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CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS PROGRAM

Sunday, October 31, 2010, 3pm Zellerbach Hall

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (1825–1826) , artistic leader & soloist Version for string orchestra by Gidon Kremer and Victor Kissine Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo PROGRAM Allegro molto vivace Allegro moderato — Adagio Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile — De Profundis Più mosso — Andante moderato e lusinghiero — Adagio — Allegretto — Adagio ma non troppo e semplice — Allegretto Raminta Šerkšnytė (b. 1975) De Profundis for String Orchestra (1998) Presto Adagio quasi un poco andante Franz Schubert (1797–1828) Minuet in D minor, from Five Minuets and Allegro Six Trios for String Orchestra, D. 89 (1813) Played without pause. Gidon Kremer,

Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) Passacaglia for Violin, String Orchestra and * Dedicated to Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica. Vibraphone (2003, 2007)* † Program change. Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer (b. 1963) Variations on a Theme of J. S. Bach “( Lasset uns den nicht Zerteilen“) for Violin and Strings (2005)*† Gidon Kremer, violin ENCORES

Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992) Melodia en La menor† Piazzolla Michelangelo 70 Gidon Kremer, violin Ernst Toch (1887–1964) Geographical Fugue, for speaking chorus (1930)

Lena Auerbach (b. 1974) Sogno di Stabat Mater (After Pergolesi) for Violin, Viola, Vibraphone and String Orchestra (2005, 2009)* Gidon Kremer, violin Ula Ulijona, viola This performance is made possible, in part, by Patron Sponsors Roger and Silvija Hoag. Andrei Pushkarev, vibraphone Cal Performances’ 2010–2011 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo.

INTERMISSION

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KREMERATA BALTICA Gidon Kremer, artistic director & soloist violin Eva Bindere Eriks Kirsfelds Dzeraldas Bidva Marta Sudraba Dainius Peseckas Giedre Dirvanauskaite Ruta Lipinaityte Peteris Cirksis Rasa Vosyliute Jana Ozolina Sanita Zarina Danielis Rubinas Migle Diksaitiene Indrek Sarrap Andrejs Golikovs Andrei Valigura percussion Ieva Paukstyte Andrei Pushkarev Agne Doveikaite Migle Serapinaite administration Ingrida Zemzare, Managing Director viola Inga Jurjevica, Administration Daniil Grishin Indrek Sarrap, Orchestra & Tour Manager Ula Ulijona Zebriunaite Ruta Lipinaityte, Tour Manager Vidas Vekerotas Zita Zemovica

n 1997, Austria’s legendary Lockenhaus cham- in more than 600 cities and given approximately I ber music festival was witness to a small revolu- 1,000 concerts in more than 50 countries, includ- tion when, beside many distinguished musicians, ing Japan, Australia, the United States, Latin the violinist Gidon Kremer presented a brand America, and all around Europe. new orchestra: Kremerata Baltica. Composed The orchestra is supported by the govern- of 24 young players from , and ments of Latvia, Lithuania and . Its mem- Estonia, the group conquered the discerning bers, all outstanding individual musical personal- audience, injecting new blood into the festival ities, are selected through a rigorous auditioning with their exuberance, energy and joy in playing. process and perform as a stable ensemble. Among Kremerata Baltica, an educational project with a the celebrated soloists with whom Kremerata long-term vision, was Mr. Kremer’s 50th birthday Baltica has played are soprano ; pi- present to himself—a way of passing on his wis- anists , Yevgeny Kissin and Oleg dom to young colleagues from the Baltic states Maisenberg; violinists Thomas Zehetmair and while making no compromises on artistic stan- ; and cellists Boris Pergamenshikov dards as he nurtured and inspired musical life in and Yo-Yo Ma. Their conductors have included the region. Sir , Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christoph This talented group of musicians soon de- Eschenbach, , and veloped into a world-class professional ensemble . Each of these artists has and has cemented its international reputation in contributed to shaping the chamber orchestra. major concert venues around the world. Over the Essential to Kremerata Baltica’s artistic per- last 13 years, Kremerata Baltica has performed sonality is its creative approach to programming,

