& , Artistic Directors • Edward P. Sweeney, Executive Director

2013 ANNUAL REPORT

“The world-class festival and institute featured an innovative approach to showcasing the breadth of Bach’s work and his tremendous artistic influence on generations of Western composers.”

—SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS Music@Menlo

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Mission 2013 Summer Festival Summary To expand the chamber music community and to enhance the Music@Menlo’s 2013 season, From Bach, celebrates the timeless enjoyment and understanding of the art form by championing the work of Johann Sebastian Bach, the composer whose profound highest artistic quality in live performance, promoting in-depth legacy has shaped Western music over the two and a half centuries audience engagement with the music and artists, and providing since his death. intensive training for aspiring professional musicians and industry To the ears of many modern listeners, the canon begins with leaders. Bach, and arguably every major musical innovation has borne his influence. Whether in the craftsmanship of composers from Haydn Overview to Mendelssohn, the sonic magnitude of Brahms, Bartók, and Celebrating its eleventh season this year, Music@Menlo has Shostakovich, or even the sensual allure of Debussy, Richard Strauss, become an internationally acclaimed summer festival and institute and George Gershwin, Bach’s legacy endures. The 2013 summer combining world-class chamber music performances, extensive season examined that legacy, mining the depths of Bach’s art from audience engagement, intensive training for preprofessional the perspective of the generations of great composers who followed. musicians, and a variety of activities which have broadened and Through eight Concert Programs, five Carte Blanche Concerts, enhanced the chamber music community of the San Francisco Bay and four Encounters, festival participants had the opportunity to Area and beyond. experience more music in the festival’s three weeks than ever before. Music@Menlo was founded on the conviction that, while great In the festival’s signature fashion, the depth and content of music offers aesthetic pleasure and spiritual renewal at the most Music@Menlo’s ancillary offerings provided opportunities for basic listening level, deeper engagement with the art form opens discovery and engagement unique to Music@Menlo. Through doors to inspiration and enlightenment. Great music generates public Institute activities including master classes and Café connections with cultures across ages and continents and culti- Conversations and extended offerings including the Listening Room vates fluency in new and diverse creative languages. It enhances and AudioNotes, fifty professional musicians, six emerging young our understanding of Western history, intensifies the enjoyment of professional alumni-faculty members, thirteen preprofessional well-known works, and increases the appetite for and capacity to be musicians, thirty-two Young Performers, twenty-five interns, and engaged by unfamiliar music. thousands of audience members enjoyed exploring music through a lens of their own emotional responses. An immersive experience centered on distinctive thematic pro- gramming, Music@Menlo enriches its core concert offerings with myriad opportunities for in-depth learning to intensify audiences’ enjoyment and understanding of the music. The festival’s partic- ular brand of enrichment complements core content, providing new ways for longtime concertgoers and newcomers of all ages to explore chamber music.

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cellist colin carr leads a master class. carte blanche concert i: percussion complexities.

2013 Summer Festival Activities Chamber Music Institute Forty-five conservatory-level performers and promising young MAIN-STAGE EVENTS musicians, ages nine to twenty-nine, participated in the 2013 International Program and Young Performers Program of the Thematically Organized Chamber Music Concert Programs — In Chamber Music Institute. The Institute offers an intensive program 2013, Music@Menlo explored the legacy of Bach through a total of where students have unparalleled opportunities to hone their thirteen performances of eight Concert Programs in three venues. musical skills through daily individual and ensemble coachings. They Each Concert Program reflected Bach’s influence on the entire attend all festival concerts and lectures, appear before and interact trajectory of music history. with large festival audiences, and receive ongoing professional Carte Blanche Concerts — This series included five performances by a mentoring. cadre of today’s most exciting musicians. Percussionists Christopher Faculty-Coaches and Artist-Faculty — The Institute provides Froh, Ayano Kataoka, and Ian Rosenbaum performed on an array students with direct and sustained contact with leading musicians of percussion instruments, portraying the vitality of the Baroque and musicologists. Most artists on the festival’s elite roster of main- master’s impact in the twentieth century. Violinist Soovin Kim stage performers instruct and collaborate with students in coaching made his Music@Menlo debut with a formidable recital program sessions, master classes, and other Institute activities. This year, traversing the evolution of the solo violin repertoire. Colin Carr, six Chamber Music Institute alumni returned as faculty-coaches who inaugurated Music@Menlo’s Carte Blanche Concert series in for the Young Performers Program, and International Program 2004 with an unforgettable marathon performance of the complete alumna Gloria Chien (’06) continued as Chamber Music Institute Bach Suites, revisited two of them as part of the 2013 season’s Director. Again this year, renowned pianist Gilbert Kalish returned Bachian journey. In “Into the Light,” violinist Jorja Fleezanis curated as International Program Director, and all six members of the and led our fourth Carte Blanche Concert by examining music’s coaching faculty joined Music@Menlo’s main-stage professional mysterious power to give voice to the human condition, from our artist roster. darkest and most introspective moments to our most radiant. The final Carte Blanche of the season welcomed distinguished cellist International Program — Thirteen students, with an average age of Laurence Lesser, renowned for his probing explorations of the Bach twenty-five, participated in the International Program. They came Suites in concert and on recordings, to complete the summer’s cycle to the Institute from prestigious educational institutions including of Bach’s Cello Suites in a provocative program. the , the Cleveland Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, and the Peabody Conservatory. All International Michael Steinberg Encounter Series — Encounters, Music@Menlo’s Program participants attended the Institute at no cost, through signature series of multimedia symposia led by ’s generous support provided by contributions to the Ann S. Bowers most renowned authorities, embody the festival’s context-rich Young Artist Fund. approach to musical discovery and add an integral dimension to the Music@Menlo experience. The 2013 festival season’s four Young Performers Program — Thirty-two students, with an average Encounters explored Bach’s enduring legacy and significance in age of fifteen, participated in the Young Performers Program, nineteen our time, giving audiences context for the season’s eight Concert of whom were from the San Francisco Bay Area. Through special Programs. These ticketed events continue to be some of the most funding from the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign, eleven students from sought-after programs at the festival. This year, Music@Menlo outside the Bay Area were provided housing in nearby Menlo College welcomed Ara Guzelimian, Stuart Isacoff, Michael Parloff, and dormitory facilities. Twenty-seven Young Performer families were Artistic Administrator Patrick Castillo as Encounter Leaders. awarded full or partial need-based financial support and/or merit- based scholarships from the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund. 3 Music@Menlo

interns mingle with music@menlo patrons at a postconcert event. wu han leads a master class.

