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The Music Guild Presents:
The Spring Concert Series
"Our 64th Year"
2008 Spring Season


COFFEE, COOKIES & CONCERTS

 

LEVY - LYSY - MARTIN
PIANO TRIO

Phillip Levy, Violinist, hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as the top classical performer of 1995, Levy has performed throughout Europe, Israel, Asia and the US. Born In Cardiff, Wales, he received his musical training in Israel and Europe. Upon returning to England he joined the English Chamber Orchestra and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, He led the London based Locrian and Amphion String Quartets and was subsequently invited to give a performance of Bartók’s Violin Duos on a BBC television broadcast with Sir Yehudi Menuhin.
He has recorded for several labels and appeared as a soloist on BBC radio and television, National Public Radio and the Israel Broadcast Authority. He has served as concertmaster for the Monterey and San Jose Symphony orchestras. Mr. Levy has both taught and performed at festivals worldwide including Spoleto, Bayreuth, Edinburgh, Israel, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seattle Ojai and Aspen. For eight years he held a Senior Lectureship in violin and chamber music at Stanford University and lead the Stanford String Quartet. He is a faculty member at California State University, Long Beach and Santa Monica College

Antonio Lylysy, Cellist, is an artist of international stature. He has performed as soloist worldwide, and has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as the Royal Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras of London, Camerata Academica of Salzburg, Camerata Lysy Gstaad, Zurich Tonhalle, the Zagreb Soloists, Orchestra di Padova e il Veneto, Israel Sinfonietta, City of London Sinfonia and in Canada with the Montreal, Toronto, Symphony Orchestras as well as the Thirteen Strings of Ottawa. A recent cello extravaganza project with Les Violons du Roi in their new and fabulous hall in the heart of Quebec City led ‘Le Soleil’ to remark: ‘Antonio Lysy shone and enchanted his audience in an arrangement for cello and strings of Schubert’s Arpeggione…’
In 1989, he founded the annual Incontri in Terra di Siena Chamber Music Festival in Tuscany, Italy which marks its twentieth anniversary this year, which is crowned by performances of chamber music masterpieces in medieval fortresses, palazzi and churches in this Southern Tuscan region. Mr. Lysy has recorded extensively for CBC Radio, BBC Radio, Classic FM and other European radio networks. His live recording of solo cello repertoire by Bach, Berio, Henze and Walton was released on the Pelléas label to high critical acclaim (“...some of the most beautiful Bach ever heard” – La Presse, Montréal).A Professor at UCLA, Antonio Lysy was, for a number of years, professor at McGill University in Montreal, and visiting professor at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland.

Gavavin Martin, Pianist, hails from the ex-Portuguese colony of Goa in India. His musical endeavors took him to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia by way of the Royal College of Music in London. Martin has performed in solo recital on all five continents, in addition to touring extensively as a chamber musician. He has toured under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, and has appeared on the television stations of the BBC, Suisse Romande, and ABC. Reviewing his New York City recital debut at Carnegie Recital Hall, The New York Times carried the caption “Classical Light, Romantic Heat and a Dazzler.”
He is part of a two-piano team with his wife Joanne Pearce-Martin. The duo has appeared at venues around the world, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, and the Teatro Nacional in Costa Rica, where they were invited to perform a recital at the hall’s 100th anniversary celebration, and two appearances together with his wife as soloists with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. In addition to his musical pursuits, Martin is an active aerobatic pilot and master rated skydiver, having made a BASE jump off the world’s tallest waterfall in Venezuela.

Levy - Lysy- Martin Piano Trio
will be performing in the Southern California area on

Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 3:00 P.M. at

University Synagogue
11960 Sunset Boulevard at Saltair
Los Angeles, CA 90049.

Complimentary cakes, cookies, cheese,strawberries & whipped cream served from2:30 to 3:00pm & at intermission

 


The program will include:

  • Beethoven:      Sonata in C Major for Cello & Piano, Op.102, No. 1
  • Beethoven:      Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3
  • Mendelssohn:  Piano Trio in D Minor, No. 1

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LEVIN - LEONARD - HUH
PIANO TRIO

Ida Levin, Violin, has established an international reputation as soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. She began her violin studies at age three in her native Santa Monica, California, and made her professional debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age ten. The recipient of both the Leventritt Award and an Avery Fisher Career Grant, Ms. Levin was invited by Rudolf Serkin to appear with him in a joint recital for President and Mrs. Reagan, broadcast by PBS as "In Performance at the White House. " She has performed at Carnegie Hall as soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra and the New York String Orchestra and with the orchestras of St. Louis, Utah, Toulouse, Kammerphilharmonie Berlin, the Prague Symphony and the Edinburgh Chamber Orchestra, among others. As a recitalist, she has appeared at the 92nd Street Y, the Kennedy Center, London's Wigmore Hall and throughout the US, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Mexico and numerous other countries.
Ms. Levin is a senior artist at the Marlboro Festival, takes part annually in Open Chamber Music in Cornwall, England and is a regular guest at festivals from Seattle, Santa Fe and Montreal to Cremona, Italy, West Cork, Ireland, and Mondsee, Austria. She is a member of the Boston Chamber Music Society, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society Players and a frequent guest with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Houston Da Camera. She has given master classes worldwide and has been on the faculties of Harvard University, the European Mozart Academy and the Sandor Vegh Academy in Prague.

Ronald Leonard, Cello, has had a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, principal cellist and teacher. Mr. Leonard recently retired as principal cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He was a winner of the Walter Naumburg Competition while a student at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Leonard Rose and Orlando Cole. His first professional position was as a cellist in the Cleveland Orchestra, where he sat on the second stand. Two years later Mr. Leonard became principal cellist of the Rochester Philharmonic and at that time began teaching at the Eastman School of Music. He taught at Eastman for 17 years, spent one year as cellist of the Vermeer Quartet, and then was appointed principal cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a post he held for 24 years. He has appeared as soloist with leading orchestras throughout the United States under the direction of such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Michael Tilson Thomas, Sir Charles Groves, Carlo Maria Giulini, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Herbert Blomstedt, Giuseppi Sinopoli, and Andre Previn. A critically acclaimed chamber music performer, Mr. Leonard has been a Marlboro Festival participant including tours and recordings, and he is a former member of the Hartwell, Vermeer, and Eastman quartets.
Mr. Leonard has performed at the Spoleto (Italy) Festival of Two Worlds, the Festival Casals in Puerto Rico, and has performed and taught at the Aspen Music Festival and School each year since 1975. He was professor of cello at the Eastman School of Music for 17 years and in 1974 was named Kilbourn Professor, the school’s highest honor. In May 1996, Mr. Leonard was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in recognition of his achievements in the field of music. He is retired from the Gregor Piatigorsky Professor of Cello at the University of Southern Californiawhere he was the conductor of the Colburn Chamber Orchestra and he has been very involved at the Thornton School, working with the string sections of both the USC Thornton Symphony and the USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra.

