2017 NYFC Competition: Meet the Winners
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April 2017 2017 NYFC Competition: Meet the Winners ENIS SAVELYEV, age 25, was born Institute of America, the Morgan Library, spent his final year of high school at the Din Lviv, Ukraine and came to the the Moscow Music House, the University Interlochen Arts Academy, where he was USA three years ago to earn his MM of Nevada, and Weill Hall at Carnegie a student of Nancy Stagnitta. In 2016, Mr. and Professional Studies Diploma at the Hall, where he gave the world premiere Blanchard received his bachelor’s degree Mannes School of Music, where he studied of his own arrangement for the flute of from Rice University in Houston, TX, with Judith Mendenhall. He began Virko Baley’s Partita for violin and piano. where he studied with Leone Buyse at the studying the flute at age five and was He has also been soloist with the Lviv Shepherd School of Music. He is currently awarded a place Philharmonic, Uzhgorod Philharmonic, pursuing his master’s degree at the Juilliard at the Gnessin and Kiev Philharmonic in Ukraine. School, where he studies with Robert Academy of Music Langevin. in Moscow, where AMES BLANCHARD, age 23, was born he earned a special Jand raised in Las Cruces, NM and began ATTHEW ROSS, age 23, is a NY- music diploma as playing the flute Mbased flutist who has won prizes a student of Albert at the age of 10, in the Raleigh, Byron Hester, Mid-South, Hoffman. He has receiving private South Carolina, held orchestral instruction from Myrna Brown, and positions with the Katie Tomicek Yamaha Young Mariinsky Theater and from Lisa Artist competitions. First Prize in Vladivostok, van Winkle of He has performed the Galina New Mexico with the Civic Or- Vishnevskaya State University. chestra of Chicago, Opera Center and Kremlin Orchestra in Following two Queen City Cham- Moscow, and the New York Symphonic summers at ber Opera, and the Ensemble on its 2016 Japanese tour. As a the Interlochen Second Prize Dayton Philhar- soloist, he has performed at the Ukrainian Arts Camp, he monic. He was Third Prize asked to premiere Glen Cortese’s work “…on further reflec- In Concert tion” at the 2012 National Flute Association Winners of the NYFC Competition convention in Las Vegas, and he will be Sunday, April 30, 2017, 5:30 pm returning as a presenter and recitalist at this summer’s NFA convention in Minneapolis. Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue www.rossflute.com (entrance on East 25th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues) IN THIS ISSUE Program Matthew Ross (3rd prize), flute; Denise Fillion, piano 2017 NYFC Competition: Meet the Winners......1 Aria, Op. 48, No. 1 Ernö Dohnányi (1877–1960) From the President: You CAN Teach a Dog Sonate en Concert, Op. 64 László Lajtha (1892–1963) New Tricks... by Patricia Zuber......................................2 I. Entrée avec deux cadences Member Profile: Annie Nikunen.........................3 James Blanchard (2nd prize), flute; Nathan Raskin, piano Flute Fair Recap Suite, Op. 34 Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Kuijken Masterclass Notes by Patricia Zuber...........................................5 Memorable Moments Denis Savelyev (1st prize), flute; Olga Gurevich, piano by Matthew Cuji, Adrianne Greenbaum, Sonatine Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) Kristen Gygi, Wendy Stern, & Mark Vickers....6 En bateau Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Photo Album Fantaisie on Der Freischütz Paul Taffanel (1844-1908) by Ardith Bondi, Nicole Camacho, Brian Valse Caprice Daniel S. Wood (1872-1927) Klasewitz, Joe Melhado, & George Potanovic...7 Program subject to change Announcements The NYFC thanks Phil Unger of the Flute Center of New York for funding Flute Happenings...................................................3 the first prize of the 2017 NYFC Competition. Young Musicians Contest Winners........................4 Ensemble Program Update....................................5 2 — NYFC Newsletter You CAN Teach an Old Dog New Tricks... by Patricia Zuber s much as I detest the ageism in our society (especially Ain the freelance flute world!), I admit to being an old THE NEW YORK FLUTE CLUB INC. dog. This is not something I am ashamed of, and I embrace 2016–2017 the title because I know in my heart that I am an old dog Board of Directors who has never stopped wanting to learn and improve. Our Patricia Zuber, President last flute fair was an opportunity to do just that. Wendy Stern, First Vice President My day started at Mindy Kaufman’s warmup class. We Nancy Toff, Second Vice President played the classics—Taffanel-Gaubert scales and Moyse Deirdre McArdle, Recording Secretary tone studies, but Mindy introduced me to exercise No. 13 Katherine Saenger, Membership Secretary from Moyse’s Studies and Technical Exercises for the Flute Rie Schmidt, Treasurer From the (Alphonse Leduc). I love that exercise. In all my years of Carla Auld Nicole Camacho President playing the flute I never worked from that book. What a Yevgeny Faniuk Kaoru Hinata great discovery! Fred Marcusa Linda Rappaport I then attended Thomas Baird’s “Baroque Dance for Nicole Schroeder Malcolm Spector Musicians.” How wonderful to dance with flutists of all ages. Luckily, I had a flute Mary-Ann Tu David Wechsler teacher who danced in lessons to show the natural accents of the beats. I always think about him when I play a dance movement. It was interesting to learn the Advisory Board Jeanne Baxtresser Stefán Höskuldsson steps to the half measure upbeat of the Baroque gavotte and actually dance it to Robert Langevin Gerardo Levy see how it felt. Marya Martin Judith Mendenhall Michael Parloff Jayn Rosenfeld Renée Siebert Past Presidents Georges Barrère ................. 