Ute Lemper, the Vogler Quartet, and Stefan Malzew

Paris Days, Berlin Nights

WHEN: VENUE: Saturday, March 17 BING 7:30 PM cONcErt haLL

Photo: Lucas allen Program Artists

Édith Piaf Elle Frequentait La Rue Pigalle ute Lemper arr. Stefan Malzew

Georges Moustaki (1934) Milord Vogler Quartet arr. Stefan Malzew tim Vogler, violin Franck reinecke, violin Kurt Weill (1900–1950) Surabaya Johnny aus “Happy End” Die Moritat von Mackie Messer aus der “Dreigroschenoper” Stefan Fehlandt, viola text: Bertolt Brecht / arr. Stefan Malzew Stephan Forck, violoncello

Hanns Eisler (1898–1962) Der Graben » Stefan Malzew, piano, accordion, clarinet text: Kurt tucholsky / arr. Stefan Malzew

Friedrich Hollaender (1896–1976) Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt arr. Stefan Malzew

Franz Waxman (1906–1967) Allein in einer großen Stadt arr. Stefan Malzew

Friedrich Hollaender (1896–1976) Boys in the Backroom From the movie Destry Rides Again (1939)

Norbert Schulze / Hans Leip Lilli Marleen

Shtiler Ovent (Chava Alberstein) Yiddishe Lied

—Intermission—

Jacques Brel (1929–1978) Ámsterdam Ne me quitte pas Chanson de Jacky text: Jacques Brel / arr. Stefan Malzew

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) Yo soy María» aus “María de Buenos Aires” text: horacio Ferrer / arr. Stefan Malzew

Léo Ferré (1916–1993) “Avec le Temps” arr. robert Ziegler

Michel Emer (1906–1984) L’Accordéoniste (Edith Piaf) text: Michel Emer / arr. Stefan Malzew

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2 Biographies

UTE LEMPER ute Lemper’s career is vast and varied. She has made her mark on the stage, in films, in concert and as a unique recording artist on more than 30 cds over 30 years of career. She has been universally praised for her interpretations of Berlin cabaret Songs, the works of Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht and the chansons of Marlene dietrich, Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Léo Ferré, Jacques Prevert, Nino rota, astor Piazzolla many others and also her own compositions, as well as her portrayals in musicals and plays on Broadway, in Paris, Berlin and in London’s West End. ute completed her brand new compositions The 9 Secrets to the words of Paulo Coelho , based on his book Manuscript Found in Accra . this new creation was released on cd in fall 2015 on the label Edel in Germany, Switzerland and austria, and on the Steinway Label Photo: Lucas allen internationally in February 2016. She recorded the new song cycle, The 9 Secrets, in New york with some of the and percussions. the one and only Gil is one of the most important finest musicians from around the Goldstein played accordion and legendary authors of our time. world. Instruments used during wrote masterful string arrangements. recording include exotic ancient ute is thrilled and honored about this artE tV recorded the world premiere of arabic guitars, shepherd flutes, rebec collaboration with Paulo coelho, who The 9 Secrets Live in Germany at the ruhr

