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Experience the Joy, Excitement & Profound Beauty of Great Music experience the joy, excitement & profound beauty of great music superbly performed ilya kaler & alon goldstein alessio bax & lucille chang 2019 peter toth the aizuri quartet oxana yablonskaya gabriele baldocci aptos community foundation community aptos 2020 Dream of mountain living? visit www.donnerland.com Happily Mention Supporting the “Distinguished Artists” Distinguished Artists and receive 10% OFF Series since 2012. CLOSING COSTS Deborah Donner 408-395-5754 ∙ [email protected] www.donnerland.com BRE #00498325 2 Aptos Community Foundation Aptos Community Foundation Aptos Community Foundation Welcome to the Concert: A CA Non-Profit Corporation It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the 2019-2020 Distinguished TAX ID No. 77- 0415937 Artists Concert Series’ season of performances. Since its founding in 1984, the Distinguished Artists Concert Series has brought together world-renowned President thinkers and artists to our community. During the existence of this program, John Orlando its founder and director John Orlando has promoted rich cultural and artistic Treasurer (interim) experiences in education by working with Cabrillo College, University of Dr. Richard Alloy California, Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz County Department of Education, and Secretary numerous other community organizations and schools. We live in a culturally Winifred Johnsen and artistically diverse community that appreciates and celebrates art — it is Board Members thanks to programs like the Distinguished Arts Program and the leadership of Maydene Fisher Carol Ismail Dr. Orlando that our community sustains and contributes to our artistic traditions Alon Goldstein and appreciation. Welcome to this season’s concert series. Distinguished Artists Concert & Best regards, Lecture Series Artistic and Congressman Jimmy Panetta Executive Director Representing the 20th District of California John Orlando Executive Assistant Narcisse DiCicco Graphic Designer Zephyr Pfotenhauer Season Sponsors Greene Music & Yamaha Corporation of America Staff of Life Natural Foods Market Donner Land & Homes Danny Alvarez – Coastal California Homes Chris Haltom Floors Michael and Lesley Tierra OPES Advisors Teresa Green Peg & Craig Wym The Distinguished Artists Concert Series 3 HELP SUPPORT Donations may be made online at http://www.distinguishedartists.org/purchase-tickets/ since 1984 or by mail to The Distinguished Artists Concert Series 125 Via Juanita Lane silk a las Aptos, CA 95003 To make gifts of stock or other property, 101 B. COOPER STREET or for information regarding estate planning The Series is under SANTA CRUZ please contact Executive Director John Orlando at: the umbrella of: 831.423.4545 831-539-0000 joorlandgmail.com THE APTOS COMMUNITY LAILIRESTAURANT.COM FOUNDATION Please remember the Distinguished Artist A 501c 3 tax-exempt nonprofit. Concert Series in your future plans! EIN 77-0415937 Roopa Pai DDS Kathleen Purcell Master Flutist and Teacher ’ Private ’ Music for Flute Lessons Special Events ’ Ensemble including Coaching Parties and Weddings Each lesson is tailored Family & Cosmetic to fit the unique needs The Santa Cruz Sentinel and to support the quotes Purcell: Dentistry spirit of the individual “It’s about relaxing, student. and never thinking you’re supposed to be www.paiDDS.com Performance some other place than opportunities for all you are right now.” (831) 425-8001 ages and levels. 553 Frederick St., 831-423-5046 ’ [email protected] Santa Cruz CA 95062 www.flutemusic.com 4 Aptos Community Foundation Sawasdee-by-the-Sea Sawasdee Soquel 101 Main Street 5050 Soquel Drive Santa Cruz Soquel 831.466.9009 831.462.5051 SAWASDEE Serving you with Perfection. Two locations of unforgettable Thai cuisine The Distinguished Artists Concert Series 5 artist’s biography Ilya Kaler Ilya Kaler is one of the most outstanding personalities competitions, including the Tchaikovsky International of the violin today, with a career ranging from that Competition in Moscow, Russia, the Jean Sibelius of soloist and recording artist to chamber musician International Violin Competition, the Henri Marteau and professor. He is the only violinist in the world International Violin Competition in Germany, the to win the Gold Medal at three of the world’s most International Music Competition Harbin (IMCH), the prestigious international violin competitions: the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, and Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1986), the the Karol Lipinski International Violin Competition in Sibelius Competition in Helsinki (1985), and the Torun, Poland. Paganini Competition in Genoa (1981). Kaler records for Naxos Records and Ongaku Records. Praised by Gramophone magazine as “the magician, His highly acclaimed albums include Sonatas by bewitching our ears,” Kaler has earned rave reviews Schumann and Brahms, Concertos by