UCLA Strings

Violin Masterclass by Jacques Israelievitch,

soloist & former concertmaster of Toronto Symphony

May 19 (Wednesday)
3:30-5:30 PM, Orchestra Room

Internationally renowned violinist Jacques Israelievitch is one of the most distinguished performing artists in North America and abroad.  After making his debut on French National Radio at the age of eleven, Mr. Israelievitch went on to graduate from the Paris Conservatory at sixteen and was subsequently prizewinner at the International Paganini Competition.  His teachers include Henryk Szeryng, Janos Starker, William Primrose, and Josef Gingold.

As a soloist, Mr. Israelievitch has collaborated with Solti, Giulini, Slatkin, Davis, and Frühbeck de Burgos, appearing with many of the world’s major orchestras.  As a distinguished chamber musician, he has performed with Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, and Yo-Yo Ma, and is violinist for the twice Naumburg Award recipient New Arts Trio.

Mr. Israelievitch served as Concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for a record-setting twenty years, and was formerly Assistant Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for six years and Concertmaster of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for ten years.   He is currently chair of strings at the Chautauqua Institution and a full-time faculty member at York University in Toronto.  In growing demand as a conductor, he has been Music Director of the Koffler Chamber Orchestra since 2005.

Mr. Israelievitch’s discography features more than 100 albums including the Juno Award nominated Suite Hebraique and the first-ever complete recording of Kreutzer’s 42 Studies for solo violin.  He has premiered and recorded several concertos such as R. Murray Schafer’s The Darkly Splendid Earth: The Lonely Traveler.

In 2004, the French government named Mr. Israelievitch Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters.  He is also the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award for his distinguished contribution to the performing arts in Canada.

from http://www.israelievitch.com/jacques.html

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DILIJAN CONCERT SERIES CELEBRATES ITS FIFTH SEASON

by  Charles Fierro

For any arts organization, the fifth year is a significant landmark.  At that point they have demonstrated viability, established their reputation and developed a following.  Under the visionary leadership of its directors, Vatsche Barsoumian and Movses Pogossian, the Dilijan Chamber Music Series in Los Angeles has accomplished all this and more.  It is now one of the jewels of the Southern California arts scene.

This is due to the consistent quality of their performances as well as to their unique mission:  to present the classics of Western classical chamber music to Armenian-American audiences and to bring new Armenian music to a wider public.

No finer example of their success could be imagined than their concert of April 25 at Zipper Hall.  Read the rest of this entry »

NEW DATE!

Friday May 7, 3-4:30pm

Popper Theatre

Violin Masterclass by Martin Chalifour

Concertmaster of LA Phil

MARTIN CHALIFOUR began his tenure as Principal Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1995. The recipient of various grants and awards in his native Canada, he graduated with honors from the Montreal Conservatory at the age of 18 and then moved to Philadelphia to pursue studies at the Curtis Institute of Music.

In 1986 Chalifour received a Certificate of Honor at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow; he was a laureate of the Montreal International Competition the following year. Since then he has concertized extensively, playing hundreds of concerto performances from a repertoire of more than 50 works. He has appeared as soloist with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Sir Neville Marriner, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Outside the U.S., he has appeared as a guest soloist with the Auckland Philharmonia, the Montreal Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the National Orchestra of Taiwan, and the Malaysian Philharmonic, among others. Read the rest of this entry »

Cello Masterclass by Eric Wilson

Professor at the University of British Columbia

May 7 (Friday)
3:30-5:30 PM, SMB 1151

ERIC WILSON was awarded the Bronze Medal (1971) in the Geneva International Competition and co-winner of the Morris Loeb Prize for Strings (1973) at the Juilliard School. Eric Wilson was solo cellist of the Ensemble of New York in residence at the Lincoln Centre, New York. He was also a founding member of the Emerson String Quartet that won in 1978 the prestigious Walter W. Naumberg competition Prize for Chamber Ensemble.

Wilson has performed with such eminent artists as Menahem Pressler and Walter Trampler and with the Boston Chamber Soloists, New York Chamber Soloists, Lyric Piano Quartet, Quartet Canada, Pro Arte Quartet and the Melos Quartet. As guest artist, Wilson has appeared at the Wolf Trap; Newport (R.I.); Katonah (N.Y.); Banff, Alberta; Scotia; Meadow Brook and Vermont Mozart Festivals among others. Read the rest of this entry »

A fascinating story about European emigre composers and their lives in Los Angeles

Lecture by DR. KARIN WAGNER

Date: Friday, February 19,2010
Time: 3:30-4:30 PM
Place: Popper theater, Schoenberg Music Building

Karin Wagner, Mag. art., Dr. Phil, studied piano at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz and at the University for Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, and received her diploma with honor and distinction from the Ministry of Sciences.   For several years she has been a teacher in the Upper Austrian System of Music education, including the creation and heading of projects for the state-wide Upper-Austrian Association Zeit.Tasten (Pupils play music of the 20th and 21st centuries). Since 2001, Karin Wagner has taught piano as well as didactic courses related to piano at the Vienna Music University.  In addition, she has been an Assistant Professor in the field of higher education and music pedagogy for teachers, working in conjunction with various institutions. Dr. Wagner has also participated in and been featured in chamber music concerts.

Dr. Wagner’s dissertation was in the field of Musicology at the University for Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, at the Institute for Music History, with a minor in Contemporary History.   Dr. Wagner wrote the first German language biography of the exile composer Eric Zeisl , “Fremd bin ich ausgezogen,” (Czernin, Vienna, 2005), and she was the editor of the Zeisl correspondence “…es gruesst Dich Erichisrael” (Czernin, Vienna, 2008).  Other publications in the field of music in exile include “Musik im Exil,” (u.a.Böhlau). Dr. Wagner has curated several exhibitions, for institutions including The Jewish Museum of Vienna, the Upper Austrian State Exhibition (St. Wolfgang) and the Linz Cultural Capital City 09.  She has taken part in numerous international conferences and symposia and lectures, as well as served as moderator at concerts. Dr. Karin Wagner lives in Linz, Austria.

The lecture will conclude with the performance of the Zeisl Quartet by Boryana Popova, Margaret Wu, Danny Sheu, and Bryan West.