10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON CELEBRATION EVENT BEETHOVEN, BUBBLY & BALL GOWNS SUN / APR 15 / 4:00 PM Ilya Itin, piano Kateřina Englichová, harp Robert Davidovici, violin Antonio Lysy, cello Benefiting Arts Education & Community Programs at The Broad Stage. Barbara Herman, honorary chair There will be no intermission. 26 MAR/APR 2018 PROGRAM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Danse sacrée et danse profane (Englichová, Itin) Max Bruch (1838-1920) Kol Nidre for cello and harp (Lysy, Englichová) Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Tzigane (Davidovici, Itin) Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65 Allegro ma non troppo Allegretto grazioso Poco Adagio Finale - Allegro con brio (Itin, Davidovici, Lysy) BIOS to wide ranging repertoire. “I’d go to hear him play the phonebook,” remarked ILYA ITIN, piano, is revered for his unique BBC TV critic Ian Burnside. Itin has artistry by audiences throughout the performed with many of the world’s great world. Playing to sold out houses in conductors, including Sir Simon Rattle, Japan and the US, he is known for his Neemi Jarvi, Christoph von Dohnanyi, extraordinary range, power, quality of Yakov Kreizberg, Vassily Sinaisky, sound and command of the piano. His Valery Polyansky and Mikhail Pletnev Princeton recital was singled out by the performing as soloist with orchestras, Philadelphia Inquirer as a “top ten musical including the Cleveland Orchestra, the moment of the year,” and The New York St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Tokyo Times described him as: “…a brilliantly Symphony, the National Symphony, the insightful pianist who offered a superb London Philharmonic, the China National recital.” Since capturing the Gold Medal, Symphony, the Symphony Orchestra of BBC Audience Award and Contemporary India, the Mexico City Philharmonic and Music Prize at the 1996 Leeds International the Rochester Philharmonic. Piano Competition, Itin has performed throughout the world bringing his Much lauded for his chamber music powerful musical imagination and mastery collaborations with colleagues and friends MAR/APR 2018 VISIT THEBROADSTAGE.ORG 27 in the US, Europe and Asia, he recently went on to graduate from the Moscow performed Beethoven’s Archduke Trio Conservatory with the highest honors in in New York with the Jupiter Chamber 1990 working with legendary teacher Lev Players followed by a recital of the Naumov. Itin won his first major piano complete Brahms Sonatas in Tokyo competition while at the Conservatory, with violinist Fuminori Maro Shinozaki. taking second place in the 1990 Russian He has made numerous recordings of National Rachmaninov Competition. Soon chamber music, including Beethoven’s after, he won top honors in the William “Spring” Sonata, Brahms Viola Sonata, Kapell Competition, followed by First Martinu Double Violin Sonata and Piazzola Prize and the Special Chopin Prize at Spring/Autumn in Buenos Aires, with Igor the Casadesus Competition (Cleveland Gruppmann, violin and Vesna Gruppmann, Competition) and the Best Performance viola/violin. Itin has also recorded a full of a Work of Mozart, Best Prokofiev recital with legendary violinist Ida Haendel Performance, and Third Prize at the at the Miami International Piano Festival. Gina Bachauer Competition. Itin is on The 2015-2016 season saw the release the teaching faculties of the Musashino of his newest recording of the complete Academy in Tokyo, the Academy of the Debussy Preludes on vinyl and high Miami International Piano Festival and definition audio. His Princeton recital in the Golandsky Institute at Princeton July 2015 was also released as a state of University. He has also taught in the the art high definition recording of the piano departments of the Juilliard School live performance. It featured beloved prep and college divisions, Peabody works of Rachmaninov and Scriabin. Conservatory and the Graduate Program Itin’s DVD of the “Russian Marathon” at CUNY. Itin resides in Tokyo, Japan, concerts at the Miami International and New York City where he maintains a Piano Festival was also recorded live in private teaching studio. one day, and included all 24 Preludes of Rachmaninov, and Prokofiev’s 7th and KATEŘINA ENGLICHOVÁ, harp, is one 8th Sonatas. Other recordings include of the most sought after Czech harpists Beethoven’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the of her generation and a fresh recipient Jerusalem Camerata on the JDR label, and of the Prague Classic Award 2018. She Prokofiev’s 6th Sonata with Mussorgsky’s has performed all over Europe, North Pictures at an Exhibition on VAI. Itin is America, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and also a much sought after teacher giving New Zealand. She has collaborated with regular master classes throughout Japan, artists such as Mstislav Rostropovitch, in Princeton, Miami and New York. His Josef Suk, Gerard