2018 annual report

“The Music@Menlo festival fills a major summer void in concerts with players from all over who are downright virtuosic.” —ArtsSF Institute activities including master classes and Café Conversa- Mission tions, and extended offerings including AudioNotes, forty-two The mission of Music@Menlo is to engage and sustain an professional musicians, four artist-faculty members, eleven pre- audience for chamber music that is programmed, presented, professional musicians, twenty-nine Young Performers, twenty and performed at the highest level of artistic excellence and -one interns, and thousands of audience members enjoyed ex- to provide deserving young musicians with comprehensive, ploring the flourishing of chamber music across centuries and festival-based educational opportunities. political borders. Overview 2018 Festival Activities Celebrating its sixteenth season in 2018, Music@Menlo is MAIN-STAGE EVENTS an internationally acclaimed summer festival and institute combining world-class chamber music performances, Thematically Organized Chamber Music Concert Programs — unparalleled audience engagement, intensive training for In 2018, Music@Menlo explored some of the most vitally preprofessional musicians, and a variety of activities which important cities in the development of western classical have broadened and enhanced the chamber music music. Beginning the musical voyage in , audiences community of the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. traveled across and to St. Petersburg with a total of ten performances of seven different Concert Programs. As Music@Menlo was founded on the conviction that deep always with Music@Menlo festivals, an expansive variety engagement with great music opens doors to inspiration of chamber works were performed, ranging from Baroque and enlightenment. Such engagement generates connections masterpieces by Bach and Handel to an entirely twentieth- with cultures across ages and continents and cultivates fluency century program of works by Central and Eastern European in new and diverse creative languages. It enhances our under- composers, including the modernist master György Ligeti. standing of Western history, intensifies the enjoyment of well- Vocal works included Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Songs of known works, and increases the appetite for less-familiar music. Travel, performed by Metropolitan Opera tenor Kang Wang, and Dmitry Shostakovich’s From Jewish Folk Poetry. Romantic 2018 Festival Summary: woodwind pieces including Mily Balakirev’s Octet for Winds, Creative Capitals Strings, and Piano, and the Budapest Concert Program also featured the West Coast premiere of a viola impromptu by A city is the embodiment of a civilized society. Throughout Dmitry Shostakovich. The festival closed with Arnold history, cities have enticed our most brilliant, visionary, and Schoenberg’s seminal work of the Second Viennese School, restless souls seeking to pursue artistic destinies in stimu- Verklärte Nacht. lating environments. While the Grand Canyon and Niagara Carte Blanche Concerts — Music@Menlo’s signature recital Falls are indeed natural wonders, great cities are indisputably series, Carte Blanche Concerts are unique performances curated among the most significant achievements of humankind, and performed by some of ’s most renowned works of art in themselves. recitalists and chamber musicians. The 2018 Carte Blanche For the sixteenth season, Creative Capitals, seven iconic cities series began with the brilliant young violinist Paul Huang and served as musical stages: London, Paris, St. Petersburg, Leipzig, pianist performing a sumptuous program of Romantic Berlin, Budapest,and Vienna. Through concerts, Chamber Music violin sonatas alongside Béla Bartók’s Hungarian Folk Tunes.

2018 Annual Report | 2 The Calidore String Quartet then paid homage to Vienna and to the string quartet tradition with a program including Beethoven’s famed Third Razumovsky Quartet, and works by the Expressionist genius Anton Webern. Husband-and-wife duo Dmitri Atapine and Hyeyeon Park performed the third Carte Blanche Concert, a far-reaching program in three parts telling the story of the classical ’s development throughout Europe over nearly two hundred years. Preeminent violist and the outstanding young pianist Michael Brown closed the 2018 Carte Blanche Concerts with an ambitious twentieth-century viola and piano program including works by Penderecki, Bloch and Mana-Zucca. to hone their musical skills through daily ensemble coaching Encounter Series — Encounters, Music@Menlo’s series of and master classes. They attend festival concerts and lectures, multimedia symposia led by classical music’s most renowned interact with large festival audiences, and receive ongoing authorities, add an integral dimension to the Music@Menlo professional mentoring. experience. The 2018 festival’s three Encounters traversed Coaches and Artist-Faculty — The Institute provides Europe, beginning with a talk on London, Paris, and St. students with sustained contact with leading musicians and Petersburg by renowned musicologist and former Metropolitan musicologists. Most artists on the festival’s roster of main-stage Opera Principal Flutist Michael Parloff. Dean of the Juilliard performers instruct and collaborate with students in coaching School Ara Guzelimian then guided audiences around the sessions, master classes, and other activities. music of Leipzig and Berlin, exploring J. S. Bach’s musical legacy as town kapellmeister and Berlin’s rise to cultural significance International Program — Eleven students, with an average age with the arrival of Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart. Following of twenty-four, participated in the 2018 International Program. this exploration of ’s twin musical epicenters, They came to the Institute from prestigious educational archaeologist and scholar John R. Hale gave the final Encounter institutions including the Yale School of Music, the Juilliard lecture: Budapest and Vienna examined the nationalist wave School, New England Conservatory, , fueled by Kodály and others, as well as the separate traditions Peabody Conservatory, and the Curtis Institute of Music. Hailing and aesthetic of the Austrian capital. from , China, Uzbekistan, and the , this year’s young artists have performed with such renowned ensembles as the Brussels Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony. All International Program participants at- tended the Institute at no cost, through generous support pro- vided by contributions to the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund.

