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PORTALS TIM FAIN, VIOLIN FEBRUARY 21, 2019 BOARD OF PROGRAM BOOK CONTACT DIRECTORS CREDITS US James Reel Arizona Friends of Editor President Chamber Music Jay Rosenblatt Post Office Box 40845 Paul Kaestle Tucson, Arizona 85717 Vice-President Contributors Robert Gallerani Phone: 520-577-3769 Joseph Tolliver Holly Gardner Email: [email protected] Program Director Nancy Monsman Website: arizonachambermusic.org Helmut Abt Jay Rosenblatt Recording Secretary James Reel Operations Manager Cathy Anderson Wes Addison Advertising Treasurer Paul Kaestle USHERS Philip Alejo Allan Tractenberg Nancy Bissell Barry & Susan Austin Kaety Byerley Design Lidia DelPiccolo Laura Cásarez Openform Susan Fifer Michael Coretz Marilee Mansfield Dagmar Cushing Printing Elaine Orman Bryan Daum West Press Susan Rock Robert Garrett Jane Ruggill Marvin Goldberg Barbara Turton Joan Jacobson Diana Warr Juan Mejia Maurice Weinrobe & Trudy Ernst Jay Rosenblatt Elaine Rousseau VOLUNTEERS Randy Spalding Paul St. John Cory Aaland George Timson Dana Deeds Leslie Tolbert Beth Daum Beth Foster Bob Foster Marvin Goldberg Eddy Hodak Marie-France Isabelle Hal Myers Traudi Nichols Allan Tractenberg Diane Tractenberg 2 FROM THE PRESIDENT For a couple of years we’ve been reminding people Much of that lies within the music itself, whether again and again that this series’ name is “NOW through the Minimalist approach of Philip Glass, the Music,” not “NEW Music.” It’s about what’s rich romanticism of Lev Zhurbin’s Sicilienne, or the happening today, in terms of young artists and new neo-ragtime of William Bolcom’s Graceful Ghost. thinking about presentation, all revolving around Some of the communication, though, comes via the chamber music written from the days of powdered multimedia elements in tonight’s show—and I use wigs to the days of the man bun. the word “show” instead of the more conservative “concert” because Tim Fain, as you’re about to see, is But here we are tonight, with exactly what some so much more than the usual stand-and-deliver people have thought this series was all along: violin soloist. a program devoted entirely to new music. If tonight’s extravaganza intrigues you, please join us If you’re new to the world of the Arizona Friends of April 18 for the piano duo ZOFO, presenting fifteen Chamber Music, welcome! But if you’ve been with brand-new pieces played against an ever-changing us for a while, I hope you’ve discovered from our mix backdrop of the artworks that inspired them. We of classics and contemporary music that our new hope the music and images will also inspire you. material is never about audience alienation. It’s about the many ways the composer and performer can communicate with and captivate the audience. JAMES REEL President 3 PORTALS – TIM FAIN, VIOLIN FEBRUARY 21, 2019 Portals TIM FAIN A multi-media exploration of longing and connection in the digital age With his adventuresome spirit and vast musical gifts, Avery Fisher Career Grant-winning violinist Tim Tim Fain, Producer & Creative Director Fain was seen on screen and heard on the Grammy- Kate Hackett, Co-Producer & Film Direction nominated soundtrack of the hit filmBlack Swan, Benjamin Millepied, Choreography and gave “voice” to the violin of the lead character in & Dance Films Direction the hit film12 Years a Slave, as he did with Richard Leonard Cohen, Text Gere’s violin in the filmBee Season. Recipient of Tim Fain, violin the Young Concert Artists International Award, his engagements include appearances as soloist with Performances by the Baltimore Symphony, Marin Alsop conducting, Appearing on screen: Brooklyn, Hague and Mexico City Philharmonics, Nicholas Britell, piano Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Maryland and Cincinnati Fred Child, actor Chamber Symphonies, Mostly Mozart Festival; and Craig Black, dancer recitals including the Ravinia Festival, Kennedy Julia Eichten, dancer Center, Concertgebouw, Boston’s Gardner Museum, Haylee Nichele, dancer Mexico’s Festival de Musica de Camera, Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Carmel Mozart Society, and New Administration York’s 92nd Street Y. He has toured with Musicians Elizabeth Dworkin, Executive Producer from Marlboro, appeared at the Chamber Music KANEKO, Film Producer Society of Lincoln Center, and Spoleto, Ravinia, and Cat Deakins, Director of Photography Santa Fe Festivals; and continues to tour the globe in François-Pierre Couture, Film Production a duo-recital program with Philip Glass. Equally at Designer, KANEKO home in virtually all genres of music, he is a fervent Jacob Rubin, Editor, Spoken Word champion of 20th- and 21st-century composers. Roderick Murray, Lighting Designer Producer His solo multi-media evening Portals continues to Dworkin & Company, Public Relations tour throughout the world, and he looks forward to Samuel Ho, Web Design Portals 2, an orchestral version with composer Kate Hackett’s films were shot in Omaha at Derek Bermel. KANEKO, on location in New York, and at the Mr. Fain has collaborated with such luminaries