Inyoung Huh, Pianist, Acclaimed as, “...a prominent pianist” (The Los Angeles Times), Inyoung Huh has impressed audiences with her unique artistry that is a blend of natural talent and superb musical training. Critics have described her performances as “original, a marked individuality …rare example of technique that is serving both idea and feeling…a brilliant balance between intellect and emotion.” (The Piano Music)
Inyoung Huh made her debut as a soloist with the Korean Youth Symphony Orchestra, playing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 at age sixteen. As one of the youngest pianists to win the first prize at the JoongAng Daily Music Competition, the most prestigious competition in Korea, she received immediate recognition as a promising young artist. She continued to receive many prizes and awards including the first prize at the Corpus Christi Young Artists International Competition, and first place at the USC Concerto Competition.
Ms. Huh has appeared as a soloist with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra and USC Thornton Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Carl St. Clair and John Barnett. She also has been a regular soloist with the KBS Symphony, Korean Youth Orchestra, Puchon Philharmonic, Seoul Symphony, Seoul National University Orchestra, Bulgaria National Symphony Orchestra.
Ms. Huh has given recitals in numerous music festivals in the United States, Canada and Asia, including The Perlman Music Program, Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, Banff Center for the Arts and Kusatsu Summer Music Festival in Japan. As an active chamber musician, Ms. Huh has collaborated with such eminent artists including Itzhak Perlman, Ronald Leonard, Donald McInnes, Giora Schmidt, and Philppe Bernold. Her recitals and performances have been heard on Sundays Live on K-Mozart and K-USC in Los Angeles, WGBH in Boston, KBS in Korea and NHK in Japan
Ms. Huh started piano studies at age five, in her native Korea, received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Seoul National University, and earned her Master of Music degree from the New England Conservatory, with academic honors and distinction in performance. In May 2005, she received a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the University of Southern California, minor in Music History and Literature, Music Education, and Keyboard Collaborative Arts. She has trained with the distinguished artists all over the world, such as Hyung Bae Kim, Wha Kyung Byun, Russell Sherman, George Sebok, Sergey Dorensky and Norman Krieger.
Ms. Huh was appointed to an Adjunct Professor at USC as a sabbatical substitute for Professor Norman Krieger. Most recently, she joins The Perlman Music Program as a faculty member and actively performs both as solo and chamber music player around Southern California.

Levin - Leonard - Huh Piano Trio
will be performing in the Southern California area on

Sunday, June 1, 2008 - 3:00 P.M. at

University Synagogue
11960 Sunset Boulevard at Saltair
Los Angeles, CA 90049.

Complimentary cakes, cookies, cheese,strawberries & whipped cream served from2:30 to 3:00pm & at intermission


The program will include:

  • Beethoven:      Piano Trio in B Flat Major, Op. 97, “Archduke”
  • Dvorák:           Piano Trio in F Minor, Op. 65

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ROSSETTI PIANO QUARTET

Henry Gronnier, Violin, was born in Saint-Quentin, France and attended the Conservatoire in his home town receiving the Premier Prix in both violin and piano. Attending the National de Region de Versailles, he was awarded Gold Medal. He performed at the Spoleto, Zino Francescatti, San Miguel de Allende, and Albert Schweitzer Festivals, and had his New York debut at Carnegie Hall and his London debut at Wigmore Hall. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Mr. Gronnier is a member of the faculty at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles and a frequent performer with the Rossetti String Quartet at The Music Guild.

 

Thomas Diener, Viola, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, has appeared the world over in recitals, as soloist with orchestras and in various chamber music ensembles, participating at the Festival Mediterranean, the Festival de Prades, the Stavenger Festival and the Sintra Festival in Portugal. He began studying the viola at age eleven. His studies paid off with a scholarship to the National Academy of the Arts in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. And Mr. Diener passes his experience along as a coach to young musicians at the Juliiard School Pre-College and the High School for the Performing Arts. In addition to the Rossetti String Quartet, Mr. Diener has participated in Master Classes with the Emerson, Cleveland. Tokyo, Stadivari, Pro Arte and Vermeer string quartets.

Eric Gaenslen, Cello, hails from San Francisco, and has played in venues across North America and Europe, including a recital in the Festival West Brabant, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, at Lincoln Center and at the Aspen, Evian, Tanglewood, Bowdoin, Vermont Mozart, Banff and Olympic music festivals. Mr. Gaenslen performed on the world premier of Siddartha by Laura Canibucci and has guested with the Julliard Orchestra and the Yale Symphony in performances in New Haven and England. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Yale and a Master’s from the Julliard School

 

Rina Dokshitsky, Piano, frequently performs in chamber music programs. She has appeared several times at both the Italian and US Spoleto festivals. As a soloist she has performed with numerous orchestras in the United States and recitals for National Radio in Jerusalem and the Tel-Aviv-Museum recital series as well as concerts with the Israel Chamber Orchestra. She performed as a soloist at age of 13 with the Israel Philharmonic. She began her piano studies at six in Israel and studied at the New England Conservatory, where she earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Ms.Dokshitsky won the 1987 Young Concert Artist International Auditions, the Bruce Hungerford Memorial Prize and the Mortimer Levitt Career Development Award for Women Artists, and debuted in the YCA series, the 92nd Street Y and the Kennedy Center. Other awards include the 1989 Arthur Rubinstein International Master Competition silver medal and gold medals at the International Competition for Young Artists in Serigallia, Italy and the Jerusalem Symphony Competition.