Young Performers Program — Twenty-eight students, with an average age of fifteen (twelve of whom were from the San Fran- cisco Bay Area), participated in the Young Performers Program. Through special funding from the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign, thirteen students were provided with partially subsidized hous- ing at the nearby Crowne Plaza Palo Alto Hotel. Thirteen Young Performer families were also awarded full CHAMBER MUSIC INSTITUTE or partial need-based financial support and/or merit-based scholarships from the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund. Thirty-nine conservatory-level performers and promising young musicians, ages eleven to thirty, participated in the 2018 International Program and Young Performers Program of the Chamber Music Institute. The Institute offers an intensive program where gifted students have unparalleled opportunities

2018 Annual Report | 3 ARTS MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM selection of works during the festival and showcases the artist’s work in the festival’s publications. In 2018, works by Uruguayan- Twenty-one college students and recent college graduates born sculptor Gonzalo Fonseca were displayed in Stent Family participated in the 2018 Arts Management Internship Program. Hall and featured in the season’s promotional materials, Interns were trained in all aspects of arts administration including the brochure, program book, and season poster, as including development, event planning and catering, marketing well as on note cards and the Music@Menlo website. Fonseca’s and merchandising, operations, patron services, production, works in quarried and found stone and on paper often reflect the and student services. The interns work side by side with the microcosmic nature of cities and urban landscapes, connecting festival’s staff as highly visible members of the Music@Menlo to the festival’s Creative Capitals theme. team. The internship program is supported in part by the David B. and Edward C. Goodstein Foundation. Volunteer Team — Ninety-two Music@Menlo volunteers assisted with housing festival artists, students, and administrators, ushering COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT at festival programs, and hosting events, as well as customer Chamber Music Institute Concerts: Koret Young Performers relations and other festival operations. Concerts and Prelude Performances (FREE) — Sixteen free Travel Programs — Travel programs offer patrons incomparable afternoon and early evening concerts (three Koret Young insider access to some of the most significant historical and Performers Concerts and thirteen Prelude Performances), cultural landmarks around the world while they enjoy a musical performed by the Chamber Music Institute participants, listening experience like no other. In 2018, Music@Menlo provided ideal points of access to chamber music for families, journeyed to two more extraordinary destinations: London young listeners, and the broader community, with a total and Paris. , Wu Han, and other Music@Menlo combined attendance of over 3,700 across three different musicians performed private concerts at four remarkable venues. venues, including the spectacular Hôtel de Talleyrand, the late- Café Conversations (FREE) — Music@Menlo’s 2018 series of eighteenth-century home of the great French statesman, and discussions led by festival artists and special guests began with the Music Room of composer George Frideric Handel’s London Dean of the Ara Guzelimian looking back at the home. Patrons also enjoyed private museum tours and talks life and work of the eminent violinist and teacher Robert Mann. and fine dining around these cultural epicenters. Violinist Aaron Boyd then explored the Russian Violin School, AudioNotes — These yearly preconcert listener guides featured and the series closed with former Emerson Quartet cellist and musical examples and interviews with performers from the Music@Menlo Artistic Codirector David Finckel taking the 2018 festival and were offered as downloadableMP3 files. All stage alongside the Calidore String Quartet to discuss life in a Audionotes are available on Music@Menlo’s website. professional chamber ensemble.

Master Classes (FREE) — The festival’s artist-faculty led twelve public master classes for piano and strings in 2018. Master classes were also live-streamed during the festival and are available on both Music@Menlo’s website and its Livestream channel. “The bounty of opportunities for listening and

Visual Artist — Each season, Music@Menlo invites a learning is too much for most mortals to take distinguished contemporary visual artist or studio to exhibit a in.” —San Mateo Daily Journal

2018 Annual Report | 4 Music@Menlo LIVE CDs — Recordings of the 2018 season, en- WINTER RESIDENCY AT MENLO SCHOOL gineered and produced by Grammy Award-winning recording In 2018, the fifteenth annual Winter Residency Program at Menlo producer Da-Hong Seetoo, are scheduled for release in January School brought a select group of the festival’s Chamber Music 2019. Music@Menlo’s entire catalogue of LIVE recordings is Institute alumni back to campus to engage with Menlo School also offered online through Amazon, iTunes, and Spotify. faculty and students in a series of unique programs including Video Projects — Twenty-eight festival events were live- eleven classroom presentations and an assembly performance. streamed, including Prelude Performances, Koret Young These programs reached hundreds of Menlo School students Performers Concerts, and other festival educational content. from grades 6–12 all over a six-day period. The Winter Residency A videography team produced videos featuring all facets of musicians also gave four community outreach performances festival happenings, including excerpts of concerts, portraits in different venues and the annual Chamber Music Institute of artist-faculty, student experiences in the Chamber Music Benefit Concert, which raises awareness of and funds for the Institute, and interviews with musicians. Nine feature videos Chamber Music Institute. were produced, and individual views of festival videos have totaled over 50,000 to date.

