An important message from the Virginia Chamber Music Foundation: To our patrons, friends and fellow music lovers:
Due to a family illness, Steven Isserlis has regretfully had to withdraw from our “Steven Isserlis and Friends” concert on May 26th. He is particularly sorry because he has had such wonderful times on previous visits to Charlottesville; and he hopes to be back very soon. He has cancelled his entire US visit.
We are pleased to announce that Edward Arron, an esteemed New York-based cellist, has graciously agreed to join the ensemble in the absence of Steven Isserlis for the May 26th concert, which will now be simply called our “Spring Concert.” Mr. Arron’s biography can be found at http://www.edwardarron.com.
VIRGINIA CHAMBER MUSIC FOUNDATION SPRING CONCERT
PROGRAM:
W. A. Mozart — String Quintet No. 1 in B-flat Major, K. 174
César Franck — Sonata for Violin and Piano
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Antonin Dvorâk — Bagatelles, Op. 47 (selections)
Antonin Dvorâk — String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48
The program will continue substantially as planned, with works of Mozart, Franck and Dvorâk. The Franck Violin Sonata will replace the version for cello.
In this concert, a group of internationally-known colleagues will perform, several of whom have participated in recent Charlottesville Chamber Music Festivals.
Raphael Bell and Timothy Summers, founders and co-Artistic Directors of the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival, are both members of the acclaimed Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and perform regularly at major international musical venues. Violinist Jennifer Frautschi, pianist Ya- Fei Chuang, and violists Dov Scheindlin and Kyle Armbrust have likewise performed at many of the world’s premier musical events, including Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, the Beethoven Festival (Warsaw) with Christoph Eschenbach, the European Music Festival (Stuttgart), and the Tanglewood Festival, as well as with major orchestras. Their biographies may be found at www.cvillechambermusic.org.
Ticket Prices:
• $50 – prime seating and post-concert reception
• $30, $20 and $10 for students (Student can be seated with accompanying regular ticket holder)
For further information, you are welcome to call the Virginia Chamber Music Foundation at (434) 295-5395. In the event that any patrons decide they would prefer a refund, they are invited to contact The Paramount Theater Box Office at (434)-979-1333.
With all best wishes and appreciation for your interest and support, The Virginia Chamber Music Foundation
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Violist KYLE ARMBRUST has performed as soloist with The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Lake George Chamber Orchestra, Maple City Chamber Orchestra, and Musica Bella Orchestra of New York. He has been described as “assured, brilliant, and stylish” in the New York Times, and “musically mature” and “technically sound” in the New York Post. Kyle was awarded first prize in the Chicago Viola Society and Rembrandt Chamber Players Competitions, and the Faber Prize at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition. MORE
Cellist EDWARD ARRON is rapidly gaining recognition worldwide for his elegant musicianship, impassioned performances, and creative programming. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Arron made his New York recital debut in 2000 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Earlier that year, he performed Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos with Yo-Yo Ma and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at the Opening Night Gala of the Caramoor International Festival. Mr. Arron has appeared in recital, as a soloist with orchestra, and as a chamber musician across the world. MORE
Cellist RAPHAEL BELL is co-founder and co-director of the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival, and as a chamber musician has performed at distinguished halls such as Wigmore Hall, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Alti Hall in Kyoto, the Berlin Philhamonie, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Schloss Elmau, the American Academy in Rome, and the Cite des Arts in Paris. With Pekka Kuusisto and Matthew Hunt he performed as a part of the Prussia Cove tour that won the 2007 Chamber Music Award from the Royal Philharmonic Society in London. MORE
Acclaimed by critics in the United States and abroad for performances of stunning virtuosity, refinement and communicative power, pianist YA-FEI CHUANG has performed in venues including the Cologne and Berlin Philharmonien, Schauspielhaus Berlin, Gewandhaus Leipzig, National Philharmonic Hall Warsaw, and in Jordan Hall and Symphony Hall in Boston, as a duo partner with Kim Kashkashian, Robert Levin, and as a member of the chamber ensemble Mistral. Ya-Fei Chuang is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory Preparatory Division. MORE
Avery Fisher career grant recipient violinist JENNIFER FRAUTSCHI has gained acclaim as an adventurous performer with a wide-ranging repertoire. Equally at home in the classic repertoire as well as twentieth and twenty-first century works, in the past few seasons alone she has performed the Britten Concerto, Poul Ruders' Concerto No. 1, Steven Mackey's Violin Sonata, and Mendelssohn's rarely played d minor Concerto, along with standards such as the Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Berg Concerti. MORE
Acclaimed by the New York Times as an "extraordinary violist" of "immense flair," Dov Scheindlin has been violist of the Arditti, Penderecki and Chester String Quartets. His chamber music career has brought him to 28 countries around the globe, and won him the Siemens Prize in 1999. He has appeared as soloist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin, the Paris Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Munich Philharmonic. MORE
Violinist TIMOTHY SUMMERS is co-director of the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival, which he also co-founded in 2000, and is second violinist of the celebrated Orpheus String Quartet. He is also a member of the first violin section of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra since 2009, and has performed on violin, viola, and occasionally mandolin with the orchestra at venues across the world. Recently, he has also taught violin and chamber music at the Liceo in Barcelona, the Savonlinna Music Academy in Finland, and the Britten-Pears Institute in Britain. MORE