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Alon Goldstein ��epianist Tempest Trio violinist Ilya Kaler & cellist Amit Peled
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) ______Trio No. 7 in B Flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke" Allegro moderato Scherzo (Allegro) Andante cantabile ma però con moto. Poco piu adagio, D major Allegro moderato – Presto
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Distinguished Artists Concert & Lecture Series 21 artist’s biography Alon Goldstein
Alon Goldstein is one of the most original and sensitive pianists of his generation, admired for his musical intelligence, dynamic personality, artistic vision and innovative programming. He has played with the Philadelphia orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the San Francisco, Baltimore, St. Louis, Dallas, Houston, Toronto and Vancouver symphonies as well as the Israel Philharmonic, London Philharmonic , Los Angeles and Radio France Orchestra. He played under the baton of such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Herbert Blomstedt, Vladimir Jurowski, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos, Peter Oundjian, Yoel Levi, Yoav Talmi, Leon Fleisher and others. A passionate advocate for music education, his recent teaching engagements have included the Sterns Institute of the Ravinia Festival, The Gilmore International Keyboard festival as well as other residencies throughout the US. During the 2016-17 season Mr. Goldstein will record two new CDs on Naxos – one with his Tempest Trio of Dvorak early Trios to complete the cycle of Dvorak Trios which he started two years ago, and the other CD will feature Mozart Concerti nos. 23 & 24 arranged for piano and string quintet by I. Lachner. This CD will continue Goldstein’s exploration of Mozart concerti arranged as chamber works. The first CD featuring Concerti nos. 20 & 21 was released last year to great critical acclaim. Last season Mr. Goldstein had a concert tour in China performing the Mozart concerti nos. 20 and 21 arranged for piano and string quintet. This same program was featured also at the Ravinia festival as well as New York’s Town Hall to sold out houses. During the 2015-16 Mr. Goldstein also be performed with the orchestras of Alabama, Spokane, Knoxville, Westchester, Florida, Kitchener-Waterloo, Jerusalem and Bucharest. He toured with his Tempest Trio performing in London, Oxford, Berlin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago and Cincinnati. Highlights of recent seasons include a recital tours in South America including concerts in Peru (Lima and Arequipa) and Chile (Valparaiso), as well as in Spain, performing in Madrid, A Coruña and Zaragoza’s “Cycle of Grand Soloists”; He also returned to the Baltimore Symphony under Günther Herbig, and made his debut with the New Jersey Symphony under Michael Stern. Alon Goldstein played at the Ravinia Festival as soloist with the Chicago Symphony under James Conlon in the Mozart Double and Triple concertos with Leon Fleisher and Katherine Jacobson Fleisher. A few weeks earlier, he appeared at the Ruhr Piano Festival performing three concerti in one evening (Mozart, Britten and Poulenc). He also performed with the Kansas City Symphony, Ft. Wayne Philharmonic, Jerusalem Symphony and Rhode Island Philharmonic, among others. In the fall of 2013, Mr. Goldstein released a recording of Mendelssohn Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 with the Israel Chamber Orchestra conducted by Yoav Talmi. This collaboration scored a major success on a 17-concert Latin American tour that included concerts in Teatro Colon, Palacio des Bellas Artes and Teatro Nacional. In the spring of 2014 another CD of Alon was released featuring Dvorak Trios with his Tempest Trio for the Naxos Label. Other highlights include performances with the Tokyo Quartet, the Jerusalem Quartet, two world premieres of concerti that were written for Mr. Goldstein – Lost Souls by Avner Dorman with the Kansas City Symphony under Michael Stern, and Ornaments by Mark Kopytman with the Jerusalem Camerata, and performances at Carnegie Hall with the New York String Orchestra under Jaime Laredo. Solo recitals include concerts in Beijing (Forbidden City), Moscow (Kremlin), New York (Town Hall), Chicago, Guatemala City, Kent (UK), Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv. Alon Goldstein has performed at the Gilmore, Santa Fe, Tanglewood, Ravinia, Marlboro, Seattle, Verbier, Prussia Cove and Jerusalem music festivals. Over the past several years he has also taught and played at the Steans Institute of the Ravinia Festival, New York’s International Keyboard Festivalm Piano Texas, Gijon Piano Festival and “Tel Hai” international piano master classes held in Israel.
22 Aptos Community Foundation artist’s biography Amit Peled
Grammy-nominated cellist, conductor, and ped- agogue Amit Peled is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Mount Vernon Virtuosi. Mr. Peled combines a growing conducting schedule, while continuing a thriving international solo career performing on the historic 1733 Gofriller Pablo Casals cello personally handed to him by Marta Casals Istomin, and his professorship at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University. In his continued quest to make classical music more accessible, Mr. Peled recently published a children’s book “A Cello Named Pablo” and released a new cello technique method book “The First Hour”. Some of the upcoming highlights are a Bach Suite cycle in the USA, Europe, and Israel, a Naxos record- ing of Beethoven Trios with the Tempest Trio, performing Penderecki’s 2nd Cello Concerto in Warsaw, a release of the Brahms Cello Sonatas, Bach Suites and Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata recorded with the Casals cello, and a musical celebration of Beethoven’s Cello & Piano Sonatas around the globe to commemorate the composer’s 250thanniversary.
