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MidAmerica Productions presents Opera Aegean 2005, Island Of Syros, in the Cyclades, Greece, July 14
and 16, 2005
MidAmerica Productions presents a program of traditional spirituals and Beethoven's Mass in
C Major, February 22, 2005, 8 p.m.
MidAmerica Productions Presents Pianist Eleonor Bindman at Weill Recital Hall, February 3, 2005
MidAmerica Productions presents the Fine Arts Quartet at Weill Recital Hall performing with guest artist Jean-Marc Luisada February 6, 2005
MidAmerica Productions Presents Artistic Club Luba: Vladimir Tsypin and Friends at Weill Recital Hall in a performance highlighted by folk tunes, February 12, 2005
MidAmerica Productions Presents the Vandermark Ensemble at Weill Recital Hall, February 13, 2005
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For Immediate Release
January 17, 2005
MidAmerica Productions presents Opera Aegean 2005, Island Of Syros, in the Cyclades, Greece, July 14
and 16, 2005
New York, NY - MidAmerica Productions, Peter Tiboris, Artistic Director and General Director,
in association with I.U.M.A. Management of Rome, Christian Francesconi Catena, Management
Chairman, and with the generous support of the Municipality of Syros, Yiannis Dekavallas,
Mayor, announces the third season of Opera Aegean at the landmark Apollo Municipal Theater
"La Piccola Scala" on the Island of Syros, in the Cyclades, Greece. This season Opera
Aegean presents Rossini's Il Barbiere de Siviglia fully staged, with outstanding young
artists from Italy.
Opera Aegean 2005
Apollo Municipal Theater "La Piccola Scala"
Island of Syros, in the Cyclades, Greece
Rossini: Il Barbieri di Siviglia
July 14 and 16
Peter Tiboris, Conductor
Gianmaria Romagnoli, Stage Director
Featuring:
Figaro: Pietro Masi, Baritone
Rosina: Maria Francesca Mazzara, Soprano
Almaviva: Amedeo Moretti, Tenor
Dr. Bartolo: Emanuele Casani, Bass
Don Basilio: Raffaele Costantini, Bass-Baritone
Berta: Takaka Horaguchi, Mezzo Soprano
Yannis Xylas, Pianist
Opera Aegean, formed in 2000 as a training program and opera company, has
presented nearly 50 young artists, many of whom have gone on to performances
with major ensembles and in the premiere venues around the world. Working
with legendary performers and trainers such as Sherrill Milnes, Martina
Arroyo and Carol Castel, artists are given the unique opportunity to combine
intensive training with professional performances.
The 2005 Opera Aegean offers the first complete opera in the company's
history (past performances have been extended scenes). Il Barbiere di
Siviglia will feature artists with international careers in the historic
Apollo Municipal Theater. Known as "La Piccola Scala," the Apollo Theater
was modeled after Milan's famed La Scala and is well known as a tourist
destination and to residents of Syros Island alike for its opera and
theatrical presentations.
Says Peter Tiboris, MidAmerica Productions's Artistic Director and General
Director, "This season, Opera Aegean is forging new ground with the complete
presentation of Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia featuring these outstanding
young singers and directed by the remarkably talented Mr. Romagnoli. This
is the both the realization of a dream for me, and the beginning of a new
era for Opera Aegean. Syros is, for me, the 'Salzberg of the Aegean' and
I look forward to Opera Aegean's future growth on this beautiful island."
Over the past 20 years, MidAmerica Productions has brought together conductors, choruses,
soloists, and orchestral musicians for performances at some of the world's greatest venues,
especially at New York's Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall.
Under the guidance of MidAmerica's founder, Peter Tiboris, the company has presented over
725 concerts worldwide and more than 600 in New York at Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie
Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, and Lincoln
Center's Alice Tully Hall.
