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Executive Director Foundation Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL c/o LUCERNE FESTIVAL Gala Fundraising Program Hirschmattstrasse 13 P.O. | 6002 Lucerne of the American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL Switzerland Phone +41 41 226 44 52 In honor of Maestro Riccardo Chailly E-mail: [email protected] Cocktail Reception Private Concert with Emanuel Ax Follow LUCERNE FESTIVAL and Alumni of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Festive Dinner

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lucernefestival.ch Member of Vontobel is a proud partner of the American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL, represented by Vontobel Asset Management Inc. and Vontobel Swiss Wealth Advisors Ltd. 1 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY: Every summer, Contents about 130 talented young musicians, conductors, 5 Welcome and composers from all around the world are 7 American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL selected and invited to Lucerne, Switzerland, to 8 Evening Program dedicate themselves to a repertoire that is be- 9 Emanuel Ax coming increasingly important for the preservation 10 Alumni of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY and continuation of classical music: the music 12 The LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY of the 20th and 21st centuries. 13 Introducing LUCERNE FESTIVAL 14 About the City: Lucerne

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2 3 Dear Guests Acknowledgments The American The upcoming gala fundraising event is being held in Friends of LUCERNE honor of Maestro Riccardo Chailly. This year marks the The sixteenth Gala Fundraising Event of the American Friends FESTIVAL are proud 30th anniversary of Riccardo Chailly’s LUCERNE FESTIVAL of LUCERNE FESTIVAL has been organized with generous support from: to support the debut. He was appointed Music Director of the LUCERNE LUCERNE FESTIVAL FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA in 2016 and has been actively ACADEMY, up to shaping the ensemble’s identity ever since. 40-50% of which Lead Sponsor of the Gala Event consists of gradu- Through his dynamic preparation, which can last for several ates from the leading months and during which he intensively studies each score he has conservatories in programmed, Maestro Chailly is a constant inspiration to all of the United States. those who work with him. He familiarizes himself with every note, seeking to penetrate the essence of the pieces and to command them entirely. It is this tireless commitment, dedication, and Co-Sponsors of the Gala Event enthusiasm that makes him such an important role model for all students at the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY.

We are delighted that you decided to join our elegant gala fundraising event. It is indeed thanks to your support and commitment that we, the American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL, will be able to provide the financial assistance to enable exceptionally talented young musicians from the United States to attend the world- renowned LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY in the summer of 2018.

Academy Circle We hope you will have an unforgettable and unique evening The Kovner Foundation | Alan and Christine Vickery in the company of LUCERNE FESTIVAL.

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Michael Haefliger Valentina Rota Executive and Artistic Director Director of Development LUCERNE FESTIVAL American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL

4 5 Alumni of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY in concert (Morgan Library & Museum). American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL © Fadi Kheir/LUCERNE FESTIVAL

Through last year’s The American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL is a non- Gala Fundraising profit organization that was founded in 2002 in New York. and the yearly Their mission is to enable highly talented American membership revenues music students from the most acclaimed conservatories of the American in the USA to attend the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY. Friends, enough donations were raised to enable 10 out of Board of Directors of the 48 students from the American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL USA to attend the Alan B. Vickery, Chairman | Richard Matlaga, Treasurer and LUCERNE FESTIVAL Secretary | Dr. iur. Hubert Achermann | Stanley Bergman | Yefim ACADEMY in 2017. Bronfman | Beatrice Ducrot | Mike T. Foley | Michael Haeﬂiger

Valentina Rota, Director of Development

The American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and your donation is tax deductible to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Checks should be made payable to American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL: American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL | P.O. Box 326 | Chatham, NJ 07928 | United States of America

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Evening Program

Cocktails at 6.00 pm

Welcome and Private Concert at 7.00 pm

● Alan B. Vickery, Chairman of the American Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL

Private Concert Emanuel Ax piano Music of Franz Liszt (1811–1886) and Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827). The program will be announced during the event.