Radio Distribution — Through a partnership with American Public Media, audiences can hear Music@Menlo performances on nearly three hundred radio stations internationally, which reach more than 1.4 million listeners each week.

Winter Activities 2017–2018 WINTER SERIES The Winter Series began in November with a performance by the Montrose Trio, consisting of virtuoso pianist Jon Kimura Parker and former Tokyo String Quartet members violinist Martin Beaver and cellist Clive Greensmith. They performed a program of Shostakovich, Beethoven, and Brahms that offered a rare opportunity to revel in the youthful craftsmanship of these composers’ first piano trios. In January, the Chamber Music Society of performed a Winter Series program including Brahms’s Gypsy- inspired Hungarian Dances and Dvořák’s beloved Slavonic Dances. Joining Music@Menlo Artistic Codirector pianist Wu Han was a cohort of some of the most exciting young artists on the CMS roster: pianist Michael Brown, violinists Paul Huang and Chad Hoopes, violist Matthew Lipman, and cellist Dmitri Atapine. The series culminated in a dramatically varied program of string quartets by Haydn, Bartók, and Schumann, performed by the Schumann Quartet in its Music@Menlo debut. The quartet “Here was emotive expressiveness that was awarded a Best Newcomers of the Year award by BBC Music entirely broke the boundaries of salon Magazine and has recently performed with Menahem Pressler convention...” —San Francisco at the Berlin Philharmonie, at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and at London’s Wigmore Hall. Classical Voice

2018 Annual Report | 5 Music@Menlo 2018 in Numbers Music@Menlo through the Years

• Music@Menlo’s total audience numbers surpassed • 327 Chamber Music Institute participants have been 11,300, including over 4,000 audience members for immersed in a rigorous exploration of chamber music paid festival events, more than 5,500 attendees at under the tutelage of the Institute’s esteemed artist- free concerts and educational events, 935 audience faculty, including 167 International Program artists and members for the Winter Series, and Menlo School 160 Young Performers Program participants. Winter Residency participants and attendees. In 2018, 30.5 percent of ticket-buying households were first-time • Over 300 artists have come to Music@Menlo from all ticket buyers. over the world to perform in the main-stage concerts, give multimedia Encounter lectures, coach in the • Annual Fund donor participation totaled 376 in 2018; Chamber Music Institute, and work with Menlo School 22 percent of these donors were first-time contributors. students in the annual Winter Residency.

• 296 interns have gained real-world experience from the industry-leading Arts Management Internship Program.

• Since 2003, 107 CDs have been released on the “I have been floored by the quality of the Music@Menlo LIVE label.

performances by teenagers in the Koret • The annual operating budget has increased from Young Performers Concert series and even $445,600 in 2003 to $2.2 million in 2018. more so with their near elders in the • The festival produces over 50 public events each Prelude Performance series.” year, reaching over 13,000 students, musicians, and audience members, with total free-program attendance —San Mateo Daily Journal exceeding 5,000 annually.

2018 Annual Report | 6 2018 Financial Highlights Statement of Financial Position 9/30/18 9/30/17 • $1,182,732 in individual contributions ASSETS to the Annual Fund Cash $893,524 $316,835 • $242,500 in foundation grants Short-Term Investments $1,691,065 $2,267,607 • $29,350 in corporate sponsorships Receivables $348,067 $171,158 • $294,297 in total ticket sales Prepaid Expenses $30,481 $24,664 Fixed Assets, net $47,135 $47,680 Statement of Activities Total Assets $3,010,272 $2,827,944

(Operating) LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 2018 Actual 2017 Actual Liabilities INCOME Accounts Payable $10,351 $13,205 Earned Income $419,693 $421,468 Deferred Revenue $16,257 $32,300 Contributed Income $1,829,725 $1,721,980 Other Accrued Liabilities $524,493 $305,994 Total Income $2,249,418 $2,143,448 Total Liabilities $551,101 $351,499 EXPENSES Programs $1,611,424 $1,569,808 Net Assets Unrestricted Net Assets $1,346,085 $1,286,387 Administration/General $193,357 $214,594 Temporarily Restricted Fundraising $441,070 $358,454 Net Assets $1,113,086 $1,190,058 Total Expenses $2,245,851 $2,142,856 Total Net Assets $2,459,171 $2,476,445 Net Income $3,567 $592 Total Liabilities and Net Assets $3,010,272 $2,827,944

