The Classical Recording Foundation FOURTEENTH ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY TUESDAY, NOVEMER 24, 2015 NATIONAL SAWDUST IN WILLIAMSBURG NEW YORK CITY The Classical Recording Foundation FOURTEENTH ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY National Sawdust Brooklyn, New York Tuesday, November 24, 2015, 8:00 PM 2015 FOUNDATION AWARDS 2015 Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artist Award Alan R. Kay and Jon Klibonoff 2015 Foundation Award Jan Vinci 2015 Composer of the Year Award Christopher Theofanidis 2015 Young Artist Award Francesca dePasquale Mission Statement To provide great performing artists and composers with an opportunity to record, release, and promote new classical recordings in a manner that captures ideal performances that define our era, by providing established artists with awards and new artists with grants. Please visit our website for Foundation news and events: www.ClassicalRecordingFoundation.org CONCERT AND PRESENTATION OF 2015 AWARD WINNERS Opening Remarks Kaoru (1994) for two flutes ............................ Christopher Theofanidis Adam Abeshouse, I. darting, restless President of The Classical Recording Foundation II. bitter, sharp III. joyous Andrew Robson and Victor Wang, flutes Clarinet Sonata No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 107 .................. Max Reger II. Vivace Presentation of the Composer of the Year Award to Christopher Theofanidis Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 49 No. 2 ....... Max Reger Amy Beth Kirsten, Visiting Professor of Composition IV. Allegretto affabile (con moto) at Peabody and Artistic Director of HOWL Albumleaf ........................................................................... Max Reger Alan R. Kay, clarinet and Jon Klibonoff, piano Thème et variations ............................................................... Messiaen Presentation of the Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artist Award to Francesca dePasquale, violin and David Kaplan, piano Alan R. Kay and Jon Klibonoff Fred Sherry, Faculty of the Juilliard School Presentation of the Young Artist Award to Francesca dePasquale Sedgwick Clark, Editor, Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts Flute Poetic for flute and piano ................................... Jennifer Hidgon Blue Hills Crow's Nest for solo flute ................................................... Mark Vinci Closing Remarks Adam Abeshouse Jan Vinci, flute, and Reiko Uchida, piano Presentation of the Foundation Award to Jan Vinci Mark Vinci, Jazz Saxophonist and Composer, Faculty of The Juilliard School and Skidmore College — INTERMISSION — 2 3 CLASSICAL RECORDING FOUNDATION AWARD WINNERS 2015 ALAN R. KAY AND JON KLIBONOFF Mr. Klibonoff is a past recipient of a NEA solo recitalist's grant and has been sponsored by the Pro Musicis Foundation in recital throughout the Praised by the New York Times for his “spellbinding” world. A founding member of the acclaimed ensemble, Trio Solisti, he has performances and “infectious enthusiasm and performed in major venues such as Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, panache,” Alan R. Kay is Principal Clarinetist and a and at numerous colleges and universities throughout the United States. Mr. former Artistic Director of Orpheus Chamber Klibonoff is a also a principal member of Associated Solo Artists, an Orchestra as well as Principal Clarinet of New York’s organization that performs concerts, educational programs and corporate Riverside Symphony and the Little Orchestra Society. events. He holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and from He also appears as Principal with the American The Juilliard School and is on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Symphony and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Mr. Kay’s Music and Concordia Conservatory of Music. honors include the C.D. Jackson Award at Tanglewood, a Presidential Scholars Teacher Recognition Award, Juilliard’s 1980 Competition, and the 1989 Young Concert Artists Award THE SAMUEL SANDERS COLLABORATIVE ARTIST AWARD with the sextet Hexagon later featured in the prizewinning documentary film, “Debut.” Mr. Kay is a founding member of Windscape and Hexagon; The Samuel Sanders Award to Alan R. Kay and Jon Klibonoff went to he appears regularly with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. underwrite their new disc Max Reger: Music for Clarinet and Piano. This His summer festivals include the Yellow Barn and Skaneateles Festivals, landmark recording captures Kay’s unique musical approach to the and his innovative programming for the New York Chamber Ensemble is a complete Reger repertoire. And in the true spirit of Sam Sanders, Klibonoff feature of the Cape May Music Festival. A virtuoso of wind repertoire, Mr. joins this recording as the ideal partner to realize Kay’s vision. This disc Kay has recorded