3 Festspiele and presented a one hour English. Stories of love, abandonment, Folksongs in yiddish and in russian. the portrait on Maestro in October, and decadence in Buenos aires, Berlin, group did an extensive North american broadcast the complete Liveconcert on Paris and New york. the tour tour in March and april of 2012. artE Internet worldwide. presented the original astor Piazzolla Sextet from Buenos aires. ute was born in Munster, Germany at the same time, as we count 70 years and completed her studies at the after the end of World War 2 and the In 2011, ute also played to a packed dance academy in cologne and the liberation of the concentration camps, house at the concert series with the Max reinhardt Seminary drama ute conceived a concert as a Jazz at Lincoln Orchestra and Wynton School in Vienna. commemoration of the holocaust with Marsalis at rose hall in New york city, Songs For Eternity , dedicated to the dedicated to the music of Kurt Weill . While ute has continued to perform songs created in the ghettos and and revive the works of Brecht and concentration camps between 1942 She is also presenting, with Vince Weill , her professional theatre stage and 1944. ute researched, together Mendoza as conductor and partly debut in a musical was in the original with Francesco Lotoro and Orly Beigel, arranger, a new French Program called Vienna production of Cats in the roles an unbelievable collection of songs Paris Paris . of Grizabella and Bombalurina. She written in the darkest moments of went on to play Peter Pan in Peter Pan imprisoned life, facing inhumane Very different is ute’s other creation, The (Berlin) and Sally Bowles in Jerome cruelties, torture and death. Bukowski Project , a rather avant-garde, Savary’s Cabaret (Paris) for which she adventurous collage in music and songs received the Moliere award for Best her previous creation Forever , an of the poetry of Charles Bukowski . this actress in a Musical. She played Lola homage to the chilean poet Pablo homage to the poet was invented and in The Blue Angel (Berlin) under the Neruda presents her self composed song largely composed by ute herself with a direction of Peter Zadek and Maurice cycle to his passionate Love Poems. this collaboration of her partner todd Bejart created a ballet for her, La Mort heartfelt musical masterpiece toured the turkisher and her pianist Vana Gierig. Subite (Paris). ute also appeared in world and sold many cds worldwide. many Weill Revues with the Pina ute was nominated for a Grammy Bausch tanztheater, and she created In 2011 and 2012 ute toured the world award for her cd Paris Days/Berlin Nights the part of Velma Kelly in London’s with Ultimo Tango , presenting a journey with the Vogler String Quartet and Stefan production of Chicago in the West through the songs of Astor Piazzolla , Malzew on Piano. It is a beautiful semi- End, for which she was honored with the fabulous argentinian composer of classical recording, featuring songs the Laurence Olivier award, and tango Nuevo. ute sings in the original between love and war composed by moved to the Broadway production Spanish, but also created adaptations hans Eisler, Kurt Weill, Jacques Brel, after one year to receive the american of the songs in German, French and Edith Piaf and astor Piazzolla, as well as theatre award.

4 ute Lemper’s solo concerts, which Cabaret Songs (German and English Lemper made her Broadway debut in include Kurt Weill / Berthold Brecht versions). She was named Billboard September 1998. a major highlight of Recitals, Dietrich and Piaf / Jacques Brel / Magazine’s crossover artist of the year her eight months american Leo Ferre / Kosma / Prevert / Sondheim for 1993-1994. In early 2000, decca / engagement in Chicago was starring evenings, and Berlin Cabaret Evening universal Music released Punishing Kiss, with chita rivera in the Las Vegas have been produced in prestigious featuring new songs composed for her premiere in March 1999. venues throughout the world. her by Elvis costello, tom Waits, Philip symphony concerts include The Seven Glass, and Nick cave. her following her album Between Yesterday and Deadly Sins , Songs from Kurt Weill, release on decca But One Day , features Tomorrow is entirely self penned Songbook ( Michael Nyman) and Songs new arrangements of Weill, Brel, music and lyrics and ute enjoyed from Weill, Piaf and Dietrich with the Piazolla, heymann and Eisler songs, as coproducing all of her songs together symphony orchestras of London, well as the first recordings of her own with her partner in life and work Israel, Boston, hollywood, San compositions, for which she wrote both todd turkisher. Francisco, Berlin, the Paris radio lyrics and music. She also recorded Symphony Orchestra, the Illusions Crimes of the Heart, Life is a Cabaret and In film, her many credits include Orchestra (Bruno Fontaine) and the Ute Lemper Live for cBS records and L’Autrichienne (Pierre Granier-deferre), Michael Nyman Band (Michael for Polydor, Espace Indecent, Nuits Prospero’s Books (Peter Greenaway), Nyman). She also appeared in Etranges and She Has a Heart. Moscow Parade (Ivan dikhovichni), Prêt- Folksongs with the Luciano Berio à-Porter (robert altman), Bogus Orchestra (Luciano Berio) and with She recorded a Live album and dVd, (Norman Jewison) and the most recent the Matrix Ensemble (robert Ziegler) Blood and Feathers , at the café carlyle, releases, Combat de Fauves (Benoit performing Berlin Cabaret Songs . She one of New york’s hottest cabaret Lamy), A River Made to Drown In (James performed with the best symphony stages. It was released worldwide on Merendino) and Appetite (George orchestras all over the world from drG/Koch records and Edelrecords in Milton). She has appeared on Buenos aires to Sydney. Europe. television in Rage/Outrage, The Dreyfus All That Jazz/The Best of Ute Lemper, Affair (arte), Tales from the Crypt (hBO), her celebrated recordings for decca which features highlights from her Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill (Bravo), include Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill (Vols. illustrious career to date was released Illusions (Granada), Songbook (Volker I and II), Three Penny Opera, The Seven in 1998. It accompanied her playing Scholendorff), The Wall (rogers Waters) Deadly Sins, Mahogonny Songspiel, Velma Kelly in the London production and The Look of Love (Gillian Lynn). Prospero’s Books (Michael Nyman), of Kander and Ebb’s Chicago for which Songbook (Michael Nyman/Paul she received the 1998 Olivier award for Ms. Lemper lives in New york with celan), Illusions (Piaf/dietrich), City of Best actress in a Musical. after nine her four children, Max, Stella, Julian Strangers (Prever/Sondheim) and Berlin months in London’s West End Ms. and Jonas.

