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JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET Musicians: JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET (Piano) For more on I Got Rhythm and the Concerto in F. In 2016, on & Students from the Colburn Conservatory of Music, than three decades, Jean-Yves Thibaudet has the 150th anniversary of Erik Satie's birth, Decca Colburn Music Academy & Colburn School of Performing Arts PIANO performed world-wide, recorded over 50 albums, released a box set of Satie's complete solo piano Jean-Yves Thibaudet and built a reputation as one of today’s finest music performed by Thibaudet – one of the PIANO pianists. He plays a range of solo, chamber, and foremost interpreters and champions of the Program Carey Byron orchestral repertoire – from Beethoven through composer's works. On his Grammy-nominated Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and Saint-Saëns; to Ravel, recording Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerti Nos. 2&5, PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DÉFUNTE (1899) FANTASIE IN F MINOR, D. 940 (1828) PIANO Khachaturian and Gershwin; and to contemporary released in 2007, he is joined by long-standing Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Federico Gad Crema composers Qigang Chen and James MacMillan. collaborator Charles Dutoit and Orchestre de la I. Allegro Molto Moderato Opera Without PIANO Suisse Romande. Thibaudet's Aria– PERFORMED BY: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Words, III. Largo Jongyun Kim In 2016/17 Thibaudet is Artist-in-Residence with which was released the same year, features III. Scherzo. Allegro Vivace Orchestre National de France, Wiener Symphoniker aria transcriptions, some of which are Thibaudet's PARTITA NO.3 BWV 1006 (1720) IV. Finale. Allegro Molto Moderato PIANO and the Colburn School in Los Angeles. As part of his own. His other recordings include the jazz albums J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Tyler Kim residency in Paris, he performs Saint-Saëns’s Piano Reflections on Duke: Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays the Music PERFORMED BY: I. Preludio Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Concerto No. 5 with Stéphane Denève and of Duke Ellington and Conversations With Bill Evans. Albert Cano Smit, piano PIANO Khachaturian’s Concerto for Piano with Semyon PERFORMED BY: Ray Ushikubo, violin Takeshi Shoyama Bychkov; he also curates a special performance with Thibaudet has also had an impact on the world of PRAELUDIUM AND ALLEGRO PIANO selected students for Radio France. The Vienna fashion, film and philanthropy. This season he MA MÈRE L'OYE (1910) IN THE STYLE OF PUGNANI (1910) Albert Cano Smit residency sees a chamber music programme with features Aaron Zigman’s for Wakefield, Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) principals from the orchestra, performances of a drama by Robin Swicord released in September Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) PIANO Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy under Music Director PERFORMED BY: Federico Gad Crema, piano; Sam Glicklich 2016. He was soloist in ’s award- PERFORMED BY: Aubree Oliverson, violin; Atonement Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Philippe Jordan, as well as concerts featuring the winning scores for the films (which won Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano PIANO Grieg and Gershwin concertos – the latter televised an Oscar for Best Original Music Score) and Pride Nicholas Mendez by Austrian broadcaster ORF. At Colburn he enters and Prejudice, and recorded ’s LÉGENDE (1906) HUNGARIAN DANCES NO. 5 (1869) the third year of a residency – the first of its kind – soundtrack for the 2012 film Extremely Loud & TRUMPET Georges Enescu (1881-1955) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) where his passion for education and fostering young Incredibly Close. He had a cameo in Bruce Michael Harper musical talent is invested through individual lessons, Beresford's film on Alma Mahler, Bride of the Wind, PERFORMED BY: Michael Harper, trumpet; PERFORMED BY: Sam Glicklich, piano; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano VIOLIN masterclasses and performances with students. and his playing is showcased throughout. In 2004 Gallia Kastner he served as president of the prestigious charity HUNGARIAN DANCES NO. 17 & NO. 6 (1869) Other season highlights include performances of auction Hospices de Beaune. His concert wardrobe NAVARRA, OP. 33 (1889) VIOLIN Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie with Gustavo is designed by Dame Vivienne Westwood. Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) Fabiola Kim Dudamel and Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de PERFORMED BY: Nicholas Mendez, piano; PERFORMED BY: Miray Ito, violin; Dorson Chang, violin; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano VIOLIN Venezuela as part of the season-opening concerts at Jean-Yves Thibaudet was born in Lyon, France, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Ray Ushikubo Carnegie Hall and on tour in Europe. He tours where he began his piano studies at age five and China with the West Australian Symphony made his first public appearance at age seven. At VIOLIN SUITE, OP. 71 (1903) Orchestra, opens the Baltimore Symphony twelve, he entered the Paris Conservatory to study SCARAMOUCHE, OP. 165B Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) Miray Ito FOR TWO PIANOS (1937) Orchestra season under Music Director Marin Alsop with Aldo Ciccolini and Lucette Descaves, a friend III. Lento Assai VIOLIN and performs James MacMillan’s Concerto for and collaborator of Ravel. At age fifteen, he won the Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) IV. Molto Vivace Dorson Chang Piano No.3 – a piece he premiered in 2011 – with Premier Prix du Conservatoire and, three years I. Vif the Brussels and Los Angeles philharmonic later, the Young Concert Artists Auditions in New PERFORMED BY: Fabiola Kim, violin; Gallia Kastner, violin; VIOLIN PERFORMED BY: Tyler Kim, piano; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano orchestras under Stéphane Denève. York City. Among his numerous commendations is Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Aubree Oliverson the Victoire d’Honneur, a lifetime career II. Modéré Thibaudet’s recording catalogue of more than 50 achievement award and the highest honour given PERFORMED BY: Carey Byron, piano; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano PAGANINI VARIATIONS albums has received two Grammy nominations, by France’s Victoires de la Musique. In 2010 the FOR TWO PIANOS (1941) Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Hollywood Bowl honored Thibaudet for his musical III. Brazileira Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) PERFORMED BY: Takeshi Shoyama, piano; Diapason d’Or, the Choc du Monde de la Musique, achievements by inducting him into its Hall of Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano PERFORMED BY: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Jongyun Kim, piano The Colburn School the Edison Prize, as well as Gramophone and Echo Fame. Previously a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts wishes to thank awards. This season he releases Bernstein's Age of et des Lettres, Thibaudet was awarded the title Anxiety with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Officier by the French Ministry of Culture in 2012. Intermission Wells Fargo for their support of Colburn and Marin Alsop, with whom he previously recorded Gershwin (2010), which featured big jazz WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017 AT 8PM performances in the community. band orchestrations of Rhapsody in Blue, variations Bram Goldsmith Theater

Running Time: 1 hour and 55 minutes, including a 15 minute intermission. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P25