A Message from the Chair of the Board of Trustees 4 2020 Musician Roster 5 MARCH 6-7 11 Peaks of Beauty and Devotion MARCH 20-21 19 Beethoven at 250: An Apotheosis of Energy MARCH 27-28 27 The Rite of Spring APRIL 17-18 35 Beethoven at 250: The Ninth Symphony Spotlight on Education 50 Board of Trustees/Staff 51 Friends of the Columbus Symphony 53 Columbus Symphony League 54 Future Inspired 55 Partners in Excellence 57 Corporate and Foundation Partners 57 Individual Partners 58 In Kind 61 Tribute Gifts 61 Legacy Society 64 Concert Hall & Ticket Information 67 ADVERTISING Onstage Publications 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 e-mail: [email protected] www.onstagepublications.com The Columbus Symphony program is published in association with Onstage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45409. The Columbus Symphony program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. Onstage Publications is a division of Just Business!, Inc. Contents © 2020. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dear Columbus Symphony Supporter, As our 2019–20 season comes to a close, we again thank you for your support of quality, live performances of orchestral music in our community! We are thrilled to end our season with four amazing performances. Our wonderful spring concerts start with Peaks of Beauty and Devotion (March 6–7, Ohio Theatre). American artist Joshua Roman performs his own evocative Cello Concerto in a CSO premiere. Rossen Milanov conducts this powerful performance, culminating in Anton Bruckner’s majestic Symphony No. 7. Following is our first nod to Beethoven’s 250 year celebration, Beethoven at 250: An Apotheosis of Energy (March 20–21, Ohio Theatre). We open the concert with Brahms’ extraordinary Violin Concerto, which compliments the musical exuberance showcased in Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Beethoven’s Seventh explores the hypnotic interplay between rhythm and energy, and has a long-reaching influence on the way we hear music. Closing March, we offer Stravinksy’s revolutionary The Rite of Spring (March 27–28, Ohio Theatre). Emphasizing this pagan melody and earthy rhythm is Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia, a composition by one of classical music’s fastest-rising talents. We also feature Cristina Pato, a magnetic artist who showcases the bagpipes as a concert instrument in its own right. Our Masterworks Season concludes with Beethoven at 250: The Ninth Symphony (April 17–18, Ohio Theatre). Beethoven’s crowning achievement is the perfect way to celebrate our season finale with the Columbus Symphony Chorus joining the orchestra in this spiritual and uniting performance. On behalf of the musicians, staff, and board of the Columbus Symphony, we sincerely thank you for your enduring support, enthusiasm, and faith in this organization. Please enjoy tonight’s performance! Lisa Barton Board Chair BRAVO MARCH/APRIL 2020 4 Columbus Symphony Musicians VIOLINS Joanna Frankel Leonid Polonsky David Niwa Alicia Hui Concertmaster Associate Assistant Principal Second Jack and Joan Concertmaster Concertmaster Martin and Sue George Chair Inglis Chair Rhonda Frascotti Mary Jean Petrucci **Michael David Edge Robert Firdman Assistant Principal Buccicone Second Joyce Fishman Tatiana V. Hanna Gail Sharp Zoran Anna Svirsky Stoyanovich VIOLAS David Tanner Jonquil Thoms Olev Viro Karl Pedersen Brett Allen Principal Assistant Principal Gay Su Pinnell Chair * Indicates musician on leave during the 2019–2020 Winter Season ** Begins the alphabetical listing of players who participate in a system of rotated seating within the string section. Columbus Symphony Musicians **Mary Ann Kenichiro Matsuda Chris Saetti Ann Schnapp Steven Wedell Farrington VIOLONCELLOS BASSES Luis Biava Wendy Morton **Pei-An Chao Victor Firlie Rudy Albach Principal Assistant Principal Principal Andy and Sandy Gay Su Pinnell Chair Nationwide Chair Ross Chair FLUTES John Pellegrino Russell Gill Jena Huebner Niles Watson *Genevieve Assistant Principal Principal Stefiuk OBOE & OBOE ENGLISH HORN CLARINETS Heidi *Stephen Secan Robert Royse David Thomas Mark Kleine Ruby-Kushious Principal Principal Rhoma Berlin Chair * Indicates musician on leave during the 2019–2020 Winter Season ** Begins the alphabetical listing of players who participate in a system of rotated seating within the string section. PHOTOS: Scott Cunningham Columbus Symphony Musicians BASSOONS HORNS Betsy Sturdevant Douglas Fisher Brian Mangrum Julia Rose Principal Principal Associate Principal Sheldon and BASS Rebecca Taft Chair TRUMPET TROMBONE TROMBONE Adam Koch Mark Grisez Jeffrey Korak Andrew Millat Joseph Duchi Principal Lisa and Chris Principal Barton Chair TUBA TIMPANI PERCUSSION *James Akins Benjamin Ramirez Philip Shipley Jack Jenny Principal Principal Principal American Electric Power Foundation Chair BRAVO MARCH/APRIL 2020 7 Columbus Symphony Musicians NOT PICTURED VIOLINS