residence of Robert and Karen Duncan. Benjamin as Pinchas Zukerman, Richard Goode, Jean-Yves Millepied’s films were shot at Copland House at Thibaudet, Mitsuko Uchida, and appeared onstage Merestead, Mt. Kisco, NY. with the New York City Ballet, performing alongside Special Thanks to the following Publishers: the dancers in the acclaimed premiere of Benjamin AJKMusic/AMP, Dunvagen Music, Bill Holab Millepied’s Double Aria. His discography includes Music, E. B. Marks. The use of excerpts from Arches, River of Light (Naxos), and The Concerto Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs is by Project IV (Orange Mountain Music). He performs permission of McClelland & Stewart. Copyright on a violin made by Francesco Gobetti, Venice 1717, © 1993 Leonard Cohen. the “Moller,” on extended loan from Clement and Karen Arrison through the generous efforts of the Copland House is the non-profit fiscal sponsor Stradivari Society of Chicago. of Portals. 4 NOW MUSIC SERIES PORTALS PROGRAM PHILIP GLASS (b. 1937) Partita for Solo Violin LEONARD COHEN (1934–2016) Opening Prologue Morning Song Dance No. 1 Fred Child, actor Chaconne Part 1 Dance No. 2 LEV ZHURBIN (b. 1978) Evening Song Chaconne Part 2 Sicilienne Tim Fain, violin Tim Fain, violin Nicholas Britell, piano LEONARD COHEN (1934–2016) NICO MUHLY (b. 1981) Spoken Word III Honest Music Fred Child, actor Nico Muhly, electronic instruments WILLIAM BOLCOM (b. 1938) Tim Fain, live and pre-recorded violin Valgeir Sigurðsson, producer, electronic track Graceful Ghost Rag Tim Fain, LEONARD COHEN (1934–2016) violin Nicholas Britell, piano Spoken Word I KEVIN PUTS (b. 1972) Fred Child, actor Arches AARON JAY KERNIS (b. 1960) Tim Fain, violin Air Tim Fain, violin This evening’s concert Nicholas Britell, piano is partially sponsored by the LEONARD COHEN (1934–2016) generous contribution of Spoken Word II Jim Lindheim & Jim Tharp. Fred Child, actor 5 BIOGRAPHIES NICHOLAS BRITELL FRED CHILD Nicholas Britell is a pianist, film composer, and Fred Child is the host of American Public Media’s producer known for his integration of classical Performance Today, the most-listened-to classical music, jazz, and hip-hop. His most recent film work music radio show in America, and he is also the has included writing music featured in the filmNew commentator and announcer for Live from Lincoln York, I Love You and in Natalie Portman’s directorial Center. In addition, Mr. Child has been Music debut short film,Eve (which brought attention to Director and Director of Cultural Programming at his piece Forgotten Waltz No. 2). He is currently WNYC in New York, host of a live daily performance finishing scores for three films:Plastic , directed by and interview program on WNYC, and for ten Andrew Baker, and Jack Riccobono’s two filmsRage years, a host at Oregon Public Broadcasting. His for Sale and The Rib. These add to a diverse film CD reviews appear on All Things Considered, his repertoire that includes the scores to the indie feature classical music reports appear on Morning Edition Domino One and to the Sam Waterston-narrated and Weekend Edition. While growing up in Portland, documentary Hammer and Cycle. Oregon, Mr. Child studied classical piano. He also dabbles in guitar, percussion, and the bagpipes. His Mr. Britell’s gave his first public recital at the age of rare public performances include percussion with ten in Manhattan. A winner of multiple regional guitarist Sharon Isbin, and piano four-hands duets competitions and awards, he performed concerti by with Andre-Michel Schub. He loves baseball (throws Beethoven and Schumann with orchestras before the right, bats left) and is an avid hiker, tennis player, age of fourteen. A student of the late Jane Carlson at skier, cyclist, runner, and a licensed private pilot. the Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division, he has performed at venues including the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Juilliard, Steinway Hall, the Palace Theater, BENJAMIN MILLEPIED Harvard University’s Fogg Museum of Art and Signet Born in Bordeaux, France, Benjamin Millepied Society, and at the Aspen Music Festival. He has also began his career at the Conservatoire National de performed Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 12 and Lyon under Michel Rahn and made his first public 14 at the landmark Old Westbury Gardens with an appearance in 1992. After being mentored by Jerome orchestra led by noted conductor Eric Jacobsen. In Robbins, he was choreographer-in-residence at the addition, Mr. Britell was the keyboardist in the hip- Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York. In 2007, Mr. hop ensemble The Witness Protection Program. Millepied received the United States Artists Wynn TheWPP , as they were known, opened acts for hip- Fellowship. In 2010, he was made Chevalier in the hop groups including Blackalicious and Jurassic 5 Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry and performed at venues ranging from the Paradise of Culture. Famed both as a choreographer and Theater in Boston to New York’s classic Arlene’s dancer, Mr.