Concerts by Chamber Music Institute Participants — This year, and featured acclaimed cellist Laurence Lesser and percussionists Institute students performed in three Koret Young Performers Christopher Froh, Ayano Kataoka, and Ian Rosenbaum, with Patrick Concerts and seventeen Prelude Performances, all of which were Castillo. Live webcasts were offered of all Café Conversations. free and open to the public. Master Classes (FREE) — The festival’s artist-faculty led eleven master classes in 2013. Live webcasts were offered of all master classes. ARTS ADMINISTRATION INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Visual Artist — Each season, Music@Menlo invites a distinguished Twenty-five college students and recent college graduates contemporary visual artist to exhibit a selection of works during the participated in the 2013 Arts Administration Internship Program. festival and showcases the artist’s work in the festival’s publications. Interns were trained in all aspects of arts administration including In 2013, artist Sebastian Spreng’s work was featured in the season’s artist services, development, event planning and catering, marketing promotional materials, including the brochure, program book, and and merchandising, operations, patron services, photography and season poster, as well as on note cards, the Music@Menlo website, videography, production, publicity and publications, recording and in an on-site installation in Stent Family Hall. engineering, and student services. The interns, who were integral to the success of the festival, worked side by side with the festival’s staff Festival Open House (FREE) — Hundreds of participants enjoyed a as highly visible members of the Music@Menlo team. Over the past daylong behind-the-scenes look at the festival, which featured open eleven years, the festival’s Arts Administration Internship Program rehearsals, a question-and-answer session with Artistic Directors has served 188 interns from ninety-seven colleges and universities David Finckel and Wu Han, open Institute coachings, and a Café around the world. In 2013, Music@Menlo hired a 2012 Development Conversation with our Visual Artist, Sebastian Spreng. Intern as the new full-time Development Associate. The internship Poetry Reading Workshop (FREE) — Created by eminent musicologist program is supported by the David B. and Edward C. Goodstein and writer Michael Steinberg, the Poetry Reading Workshop focuses Foundation. on the art of reading poetry and its parallels with interpreting and performing music. This year’s reading, led by violinist Jorja Fleezanis COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT with festival Artistic Administrator Patrick Castillo and Artistic Chamber Music Institute Concerts: Koret Young Performers Associate Andrew Goldstein, gave many young artists and coaches Concerts and Prelude Performances (FREE) — Twenty afternoon and from the Chamber Music Institute as well as audience members early evening concerts (three Koret Young Performers Concerts and an opportunity to interpret and perform a different form of art in seventeen Prelude Performances), performed by the Chamber Music front of their colleagues, peers, and members of the Music@Menlo Institute participants, provided ideal points of access to chamber community. Audience members also had the chance to share their music for families, young listeners, and the broader community, with own original poetry this year. a total combined attendance of 4,350 across three different venues.

Café Conversations (FREE) — Discussions led by festival artists and special guests included “Behind the Drum,” “The Art of Sebastian Spreng,” “The Mystery of Bach’s Cello Suites,” “Pablo Casals, the Legendary Bach Interpreter,” and “Great Violinists through the Ages”

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wu han leads a master class. international program artists take the stage at a free prelude performance.

Listening Room (FREE) — This afternoon series, hosted by Artistic Festival Video Webcasts (FREE) — Video of Encounters and select Administrator Patrick Castillo, introduces festival audiences to an festival educational content, including master classes and Café array of repertoire through historical audio and video recordings Conversations, was streamed on the Internet and drew 7,900 plays and invites listeners to share reactions, exchange ideas, and learn by 2,100 viewers from all over the world. Total minutes of streamed about a wide range of musical subjects. content quadrupled from 51,000 minutes in 2012 to more than 235,000 minutes in 2013. All video content will remain online Other Institute Activities (FREE) — In addition to scheduled Institute events, David Finckel delivered a cello class to all Institute cellists indefinitely. and incorporated a play-through of the Bach Chaconne from the Mobile Applications (FREE) — In 2013, Music@Menlo redesigned our Violin Partita in d minor. iPhone application, drawing international downloads.

Volunteer Team — More than 150 volunteers assisted with housing Daily Video Project (FREE) — An in-residence videography team festival artists, students, and administrators, ushering at festival produced videos featuring all facets of festival happenings, including programs, and hosting events, as well as customer relations and excerpts of concerts, portraits of artist-faculty, student experiences other festival operations. in the Chamber Music Institute, behind-the-scenes activities with interns, and interviews with musicians. Videos were produced daily MULTIMEDIA and posted online, where they drew nearly 12,000 total plays, an increase of 30 percent over 2012. Video clips posted on the festival’s AudioNotes (FREE) — These preconcert listener guides featured musical examples and interviews with performers from the 2013 Facebook page resulted in nearly 2,800 additional views. festival and were offered on CD, as downloadable MP3 files, and Radio Distribution — Through its partnership with American Public through the Music@Menlo iPhone and iPad applications. Media, Music@Menlo broadcast its performances on more than Music@Menlo LIVE CDs — Recordings of the 2013 season, 245 radio stations internationally, reaching more than 1.2 million engineered and produced by Grammy Award-winning recording listeners each week. producer Da-Hong Seetoo, are scheduled for release in the winter Online broadcasts of 2013 Encounter Series (FREE) — Music@Menlo’s of 2013. Last spring, the 2012 LIVE recordings and Music@Menlo’s signature series of evening-length multimedia lectures led by an entire back catalog were offered online in digital format through elite group of today’s renowned musical authorities illuminate Classical Archives, iTunes, and Amazon. the essence and context of the festival’s music through insightful discussion and live musical examples and by drawing connections to other art forms. For the first time this year, made possible by support through the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign, all 2013 Encounters were posted on Music@Menlo’s website. These online broadcasts drew nearly two thousand views in just two months. All video content will remain online indefinitely.

“Shimmering melodies, transparent harmonies, and thundering chords, along and across the height and depth of almost every imaginable human emotion...what a performance.” —San Francisco classical Voice

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the second winter series concert featured michala petri and friends. the winter residency included a concert for menlo school upper school students.

The series concluded with a program of beloved works for Winter Activities performed by Music@Menlo Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han and violinist and 2012–2013 WINTER SERIES Music@Menlo favorite Philip Setzer. The program began with Complementing the world-class chamber music programming that the exuberant A Major Trio by Joseph Haydn, a composer who is distinguishes Music@Menlo’s internationally acclaimed summer regarded as one of the fathers of the genre, followed by Dvoˇrák’s festival, the Winter Series offers three exciting opportunities to Dumky Trio and the refreshing clarity and exuberant pathos of further explore the vast richness of the chamber music literature, Mendelssohn’s d minor Piano Trio. interpreted by some of classical music’s most commanding performers. The 2012–2013 Winter Series, three Sunday afternoon WINTER RESIDENCY AT MENLO SCHOOL performances, took place at the Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton. In 2013, the ninth annual Winter Residency Program at Menlo School brought a select group of the festival’s Chamber Music Last season’s Winter Series was greeted by positive critical acclaim Institute alumni back to campus to engage with Menlo School and brought new audiences to Music@Menlo while offering year- educators and students in a series of unique programs including round engagement for current audiences. The series opened with a thirteen classroom presentations, four private performances, and masterly recital of works performed by the Miró Quartet. Hailed as three assemblies. These programs reached the entire Menlo School one of the most exciting chamber ensembles on the international student body of more than eight hundred students, all over a seven- music scene, the Miró Quartet returned to Music@Menlo with an day period in March of 2013. all-Beethoven program featuring the composer’s Opus 59 quartets, written for and dedicated to Count Razumovsky. The Winter Residency musicians also performed in the annual Chamber Music Institute Benefit Concert, which raises awareness The second Winter Series concert, “Baroque Journeys,” showcased and funds for the Chamber Music Institute. the foremost virtuoso of the recorder, Michala Petri, who joined cellist Christopher Costanza, oboist Allan Vogel, and harpsichordist John Gibbons for a performance of rarely heard Baroque chamber music works for recorder and ensemble. Petri, described by Fanfare magazine as an artist “who more than any other single player, has made the recorder into an instrument to be taken very, very seriously,” offered Menlo audiences a rare glimpse into this remarkable repertoire, with music by Baroque masters from Corelli and Vivaldi to Bach and Tartini.