5 this lively collaboration continued into the 2015-16 season. highlights of their most recent North american tour included a multi-concert residency at chamber Music San Francisco and an appearance at Friends of chamber Music Vancouver, in collaboration with pianist Ian Parker. the 2015–16 season also featured additional engagements with Mr. Parker in selected venus throughout the Pacific Northwest.

the four musicians are as much at home in the musical centers of Europe Photo: christian Kern as they are in america, Japan, australia, and New Zealand, and have

VOGLER QUARTET which consistently offers new insights enjoyed a series of successes in the Grammy-nominated Vogler into the genre. Formed in East Berlin in expanding chamber music audiences Quartet celebrated its 30th anniversary 1985, the quartet continues to pursue worldwide. In 1993, the Vogler Quartet during the 2015–16 season, and, with all an ambitious international schedule of instituted its own concert series at the four of its original members, continues concerts and master classes in Konzerthaus in Berlin; and because of to build upon its reputation as one of prestigious venues around the world. its great popularity, they now offer a the finest quartets of its generation. parallel series in Neubrandenburg. In Mastering a repertoire of over two In spring 2012, the Vogler Quartet 2000, the quartet founded the annual hundred works from all periods and returned to North america for a chamber music festival “Music in musical styles, founding members tim special collaboration with cabaret drumcliffe” in Sligo, Ireland, which Vogler, Frank reinecke, Stefan artist ute Lemper and brings together international artists for Fehlandt, and Stephan Forck are widely clarinetist/pianist Stefan Malzew, performances and workshops. In 2002, recognized for their uncommon musical which not only included highly they took over the artistic direction of intelligence, homogeneous sound, acclaimed concerts in carnegie hall the chamber music festival at insightful interpretations, and and the Kennedy center, among many homburg/Saar in Germany. unconventional programming. they others, but also resulted in a Grammy- have created a vibrant ensemble spirit, nominated recording entitled Paris Ongoing collaborations are important to as well as a unique string quartet sound Days/Berlin Nights on the Sony label. the quartet and have included artists

6 such as Philippe cassard, angela cheng, including quartets by taner akyol, david Geringas, the late Bernard Frank Michael Beyer, Moritz Eggert, Greenhouse, Markus Groh, Lynn harrell, Erhard Grosskopf, Mauricio Kagel, Jörg Isabelle van Keulen, James Levine, Widmann, and Ian Wilson. daniel Mueller-Schott, Ian Parker, Boris Pergamenschikow, alfredo Perl, trained at the hanns Eisler Music Menahem Pressler, Jan Vogler, antje Institute in Berlin, the Vogler Quartet Weithaas, Jörg Widmann, baritone first attained recognition in 1986 after dietrich henschel, and the artemis, winning First Prize at the International Pellegrini, and Petersen quartets. String Quartet competition in Evian, France. Shortly thereafter, BMG/rca In addition to their concert activities, produced the first of many recordings the musicians actively sponsor young for the quartet, later followed by talent, teaching classes at universities Nimbus records, col Legno, and cPO. Photo: Sebastian runge in Berlin, Leipzig, Stuttgart, and dublin, cPO has engaged the quartet in a and presenting master classes for project recording the complete quartets professional quartets in Europe and by dvorák. Since 2005, they have STEFAN MALZEW overseas. From 2007 to 2012, the recorded multiple times for hänssler the chief director of the Vogler Quartet held the prestigious classic (including works of Beethoven, Neubrandenburger Philharmoniker chamber Music residency at the Mendelssohn, and Schubert), as well as since 2001, Stefan Malzew was Stuttgart conservatory, a position a cd of works by composers from the formerly the chief director at the previously held by the Melos Quartet. “New Jewish School” with clarinetist Giessener theater and before that \ chen halevi and pianist Jasha the Music director of the the Vogler Quartet is also strongly Nemtsov. In 2011 they began a Mecklenburgischen Staatstheater in committed to the performance of relationship with Sony classical, Schwerin. he served as assistant to contemporary music. they performed releasing a recording of Golijov’s Sir George Solti and Sir yehudi Morton Feldman’s five-hour String dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind Menuhin at the Schleswig holstein Quartet No. 2 with tremendous success and the Mozart clarinet quintet, with Music Festival. at the MusikBiennale in Berlin in 1999. clarinetist david Orlowsky. In april 2014, at EXPO 2000, all of Wolfgang rihm’s in collaboration with bandoneon player Stefan Malzew was born in Berlin in string quartets were performed by the Marcelo Nisinman, they released a 1964. From the age of five he would Vogler and arditti Quartets. the Vogler tango album on the Philharmonie label, accompany his father, a violinist of Quartet regularly commissions and once again underscoring their the Berliner Staatskapelle, while he premieres new works, recently extraordinary versatility. rehearsed with various renowned