Alumni of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY: EMANUEL AX The American pianist EMANUEL AX was born in 1949 to Polish parents in Lviv Michelle Ross and Xinou Wei violin | Jesús Rodríguez in the Ukraine, where he took his first piano lessons at the age of six from his González viola | Jay Campbell (Saint-Säens) and Caleb father. Following an intermediate stay in Warsaw, the family moved in 1959 to van der Swaagh (Debussy) cello | Mélanie Genin harp Winnipeg, Canada, and then in 1961 to New York City. It was there that Ax continued his training with Mieczysław Munz at the Juilliard School of Music. In Claude Debussy (1862–1918) 1973 he won the Young Concert Artists Auditions, a year later the Rubinstein Beau Soir for viola and harp Competition in Tel Aviv, and, in 1979, the Avery Fisher Prize. Since then, during Camille Saint-Säens (1835–1921) an international career spanning four decades, Ax has performed with such The Swan for cello and harp acclaimed ensembles as the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras and the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics; he has also concertized with the Claude Debussy (1862–1918) Boston and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Danse sacrée et danse profane for harp and string quartet Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Staatskapelle Dresden. Alongside his performances as a soloist, chamber music plays a significant role for Ax. For many years he was a duo partner of Isaac Stern, and in 2016 he performed with Dinner at 7.45 pm the cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the violinist Itzhak Perlman. Ax’s repertoire includes not only the major works of the Classical and Romantic eras but also many compositions of the present day that have been created specifically for him, Award Ceremony and Acknowledgments at 8.30 pm such as the Piano Concerto by HK Gruber, which he premiered in 2017 with the New York Philharmonic. Within his abundant discography, his recordings of ● Michael Haefliger, Executive and Artistic Director piano sonatas by Haydn are especially noteworthy, having received Grammy of LUCERNE FESTIVAL Awards in 1995 and 2004; his album Variations, featuring works by Beethoven, ● Dr. iur. Hubert Achermann, Chairman of LUCERNE FESTIVAL Haydn, and Schumann, won the Echo Klassik Award in 2013. Emanuel Ax is a and Foundation Friends of LUCERNE FESTIVAL member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds honorary doctorates from Yale University and Columbia University.

8 9 Cellist JAY CAMPBELL, the “artiste étoile” of the 2017 Sum- mer Festival, was born in 1989 in Berkeley, California, and Violist JESUS RODOLFO RODRIGUEZ studied at the Juilliard School in New York. A significant part GONZÁLEZ joined the Gustav Mahler Youth of his formation took place at the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACAD- Orchestra in 2008 and became principal violist EMY, which he attended in the summers of 2010 and 2011. In in 2010. He has performed as a soloist all over 2013 he received an Avery Fisher Career Grant and made his Europe with such conductors as Claudio Abba- debut with the New York Philharmonic, which engaged him do, Antonio Pappano, Herbert Blomstedt, and in 2016 to curate the “Ligeti Forward” series as part of the NY Ingo Metzmacher and with orchestras including Phil Biennial. He has collaborated with such composers as the Bratislawa Chamber Orchestra, Gijón Sym- Elliott Carter, Matthias Pintscher, Kaija Saariaho, and John phony Orchestra, and Yale Philharmonia. Having Zorn. He is a member of the JACK Quartet and the cellist of a studied at the Oviedo Conservatory in Spain, piano trio with Stefan Jackiw and Conrad Tao. Yale University, the Juilliard School, the Mannes College of Music, and the Manhattan School of Music, he is currently pursuing his doctoral degree in Music Arts at Stony Brook University. Alumni of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL Violinist MICHELLE ROSS, who attended the LUCERNE FESTI- ACADEMY VAL ACADEMY in 2013, is the recipient of a Leonore Annenberg Fellowship and a New Music USA Grant for her compositions. Harpist MÉLANIE GENIN has performed in some of the most A noted soloist, chamber musician, and guest concertmaster with prestigious halls in the world under such conductors as Pierre Boulez, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and with Teodor Currentzis’ music- Alan Gilbert, and Pablos Heras-Casado. She completed her studies at Aeterna, she is Artistic Director of Music in the Mountains atop the Paris Conservatoire, the Juilliard School, and the Manhattan Powder Mountain (Utah) and Chamber Music at Eleventh Street School of Music. An active alumna of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACAD- Arts (New York City). She holds a master’s degree in music from EMY, she returns to the Festival frequently for various projects and is Juilliard and a bachelor’s degree in comparative literature from a sought-after soloist and chamber music partner. Genin also commis- Columbia University. Her teachers include Dorothy DeLay, Itzhak sions pieces from young composers and is committed to bringing Perlman, Catherine Cho, and Ronald Copes. comfort to sick children, cancer sufferers, and the terminally ill through her art therapy project “Harpe Porte à Porte.”