“This festival is unique in its creative vision and programming, its world-class artists, and its pedagogical scope, much of it driven by encouraging performers to be teachers.” —Repeat Performances

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• 289 artists have come to Music@Menlo from all over the world Music@Menlo 2013 in Numbers to perform in the main-stage concerts, give multimedia Encounter lectures, coach in the Chamber Music Institute, and work with 2013 Audience and Community Participation Menlo School students in the annual Winter Residency. • Music@Menlo’s total audience surpassed 14,700, including • 188 interns have gained real-world experience from the industry- 5,700+ audience members for paid festival events, more than 6,800 leading Arts Administration Internship Program. attendees at free concerts and educational events, 1,000+ audience members for the Winter Series, and 1,000 Menlo School Winter • 62 CDs have been released on the Music@Menlo LIVE label. Residency participants and attendees. • Total donor participation has increased from 86 contributors • Chamber Music Institute students numbered 45, including 13 in 2003 to 516 contributors in 2013, who, in 2013, contributed a International Program artists and 32 Young Performers Program total of $1,375,176 to the Annual Fund and $3,046,915 to the Tenth- participants. Anniversary Campaign. • Twenty-five college students and recent college graduates were • The annual operating budget has increased from $445,600 in trained in the rigors of festival production and arts administration 2003 to $1,981,900 in 2013. through the 2013 Arts Administration Internship Program. • The festival produces more than 60 public events each year, • Video of Encounters and select festival educational content, reaching over 14,700 students, musicians, and audience members, including master classes and Café Conversations, was streamed with total free summer program attendance exceeding 6,800 on the Internet and drew 7,900 streams by 2,100 viewers from all annually. over the world. Total minutes of streamed content quadrupled from 51,000 minutes in 2012 to more than 235,000 minutes in 2013. Music@Menlo’s Future • Annual Fund donor participation increased from 441 in 2012 to Through its unfaltering commitment to excellence over the past 454 in 2013; 36 percent of 2013 donors were first-time or rejoining ten years—in education and programming, engagement and contributors. relationship building, and innovation—Music@Menlo has firmly • Music@Menlo’s Tenth-Anniversary Campaign surpassed its positioned itself to move into its second decade with strength, goal and raised $3,046,915 from 222 donors, 79 of whom were first- momentum, and inspiration. On the occasion of the tenth year, time or rejoining contributors. in 2012, Music@Menlo invited its community to celebrate its innovations and its impact on the chamber music industry, its artists, • In 2013, 37 percent of ticket-buying households were first-time and its audiences. ticket buyers, a total of 375 households. At that time, Music@Menlo successfully completed its Tenth- Anniversary Campaign, which provided the Music@Menlo Music@Menlo over the Years Fund with over $3 million in additional contributions from the • Programming has expanded beyond the summer season to Music@Menlo community. This fund has lifted and will continue include a three-concert Winter Series, the annual Chamber Music to lift the organization to the next level of excellence in all Institute Benefit Concert, and the Menlo School Winter Residency, areas: artistic programming and performance, the education of reaching 2,200+ students and audience members. This year, the Chamber Music Institute participants, audience engagement, and Winter Residency musicians also performed a free public concert at Music@Menlo’s expanding impact on the classical music industry. the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Through annual fundraising and special initiatives to replenish and • 292 Chamber Music Institute participants have been immersed in grow the Music@Menlo Fund, Music@Menlo will continue to a rigorous exploration of chamber music under the tutelage of the operate with an eye on the future, keeping the mission central to Institute’s esteemed artist-faculty. all activities, while upholding a sustainable organizational model for years to come.

“...delightful, exciting, artistically moving, and enlightening...” —San Francisco chronicle

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international program artists pose in front of stent family hall.

2013 Financial Highlights Statement of Financial Position • $1,136,750 in individual contributions 9/30/13 9/30/12 to the Annual Fund ASSETS • $213,975 in foundation grants Cash $465,502 $947,210 Short-Term Investments $2,249,325 $1,213,288 • $26,500 in corporate sponsorships Receivables $1,164,633 $2,091,905 • $320,193 in total ticket sales Prepaid Expenses $3,500 - Fixed Assets, net $45,188 $35,880 Total Assets $3,928,148 $4,288,283 Statement of Activities (Operating) 2013 Actual 2012 Actual INCOME Liabilities and Net Assets Earned Income $458,990 $426,138 Liabilities Accounts Payable $42,814 $12,547 Contributed Income $1,527,225 $1,455,210 Deferred Revenue $35,105 $23,772 Total Income $1,986,215 $1,881,348 Other Accrued Liabilities $176,271 $299,592

Total Liabilities $254,190 $335,911 EXPENSES Programs $1,346,151 $1,277,256 Net Assets Administration/General $220,007 $176,566 Unrestricted Net Assets $1,007,965 $514,432 Fundraising $393,395 $391,370 Temporarily Restricted Total Expenses $1,959,553 $1,845,192 Net Assets $2,665,993 $3,437,940 Net Income $26,662 $36,156 Total Net Assets $3,673,958 $3,952,372 Total Liabilities and $3,928,148 $4,288,283 Net Assets

