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1. Ani Kavafian in an educational residency at a Wisconsin elementary school, 1975. 2. Alice Tully talking with Anne-Marie McDermott after her 8 debut, 1983. 3. The YCA Staff in 1977: Susan Wadsworth, Edna Landau, Nancy 6 7 Wellman, Judith Kurz. 9 4. Rebecca Wadsworth Diallo, , Susan Wadsworth, Charles Wadsworth: Benefit evening, 1988. 5. YCA at the White House, 1993: Geoff Nutall, Lesley Robertson, Barry Shiffman, Marina Hoover of the St. Lawrence , Chee-Yun (between them, in pink), Hillary and President Clinton, Camellia Johnson, Neal Goren, Akira Eguchi, , Susan Wadsworth. “To better understand the role of Young Concert Artists 6. Todd Palmer engages students in an educational residency at a Wisconsin school, 1994. in the world of , close your eyes for a 7. Naoko Takada, marimba, in the Annaliese Soros Educational Residency Program with students in Iowa, 2005. moment and imagine a few of the stellar careers the 8. Mary Mochary, David Guerrier, Gilan Corn: Benefit Evening, 12 organization has helped jump-start. Now, imagine classical 2005. 10 9. YCA Artists of the 35th Anniversary Concert: Front row: 11 Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Yeesun Kim, Richard Goode, music without them. The void would be deafening.” Susan Wadsworth, Alban Gerhardt, Beverly Hoch, Toby Appel, Benny Kim. Second Row: Carter Brey, Chee-Yun, Anne-Marie —The New York Times McDermott, Scott St. John, Marya Martin, , Ruggero Allifranchini, Hsin-Yun Huang, Geoff Nutall, Ilana Vered, Nicholas Kitchen, Ida Kavafian, Makoto Nakura, Chris Pedro Trakas, Fred Sherry. 10. The first three Presidents of the YCA Alumni Association: , , Eugenia Zukerman. 11. Top: Gleb Ivanov, Front: Scott Yoo, Dora Seres, Mimi Levitt, Chu-Fang Huang, Susan Wadsworth. After Gala, 2007. 15 16 12. 18-year-old at his New York debut. 13. Susan Wadsworth setting up chairs for the first Young Concert Artists Series, 1961, in Greenwich Village. 13 14. Susan Wadsworth, Vicki Margulies, Monica Felkel. 15. Scott St. John, Susan Wadsworth, Makoto Nakura, Irene Diamond, Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Lawrence Smith: 14 After YCA Gala at Lincoln Center, 1996. 17 16. Jeremy Denk in the Annaliese Soros Educational Residency Program in Missouri in 1998. 17. Paavali Jumppanen, Irene Diamond, Ju-Young Baek, Kurt Masur, Peter Marino: Gala Concert, 2002. 18. Sara Sill, Frayda Lindemann, 1987. 18 19. The first YCA Leipzig Auditions, 1994: Stefan Schoenknecht (Mendelssohn Hochschule coordinator), Mark Hayman; Winners Diana Doherty and Fazil Say; Jurors: Joel Shapiro, Susan Wadsworth, Kurt Masur, Lorraine Nubar, Christiane Edinger. 20 20. Caroline Goulding, Anne Paolini, , 2009. 21 21. Esther Ferguson, Mortimer Levitt, Susan Wadsworth, 1988. 22. Geoff Nuttall, Susan Wadsworth, Barry Shiffman, Annaliese Soros, Marina Hoover, Scott St. John, Lesley Robertson: The St. Lawrence String Quartet performing at the YCA office, 1994. 23. From the 35th Anniversary Concert: Chee-Yun, Ilana Vered, Carter Brey.

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50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

