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2022 Cliburn Bronze Medal Winner DMYTRO CHONI & Former Leading Mezzo-Soprano JACALYN KREITZER Lead Masterclasses in Panio & Voice

In conjunction with the Sunriver Music Festival’s 45th season, 2022 Cliburn Bronze Medal winner Dmytro Choni and former leading Mezzo-soprano Jacalyn Kreitzer, will each lead a masterclass in piano and voice (respectively) featuring select scholarship recipients from the 2022 Sunriver Music Festival Young Artist Scholarship program.

The piano masterclass is scheduled in the Sunriver Resort Great Hall on Tuesday, August 16, from 1:30-3pm, and the vocal masterclass is Friday, August 19, in the Sunriver Community Bible Church, also at 1:30pm. The events are free to the public.

Dmytro Choni earned a bachelor’s degree from the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine under the guidance of Yuri Kot, then moved to Austria in 2015 to study with Milana Chernyavska at the Kunstuniversität Graz.

A prizewinner at nearly 20 international piano competitions, he has taken first prize at six: Santander (Spain), Bösendorfer USASU (USA), Los Angeles, ZF-Musikpreis (Germany), Roma (Italy) and Tucumán (Argentina). Dmytro is a laureate of other top competitions, including Leeds, Vendome, Busoni and Horowitz, and recipient of top young artist prizes at Interlaken Classics (Switzerland) and Piano Academy Eppan (Italy). He now comes to Fort Worth, calling the Cliburn “nothing else but my dream.”

Dmytro has collaborated with renowned orchestras, such as the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Phoenix Symphony, RTVE Symphony, Seongnam Philharmonic, Ukraine National Symphony, Liechtenstein Symphony and Dominican Republic National Symphony Orchestras. His performances in major halls in Europe, Asia, South America and the United States (including Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall in January 2022) have made a lasting impression on his musical development.

Dmytro’s debut album was released by Naxos in 2020; it received a Supersonic Award from Pizzicato and was highly acclaimed by international critics, one raving he “could be one of the 21st century’s most outstanding pianists.” In March, he told the Fort Worth Report that music is “always kind of a hideaway from what’s going on in the world. Through the music, you can try to project the best possible emotion, the optimism, the hope.”

Mezzo-Soprano Jacalyn Kreitzer began her 45-year career by stepping in for an ailing star in Schoenberg’s orchestral transcription of his Opus 10 String Quartet with Simon Rattle and the LA Philharmonic. She went on to sing leading and comprimario roles with Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Metropolitan, Seattle, Chicago Lyric, San Francisco, Dublin, Teatro del Liceu Barcelona, Los Angeles, New York City, Geneva and Chatelet Opera companies and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Prague National, St. Paul Chamber and Minnesota Orchestras, as well as the Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Seattle, Mexico and Buffalo Symphonies. She has collaborated with conductors such as Simon Rattle, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, James Conlon, Richard Wilcox, Peter Schneider, Valery Gergiev, Simon Rattle, Edo de Waart, Jeffrey Tate, Loren Maazel, Mark Elder, Enrique Batiz, Kent Nagano and Pierre Boulez.

Jackie has recorded with Deutsche Grammophon, Chandos, Teldec and Claves. Kreitzer made her Carnegie Hall debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony as Brangaene in Tristan und Isolde, and Maria Aegyptica in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the Aspen Festival and James Conlon. She premiered E.O. 9066 with Kent Nagano. She was mezzo soloist in Prokoviev’s Alexander Nevsky with Bruno Ferrandis, and Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder with Mark Elder and the Rochester Philharmonic. She was a frequent recitalist across the U.S. — most recently in Barocksaal Hall in Kyoto, Japan.

Kreitzer was a lecturer in voice and performance for 24 years at Cal Poly State University; and the founder, producer and director of Cal Poly Student Opera Theatre. She was the artistic advisor for Opera San Luis Obispo, a San Luis Obispo Outstanding in the Arts Honors Awardee, an Outstanding Faculty award winner and a panel member of Opera America. The whole of Jacalyn’s career was based on the fact that music heals and calms the soul, and brings joy to all.

For more information about these two special masterclasses plus tickets to Summer Festival concerts, visit sunrivermusic.org, email information@ sunrivermusic.org or call 541-593-1084. sunrivermusic.org

Dmytro Choni Jacalyn Kreitzer

Amit Peled and Brett Mitchell August 2021. Photos courtesy of Sunriver Music Festiva

Sunriver Music Festival Presents the DYNAMIC DUO

of Brett Mitchell & Timothy Jones

Brett Mitchell was born and raised in Seattle. He lived in Snohomish County just north of the city, then attended Western Washington University. Brett began his music career on the piano as a small child and it is still his primary instrument. He then picked up the saxophone in fourth grade and loved that as well. He started conducting and composing when he was a student at Lynnwood High School in the mid-1990s, conducting his first performance in October 1995 at age 16. He holds master’s and doctoral degrees in conducting from the University of Texas at Austin and composition from Western Washington University, which selected him as its Young Alumnus of the Year in 2014. He also studied with Leonard Slatkin at the National Conducting Institute and was selected by Kurt Masur as a recipient of the inaugural American Friends of the Mendelssohn Foundation Scholarship in 2008. Mr. Mitchell was also one of five recipients of the League of American Orchestras’ American Conducting Fellowship from 2007 to 2010.