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Performing Artists Encounter Leaders Cello Music@Menlo Board Patrick Castillo John James Ahn (Palo Alto, CA) Darren H. Bechtel Piano Ara Guzelimian Elena Ariza (Cupertino, CA) Gloria Chien Ann S. Bowers Stuart Isacoff Travis Chen (Palo Alto, CA) Oliver A. Evans Derek Han Michael Parloff Jiho Choi (Pleasanton, CA) Jeffrey Kahane Earl Fry Irene Jeong (Palo Alto, CA) Paul M. Ginsburg Gilbert Kalish *Music@Menlo debut Eunice Kim (Saratoga, CA) Hyeyeon Park Kathleen G. Henschel Robyn Neidhold (Reno, NV) Eff W. Martin Gilles Vonsattel* Caleb Yang (Palo Alto, CA) Wu Han International Program Camilla Smith Trine Sorensen Violin Participants Arts Administration David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors Benjamin Beilman Piano William R. Silver, ex officio Edward P. Sweeney, Sunmi Chang* Ellen Hwangbo (Berrien Springs, MI) Internship Participants Peter Asimov (Brown University) Executive Director, ex officio Jorja Fleezanis Shir Semmel (Israel) Soovin Kim* Brian Benton (Washington University in Leonard Edwards, emeritus Kristin Lee Violin St. Louis) Michael J. Hunt, emeritus Sean Lee Daniel Brenzel (Butler University) Hugh Martin, emeritus international program artists pose in front of stent family hall. Francesca Rose dePasquale (Narberth, PA) Amanda Carroll (Appalachian State Arnaud Sussmann Alexi Kenney (Palo Alto, CA) Ian Swensen University) Kobi Malkin (Israel) Joseph Swensen Sofie Dunderdale (Carnegie Mellon Seasonal Staff and University) Viola Viola Reilly Farrell (Santa Clara University) Service Professionals Sunmi Chang* Leah Ferguson (Wilmette, IL) Laura Grimbergen (Yale University) Dmitri Atapine, Lead Faculty, Chamber Mark Holloway* Yoon-Kyung Shin (Korea) Sean Hayward (University of California, Music Institute Santa Cruz) Joe Beahm, Production Manager Richard O’Neill Cello James Hu () Trent Casey, Video and Digital Consultant Arnaud Sussmann SuJin Lee (, MA) Kyle Huang (Santa Clara University) Sunmi Chang, Faculty, Chamber Music Richard Narroway (Australia) Diana Lake (Cal Poly Pomona) Institute Cello Pamela Leung (University of California, Gloria Chien, Director, Chamber Music Dmitri Atapine Tallis String Quartet Davis) Institute Carter Brey Nicole Jeong, violin (Korea) Ellen Milligan (The Ohio State University) Tristan Cook, Filmmaker and Photographer Colin Carr Regi Papa, violin (Greece) David Newton (Santa Clara University) Timothy Costa, Special Projects Assistant David Finckel Kaya Katarzyna Bryla, viola (Poland) Dan Nitsch (Oberlin Conservatory) Kelly Frisch, Assistant Production Manager Laurence Lesser Cecilia Pappalardo (Northwestern University) Mark Hurty, Webmaster Michael Katz, cello (Israel) Samuel Priven (University of Miami) Gilbert Kalish, Director, Chamber Music Bass Andrew Stein-Zeller (Connecticut College) Institute International Program Charles Chandler Young Performers Justin Sun (San Francisco Conservatory Kristin Lee, Faculty, Chamber Music Institute Scott Pingel of Music) Sean Lee, Faculty, Chamber Music Institute Program Participants Alex Tom (Northwestern University) Julie Lewis, Editor Harp Piano Simòn Wilson (University of California, David Lorey, Strategy Consultant Bridget Kibbey Alex Chien (San Jose, CA) Santa Cruz) Zac Nicholson, Filmmaker Josephine Chou (Saratoga, CA) Kirsten Wood (University of Glasgow, Hyeyeon Park, Faculty, Chamber Music Danish String Quartet* Leslie Jin (Redwood City, CA) Scotland) Institute Frederik Øland, violin Katarina Lee (Los Altos Hills, CA) Jonathan Yam (University of California, Claire Prescott, Bookkeeper Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin Eun Young Park (Santa Clara, CA) Santa Barbara) Da-Hong Seetoo, Recording Engineer Asbjørn Nørgaard, viola Yoko Rosenbaum (Santa Monica, CA) Andrew Yang (Northwestern University) Nick Stone, Graphic Designer Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, cello Koji Shiromoto (Scarsdale, NY) Nina Zhou (Indiana University) Roshan Sukumar, Student Resident Advisor Orion String Quartet Tristan Yang (Cupertino, CA) Heath Yob, Technology Services Consultant Daniel Phillips, violin Music@Menlo Staff Todd Phillips, violin Violin Robert Chien (San Jose, CA) David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors Steven Tenenbom, viola Geraldine Chok (San Jose, CA) Edward P. Sweeney, Executive Director Timothy Eddy, cello Tsutomu Copeland (Palo Alto, CA) Patrick Castillo, Artistic Administrator Joy Yi-Ting Kuo (Natick, MA) Andrew Goldstein, House Manager and Vocalist Artistic Associate Elizabeth Futral, soprano* Andrew Lee (Los Altos Hills, CA) Taiga Murooka (Saratoga, CA) Elizabeth Hansen, Development Associate Clara Neubauer (New York, NY) Melissa Johnson, Patron Services Associate Percussion Marianne R. LaCrosse, General Manager and Christopher Froh Oliver Neubauer (New York, NY) Yaegy Park (Forest Hills, NY) Education Programs Director Ayano Kataoka Shayne Olson, Marketing Director Ian Rosenbaum* Yue Qian (Interlochen, MI) Emily Shehi (Olathe, KS) Annie Rohan, Development Director Woodwinds Sean Takada (Mountain View, CA) Daphne Wong, Artistic Operations Manager Tara Helen O’Connor, flute Alan Kay, clarinet* Viola James Austin Smith, oboe Carrie Jones (Winnetka, IL) Marc Goldberg, bassoon Alec Santamaria (Sylmar, CA) Josephine Stockwell (El Sobrante, CA) Brass Sloane Wesloh (Stillwater, MN) Nicole Cash, horn* Kevin Rivard, horn* David Washburn, trumpet

9 Music@Menlo 2013 Annual Fund Music@Menlo is grateful to the following individuals and organizations, whose support of the Annual Fund makes the Institute, Festival, and Winter Series possible.

Medici Circle ($100,000+) Haydn Circle ($2,500–$4,999) Caruso Circle ($500–$999) Joan & Philip Leighton Ann S. Bowers Anonymous Anonymous (2) Lois & Paul Levine Chandler B. & Oliver A. Evans Dave & Judy Preves Anderson, in memory Julie & Ellis Brenner Rudolf & Page Loeser The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation of Naomi Fisk Betsy & Nick Clinch Vera Luth The Martin Family Foundation Dr. Michael & Mrs. Joanne Condie Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Cooper Robert March & Lisa Lawrence Linda DeMelis & Ted Wobber Christine & Frank Currie Frances & John Morse Carnegie Circle ($50,000–$99,999) Mrs. Ralph I. Dorfman Jo & John De Luca Joan Norton Jim & Mical Brenzel Maureen & Paul Draper Leonard & Margaret Edwards Anne Peck Paul & Marcia Ginsburg Delia Ehrlich Thomas & Ellen Ehrlich Robert & Shirley Raymer Michael Jacobson & Trine Sorensen Mike & Allyson Ely Michael Feldman Rossannah & Alan Reeves Earl & Joy Fry Neil & Ruth Foley Robert & Diane Reid Esterházy Circle ($25,000–$49,999) Betsy & David Fryberger Lawrence & Leah Friedman Benn & Eva Sah Iris & Paul Brest The Robert J. and Helen H. Glaser Family Rich Gifford Nancy G. Schrier The David B. and Edward C. Goodstein Foundation Jerome Guillen Steven E. Shladover Foundation Larry & Anne Hambly Judith Heimer Barbara Tam Libby & Craig Heimark Susan & Knud Knudsen David Heintz Joan Urquhart Kathleen G. Henschel David Lorey, in memory of Jim Lorey Susan & Christian Hoebich Ian & Julia Wall Hugh Martin Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor/Marmor Robert Holub Dr. George & Bay Westlake The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Foundation Jeannie Kaufman Margaret Wunderlich Bill & Lee Perry George & Holde Muller Marjo Lachman Jane Fowler Wyman The Community Foundation The Shrader-Suriyapa Family Terri Lahey & Steve Smith U.S. Trust Alice J. Sklar Leslie Lamport & Ellen Gilkerson Paganini Circle ($100–$249) Marcia & Hap Wagner Harold & Jann Slapin Michael & Vicki Link Anonymous (4) Andrea & Lubert Stryer Raymond Linkerman & Carol Eisenberg Adeyemi Ajao Beethoven Circle ($10,000–$24,999) Edward Sweeney & Kathy Hansen Ben Lipson Carole Alexander Darren H. Bechtel Harold & Jan Thomas Joan Mansour Matthew & Marcia Allen Terri Bullock Edwin & Kathe Williamson William & Muriel McGee Cass Apple Michèle & Larry Corash Adam Mendelsohn Linda & Bob Attiyeh The Jeffrey Dean & Heidi Hopper Family Bach Circle ($1,000–$2,499) Janice & Jeff Pettit Bill & Marti Baerg David Finckel & Wu Han Anonymous (3) David & Virginia Pollard Anne & Robert Baldwin Joan & Allan Fisch The ACMP Foundation Jeff & Deborah Roisman Carl Baum & Annie McFadden Anne & Mark Flegel Judy & Doug Adams Barry Rosenbaum & Eriko Matsumoto Ted & Judy Beilman Marty & Sarah Flug Richard & Barbara Almond Ruth Short Elaine & Herb Berman Sue & Bill Gould Michiharu & Nagisa Ariza Judy & Lee Shulman Stuart & Helen Bessler Jeehyun Kim Charlotte & David Biegelsen Dalia Sirkin Donna Bestock Koret Foundation Funds Dr. & Mrs. Melvin C. Britton Peggy & Art Stauffer Frederick & Alice Bethke Mary Lorey Chris Byrne Betty Swanson Melanie Bieder & Dave Wills William F. Meehan III Malkah & Donald* Carothers Tricia Swift Bill Blankenburg Laurose & Burton Richter Jennifer Howard DeGolia Ellen & Mike Turbow Miriam Blatt George & Camilla Smith Enterprise Holdings Foundation Debra Rosler Vernon Arnold & Barbara Bloom Vivian Sweeney Scott & Carolyn Feamster Sallie & Jay Whaley Jocelyn & Jerry Blum Melanie & Ron Wilensky Peter & Laura Haas Kan & Wassika Boonyanit Marilyn Wolper Linda & Jim Hagan Joachim Circle ($250–$499) Mark Boslet Carol & Michael Bradley Mozart Circle ($5,000–$9,999) In memory of Suk Ki Hahn Anonymous Adele M. Hayutin Bill & Marsha Adler Lillian Brewer, in memory of Richard Brewer Anonymous Mary Page Hufty & Daniel Alegria Laurel Brobst Alan & Corinne Barkin Millie & Paul Berg Sunny Kaplan John & Lu Bingham Peter Brodie Lindy Barocchi Rosann & Ed Kaz A. Oliver Burford Eileen & Joel Birnbaum Brenda & Roger Borovoy Margy & Art Lim, in honor of Myrna Joan Brodovsky Marjorie Cassingham Dan & Kathleen Brenzel Robinson and Don DeJongh Renee Chevalier George Cogan & Fannie Allen Alison Campbell BJ & Frank Lockfeld John & Bea Chambers Sandra & Chris Chong Karen & Rick DeGolia Carol & Mac MacCorkle P. L. Cleary The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Robert & Ann Chun Gladys & Larry Marks Jacqueline M. & Robert H. Cowden Constance Crawford The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Valerie J. Marshall Anne Dauer Mr. Laurance R. Hoagland Jr. & Mrs. Grace John & Mary Dahlquist Brian P. McCune Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Suzanne Davidson M. Hoagland MIT Community Running Club (MITcrc) Terry Desser & Daniel Rubin Leslie Hsu & Rick Lenon Miriam DeJongh Neela Patel Tony & Nancy Douglas John Dewes Michael J. Hunt & Joanie Banks-Hunt Kay Pauling Ann & John Dizikes The Hurlbut-Johnson Fund Edma Dumanian Barry & Janet Robbins Donald Ehrman Susan & Mike Dorsey The Jewish Community Federation and Annie E. Rohan Philip & Jean Eastman Endowment Fund Albert & Connie Eisenstat Nancy & Norm Rossen Charlotte & David Epstein Alan M. Eisner Kris Klint Gordon Russell & Dr. Bettina McAdoo Ruth Eliel & Bill Cooney Betsy Morgenthaler Maria & George Erdi Armand A. Schwartz Jr. Suzanne Field & Nicholas Smith Jeff Enquist Carol & Norman Nie Bill & Joan Silver Jane Enright Bill & Paula Powar Bruce & Marilyn Fogel Art Small Patricia Foster Edward & Linda Ericson Dr. Condoleezza Rice Jim & Mary Smith In honor of Scott & Carolyn Feamster Schwab Charitable Fund Gladys R. Garabedian Abe & Marian Sofaer Peg & Buzz Gitelson Tom & Nancy Fiene In memory of Michael Steinberg John & Ann Varady John Fogelsong Elizabeth Wright Nina Grove & Ken Johnson Mitchel Weintraub, in Helen & Gary Harmon Marie Forster memory of Dr. Alan Sklar Elsa & Raymond Heald Patricia Foster Joe & Anne Welsh Clarice & Dale Horelick Carol C. & Joel P. Friedman, M.D. Susan Wilson Thomas Humphrey Tom Garvey & Teresa Lunt Peter & Georgia Windhorst Jim & Kathy Johnson Gerry H. Goldsholle & Myra K. Levenson Andrea G. Julian In honor of Bill & Sue Gould Rose Green *Deceased 10 2013 Annual Report