More than 2115 American ensembles, representing each of the 50 states, have appeared with
MidAmerica in New York, as have 75 symphonic and choral ensembles from Europe, the Far East,
South America, and Canada. There have more than 300 guest conductors, 620 solo artists, and
88,000 performers who have appeared on MidAmerica's series in Carnegie Hall.
In addition to presenting classic choral and instrumental works, MidAmerica Productions
has championed the works of contemporary composers. On MidAmerica's series in Carnegie
Hall and at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, there have been approximately 31 World
Premieres, 16 United States Premieres, and 50 New York Premieres.
For more information about MidAmerica Productions, please contact Kathleen Drohan at
212-239-0205 or kdrohan@midamerica-music.com.
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For Immediate Release
January 17, 2005
MidAmerica Productions presents a program of traditional
spirituals and Beethoven's Mass in C Major, February 22, 2005, 8 p.m.
New York, NY - MidAmerica Productions presents a program of traditional spirituals in celebration
of Black History Month, conducted by Lawrence Burnett side by side with Beethoven's Mass in C Major
conducted by Larry Wyatt. This program also features the Judson College Concert Choir from Marion,
Alabama in an Ensemble Spotlight. Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, February 22, 2005, 8 p.m.
Judson College Concert Choir (Marion, Alabama)
ROGER WALWORTH, Conductor
Works by Clausen, Whitacre, Bestor, Lauridsen, Desamours, Copland
NEW ENGLAND SYMPHONIC ENSEMBLE
VIRGINIA-GENE RITTENHOUSE, Music Director
LAWRENCE BURNETT, Conductor
A Program of Spirituals:
Lift Every Voice and Sing! (w/ piano)
Keep Your Lamps (drums)
Walk Together Children (a cappella)
Josephine Poelinitz: A City Called Heaven (w/ gospel piano, trap, and vocal soloist)
Robert L. Morris: Bound For Mt. Zion! (a cappella)
Rosephanye Powell: I Dream A World (w/ piano)
Keith Hampton: True Light (w/ gospel piano, trap)
Featuring choruses from Minnesota
LARRY WYATT, Conductor
Edlyn De Oliveira, soprano
Jessie Raven, mezzo-soprano
Don Frazure, tenor
Zheng Zhou, bass
Beethoven: Mass in C major
Tickets, at $85, 50, 35, may be obtained by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800,
going online at www.carnegiehall.org, or by visiting the Carnegie Hall Box Office at
West 57th Street and Seventh Avenue in NYC. For more information, call our Box Office
at (212) 239-4699.
Roger Walworth, conductor, received his bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama.
He received his master's and doctoral degrees from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in
Louisville, Kentucky. He has served as chair of the fine and performing arts division at
Judson College since 1994. He is an active recitalist, clinician, and adjudicator. He has
directed the Selma Community Chorus in Alabama since 1997. He has extensive experience as a
music teacher in public and private schools and as a church musician. His choirs have toured
extensively throughout the southern United States and the British Isles, presenting concerts
in noted venues such as Ely Cathedral and Canterbury Cathedral.
The Judson College Concert Choir is the principal chorale on the Judson College campus.
The choir tours extensively throughout the southern United States every year and internationally
every three years. The music department offers degrees in music and music education and has
been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1934. Judson College is
a Christian, liberal arts and sciences college for women.
Lawrence Burnett is Professor of Music and Choral Director at Carleton College where he
conducts the Carleton Singers, Carleton Men's Chorus, Bella Cantemus (women's chorus), and
the Carleton College Community Chorus, and teaches vocal diction, choral literature, conducting
and African-American sacred music history. He is a member of numerous professional music
organizations and fraternities and currently is most active in the American Choral Directors
Association as the Repertoire & Standards National Chair for the Committee on Ethnic and
Multicultural Perspectives. He has been awarded grants to study and compile histories of
arrangers, composers, conductors and choirs who have kept the sacred choral music traditions
of African-Americans alive through public performances and recordings. Currently, he is
developing an extensive web database that will provide historic and bibliographic information
on his research. He holds degrees from Texas A & I University, Eastern New Mexico University
and The University of Texas at Austin.
