2 RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WELCOME PAGE Welcome To The Sixteenth Annual WHAT’S INSIDE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF | 4 NCMF FOUNDING MEMBERS | 5 2019 NCMF MUSICIANS | 6 2019 NCMF MUSICIAN BIOGRAPHIES | 7 December 26, 2019 - January 1, 2020 DECEMBER 26 THE CALIDORE QUARTET WITH Sponsored by: CLIVE GREENSMITH | 16 DECEMBER 27 BASICALLY BAROQUE | 18 SOARING STRINGS | 22 DECEMBER 28 THREE’S COMPANY | 26 CLASSICAL CONNECTIONS | 28 DECEMBER 29 A FRENCH FEAST FOR THE SENSES— DINNER & CONCERT | 30 DECEMBER 30 NCMF PRESENTS: WINDSYNC IN RECITAL | 34 CHAMBER RARITIES | 36 DECEMBER 31 NEW YEAR’S SAMPLER | 38 JANUARY 1 Renaissance Reno Hotel FESTIVAL FINALE | 42 Steinway Piano Gallery Stuart Murtland Photography Tanglewood Productions Bill Pearce Motors ADVERTISING Onstage Publications 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 e-mail: [email protected] www.onstagepublications.com This program is published in association with Onstage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Kettering, OH 45409. 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RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Amy Booth STAFF Jennifer Smith Kay Dean Thom Mayes, President William Douglass Executive Director Gail McAllister John Tozzi Jane Nichols Erica Schmitt, Vice President Lloyd Rogers Director of Administration Judith Simpson Cleta Dillard Karen Stout-Gardner Joseph Peterson, Second Vice President Holly Walton-Buchanan Artistic Planning & Operations Manager Fred Jakolat MUSICIAN REPRESENTATIVES Secretary Peter Adlish Dustin Budish, Caryn Neidhold Personnel Manager Tasha Reisz Carol Laube Treasurer Sophie Ralston, Marketing & Graphic Design Mark MacDonald Past President Korona Phelps, Bookkeeper Stuart Murtland, Audio/Visual & Operations Support Reno Chamber Orchestra This project is funded, in part, by a grant from 925 Riverside Drive, Suite 5 Reno, NV 89503 Phone (775) 348-9413 the Nevada Arts Council, Email: [email protected] a state agency, and www.RenoChamberOrchestra.org the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Member of the These concerts have been made possible, in part, by the support of The mission of the Reno Chamber Orchestra is to create intimate, inspirational musical experiences by engaging the community through vibrant music-making by the Chamber Orchestra and chamber ensembles. Superb Music. Shared Experience. Enriched Lives. 4 RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA NCMF FOUNDING MEMBERS Edna and Bruno Benna Marilyn Hadley Nancy and Jack Rose Peggy and Bruce Bossie International Game Technology St. Rose of Lima Church Yvonne and Allan Brady Jeane Jones Vera Stern Jill Brandin and Durian Pingree Walter Katai Timkin-Sturgis Foundation Madeleine Chiappero KUNR University of Nevada, Reno Davidson Institute for Talent Bobbi and Dale Lazzarone Sue and Dieter von Hennig Development The Mary Bremer Foundation Washoe Medical Center Gail and Bill Dawson Meadowood Mall Wells Fargo Nancy and Barry Downs Reno Gazette-Journal Jill M. Winter EstiponaVialpando Partners Reno Hilton Christine and John Worthington Great Basin Internet Services Heidemarie Rochlin RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 5 FESTIVAL ARTISTS & ENSEMBLES CLIVE GREENSMITH MARTIN CHALIFOUR MARINA ROZNITOVSKY OSTER Artistic Director Concertmaster, Harp Professor UNR Former Cellist, Los Angeles Philharmonic and TMCC Tokyo String Quartet; Principle Harpist, Faculty, The Colburn School OLIVER HERBERT Reno Chamber Orchestra Internationally acclaimed Principle Harpist, DMITRI ATAPINE soloist and chamber musician Reno Philharmonic Cellist, Artistic Director, Prize winner at the Witold Ribadesella Chamber Music Lutoslawski International BLAKE POULIOT Festival and Apex Concerts Cello Competition Internationally acclaimed soloist DUSTIN BUDISH CHAD HOOPES Juno Award nominee Principal Violist, Avery Fisher Career Reno Chamber Orchestra, Grant recipient IAN PRITCHARD Reno Philharmonic 1st Prize at the Yehudi Menuhin Internationally renowned Violin Competition harpsichordist and early music BRIAN (CHE-YEN) CHEN (Junior Division) specialist Violist, Faculty at the Colburn School, Founding Member of the CHIZUKO ISHIKAWA Los Angeles Formosa Quartet Soloist and Chamber Musician Los Angeles and London STEVEN VANHAUWAERT YA-FEI CHUANG Pianist, Internationally-acclaimed KRISTIN LEE Felici Piano Trio, Pianist; Avery Fisher Career Chamber Music Unbound Faculty member, Grant recipient Boston University; Prize winner at the Walter WINDSYNC Steinway Artist Naumberg Competition First Prize, Fischoff Competition SCOTT FAULKNER PETER LENZ Prize winner, Principal Bassist, Principal Cello, M Prize Competition Reno Chamber Orchestra, Reno Chamber Orchestra, Reno Philharmonic Reno Philharmonic JAMES WINN Professor and Argenta Trio CALIDORE STRING QUARTET RUTH LENZ member, UNR Avery Fischer Career Concertmaster, Former Solo Pianist, Grant recipient Reno Chamber Orchestra, New York City Ballet Quartet in Residence at Reno Philharmonic Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program Grand Prize: M-Prize Competition, Fischoff Competition 6 RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 2019 ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES CLIVE GREENSMITH DMITRI ATAPINE (ARTISITC DIRECTOR (CELLO) AND CELLO) mitri Atapine has been rom 1999 until its final season Ddescribed as a cellist with Fin 2013, Clive Greensmith was “brilliant technical chops” a member of the world-renowned (Gramophone), whose playing is Tokyo String Quartet, with performances “highly impressive throughout” (The Strad). He has including Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, appeared on some of the world’s foremost stages, London’s South Bank, Paris Chatelet, Berlin including Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Philharmonie, Vienna Musikverein, and Suntory the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, the Hall in Tokyo. He has collaborated with Andras National Auditorium of Spain, and many more. Schiff, Pinchas Zukerman, Leon Fleisher, Lynn An avid chamber musician, he frequently performs Harrell, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Alicia de Larrocha, with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln and Emanuel Ax. Center and is an alum of The Bowers Program. He is an habitual guest at leading festivals, including Mr. Greensmith has given guest performances Music@Menlo, Chamber Music Northwest, La at North American festivals including Aspen, Musica Sarasota, Pacific, Aldeburgh, Aix-en- Marlboro, Music@Menlo, La Jolla SummerFest, Provence, to name but a few. His performances Santa Fe, Cleveland Chamber Fest, and Ravinia have been broadcast nationally in the U.S., Europe, and is a regular guest of the Chamber Music and Asia, including a PBS television special. His Society of Lincoln Center. Internationally he many awards include the first prize at the Carlos has appeared at the Salzburg, Edinburgh, Pacific Prieto Cello Competition, as well as top honors at and the Hong Kong Arts Festivals. As a soloist, the Premio Vittorio Gui and Plowman chamber Clive has performed with the London Symphony competitions. He has collaborated with such Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Seoul distinguished musicians as Cho-Liang Lin, Paul Philharmonic, and the RAI Orchestra of Rome Neubauer, Ani and Ida Kavafian, Wu Han, Bruno among others. Giuranna, and David Shifrin. His recordings, among them a critically acclaimed world premiere Mr. Greensmith has built up a catalog of of Lowell Liebermann’s complete works for cello landmark recordings, most notably The Complete and piano, can be found on the Naxos, Albany, Beethoven Quartets for Harmonia Mundi and MSR, Urtext Digital, Blue Griffin, and Bridge Mozart’s ‘Prussian’ Quartets with the Tokyo String record labels. Mr. Atapine holds a doctorate from Quartet, Brahms Cello Sonatas with Boris Berman the Yale School of Music, where he was a student for Biddulph Recordings, and Clarinet Trios of Aldo Parisot. Professor of cello and Department of Beethoven and Brahms with Jon Nakamatsu of Music Chair at the University of Nevada, Reno, and Jon Manasse for Harmonia Mundi. Toccata Mr. Atapine is the artistic co-director of Apex Classics will soon release a live recording of his Concerts and Ribadesella Chamber Music Festival, world premiere performance of the Pal Hermann and the co-director of Young Performers Program Cello Concerto with Theodore Kuchar and the at Music@Menlo. Lviv International Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Atapine’s appearance is made possible Formerly the principal cellist of London’s Royal by a generous donation from Pat & Philharmonic Orchestra, Mr. Greensmith is a Mark MacDonald. founding member of the Montrose Trio with Jon Kimura Parker, and Martin Beaver. In 2013, Mr. DUSTIN BUDISH Greensmith joined the faculty at the Colburn (VIOLA) School. In July, he succeeded Günther Pichler as director of string chamber music at the Accademia ustin Budish is the Acting Chigiana International Festival and Summer DPrincipal Violist of the Reno Academy in Siena. Chamber Orchestra, where he Mr. Greensmith’s appearance is made possible also serves as Personnel Manager, by a generous donation from Bill Douglass. and Principal Violist of the Reno Philharmonic. RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 7 2019 NCMF MUSICIAN BIOGRAPHIES A native of Reno, after graduating from the combined with his passion in education, Chen’s Washoe County School District, he went on expertise in these areas has led him to embark on to study at Oberlin College and the Cleveland Formosa Quartet’s cofounding of the Formosa Institute with Jeffrey Irvine