Paganini, for his solo appearances with distinguished orches- Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Schumann, tras such as the Leningrad, Moscow, and Dresden Dvorák, Glazunov, Szymanowski, and Karlowicz, as Philharmonic Orchestras, the Montreal Symphony, the well as the Taneyev Concert Suite, J.S. Bach’s Sonatas Danish and Berlin Radio Orchestras, the Moscow and and Partitas for Solo Violin, Ysaÿe’s Six Sonatas for Solo Zurich Chamber Orchestras, and most major American Violin, and an album of works for solo violin. orchestras. He has collaborated with a number of out- standing conductors, including Valery Gergiev, Dmitri Kitayenko, Mariss Jansons, and Jerzy Semkow. Kaler’s solo recitals have also taken him to five continents, where he received enthusiastic reviews. Kaler performs across the globe as a member of The Tempest Trio with cellist Amit Peled and pianist Alon Goldstein, a constellation of internationally acclaimed soloists. The trio recently released their debut album for Naxos Records, featuring the complete set of piano trios by Antonin Dvorák. His musical versatility extends to the symphony orchestra, as well, and he has appeared as guest Concertmaster with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore Symphonies, and on tour with the World Orchestra for Peace under Valery Gergiev. Kaler also held the Concertmaster position with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in New York. As one of the most sought-after teachers in the world, Kaler was recently invited to join the violin faculty at the distinguished Cleveland Institute of Music, where he will begin teaching full-time in the Fall of 2018. He has also held professorships at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington, IN, and at the DePaul University School of Music in Chicago, IL. Kaler reg- ularly serves as a jury member at international violin 6 Aptos Community Foundation Saturday, SeptemberProgram 21st, 7:30 pm1 Peace United Church of Christ, Santa Cruz Ilya Kaler violinist & Alon Goldstein pianist Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) ________________________________________________________________ Violin sonata no. 2 in A major RV 31 (1709) I. Preludio a Capriccio II. Corrente III. Giga Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) _______________________________________________________ Violin sonata no. 9 in A major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer” (1803) I - Adagio sostenuto - Presto II - Andante con variazioni III - Presto INTERMISSION Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) __________________________________________ Scherzo in c minor from the F.A.E sonata for violin & piano (1853) Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) ______________________________________________________________“The Masque” from Symphony no. 2 (1948-9) Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) ______________________________________________ Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice Op. 6 for solo violin (1911) ___________________________________________________________________ Berceuse Romantique Op. 9 (1916) ______________________________________________________________________Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3 (1910) ________________________________________________________________ Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta (1938) Generously sponsored by Peg & Craig Wym The Distinguished Artists Concert Series 7 Private Music Lessons with Dr. John Orlando, D.M.A. University of Southern California Former Piano Department Director, Cabrillo College “I love teaching piano. When I teach, the world fades away. Teaching involves science, mathematics, history, spirituality and philosophy, every day life and most important, the uncovering of beauty. Every lesson and every student is unique. No matter how many times a piece is taught, for me, the learning goes both ways. Beauty in music is unfathomable and Classical Piano worthy of a life-long pursuit.” Beginner Level for children Advanced Level for young and older adults John Orlando Contact: 831.539.0000 email: [email protected] It’s your life — how can we help? 627 Center St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060 www.naturalbridgesfa.com 831.421.0700 8 4.5Aptos”w x Community 1.75”h Foundation artist’s biography Alon Goldstein Alon Goldstein is one of the most original and Other highlights of the 2014-15 season include sensitive pianists of his generation, admired for a recital tour in Spain, performing in Madrid, A his musical intelligence, dynamic personality, ar- Coruña and Zaragoza’s “Cycle of Grand Soloists”; tistic vision and innovative programming. He has a return to the Baltimore Symphony under Günther played with the Israel, London, Radio France, and Herbig; debut with the New Jersey Symphony un- Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestras as well as the der Michael Stern and concerts
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