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The Louis K. Thaler Concert In 1927 Louis Thaler married Rachel Violinist Series was established at Shulman, a native Ithacan who was Ithaca College by the Thaler/Howell awarded a scholarship to study piano at Foundation in memory of Louis Thaler the Ithaca Conservatory of Music. Both and to honor his lifelong love of the were devoted supporters of the Friends violin. The impetus for this gift was of Ithaca College. Rachel Thaler died in provided by Louis Thaler’s son Manley 2004, at the age of 97. and his immediate family. The legacy of the Thalers’ love of music Louis Thaler (1903–1979) had a long and lives on today through the Rachel S. successful career as an Ithaca attorney Thaler Concert Pianist Series, and was the founder and senior partner established in 1991, and the Louis K. of the Thaler and Thaler law frm. He was Thaler Concert Violinist Series, created in the City of Ithaca attorney from 1940 to 2002. The Thaler/Howell Foundation, 1941 and president of the Tompkins through the efforts of Manley H. Thaler, County Bar Association from 1944 to endowed both series to recognize and 1945. He also served as a special county honor Rachel and Louis Thaler, and to judge and surrogate judge. Actively ensure that outstanding violinists and involved in civic affairs throughout his pianists would always perform for the November 11, 2018 career, Thaler was a member of the Ithaca College community and the 3:00 p.m. Tompkins County Chamber of residents of the surrounding area. Ford Hall Commerce Board of Governors, the James J. Whalen American Bar Association, the New York Center for Music State Bar Association, the Ithaca Rotary Club, and the Elks Club. He was also an amateur violinist. LEILA JOSEFOWICZ, violin

PROGRAM Leila Josefowicz’s passionate advocacy these with his violin concerto. Josefowicz of contemporary music for the violin is has premiered many new concertos refected in her diverse programs and with composers including , Valse Triste, Op. 44 enthusiasm to perform new works. She Esa-Pekka Salonen, , and (1865–1957) frequently collaborates with leading Steven Mackey, all writing especially for arr. Friedrich Hermann composers and works with and her. Josefowicz gave the world premiere conductors at the highest level around of Adams’s Scheherazade.2 (dramatic Sonata in F Minor Sergei Prokofev the world. In 2008, she was awarded a symphony for violin and ) in (1891–1953) prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, joining 2015 with the New York Philharmonic and Andante assai prominent scientists, writers, and musicians Alan Gilbert. Luca Francesconi’s concerto, Allegro brusco who have made unique contributions to Duende–The Dark Notes, was given its world Andante contemporary life. premiere by Josefowicz (also written for Allegrissimo–Andante assai, come prima her) in 2014 with Swedish Radio Symphony Highlights of Josefowicz’s recent seasons Orchestra and Susanna Mälkki, and include engagements with the subsequently performed again with BBC Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw, Tokyo INTERMISSION Symphony Orchestra and Mälkki at the BBC Metropolitan Symphony and Sydney Proms in 2015. Symphony orchestras, the Orquesta Nacional de España, and the Finnish Radio Pianist John Novacek regularly tours the Refection Symphony Orchestra, including on tour in Americas, Europe, and Asia as a solo (1952–2018) Vienna, Salzburg, and Innsbruck. recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist; in the latter capacity, he has Adagietto (from Symphony No. 5) Alongside pianist John Novacek, with whom presented over 30 concerti with dozens (1860–1911) Josefowicz has enjoyed a close collaboration of orchestras. He is a much sought-after arr. Robert Wittinger since 1985, she has performed recitals at collaborative artist and has performed world-renowned venues such as New York’s with Joshua Bell, Matt Haimovitz, Leila Sonata Bernd Alois Zimmermann Zankel Hall and Washington’s Kennedy Josefowicz, Cho-Liang Lin, Yo-Yo Ma, Truls (1918–1970) Center as well as Reykjavik, Leeds, Chicago, Mørk, Elmar Oliveira, and Emmanuel Präludium: Andante sostenuto San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Halifax Pahud, and, as well as the Colorado, Rhapsodie: Allegro moderato, risoluto (Nova Scotia). This season, she appears Harrington, Jupiter, New Hollywood, St. Toccata: Allegro moderato at Madrid’s Centro Nacional de Difusión Lawrence, Supernova, and Ying string Musical, Ithaca and Eastman schools of quartets. He also tours widely as a member music in the United States, the Perimeter of Intersection, a piano trio that includes Institute for Theoretical Physics in Canada, violinist Laura Frautschi and cellist Kristina and returns to London’s Wigmore Hall. Reiko Cooper. He has also given numerous A favorite of many living composers, world premieres and worked closely with Program subject to change Josefowicz enjoyed a close working composers John Adams, John Harbison, Lelia Josefowicz appears by arrangement with Harrison Parrott. relationship with the late Oliver Knussen, Jennifer Higdon, George Rochberg, John performing together over 30 times, most of Williams, and John Zorn.