2 RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WELCOME PAGE Welcome To The Fifteenth Annual WHAT’S INSIDE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF | 5 NCMF FOUNDING MEMBERS | 6 2018 NCMF MUSICIANS | 7 2018 NCMF MUSICIAN BIOGRAPHIES | 8 DECEMBER 26 GREAT BASIN BRASS QUINTET | 17 DECEMBER 27 BAROQUE BY CANDLELIGHT 1: December 26, 2018 - January 1, 2019 VIOLIN VIRTUOSI | 18 BAROQUE BY CANDLELIGHT 2: PERFECT PAIRINGS | 21 Sponsored by: DECEMBER 28 DUETS AND QUINTETS | 25 CHAMBER MUSIC THROUGH THE AGES | 29 DECEMBER 29 A CONTINENTAL TOUR | 33 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS | 37 DECEMBER 30 FANTASY AND FLAIR | 41 UNDISCOVERED GRIEG | 44 DECEMBER 31 PIANO SHOWCASE | 48 NEW YEAR’S NIGHT | 52 JANUARY 1 A VIENNESE NEW YEAR | 55 ADVERTISING Renaissance Reno Hotel Onstage Publications 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 e-mail: [email protected] Steinway Piano Gallery www.onstagepublications.com This program is published in association with Stuart Murtland Photography Onstage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Kettering, OH 45409. 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Bill Pearce Motors RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Amy Booth STAFF Mark MacDonald Holly Walton-Buchanan Thom Mayes, President Kay Dean Executive Director Cleta Dillard Jennifer Smith William Douglass Bryan Wildman, First Vice President Gail McAllister Office Manager Jane Nichols John Tozzi Robin Ravazzini Kati Wentink, Operations Second Vice President Lloyd Rogers Manager and Librarian Judith Simpson Tasha Reisz Tony Stoik Dustin Budish, Treasurer Karen Stout-Gardner Personnel Manager Fred Jakolat Korona Phelps, Accountant Secretary Alisen Olsen, Office Assistant Cameo Flores, Stage Manager Sophie Ralston, Digital Marketing Reno Chamber Orchestra This project is funded, in part, by a grant from 925 Riverside Drive, Suite 5 Reno, NV 89503 Phone (775) 348-9413 the Nevada Arts Council, Fax (775) 348-0643 a state agency, and www.RenoChamberOrchestra.org the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Member of the These concerts have been made possible, in part, by the support of The City of Reno Arts and Culture Commission. The mission of the Reno Chamber Orchestra is to create intimate, inspirational musical experiences by engaging the community through vibrant music making by the Chamber Orchestra and chamber ensembles. Superb Music. Shared Experience. Enriched Lives. RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 5 NCMF FOUNDING MEMBERS Edna and Bruno Benna Marilyn Hadley Nancy and Jack Rose Peggy and Bruce Bossie International Game Technology St. Rose of Lima Church Yvonne and Allan Brady Jeane Jones Vera Stern Jill Brandin and Durian Pingree Walter Katai Timkin-Sturgis Foundation Madeleine Chiappero KUNR University of Nevada, Reno Davidson Institute for Talent Bobbi and Dale Lazzarone Sue and Dieter von Hennig Development The Mary Bremer Foundation Washoe Medical Center Gail and Bill Dawson Meadowood Mall Wells Fargo Nancy and Barry Downs Reno Gazette-Journal Jill M. Winter EstiponaVialpando Partners Reno Hilton Christine and John Worthington Great Basin Internet Services Heidemarie Rochlin 6 RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 2018 NCMF MUSICIANS THE MUSICIANS THIS YEAR ARE: MARTIN CHALIFOUR SCOTT FAULKNER JUN-CHING LIN 2018 Artistic Director Principal Bassist, Assistant Concertmaster, Atlanta Concertmaster, Reno Chamber Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Reno Philharmonic JON KIMURA PARKER DMITRI ATAPINE ALOYSIA FRIEDMANN Founding Member of the Cellist, Artistic Director, Violinist and Violist, Montrose Trio Ribadesella Chamber Music Orchestra of St. Luke, Festival and Apex Concerts Houston Grand Opera Orchestra STEPHANIE SANT’AMBROGIO Professor of Violin and DUSTIN BUDISH CLIVE GREENSMITH Viola at UNR, Principal Violist, Former Cellist, Artist Director of Reno Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo String Quartet; Cactus Pear Music Festival Reno Philharmonic Faculty, The Colburn School BRIAN SCHULDT CHEE-YUN MAK GRGIĆ Cellist, Felici Piano Trio; Internationally renowned Classical Guitarist, Executive Director, Violin Soloist Founding Member of Chamber Music Unbound Spoleto USA Duo Deloro STEVEN VANHAUWAERT CHE-YEN CHEN REBECCA HANG Pianist, Violist, Violinist, Felici Piano Trio, Chamber Founding Member of the Felici Piano Trio, Music Unbound Formosa Quartet Chamber Music Unbound JAMES WINN YA-FEI CHUANG RUTH LENZ Professor and Internationally-acclaimed Pianist; Concertmaster, Argenta Trio member, UNR; Faculty member, Reno Chamber Orchestra, Former Solo Pianist, Boston University; Reno Philharmonic New York City Ballet Steinway Artist MARK KOSOWER Principal Cello, Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Institute of Music RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 7 2018 