Larry Wyatt conductor, as the director of choral studies at the University of South
Carolina, conducts the Concert Choir and supervises the master's and doctoral programs
in choral conducting. Previously he served as choral director at Loyola University in New
Orleans. While there, he founded the Symphony Chorus and prepared the group for performances
of over 40 major works with internationally recognized conductors. Mr. Wyatt's choirs have
performed on six divisional and one national ACDA convention, including a presentation of
Bach's St. John Passion in 1992.
Virginia-Gene Rittenhouse, artistic director and principal conductor of the New England
Symphonic Ensemble, is a violinist, pianist, composer, and conductor. A graduate of The
Juilliard School, Boston University, and the Peabody Conservatory, Dr. Rittenhouse has
performed as recitalist and soloist with orchestras throughout the United States, Canada,
Europe, Japan, South Africa, and the West Indies. She is the recipient of numerous awards,
including the London Associate Board Overseas Award, the New York Concert Artists Guild Award,
the International Music Guild Award, and the New York Madrigal Society Award.
New England Symphonic Ensemble was organized more than two decades ago by Dr. Virginia-Gene
Rittenhouse. Since 1982 the ensemble has toured extensively throughout the United States,
Canada, Europe, Australia, Africa, Russia, and Israel, and has performed frequently at Carnegie
Hall under the auspices of MidAmerica Productions.
Over the past 20 years, MidAmerica Productions has brought together conductors, choruses,
soloists, and orchestral musicians for performances at some of the world's greatest venues,
especially at New York's Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall.
Under the guidance of MidAmerica's founder, Peter Tiboris, the company has presented over
725 concerts worldwide and more than 600 in New York at Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie
Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, and Lincoln
Center's Alice Tully Hall.
More than 2115 American ensembles, representing each of the 50 states, have appeared with
MidAmerica in New York, as have 75 symphonic and choral ensembles from Europe, the Far East,
South America, and Canada. There have more than 300 guest conductors, 620 solo artists, and
88,000 performers who have appeared on MidAmerica's series in Carnegie Hall.
In addition to presenting classic choral and instrumental works, MidAmerica Productions
has championed the works of contemporary composers. On MidAmerica's series in Carnegie
Hall and at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, there have been approximately 31 World
Premieres, 16 United States Premieres, and 50 New York Premieres.
For more information about MidAmerica Productions, please contact Kathleen Drohan at
212-239-0205 or kdrohan@midamerica-music.com.
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January 5, 2005
MidAmerica Productions Presents Pianist Eleonor Bindman at
Weill Recital Hall, February 3, 2005
New York, NY - MidAmerica Productions presents pianist Eleonor Bindman in recital with cellist
Wanda Glowacka in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, February 3, 2005.
On February 3, Latvian pianist Eleonor Bindman makes her seventh recital appearance on
MidAmerica Productions Chamber and Solo Music Series at Weill Recital Hall. Ms. Bindman
has also appeared on the series in a two-paino perfomace, as a chamber musician with the
Elysium String Quartet and in a special performance celebrating the music of Lukas Foss.
On February 3rd, Ms. Bindman will be joined by special guest Wanda Glowacka on cello.
A native of Riga, Latvia, Eleonor Bindman started her musical studies at the age of five. Upon
arriving in New York, she attended the High School of Performing Arts, earned a B.A. in music
from NYU, and continued to study piano on a scholarship at the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center.
Her mentors included Lev Natochenny, Richard Contiguglia and Vladimir Feltsman, under whose
guidance she completed her M.A. at SUNY, New Paltz.
