Award win- Kanawa. In 2009, she was a third prize winner ner Eli Wolf, Nothing Never Happens invites lis- at the Wigmore Hall International Song Com- teners to join Skonberg in diverting attention petition in London. from the overload of social media, breaking As an experienced violinist, flutist, and horn news, political bickering, and negative energy, player, Poe is a frequent performer with instru- with a stunning album that at times channels mentalists and singers. She is an official accom- the ubiquitous anger and hopelessness that con-

6 ABOUT THE ARTISTS fronts us all in the modern media landscape, TETZLAFF QUARTET but at others manages to drown out that white Founded in 1994 by Christian Tetzlaff, Elisa - noise and shine a light on the serene and the beth Kufferath, Hanna Wein meister, and Tanja celebratory. Described by Skonberg as being Tetzlaff, and praised by the New York Times for “grittier, bluesy-er, and funkier,” than her previ- its “dramatic, energetic playing of clean inten- ous albums, its sounds are inspired by Tom sity,” the Tetzlaff Quartet is one of the world’s Waits, Duke Ellington, and Memphis . leading string quartets. All four artists take time off from their successful individual careers to KATHRYN STOTT, piano tour several times each season, performing con- At the age of five, I made friends with the - certs that regularly receive impressive critical right piano in our living room and by the age of acclaim. eight, I found myself at a boarding school for They are frequent guests at international young musicians, the . festivals such as the Berliner Festwochen, During my studies there I was heavily influ- Schleswig-Holstein, and Musikfest Bremen and enced by two occasional visitors to the school; regu larly perform in prestigious European and Vlado Perlmuter. From chamber music halls such as London’s Wig - them, my great passion for French music was more Hall, Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Hall, the Cité ignited and Fauré in particular has remained de la Musique in Paris, and the Cologne Phil - the musical love of my life. harmonie. The quartet has also appeared at the Further studies at the Musikverein in , Amsterdam’s Con cert - in London then led me very abruptly into the gebouw, Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, and Munich’s life of a professional musician via the Leeds Herkulessaal. International Piano Competition. When, quite The Tetzlaff Quartet has made four highly by chance, I met Yo-Yo Ma in 1978, it turned acclaimed tours to North America, each in- out to be one of the most fortuitous moments of cluding an appearance at Carnegie Hall and my life. Since 1985, we have enjoyed a collabo- with additional stops in Berkeley, San Francisco, ration which has taken us to so many fascinat- Atlanta, Washington (DC), Cleveland, Cincin- ing parts of the world and led to musical nati, Baltimore, Vancouver, Ann Arbor, Orange adventures with musicians who shared so much County, and Portland. from their own traditions. The group’s first recording—music by Presently, I enjoy the challenge of creativity Schoen berg and Sibelius—was released by CAvi in a different way by bringing many musicians Music in 2010, while its second recording (Berg together once a year in my role as the artistic and Mendelssohn) received the prestigious director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Diapason d’Or award in 2015. In 2017, Ondine Music. There are too many highlights in my ca- released a CD of quartets by Haydn and Schu - reer to mention. Yes, it was a thrill to perform at bert, followed in 2020 by a CD with two late the Last Night of the Proms to millions around Bee thoven string quartets—Opp. 130/133. the world, but equally a massive thrill to have lit up 20 small faces in an inner city school while MATTHEW WHITAKER, they jumped up and down to energetic piano piano and Hammond B3 organ music! Working with young musicians is some- Matthew Whitaker was born in 2001 in thing I feel passionate about and I presently Hackensack, NJ, and grew up surrounded by teach at the Academy of Music in Oslo. I’ve also music. His love for performing first became ap- had some truly exciting music written for me parent at the tender age of three, after Matthew’s and enjoyed a particularly close collaboration grandfather gave him a small Yamaha key- with composer . board. —Kathryn Stott

