Beethoven, Bagels & Banter

SUN / APR 7 / 11:00 AM

Carol Wincenc FLUTE Kateřina Englichová HARP Fabio Bidini PIANO Robert Davidovici VIOLIN AND VIOLA

There will be no intermission.

Please join us after the performance for refreshments and a conversation with the performers.

PROGRAM

J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 1038 i. Largo ii. Vivace iii. Adagio iv. Presto

Miguel del Águila (b. 1957) “Submerged” for flute, viola and harp, Op. 108 (2013)

Jaroslav Pelikán (b. 1970) Sonatina para flauta e arpa (2010) i. Vivace ii. Andante iii. Presto

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) No. 3, Op. 108 (1886-88) i. Allegro ii. Adagio iii. Un poco presto e con sentimento iv. Presto agitato

This series made possible by a generous gift from Barbara Herman.

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CAROL WINCENC (FLUTE), born in FABIO BIDINI (PIANO) is one of this Pretoria, Marsala, London and the Buffalo, has been a Juilliard faculty generation’s top-flight pianists. Van Cliburn Fort Worth. He made his member since 1988. Wincenc has His appearances have included North American debut in 1993 with appeared as a soloist with the performances with The London Atlanta Symphony. In 2015, Fabio London, Chicago, Houston, Detroit Symphony Orchestra at The Barbican, Bidini became the first recipient and Pittsburgh symphonies, the The of of the Carol Grigor Piano Chair—a Netherlands Concertgebouw and the London at Royal Festival Hall, San new position made possible by a Warsaw Philharmonic. She has made Francisco Symphony, New World $5,000,000 endowment gift from the appearances with Lincoln Center Symphony, Dallas Symphony, St. Colburn School’s board chairwoman Great Performers and the Chamber Louis Symphony, Budapest Festival Carol Colburn Grigor in Los Angeles. Music Society of Lincoln Center. She Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Bidini has been Professor of Piano has toured to Asia, Europe, Russia, Philharmonia Orchestra Prague at the at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns South Africa and South America. She Rudolphinum and Hungarian National Eisler in Berlin, one of Europe’s has commissioned pieces and given Philharmonic Orchestra at Liszt premiere music conservatories. He premieres of work by Rouse, Heggie, Academy Hall. He has collaborated also serves as an Artist-in-Residence Tower, Foss, Gorecki and Schoenfield. with conductors including Michael at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Festivals where she has taught include Tilson Thomas, Carlos Prieto, Max in Köln. Fabio Bidini’s discography Aspen, Aldeburgh, Budapest Spring, Valdes, Dimitry Sitkovetsky, Ivan comprises 13 CDs recorded under the Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Norfolk, Fisher, Jesus Lopez Cobos, JoAnn labels BMG, Classichord, Musikstrasse, Santa Fe, Spoleto, Sarasota and Falletta, Zoltan Kocsis, Michael EPR and True Sounds. He is a Steinway Music@Menlo. In 2011, she received Christie and Gianandrea Noseda. Mr. artist. the National Flute Association Bidini has repeatedly performed at (N.F.A.) Lifetime Achievement Award the prestigious international festivals, KATEŘINA ENGLICHOVÁ (HARP) is one and in 1978 won first prize in the including the Tuscan Sun Festival of the leading European harpists of Naumburg Flute Competition. She Cortona/Napa, Festival Radio our time. After studying at the Curtis has received Fulbright and N.E.A. Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, Institute in and winning a soloist grants. Wincenc is a GRAMMY® La Roque d’Anthéron International number of international competitions Award nominee and she has recorded Piano Festival, Stern Grove Festival, in the U.S. (Pro Musicis Award, for the CRI, DG (with Emerson Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Concerto Soloists) and Italy (TIM Int. Quartet),ABOUT Decca, THE Naxos, ARTISTS Nonesuch, International Piano Festival, Festival Competition), she decided to focus Music Masters (Recording of Special dei due Mondi and most recently, entirely on a soloist career. In 1998, Merit with Andras Schiff) and Telarc Grant Park Festival. Fabio Bidini is in she debuted at Carnegie Hall in New (Diapason D’Or Award for Rouse’s great demand as a York. For several years she performed Flute Concerto) labels. She is a partner. He is the pianist of the highly with the , member of the N.Y. Woodwind Quintet acclaimed ensemble, Trio Solisti, and where she had the opportunity to and Trio Les Amies with Nancy Allen has enjoyed artistic collaboration work with the conductors Simon and Cynthia Phelps. She was principal with many ensembles and artists Rattle, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo flute player with the St. Paul Chamber including the American , Mutti, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Michael Orchestra from 1972-77. Wincenc the Janacek Quartet, the Brodsky Tilson Thomas, Seiji Ozawa and is a board member with the N.F.A., Quartet, the Szymanowski Quartet, others. As a soloist, she has appeared Naumburg Concerts and the Concert the Modigliani Quartet, Zoltan Kocsis, with the San Francisco Chamber Artists Guild. She is a recipient of the Alexis Pia Gerlach, Maria Bachmann, Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Manhattan School’s distinguished alum Eva Urbanova, Nina Kotova, Dimitri Orchestra, the Hong Kong Chamber award and awards from Brevard Music Ashkenazy and Sabrina-Vivian Orchestra, the Budapest Symphony Center and the New York Flute Club. Höpcker. Bidini and Höpcker have Orchestra, the Brno Philharmonic, She has adjudicated for the Rampal, received acclaim for their partnership the Prague Symphony Orchestra Kobe International and Fischoff flute and publication of their debut CD of and the Czech Chamber. She has competitions. She has served on sonatas by Prokofiev and R. Strauss performed at prestigious festivals, the faculties at Indiana University, on the True Sounds label. Bidini including the Tanglewood and Tucson Rice University (1986-93) and Stony began his piano studies at the age music festivals in the U.S., the Red Brook University since 1998. Wincenc of five. He graduatedmagna cum Sea Festival in Israel, the Pacific studied at Oberlin and received her laude from the Cecilia Conservatory Music Festival in Japan, Rencontres Bachelor’s degree from Manhattan in Rome and studied composition Musicales d’Evian in France, Prague School of Music. She received her at the Florence Conservatory. He Spring, Prague Autumn, Marnach Master’s degree from Juilliard. She has been awarded first prize in 11 in Luxemburg and Carinthischer holds diplomas from the Santa Cecilia of Italy’s most prestigious national Sommer in . A sought- and Chigiana Academies. She has piano competitions and has been the after chamber partner, she has studied with Moyse, Gazzelloni, Lora, recipient of the top prizes awarded collaborated with such distinguished Baron, Willoughby, Tipton, Delaney in eight international competitions— artists as , and Jos Wincenc. Terni, Köln, Busoni 1988 and 1992, Carol Wincenc, Eugenie Zukerman,