Sterling & Frieda Haidt Hazel Cheilek Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Schmit Thatcher’s Gourmet Popcorn Harry & Susan Hartzell Richard & Suzanne Cottle Lorraine & Gerard Seelig Trader Joe’s, Menlo Park Margaret Harvey James Cowley Kenneth Seeman, M.D. Twig and Petals Anna Henderson Ian Cox Joan Berman Segall Weir & Associates Catering and Event Bob & Judy Huret Bruce Culbertson Bruce Seidel Planning Sujay Jaswa Garth Cummings & Ann Zerega Ed & Linda Selden Mark Kalow Liz Curtis Robert & Mary Shepard Matching Gifts Dr. Ronald & Tobye Kaye Dorothy Demange David Shvarts The Abbott Fund Matching Grant Plan Bob & Debbie Kessler Robert Denning Charlotte Siegel Adobe Matching Gift Program Beverly & Don Kobrin Norman & Jenni Dishotsky George Simmonds The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Diana Koin & Bill Vermeere Robert & Loretta Dorsett Carrie Simonds IBM Matching Grants Program Michael Korbholz & Katherine Lerer Joshua Duyan Edgar Simons Microsoft Matching Grants Program Mimi & Alex Kugushev Emily Eisenlohr, in memory of James W. Atz Adriane Sinclaire The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Nira & Moshe Lanir Stuart & Lyn Elliott In memory of Dr. Alan Sklar SPX Foundation Matching Gift Program Michael & Carol Lavelle Sherrie & Wallace Epstein Peter & Natalia Sorotokin Mr. & Mrs. Philip Lee Justin Fichelson Laurie Spaeth Hotel Sponsor Mrs. Harold Leitstein Oscar & Theda Firschein Garnet Spielman The Stanford Park Hotel is proud to be Howard & Laura Levin Andrea Fitanides Paige Sprincin Music@Menlo’s Premier Hotel Sponsor. Naomi Bernhard Levinson Sam Fort Kat Stark Brian Levy Jeff Foster JoAnne & Richard Stultz Linda & Sid Liebes Barbara Franklin Arielle Sumits Volunteers (Friends of Joanne & Laurie Liston Jesse Franklin In honor of Betty R. Swanson the Festival) Drs. John & Penny Loeb Jo R. Gilbert Erika Takada & Kevin Wasbauer Music@Menlo extends its heartfelt Kristofor Lofgren Jean & Mimi Goity Daniel Terry gratitude to the Friends Council and Peggie & Donald MacLeod Steven Goldberg Austin Vance all of the volunteers, who are most John & Rosemary Maulbetsch Andrew Goldstein Ann Vollmer generous with their time throughout James E. McKeown Michael Golub Claire & Myron Warshaw, in honor of the festival and the rest of the year. Ellen Mezzera Diane & Harry Greenberg, in honor of Dr. & Mrs. Marcos Maestre and Thomas & Cassandra Moore Michèle & Larry Corash Kathleen G. Henschel Peter & Liz Neumann Alex Gurevich Muh-Ching Yee Ann S. Bowers Young Reiko Oshima Cantor Hans & Nina Cohn Ambert Yeung Artist Fund Stephen Paniagua Barbara Hariton Elizabeth Zambricki We gratefully acknowledge the following Pat Pannell & Loren Kayfetz Andrea Harris Jing Zhao individuals, who generously contributed to Kate, Irving & Yoon Park, in honor of Brent Harris Music@Menlo would like to express the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund Richard O’Neill David & Jane Hartley in 2013: Billie Sue Parry Jennifer Hartzell & Donn R. Martin sincere appreciation to the family, Allen & Joyce Phipps Eleanor & Mark Hawkins friends, and colleagues of Boris Wolper for their gifts in his memory. Full Sponsors Marcia Pugsley & Kent Mather Matthew Heising Ann S. Bowers Beverly & David Altman Marlene Rabinovitch & Richard Bland John Hession The Jeffrey Dean & Heidi Hopper Family Michael & Leslie Braun Ann Ratcliffe Ralph Hodgson Joan & Allan Fisch Malkah & Donald* Carothers Richard & Karen Recht Zak Holdsworth Paul & Marcia Ginsburg Lillian Coehlo Robert & Adelle Rosenzweig Gene F. Jacobson Sue & Bill Gould Tony & Nancy Douglas Elizabeth M. Salzer John Josse Mary Lorey John & Florine Galen Birgit & Daniel Schettler Christopher Kanaan Marcia & Hap Wagner Susan Galen Margaret Sloan Stephen & Elizabeth Kaufman Melanie & Ron Wilensky Clinton & Sharon Snyder Douglas Keyston Nancy Goldin & Brad Middlekauff Deepa Sood Jin Mi Kim & Sung Ho Anne & Dick Gould Contributors Denali St. Amand Pete Klosterman Erin L. Hurson Anonymous Marguerite Stevens Lindsay Kohler Ms. Mary S. Joyce The ACMP Foundation Sue Swezey Margot Langsdorf Paul & Rita Kaplan Bill & Marsha Adler Thomas G. Szymanski Henry Lesser June & Wally Levin Mickie & Gibson Anderson Marion Taylor June & Wally Levin, in honor of Joann Locktov A. Augustin Les Thompson & Freda Hofland Marilyn & Boris Wolper Mary Lorey Agnes Babcock Elizabeth Trueman & Raymond Perrault Noah Lichtenstein Lala Richards Elaine & Herb Berman Cathy Vigrass Ernest Lieberman Marisa & Lewis Samuels John & Lu Bingham Darlene & Charles Whitney Leon Lipson Claudia Smay Susan Biniaz & Robert Harris Lyn & Greg Wilbur Carol & Hal Louchheim Melanie & Ronald Wilensky Patricia Foster Weldon & Carol Wong Kathleen Lucatorto Marilyn Wolper Lawrence & Leah Friedman Alex Maasry Betsy & David Fryberger Friends (Gifts up to $99) Brendan Marshall In-Kind Contributions In memory of Suk Ki Hahn Anonymous (6) Ben Mathes A-1 Party Rentals Carol & Mac MacCorkle J. M. Abel Sally Mentzer, in memory of Myrna Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria Annie E. Rohan Jennifer Acheson & Ghassan Ghandour Robinson & Lois Crozier Hogle Bed Bath & Beyond Laurie Spaeth Sundeep Ahuja Laura Morton Costco, Redwood City Peggy & Art Stauffer Liz Anderson Jared Mundell Maureen & Paul Draper In memory of Michael Steinberg Helen Aoyagi Merla Murdock Gerry’s Cakes, Menlo Park A. Augustin Dolly Musey, in memory of John H. Musey Grandma Vonnie’s Cookies Agnes Babcock Lindsay Noren Green Mountain Coffee Menlo School Michael & Maria Babiak Julia Oliver Hobee’s, Palo Alto Music@Menlo would like to extend Susan Albro Barkan Yuriko Payton-Miyazaki La Biscotteria special thanks to outgoing Head of School Sue & Doug Barton Lynn & Oliver Pieron Lawrence Zaven Markosian & Deborah Norm Colb and incoming Head of School Susan Biniaz & Robert Harris Patricia Porter & Stephen Browning Baldwin Than Healy, the Board of Trustees, faculty, James Randy Borden Curtis & Kerrilyn Renshaw, in honor of Mayfield Bakery & Cafe staff, students, and all of the Menlo School Marina Bosi-Goldberg Mr. & Mrs. George Uhler Menlo Grill community for their continuing enthusiasm Marjorie & Richard Brody Leonardo Rodriguez Philz Coffee, Inc. and support. David Bryant Kathleen & Mike Roeder Ridge Vineyards Marda Buchholz Oliver Roup Safeway Peter Cahill Brad & Janice Santos Stanford Park Hotel J. Anne Carlson Phyllis & Jeffrey Scargle Starbucks Aaron Chan Rebecca Schapiro SusieCakes Catherine Chang Anthony Schiller Target, Redwood City

