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VIRGINIA G. PIPER CONCERT SERIES CONRAD TAO, PIANO Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Virginia G. Piper Theater ScottsdaleArts.org | 480-499-TKTS 1 Virginia G. Piper Concert Series Presents CONRAD TAO, PIANO Friday, April 9, 2021 8:00 p.m. Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Virginia G. Piper Theater Title Sponsor Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Presenting Sponsor The Dayton Fowler Grafman Endowment for Classical Music 2 ScottsdaleArts.org | 480-499-TKTS PROGRAM Conrad Tao All I had Forgotten, or Tried to (b. 1994) J.S. Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue D minor, BWV 903 (1685–1750) Jason Eckardt Echoes’ White Veil (b. 1971) Robert Schumann Kreisleriana (1810–1856) ScottsdaleArts.org | 480-499-TKTS 3 ABOUT CONRAD TAO Other recent highlights include Tao’s LA Opera debut in the West Coast Pianist Conrad Tao has appeared worldwide as a pianist and composer and has premiere of David Lang’s adaptation of Thomas Bernhard’s the loser. In Europe, he has been presented by the Swedish Radio Symphony in recital been dubbed a musician of “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” by The and in Andrew Norman’s S alongside Susanna Mälkki. He also New York Times. He is the recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant uspend and was named a Gilmore Young Artist—an honor awarded every two years recently returned to the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, highlighting the most promising American pianists of the new generation. As a performing with Antonio Pappano. composer, he was also the recipient of a 2019 New York Dance & Performance A Warner Classics recording artist, Tao’s Voyages was declared a “spiky debut” Award (a Bessie) for Outstanding Sound Design / Music Composition for his by The New Yorker’s Alex Ross. Of the album, NPR wrote: “Tao proves himself work on More Forever, a collaboration with Caleb Teicher. to be a musician of deep intellectual and emotional means—as the thoughtful Conrad Tao has recently appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, programming on this album . proclaims.” His next album, Pictures, with Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Boston Symphony. In works by David Lang, Toru Takemitsu, Elliott Carter, Mussorgsky, and Tao 2020–21, he was the focus of a series of concerts and interviews with the himself, was hailed by The New York Times as “a fascinating album [by] a Finnish Radio Symphony, performing Beethoven’s 4th with Hannu Lintu and thoughtful artist and dynamic performer . played with enormous imagination, color, and command.” His third album, , was released in Andrew Norman’s Suspend with Sakari Oramo live on television. While most American Rage performances in the 2020–21 season were canceled due to the COVID-19 the fall of 2019 and featured works by Julia Wolfe, Frederic Rzewski, and pandemic, he appeared with the Cincinnati Symphony and Louis Langree, Aaron Copland. and he returned to the Seattle Symphony to perform Beethoven’s 4th. Further Tao was born in Urbana, Illinois, in 1994. He has studied piano with Emilio invitations included the National Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco del Rosario in Chicago and Yoheved Kaplinsky in New York, and he studied Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. His composition with Christopher Theofanidis. creation with dancer Caleb Teicher, More Forever, was planned for tours across the United States, including Dance Cleveland and Fall for Dance, Toronto. In the 2019–20 season, Tao was presented in recital by Carnegie Hall, Opus 3 Artists performing works by David Lang, Bach, Julia Wolfe, Jason Eckhardt, Carter, Suite 282, 348 West 57th Street Rachmaninoff, and Schumann. He also made his debut in recital at Walt New York, NY 10019 Disney Hall, where the LA Phil presented him in works by Copland and Frederic Rzewski. Following his debut at Blossom, the Cleveland Orchestra invited Tao to perform at Severance Hall in a special program featuring music by Mary Lou Williams and Ligeti, and improvisation alongside pianist Aaron Diehl. And after his debut with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood, he was invited to give a streamed recital in the Great Performers series, where he played works by Felipe Lara, Crawford Seeger, Tania Leong, David Lang, and Beethoven. In 2018, the New York Philharmonic and Jaap van Zweden gave the world premiere of Tao’s work Everything Must Go. The European premiere will take place in 2021–22 with the Antwerp Symphony. Other recent performances of his work include his own performance of The Oneiroi in New York with the Seattle Symphony and Spoonfuls with the IRIS Orchestra. His Violin Concerto for Stefan Jackiw will be premiered in the 2021–22 season. 4 ScottsdaleArts.org | 480-499-TKTS DONORS Scottsdale Arts is sincerely grateful for $1,000 - $2,499 $500 - $999 Legacy Society Special Tributes Made in Memory of donors, members, and partners who Makenna and Mike Albrecht * Peter Boyle * Anonymous Wallace Davidson celebrate and support art in our community Ellen Andres-Schneider and Ralph Andres * Naomi Caras-Miller and Alvin Miller * Patricia Aloe-Stauber Ted Stephan at every level. We gratefully acknowledge Nancy and Joe Braucher * Jill Christenholz Fred J. English and Sara M. 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