Ms. Bindman's playing at her 1991 New York recital debut was described by The New York
Times as "lively, clear textured and urbane, displaying an impressive clarity of purpose
and a full grasp of the music's spirit." She has since been an active soloist and chamber
musician, performing a varied repertoire throughout the U.S. and abroad. Her solo appearances
with orchestras include engagements with the National Music Week Orchestra, the Staten Island
Symphony, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, the New York Youth Symphony, and the Radio and
Television Symphony Orchestra of Moscow, Russia. Ms. Bindman is also a frequent guest at
various music festivals, most recently appearing at the 2004 Bravissimo International Festival
in Guatemala City.
Eleonor Bindman is a prizewinner of the New Orleans, Ferruccio Busoni and Jose Iturbi
international piano competitions and an award recipient of the National Foundation for
the Advancement of the Arts and the American Musical Scholarship Association. Ms. Bindman
is also the author of a piano transcription of Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" and
a set of original pieces for children entitled "An American Calendar," both published by
Carl Fischer, Inc. Her first CD, "Three Works by Modest Mussorgsky," was released in 2000
and a duo piano recording, "Out of the Blue," followed in 2002. A new release, featuring
"The Seasons" by Tchaikovsky, was issued by the MSR Classics label in January.
Cellist Wanda Glowacka comes from a family of musicians. She is a recipient of many awards
and honors including first prizes in the Concertino Prague and Danczowski Competitions, a
Fulbright Scholarship, Julliard School Grants, Boston University Faculty Awards, The Hammer
Rostropovich Award, the Halsey Stevens Award and the University of Southern California award
for Musical Achievements.
She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras as well as in recitals in the following
countries: Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, France, Norway, Denmark, Yugoslavia, Argentina,
Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela and the United States of America. She made her
debut with orchestra at age 11. In 1987 Ms. Glowacka gave the American premiere of
Lutoslawski's "Grave" for cello and orchestra in Los Angeles.
Ms. Glowacka has recorded for Czech, Polish and French radio and television as
well as KUSC in Los Angeles, CA. She performed in various music festivals and
concert series among which were Shandelee Music Festival, Windham Music Festival,
Music Mountain, Great Music at Scarborough Series, Waterville Valley Music Festival,
San Marcos Music Festival, Helen Osterlin Concert Series, Hofstra Cultural Center
Concert Series, Harvard Club Series, National Philharmonic in Warsaw, and the Bravissimo
Festival in Guatemala City.
Since 1998 she has performed in the yearly concerts of 20th-Century Music and
On in New York City, dedicated to promoting newly written music.
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For Immediate Release
January 6, 2005
MidAmerica Productions presents the Fine Arts Quartet at
Weill Recital Hall performing with guest artist Jean-Marc Luisada February 6, 2005
New York, NY - MidAmerica Productions presents the Fine Arts Quartet with special guest pianist
Jean-Marc Luisada in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, February 6, 2005.
The Fine Arts Quartet is one of the most distinguished ensembles in chamber music today, with an
illustrious history of performing success and an extensive recording legacy. The Quartet, whose
members are artists-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, was founded in Chicago
in 1946 and is one of the elite few to have toured internationally without pause for nearly 60
years. Three of the Quartet's artists have now performed together for over 20 years: Ralph Evans,
a prize winner in the International Tchaikovsky Competition, Efim Boico, former concertmaster of
the Orchestre de Paris, and Wolfgang Laufer, former principal cellist of the Hamburg Philharmonic.
The wewest member, Yuri Gandelsman, was formerly principal violist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Fine Arts Quartet has recorded 40 masterpieces during the past few years. These include the
Lyrinx release of the complete Mozart viola quintets, which were voted onto the 2003 Grammy entry
list and are among the first chamber music CD's ever recorded using Sony's brilliant new Super Audio
CD format. Still due for release in 2004 are the complete Dohnányi quartets and quintets, a CD of 20th
century American works, the complete Bruckner chamber music, and quartets by Shostakovich. In
recognition of its commitment to contemporary chamber music programming, the Fine Arts Quartet
was the recipient of a 2003 national CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, given jointly
by Chamber Music America and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
The Quartet members have been guest professors at two of France's most celebrated music
conservatories, Le Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris (most recently in 2004)
and Le Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Lyon, as well as at two of America's
finest summer music schools: Yale University and Indiana University. They also appear regularly
as jury members of major competitions such as Evian, Shostakovich, and (in 2005) Bordeaux.
