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Lukáš Vondráček Feb 10 & 11 / 4Pm 2017 / 2018 Season Nwfilm.Org LUKÁŠ VONDRÁČEK FEB 10 & 11 / 4PM 2017 / 2018 SEASON NWFILM.ORG THE NORTHWEST’S P REMIER PIANO STORE FAST BECOMING THE NUMBER ONE CHOICE OF WORLD COMPETITION WINNERS 2014 RUBENSTEIN COMPETITION TEL AVIV, ISRAEL 2015 CHOPIN COMPETITION MIAMI, FLORIDA 2016 SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION 2017 SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION 503.775.2480 portlandpianocompany.com 2 | Portland Piano International THE SOLO PIANO SERIES 2017 / 2018 SEASON YEKWON SUNWOO OCT 14 & 15, 2017 Dear Friends, We are pleased to present Czech artist Lukáš Vondráček, 2016 winner of the demanding Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition. While only 31, Lukáš already has a long history of playing across CHRISTINA & MICHELLE the globe, having given his first U.S. tour in 2003 WHILE ONLY 31, at the age of 15. NAUGHTON LUKÁŠ ALREADY HAS On Saturday Lukáš opens his perfomance with DEC 2 & 3, 2017 A LONG HISTORY OF three works by Czech composers – Vítězslav PLAYING ACROSS Novák, Josef Suk, and Bedřich Smetana – each THE GLOBE, HAVING never before heard on the SOLO Series. These GIVEN HIS FIRST U.S. rarely heard pieces are balanced in the second TOUR IN 2003 AT half by Liszt's 'Ricordanza' along with Carnaval, SUNWOOK THE AGE OF 15... one of Schumann's most popular pieces. KIM Lukáš has programmed Schubert's Sonata D. 960 JAN 13 & 14, 2018 to start Sunday’s program, followed by Brahms' Sonata Op. 1, No. 1 (while this was Brahms' first published piece it was not the first piece that he wrote).Lukáš will finish his program with Scriabin's Fantasie, Op. 28, which has also never before been performed on this Series. Many thanks to all of you for joining us this afternoon and we especially thank LUKÁŠ The Standard for their sponsorship of Lukáš's performances. Enjoy! VONDRÁČEK FEB 10 & 11, 2018 Ellen Bergstone Wasil, Executive Director DÉNES VÁRJON MAR 24 & 25, 2018 ABOUT PORTLAND PIANO INTERNATIONAL Since 1978 Portland Piano International has presented more than 230 world-class YUJA WANG A COLLABORATION pianists in solo recitals. Visionary Harold Gray founded the series and guided its WITH THE OREGON success for 35 years. In October 2012, international concert pianist Arnaldo Cohen SYMPHONY succeeded him. While focused on artistic excellence, Arnaldo also grew Portland MAY 3, 2018 Piano International’s educational programs. The 2017 / 2018 SOLO Series is the final season for Arnaldo’s term as Artistic Director. Harold Gray is curating the 2018 / 2019 season and a guest curator will be selected for the 2019 / 2020 season. Stay tuned! Portland Piano International remains committed to its artistic and educational Our 2018 / 2019 Season will be mission creating opportunities for young up-and-coming performers, commissioning announced publicly at our performances new compositions for solo piano and reaching new audiences across the state. by Dénes Várjon. Current subscribers should have received renewal Food, beverages, cameras and recording devices are not permitted in Lincoln information by mail earlier this week. Performance Hall. Smoking is not permitted in the Performance Hall or in the building. Please silence all cell phones. portlandpiano.org | 1 Recent highlights include concerts with The Philadelphia Orchestra, St Petersburg Philharmonic, the Philharmonia and New Jersey Symphony orchestras as well as recitals at the Mariinsky Theatre, in Mumbai, Singapore, Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, at Brussel’s Flagey and the Menuhin Festival Gstaad. International awards include first prizes at the Hilton Head and San Marino International Piano Competitions and Unisa International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa, as well as the Raymond E. Buck Jury Discretionary Award at the 2009 International Van MEET THE ARTIST Cliburn Piano Competition. Following studies at the Academy of Music in Katowice LUKÁŠ VONDRÁČEK and the Vienna Conservatoire, Lukáš Vondráček obtained an Artist Diploma from Boston's New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Hung-Kuan Chen, graduating with Honours in 2012. The indisputable winner of the International Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition 2016, Lukáš Vondráček, His first commercial recording, a solo album for Octavia has an exciting 2017/18 season ahead of him. It sees Records, was released in 2004 followed by another him make debuts with the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra recital disc in 2012. His most recent CD, a recording at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, Moscow State Symphony of works by Haydn, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev was Orchestra at the Grand Hall of Moscow Conservatory, released in 2013 on the TwoPianists label. Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. He will return to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with Marin Alsop, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra with Vasily Petrenko, the Orchestre National de Belgique, Prague, Bournemouth and Sydney symphony orchestras amongst others. Recitals will take him to Wiener Konzerthaus, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, the Louvre, a return to the Concertgebouw, Philharmonie BEYOND THE SCORE: Luxembourg, Portland, Chicago and to festivals such as A MASTERCLASS WITH PianoEspoo in Finland and the Rheingau Musik Festival. Lukáš started off the season with a tour of Brazil with LUKÁŠ recitals and orchestra concerts in Belo Horizonte, São VONDRÁČEK Paulo and Florianópolis. Lukáš Vondráček made his first public appearance at MON FEB 12 / 10AM the age of four. His debut as a fifteen-year-old in 2002 PORTLAND PIANO with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir COMPANY Ashkenazy was followed by a major US tour in 2003. 8700 NE COLUMBIA His natural and assured musicality and remarkable technique have long marked him out as a gifted and mature musician. He has worked with conductors PORTLANDPIANO.ORG including Paavo Järvi, Gianandrea Noseda, Yannick 503.228.1388 Nézet-Séguin, Marin Alsop, Christoph Eschenbach, Pietari Inkinen, Vasily Petrenko, Jakub Hrůša, Anu Tali, Xian Zhang, Krzysztof Urbański, Stéphane Denève and Elim Chan. LUKÁŠ VONDRÁČEK RECORDINGS ARE FOR SALE IN COVER PHOTO CREDIT: IRENE KIM; PAGE 2 PHOTO CREDIT: PETR DYRC THE LOBBY. THE ARTIST WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE PERFORMANCE TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS. 2 | Portland Piano International ARTIST SPONSOR THE STANDARD LINCOLN HALL LUKÁŠ PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY VONDRÁČEK THE FOCUS, THE POWER, THE PASSION, THE SKILL TO BRING YOU TWO DAYS WITH TWO IMPRESSIVE PROGRAMS FEB 10, 2018 / 4PM FEB 11, 2018 / 4PM VÍTĚZSLAV NOVÁK FRANZ SCHUBERT VZPOMÍNKY, OP. 6 (REMINISCENCES) SONATA IN B-FLAT MAJOR, NO. 21, D. 960 Triste Molto moderato Inquieto Andante sostenuto Amoroso Scherzo Allegro vivace con delicatezza Allegro ma non troppo JOSEF SUK “PÍSEŇ LÁSKY” FROM KLAVÍRNÍ SKLADBY, OP. 7 - INTERMISSION - (“LOVE SONG” FROM PIANO PIECES) JOHANNES BRAHMS BEDŘICH SMETANA SONATA IN C MAJOR, OP. 1, NO. 1 FOUR CZECH DANCES, JB 1:114 FROM BOOK II Allegro Furiant Andante Cibuličká (Little Onion) Scherzo. Allegro molto e con fuoco - Più mosso Hulán (Lancer) Finale. Allegro con fuoco Skočná (Leaping Dance) ALEXANDER SCRIABIN - INTERMISSION - FANTASIE, OP. 28 FRANZ LISZT TRANSCENDENTAL ÉTUDE NO. 9 IN A-FLAT MAJOR, S. 139 "RICORDANZA" ROBERT SCHUMANN CARNAVAL, OP. 9 Préambule Chopin Pierrot Estrella Arlequin Reconnaissance Valse noble Pantalon et Colombine Eusebius Valse allemande Florestan Paganini Coquette Aveu Réplique Promenade Papillons Pause Lettres dansantes Marche des Davidsbündler Chiarina contre les Philistins LUKÁŠ VONDRÁČEK APPEARS COURTESY OF HARRISON PARROTT, MUNICH The use of photographic or recording devices during performances is strictly prohibited. portlandpiano.org | 3 PROGRAM NOTES: SAT / FEB 10 early works, including "Píseň lásky" of melodic fragments that unfurl from his Op. 7 piano pieces, reflect one after another, with little direct Dvořák’s influence. Pianist and piano VÍTĚZSLAV connection among them. Short literature historian David Yeomans interludes of calm punctuate these writes, “Possibly the one signature NOVÁK passionate outbursts; throughout, piece of Suk’s entire output for piano VZPOMÍNKY, OP. 6 the soloist’s technical and musical is Píseň lásky, its popularity evident (REMINISCENCES) artistry are on full display. The in its numerous transcriptions for closing Amoroso (Loving) begins in various media [including solo violin tranquility. The most clearly romantic and wind versions].” In fact, for COMPOSER: born December 5, 1870, of the three movements in its musical American audiences, Píseň lásky is Kamenice nad Lipou; died July 18, 1949, Suk’s best-known work, thanks to its Skuteč vocabulary, Amoroso recalls the late piano music of Franz Liszt. strongly Romantic atmosphere and WORK COMPOSED: 1894 lush harmonies. ESTIMATED DURATION: 15.5 minutes Vítězslav Novák’s musical style JOSEF SUK combines modernism, impressionism, BEDŘICH Czech/Slovak folk music, and a "PÍSEŇ LÁSKY” FROM strong commitment to orchestral and KLAVÍRNÍ SKLADBY, OP. SMETANA compositional mastery. He studied 7 (“LOVE SONG” FROM FOUR CZECH DANCES, JB composition with Antonín Dvořák PIANO PIECES) 1:114 FROM BOOK 2 at the Prague Conservatory in the 1890s; in 1909, Novák assumed COMPOSER: born January 4, 1874, COMPOSER: born March 2, 1824, Dvořák’s position as Professor of Křečovice; died May 29, 1935, Benešov Leitomischl (now Litomyšl), Bohemia; died Composition at the conservatory. For May 12, 1884, Prague WORK COMPOSED: 1891-93 the next 30 years, as both composer WORK COMPOSED: 1879 and teacher, Novák influenced the ESTIMATED DURATION: 7.25 minutes next generation of Czech and Slovak Alongside his colleague Vítězslav ESTIMATED
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