2018 Annual Report | 7 2018 Annual Fund Music@Menlo is grateful to the following individuals and organizations, whose support of the Annual Fund makes the Institute, Festival, and Winter Series possible. Medici Circle Mozart Circle Chris Byrne Petya Hristova Susan Carey Jim & Kathy Johnson ($100,000+) ($5,000–$9,999) Betsy Clinch James Kleinrath & Ann S. Bowers Anonymous George Cogan & Melody Singleton Chandler B. & Lindy Barocchi Fannie Allen Terri Lahey & Steve Smith Oliver A. Evans Kathy & Frederick Baron Mrs. Ralph Dorfman Dr. & Mrs. Michael Link The William and Flora Eileen & Joel Birnbaum Mike & Allyson Ely Dr. Leon Lipson & Hewlett Foundation Susan & Eric Dunn Enterprise Holdings Susan Berman The Martin Family Mark Flegel Foundation Drs. John & Penny Loeb Scott & Carolyn Feamster John Maulbetsch Foundation Betsy & David Fryberger Marilee Gardner Brian P. McCune Mr. Laurance R. Jr. & Mrs. Jennifer Hartzell & Dr. Jay Moon & Kate Kim Carnegie Circle Grace M. Hoagland Donn R. Martin Rudolf & Bernice Moos ($50,000–$99,999) Rosann & Ed Kaz Adele M. Hayutin Mr. G. B. & Howard & Laura Levin Paul & Marcia Ginsburg Mary Page Hufty & Mrs. Marcia W. Norall Gladys & Larry Marks Michael Jacobson & Daniel Alegria Michelle & Laurent Trine Sorensen Gary & Eileen Sunny Kaplan Philonenko George & Camilla Smith Morgenthaler Marianne R. LaCrosse & David & Virginia Pollard Dr. Condoleezza Rice Ihab S. Darwish Ed & Linda Selden Barry & Janet Robbins Vera Luth Art & Sharon Small Esterhazy Circle Andrea & Lubert Stryer William & Muriel McGee Peggy & Art Stauffer ($25,000–$49,999) Ron & Alice Wong Denny McShane & Peter Straus & Jim & Mical Brenzel Brenda & Wade Woodson Rich Gordon Katie Gardella Terri Bullock Elizabeth Wright MIT Community Running Ian & Julia Wall The David B. and Edward C. Club (MITcrc) Michelle Wang & Goodstein Foundation Haydn Circle Holde Muller Yonggang Jin Jerome Guillen & Peter & Liz Neumann ($2,500–$4,999) Jeremy Gallaher Neela Patel Joachim Circle Kay Pauling Leslie Hsu & Rick Lenon Judy & Doug Adams ($250–$499) Koret Foundation Funds Dave & Judy Preves Anne Peck Anonymous (2) Margulf Foundation Anderson The Pegasus Family Enrico & Jane Bernasconi Laurose & Burton* Richter Jeff & Jamie Barnett Foundation John & Lu Bingham U.S. Trust Marda Buchholz Janice & Jeff Pettit Julie & Ellis Brenner Marcia & Hap* Wagner Anne Cheilek & Jonathan B. Phillips Ruth Brill Alexander Klaiber Lee Ramsey & Matthew Alison Campbell Dr. Michael & Mrs. Joanne Barnard Beethoven Circle Tiffany Chao Condie Robert & Shirley Raymer Renee Chevalier ($10,000–$24,999) Maureen & Paul Draper Rossannah & Alan Reeves Robert & Ann Chun Alan & Corinne Barkin Maria & George Erdi Robert & Diane Reid Margo Crabtree & Dan & Kathleen Brenzel Patricia Foster Gordon Russell & Clinton Blount Iris & Paul Brest Earl & Joy Fry Dr. Bettina McAdoo Christine & Frank Currie Hazel Cheilek Harry & Roberta Garland Stephen & Merritt Sawyer Mary Dahlquist Michèle & Larry Corash John R. Hall Ken Schroeder Ann & John Dizikes The Jeffrey Dean & Heidi Kris Klint Armand A. Schwartz Jr. Earl & Barbara Douglass Hopper Family Art & Margy Lim Steven E. Shladover Philip & Jean Eastman David Finckel & Wu Han David Lorey, Dalia Sirkin Leonard & Margaret The Ann and Gordon Getty in memory of Jim Lorey Jim & Mary Smith Edwards Foundation Joan Mansour In memory of Michael Lynn Ellington Sue & Bill Gould William Reller Steinberg Edward & Linda Ericson Kathleen G. Henschel & Nancy & Norm Rossen David & Mary Alice Shelley Floyd & John W. Dewes Alice J. Sklar Thornton Albert Loshkajian The Meta Lilienthal Edward & Kathy Sweeney Ellen & Mike Turbow Bruce & Marilyn Fogel Scholarship Fund Hal & Jan Thomas Neil & Ruth Foley Mary Lorey Edwin & Kathe Williamson Caruso Circle The Frank Family Drs. Michael & Jane Janet & David Wilson, ($500–$999) S. Robert & Marmor/Marmor in honor of Jim Sarah W. Freedman Foundation & Kit Mitchell Anonymous (2) Lawrence & Betsy Morgenthaler Susan & David Young Carl Baum & Leah Friedman Bill & Paula Powar Annie McFadden Gladys R. Garabedian Abe & Marian Sofaer Janice Boelke Bach Circle Gerry H. Goldsholle & Melanie & Ron Wilensky Anne Dauer Myra K. Levenson Peter & Georgia ($1,000–$2,499) Miriam DeJongh Jo & John De Luca Mr. Ulrich Herberg Windhorst Anonymous (2) Thomas & Ellen Ehrlich David & Jane Hibbard Marilyn Wolper Millie & Paul Berg Joan & Allan Fisch Clarice & Dale Horelick Charlotte & David Jim Hagan, in memory of Andrea G. Julian Biegelsen Linda J. Hagan Nina Kulgein Dr. & Mrs. Melvin C. Elsa & Raymond Heald Lucille Lee Britton David Heintz Joan & Philip Leighton Joan Brodovsky * = Deceased