Documentaries on the Fine Arts Quartet have appeared on both French and American Public Television.
Ralph Evans, violin, prizewinner in the 1982 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, has
performed throughout Europe, North America, and Asia, both as soloist and as first violinist
(since 1982) of the Fine Arts Quartet. He has recorded 45 works to date, including a highly
acclaimed release of two Bartók sonatas. Mr. Evans has been honored with international recognition
for his work as a composer. His award-winning Nocturne has been performed on American Public
Television and his String Quartet No. 1 has been performed throughout the U.S. and France.
Efim Boico, violin, enjoys an international career that has included solo appearances under conductors
Zubin Mehta, Carlo Maria Guilini, Claudio Abbado, and Erich Leinsdorf; and performances with Daniel
Barenboim, Radu Lupu, and Pinchas Zukerman. After receiving his musical training in his native
Russia, he immigrated to Israel in 1976; he served as principal second violin and soloist with
the Israel Chamber Orchestra, and later with the Israel Philharmonic - a position he held for 11
years. In 1971 he joined the Tel Aviv Quartet, and in 1979 served as concertmaster and soloist of
the Orchestre de Paris. He joined the Fine Arts Quartet in 1983.
Yuri Gandelsman, former principal violist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, was born in
Russia in 1951. In 1980, he won the National Viola Competition, subsequently joining the Moscow
Virtuosi as soloist and principal violist. He has appeared as soloist with orchestras in the
former USSR, Germany, Poland, Holland, and Israel, under conductors such as Mehta, Fruhbeck de
Burgos, Segal, Rodan, and Mayer. He has given recitals throughout Germany, France, and Japan,
and has appeared in concerts with such well-known ensembles as the Borodin and Talich Quartets,
and with artists such as Richter, Bronfman, Bashmet, Kissin, Shaham, Mintz, and Midori. He has
also been guest conductor of orchestras in Russia, Hungary, Finland, Brazil, and Israel.
Wolfgang Laufer, cello, has appeared as a soloist and recitalist throughout Europe and the Americas.
He has been a guest artist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Broadcasting Orchestra,
Israel Sinfonietta, Hanover Symphony Orchestra, Radio Orchestra of Hamburg, and Frieburg Philharmonic
Orchestra. He has also toured Europe with the Wührer and Israel Chamber Orchestras. He immigrated to
Israel from his native Romania in 1961, and completed his musical studies at the Tel Aviv Acedemy;
subsequently, he served as principal cellist and soloist with the Israel Chamber Orchestra, Malmo
Symphony Orchestra of Sweden, Hamburg Philharmonic, and State Opera of Germany. Since 1979, Mr.
Laufer has been in residence at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee as a member of the Fine
Arts Quartet and a professor of cello.
Jean-Marc Luisada began playing the piano at the age of 6. In 1983, Jean-Marc Luisada
gave a prize-winning performance at the Dino Ciani competition at La Scala in Milan, which
has prompted numerous invitations ever since by leading Italian concert societies such as
Serate Musicali, Societa del Quartato and Societa dei Concerti. A year later, he made his
Japan debut and returns to perform there regularly. In 1985, he was a prizewinner at the
Chopin competition in Warsaw.
Mr. Luisada has performed under the direction of such leading conductors as Charles
Dutoit, Adam Fischer, Theodor Guschlbauer, Eliahu Inbal, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Marek Janowski,
Emmanuel Krivine, Yehudi Menuhin, Michel Plasson, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Yutaka Sado,
Stanislaw Skrowacewski and Michael Tilson Thomas. He is also a devoted chamber musician
and performs with the Fine Arts, Sine Nomine, and Talich Quartets, as well as with Patrick
Gallois, Gary Hoffman, Yuzuko Horigone, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Raphaël Oleg, Laurent
Korcia, Françoise Pollet and Jean-Paul Fouchécourt.