NCMF MUSICIAN BIOGRAPHIES MARTIN CHALIFOUR Society of Lincoln Center and is an alum of The Bowers Program (formerly CMS Two). (INTERIM ARTISTIC His multiple festival appearances have included DIRECTOR AND VIOLIN) Music@Menlo, Chamber Music Northwest, La Musica Sarasota, Nevada Chamber Music artin Chalifour has held Festival, Cactus Pear Music Festival, Pacific Mthe prestigious post of Music Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, and Aix- Principal Concertmaster of en-Provence Festival among many others, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1995. He performances broadcast on radio and television also is currently a professor at the University of in Spain, Italy, the United States, Canada, Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. Mexico, and South Korea. The recipient of various grants and awards in his native Canada, he graduated with honors Mr. Atapine’s many awards include top prizes from the Montreal Conservatory at the age of at the Carlos Prieto International, the Florian 18, and then moved to Philadelphia to pursue Ocampo, and the Llanes cello competitions, studies at the Curtis Institute of Music. In 1986, as well as the Plowman, New England, and the Mr. Chalifour received a Certificate of Honor at Premio Vittorio Gui chamber competitions. His the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and recent engagements have included collaborations was a laureate of the Montreal International with such distinguished musicians as Cho-Liang Competition the following year. Since then he Lin, Paul Neubauer, David Finckel, Ani and has concertized extensively, playing hundreds Ida Kavafian, Wu Han, Bruno Giuranna, David of concerto performances in a repertoire of Shifrin, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet. more than fifty works under conductors such Mr. Atapine’s recordings, among them a world- as Pierre Boulez, Charles Dutoit and Christoph premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s complete Eschenbach. Mr. Chalifour is a frequent guest works for cello and piano, can be found on the at other music festivals, including the Mainly Naxos, Albany, Urtext Digital, BlueGriffin and Mozart Festival in San Diego, the Sarasota Music Bridge record labels. Festival, and the Ottawa International Music Festival. Mr. Chalifour began his orchestral Mr. Atapine holds the doctorate degree from career as Associate Concertmaster of the Atlanta Yale School of Music, where he was a student of Symphony in 1984. Subsequently he occupied Aldo Parisot. Born into a family of musicians, his the same position for five years in The teachers have included Alexander Fedortchenko Cleveland Orchestra where he also served as and Suren Bagratuni. The Artistic Director of Acting Concertmaster. Ribadesella Chamber Music Festival (Spain) and Apex Concerts (Nevada), he is the cello professor Martin Chalifour’s appearance at the 2018 Nevada at the University of Nevada, Reno. Chamber Music Festival is made possible by a generous gift from Lillian and Steve Frank. Dmitri Atapine’s appearance at the 2018 Nevada Chamber Music Festival is made DMITRI ATAPINE possible by a generous gift from Pat and (CELLO) Mark MacDonald. mitri Atapine has been DUSTIN BUDISH Ddescribed as a cellist with (VIOLA) “brilliant technical chops” (Gramophone), whose playing ustin Budish is the Acting is “highly impressive throughout” (The Strad). DPrincipal Violist of the Reno As a soloist and recitalist, he has appeared on Chamber Orchestra, where he some of the world’s foremost stages, including also serves as Personnel Manager, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Zankel and and Principal Violist of the Reno Philharmonic. Weill halls at Carnegie Hall, Chicago Cultural A native of Reno, after graduating from the Center, and the National Auditorium of Washoe County School District, he went on Spain. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Atapine to study at Oberlin College and the Cleveland frequently performs with The Chamber Music Institute with Jeffrey Irvine for which he 8 RENO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 2018 NCMF MUSICIAN BIOGRAPHIES received his Bachelor of Music degree in viola Concert Artists International Auditions, and performance and then received his MM with a year later she became the recipient of the honors at the New England Conservatory with prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Martha Katz. While in school, Mr. Budish was a founding member of the Mephisto Quartet, Chee-Yun’s appearance at the 2018 Nevada which worked with and performed alongside Chamber Music Festival is made possible by a members of the Cavani, Tokyo, Vermeer, and generous gift from Gail and Jack McAllister. Cleveland Quartets, and received the Russell Award at the Coleman Chamber Music CHE-YEN CHEN Competition in 2001. He has performed at the Ravinia, Norfolk, and