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Musical Excellence Since 1927 carmel music society PERFORMANCE HISTORY 1927-2013 with support from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors Carmel Music Society Post Office Box 22783 Carmel, California 93922 831-625-9938 831-625-6823 FAX www.carmelmusic.org [email protected] printed on recycled paper 2008-09 2011-12 The Romeros Guitar Quartet Nobuyuki Tsujii, Pianist Adaskin Trio & Gryphon Trio Carmel Music Society Tom Gallant, Oboist Astrid Schween, Cellist & Board of Directors Takâcs Quartet Gary Hammond, Pianist Hans Boepple, Pianist Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano & Voices of London Kristin Pankonin, Pianist Anne Thorp, President Bennewitz String Quartet Israeli Chamber Project Victoria Davis, First Vice President Triple Helix & Garrick Ohlsson, Pianist Rudolf Schroeter, Second Vice President Paul Hersh, Violist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Violinist & Yefim Bronfman, Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, Pianist Larry Davidson, Third Vice President Dana Booher, Saxophonist* Pavel Haas Quartet Peter Thorp, Treasurer Jae-in Shin, Violinist* Greta Alexander, Secretary 2009-10 Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble Tim Brown Kate Kluetmeier Alexander Quartet & Eli Eban, Clarinetist Doris Cobb Jim Rotter Susan Graham, Beverly Dekker-Davidson Barbara Ruzicka Mezzo-Soprano & Erik Dyar Kumi Uyeda Malcolm Martineau, Pianist Menachem Pressler, Pianist & American String Quartet Gustavo Romero, Pianist Advisors Albers String Trio David Gordon, Renée Bronson Timothy Fain, Violinist & Cory Smythe, Pianist Bert Ihlenfeld, Ginna BB Gordon Rossetti String Quartet Devon Guthrie, Soprano* 2010-11 Angel Romero Guitarist & Peter Tuff, Executive Director Nefretiri Romero, Mezzo-Soprano Jim Christopher, Piano Technician Gryphon Trio Misha & Cipa Dichter, Duo-Pianists Liz Turner, Valley Typesetters Soloists from Opera San Jose Lynn Harrell, Cellist & Jon Kimura Parker, Pianist Janina Fialkowska, Pianist & July 2011 The Chamber Players of Canada Bennewitz String Quartet Allan Vogel, Oboist & The Wind Soloists of New York Tanya Gabrielian, Pianist * Irene Kim, Pianist* *Young Musicians Competition winner 2 11 1931-32 1938-39 1989-90 1994-95 Joseph Szigeti, Violinist Povla Frijsh, Soprano Hambro Quartet of Pianos Marilyn Horne, Mezzo-Soprano Neah-Kah-Nie String Quartet Angna Enters, Dancer Eugenia Zukerman, Flautist Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Myra Hess, Pianist Pasquier String Trio Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Pianist Radu Lupu, Pianist Harold Kreutzberg, Dancer Robert Casadesus, Pianist Thomas Allen, Baritone Leonidas Kavakos, Violinist E. Robert Schmitz, Pianist William Kanengiser, Guitarist Krystian Zimerman, Pianist 1939-40 Quink Vocal Ensemble Cynthia Clayton, Soprano* 1932-33 Ballet Caravan Bryan Verhoye, Pianist* Vienna Boys Choir San Francisco Trio with 1995-96 Michel Penha, Cellist Lawrence Strauss, Tenor 1990-91 Midori, Violinist Florence Austral, Soprano Artur Rubinstein, Pianist Santiago Rodriguez, Pianist Sergei Leiferkus, Baritone with John Amadio, Flutist Robert Virovai, Violinist Dawn Upshaw, Soprano Emanuel Ax, Pianist 2 Concerts: Camerata Musica of Berlin Canadian Brass Pro Arte String Quartet 1940-41 Alicia De Larrocha, Pianist Trio Fontenay 3 Concerts: Argentinita with Spanish Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Yongmei Hu, Pianist* Penha Piano Quartet Ensemble Violinist & Cecile Licad, Pianist 2 Concerts: Sylvia Lent, Violinist Qi-Xin Pu, Violinist* 1996-97 Monterey Peninsula Orchestra Dorothy Maynor, Soprano Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio Vronsky & Babin, Duo-Pianists 1991-92 Misha & Cipa Dichter, 1933-34 Grant Johannesen, Pianist Duo Pianists Mischa Elman, Violinist 1941-42 Beaux Arts Trio Denyce Graves, Teresina, Spanish Dancer Lotte Lehmann, Soprano Itzhak Perlman, Violinist Mezzo-Soprano Roland Hayes, Tenor Germaine Leroux, Pianist Jorma Hynninen, Baritone Joshua Bell, Violinist & Walter Gieseking, Pianist The Trapp Family Singers Empire Brass Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Pianist Gregor Piatigorsky, Cellist Earle Patriarco, Baritone* Abbey Simon, Pianist 1934-35 Ross Worsley, Bass Baritone Andrea Plesnarski, Oboist* Don Cossack Chorus 1992-93 Joseph Hoffman, Pianist 1942-43 Anne Akiko Meyers, Violinist 1997-98 Igor Stravinsky, Pianist Carmen Amaya Lynn Harrell, Cellist Gil Shaham, Violinist & Samuel Duschkin, Violinist & Gypsy Ensemble Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano Budapest Strings Budapest String Quartet Witold Malcuzynski, Pianist GuildhaIl String Ensemble Ben Heppner, Tenor Roland Hayes, Tenor with Richard Stoltzman, Matt Haimovitz, Cellist 1935-36 Belgian Piano Quartet Clarinetist András Schiff, Pianist Hart House String Quartet Yefim Bronfman, Pianist Lanya Chianakas, Jascha Heifetz, Violinist 1943-44 Mark