YCA ARTISTS ALL AROUND

Carnegie Hall: EMANUEL AX, piano, with the (5/5) | JEREMY DENK, piano, with the (10/12) | Keyboard virtuosos: MURRAY PERAHIA, piano (11/18) JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano (2/2) | JEREMY DENK, piano (2/16) | Great Artists: NOBUKO IMAI, (4/5) | , (11/20) | : SASHA COOKE, mezzo- soprano | ERIC RUSKE, horn (3/2) | ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET (3/8) | TODD PALMER, fifty years clarinet (4/15) | RAN DANK, piano | VASSILIS VARVARESOS, piano (10/8) | American Composers Orchestra: URSULA OPPENS, piano (10/15) | Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: SCOTT YOO, conductor (11/9) | The Kasser Theater at Montclair State University: JOSE FRANCH-BALLESTER, clarinet COURTENAY BUDD, soprano | BENJAMIN MOSER, piano | WONNY SONG, piano (10/10) | The New Jersey Symphony, NJPAC: RAY CHEN, violin (9/30, 10/1, 10/2, 10/3) | JEANINE DE BIQUE, soprano (9/14) | The New York Philharmonic: EMANUEL AX, piano (4/28, 4/29) | CARTER BREY, cello Dear Friends, (10/7, 10/8, 10/12, 6/18) | OLLI MUSTONEN, piano (3/24, 3/25, 3/26) | PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, violin You are cordially invited to the 50th Anniversary Season of the Young (10/14, 10/16) | Metropolitan Museum of Art: LISE DE LA SALLE, piano (2/20) | JENNIFER JOHNSON, Concert Artists Series and to enjoy one exciting musical event after mezzo-soprano (Musicians from Marlboro, 10/29) | The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: another throughout the year! SHMUEL ASHKENASI, violin | EMANUEL AX, piano | EFE BALTACIGIL, cello | JEREMY DENK, piano As always, the Young Concert Artists Series presents thrilling debuts BELLA HRISTOVA, violin (CMS Two) | ANI KAVAFIAN, violin | IDA KAVAFIAN, violin | ANNE-MARIE of the newest Winners of the annual YCA International Auditions, and MCDERMOTT, piano | FRED SHERRY, cello | CARTER BREY, cello | ALEXANDER FITERSTEIN, clarinet a special debut. For this celebratory season, each artist JOSE FRANCH-BALLESTER, clarinet | JUPITER STRING QUARTET | ANTHONY NEWMAN, will be joined by the appearance of a great YCA “Alum”. harpsichord | DANIEL PHILLIPS, violin/viola | PAULA ROBISON, flute | Orchestre National de France at Avery Fisher Hall: JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET, piano (4/17) | The Metropolitan : You can hear three noontime “Encore” concerts at The Morgan Library PHILIPPE CASTAGNER, tenor (Wozzeck) | JENNIFER CHECK, soprano (Don Carlo) & Museum, a “French Stars of YCA” evening at Florence Gould Hall, a free once-in-a-lifetime “Musical Marathon” with over a hundred SASHA COOKE, mezzo-soprano (Pelléas et Mélisande) | JENNIFER JOHNSON, mezzo- extraordinary YCA artists at Symphony Space, and a Gala Evening with soprano (Das Rheingold) | CHRIS PEDRO TRAKAS, baritone (Nixon in China) the Orchestra of St. Luke’s conducted by Pinchas Zukerman at Jazz at Merkin Concert Hall: BELLA HRISTOVA, violin (2/22) | BENJAMIN MOSER, Lincoln Center, an amazing concert with sixteen YCA soloists. piano (10/12) | The 92nd Street Y: JEREMY DENK, piano (12/9) | JOSEPH KALICHSTEIN, piano (with Kalichstein- I invite you to join us for this joyous season and look forward to sharing it with you. Laredo-Robinson Trio, 10/27, 10/28, 12/15, 4/6, 4/7) DANIEL KELLOGG, composer (Premiere, Takács Quartet, Sincerely, 10/16) | FRED SHERRY, cello (11/20) | PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, violin (Zukerman Chamber Players, 3/27) | TOKYO STRING QUARTET (10/30) | New York Susan Wadsworth Festival of Song: SASHA COOKE, mezzo-soprano Founder, Director (10/19, 10/21) | Caramoor: NAREK HAKHNAZARYAN, cello (10/30, 10/31) | Baryshnikov Arts Center: ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET (11/29) and more... Gala Opening ALICE TULLY HALL DEBUT 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON - GALA OPENING CONCERT The Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists Debut The Rhoda Walker Teagle Concert GLEB IVANOV, piano CAROLINE GOULDING, violin GUEST: CARTER BREY, cello SHUAI WANG, piano GUEST: SCOTT ST. JOHN, violin WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 7:30 PM at ALICE TULLY HALL, LINCOLN CENTER TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12 7:30 PM at MERKIN CONCERT HALL RACHMANINOFF: Three Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39 BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 Melodie in E Major, Op. 3, No. 3 RESPIGHI: Sonata for violin and piano in B minor Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 5 CORIGLIANO: Red Violin Caprices Sonata in G minor for cello and piano, Op. 19 STRAVINSKY: Tango for violin and piano PROKOFIEV: From Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 STRAVINSKY: FromThe Firebird: Scherzo for violin and piano “Romeo and Juliet before parting” MOSZKOWSKI: Suite for two in G minor, Op. 71 Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82