11 Music@Menlo Tenth-Anniversary Campaign Music@Menlo is grateful to the following individuals and organizations for their contributions to the Music@Menlo Fund through the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign. Leadership Circle ($100,000+) George & Holde Muller Andrea G. Julian Michael Mizrahi, in honor of Ann Bowers Anonymous Music@Menlo Chamber Music Institute Meredith Kaplan Merla Murdock Ann S. Bowers Faculty Members, 2010–2012 Dr. Ronald & Tobye Kaye Joan Norton Chandler B. & Oliver A. Evans Linda & Stuart Nelson, in honor of Yeuen Kim & Tony Lee Rossannah & Alan Reeves Paul & Marcia Ginsburg David Finckel and Wu Han Susan & Knud Knudsen Shirley Reith Michael Jacobson & Trine Sorensen Rebecca & John Nelson Hilda Korner Nancy & Norm Rossen The Martin Family Foundation Shela & Kumar Patel Mimi & Alex Kugushev Ed & Linda Selden Bill & Lee Perry Anne Peck Daniel Lazare Helena & John Shackleton Bill & Paula Powar Joan & Philip Leighton Charlotte Siegel $10,000–$99,999 Robert & Diane Reid Lois & Paul Levine Alice Smith Anonymous Laurose & Burton Richter Raymond Linkerman & Carol Eisenberg Denali St. Amand Darren H. Bechtel Barry & Janet Robbins Drs. John & Penny Loeb Misa & Tatsuyuki Takada Jim & Mical Brenzel Annie E. Rohan David E. Lorey, in memory of Jim Lorey Margaret Wunderlich Iris & Paul Brest Barry Rosenbaum & Eriko Matsumoto Susie MacLean Chris Ziegler Terri Bullock Gordon Russell & Dr. Bettina McAdoo Frank Mainzer & Lonnie Zwerin Michèle & Larry Corash Schwab Charitable Fund Robert March & Lisa Lawrence Matching Gifts Karen & Rick DeGolia Bill & Joan Silver Valerie J. Marshall The Abbott Fund Matching Grant Plan The David B. and Edward C. Goodstein Jim & Mary Smith Sally Mentzer, in memory of Myrna Chevron Foundation Abe & Marian Sofaer Robinson and Lois Crozier Hogle The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Sue & Bill Gould Edward Sweeney & Kathy Hansen Ellen Mezzera IBM Matching Grants Program Libby & Craig Heimark Vivian Sweeney Bill Miller & Ida Houby Microsoft Matching Grants Program Kathleen G. Henschel Ellen & Mike Turbow In memory of Lois Miller Leslie Hsu & Rick Lenon Joe & Anne Welsh Thomas & Cassandra Moore The artistic directorship, the young Michael J. Hunt & Joanie Banks-Hunt Peter & Georgia Windhorst Peter & Liz Neumann artist fund, special artistic ventures, The Kaz Foundation, in memory of Elizabeth Wright Neela Patel the coaching staff of the Chamber Steve Scharbach Frank Yang Lynn & Oliver Pieron Music Institute, Prelude Performances, the Jeehyun Kim David & Virginia Pollard visual artist, the Chamber Music Institute The Marin Community Foundation $100–$999 Ann Ratcliffe Music Library, and the instrumental chairs Hugh Martin Anonymous (3) Hana Rosenbaum are also supported through generous gifts William F. Meehan III Matthew & Marcia Allen Sid & Susan Rosenberg to the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign. Besty Morgenthaler Alan & Corinne Barkin Elizabeth Salzer Dr. Condoleezza Rice Millie & Paul Berg Birgit & Daniel Schettler The Shrader-Suriyapa Family Mark Berger & Candace DeLeo Elaine & Thomas Schneider The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Melanie Bieder & Dave Wills Gerry & Coco Schoenwald In memory of Michael Steinberg John & Lu Bingham Nancy G. Schrier Marcia & Hap Wagner Bill Blankenburg Armand A. Schwartz Jr. Melanie & Ronald Wilensky Jocelyn & Jerome Blum Steven E. Shladover Marilyn & Boris* Wolper Joan Brodovsky Judy & Lee Shulman $1,000–$9,999 Marda Buchholz Edgar Simons Louise Carlson & Richard Larrabee Alice Sklar Anonymous (3) Betty Swanson Judy & Doug Adams Malkah & Donald* Carothers Hazel Cheilek Barbara Tam Eileen & Joel Birnbaum Golda Tatz Kathleen & Dan Brenzel Dr. Denise Chevalier Sandra & Chris Chong Isaac Thompson Dr. & Mrs. Melvin C. Britton Jana & Mark Tuschman Sherry Keller Brown Robert & Ann Chun Alison Clark Jack & Margrit Vanderryn Chris Byrne Dr. George & Bay Westlake Patrick Castillo Betsy & Nick Clinch Neal & Janet Coberly Sallie & Jay Whaley Jo & John De Luca Lyn & Greg Wilbur Delia Ehrlich Norm & Susan Colb Jacqueline M. & Robert H. Cowden Bryant & Daphne Wong Mike & Allyson Ely Ronald & Alice Wong Scott & Carolyn Feamster Anne Dauer Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Suzanne Field & Nicholas Smith Gifts under $100 David Finckel & Wu Han Miriam DeJongh Edma Dumanian Anonymous (3) Joan & Allan Fisch Susan Berman Earl & Joy Fry Leonard & Margaret Edwards Thomas & Ellen Ehrlich Veronica Breuer Betsy & David Fryberger Marjorie Cassingham Karen & Ned Gilhuly Alan M. Eisner Sherrie & Wallace Epstein Constance Crawford Laura & Peter Haas David Fox & Kathy Wosika Adele M. Hayutin Maria & George Erdi Michael Feldman Sandra Gifford Jewish Family and Children’s Services Andrew Goldstein Kris Klint Tom & Nancy Fiene Bruce & Marilyn Fogel Laura Green Margy & Art Lim, in memory of Barbara Gullion & Franck Avril Myrna Robinson, Don DeJongh, and Lawrence & Leah Friedman Lulu & Larry Frye, in honor of Jennifer Hartzell & Donn R. Martin Pat Blankenburg Margaret Harvey Mary Lorey Eff & Patty Martin Rose Green Mark Heising Carol & Mac MacCorkle Abe Klein Lawrence Markosian & Deborah Baldwin Edie & Gabe Groner Jerome Guillen Hiroko Komatsu Gladys & Larry Marks Amy Laden Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor/Marmor Helen & Gary Harmon Elsa & Raymond Heald Marcia Lowell Leonhardt Foundation Carol & Harry Louchheim Brian P. McCune Erin L. Hurson The Jewish Community Federation and Ben Mathes Carol & Doug Melamed James E. McKeown Nancy & DuBose Montgomery Endowment Fund Melissa Johnson Janet McLaughlin