Anderson, Pianist* Mezzo-Soprano* Martha Graham, Dancer Paul Draper, Dancer & Nino Martini, Tenor Larry Adler, Harmonicist 1993-94 1998-99 Alexander Brailowsky, Pianist Paula Robison, Flautist & Sergei Nakariakov, Trumpeter 1936-37 Horace Britt Trio Ruth Laredo, Pianist Beaux Arts Trio Harold Bauer, Pianist Ezio Pinza, Bass Ilana Vered, Pianist Vladimir Feltsman, Pianist Richard Crooks, Tenor Pinchas Zukerman, Violinist & Cho-Liang Lin, Violinist Nathan Milstein, Violinist 1944-45 Violist & Marc Neikrug, Pianist Ruth Ann Swenson, Soprano Trudi Schoop Comic Ballet Robert Casadesus, Pianist I Solisti di Zagreb Heidi Hau, Pianist* Roth String Quartet Chamber Orchestra 1937-38 Anne Brown, Soprano Thomas Hampson, Baritone Rudolf Serkin, Pianist Erica Morini, Violinist Thorsten Encke, Cellist* Shan-Kar with Hindu Ballet Nathan Milstein, Violinist Budapest String Quartet 4 9 999-2000 2004-05 Florence Quivar, Mark Delavan, Baritone PERFORMANCE HISTORY Mezzo-Soprano David Finkel, Cellist & 1927-2012 Hilary Hahn, Violinist Wu Han, Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Pianist I Solisti di Venezia In the early years of the last century, the musical life of the Monterey Peninsula centered on Moscow Chamber Orchestra with Frederic Chiu, Pianist private recitals and the occasional touring concert. Two women who lived in Carmel, Dene Justin Blasdale, Pianist Vienna Boys Choir Denny and Hazel Watrous, experimented by booking their own concerts. Those events Empire Brass Beaux Arts Trio were so successful that, in 1926, with a group of local friends and music lovers they estab- Felix Fan, Cellist* Judy Huang, Pianist* lished the Carmel Music Society - a non-profit organization devoted to bringing the finest talent in the realm of classical music to the area. 2000-01 2005-06 Bo Skovhus, Baritone Andrâs Schiff, Pianist Arcadi Volodos, Pianist Alon Goldstein, Pianist; Amit Peled, Since 1927, the Carmel Music Society has brought the world’s finest artists to Carmel. St Petersburg String Quartet Cellist; Alexander Fiterstein, The first season included Walter Gieseking, followed in succeeding years by such legendary Munich Chamber Orchestra Clarinetist figures as Vladimir Horowitz, Igor Stravinsky, Jascha Heifitz, Arthur Rubinstein, Isaac Stern, and Gil Shaham, Violinist & Corey Cerovsek, Violinist & Itzhak Perlman. Leontyne Price appeared during the 1960-61 season and again in 1986-87, Orli Shaham, Pianist Julien Quentin, Pianist which demonstrated the Society’s founding objective to book aspiring artists with promis- Kenneth Goodson, Baritone* Salzburg Chamber Soloists ing potential as well as proven performers. These objectives continue to guide the booking Olga Kern, Pianist process. Recent years have seen the Society host artists such as Frederica von Stade, the 2001-02 Katie Kadarauch, Violist* Beaux Arts Trio, the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, Hilary Hahn Moscow Chamber Orchestra and Yefim Bronfman. Louis Lortie, Pianist 2006-07 Denyce Graves, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields In 2007, Carmel Music Society amalgamated with The Mozart Society of California. The Mezzo-Soprano Chamber Ensemble Society continues to present a yearly season of world-class performances both at Sunset ltalian Saxophone Quartet Lynn Harrell, Cellist & Gavin Martin, Pianist Center and in a more intimate setting at All Saints' Church. It also presents an annual Dale Tsang-HaIl, Pianist* Arnaldo Cohen, Pianist competition for aspiring young musicians, provides free seats for school-age students and Janaki String Trio provides outreach opportunities to members of the community, young and old. 2002-03 John Williams & Stewart Goodyear, Pianist John Etheridge, Guitarists Sharon Isbin, Guitarist St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Ensemble & Burning River Brass Reiko Aizawa, Pianist Ruth Waterman, Brian Thorsett, Tenor * Violinist/Lecturer Emanuel Ax, Pianist 2007-08 1927-28 1929-30 Caroline Campbell, Violinist* Frederica von Stade, Hart House String Quartet VIadimir Horowitz, Pianist Mezzo-Soprano & Jake Heggie, Pianist Walter Gieseking, Pianist Roth String Quartet 2003-04 Philharmonia Baroque Kathryn Meisle, Contralto Smallman A Cappella Choir Prague Chamber Orchestra Alexander String Quartet Reinald Werrenrath, Baritone Claire Dux, Soprano Christopher O’Riley & Gil Shaham, Violinist & Horace Britt, Cellist Fred Hersch, Duo-Pianists Akira Eguchi, Pianist 1930-31 Arnaldo Cohen, Pianist Michael Roll, Pianist 1928-29 Walter Gieseking, Pianist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Ivan Zenaty, Violinist & Paul Hersh, Pianist London String Quartet Aguilar Lute Quartet Violinist & The Assad Brothers, American Brass Quintet Alexander Brailowsky, Pianist Mina Hager, Contralto Guitarists Altenberg Piano Trio Kedroff Vocal Quartet Gregor Piatigorsky, Cellist Andre-Michel Schub, Pianist & Elizabeth Schumann, Pianist* Albert Spalding, Violinist David Shifrin, Clarinetist