Introducing Caroline Goulding, violinist, Winner of the 2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, recipient of the 2010-11 Helen Armstrong Fellowship, the Slomovic Orchestra Soloist Prize and the Buffalo Chamber Music Society Prize. Presenting Gleb Ivanov, pianist, recipient of the 2010 Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists for a Lincoln Center Recital “The vibrant and intensely musical violinist Caroline Goulding blends refinement with technical flair, lifting every phrase Debut. “Gleb Ivanov is a cut above the usual, a young super-virtuoso, with musical sensitivity and an appreciation of to exhilarating heights.” – The Plain Dealer style to go with the thunder and lightning.” – The New York Times Scott St. John is an alumnus of Young Concert Artists. Carter Brey is an alumnus of Young Concert Artists.

“Young Concert Artists’ track record for spotting the best new “Brilliant, ravishing, dazzling, enormously exciting! We should be grateful to talent in classical music is legendary.” this series for getting us as worked up over young artists as we do!” — The New York Times — High Fidelity/Musical America Debut The Peter Jay Sharp Concert Debut ALEKSANDR HASKIN, flute The Summis Auspiciis Concert STEVEN BECK, piano GUESTS: ANNE AKIKO MEYERS, violin; RONALD THOMAS, cello CHARLIE ALBRIGHT, piano GREGG AUGUST, bass; RUDY ROYSTON, drums GUEST: ANNE-MARIE MCDERMOTT, piano

MONDAY, JANUARY 31 TUESDAY, MARCH 8 7:30 PM at MERKIN CONCERT HALL 7:30 PM at MERKIN CONCERT HALL

CLARKE: The Great Train Race for solo flute J.S. BACH: Trio Sonata in C Major, BWV 1037 JANACEK: Sonata 1.X.1905 DOPPLER: Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise, Op. 26 MENOTTI: Ricercare and Toccata on a Theme from DUTILLEUX: Sonatine for flute and piano The Old Maid and the Thief KORNAKOV: Sonata for flute and piano MOZART: Sonata for two pianos in D Major, K. 448 BOLLING: Suite No. 1 for flute and jazz trio CHRIS ROGERSON: Premiere of New Work (YCA Composer) CLARKE: Zoom Tube for solo flute SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Op. 9

Introducing Aleksandr Haskin, flutist from Belarus, Winner of the 2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Introducing Charlie Albright, pianist, Winner of the 2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, recipient of YCA’s Jean Fergus First Prize, the first Leona Green Award for Winds, the Paramount Theater Concert Prize, and the Usedom Paul A. Fish Prize, Sander Buchman Prize, Ronald A. Asherson Prize, the Ruth Laredo Award and the John Browning Prize. Festival Prize (Germany). “The flutist Aleksandr Haskin bedazzled the audience with his passion, energy, and amazing At the 2009 Vendome Piano Competition, he was honored with the Leonskaya Award. “The only thing more solo performance.” – The Peninsula, Qatar’s Leading English Daily sizzling than the weather in Rochester on Tuesday was the piano playing of Charlie Albright, a keyboard wizard.” – Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY Anne Akiko Meyers is an alumna of Young Concert Artists. Ronald Thomas is an alumnus of Young Concert Artists. Anne-Marie McDermott is an alumna of Young Concert Artists.

“Attending the debut of an unknown musician is often a risk at best. However, in New York City, “YCA’s track record in singling out the stars of tomorrow is mind-boggling!” Washington D.C., and now Tokyo, with Young Concert Artists, music lovers can know without a — The Washington Post doubt that they are hearing la crème de la crème from around the world.” — The Huffington Post Debut Special Event

The Peter Marino Concert FRENCH STARS OF YCA Co-presented with the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) JENNIFER JOHNSON, mezzo-soprano CHRISTOPHER CANO, piano JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET, piano GUEST: GWYNETH WENTINK, harp THE PHILIPPE BERNHARD, violin • LOÏC RIO, violin MONDAY, MAY 2 LAURENT MARFAING, viola • FRANÇOIS KIEFFER, cello 7:30 PM at MERKIN CONCERT HALL