Jean-Marc Luisada is a frequent guest at the Festival de la Roque d'Anthéron, the
Besançon Festival, The Radio France Festival in Montpellier, The Strasbourg Festival,
the Festival de la Grange de Meslay, Bergen in Norway, and the Valdemosa Chopin
Festival in Majorca.
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January 10, 2005
MidAmerica Productions Presents Artistic Club Luba: Vladimir
Tsypin and Friends at Weill Recital Hall in a performance highlighted by folk tunes, February 12, 2005
New York, NY - MidAmerica Productions presents the chamber music ensemble Artistic Club Luba in a
concert featuring Gypsy, Jewish, Romanian and Russian folk tunes February 12, 2005, at Weill Recital
Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Vladimir Tsypin, violin, was born in the Soviet Union and was a top prize-winner
there in three major competitions among five Soviet Republics, including the Tchaikovsky National
Competition in 1972. He graduated from the Latvian State Conservatory in Riga. After immigrating to
the United States, Mr. Tsypin made his Carnegie Recital Hall debut in 1979.
As concertmaster and soloist with the Camerata of Los Angeles, he toured the United States,
Europe, and Mexico, and spent a year teaching and performing in Taiwan. He joined the New York
Philharmonic in 1983, where he was Assistant Principal, Second Violin Section, from 1986-2002.
He participates in chamber music as often as possible, and has performed with the New York
Philharmonic Ensembles at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City. In 1994 and 1995, Mr. Tsypin
toured Japan as part of the New York Trio Concertant.
Every summer Mr. Tsypin combines his summer teaching with solo concertizing in Austria,
Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Slovakia. He also has served as a judge at the Johannes
Brahms International Competition in Austria. Mr. Tsypin has also recorded three solo
CDs in Germany and Slovakia; one features him performing his own arrangements and
compositions, with Russian poetry and lyrics by his wife, Luba (who also sings on
the recording). Another recent release, Songs Without Words for Violin and Piano
(Musicians Worldwide), features the music of German composer Nikolaus Schapfl.
Three recent releases feature works by composers John Sichel, Joel Suben, and
Anthony Louis Scarmolin. Mr. Tyspin is currently working on a CD with New York
Philharmonic musicians of the complete chamber music of Scarmolin.
Mr. Tsypin is the music director - and his wife is the organizer - of the Artistic
Club Luba in New Jersey. Through this chamber music salon, founded in 1992, they
present concerts in other people's homes as well as in their own.
Helene D. Jeanney, piano, a native of Paris, France, has degrees from
the Paris Music Conservatory, The Juilliard School, and Indiana University. She has
studied and performed at the Mozarteum Academy and the Banff Center of Fine Arts.
Throughout her career, she has worked with several artists and teachers, including
Germaine Mounier, Magda Tagliafero, Gyorgy Sandor, Yevgeni Malinin, Gaby Casadesus,
Nikita Magaloff, Gyorgy Sebok, and Isaac Stern.
As a recitalist, she has performed throughout Europe, Russia, Australia, and the
U.S. In France she has appeared at the Chopin Festival, Paris Summer Festival,
International Festival of Radio France and Montpellier, International Festival
of Young Soloists in Bordeaux, and in recitals sponsored by the Phillip Morris
Association in Salle Gaveau, Opera Comique, Bosendorfer Center, and UNESCO. She
has been a soloist with the Paris National Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New
World Symphony, and Indianapolis Symphony. Ms. Jeanney's partnership with cellist
Hai-Ye Ni has led to a number of recitals in London, Boston, and Washington, D.C.
In New York, she has performed as a soloist and as a chamber musician at the
Alliance Francaise in F. Gould Theatre, the United Nations Auditorium, Rockefeller
University, and in Alice Tully, Merkin, and Weill Recital halls.
