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Beethoven, Bagels & Banter BEETHOVEN, BAGELS & BANTER SUN / FEB 18 / 11:00 AM / THE EDYE Inna Faliks, piano Robert Davidovici, violin Myroslava Khomik, violin Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, viola Antonio Lysy, cello This series made possible by a generous gift from Barbara Herman. There will be no intermission. Please join us after the performance for refreshments and a conversation with the performers. 16 PROGRAM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Notturno in E-flat major, Op. 148 (D. 897) (Faliks, Davidovici, Lysy) Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Sonata for 2 Violins, Op. 56 Andante cantabile Allegro Commodo (quasi allegretto) Allegro con brio (Davidovici, Khomik) Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 Allegro ma non tanto Dumka – Andante con moto Scherzo (Furiant) – Molto vivace Finale – Allegro (Faliks, Davidovici, Khomik, Wu, Lysy) BIOS numerous orchestras, in solo appearances and with conductors such as Leonard INNA FALIKS, piano, is a Ukrainian- Slatkin and Keith Lockhart. Critics praise born pianist called “Adventurous and her “signature blend of lithe grace and passionate” (The New Yorker), and has raw power” (Lucid Culture), “courage established herself as one of the most to take risks, expressive intensity and exciting, committed, communicative and technical perfection” (General Anzeiger, poetic artists of her generation. Faliks is Bonn), “poetry and panoramic vision” Head of Piano and Professor of Piano at (Washington Post) and “riveting passion, UCLA. Renowned for her versatility, Faliks playfulness” (Baltimore Sun). Her lauded is equally at home in the great concerti, discography includes a recent all- standard solo repertoire, chamber music, Beethoven release and Sound of Verse interdisciplinary projects and work – Music of Boris Pasternak, Ravel, and with contemporary composers. After Rachmaninoff (both on MSR Classics) her acclaimed debut with the Chicago and a Disklavier recital recording for Symphony Orchestra, she performed on Yamaha. Upcoming recordings include many of the world’s great stages, with Polonaise-Fantasie, story of a pianist, VISIT THEBROADSTAGE.ORG 17 a theatre-piano piece, and her Music/ recorded the unknown piano works of Words new commissions CD. Faliks’s Russian poet Boris Pasternak, appeared in distinguished career has taken her theatrical productions such as Admission: to numerous recitals and concerti in One Shilling with Downton Abbey star prestigious venues in the US, Europe Lesley Nicol, collaborated with the and Asia. Winner of many competitions, modern dance troupe BODYTRAFFIC including the ProMusicis International and has premiered new works by many Award, she has been featured on radio contemporary composers, including and international television broadcasts, Ljova, Clarice Assad, Jan Freidlin, Sean and has performed in Carnegie Hall’s Hickey, Tania Leon and others. Faliks Weill Concert Hall, Metropolitan Museum is the founder and curator of Music/ of Art, Paris’ Salle Cortot, Chicago’s Words, a series that pairs together Orchestra Hall, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall, live performances with readings by LA’s Zipper Hall, Festival Internacional established contemporary poets. The de Mexico, Portland Piano International, series has been heard and seen nation- Music in the Mountains, Verbier Festival, wide for 8 seasons, live and on radio. Le Poisson Rouge in NYC, Fazioli Series www.musicwordsnyc.com. Faliks is in in Italy and Tel Aviv Museum in Israel. demand as an Artist teacher, and is She is consistently engaged as concerto frequently invited to guest residencies soloist with orchestras throughout the US. at leading conservatories, festivals and Recent highlights include a tour of China universities internationally. Her own in all of its major halls, including Beijing teachers included Leon Fleisher, Boris CPA, Shanghai Oriental Arts Theater and Petrushansky, Gilbert Kalish, Ann Schein Tianjin Grand Theater, many concerti and Emilio del Rosario. including Rachmaninoff 2 with Greensboro Symphony Festival, Prokofiev 1 and 3 ROBERT DAVIDOVICI, violin, is acclaimed at Peninsula Festival, Clara Schumann in the United States, Canada, Europe, Concerto at Wintergren Festival and South America, Australia and Asia as a numerous return engagements – at virtuoso in concerto, recital and chamber Minnesota Sinfonia, Newport Festival, music performances who combines Bargemusic, The Broad Stage in Santa spectacular technique, wide-ranging Monica and more. An artist as committed repertoire, and magnificent artistry with to genre-bending and new music as an exciting, compelling stage presence. she is to the core repertoire, Faliks is Born in Transylvania, Romania, Robert currently presenting Reimagine: Ravel Davidovici began his studies as a student and Beethoven, commissioning today’s of David