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 PORPORA: “Alto Giove” from Polifemo MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer 7:30 PM at FLORENCE GOULD HALL RAVEL: Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques for voice and harp ARGENTO: From the Diary of Virginia Woolf HAYDN: Quartet in B Major, Op. 76, No. 4 (“Sunrise”) DEBUSSY: Hommage à Haydn Images, Book 1 FRANCK: Piano Quintet in F minor, M. 7 Introducing Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano, Winner of the 2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Peter Marino Debut Prize, the Princeton University Concerts Prize, the Saint Vincent College Concert Prize, and member of the Lindemann Young Artists Development Program of the . “The real standout is Jennifer Johnson, TICKETS: $40 ($30 FOR MEMBERS OF FIAF, who sings gloriously.” – The Dallas Morning News THE FRENCH INSTITUTE ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE) Gwyneth Wentink is an alumna of Young Concert Artists.

“Joy, intelligence, sensitivity, technical agility! Since music today seems to demand “The Young Concert Artists Series sparkles with talent.” an irresistible stream of new stars, the Young Concert Artists Series functions — The New York Times each year as a barometer of concert health.” — The Village Voice Pinchas Zukerman Aleksandr Haskin Anthony Newman Ran Dank Adam Neiman Chu-Fang Huang Sasha Cooke Bella Hristova Daniel Phillips Vassilis Varvaresos Anne-Marie McDermott Jose Franch-Ballester Chee-Yun Karen Gomyo Vassily Primakov

Caroline Goulding Tim Fain

PINCHAS ZUKERMAN, conductor and violin A Gala Concert ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S SASHA COOKE, mezzo-soprano JOSE FRANCH-BALLESTER, clarinet CELEBRATING YCA’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY ALEKSANDR HASKIN, flute CHEE-YUN, violin TUESDAY, MARCH 29 TIM FAIN, violin 7:00 PM at THE ROSE THEATER, KAREN GOMYO, violin JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER CAROLINE GOULDING, violin BELLA HRISTOVA, violin J.S. BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 DANIEL PHILLIPS, violin I. Allegro Ms. Goulding, Mr. Haskin, Mr. Newman RAN DANK, piano MOZART: From La Clemenza di Tito “Parto, Parto” with clarinet obbligato CHU-FANG HUANG, piano “Deh, per questo istante solo” ANNE-MARIE MCDERMOTT, piano Ms. Cooke, Mr. Franch-Ballester J.S BACH: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 ADAM NEIMAN, piano Ms. Hristova, Mr. Zukerman VASSILY PRIMAKOV, piano MOZART: Concerto for two pianos in E-Flat Major, K. 365 Mr. Dank, Mr. Varvaresos, Ms. Huang, Mr. Neiman, VASSILIS VARVARESOS, piano Mr. Primakov, Ms. McDermott MAURER: Concertante for four violins in A minor, Op. 55 ANTHONY NEWMAN, harpsichord Chee-Yun, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Gomyo, Mr. Fain Segment 111. Host: Mary Beth Peil A Musical Marathon 5:00 PM PERFORMERS: Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; ; 50 YEARS OF YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS Jeffrey Solow, cello; Naoko Takada, marimba; Eugenia Zukerman, Gary Schocker, flute; Ilana Vered, piano MUSIC: Rozsa: Toccata; Paul Fowler: “Michiuki”; Respighi: “Il Tramonto”; Free General Admission Doppler: Andante and Rondo for Two Flutes

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19 6:00 PM 11 AM to 11 PM at SYMPHONY SPACE PERFORMERS: Ursula Oppens, piano; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Rolf Schulte, violin; Lise de la Salle, piano; Robert Belinic, guitar; Christopher O’Riley, piano; Jeanine De Bique, soprano Segment 1. Host: Eugenia Zukerman MUSIC: Bartok: Contrasts; Antonio Lauro: Two Venezuelan Folk Dances; Rachmaninoff: Preludes; Schumann: Arabeske; Spirituals 11:00 AM THE BACH HOUR PERFORMERS: Matthew Dine, oboe; Mimi Stillman, Susan Rotholz, flute; Stephen 7:00 PM Burns, trumpet; DaXun Zhang, double bass; Anthony Newman, harpsichord; Donald Weilerstein, Hiroko Yajima, Yoko Matsuda, violin; Heiichiro PERFORMERS: Paul Green, clarinet; Yunjie Chen, piano; Daniel Phillips, Ulrike-Anima Ohyama, viola; Ruth Sommers, cello; Christiane Edinger, violin; Pius Cheung, marimba; Mathé, violin; Toby Appel, Heiichiro Ohyama, viola; Marcy Rosen, cello Eugene Drucker, violin; Courtenay Budd, soprano MUSIC: Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for Solo Clarinet; Granados: “Los Requiebros” MUSIC: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2; Chaconne for Unaccompanied Violin from from Goyescas; Mozart: Two Viola Quintet in D Major Partita in D minor; Keyboard Concerto in D minor, arr. marimba; Sarabande from Partita No. 2; “Sheep May Safely Graze”