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At age nine, Whitaker began teaching him- Scott, Ca mer on Carpenter, Regina Carter, Jason self how to play the Hammond B3 organ. Four Moran, Jon Batiste, Cory Henry, Marc Cary, years later, he became the youngest artist to be Arturo O’Farrill, James Carter, Roy Ayers, D.D. endorsed by Hammond in its more than 80- Jackson, the New York Pops Orchestra, the EFG year history. He was also named a Yamaha London Jazz Orchestra, and Hamiet Bluiett and Artist at age 15, becoming the youngest musi- his Bio-Electric Ensemble. cian to join that stellar group of jazz pianists. In 2010, Whitaker was a winning participant Whitaker has had years of music instruction, in the “Child Stars of Tomorrow” competition, studying classical piano and drums at the Filo - as part of Amateur Night at the Apollo. A year men M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School later and just 10 years old, he was invited to in New York City—the only community music perform at ’s induction into the school for the blind and visually impaired in the Apollo Theater’s Hall of Fame. He returned to United States. the venue for Fox television’s revival of Show- He has previously studied at the Harlem time at the Apollo in 2016, where he thrilled the School of the Arts and was a member of both audience with his rendition of Stevie Wonder’s the Jazz House Big Band and the Organ Mes- classic “I Wish.” Whitaker’s television appear- sengers at Jazz House Kids in Montclair, NJ. ances also include NBC’s Today show, where he Whitaker also attended the Manhattan School was one of three young men featured in the of Music’s Precollege Jazz Program. He is cur- program’s “Boys Changing the World” series; rently enrolled in the jazz studies program at Harry Connick Jr.’s Harry; Ellen DeGeneres’ Juilliard in New York City. Ellen; and CBS’ 60 Minutes. Whitaker has received the Outstanding Solo- Having composed several original composi- ist Award from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Charles tions, Whitaker considers a list of stellar musi- Mingus High School Competition & Festival cians and composers/arrangers as his artistic and the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz influences, including organists Dr. Lonnie Band Competition & Festival. He was also rec- Smith, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, and ognized by the Harlem International Film Rhoda Scott; pianists Stevie Wonder, Herbie Festival, which named him “Most Remarkable Hancock, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Ahmad Young Person on Screen.” Jamal, The lonious Monk, Bud Powell, Chick He has already toured both here in the Corea, Jon Batiste, Cory Henry, Marc Cary, United States and abroad, performing before , and D.D. Jackson; Chopin and the Youth Assembly at the United Nations Bach; and drummers Roy Haynes, T.S. Monk, headquarters in New York City and on other Herlin Riley, Otis Brown III, Otis Brown Jr., and world-renowned stages including Lincoln Cen - Johnathan Blake. ter for the Performing Arts, the Apollo Theater, In 2017, Whitaker was named one of 17 Carnegie Hall, and Jazz at Lincoln Center in “People to Watch” in New Jersey’s The Record, NYC; SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco; the one of the state’s largest newspapers. He was John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing also cited as an outstanding performer in Arts in Washington, DC; the Raymond F. Crain’s New York Business’ “20 under 20” list. Kravis Cen ter for the Performing Arts (FL); the In 2018, the online magazine The Root added Monterey and Newport jazz festivals; and at in- Whitaker to its list of “Young Futurist Leaders.” ternational venues in the UK, France, Italy, Also that year, he received the Harlem Stage Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Mor- Emerging Artist Award and was singled-out as occo, Indo nesia, Japan, South Korea, and a rising star by USA Today and 201 Magazine. Australia. In 2019 and 2020, Whitaker received the Whitaker has performed with an array of Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award for outstanding musicians, including Ray Chew, his original compositions “Emotions” and Christian McBride, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Rhoda “Under ground.”

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Julia Bullock, classical singer Wu Han performs on the Steinway Piano. Laura Poe, piano Da-Hong Seetoo, recording engineer Kurt Weill/Frederic Ogden Nash/ Libby Seidner, video editor “Speak Low” from One Touch of Venus www.davidfinckelandwuhan.com Filmed exclusively for Cal Performances at the Konzerthaus Blaibach, Blaibach, For Ibis Productions, Inc. Germany, on December 10, 2020. Jeremy Robins, Post-Production Video Engineer Bernhard Fleischer, producer and director Zach Herchen, Post-Production Audio Oliver Becker, line producer for OTB Medien Engineer Thomas Frischhut, camera Marcus Jäger, camera • • • Nao A. Loo, camera Jupp Wegner, sound Yo-Yo Ma, cello Bruno Hartl, lighting Kathryn Stott, piano Wolfgang Herein, lighting Andreas Plötz, lighting Harold Arlen/“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” Aloisia Aschenbrenner, location from The Wizard of Oz Michael Hartl, editing Michaela Noa and Michaela Knopf, Jerome Kern/“Ol’ Man River” from Show Boat production office Filmed at the National Kaohsiung Center for A BFMI Production for Cal Performances the Arts (Weiwuying) Concert Hall, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on November 14, 2020. • • • In collaboration with: David Finckel, cello Opus 3 Artists Wu Han, piano 348 West 57th Street, Suite 282 New York, NY 10019 Claude Debussy (arr. Leon Roques)/ www.opus3artists.com The Girl with the Flaxen Hair For Ibis Productions, Inc. Filmed exclusively for Cal Performances Jeremy Robins, post-production video dngineer at ArtistLed Studio, Ardsley, NY, on September 30, 2020. • • •

David Finckel and Wu Han appear by Nathalie Joachim, flute and vocals arrangement with David Rowe Artists (www.davidroweartists.com). Nathalie Joachim/“Transformation”

Public relations and press representative: Filmed exclusively for Cal Performances Milina Barry PR (www.milinabarrypr.com) at Black Ensemble Theater, Chicago on September 15, 2020. Recordings by David Finckel and Wu Han are available exclusively through ArtistLed (www.artistled.com).