Tamara Volskaya and Anatoliy Trofimov comprise one of the most electrifying
musical duos to be found anywhere in the world. "Merited Artists of Russia," winners of
international and national competitions, professors of the Ural State Conservatory in
Yekaterinburg, the "Russian Duo" has toured throughout the former Soviet Union, Europe,
Canada, Australia, Japan, and the United States and recorded numerous remarkable CDs.
In 1997 "Russian Duo" performed at Carnegie Hall in the gala "America Salutes Moscow." In
1998 Volskaya's "Russian Carnival Ensemble," which can include of up to 6 musicians and
singers who perform on Russian folk and percussion instruments, made its World Premiere
in New York. In 1999 "Russian Duo" was featured on NPR's nationally syndicated program
"All Things Considered" and on WMAR-ABC TV. In 2000-01 the "Russian Duo" appeared as the
featured artists at international festivals in Japan and Spain. Highlights of 2001 for
the "Russian Carnival Ensemble" were performances for the prestigious Madison Council
of the Library of Congress and being featured nationwide on the CBS prime time special
"Christmas Around the World." In 2002 Volskaya performed at Avery Fisher Hall at the
"Mostly Mozart Festival" with Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. In 2003-2004
"Russian duo" performed with the chamber orchestra "Bachanalia" under Nina Beilina
at Merkin Hall. 2004 began with Tamara Volskaya performance as a guest-artist with
Seattle Symphony Chamber Orchestra two concertos by Vivaldi and by Pergolesi. In March
2004 "Russian Duo" had a concert tour to Russia where they performed with tremendous
success in 6 main Ural and Siberian cities.
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For Immediate Release
January 11, 2005
MidAmerica Productions Presents the Vandermark Ensemble at Weill
Recital Hall, February 13, 2005
New York, NY - MidAmerica Productions presents the renowned Vandermark Ensemble at Weill Recital
Hall at Carnegie Hall, February 13, 2005.
The Vandermark Ensemble is a nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting eclectic chamber
music performances. A consortium of chamber music enthusiasts primarily from major orchestras and
academic institutions, the ensemble seeks to bridge divisions between contemporary classical music,
early music "performance practice," and the dynamic worlds of jazz and traditional music. Members of
the ensemble have performed in virtually every major concert hall and in venues from Beijing to
Brazil, Vietnam to Vancouver. They have participated in the music festivals of Marlboro, Tanglewood,
Saratoga, Evian, and the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico to name a few. Recent Vandermark performances
have ranged from a recital of Beethoven chamber works with renowned fortepianist Malcolm Bilson, to
a Klezmer concert with clarinetist and Klezmer scholar Joel Rubin, and a jazz soundtrack of music by
Victor Davies for the television documentary "Persistence of Vision: African American Abstract Art."
Kimberly Fisher, Principal Second Violinist of The Philadelphia Orchestra, has appeared as soloist with
numerous orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony, and the Victoria
Symphony. As recitalist and chamber musician she has performed across the United States and Canada,
in England, Spain, France, Germany, Japan, China, Vietnam and Argentina. Ms. Fisher has been awarded
multiple Canada Council Grants and was invited to perform as soloist at the Governor General's concert
in Canada. She has been featured on National Canadian Radio and on Canada's CBC television. In 1997,
Ms. Fisher co-founded "Strings International Music Festival," a summer music program in residence at
Bryn Mawr College to encourage and inspire string players of all levels.
Zachary DePue, violin, joined the Philadelphia Orchestra at the beginning of the
2002-2003 season. An avid chamber musician, Mr. DePue has performed at such festivals as Angel Fire,
Sarasota, La Jolla, Saratoga, and the Isaac Stern Workshops at Carnegie Hall and in Jerusalem. He
performs with Time for Three, a trio that combines bluegrass and folk music, and the DePue Brothers,
with violinists Jason, Alex, and Wallace, which fuses classical and bluegrass.