12:00 NOON Segment 1V. Host: Christopher O’Riley 8:00 PM PERFORMERS: Paavali Jumppanen, piano; Paula Robison, flute; Anthony de Mare, piano; Juliette Kang, violin; Efe Baltacigil, cello; Jeremy Denk, piano PERFORMERS: Ran Dank, Eduardus Halim, Vassily Primakov, Vassilis Varvaresos, piano; Randall Scarlata, baritone; Benjamin C.S. Boyle, piano; The Claremont Trio MUSIC: Schubert: Tröckne Blumen; Kenji Bunch: “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd”; Kodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello; J. S. Bach: Partita for piano in G Major MUSIC: Smetana: Rondo; Percy Grainger: “Country Gardens”; Benjamin Boyle: “Le Passage des Rêves”; Schoenfield: Café Music 1:00 PM PERFORMERS: Diane Walsh, Paul Shaw, Wonny Song, Joseph Kalichstein, 9:00 PM Jeffrey Swann, piano; Benny Kim, Yayoi Toda, violin; Barry Shiffman, viola; PERFORMERS: Todd Palmer, clarinet; Karen Lindquist, harp; Matthew Dine, Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello; DaXun Zhang, double bass oboe; Marya Martin, flute; Daniel McKelway, clarinet; Gleb Ivanov, piano; MUSIC: Schubert: “Trout” Quintet in A Major William Sharp, baritone; Hahn-Bin, violin; Chu-Fang Huang, piano MUSIC: Messager/arr. Palmer: “Les Deux Pigeons”; Debussy: Rhapsodie; Copland: American Folk Songs; Penderecki: Cadenza; Ravel: La Valse Segment 11. Host: Jeremy Denk 10:00 PM 2:00 PM PERFORMERS: Paula Robison, flute; Makoto Nakura, marimba; Chee-Yun, PERFORMERS: Catrin Finch, harp; Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Ani Kavafian, Karen Gomyo, Donald Weilerstein, Lynn Chang, violin; , Ju-Young Baek, violin; Ida Kavafian, Toby Appel, viola; Carter Brey, Fred Sherry, cello Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola; Fred Sherry, Marcy Rosen, cello MUSIC: Godefroid: Carnaval de Venise; Shulamit Ran: “For an Actor”; MUSIC: Debussy: Syrinx; Mozart/arr. Nakura: Ave Verum Corpus; Rimsky- Tchaikowsky: Souvenir de Florence Korsakov/arr. Nakura: Flight of the Bumblebee; Mendelssohn: Octet Op. 20 3:00 PM THE CHOPIN HOUR PROGRAMS AND PERFORMERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PERFORMERS: Charlie Albright, Edward Auer, Emanuel Ax, Sergei Edelmann, Mona Golabek, piano Free general seating all day on a first-come, first-served basis. MUSIC: Etudes; Ballade; Nocturnes; Scherzo; Polonaise-Fantasie Audience members are welcome to come and go throughout the day, and seating will be permitted between most works. 4:00 PM Reserved seats are available at $150 per three-hour segment or $500 for the whole day PERFORMERS: Chris Pedro Trakas, baritone; Marya Martin, flute; per person. This guarantees a reserved seat for all segments purchased and is tax-deductible. Robert Martin, cello; Jupiter String Quartet; Elina Vähälä, Stefan Milenkovich, Sung-Ju Lee, violin; Kenji Bunch, viola; Ilana Vered, Hung-Kuan Chen, Graham Scott, Adam Neiman, piano; Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello MUSIC: Ravel: Chansons Madécasses; Schubert: Quartetsatz; Schumann: Piano Quintet YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS, INC. YCA “ENCORES” YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS IN COLLABORATION WITH BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISORY BOARD THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM PRESENTS Chairman Josh Aronson Emanuel Ax Ned Rorem THREE ONE-HOUR RECITALS AT 12 NOON Peter Marino Jean M. H. Fergus Leon Botstein Julia