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Carlo Jans, Robert Davidovici, Michael Colorado Music Festival Orchestras. In the Sydney Morning Herald wrote, Kofler, Robert Stallman, Josef Suk, addition to his solo engagements, he “Robert Davidovici lingered lovingly Jitka Hosprová, Martin Kasík, Vilém is Artist-in-Residence and Professor over the poetic passages of the Veverka, Ivo Kahánek, the Pražák of Violin at Florida International Tchaikovsky Concerto, and ignited Quartet, the Martinů Quartet and the University in Miami. He is a guest the fiery ones with passion.” Fanfare . Her extensive professor at leading music schools Magazine commented on his first discography comprises more than 30 around the world, most recently at CD that “Davidovici handles the five CDs, recorded for Harmonia Mundi the Musashino Academia Musicae in compositional styles with confidence. France, Supraphon, New World Tokyo, Universities of Washington and His tone is ripe, his intonation dead Records USA, Koch-Int. and Exton British Columbia and the Australian on, and he plays with aplomb. This Japanis. She has also performed National University. The Montréal La is an impressive disc debut.” He has contemporary music and numerous Presse said that, “Robert Davidovici is recorded as violin soloist with the composers have written pieces for a born violinist in the most complete London Symphony Orchestra for Cala her (Sylvie Bodorová, Zdeněk Lukáš, sense of the word.” In October 2013, Records. His CD Mélodie-The Art of Jan F. Fischer and Luboš Sluka). he performed the Beethoven Violin Robert Davidovici was selected as one She has regularly taught at master Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic of the top 30 CD releases in Japan in classes (Royal Academy of Music, Orchestra (RPO) under Grzegorz 1995. He may also be heard on New Julliard School of Music, Ameropa Nowak, after which he recorded his World Records, Centaur, Clavier, and summer courses) and sat on juries second CD with the RPO under G. Meistermusic. His CD recording of of international competitions (Italy, Nowak, containing the Beethoven transcriptions of Chopin’s Nocturnes Canada). In 2015, she chaired the 1st and Mendelssohn Concerti. The was released in May 2004 in Japan Karel Patras Czech Harp Competition reviews for the first CD with the by JVC Victor. He is the recipient in Prague. She plays Lyon & Healy RPO, under G. Nowak, released in of several distinguished First Prize No. 23 Gold and Lyon & Healy Black the autumn of 2013, comment on honors, among them, the Naumburg Electroacoustic harps. “the fantastic performance of the Competition and the Carnegie Hall Kletzki Violin Concerto and Robert International American Music Violin ROBERT DAVIDOVICI (VIOLIN AND Davidovici’s full-blooded tone Competition. VIOLA) is acclaimed in the United being just what the work deserves” States, Canada, Europe, South (TheArtsDesk.com). He returned to America, Australia and Asia as a London in February 2015 to perform virtuoso in concerto, recital and the Tchaikovsky and Brahms Violin chamber music performances who Concerti, again with the RPO under combines spectacular technique, Maestro Nowak. In February 2007, wide-ranging repertoire and he was soloist at Lincoln Center’s magnificent artistry with an exciting, Avery Fisher Hall in the American compelling stage presence. Born premiere of the Kletzki Violin in Transylvania, Romania, he began Concerto (1928) with the American his studies as a student of David Symphony Orchestra conducted Oistrakh. He went on to study with by Leon Botstein, following which Ivan Galamian at the Juilliard School, The New York Times commented on where, upon graduating, he became the “excellent” performance. The a teaching assistant to the Juilliard New York Times, in describing his String Quartet. He has collaborated performance on Bach’s Solo Sonata in concert with such esteemed No. 1 said, “he played cleanly and artists as Yo-Yo Ma, Isaac Stern, Lynn without affectation. Contrapuntal Harrell, Yefim Bronfman, Cho LiangLin lines emerged clearly because and Emanuel Ax, among others. multiple stops stayed in tune, and a Carnegie Hall has featured him as fast, tight vibrato helped keep the part of its “American Music Masters” music from sounding expressive in series and he was the subject of a a 19th-century manner. This was, in television special on WGBH Boston. fact, excellent Bach.” In describing His multifaceted career has included his performance of the Bernstein being Concertmaster of such Serenade, The New York Times stated orchestras as the Osaka Philharmonic, that “it would have been hard to Vancouver Symphony, The Residentie imagine a sweeter performance,” and Orchestra (The Hague) and Cincinnati Symphony, as well as the Grand Teton Music Festival and Chautauqua and

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