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institute alumni/current coaches of the young performers program visit with festival patrons.

Pianist Alex Chien (Young Performers Program ’12 and ’13) won First Chamber Music Institute Prize in the Senior Level at the 2013 Marilyn Mindell Competition. Alumni Updates Along with two other musicians, cellist Yves Dharamraj (International Program ’06) created a new music festival in Cordoba, Argentina, (September 2013) entitled the New Docta International Music Festival. The festival, Development and Launch of the Alumni Network — Music@Menlo’s which ran from August 26 through September 1, 2013, brought new online Alumni Network creates lasting connections among together chamber music performance and instruction to captivate alumni of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program and and nurture Latin American youth. the members of the Music@Menlo community, and it supports the Pianist David Fung (International Program ’10) was named a continuing personal and professional development of alumni. The Laureate in the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition Alumni Network is made possible by special funding from the Tenth- in Brussels after performing the Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 Anniversary Campaign. Features of the Alumni Network include a in B-flat Major, op. 83. The competition helps musicians who are calendar of alumni performances all around the world, a directory of looking to launch an international career. all International Program alumni, an active page of alumni updates and news, and a live feed from Music@Menlo’s social media sites. Violist Mario Gotoh (International Program ’10) received the 2012 Patricia Kerr Ross Award for exemplary student achievement in the Five International Program alumni returned to Music@Menlo for arts. This award is given annually by the State University of New York the Winter Residency to work with Menlo School teachers and Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher to students who have demonstrated students in a week of interactive, cross-disciplinary music education: excellence, originality, and promise in the arts. • Eleanor Kendra James (viola, International Program ’12) Violinist Bella Hristova (International Program ’06) was awarded the • Naomi Kudo (piano, International Program ’12) Avery Fisher Grant in 2013. • Tessa Lark (violin, International Program ’12) • Jennifer Liu (violin, International Program ’12) Hilda Huang (Young Performers Program ’06–’10) was named a • Hiro Matsuo (cello, International Program ’11) 2013 Presidential Scholar in the Arts, one of twenty students and the only pianist to receive this honor. She traveled to Washington, The Amphion String Quartet was awarded the 2012 Helen Roosevelt D.C., in June 2013 to receive this award from President Obama and Grant by Charlotte White’s Salon de Virtuosi. The quartet was given to perform at the Kennedy Center. $5,000 through this grant. On April 23, 2013, the quartet made its debut with guest artist clarinetist in Cellist Coleman Itzkoff (Young Performers Program ’08) was Weill Recital Hall. featured as the Young Artist in Residence on Performance Today for the week of February 25, 2013. Pianist Michael Brown (International Program ’10) launched a kickstarter campaign to fund the recording of a new CD with works In fall 2012, pianist Qing Jiang (International Program ’08) joined by George Perle. The project, which was funded within the first the Curtis Institute of Music as a staff pianist and member of the twenty-four hours, will include some works by Perle that have never Musical Studies faculty. Jiang completed her doctoral studies at been recorded before. New England Conservatory in May 2012, under the tutelage of Wha Kyung Byun. Sunmi Chang (violin, International Program ’09) joined the Chamber Music Institute coaching faculty and the professional artist roster for Music@Menlo’s 2013 season.