Salvi Barbara E. Field Carter Brey Chairman, Beatrice Francais James Buswell Joel Shapiro Executive Committee Dr. Joel Goldin Kyung-Wha Chung Sheldon Soffer Alexis Gregory Van Cliburn Isaac Stern* Vice Chairmen Henry Guettel Joseph Swensen Michael Nash Ambler Dr. William A. Haseltine Peter Duchin Esther B. Ferguson Ajit Hutheesing Leon Fleisher Charles Wadsworth RAN DANK, piano Ellen Marcus Mimi Levitt Gary Graffman WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15 Karen Lindquist Nobuko Imai Hugh Wolff Secretary Ann O’Keefe Eugenia Zukerman BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1 (“Quasi una fantasia”) Sahra T. Lese BARTOK: Three Etudes, Op. 18 - Sz. 72 Judith Pisar Jerome Lowenthal Pinchas Zukerman SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Kathleen Ritch Yo-Yo Ma Treasurer LIGETI: Etude No. 1 “Désordre” Jane F. Ross Kurt Masur *In memoriam Etude No. 4 “Fanfares” Stephen Fischer Dr. Marvin Rotman Zarin Mehta RACHMANINOFF: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 Honorary Directors Roger H. Samet Jorge Mester Bernard Goldberg Margo Pollins Schab Carlos Moseley “His overtly virtuosic performance also offered a deeply personalized view of the music.” Frayda B. Lindemann Judith G. Schlosser Scott Nickrenz – The New York Times Annaliese Soros Heiichiro Ohyama Chairman Emeritus John W. Thorne, III Peter Oundjian Mortimer Levitt* Leonard Tow Susan Wadsworth HAHN-BIN, violin Paula Robison JOHN BLACKLOW, piano WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19 LUTOSLAWSKI: Subito ADMINISTRATION CAGE: Nocturne CHOPIN/arr. MILSTEIN: Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. Posth. PHOTOS: Hahn-Bin, Ran Dank, Jose Susan Wadsworth SAINT-SAËNS: Danse Macabre, Op. 40 Founder, Director Franch-Ballester, Caroline Goulding, Aleksandr DE FALLA: Asturiana Haskin, Bella Hristova, Jennifer Johnson: Polo Mark Hayman Sara Sill Andrew Chiciak; Charlie Albright: Tatsunori RAVEL: Sonata for violin in G minor Associate Director Director of Development Hashimoto; Gleb Ivanov, Modigliani Quartet, DEBUSSY: La Plus Que Lente SARASATE: Carmen Fantasy Vassilis Varvaresos: Christian Steiner; Monica J. Felkel Vicki Margulies Chris Rogerson: Jean Brubaker; Carter Brey: Director of Artist Management Artist Manager “There was no use resisting his rich, varied tone and his sizzling technical facility.” Chris Lee; Anne-Marie McDermott: Matteo – The New York Times Anne Paolini Ronghong Ma Trisolini; Anne Akiko Meyers: Lisa-Marie Executive Assistant to the Director Financial Associate Mazzucco; Pinchas Zukerman: Paul Labelle; Jennifer DeCinque Brian Bumby Vassily Primakov: Konstantin Soukhovetski; Program Manager Operations Manager Narek Hakhnazaryan: Susan Wilson; Scott NAREK HAKHNAZARYAN, cello St. John: Marco Borggreve; Chu-Fang Huang: NOREEN POLERA, piano Lindsay Schweriner Sarah Blumberg Ellen Appel; Sasha Cooke: Nick Granito; Development Assistant WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Management Associate Jean-Efflam Bavouzet: Guy Vivien; Tim Fain: BEETHOVEN: Theme and Seven Variations on “Bei Mannern” Claire Huddleston Briana Blasko; Karen Gomyo: Minora Kaburagi Tim McCarthy From Mozart’s The Magic Flute, WoO 46 Information Systems Manager Development Assistant DESIGN: Stacey Katzen Nidus RACHMANINOFF: Sonata in G minor for cello and piano, Op. 19 ACHRON: Hebrew Melody Rebecca E. 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