2018 Annual Report | 8 Shirley-Lee Mhatre Carol & Mac MacCorkle Mike Keating The Jewish Community Frances & John Morse Robert March & Dr. Jean P. Kirsch Federation and Joan Norton Lisa Lawrence Dr. Leonid Kitainik Endowment Fund Monika & Raul Perez Lisa Marsh Cynthia & Kimberly The Marin Community Allen & Joyce Phipps Carol Masinter Klustner Foundation Annie E. Rohan Melanie Mauldin Mira Kosenko Schwab Charitable Fund Amir & Nicole Rubin Kirk McKenzie Joan Larrabee The Benn & Eva Sah James McKeown Mrs. Jiyoung Lee Community Foundation Elizabeth M. Salzer Sally Mentzer Peter Levins & Rick Trushel Phyllis & Jeffrey Scargle David Morandi Ilona Magyary Susan Southworth Barbara Newton Marina Makarenko In-Kind Contributions Elizabeth Trueman & John Nuechterlein Sheila Mandel Adeline Coffee Raymond Perrault Stephen Paniagua Janet McLaughlin Cocola Bakery Dr. George & Bay Westlake Ms. Gail Peerless Vineet Mehta Eric’s Gourmet Food and Sallie & Jay Whaley P. Porter & S. Browning Ms. Sramana Mitra Catering Lyn & Greg Wilbur Kathryn Pryor Ms. Mary Munter Freewheel Brewery Jane Fowler Wyman Susan D. Reich Merla Murdock Grocery Outlet Bargain Damon Schechter Mr. Seiji Naiki Market Paganini Circle Charlotte Scheithauer Alan Ni Hobee’s Market Birgit Schettler Louise & Lee Patch The Milk Pail Market ($100–$249) Gerry* & Coco Ms. Shauna Pickett- Peet’s Coffee and Tea Anonymous Schoenwald Gordon Robert’s Market Carole Alexander Elizabeth & Curt Schulze Leah Rider Safeway Matthew & Marcia Allen Kenneth Seeman, M.D. Steve & Cindy Rowe Starbucks Leslie & Dan Armistead Dr. George W. Simmonds Daniel Rubin & Sultana Turkish- Clay & Nancy Bavor & Garnet L. Spielman Lina Swisher Mediterranean Kitchen Donna Bestock Ethan Mickey Spiegel Dr. Mark G. Saifer Total Wine & More Stephen & Cathy Biagini Madeleine Stovel Lorraine & Gerard Seelig Trader Joe’s Melanie Bieder & William Tankersley Joan & Paul Segall, Urban Botanica Dave Wills Les Thompson & in memory of Norman The Willows Market Kaye Bishop Freda Hofland Lezin and friends Arnold & Barbara Bloom Carol & Hal Toppel Judith & Donald Shernock Hotel Sponsor Catherine Bolger In memory of Mr. Basil Shikin Mark Boslet Electra van Bragt In memory of Dr. Alan Music@Menlo is grateful for the sup- Lillian Brewer Lynn Wendell Sklar port of the Crowne Plaza Palo Alto, Laurel Brobst Dr. & Mrs. Charles Phil & Carolyn Spiegel and Stanford Park Hotel. Julie Buckley Whitney Alois Joseph Strnad Benjamin Burr Kathy Wong Li-Teh Teng Restaurant Partner Joanne & Peter Carey Weldon & Carol Wong Mr. Peng Tu J. Anne Carlson Lucy L. Ullman Music@Menlo is proud to partner with Armando Castellano Friends Joan Urquhart LB Steak / Left Bank Brasserie. Mr. & Mrs. William C. Margrit & Jack Vanderryn (Gifts up to $99) Chace Barbara Wagger City of Menlo Park Alfonso & Susan Chang Anonymous Mr. Richard Waltonsmith Music@Menlo is grateful to the Constance Crawford J. M. Abel William Welch City of Menlo Park for its support of Ms. Jean Dana Jay Bergman Kris Yenney our performances at the Center for Marge & Jim Dean Mr. George Bunting Patricia Yeung Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton. Ken & Sue Dinwiddie Christine Cheeks Mr. David Yost Robert & Loretta Dorsett Gregory Cheung Jose Yulo Edma Dumanian Dr. Peter Deutsch Mr. Rick Zinman Menlo School Melissa Eddy Andrew Doty Music@Menlo would like to extend Alan M. Eisner Anne Ercolani Matching Gifts special thanks to Head of School Than Jane Enright