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Violinist Alexi Kenney (Young Performers Program ’03, ’04, and ’06– Violinist Emily Shehi (Young Performers Program ’09, ’10, and ’13) won ’10 and International Program ’13), as part of the Spruce Quartet, first place in the Kansas City Symphony Young Artist Competition on was selected to be part of the New England Conservatory Honors February 9, 2013. Ensemble Program for the 2012–2013 season. The quartet performed As part of the Lysander Trio, pianist Liza Stepanova (International a varied program at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall with Program ’08) was a prizewinner in the 2012 Concert Artists Guild repertoire covering the entire span of the quartet literature. Victor Elmaleh Competition; the trio was designated the Chamber Pianist Naomi Kudo (International Program ’12) performed Music America Showcase Performance Recipient. Starting in the fall Shostakovich’s Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra of 2013, Stepanova became the Visiting Artist and Lecturer in Music with the El Camino Youth Symphony for its annual benefit concert at Smith College. and Golden Anniversary Celebration on March 9, 2013. Pianist Nicolas van Poucke (Young Performers Program ’06–’08) Violinist Tessa Lark (International Program ’12), winner of the 2008 released his debut album, entitled I Believe in Bach, the Father, Klein Competition, was emcee of the 2013 Klein Competition and Beethoven, the Son, and Brahms, the Holy Ghost of Music. He was acted as a mentor and guide for the eight semifinalists. partially able to release this album by crowdfunding almost £9,785. Violist Matthew Lipman (International Program ’11) won first place On March 1 and 2, 2013, violinist Stephen Waarts (Young Performers in the Viola Division of the Washington International Competition Program ’06–’09) played Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no. 1 with the for Strings, held in Washington, D.C. The Washington International Silicon Valley Symphony. This was Waarts’s sixth performance with the Competition for Strings is held every three years. In March, Lipman Silicon Valley Symphony. performed a recital at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. Pianist Teresa Yu (International Program ’05 and Chamber Music Pianist (International Program ’03) founded and Institute faculty ’06–’08) gave birth to a baby girl, Eliana Luo, on January is Coartistic Director of a new chamber music festival in Southern 14, 2013. Her San Francisco–based music school, Amabile, was recently California, Chamber Music OC. The inaugural gala concert took featured in an article in San Francisco Classical Voice. Teresa Yu is a place on May 3, 2013, at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. member of the Aleron Trio. In December 2013, pianist Roman Rabinovich (International Program Kevin Zhu (Young Performers Program ’11) performed Sarasate’s ’10) performed in a special recital in homage to the great pianist Carmen Fantasy and Navarra with the Philharmonia Orchestra in Arthur Rubinstein at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall. as First Prize winner in the Junior Division of the 2012 Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition. Violinists Jesús Reina (International Program ’11) and Anna Margrethe Nilsen (International Program ’11) founded a chamber music festival Congratulations to the following Music@Menlo students, in Spain entitled Málaga Clásica. Its inaugural season, From Time, who competed in the 2013 International Russian Music Piano explored chamber music from the Baroque era to the twenty- Competition in San Jose: first century and ran from May 20 through 26. Cellist Hiro Matsuo • Anna Boonyanit (Young Performers Program ’10 and ’11) – (International Program ’11), violists Matthew Lipman (International First Prize winner, Junior Division Program ’11) and Jesús Rodolfo Rodriguez (International Program ’11), and pianist Christopher Schmitt (International Program ’11) joined • Esther Park (International Program ’07) – First Prize winner, other musicians from around the world as main-stage artists. Jesús Advanced Division Rodolfo Rodriguez has also joined Málaga Clásica as Codirector. • Alice Zhu (Young Performers Program ’11) – Third Prize In November 2012, cellist Julia Rosenbaum (Young Performers winner, Intermediate Division Program ’07–’11) performed Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra. Pianist Yoko Rosenbaum (Young Performers Program ’10–’13) kept a journal detailing her experiences as a Young Performer in 2013, excerpts of which were published by San Francisco Classical Voice. Her article “If It’s Not Baroque, Don’t Fix It: How to Leave Performance Mistakes Behind” was also published by San Francisco Classical Voice on August 22, 2013. The Dover Quartet, which includes cellist Camden Shaw (Young Performers Program ’05 and ’06 and International Program ’12), swept the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, winning the Grand Prize as well as all three special prizes: the R. S. Williams & Sons Haydn Prize for the best performance of Haydn, the Székely Prize for the best performance of Schubert, and the Canadian Commission Prize for the best performance of a newly commissioned work.

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In February of 2013, Lauren Kido (Event Planning and Hospitality Intern Updates Intern ’10) joined the Auxiliary Board of Young Audiences of Northern (September 2013) California. She is working in marketing and communications in San Ashley (Hogan) Bontje (Event Planning and Hospitality Intern ’07) Francisco. currently works as Philanthropy Coordinator for the UW World Series Sydney Larson (Artist Liaison Intern ’06) began Stanford Business at the University of Washington. Prior to this position, she was a School in January of 2013. Special Events Assistant at Carnegie Hall. Bonnie Lee (Merchandising Intern ’11) is an Account Specialist at In November 2012, Kaila Brosey (Publications and Publicity MDB Group, a children’s furniture company. Intern ’11) began working as an Account Executive at MeriTalk, a Michele Nguyen (Event Planning and Catering ’10) graduated from strategic holding company that manages a portfolio of media and the University of San Diego in May 2013. marketing services organizations in Alexandria, Virginia. Maegan Passafume (Stage Manager Intern ’10) is currently working Jorena de Pedro (Production Intern ’11) is currently Marketing and for the stage management team at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Ticketing Assistant for San Francisco Performances. Prior to this Massachusetts. In the summer of 2013, she was the Assistant Stage position, she was with the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra and Manager for Mother Courage starring Olympia Dukakis and she is Sacramento Opera working in patron services. now the Production Stage Manager for the Education Department’s In January of 2013, Sarah Donahue (Patron Services Intern ’11; production of Julius Caesar. Operations Intern ’12) was accepted to the DeVos Institute of Arts In May 2013, Alaina Pritz (Artist Liaison Intern ’08) received her Management at the Kennedy Center, where she worked in the master’s degree from the University of Maryland. She is currently Operations Department for the National Symphony Orchestra. She Airman First Class and performs as clarinetist with the United then quickly segued into another internship at the Aspen Music States Air Force Band of the Golden West at Travis Air Force Base Festival and School as Operations Assistant (summer of 2013). in California. As of December 2012, Lauren Eigenbrode (Student Liaison Intern Chandler Rickers (Production Intern ’09; Stage Manager Intern ’10) ’06) is Corporate Partnerships Coordinator at the San Francisco graduated from Doane University in 2011 and is currently working as Symphony. She previously worked at the New York Philharmonic as a high school social studies teacher. Program Manager for the Very Young Composers Program. In the spring of 2013, Hana Rosenbaum (Artist Liaison Intern ’11; Katherine Erickson (Production Intern ’06) started law school at New Development Intern ’12) completed an internship with Sony Music York University in the fall of 2012. Entertainment in New York, New York. In the summer of 2013, she Zachary Green (Patron Services Intern ’09 and ’10) entered Juilliard was an intern with RCA Records in Beverly Hills, California. in the fall of 2012 to begin graduate studies in double bass. He is a Beginning in August 2012, Alena Samoray (Stage Manager Intern ’11) graduate of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. embarked on a four-and-a-half-month tour with Chamber Theatre Catherine Ho (Event Planning and Catering Intern ’06) is an Productions, operated out of Boston, as an electrician and Assistant Experience Design Researcher at Intuit. Stage Manager. She is currently Master Electrician with Gulfshore Kimberly Hsu (Photography and Videography Intern ’10) graduated Playhouse in Naples, Florida. from the University of California, Berkeley, in May 2013. Samuel Schreiber (Production Intern ’10) graduated from Indiana Beginning in the summer of 2012, Aaron Huang (Merchandising University of Pennsylvania in May 2013 and is currently pursuing a Intern ’09 and ’10) started working in asset management for Ernst graduate degree at Louisiana State University. He is also a clarinet and Young. teacher at the Kids’ Orchestra in Baton Rouge. Jiwon Kang (Student Liaison Intern ’09; Operations Intern ’10) is Roshan Sukumar (Student Liaison Intern ’11; Student Resident working in the Artistic Administration Department of the Washington Advisor ’13) graduated from the University of Washington in May National Opera as part of an internship program through the DeVos 2013. Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center. In the summer In February 2013, Tiffany Wang (Event Planning and Hospitality of 2012, she was an intern at Wolf Trap. Intern ’09) was promoted to Catering Manager at the Sofitel Hotel Since January 2010, Meredith Kaplan (Event Planning and Hospitality in Redwood City. Intern ’10) has worked at the Natural History Museum of Los In spring 2013, Amy Wipfler (Artist Liaison Intern ’12) was an intern at Angeles County as a Prospect Researcher. When reflecting on her the Center for Women in Enterprise in Boston, where she worked on experience as an intern, she commented, “I look upon my time at grantwriting, research, and data analysis. Music@Menlo as one of the greatest professional experiences I’ve had. Completing the internship program has definitely shaped my career goals and encouraged me to go into the nonprofit community.”

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