Two Hundred Twenty-Fourth Program of the 2009-10 Season ____________________ Josef Gingold A 100th Birthday Celebration for a Musical Legend Jaime Laredo Joshua Bell Violin Violin Gingold Celebration Orchestra Jaime Laredo, Director Violin Virtuosi Mimi Zweig, Director ______________ Indiana University Auditorium Sunday Evening November First Eight O’Clock music.indiana.edu Program Opening Remarks . .Karen Hanson Provost and Executive Vice President, Indiana University Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, Strings and Continuo, BWV 1043 . Johann Sebastian Bach Vivace (1685-1750) Largo, ma non tanto Allegro Remarks . Mimi Zweig Professor of Music (Violin, Viola) Jacobs School of Music Director, Pre-College Strings Program Praeludium and Allegro (in the Style of Pugnani) . Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) Violin Virtuosi Remarks . Thomas J . Beczkiewicz Founding Executive Director of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Serenade in C Major for Strings, Op . 48 . Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pezzo in forma di Sonatina (1840-1893) Walzer Élégie Finale (Tema Russo) Video: Remembering Josef Gingold Remarks . Charles Webb Dean Emeritus, Jacobs School of Music Liebesleid for Violin and Orchestra . Fritz Kreisler Rondo Capriccioso in A Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op . 28 . Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Gingold Celebration Orchestra Violin I Viola Flute Bella Hristova Rose Armbrust Emma Gerstein Alexander Boissonnault Melissa Shapiro Paul Gardner Sarah Müller-Feser Olivia Chew Peter Vickery Daniel Wang Oboe Rachel Patrick Emilee Newell Lindsay Flowers Rena Kimura Caroline Gilbert Jennifer Kirby, Chao-Kai Lin Matthew Mindeman English Horn Anna Tsai Emily Williams Thomas Rodgers Vincent Marks Clarinet Sarah Drake Eunje Kim Christopher Reardon Sho Neriki Sarah Lee Amanda Cook Esther Kim Dashiel Nesbitt Hyo Won Jang Bassoon Yerim Lee Cello Zachary Hague Won Hee Lee Francisco Vila Laura Cameron Paul Casey Daniel Lelchuk Kevin Kunkel Horn Violin II Jeremy Shih Everett Burns Danbi Um Teresa Easwaran Blair Sordetto Miika Gregg Susan Millar Siobhan Deshauer Edward Prevost Trumpet Mallory Hamm Yi Xin Christopher Van Leeuwen Alexander Ayers Alan Ohkubo Mark Woodring Steffen Zeichner Cole Tutino Colin Sorgi Catherine Lukits Timpani Sakura Takemitsu Maria Di Meglio William Reno Jeremy Gabbert Yu Seon Nam Bass Harpsichord Alexandru Hamzea Allison Cook Chih-Yi Chen Miji Chae David Milburn Niccolo Muti Ben Jensen Librarian Delyana Lazarova Danielle Meier Mariel Johnson Stauff Michael Rittling Emmet Hanick Adam Cobb Matthew Gray Violin Virtuosi Brian Allen, Alex Ayers, Amy Lidell, Gregorio Lopes, Ren Martin-Doike, Misha Sanderson, John Smith, Stephanie Zyzak Josef Gingold was born in 1909 in Brest-Litovsk, Poland . The sixth and youngest child in his family, he learned to play the violin at an early age . In May 1920, with his family, he emigrated to New York, where he began studies with Vladimir Graffman . Gingold credited Graffman with “opening his mind” to the potential of the violin . In 1927, a year after his debut at New York City’s Aeolian Center, Gingold and his mother set sail for Europe . Gingold arrived in Brussels in May, where he began studies with the Belgian master and virtuoso Eugene Ysaÿe . Gingold once said of his return to the United States in 1929 that he not only returned a better musician but a better man—having learned from Ysaÿe the importance of striving for beauty in both music and in personal relations . “Never was the violin treated brutally,” Gingold said . In the 1930s, Gingold played in the orchestras of three Jerome Kern musicals and one each of Rodgers and Hart and Cole Porter, as a struggling musician in Depression- era America . In 1937, he auditioned for Arturo Toscanini and won a position in the NBC Symphony Orchestra . After seven years with the legendary conductor, Gingold was offered the position of concertmaster and soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra . He remained with the Detroit Symphony until 1947, when George Szell asked him to accept the position of concertmaster with the Cleveland Orchestra . Gingold later said that Szell had the greatest influence on him as a musician and teacher . It was during this time that Gingold developed his reputation as an accomplished teacher and performer at Case Western Reserve University, The Cleveland Music School Settlement, and numerous other schools across the country . He was concertmaster of the June Music Festival in New Mexico for 25 years and headed the Chamber Music Series at the Meadowmount School of Music in New York state for 30 summers . Gingold remained with the Cleveland Orchestra until 1960, when he joined the music faculty at Indiana University and was later named Distinguished Professor . He compiled and edited Orchestral Excerpts, consisting of 300 works in the