with Hexagon, Windscape, the Sylvan Winds, Orpheus will be released in Spring 2016 by Bridge Records. and numerous other ensembles. Mr. Kay taught at the Summer Music Academy in Leipzig, Germany in 2004 and currently teaches at the ABOUT THIS AWARD Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard and Stony Brook University. The Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artist Award commemorates A versatile recitalist, orchestra soloist and chamber Samuel Sanders, a consummate chamber musician and beloved teacher. musician, Jon Klibonoff has performed extensively Mr. Sanders was the recital partner of choice to many instrumentalists and throughout the U.S. and abroad. His various honors singers including Itzhak Perlman, Mstislav Rostropovich, Robert White, and include first prizes in the Kosciuszko Chopin Paula Robison. Competition and the silver medal in the 1984 Gina Mr. Sanders had always preferred the term collaborator to Bachauer International Piano Competition. Klibonoff accompanist, and so embodied the essence of chamber music in all of his has appeared as soloist with the Utah, Baltimore, performances. He helped each artist find his or her voice, always achieving Richmond, Denver, New Orleans, Oakland, Syracuse, the right balance between leading and following, anticipation and support. and North Carolina symphonies, as well as the His range of tonal color was inspiring, without demanding the spotlight and Buffalo Philharmonic and the Denver Chamber always in service to the music. The Foundation has established this award Orchestra. in his honor and consequently it is reserved for chamber music of the highest caliber. 4 5 CLASSICAL RECORDING FOUNDATION AWARD WINNERS 2015 JAN VINCI THE FOUNDATION AWARD First Prizewinner of England's International The Foundation Award to Jan Vinci went to underwrite a new recording Electric Music Performance Competition, Jan entitled American Flutescape: A Tapestry of Premieres and Classics. Vinci Vinci has performed in Alice Tully, Carnegie, is a true champion of flute music and applies herself with a courageous and and Merkin Halls and for events such as the adventuresome attitude for new music. This recording was an opportunity to Blossom Festival, ICMC in The Netherlands, showcase her voice and to preserve this amazing collection of new flute Electric Music Festival in England and music. The recording will be released by Albany Records in April 2016. Killington Music Festival. She is often the featured artist for flute club festivals and performs for NFA conventions. Vinci recorded three CD's on Albany Records. Vinci earned a D.M.A. from The Juilliard School, M.M. from The Cleveland Institute of Music, and B.M. from Bowling Green State University, studying with Julius Baker, Samuel Baron, Maurice Sharp and Judith Bentley. Former faculty member of Queens College, Hofstra University and the Skidmore Flute Institute, Vinci is Senior Artist-in-Residence at Skidmore College and often teaches master classes at colleges. Vinci served as President of the New York Flute Club. Pianist Reiko Uchida made her New York solo debut in 2001 at Carnegie's Weill Hall under the auspices of the Abby Whiteside Foundation. She has performed solo and chamber music concerts in Germany, France, Italy, Russia, Finland, Bulgaria, Romania, the Czech Republic, Korea, and Japan, in venues including Suntory Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the 92nd Street Y, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Kennedy Center, and the White House. First prize winner of the Joanna Hodges Piano Competition and Zinetti International Competition, she has appeared as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Santa Fe Symphony, Greenwich Symphony, and the Princeton Symphony, among others. As a chamber musician she has performed at the Marlboro, Santa Fe, Tanglewood, and Spoleto Music Festivals. Ms. Uchida currently resides in New York City, where she is an associate faculty member at Columbia University. 6 7 CLASSICAL RECORDING FOUNDATION AWARD WINNERS 2015 CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS THE COMPOSER OF THE YEAR AWARD Christopher Theofanidis has had The Composer of the Year Award went to underwrite a new disc of performances by many leading orchestras Theofanidis’ chamber works. Theofanidis has a humility about himself that from around the world, including the belies his considerable talent. He has way of creating scores with a sense of London Symphony, the New York wonderment and is truly a fresh voice of this generation. The disc will be Philharmonic, the Philadelphia released Fall 2016. Orchestra, the Moscow Soloists, the National, Atlanta, Baltimore, St. Louis, PERFORMING TONIGHT and Detroit Symphonies, among many others. He has also served as Composer St. Louis native Andrew Robson is an emerging of the Year for the Pittsburgh Symphony during their 2006-7 season, for flutist and teacher.