7 conductors. thus his calling came to Kultur) and heinrich Marschner’s the chor, Konzertchor der Staatsoper him early on, which he was duly templar and the Jewess (hessen radio Berlin, Ndr Big Band. encouraged to pursue. the Broadcasting). conductor Stefan Malzew has been his artistic endeavors have brought him endowed with a great musical he has created and directed a to the Berlin Philharmonic and versatility, which imbues his number of musical theater Konzerthaus Berlin, Leipziger conducting style with vitality and productions aimed at youths ( Tosca, Gewandhaus, dresdner Kulturpalast, authenticity. Praised by the La Bohème , The Magic Flute, Bremer Glocke, Laesiz-halle hamburg, Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper as Tannhäuser ). his works are strikingly Kölner Philharmonie as well as to “the classical music wonder of New marked by his skills as a composer. In Warsaw where he conducted the offical Brandenburg,” he has throughout his the course of his career, he has new year’s concert in 2008, to Stettin, career as a conductor taken on conducted the Konzerthausorchester Waldoper Sopot, teatro Politeama innovative projects which in turn has Berlin (formerly the Berlin Symphony Garibaldi (Palermo), Forlì, Brussels and brought him recognition beyond the Orchestra), deutsches Symphonie- across asia where he performed, classical music realm. Orchester Berlin, Berliner among others, with the china National Symphoniker, hamburger Symphony Orchestra and Guiyang his ability to create enthralling Symphoniker, Schleswig holstein Symphony Orchestra, and the Korean interpretations, his sure sense of Music Festival Orchestra, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra. Viennese classical music from the Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle of great romantics to the music of the Schwerin, Schweriner Philharmonie, he worked together with artists like 20th and 21st century, as well as his hallesche Philharmonie, dresdner andrei Gavrilov, Vladimir Stoupel, mastery of pop and jazz allow for an Philharmonie, Folkwang alexander Zintchenko, christian extraordinary range in which to work Kammerorchester of Essen, Orchester Blackshaw, Pietro Massa, Bernd in. his sensitivity for fine musical der deutschen Oper am rhein, Wdr Glemser, Mira Wang, ulf hoelscher, nuances makes him a much sought Symphony Orchestra cologne, caroline anne Widmann, antje after partner by soloists of every kind. Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe, Weithaas, torsten Janicke, daniel his cd recordings include the world Württembergische Philharmonie Müller-Schott, Jan Vogler, Peter Bruns, premiere of hogo distler’s stage score reutlingen, Schleswig-holsteinische claudio Bohorquez, Michael Sanderling, to Bluebeard by Ludwig tieck and a Sinfonieorchester, Oldenburgische Michael Faust, Sharon Kam, Wolfgang recording of piano concertos by Staatsorchester, Staatskapelle Bytom, Meyer, Matthias Schorn, Otto Sauter, Ferruccio Busoni, while live broadcasts Stettiner Philharmoniker, Orchestra allen Vizzutti, Marie-Luise Neunecker, of his performances include Skriabin’s Sinfonica Siciliana Palermo, Peter Sadlo, and with several ensembles Prometheus with the New Orchestra Bruno Maderna, for example Vogler-Quartett, Kolsimcha Brandenburg concert Evening (dradio Philharmonische chor Brno, Ndr and the Ndr-BigBand.