Rossetti Piano Quartet
will be performing in the Southern California area on

Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 3:00 P.M. at

University Synagogue
11960 Sunset Boulevard at Saltair
Los Angeles, CA 90049.

Complimentary cakes, cookies, cheese,strawberries & whipped cream served from2:30 to 3:00pm & at intermission


The program will include:

  • Mozart:           Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, K. 493
  • Dvořák:           Piano Quartet in D Major, Op. 23
  • Fauré:             Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 15, No. 1

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La Catrina String Quartet

 

Founded in 2001, the La Catrina Quartet has a triple mission: to work closely with living composers in order to promote the performance of new music, to promote Mexican and Latin American art music and to perform the masterworks of the string quartet repertoire. Its members have played as soloists with a variety of orchestras in Mexico and the United States and given recitals in Japan, England, the United States, and Mexico. The quartet was recently featured as one of the “next generation of classical stars” in a showcase performance at Carnegie Hall for hundreds of concert promoters from the around the world, having been selected through the highly competitive and prestigious “Young Performers Career Advancement” Program.
One of the quartet’s most important achievements is the publication by Arsis Press of Our Hands Were Tightly Clenched, a work written for them by composer Zae Munn, which they premiered in Chicago’s College of Performing Arts, September 2003. They have recorded works by Mexican composer Germán Romero, under the Quindecim label, and collaborated with several other artists, including a recording of Mozart’s clarinet quintet with renowned Cuban clarinetist Alfredo Valdés-Brito.
They have received important awards and recognitions, such as Western Michigan University’s All-University Research and Creative Scholar Award. At Kent State University the Miami String Quartet invited them to perform Mendelssohn’s octet, to showcase the accomplishments of Kent State University’s string department.
The La Catrina Quartet performs regularly at San Miguel de Allende’s chamber music series, Pro Música. Last fall they were in residence for two weeks in Hickory, North Carolina, where they were featured in the Western Piedmont Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Classics series as part of a one-year search for the new Quartet-in-Residence of the WPS. La Catrina Quartet won the three-year appointment, which will commence in the fall of 2007.
In summer 2007, they will conduct a two-week chamber music summer camp in Kent Sate University’s School of Music and a residency in San Miguel de Allende, where they will collaborate with the Brentano Quartet and offer recitals and chamber music masterclasses. The La Catrina Quartet is Quartet-in-Residence of the Conservatorio de Las Rosas’ summer quartet program, and adjunct faculty at Lenoir-Rhyne College. Next concert season they will be featured in series throughout the US and Mexico.
The quartet recounts Mexican Folklore: “La Catrina” — also known as death — can show herself in many different ways: sometimes dressed in a rather elaborate, festive way; sometimes in “bare bones,” Death in Mexico is thought of as a welcome guest on certain very important occasions, such as the Day of the Dead, or “día de los fieles difuntos.” As Mexicans, we believe that death, and specifically the memory of our “fieles difuntos,” which literally means “our faithful deceased,” gives us a strong sense of identity rooted in our culture. This conspicuous — and perennial — guest is paradoxically also associated with the joy of life in the face of the imminence and inevitability of death. We only live once and La Catrina, with her mischievous smile, pleads with us to seize the moment and through music find life’s meaning.

La Catrina String Quartet
will be performing in the Southern California area on

Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 3:00 P.M. at

University Synagogue
11960 Sunset Boulevard at Saltair
Los Angeles, CA 90049.

Complimentary cakes, cookies, cheese,strawberries & whipped cream served from2:30 to 3:00pm & at intermission


The program will include:

  • Haydn:              String Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5, “The Lark”
  • Trigo:                Mi ciudad ● Fuentes: La Bikina ● Piazzolla: Four for Tango
  • Moncayo:          Huapango ● Ponce: Estrellita
  • Grieg:               String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27

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