VIOLAS OBOES TROMBONES Mikhail Baranovsky Dee Dee Fancher Jacob Martin David Roode Maria Beltavski Yu Gan Hugo Souza TUBAS Leah Burtnett Patrick Miller BASS CLARINET Jonathan Fowler Amber Dimoff Ila Rondeau Bill Denza Erin Gilliland HARP VIOLONCELLOS BASSOONS & Rachel Miller Jonathan Hwang Mary Davis Sean Klopfenstein CONTRABASSOON Symphony League Chair Yoni Draiblate Cynthia Cioffari Alix Raspe Heather Kufchak Sabrina Lackey Ji-Yeon Lee Joseph Mueller HORNS KEYBOARD William Manley Will Teegarden Colin Bianchi Caroline Hong Nick Naegele Stephanie Blaha Reinberger Aurelian Oprea BASSES Bruce Henniss Foundation Chair Jeeyoung Park Wilbur “Skip” Edwards Amy Lassiter LIBRARIANS Emily Tarantino Manami White Kimberly McCann Jean-Etienne Lederer FLUTES & TRUMPETS Principal Librarian PICCOLOS Gary Davis Jacqueline Meger Lydia Roth Andrew Lott Library Assistant Janet van Graas BRAVO MARCH/APRIL 2020 8 FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020, 7:30 PM SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2020, 7:30 PM PEAKS OF BEAUTY AND DEVOTION OHIO THEATRE Rossen Milanov, conductor Joshua Roman, cello • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • JOSHUA ROMAN Awakening I. Momentum II. Possibility III. It’s You, Not Me IV. Clinging V. Awakening, Incorporated INTERMISSION ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 in E major I. Allegro Moderato II. Adagio: Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam III. Scherzo: Sehr schnell IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch micht schnell THIS CONCERT IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF MARY C. LONG. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY MASTERWORKS HOTEL SPONSOR: BRAVO MARCH/APRIL 2020 11 ROSSEN MILANOV, music director Tetzlaff, and André Watts. During his 11-year tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Milanov conducted more than 200 performances. In 2015, he completed a 15-year tenure as music director of the nationally recognized training orchestra Symphony in C in New Jersey, and in 2013, a 17-year tenure with the New Symphony Orchestra in his native city of Sofia, Bulgaria. His passion for new music has resulted in numerous world premieres of works by composers such as Derek Bermel, Mason Bates, Caroline Shaw, Phillip Glass, Richard Danielpour, Nicolas Maw, and Gabriel Prokofiev, among others. Noted for his versatility, Milanov is also a Respected and admired by audiences and welcomed presence in the worlds of opera musicians alike, Rossen Milanov is currently and ballet. He has collaborated with Komische the music director of the Columbus Symphony Oper Berlin (Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Orchestra (CSO), Chautauqua Symphony Mtzensk), Opera Oviedo (Spanish premiere of Orchestra, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and Tchaikovsky’s Mazzepa and Bartok’s Bluebeard’s newly appointed chief conductor of the Slovenian Castle—awarded best Spanish production for RTV Orchestra in Ljubljana. 2015), and Opera Columbus (Verdi’s La Traviata). Milanov has established himself as a conductor An experienced ballet conductor, he has been with considerable national and international seen at New York City Ballet and collaborated presence. He recently completed a seven- with some of the best known choreographers of year tenure as music director of the Orquesta our time such Mats Ek, Benjamin Millepied, and Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias (OSPA) most recently, Alexei Ratmansky in the critically in Spain. Nationally, he has appeared with acclaimed revival of Swan Lake in Zurich with the the Colorado, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Zurich Ballet and in Paris with La Scala Ballet. Baltimore, Seattle, and Fort Worth symphonies, Milanov was recipient of an Arts Prize by The National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Columbus Foundation. Under his leadership, Center, Link-Up education projects with Carnegie the Columbus Symphony has expanded its Hall and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and with the reach by connecting original programing with Civic Orchestra in Chicago. community-wide initiatives such as focusing Internationally, he has collaborated with on women composers, nature conservancy, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra de presenting original festivals, and supporting and la Suisse Romand, Rotterdam Philharmonic, commissioning new music. Aalborg, Latvian, and Hungarian National In Princeton, he celebrated his tenth anniversary Symphony Orchestras and the orchestras in as music director, and under his leadership, the Toronto, Vancouver, KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic orchestra has established an excellent artistic (South Africa), Mexico, Colombia, Sao Paolo, reputation and has been recognized for its Belo Horizonte, and New Zealand. In the Far innovation and vital role in the community.