Tamar Halperin was born in Israel and studied at Tel Aviv University, the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, , and the Juilliard School, New York, where she obtained a doctorate in 2009. Her repertory focuses on , but she is also an enthusiastic performer of classical and contemporary THOMAS W. BUSSE music: she composes, arranges and performs popular, jazz and FUND PRESENTS electronic music, some of which has been recorded on the Act and Garage labels. Her collaboration with the jazz pianist led to the album Wunderkammer, which won the 2010 ECHO Klassik Award for best piano album. As a soloist and chamber musician she has performed in Israel, Europe, United States, Mexico, Japan, Korea and Australia, appearing in many prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall, New York, the Wigmore Hall, the Musashino Hall in Tokyo, the Sydney Recital Hall and the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona. She has collaborated with Laurence Cummings, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and the London-based Serafin Camerata Orchestra. Her numerous prizes and awards include an honorary prize at the 2004 Van Vlaanderen Musica Antiqua Brugge Competition, the Presser Award in 2005, the REC Music Award in 2006 and the Eisen-Picard Performing Arts Award in 2006 and 2007. Tamar Halperin, piano

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Corbett Auditorium 8:00 p.m.

This performance is supported by the Thomas W. Busse Trust.

CCM has become an All-Steinway School through the kindness of its donors. A generous gift by Patricia A. Corbett in her estate plan has played a key role in making this a reality. Rondo in F Major K494

Tamar Halperin, piano soloist PROGRAM Der Tod und das Madchen D531 from Original Canzonettas Joseph Haydn Despair (No 28) (1732-1809) Deutsche Volkslieder Johannes Brahms The Wanderer (No 32) Es ging ein Maidlein zarte (No 21) Recollection (No 26) In stiller Nacht (No 42) Waltz in B Minor D145, Op. 18, No. 6 Franz Schubert Abendempfindung K523 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1797-1828) Tamar Halperin, piano soloist ANDREAS SCHOLL Im Haine D738 Franz Schubert Born in im Rheingau, near Wiesbaden, Andreas Scholl Abendstern D806 began his musical training as a member of the Kiedricher An Mignon D161 Chorbuben and later studied under Richard Levitt and Rene Du bist die Ruh D776 Jacobs at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Basie. His opera engagements include the title role in in Copenhagen Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2 Johannes Brahms and Lausanne and at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, (1833-1897) and last year’s Salzburg Festival; Bertarido () in Tamar Halperin, piano soloist Frankfurt, at Glyndebourne and for the , New York; and Arsace () in Copenhagen and in concert at the BBC Proms. He has appeared in concert with the Das Veilchen K476 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , , Boston Symphony, (1756-1791) Royal Concertgebouw and Munich Philharmonic Orchestras, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester from Deutsche Volkslieder Johannes Brahms Berlin, the Dresdner Philharmonie, the Akademie fi.ir Alte Musik Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund (No 25) Berlin, the Freiburger Barockorchester and the English qoncert. In 2005 he was the first countertenor to perform at the last night -INTERMISSION- of the BBC Proms. This season his engagements have included Bach’s St Matthew Passion conducted by Stephen Cleobury Ave Maria Franz Schubert at King’s College, Cambridge; Bach cantatas with Concentus Musicus under Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Vienna Musikverein; and a recital tour of Europe and North America, including from Deutsche Volkslieder Johannes Brahms appearances at the Berlin Konzerthaus, the Wigmore Hall and All’ mein Gedanken (No 30) the Lincoln Center, New York. Andreas Scholl has recorded an Da unten im Tale (No 6) extensive discography for Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and ; his most recent release, Wanderer, features German Lied. His awards include the ECHO Klassik Award in Der Jüngling auf dem Hügel D702 Franz Schubert 1999 and 2005, the Prix de l’Union de la Presse Musicale Beige and an Edison Award.