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For Bitter Jester Studios Marius Børsheim*, lighting assistant Daniel Kullman, director of photography, Marius Veum*, lighting assistant line-producer Marius Marthinussen Søreide, Neil Adamson, gaffer camera crane operator Sebastien Audinelle, camera operator Synnøve Roppestad, camera operator Ashley Battle, camera operator Kristian Vaage, camera operator Jason Kraynek, camera operator Martin Jørgenvåg*, project manager Amanuel Iyassu, production assistant Recorded and mixed by Dan Nichols and * for Bright Norway Mark Alletag, Aphorism Studios, Inc. ** for KolibriMedia

For Black Ensemble Theater For Ibis Productions, Inc. Special thanks to Jackie Taylor Jeremy Robins, video director and Daryl D. Brooks Zach Herchen, audio engineer www.blackensembletheater.org • • • For Ibis Productions, Inc. Jeremy Robins, supervisor Dover Quartet Colin Gee, editor Joel Link, violin Zach Herchen, post-production audio engineer Bryan Lee, violin Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola • • • Camden Shaw, cello

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano Ludwig van Beethoven/Allegro molto, quasi presto from String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Edvard Grieg/Gangar (Norwegian march) Op. 18, No. 2 from Lyric Pieces, Op. 54, No. 2 Filmed exclusively for Cal Performances at Filmed exclusively for Cal Performances Gould Rehearsal Hall, Curtis Institute of at Håkon’s Hall, Bergen, Norway, on Music, Philadelphia, on October 15–16, 2020. September 23, 2020. The Dover Quartet is represented by the Leif Ove Andsnes records exclusively for Sony Curtis Institute of Music, where it serves as the Classical and is managed by Enticott Music Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence. Management in association with IMG Artists. www.curtis.edu www.andsnes.com www.doverquartet.com www.facebook.com/LeifOveAndsnes .com/LeifOveAndsnes Recordings: Cedille Records, Azica Records

In Norway The Dover Quartet proudly endorses Yngve Moberg*, technical director Tho mastik-Infeld strings. Marius Marthinussen Søreide**, creative director For the Curtis Institute of Music Eirik Svensen**, video director Andrew Lane, managing director of Sinde Bowitz Larsen, assistant director Curtis on Tour Atle Sekkingstad*, audio producer Bret Noël, manager of touring operations Per Marius Larsen*, lighting designer Drew Schlegel, director of audio engineering Ivar Skjørestad*, lighting assistant Mickey Welde, interim director of video production 10 CREDITS

The Curtis Institute of Music is committed to Matt Holman, trumpet, flugelhorn ensuring the health and safety of the entire Adam O’Farrill, trumpet, flugelhorn community. Musicians and crew adhered to Ingrid Jensen, trumpet, flugelhorn Curtis’s health and safety guidelines through- Nadje Noordhuis, trumpet, flugelhorn out the filming of this performance, including Mike Fahie, trombone completing a health screening, wearing face Ryan Keberle, trombone coverings, and practicing proper social dis- Jacob Garchik, trombone tancing whenever possible, and thoroughly Jennifer Wharton, bass trombone, tuba sanitizing rooms and equipment. Sebastian Noelle, acoustic and electric guitar Adam Birnbaum, acoustic and electric For Get-Kinetic piano, synthesizer Rachel Ofori, camera operator Matt Clohesy, contrabass and electric bass, Weston Fahey, camera operator electronic effects Brian Atkins, camera operator Jon Wikan, drum set, cajón

For Ibis Productions, Inc. Special appearance by James Urbaniak Jeremy Robins, video director Zach Herchen, audio engineer Production Staff Daniel Vatsky, film editor • • • Vernil Rogers, recording engineer Brian Montgomery, recording Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society and mixing engineer Paul Suarez, assistant recording engineer Darcy James Argue/ Bradley Buehring, photography consultant “Dark Alliance” from Real Enemies Andreas Roalsvig, camera operator Melanie St. Claire, assistant camera operator This film version of Real Enemies was created Sam Campbell, assistant camera operator exclusively for Cal Performances by Darcy Ryan Gohsman, assistant stage manager James Argue, Isaac Butler, and Peter Nigrini, Tim Love, assistant stage manager and produced by Beth Morrison Projects. Chris Clark, gaffer