Mary MacConnell Ferry Apple Matching Gift Healy, the Board of Trustees, faculty, Tom & Nancy Fiene Robert Flanagan & Program staff, students, and the entire Menlo John & Florine Galen Susan Mendelsohn Bristol-Myers Squibb School community for their continuing Marianne Gerson Jan & Ann Gazenbeek Foundation Matching enthusiasm and support. Paul Goldstein & Jo R. Gilbert Gift Program Dena Mossar Larry Gordon Chevron Humankind Marjory & George Bina Guerrieri Matching Gift Program Greenwald Minghua Guo Google Matching Gift Dr. Donald E. Grimes Jim Harmon Program Edie & Gabe Groner Jane Harris The William and Flora Marc Henderson & Jerrol Harris, in memory Hewlett Foundation Sue Swezey of Gerry IBM Matching Grants Diana & Walter Jaye Schoenwald Program Rita Keleta Rory Hartong-Redden Intel Matching Gifts Susan Kinloch Harry & Susan Hartzell Program Betsy Koester Shaun Hestrin Microsoft Matching Hilda Korner Bill Hitt Gifts Program Barton Lane In honor of Leslie Hsu & Jean Bernard & Rick Lenon Elisabeth Le Pecq Claire Hwang Community Foundations Henry & Jane Lesser Kristin Anne Jackson and Donor-Advised Funds Jennifer Lezin Steven Jeffries The Fidelity Charitable Marjorie Lin Linda & Charles Jordan Gift Fund Lindy Lo William Kamin The Goldman Sachs Carol & Harry Louchheim Mrs. Stella Karras Philanthropy Fund Harvey Lynch Stephanie Katz 2018 Annual Report | 9 The Music@Menlo Fund Music@Menlo is grateful to the following individuals and organizations for their gifts to the Music@Menlo Fund through bequests and planned gifts, the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign, and other designated contributions. Leadership Circle Mary Lorey Michael Feldman Gifts under $100 Carol & Mac MacCorkle Tom & Nancy Fiene ($100,000+) Lawrence Markosian & Bruce & Marilyn Fogel Anonymous (3) Anonymous Deborah Baldwin Lawrence & Leah Friedman Susan Berman The Estate of Avis Aasen-Hull Gladys & Larry Marks Lulu & Larry Frye, in honor of Veronica Breuer Ann S. Bowers Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor/ Eff & Patty Martin Marjorie Cassingham Chandler B. & Oliver A. Evans Marmor Foundation Rose Green Constance Crawford Paul & Marcia Ginsburg Brian P. McCune Edie & Gabe Groner David Fox & Kathy Wosika Michael Jacobson & Carol & Doug Melamed Jerome Guillen Sandra Gifford Trine Sorensen Nancy & DuBose Montgomery Helen & Gary* Harmon Andrew Goldstein The Martin Family Foundation George* & Holde Muller Elsa & Raymond Heald Laura Green Bill & Lee Perry Music@Menlo Chamber Music Erin L. Hurson Barbara Gullion & Franck Avril Institute Faculty Members, The Jewish Community Federation Jennifer Hartzell & Donn R. Martin $10,000–$99,999 2010–2012 and Endowment Fund Margaret Harvey Linda & Stuart Nelson, in honor of Melissa Johnson Mark Heising Anonymous David Finckel & Wu Han Andrea G. Julian Abe Klein Darren H. Bechtel Rebecca & John Nelson Meredith Kaplan Hiroko Komatsu Jim & Mical Brenzel Shela & Kumar Patel Dr. Ronald & Tobye Kaye Amy Laden Iris & Paul Brest Anne Peck Yeuen Kim & Tony Lee Marcia Lowell Leonhardt Terri Bullock Bill & Paula Powar Susan & Knud Knudsen Carol & Harry Louchheim Michèle & Larry Corash Robert & Diane Reid Hilda Korner Ben Mathes Karen & Rick DeGolia Laurose & Burton* Richter Mimi & Alex Kugushev James E. McKeown The David B. and Edward C. Barry & Janet Robbins Daniel Lazare Janet McLaughlin Goodstein Foundation Annie E. Rohan Joan & Philip Leighton Michael Mizrahi, in honor of Sue & Bill