artist’s biography Ilya Kaler
Described by the Gramophone as a “magician, bewitching our ears” for his hauntingly beautiful sound, flawless command of the instrument and mesmerizing phrasing, Ilya Kaler is the only violinist to win the Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1986), the Sibelius Competition in Helsinki (1985), and the Paganini Competition in Genoa (1981). Kaler is considered to be one of the most outstanding personalities of the violin today whose career ranges from that of a soloist and recording artist to chamber musician and professor. Mr. Kaler has earned rave reviews for his solo appearances with many distinguished orchestras throughout the world, including the Leningrad, Moscow and Dresden Philharmonic Orchestras, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Danish and Berlin Radio Orchestras, the Moscow and Zurich Chamber Orchestras, as well as many of the major American orchestras such as Seattle and Detroit Symphony Orchestras, to name a few. Kaler collaborated with a number of outstanding conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Dmitry Kitaenko, Mariss Jansons, and Jerzy Semkow, performing extensively on five continents. Mr. Kaler released multiple highly acclaimed recordings for the Naxos Records label, which include sonatas by Schumann and Brahms, concertos by Paganini, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Schumann, Dvořák, Glazunov, Szymanowski, and Karłowicz, as well as the Taneyev Suite, Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, and Ysaÿe's Six Sonatas for Solo Violin. He has also released a Solo Violin CD under the Ongaku label and recorded extensive recital repertoire for Melodiya Records in Russia. As a member of the Tempest Trio with cellist Amit Peled and pianist Alon Goldstein, Kaler enjoys a very busy touring career and performs in the most prestigious venues to the highest critical acclaim. One of the most sought-after teachers in the world, Kaler currently serves as the violin professor of the Cleveland Institute of Music.
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Distinguished Artists Concert & Lecture Series 25 artist’s biography Solmaaz Adeli
An accomplished opera and concert singer, mezzo-soprano Solmaaz Adeli created the title role in François Pierre Descamp’s new opera Zumurrud (2011/12) at the Vienna Chamber Music Festival and has since debuted Gluck's Orfeo with the Connecticut Lyric Opera and Ravel's Concepción in L'Heure Espagnole in a collaboration with the Opera Academy of California and Island City Opera.
An avid performer of Contemporary music, Ms. Adeli debuted the West Coast pre- miere of Norwegian composer Kim André Arnesen's Requiem and together with the Santa Cruz Chamber Players gave the world premiere of Dolcissime Suite by Grammy Award Winning Barry Phillips.
Concert appearances and recitals have taken her to perform at the Vienna State Opera's Marmorsaal, at the US Embassy of Vienna's Independence Day Celebration for an audi- ence of 3,000, in the Brahms-Saal at the Wiener Musikverein, and as a SongFest Fellow for the 2017 Winter Intensive working with Graham Johnson, Sir Thomas Allen, and Susanne Mentzer.
For Austria’s Licht ins Dunkel campaign, Ms. Adeli performed with members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra where she recorded White Christmas on ORF, Austrian National Television. Ms. Adeli currently resides in the Monterey Bay, attended the Opera School at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria. and studied and gave her debut in Vienna.
artist’s biography James Pytko
James Pytko is principal clarinet of the Utah Festival of Opera and Musical Theater. In the Bay Area James has performed with Symphony Parnassus, Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra, Modesto Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Silicon Valley, West Bay Opera, Townsend Opera, Fresno Grand Opera, San Jose Opera, Symphony Napa Valley, Sphinx Symphony, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and Monterey County Symphony. James also performs regularly with Ensemble Mik Nawooj, an up and coming Hip-hop orchestra. James recently taught clarinet at CSU Stanislaus and UC Santa Cruz and now maintains a full private studio. James received his Bachelor of Music and Artist Diploma from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. His primary teachers were Richie Hawley, Carmine Campione, Scott Andrews and Naomi Drucker.
26 Aptos Community Foundation Saturday,Program March 16th, 46pm Peace United Church of Christ, Santa Cruz
Solmaaz Adeli soprano�chube�iade clarinetist James Pytko pianists Alon Goldstein & John Orlando
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) ______Rondo in A major D. 951 for piano duet (1828) John Orlando and Alon Goldstein
______Impromptus D. 899 no. 2 & 3 (1827) Alon Goldstein
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) ______Fantasy pieces op. 73 for clarinet and piano (1849) James Pytko & Alon Goldstein
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28 Aptos Community Foundation artist’s biography John Orlando
John Orlando graduated summa cum laude with a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in perfor- mance from the University of Southern California. He has performed with the San Jose, Santa Cruz and Fresno Symphonies, the Cabrillo Festival, the Cadenza and Espressivo chamber orches- tras, and the Institute for the Development of Intercultural Relations for the Arts in Santa Cruz. He is a founding member of the Johannes Piano Trio and has toured California with the Akademos Quartet from Warsaw, Poland in a performance of the Shostakovich Piano Quintet and recently with the Ives Quartet in a performance of the Arthur Foote Piano Quintet. He has performed as recitalist in Brazil, Australia, Italy and the United States.
Dr. Orlando has held teaching positions at the Universities of Southern California and Santa Clara. He is instructor emeritus at Cabrillo College where he was head of the piano department for over a generation. Dr. Orlando is the director of the Distinguished Artists Concert & Lecture Series, which he founded in 1985. He was one of the first recipients of the Gail Rich Award for community service in the Arts in Santa Cruz County, and was chosen Best College Teacher and Best Performer in Santa Cruz County by the Good Times Weekly local newspaper.
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