Causee, Cynthia Phelps, students include winners of top prizes Carol Wincenc, Michel Lethiec, Eugenia in international competitions, and Zukerman, Robert Stallman and Michael highest awards at the most competitive Kofler, and with many ensembles including conservatories of the US and Japan. the Skampa Quartet, the Prazak Quartet, Born in Yekaterinburg, Russia, his piano the Haas Quartet, Ensemble Inégal and studies began at the Sverdlovsk School Prague Philharmonic Choir. for the Gifted with Natalia Litvinova. He 28 MAR/APR 2018 She has performed at numerous Her recording (Jolivet, Pierné, D´Indy, international festivals such as Tanglewood Francaix) with Carlo Jans and the Martinů and the Tucson Music Festival in the USA; Quartet received the Supersonic Award. Music by the Red Sea in Israel; Pacific She was a part of the recording of the Music Festival in Japan; Rencontres “Cosí fan flauti” project of American Musicales d’Evian and Festival d’Ile de Flutist Robert Stallman, with whom she France; Carintische Sommer; Festival recorded the Mozart Double Concerto. Mitte Europa; and in the Czech Republic The CD was very highly praised by at Prague Spring, Prague Autumn, Dvořák’s critics and was selected as the CD of Prague, Festival B. Martinu and many the month on several classical radio others. In October 2018 she will be serving stations throughout North America. In in the Jury of the Israel Harp Competition. 2016 she released her solo album Musica Ms. Englichová made her American recital per arpa, where she introduced some debut in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New unknown Czech compositions as well York in 1998. Her debut with the Czech as new premiere works written for her Philharmonic Orchestra took place in connection with Britten’s Suite. She in January 2008. Other distinguished has performed with American flutist venues where she has played include the Carol Wincenc, pianist Martin Kasik and Beethoven Saal in Bonn, Chamber Music oboist Vilem Veverka, with whom she Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic, Auditorio also launched her last CD Impressions in Nacional de Musica de Madrid, the 2017. They introduced music by Debussy, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the City Hall a new adaptation of Ravel’s Tombeau de of Hong Kong and many others. She has Couprin for Oboe and Harp by Otomar appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Kvech and premiered works by the Czech the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Composer Lubos Sluka. Her recording Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, the of Britten’s Ceremony of Carols with the Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra, Prague Children Philharmonic Choir was the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, the selected as the CD of the month (January Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prague 2017). She is currently preparing her new Chamber Philharmonia, the Brandenburg recording with Soprano Kateřina Kněžíková Symphony Orchestra and many others. to be released at the end of the year 2018. Ms. Englichová often initiates new works Ms. Englichová worked with conductors by contemporary composers such as Jiri such as Leonard Bernstein, Riccardo Muti, Gemrot, Zdenek Lukas, Eric Sessler, Lubos Wolfgang Sawallish, Simon Rattle and Sluka, Jindrich Feld, Sylvie Bodorova, others, with Claudio Abbado (in GMJO) Patrick Zimmerli, Christopher Coleman and as a soloist with Zdenek Macal, Jiri and others. Belohlavek, Ondrej Kukal, Heiko Matthias Forster, Jan Talich, Marek Stilec, Veiga Ms. Englichová has been heard as a soloist Jardim, Jakub Hrusa and Pietari Inkinen, or chamber musician on more than 40 to name just a few. discs with labels such as Supraphon, Harmonia Mundi, Discover International, Ms. Englichová won the Pro Musicis New World, Exton Japan and Arco Diva. International Award, 1st prize in the MAR/APR 2018 VISIT THEBROADSTAGE.ORG 29 Torneo International Competition in Italy, Ms. Englichová has been the Face of the Prague Radio Broadcast Competition, cosmetic company Avon Czech Republic– Concerto Soloists Competition in in a campaign against breast cancer. Philadelphia, Vienna Music Competition, www.englichova.cz E.Herbert-Hobin Harp Competition Youtube/katerinaenglichova in USA, and the Laureate Prize of the Facebook/katerinaenglichova Chamber Music Society of the Czech Philharmonic. In January 2018 she ROBERT DAVIDOVICI, violin, is acclaimed recieved the Prague Classical Award in the United States, Canada, Europe, together with Soprano Katerina Knezikova South America, Australia and Asia as a for their program of Britten, Janáček, virtuoso in concerto, recital and chamber Martinů and Bodorová. music performances who combines Ms. Englichová studied at the Prague spectacular technique, wide-ranging Conservatoire, the Curtis Institute of repertoire, and magnificent artistry with Music in Philadelphia, (she