1920– 1944 John Wummer ..................... 1944– 1947 Milton Wittgenstein ........... 1947– 1952 Mildred Hunt Wummer ..... 1952– 1955 Frederick Wilkins ............... 1955– 1957 Pat Zuber at Thomas Baird’s Baroque Dance workshop. Photo: Brian Klasewitz Harry H. Moskovitz ............. 1957– 1960 Paige Brook .......................... 1960– 1963 Then I was off to Barthold Kuijken’s masterclass. I was cursing myself that Mildred Hunt Wummer .... 1963– 1964 I did not bring my Bach sonatas with me to make note of all his suggestions. Maurice S. Rosen .............. 1964– 1967 I remembered I had seen a book of the piano parts to the Bach sonatas for $1 Harry H. Moskovitz ........... 1967– 1970 at the Club’s tag sale table so I ran down and bought it and dashed back up Paige Brook ......................... 1970– 1973 to jot down my notes. A number of Eleanor Lawrence .............. 1973– 1976 people who were unable to make the Harold Jones ....................... 1976– 1979 masterclass have asked me for these Eleanor Lawrence .............. 1979– 1982 Paige Brook ......................... 1982– 1983 notes! [See p. 5—Ed.] John Solum ......................... 1983– 1986 A friend brought me a sandwich, Eleanor Lawrence .............. 1986– 1989 which I gobbled down in record Sue Ann Kahn .................... 1989– 1992 time. Then I met a student who was Nancy Toff ........................... 1992– 1995 purchasing a flute and went through Rie Schmidt ......................... 1995– 1998 the exhibits with him and his father. Patricia Spencer .................. 1998– 2001 And, by the way, he found a superb Jan Vinci ................................ 2001– 2002 flute. Jayn Rosenfeld .................... 2002– 2005 At 2:30 pm, I dashed off to the David Wechsler..................... 2005–2008 “Sounds of Spring” concert and heard Nancy Toff..................... ....... 2008–2011 John McMurtery................. 2011–2012 wonderful orchestral flutists. At this Wendy Stern................... ..... 2012–2015 point in the day, I felt like I had just completed a triathlon! Then I lost my Newsletter phone and proceeded to run all over Katherine Saenger, Editor the place. After locating the phone it 115 Underhill Road was time for the gala concert, so with Annie Kuijken at Barthold Kuijken’s mas- Ossining, NY 10562 every muscle aching I found a seat. terclass (Laura del Sol Jimenez seated in 914-762-8582 background). Photo: Ardith Bondi [email protected] Barthold Kuijken performed Baroque masterpieces very softly and exquisitely. www.nyfluteclub.org Each note was held together with a strand of aural silk and the entire audience Copyright © 2017 by The New York Flute Club, Inc., was caught in his web. You could hear a pin drop and feel the energy of the unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. performers and listeners. It was an exhilarating and relaxing experience. It was a concert I will never forget. Follow us on twitter @nyfluteclub So yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks. Here’s the science to prove it: Go to New York Flute Club on Facebook and hit the Like button to https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/201602/you-can-teach-old- stay up to date on Club events. Members are invited to post and comment on the forum. Nicole Camacho, NYFC Social Media Chair dog-new-tricks April 2017 — 3 FLUTE Member Profile Degrees: BA in music, through the Columbia Music Performance Program HAPPENINGS (Barnard College, expected 2020). Annie Most notable and/or personally satisfy- APRIL ’17 ing accomplishment(s): Being selected Nikunen as drum major of the 300-plus North- Apr. port High School Tiger Marching 28 Tuesday 8:00 pm NYFC Member since Band, and conducting the field show The Musicians of Lenox Hill, with 2016 at the Newsday Marching Band Festi- SOO-KYUNG PARK, flute, will perform the val (“It’s a job that comes with count- 17th Annual Levy Memorial Chamber Music less responsibilities on many fronts: Concert. Program includes André Previn’s Employment: First-year undergraduate Peaches for flute and piano, Andrey Rubstov’s at Barnard College of Columbia Univer- blowing the whistle to begin my final Divertimento for flute and string quartet, plus sity in NY. show—and conducting it—was a cul- other works for strings and piano. mination of years of teamwork and • Temple Israel of the City of New York, A recent recital/performance: In Febru- collaboration.”); managing to success- 112 E.