Oistrakh. He went on to study leading composers such as Timo Andres, with Ivan Galamian at the Juilliard School, Richard Danielpour, Billy Childs and Paola where, upon graduating, he became a Prestini to create responses to pieces teaching assistant to the Juilliard String of Ravel and Beethoven. She premiered Quartet. He has collaborated in concert 13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg – with such esteemed artists as Yo-Yo Ma, variations by contemporary composers Isaac Stern, Lynn Harrell, Yefim Bronfman, on Bach’s Aria. She has performed and Cho Liang-Lin and Emanuel Ax, among 18 FEB 2018 others. Carnegie Hall has featured Robert Kletzki Violin Concerto (1928) with the Davidovici as part of its “American Music American Symphony Orchestra conducted Masters” series and he was the subject of by Leon Botstein, following which The a television special on WGBH Boston. His New York Times commented on the multifaceted career has included being “excellent” performance. The New York Concertmaster of such orchestras as the Times, in describing Robert Davidovici’s Osaka Philharmonic, Vancouver Symphony, performance on Bach’s Solo Sonata No. The Residentie Orchestra (The Hague), 1 said “…he played cleanly and without Cincinnati Symphony as well as the Grand affectation. Contrapuntal lines emerged Teton Music Festival, Chautauqua and clearly because multiple stops stayed Colorado Music Festival Orchestras. In in tune, and a fast, tight vibrato helped addition to his solo engagements, Robert keep the music from sounding expressive Davidovici is Artist-in-Residence and in a 19th-century manner. This was, in Professor of Violin at Florida International fact, excellent Bach.” In describing his University in Miami. He is a guest professor performance of the Bernstein Serenade, at leading music schools around the The New York Times stated that “it would world, most recently at the Musashino have been hard to imagine a sweeter Academia Musicae in Tokyo, Universities performance,” and the Sydney Morning of Washington, British Columbia and Herald wrote, “Robert Davidovici lingered the Australian National University. The lovingly over the poetic passages of Montreal La Presse said that “Robert the Tchaikovsky Concerto, and ignited Davidovici is a born violinist in the most the fiery ones with passion.” Fanfare complete sense of the word.” In October Magazine commented on his first CD that 2013, Robert Davidovici performed the “Davidovici handles the five compositional Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Royal styles with confidence. His tone is ripe, Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) under his intonation dead on, and he plays Grzegorz Nowak, after which he recorded with aplomb. This is an impressive disc his second CD with the RPO under G. debut.” He has recorded as violin soloist Nowak, containing the Beethoven and with the London Symphony Orchestra for Mendelssohn Concerti. The reviews Cala Records. His CD Mélodie-The Art of for the first CD with the RPO, under G. Robert Davidovici was selected as one of Nowak, released in the autumn of 2013, the top 30 CD releases in Japan in 1995. comment on “the fantastic performance Robert Davidovici may also be heard on of the Kletzki Violin Concerto and Robert New World Records, Centaur, Clavier, Davidovici’s full-blooded tone being just and Meistermusic. His CD recording of what the work deserves” (TheArtsDesk. transcriptions of Chopin’s Nocturnes was com). Robert Davidovici returned to released in May 2004 in Japan by JVC London in February 2015 to perform the Victor. Robert Davidovici is the recipient Tchaikovsky and Brahms Violin Concerti, of several distinguished First Prize honors, again with the RPO under Maestro Nowak. among them, the Naumburg Competition In February 2007, Robert Davidovici was and the Carnegie Hall International soloist at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher American Music Violin Competition. Hall in the American premiere of the FEB 2018 VISIT THEBROADSTAGE.ORG 19 MYROSLAVA (MIRA) KHOMIK, violin, is a de Musique de Lausanne (Switzerland), Ukrainian-American violinist and top-prize Aurora Music Festival (Sweden) and Zeist winner of international competitions Music Days (Netherlands). Ms. Khomik including Remember Enescu Competition recently received her Doctor of Musical in Romania, Ugzhorod Silver Bells in Arts degree at the University of California, Ukraine and the New Names of Ukraine. Los Angeles, where she also served as She has appeared as a soloist with the Teaching Associate of Chamber orchestras in Ukraine, Spain, US, Hong Music in the string department. She is Kong, Vietnam, Thailand and Japan, and a newly appointed member of the Las her performances were broadcast on Vegas Philharmonic, regularly performs National TV and Radio in Ukraine, the US with New West Symphony, Riverside and in Vietnam.
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