Gould Barry Rosenbaum & Lois & Paul Levine Ann Bowers Libby & Craig Heimark Eriko Matsumoto Raymond Linkerman & Merla Murdock Kathleen G. Henschel Gordon Russell & Dr. Bettina McAdoo Carol Eisenberg Joan Norton Leslie Hsu & Rick Lenon Schwab Charitable Fund Drs. John & Penny Loeb Rossannah & Alan Reeves Michael J. Hunt & Joanie Banks-Hunt Bill & Joan Silver David E. Lorey, in memory of Shirley Reith The Kaz Foundation, in memory of Jim & Mary Smith Jim Lorey Nancy & Norm Rossen Steve Scharbach Abe & Marian Sofaer Susie MacLean Ed & Linda Selden Jeehyun Kim Edward & Kathy Sweeney Frank Mainzer & Lonnie Zwerin Helena & John Shackleton The Marin Community Foundation Vivian Sweeney Robert March & Lisa Lawrence Charlotte Siegel Hugh Martin Ellen & Mike Turbow Valerie J. Marshall Alice Smith William F. Meehan III Joe & Anne Welsh Sally Mentzer, in memory of Denali St. Amand Besty Morgenthaler Peter & Georgia Windhorst Myrna Robinson and Misa & Tatsuyuki Takada Dr. Condoleezza Rice Elizabeth Wright Lois Crozier Hogle Margaret Wunderlich The Shrader-Suriyapa Family Frank Yang Ellen Mezzera Chris Ziegler The Silicon Valley Community Bill Miller & Ida Houby Foundation $100–$999 In memory of Lois Miller Matching Gifts In memory of Michael Steinberg Thomas & Cassandra Moore The Abbott Fund Matching Marcia & Hap* Wagner Anonymous (3) Peter & Liz Neumann Grant Plan Melanie & Ronald Wilensky Matthew & Marcia Allen Neela Patel Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Marilyn & Boris* Wolper Alan & Corinne Barkin Lynn & Oliver Pieron Program Millie & Paul Berg David & Virginia Pollard The William and Flora Hewlett $1,000–$9,999 Mark Berger & Candace DeLeo Ann Ratcliffe Foundation Melanie Bieder & Dave Wills Hana Rosenbaum Anonymous (3) John & Lu Bingham Sid & Susan Rosenberg IBM Matching Grants Program Judy & Doug Adams Bill Blankenburg Elizabeth Salzer Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Eileen & Joel Birnbaum Jocelyn & Jerome Blum Birgit & Daniel Schettler Kathleen & Dan Brenzel Joan Brodovsky Elaine & Thomas Schneider Dr. & Mrs. Melvin C. Britton Marda Buchholz Gerry & Coco Schoenwald Sherry Keller Brown Louise Carlson & Richard Larrabee Nancy G. Schrier* Chris Byrne Malkah & Donald* Carothers Armand A. Schwartz Jr. Patrick Castillo Hazel Cheilek Steven E. Shladover Jo & John De Luca Dr. Denise Chevalier Judy & Lee Shulman Delia Ehrlich Sandra & Chris Chong Edgar Simons Mike & Allyson Ely Robert & Ann Chun Alice Sklar Scott & Carolyn Feamster Alison Clark Betty Swanson Suzanne Field & Nicholas Smith Betsy & Nick* Clinch Barbara Tam David Finckel & Wu Han Neal & Janet Coberly Golda Tatz Joan & Allan Fisch Norm & Susan Colb Isaac Thompson Earl & Joy Fry Jacqueline M. & Robert H. Cowden Jana & Mark Tuschman Betsy & David Fryberger Anne Dauer Jack & Margrit Vanderryn Karen & Ned Gilhuly Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Dr. George & Bay Westlake Laura & Peter Haas Miriam DeJongh Sallie & Jay Whaley Adele M. Hayutin Edma Dumanian Lyn & Greg Wilbur Jewish Family and Children’s Services Leonard & Margaret Edwards Bryant & Daphne Wong Kris Klint Thomas & Ellen Ehrlich Ronald & Alice Wong Margy & Art Lim, in memory of Alan M. Eisner Myrna Robinson, Don DeJongh, Sherrie & Wallace Epstein * = Deceased and Pat Blankenburg Maria & George Erdi 2018 Annual Report | 10 Intern and Chamber Music Institute Alumni Updates (as of September 30, 2018) For more updates, please visit our website.