Violist Che-Hung Chen joined The Philadelphia Orchestra in spring 2001, the
first Taiwanese citizen to become a member of the Orchestra. Mr. Chen was the first prizewinner
at the Seventh Banff International String Quartet Competition as a member of the Daedalus Quartet.
He was also awarded the Pièce de concert prize for the best performance of the commission work and
the Székely Prize for the best performance of a Beethoven quartet. He has toured as soloist with
orchestras through out Asia and has participated in festivals such as Marlboro, Ravinia, Caramoor,
Kingston, Bridgehampton, Music from Angel Fire, and the Isaac Stern Chamber Music workshop at
Carnegie Hall. He has also performed with the Brandenburg Ensemble, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra,
and is on the faculty of Temple Music Prep School.
Burchard Tang, viola, is a member of the viola section of the Philadelphia
Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Mr. Tang has appeared at many of the country's top festivals
including Marlboro, Ravinia, Music from Angel Fire, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, and
Caramoor. He has toured with Music from Marlboro, and the Brandenburg Ensemble. As the winner
of the 1992 Albert M. Greenfield student competition, Mr. Tang appeared as soloist with the
Philadelphia Orchestra. He has also appeared with the Temple University, and Temple University
Music Prep Orchestra, where he is currently on the faculty, teaching viola and chamber music.
Cellist Arash Amini has performed as soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician throughout the U.S.,
including in Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and
Merkin Concert Hall, and throughout Switzerland, France, Germany, Canada, Japan, and Botswana.
He has performed at two Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshops (Carnegie Hall), the 1999 Irene
Diamond Concert (Alice Tully Hall) with André Watts, the Ravinia Festival, and the Verbier
Festival and Academy, and on Great Performers (Lincoln Center), and the Alexander Schneider
Young Artists Series (Weill Hall). Amini is a co-founder, the President and Artistic Director,
and an Artist Member of America's Dream Chamber Artists, a new chamber music society based
in NYC. He performs in Orpheus and the American Symphony Orchestra.
Cellist John Haines-Eitzen, Artist-In-Residence at Cornell University and
a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra, is founder and Artistic Director of the Vandermark
Ensemble. His solo and chamber music appearances have taken him to such diverse locations as
Sapporo, Japan, Sau Paulo, Brazil, and to the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, the Sarasota
Music Festival in Florida, and numerous concert series throughout the United States and abroad.
In reviews Mr. Haines-Eitzen's playing has been described as "romantically yearning," "forceful
and emotional," and "warm and noble." He is a regular participant in The Philadelphia Orchestra's
Chamber Music Series and has collaborated with artists such as Wolfgang Sawallisch, Frederica von
Stade, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
Double bassist Robert Kesselman, a native Philadelphian, has been a member of
the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1987. Prior to joining the Philadelphia Orchestra he was a
member of the Pittsburgh Symphony. Mr. Kesselman is an active chamber musician and soloist.
Last season he was a featured soloist with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra in a performance of
the Bottesini duo with former Baltimore Symphony Concertmaster Herbert Greenberg. He has
appeared regularly in the Philadelphia Orchestra's chamber series along with other venues
in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh. Mr. Kesselman is on the faculties of the Peabody
Conservatory in Baltimore, Temple University in Philadelphia, and the School for Orchestral
Studies in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Julie Nishimura, piano, a past recipient of a Delaware State Arts Council
Individual Artist Fellowship, celebrates her fifteenth year with the department of music
at the University of Delaware and seventh year with California Summer Music. She has
performed on the chamber music series of The Philadelphia Orchestra, Delaware Symphony,
and St. Croix's Music at Whim; as a guest artist with the Delaware Chamber Music Festival,
Mendelssohn String Quartet, Academy Chamber Players, and Hildegard Chamber Players; and as
a recital accompanist to members of The Philadelphia Orchestra and Delaware Symphony. Ms.
Nishimura has also served as music director and pianist for the Delaware Theatre Company's
production of The Gift of the Magi.
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