Darcy James Argue, composer Real Enemies was co-commissioned by the Isaac Butler, director and writer Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Fromm Music Peter Nigrini, media designer Foundation, and Beth Morrison Projects

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society Real Enemies is supported by the MAP Fund, Darcy James Argue, conductor a program of Creative Capital, primarily sup- Dave Pietro, piccolo, flute, alto flute, ported by the Doris Duke Charitable Founda- soprano and alto saxophones tion. Additional funds come from the Andrew Rob Wilkerson, flute, clarinet, W. Mellon Foundation. soprano and alto saxophones Sam Sadigursky, E-flat clarinet, “Dark Alliance” contains musical elements B-flat clarinet, A clarinet, tenor saxophone paraphrased from “Un Son Para Mi Pueblo,” John Ellis, B-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, music and lyrics by Luis Enrique Mejía tenor saxophone Godoy, © 1981 Ocarina-ENIGRAC. Used Carl Maraghi, B-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, with permission. baritone saxophone Seneca Black, trumpet, flugelhorn Jonathan Powell, trumpet, flugelhorn

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Beth Morrison Projects For Ibis Productions, Inc. Beth Morrison, President and Creative Jeremy Robins, video director Producer Zach Herchen, audio engineer Jecca Barry, executive director Francis Adjei, camera operator Kharon Benson, camera operator Kim Whitener, consulting producer Hugo Faraco, camera operator Brian Freeland, director of production Nara Garber, camera operator Robert Phillip Smith, associate producer Ashley Peters, finance manager • • • Melanie Milton, PROTOTYPE Festival producer Tetzlaff Quartet Victoria Preis, marketing manager Christian Tetzlaff, violin Catherine Hancock, social media manager Elisabeth Kufferath, violin Hanna Weinmeister, viola For Ibis Productions, Inc. Tanja Tetzlaff, cello Jeremy Robins, supervisor Colin Gee, editor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/ Zach Herchen, post-production audio engineer Menuetto & Trio from String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat major, K. 428 • • • Filmed exclusively for Cal Performances Tessa Lark, violin at b-sharp studio, Berlin, Germany, on September 19–20, 2020. Tessa Lark/Appalachian Fantasy The Tetzlaff Quartet appears by arrangement Filmed exclusively for Cal Performances on with CM Artists. location at Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center, New York City, on August 17, 2020. Recordings by the Tetzlaff Quartet are avail- able on the Ondine and CAvi Music labels. Tessa Lark plays a ca.1600 G.P. Maggini violin on loan from an anonymous donor through For b-sharp studio, Berlin, Germany the Stradivari Society of Chicago. Philipp Nedel, project supervisor Martin Kistner, recording producer Tessa Lark is represented worldwide by Matthias Erb, recording engineer Manhattan-based Sciolino Artist Management (www.samnyc.us). Boris Fromageot, artistic director & film pro- duction For Kaufman Music Center Kenneth Feldman, recording engineer Georg Kleinegees, film director and vision mixer Ben Young, editing and mixing Jan Scholz, score assistant Maytte Martinez, head stage manager Stephan Zwickirsch, camera operator Emily Ballou, assistant stage manager Michael Boomers, camera operator Patrick Liang, assistant stage manager Jan Lehmann, camera operator Andreas Bremer, technical supervisor/film Special thanks to David Bridges Lighting design by Mario Klapper/Lichtforum KaufmanMusicCenter.org Berlin

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Special Thanks: C. Bechstein Company, for Matthew Whitaker Quartet providing the piano benches; Silke Musfeldt Matthew Whitaker, piano and Hammond B3 www.b-sharp.biz organ Marcos Robinson, guitar For Ibis Productions, Inc. Karim Hutton, electric bass Jeremy Robins, post-production video engineer Isaiah Johnson, drums Zach Herchen, post-production audio engineer Kool & the Gang/“Celebrate” • • • Filmed exclusively for Cal Performances Bria Skonberg at the Bowery Ballroom, New York City, Bria Skonberg, trumpet, vocals on September 26, 2020. Patrick Bartley, clarinet, alto saxophone, background vocals Matthew Whitaker is a Yamaha Artist. Darrian Douglas, drums Endea Owens, bass Yamaha S3X grand piano provided by Mathis Picard, piano , New York. Doug Wamble, guitar, background vocals Matthew Whitaker is endorsed Lil Hardin/“Hotter than That” by Hammond Organ, USA.