Congratulations to three International Program alumni who participated in In August, pianist Zhenni Li (International Program ’17) was featured on the the 2018 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis: Stella Chen (’16), list of Best of New Classical Releases on Spotify for her album Mélancholie Shannon Lee (’16) and Boson Mo (’15). Shannon advanced to the semifinal featuring works by Lourié, Bartók, and Schumann. round and was named the Sixth Place Laureate. Violinists Jennifer Liu (International Program ’12) and Suliman Tekalli Pianist Kevin Ahfat (International Program ’17) was named one of “Thirty (International Program ’15) have joined Ensemble Connect, a program Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under Age Thirty” by CBC Music. of , the Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in Kevin recently moved back to his native Toronto to begin a Rebanks partnership with the Department of Education. The two-year Fellowship at the Glenn Gould School, where he has formed a trio with fellowship will end in 2020. violinist Danny Koo (International Program ’17) and cellist Richard Narroway (International Program ’13). Beginning in the 2018–19 academic year, violist Matthew Lipman (International Program ’11) is Artist-in-Residence at . Isaac Allen and Angela Choong (both alums of the International Program ’08) welcomed their son, Ari Oliver Choong Allen, in late December 2017. (International Program ’03) has been appointed Isaac and Angela, along with violinist Bram Goldstein (International Director of Innovation and Program Development at the Music Academy Program ’08) are members of the Hausmann Quartet, currently in residence of the West beginning in August 2018. Kevin also received the “Forty Under at San Diego State University’s School of Music and Dance. Forty” award at Stony Brook University. Pianist Michael Brown (International Program ’10) was named a 2018 Violinist Sean Mori (Young Performers Program ’15) was a semifinalist in Emerging Artist by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. the 2018 Yehudi Menuhin Competition, which took place in Geneva in April 2018. Violist DJ Cheek (International Program ’15) was appointed Principal Viola of the Jacksonville Symphony in January 2018. Violist Rosemary Nelis (Young Performers Program ’08–’12) is now a graduate student at the Juilliard School, studying with Misha Amory and In July, Brannon Cho (International Program ’17) led a master class and gave Roger Tapping. a recital at the International Cello Institute at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Shannon Reilly (Stage Manager Intern ’11) was appointed Resident Stage Manager and Associate Producer at the Berkeley Playhouse this past January. Violinist Jinjoo Cho (International Program ’14) has joined the prestigious faculty of McGill University’s Schulich School of Music beginning August Pianist Mika Sasaki (International Program ’15) has joined Ensemble 2018. Mélange, a New York City–based ensemble that performs everything from Classical, Romantic, jazz, and Broadway to original arrangements, with Miki-Sophia Cloud (International Program ’11) received the 2018 Eric Sun a focus on musical outreach to the local community, including in under- – Karen Law Vuillaume Fellowship from the Tarisio Trust. For two years, served schools. Miki will be loaned a violin made by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume previously owned by Silicon Valley engineer and violinist Eric Sun, who tragically passed Camden Shaw (Young Performers Program ’05 and ’06, International away in November of 2017. Miki is a member of the New York–based Solera Program ’12) and his colleagues in the Dover Quartet have been named Quartet and has also served on the teaching faculty of Dartmouth College. Quartet-in-Residence at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The three-year residency will include performances on the KC Jukebox series Jorena de Pedro (Production Intern ’11) is Ticket Services Manager at and various educational outreach efforts. La Jolla Music Society. Cellist Jonathan Swensen (Young Performers Program ’10 and ’11) won First Erin (Shum) Friscia (Student Liaison Intern ’11) has relocated to Sacramento, Prize in the Khachaturian International Cello Competition in June 2018. California, as of June 2018, where she is Development and Alumni Relations Jonathan is the son of violinist, conductor, and Music@Menlo artist Joseph Coordinator at the UC Davis School of Law. Swensen. Violinist/violist Mario Gotoh (International Program ’10), who most recently On October 28, pianist Daniel Tan (Young Performers Program ’15 and ’18) has been performing on tour with the Grammy Award-winning Silk Road performed at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall in the New York International Ensemble, received a “Forty Under Forty” award at Stony Brook University. Artists Competition Winners Showcase event. Mario was invited to teach at the 2018 Youth Music Culture Guangdong workshop in Guangdong Province (China), which took place in January. In January 2018, violinist Suliman Tekalli (International Program ’15) joined the classical programming committee for the Timucua Arts Foundation, a In August, cellist Alexander Hersh (International Program ’17) launched a fast-growing destination and hub for arts and culture in downtown Orlando, new concert series entitled Nexus Chamber Music . Nexus offers Florida. first-class musical events in unconventional venues in and around the city of Chicago. After completing a five-month internship as Executive Director Intern at Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Lesley Warren (Development Intern ’17) has Katie Howard (Publications Intern ’10) is now Director of Regional started a new position as Development Director at the Children’s Chorus Marketing at First Republic Bank. of Greater Dallas. Violist Katharina Kang (International Program ’14) is Principal Violist of the Cellist Han Bin Yoon (International Program ’15) has launched the Brussels New York City Ballet Orchestra. Another familiar face in the viola section is Cello Festival in Brussels, Belgium. Han Bin serves as Artistic Director of Katarzyna Bryla-Weiss (International Program ’13). the Belgium Cello Society ASBL, a new initiative to organize, promote, and support cello playing in Belgium. Pianist Rachel Kudo (International Program ’12) received First Prize at the Leipzig International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in July. Areta Zhulla (International Program ’08 and ’09) has joined the Juilliard Rachel reports, “The entire experience was so heartwarming, and it only String Quartet as first violinist as of September 2018. She succeeded strengthens my belief that music has the most unique ability to console, violinist Joseph Lin, who stepped down at the end of the 2017–18 season. sustain, and inspire us to grow and bond together.” Along with the other members of the quartet, Areta is also a full-time faculty member at the Juilliard School. Violinist Tessa Lark (International Program ’12) was named a recipient of a 2018 Borletti-Buitoni Fellowship from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, intended to provide assistance for the advancement of musical careers across a broad range of projects. Tessa is among fifteen exceptional young artists from around the world to receive an award. 2018 Annual Report | 11 Special Thanks Music@Menlo is made possible by a leadership grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Additional support provided by Koret Foundation Funds, the Margulf Foundation, U.S. Trust, and the many individuals and organizations that share the festival’s vision.

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