Cellist CALEB VAN DER SWAAGH is an alumnus of En- semble ACJW, now known as Ensemble Connect - a program of Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School, and the Weill Violinist XINOU WEI has performed throughout America, Europe, Music Institute. He is the recipient of the Tanglewood Karl and China. He has collaborated in chamber music with James Zeise Memorial Cello Prize and the Manhattan School of Ehnes, Wendy Sutter, Victor Rosenbaum, and David Aaron Carpen- Music Pablo Casals Award and was also a grant recipient ter at Carnegie Hall; is a member of the Mozart Orchestra of New from the Virtu Foundation. A native New Yorker, he gradu- York under Gerard Schwartz; and has served as concertmaster for ated magna cum laude from Columbia University as part of Long Island Opera, Loft Opera, Central Park Symphony, and Adelphi the Columbia-Juilliard Exchange program with a degree in Orchestra. A respected teacher, he has taught in the Aspen Music Classics and Medieval & Renaissance Studies. He received Festival and School’s PALS program. His teachers include Oliveira, his master’s degree with academic honors from the New Majeske, Rosenberg, Thomas Phillips, and Todd Phillips. Having England Conservatory and later studied at the Manhattan taken part many times in the Aspen Festival, Xinou Wei participat- School of Music. His primary teachers are Bonnie Hampton, ed in the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY in 2017. Laurence Lesser, and David Geber. He participated in the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY in 2012 and 2016. 10 11 The LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Introducing LUCERNE FESTIVAL Thanks to the The LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY is a unique and LUCERNE FESTIVAL is one of the most prestigious festivals LUCERNE FESTIVAL exceptional Summer Academy that was founded 15 years worldwide – and has been so for 80 years. Three times per ACADEMY, we now ago by the great composer and conductor Pierre Boulez. year, stars of classical music from across the world meet on have a worldwide the shores of idyllic Lake Lucerne, in the very heart of Switzer- network of over 1,200 Over a three-week period, these students immerse themselves land, and together they celebrate music: from famous Alumni. All of these in selected key works of new music through daily rehearsals, orchestras and legendary conductors to virtuoso soloists. young and talented workshops, and lessons with internationally renowned musicians are former conductors and artists such as Alan Gilbert, Heinz Holliger, The Summer Festival is the largest of the three annual festivals: participants in Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Anne-Sophie Mutter, and Sir Simon Rattle. within a period of just four weeks, you can experience more than 100 the Academy and events, among them some 30 symphony concerts. Every year since come from a total of The Orchestra of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY performs 2003, the Summer Festival has been launched by the LUCERNE about 60 nations. its programs during the Summer Festival, and the Alumni of the FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, which Claudio Abbado founded in 2003. LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY tour with their own programs in Starting in the summer of 2016, Riccardo Chailly began helming this Europe and the United States. splendid ensemble comprising internationally acclaimed soloists, chamber musicians, teachers, and members of the Mahler Chamber LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY charges neither tuition fees nor travel Orchestra and the Filarmonica della Scala. With the LUCERNE and housing expenses to the participants; so the American Friends FESTIVAL ACADEMY, which was founded in 2003 by Pierre Boulez, of LUCERNE FESTIVAL join with the LUCERNE FESTIVAL in raising the Festival includes its own master school for new music. Other funds to cover all these costs. The overall costs for participating highlights of the Festival involve one or two composers-in-residence students from the United States in 2017 amounted to US $720,000 and “artistes étoiles” who present their work in a variety of contexts. with costs for each student of US $15,000 (unchanged for 2018). Each summer is devoted to a specific theme that governs the choice of works that are programmed. Through such innovative event formats as the 40min series of short concerts, LUCERNE FESTIVAL is forging new paths and opening access to a wider range of audiences. Matthias Pintscher, Principal Conductor, has been closely Established in 1988, the Easter Festival takes place each spring two associated with the LUCERNE weeks before Easter and runs through Palm Sunday, with a special FESTIVAL ACADEMY. focus given to sacred music. The youngest of the three festivals, © Fadi Kheir/LUCERNE FESTIVAL the Piano Festival, has taken place every year in November since 1998. Celebrated keyboard virtuosos and emerging stars come to Lucerne for nine days to perform recitals, symphonic concerts featuring the piano, and chamber music. The Piano Off-Stage Festival complements the classical programming with atmospheric nights of jazz in Lucerne’s finest bars.

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Basel Italy Switzerland lies in The city, the lake, the mountains – Lucerne offers a Madrid the heart of Europe. plethora of cultural events and a true taste of nature. Zurich Spain Rome Lucerne can easily And it is a city with tradition: already during the Lucerne

be reached via the Roman period or even earlier, a small settlement was Bern international airports located at the outlet of Lake Lucerne. The Monastery of Zurich, Geneva, of St. Leodegar was founded in the 8th century. Basel, and Bern. Zurich airport is located only Today, Lucerne is far more than a Canton or a city in Switzer- 70 km from Lucerne land. It is one of the most charming places in Europe Geneva and can readily be and offers extraordinary experiences in terms of culture and reached by train or car. nature. And it is also known for its landmarks: the Chapel Bridge, the Water Tower, the impressive Lion Monument, Surrounded by an impressive mountain landscape and beautiful churches, and the picturesque old town. The city Lake Lucerne, the city also offers unforgettable excursions. also offers numerous museums, including the Rosengart These include boat trips on the lake as well as tours to Collection displaying works by Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee, the nearby mountains, such as the Pilatus, with the world’s the Lucerne Art Museum, and the Richard Wagner Museum steepest cogwheel railway, or the Rigi, where Europe’s in Tribschen. first mountain railway was installed in 1871. © Swiss Image