Filmed exclusively for Cal Performances at Special Thanks the House Museum Garden, Bonnie Barrett and Makia Matsumura, Queens, New York City, on August 21, 2020. Yamaha Artist Services, New York Myles and Lorraine Weinstein and Rory www.briaskonberg.com Trainor, Unlimited Myles, Inc. @briaskonberg Michelle Taylor, Passion Music Group Moses and May Whitaker, Management: Randy Henner, Metamorphic Matthew Whitaker, LLC Concerts & Management Production: Christine Vaindirlis, Ubuntu For Ibis Productions, Inc. World Music Jeremy Robins, video director Zach Herchen, audio engineer louisarmstronghouse.org Chris Scarafile, camera operator Hugo Faraco, camera operator For Ibis Productions, Inc. Francis Adjei, camera operator Jeremy Robins: director and editor Kharon Benson, camera operator Zach Herchen, audio engineer Ian Dudley, camera operator Nara Garber, camera operator Kharon Benson, camera operator Francis Adjei, camera operator Josue Flores, production assistant Edwin Huet, audio assistant

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For Cal Performances at Home MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Tiffani Snow, Producer Jenny Reik, Director of Marketing and Jeremy Little, Technical Director Communications Ron Foster-Smith, Associate Director of For Ibis Productions, Inc. Marketing Jeremy Robins, Video Director Mark Van Oss, Communications Editor Zach Herchen, Audio Engineer Louisa Spier, Public Relations Manager Cheryl Games, Web and Digital Marketing For Future Tense Media Manager Jesse Yang, Creative Director Jeanette Peach, Public Relations Senior Associate Elise Chen, Email Production Associate For Cal Performances Lynn Zummo, New Technology Coordinator EXECUTIVE OFFICE Terri Washington, Social Media and Digital Jeremy Geffen, Executive and Artistic Director Content Specialist Kelly Brown, Executive Assistant to the Director OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION Jeremy Little, Production Manager Andy Kraus, Director of Strategy and Alan Herro, Production Admin Manager Administration Kevin Riggall, Head Carpenter Calvin Eng, Chief Financial Officer Matt Norman, Head Electrician Rafael Soto, Finance Specialist Tom Craft, Audio/Video Department Head Marilyn Stanley, Finance Specialist Jo Parks, Video Engineer Gawain Lavers, Applications Programmer Tiffani Snow, Event Manager Ingrid Williams, IT Support Analyst Ginarose Perino, Rental Business Manager Sean Nittner, Systems Administrator Rob Bean, Event Operations Manager

ARTISTIC PLANNING STAGE CREW Katy Tucker, Director of Artistic Planning Charles Clear, Senior Scene Technician Robin Pomerance, Artistic Administrator David Ambrose, Senior Scene Technician Jacob Heule, Senior Scene Technician DEVELOPMENT Jorg Peter “Winter” Sichelschmidt, Taun Miller Wright, Chief Development Officer Senior Scene Technician Elizabeth Meyer, Director of Institutional Giving Joseph Swails, Senior Scene Technician Jennifer Sime, Associate Director of Mark Mensch, Senior Scene Technician Development, Individual Giving Mathison Ott, Senior Scene Technician Jamie McClave, Individual Giving Mike Bragg , Senior Scene Technician and Special Events Officer Ricky Artis, Senior Scene Technician Alex Higgins, Director of Annual Fund Robert Haycock, Senior Scene Technician Jocelyn Aptowitz, Major Gifts Associate STUDENT MUSICAL ACTIVITIES EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Mark Sumner, Director, UC Choral Ensembles Rica Anderson, Interim Director, Artistic Literacy Bill Ganz, Associate Director, HUMAN RESOURCES UC Choral Ensembles Judy Hatch, Human Resources Director Matthew Sadowski, Director, Cal Marching Band Shan Whitney, Human Resources Generalist Ted Moore, Director, UC Jazz Ensembles Brittney Nguyen, SMA Coordinator

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TICKET OFFICE Liz Baqir, Ticket Services Manager Major support for the Cal Performances Gordon Young, Assistant Ticket Office Manager Digital Classroom is provided by Wells Fargo. Sherice Jones, Assistant Ticket Office Manager Jeffrey Mason, Patron Services Associate Major support for Beyond the Stage is provided by Bank of America. Opening fanfare used by permission from Jordi calperformances.org Savall from his 2015 recording of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo on Alia Vox. © 2020 Regents of the University of California

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