34 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 35 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS which often looks beyond the mainstream and has Bernstein, , Christoph Grammophon. From 2002–2006, Mr. Kremer label. It was subsequently hailed by the Deutsche given rise to numerous world premieres of works by Eschenbach, , Lorin was the artistic leader of Les Muséiques, a new Schallplattenkritik Bestenliste as one of the best such as Kancheli, Vasks, Desyatnikov Maazel, , , James festival in Basel, Switzerland. discoveries of the year. and Raskatov. The orchestra’s wide-ranging and Levine, Valery Gergiev, and Sir Mr. Kremer is also a gifted writer. He is the Mr. Pushkarev has performed with such carefully chosen repertoire is showcased in its nu- . author of four books in German that reflect his distinguished musicians as Yo-Yo Ma, Yuri merous and much-praised Nonesuch recordings, Mr. Kremer’s repertoire is unusually exten- artistic philosophy: Oase Lockenhaus: 15 Jahre Bashmet, , Gabriela Montero, including Eight Seasons, a pairing of Vivaldi’s set sive, encompassing all of the standard classical Kammermusikfest Kremerata Musica 1981–1996 , Peter Sadlo, Katia Skanavi, Mario of concertos with Piazzolla’s Cuatro estaciones and romantic violin works, as well as music by (1996), Kindheitssplitter (1997), Obertöne (1997) Brunello, Maxim Rysanov and Gabor Boldoszki, porteñas (“The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires”); such 20th-century masters as Henze, Berg and and Zwischen Welten: Mit 25 Abbildungen (2004). and conductors Yuri Temirkanov, Voldemar Silencio, compositions by contemporary compos- Stockhausen. He also championed the works of Kindheitssplitter has been translated in Russian, Nelsson and Roman Kofman. With Mr. Kremer ers: Pärt, Glass and Martynov; and After Mozart, living Russian and Eastern European composers Latvian, French and Japanese. and Kremerata Baltica, he has performed in con- a 21st-century take on the , which won and has performed many important new compo- Gidon Kremer plays a Nicola Amati violin cert halls around the world, including in Carnegie a Grammy Award. Kremerata Baltica’s recordings sitions, several of them dedicated to him. He has dating from 1641. Hall in New York, the in of the five Mozart violin concertos, recorded live become associated with such diverse composers as London, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in at the in 2006, the composer’s , Arvo Pärt, , Sofia Born in Kiev into a family of musicians, Andrei Vienna and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. 200th anniversary year, were released in 2009. In Gubaidulina, Valentin Silvestrov, , Pushkarev (percussion) began his musical studies conjunction with the orchestra’s fall 2010 U.S. , Peteris Vasks, and on the at age five. By age 14, he had concen- Ula Ulijona (viola) was born in Vilnius, tour, Nonesuch has recently released their next , bringing their music to audiences trated his studies on percussion instruments. Lithuania, in 1974 and performs regularly both recording, entitled De Profundis. in a way that respects tradition yet remains con- In 1992, Mr. Pushkarev entered the Kiev with Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica and Kremerata Baltica may be heard exclusively temporary. It would be fair to say that no other Tchaikovsky National Conservatory, where he as the principal violist of the RAI National on . For more information, soloist of his international stature has done as studied under Alexander Blinov. While at the Symphony Orchestra in Turin, Italy. Her stud- please visit www.kremerata-baltica.com. much for contemporary composers in the past Conservatory, Mr. Pushkarev also began com- ies include degrees from the Musikhochschule 30 years. posing works for solo vibraphone. In 1995, he Hanns Eisler (Berlin), Musikakademie (Basel), Of the world’s leading violin- An exceptionally prolific recording artist, was awarded First Prize in the newly established and Academy of Music and Theater (Vilnius). ists, Gidon Kremer (artistic Mr. Kremer has made more than 100 albums, New Names of Ukraine competition, where he In addition to her solo work with Kremerata leader & soloist) has perhaps many of which brought him prestigious inter- performed his own musical compositions. Baltica, she has also appeared with the Moscow had the most unconventional national awards and prizes in recognition of Mr. Pushkarev has performed as solo vibra- Soloists, Boston Symphony Orchestra, London career. Born in , Latvia, his exceptional interpretative powers. These phonist throughout Ukraine, and in 1996, at age Philharmonic, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, he began studying the violin include the Grand Prix du Disque, Deutscher 22, was awarded position of principal timpanist Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Niederland, and at age four with his father and Schallplattenpreis, the Ernst-von-Siemens with the Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, making Winterthur Symphony. In 2001, Ms. Ulijona

grandfather, who were both Michael Benabib Musikpreis, the Bundesverdienstkreuz, the him the youngest principal timpanist of any sym- was a prize-winner in the Primrose International distinguished string players. At age seven, he en- Premio dell’Accademia Musicale Chigiana, the phonic orchestra in Ukraine. Viola Competition. Ms. Ulijona plays a viola tered Riga Music School. At 16 he was awarded Triumph Prize 2000 (Moscow) and in 2001 In 1999, Mr. Pushkarev became a member of made by Matteo Goffriller in in 1722. For the first Prize of the Latvian Republic, and two the Unesco Prize. In February 2002, he and Kremerata Baltica. He has appeared on numer- more information, please visit www.ulaulijona years later he began his studies with David Kremerata Baltica received a Grammy Award for ous recordings with the group on the Nonesuch, .webs.com. Oistrakh at the . He went their Nonesuch recording After Mozart in the cat- and ECM labels, and is on to win prestigious awards including the 1967 egory of Best Small Ensemble Performance. After featured on the ensemble’s After Mozart. Management: Opus 3 Artists Queen Elizabeth Competition and the first prize Mozart also received Germany’s ECHO prize. An accomplished arranger, he has created David V. Foster, President & CEO in both the Paganini and Tchaikovsky interna- In 1981, Mr. Kremer founded Lockenhaus, an many works for vibraphone and violin solo with Byron Gustafson, Managing Partner Emeritus tional competitions. intimate festival that takes place and without chamber orchestra. Inspired by a Jenny Vogel, Executive Vice President, This success launched Mr. Kremer’s career, in every summer in Austria. In 1997, he founded suggestion by Mr. Kremer, Mr. Pushkarev cre- Manager, Artists & Conductors the course of which he has established a world- the chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica to fos- ated jazz arrangements of 15 two-voice inven- Leonard Stein, Senior Vice President, wide reputation as one of the most original and ter outstanding young musicians from the three tions by J. S. Bach, with each invention in the Director, Tour Administration compelling artists of his generation. He has ap- Baltic States. Since then, Mr. Kremer has toured style of a different jazz pianist, such as Oscar Robert Berretta, Vice President, Manager, peared on virtually every major concert stage extensively with the orchestra, appearing at the Peterson, Dave Brubeck and Chick Corea. In Artists & Attractions with the most celebrated orchestras of Europe world’s most prestigious festivals and concert spring 2004, he premiered his Bach Vibrations John C. Gilliland III, Associate, and America. Also he has collaborated with to- halls. He has also recorded several CDs with the in Basel at Mr. Kremer’s Les Muséiques Festival Tour Administration day’s foremost conductors, including Leonard orchestra for Teldec, Nonesuch and Deutsche and also recorded it for the Austrian Gramola Nadia Mokhoff, Company Manager

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