In addition to his work with professional orchestras, Mr. Mitchell is also well known for his affinity for working with and mentoring young musicians aspiring to be professional orchestral players. His tenure as Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra from 2013 to 2017 was highly

praised and included a four-city tour of China, marking the orchestra’s second international tour and its first to Asia. Mr. Mitchell is regularly invited to work with talented young musicians at this country’s high-level training programs, such as the Cleveland Institute of Music, the National Repertory Orchestra, Texas Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival and Interlochen Center for the Arts. He has also served on the faculties of the schools of music at Northern Illinois University, the University Artistic Director & Conductor Brett Mitchell of Houston and the University of Denver.

Maestro Mitchell now resides in Denver with his wife and new baby and is very much looking forward to bringing his family to Oregon and being an integral part of Sunriver Music Festival.

The Shreveport, Louisiana-born bass-baritone Timothy Jones says he hails from humble beginnings and owes his career and love of music to his parents, many teachers and his aunt. His aunt was a very special woman who came to live with his family while she went to nursing school. While living there, she read to Timothy as well as his brothers. She knew it was important to learn to read and with this important knowledge and given the fact Timothy was proficient in reading by the age of four, he was enrolled in a fantastic preschool that exposed him to extremely valuable aspects of life. This included a Coca-Cola plant to meet the CEO as well as line workers, cemeteries to learn about life and death and of course, symphonies, operas and ballet. This is where it all started, creating the foundation for his life and spurring the passion for his career.

Jones (to friends, he’s known as simply Jones) obtained his bachelor of music degree in vocal performance and piano pedagogy from Centenary College of Louisiana and his master’s and doctoral degrees in vocal performance from the University of Michigan. Jones has a reputation as an exciting presence on operatic and concert stages throughout the United States, Europe and South America. His eagerly anticipated performances combine intelligent

Bass-Baritone Timothy Jones

musicianship, commanding vocal technique and a unique ability to connect with audiences. An enthusiastic champion of new and contemporary music, he has commissioned and premiered numerous compositions. For the last 20 years, he’s served as associate professor of voice at the University of Houston-Moores School of Music, and previously as assistant professor at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Brett Mitchell met Timothy Jones 20 years ago, working together at the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. They performed a few pieces there together during that first summer (the world premiere of A Lyric’s Tale by Maurice Wright and Eight Songs for a Mad King by Peter Maxwell Davies) and ever since have continued to work together symbiotically on stage and in life as close friends. They have similar work ethics and passion for what they do.

Brett states, “Making music is such an intense process that musicians often become instant friends when working together. That said, when the musicmaking is over, those friendships often fade. But once in a great while, you meet and make music with a kindred spirit who becomes a deeply important part of your life, and that’s who Jones is to me. We’ve been making music and sharing laughter together now for 20 years, and I’m thrilled that our audiences in Sunriver and Bend will get to experience his exquisite artistry this summer!”

We, as the audiences in Sunriver and Bend, are now blessed to experience these kindred spirits working together to create magic this August at multiple Sunriver Music Festival concerts. The Summer Festival runs August 10-21; Timothy Jones, bass-baritone is featured in Classical Concert IV on August 21 and in the Pops Concert on August 12 and even as the delightful narrator in Prokofiev’s beloved Peter and the Wolf at August 17’s Discover the Symphony Concert. Full schedule and details at sunrivermusic.org. sunrivermusic.org • brettmitchellconductor.com from Ukrainian Dmytro Choni, one of the best young pianists in the world.

Discover the Symphony Concert — August 17, 2022 Sunriver Resort Great Hall, 7:30pm

This entertaining concert presents orchestral music in a fun and informal setting. Bring the whole family and enjoy a one-hour concert in the beautiful Great Hall with virtuosic young soloists and the full orchestra. Free for kids 18 and under, fun for all ages. Come early for the Instrument Petting Zoo!

Classical Concert III — August 18, 2022 Sunriver Resort Great Hall, 7:30pm

Featuring William Hagen, violin. The riveting 28-year-old American violinist, already a seasoned international performer hailed as a “brilliant virtuoso…a standout”, joins the Festival Orchestra for Brahms’ iconic Violin Concerto.

Classical Concert IV — August 21, 2022 Caldera High School, 7:30pm

Featuring Timothy Jones, bass-baritone, an enthusiastic champion of contemporary works and composers. Equally at home on the opera and concert stage as he is in the more intimate settings of chamber music and solo recital, Jones performs with the Festival Orchestra in a closing concert of Shakespearean grandeur.

AUGUST CONCERT SERIES IN BEND & SUNRIVER

Classical Concert I — August 10, 2022 Caldera High School in Bend, 7:30pm

Maestro Mitchell’s tenure opens with a celebratory concert featuring many of our fine orchestra musicians and Beethoven’s monumental masterpiece, the Eroica Symphony.

Pops Concert — August 12, 2022 Caldera High School, 7:30pm

The first half celebrates big anniversaries in the world of music for the silver screen. The second half features all that jazz. Come for your favorite film scores and dynamic live arrangements of Gershwin, Joplin, Ellington standards and more! Featuring Timothy Jones, bass-baritone

Classical Concert II — August 15, 2022 Sunriver Resort Great Hall, 7:30pm

Dmytro Choni, Ukrainian pianist and a brand new medalist of the Cliburn International Piano Competition, joins the Festival Orchestra in a stunningly beautiful piano-centric evening.

Solo Piano Concert — August 16, 2022 Sunriver Resort Great Hall, 7:30pm

The historical Great Hall set the scene for a groundbreaking solo performance