symphonic repertoire, published by the International Music Company of New York . The three- volume work is a standard text used by students and symphonists worldwide . Gingold represented the United State on the juries of all major international competitions, including Queen Elisabeth, Wieniawki, Paganini, Sibelius, Nielson, Naumberg, Leventritt, and Tchaikovsky . In 1982, the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis was founded under the artistic guidance of Josef Gingold . He helped to establish its repertory, choose the jurors, and shape its protocol—setting the standard for future competitions worldwide . In 1994, Gingold stepped down as president of the jury by bestowing the honor to his student, friend, and colleague Jaime Laredo . The numerous honors Gingold received during his lifetime include the American String Teachers Association Teacher of the Year, the Frederick Bachman Lieber Award for Distinguished Teaching at Indiana University, the Chamber Music America National Service Award, Baylor University’s Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teachers, and the American Symphony Orchestra League’s Golden Baton Award . Josef Gingold died in January 1995 in Bloomington . Approaching his fiftieth year before the audiences, Jaime Laredo’s career has embraced the roles of soloist, conductor, recitalist, and chamber musician . Since his orchestral debut at the age of 11 with the San Francisco Symphony, he has earned the admiration and respect of audiences, critics, and fellow musicians . His private coaches have included Josef Gingold, Pablo Casals, Ivan Galamian, and George Szell . Laredo has performed at most of the main venues across the United States and Europe, including Kennedy Center, Washington, D .C ., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Dallas, Portland, Florida, North Carolina, Great Britain, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Spain, Wales, Germany, and the Netherlands . Laredo has performed with such conductors as Barenboim, Leinsdorf, Stowkowski, and Szell . As a conductor and soloist, Laredo has performed with the Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, New York String Orchestra, Virginia Symphony, St . Louis Symphony, the London Symphony, the BBC Symphony, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Academy of St . Martin-in-the-Fields, the Royal Philharmonic, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra . Laredo interweaves solo and conducting dates with the intense chamber music schedule of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, winnner of Musical America’s Ensemble of the Year 2002 . The trio celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in fall 2006 . He also has recorded extensively, with nearly 100 discs on labels that include CBS, RCA, Dorian, Sony Classical, and Arabesque Recordings . He received the Deutsche Schallplatten Prize and has been awarded seven Grammy nominations, as well as one Grammy Award for a recording of the Brahms Piano Quartets . As artistic director of New York’s Chamber Music at the Y series, Laredo has created an important forum for chamber music performance . He has been a member of the violin faculty — Professor of Music (Violin) — at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music since 2005 . Born in Bloomington, Ind ., Joshua Bell began playing the violin at age four after his parents noticed him plucking tunes on rubber bands he had stretched around the handles of his dresser drawers . By age 14, he had appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra . After graduating two years early from Bloomington North High School, Bell attended Indiana University to continue his violin studies with the legendary Josef Gingold . Bell joined the Jacobs School of Music faculty — Senior Lecturer (Chamber Music, part-time) — in the fall of 2008 . Bell has performed with the world’s top orchestras and conductors as well as a diverse range of popular artists, including Josh Groban, Bobby McFerrin, James Taylor, and Sting . Bell holds a Grammy Award and Mercury Music Prize for the Maw concerto recording with Sir Roger Norrington and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Germany’s Echo Klassik for the Sibelius/Goldmark concerto recording with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra . He received the Gramophone Award for his recording of the Barber and Walton violin concertos and Bloch’s Baal Shem . He is the recipient of the 2008 Academy of Achievement award for exceptional accomplishment in the arts, and, in 2009, was honored by Education Through Music for his dedication to sharing his love of classical music with disadvantaged youth . In addition to numerous other honors, Bell was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize in 2007, the Indiana Arts Council Governor’s Award in 2003, an IU Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 1991, and was named