Master Class with the Escher String Quartet - Feb 18, 2016

David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors

MASTER CLASS WITH THE

ESCHER STRING QUARTET Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 11:00 AM Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio

2015-2016 Season

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, 10th Floor New York, NY 10023 212-875-5788 www.ChamberMusicSociety.org

The Chamber Music Society’s education and outreach programs are made possible, in part, with support from the AE Charitable Foundation, Colburn Foundation, Consolidated Edison Company, Hearst Fund, The Frank and Helen Hermann Foundation, Alice Ilchman Fund, Newman’s Own Foundation, Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Fund, Esther Simon Charitable Trust, Tiger Baron Foundation, and The Helen F. Whitaker Fund. Public funds are provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

MASTER CLASS WITH THE ESCHER STRING QUARTET Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 11:00 AM

LEOŠ JANÁČEK (1854-1928)

Quartet No. 1 for Strings, “The Kreutzer Sonata” (1923) MARIELLA HAUBS, RANDALL GOOSBY, VIOLIN; JAMEEL MARTIN, VIOLA; YI QUN XU, CELLO THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Quartet No. 1 in D major for Strings, Op. 25 (1941) AVITAL MAZOR, BENNETT ASTROVE, VIOLIN; PETER AYUSO, VIOLA; GUSTAVO ANTONIACOMI, CELLO NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

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Today’s master class is being streamed live at www.ChamberMusicSociety.org/WatchLive

ESCHER STRING QUARTET about the

The Escher String Quartet has received acclaim for its profound musical insight and rare tonal beauty. Championed by the Emerson String Quartet, the group was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2010-12, giving debuts at both Wigmore Hall and BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall. A former member of CMS Two, the ensemble performs regularly at The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and in 2012-13 presented a critically acclaimed three-concert series featuring the quartets of Benjamin Britten.

In 2013, the quartet became one of the very few chamber ensembles to be awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and in 2015 it was the recipient of a Lincoln Center Martin E. Segal Award. The quartet has collaborated with artists including David Finckel, Leon Fleisher, Wu Han, Lynn Harrell, Cho-Liang Lin, David Shifrin, and Jason Vieaux. In the 2013-14 season, the Escher Quartet undertook an extensive UK tour with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor.

The Escher Quartet is increasingly making a distinctive impression throughout Europe as it builds important debuts into its schedule and receives consistently high acclaim for its work. These debut venues have included the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, and the Conservatoire de Musique in Geneva. In 2013, the group’s first appearance at Israel’s Tel Aviv Museum of Art resulted in an immediate re-invitation, and its performance at Wigmore Hall was followed by an invitation to establish a regular relationship with the venue. Last season saw further significant debuts at London’s Kings Place, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, and Slovenian Philharmonic Hall in Ljubljana, as well as the Risør Festival in Norway, O/Modernt Festival in Sweden, and Great Music in Irish Houses.

Alongside its growing European profile, the Escher Quartet continues to flourish in its home country, performing at Alice Tully Hall in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and the Ravinia and Caramoor festivals. The 2014-15 saw a critically acclaimed debut at Chamber Music San Francisco and an appearance at Music@Menlo in California. The quartet was also involved in the education of young musicians, with coaching activities at Campos do Jordão Music Festival in Brazil and the Royal Academy of Music in London.

The quartet has recorded the complete Zemlinsky string quartets on the Naxos label, releasing two highly acclaimed volumes in 2013 and 2014 respectively. Last year the ensemble released the first two in a series of three albums comprising the complete Mendelssohn quartets on the BIS label. The Escher Quartet takes its name from Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher, and draws inspiration from Escher’s method of interplay between individual components working together to form a whole.

meet today’s

PERFORMERS

Gustavo Antoniacomi was introduced to the violin by his mother and to the piano by his step-father at a very young age. In 2010 he began serious studies on the cello with Dr. Sandy Simmons of the Evangelical University of Paraná (FEPAR) in his native city of Curitiba, in the south of Brazil. In 2012 he began to study with the cellist Maria Alice Brandão at the Belas Artes School of Music of Paraná (EMBAP), while playing as principal cellist in orchestras such as the Chamber Orchestra of Belas Artes (OCBA) and the Central Adventist Orchestra (OAC), in addition to participating in chamber groups and performing solo works across Brazil. Gustavo recently began studying at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts as a member of Brooks Whitehouse’s cello studio, and continues developing his technique and preparing himself for competitions and festivals.

Bennett Astrove began studying violin in the public schools of Tampa, Florida. He began more formal studies with Dr. Carolyn Stuart while attending the University of South Florida. He has participated in a variety of festivals and ensembles for both new and chamber music, including the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, NU Music Ensemble, Music from Salem, and the Robert Helps New Music Festival. In 2014 he was a finalist for the Rosen-Schaffel concerto competition. Bennett recently completed his Master’s degree at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts under the tutelage of Kevin Lawrence and will be pursuing an artist diploma at the School of the Arts next year as a member of Ida Bieler’s violin studio.

Peter Ayuso graduated from the UNCSA high school program with a concentration in viola performance. He has since gone on to perform in master classes for renowned artists such as Hsin-Yun Huang, Kim Kashkashian, Lawrence Dutton, and Karen Ritscher. This past summer he toured Spain with the Giannini Quartet, attended the NYU Karen Tuttle Coordination Conference, and studied as a scholarship student at Music Mountain Chamber Music Masterclasses and Bowdoin International Music Festival, where he was a scholarship student of Grammy-winning violist Kim Kashkashian and Boston University professor Michelle LaCourse respectively.

During other past summers he studied as a scholarship student at Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, National Music Festival, Montecito International Music Festival, and the Karen Tuttle Coordination Conference at New York University.

Peter is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in Viola Performance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where he studies with and serves as teaching assistant to Sheila Browne.

Randall Goosby began his violin studies at the age of seven and made his solo orchestral debut at the age of nine with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra in Florida. Other solo orchestral performances included the New York Philharmonic,

Cleveland Orchestra, New World Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Grand Rapids Symphony, Memphis Symphony, and Nashville Symphony, among others. He has also appeared as a soloist at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium as part of the Sphinx Organization’s Young Artist Development Program after receiving his recipient of the prestigious Isaac Stern Award in 2011. In 2013, he was honored as the Rising Star of the Key West Impromptu Classical Concert Series in Florida. Additionally, he has appeared in many radio and TV programs across the nation. In 2014 he graduated from The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Program where he commuted weekly from Memphis to study with Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho. Currently, Randall is pursuing an undergraduate degree in Violin Performance at The Juilliard School where he is a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship. He is also grateful to the Stradivari Society of Chicago which has generously loaned him a magnificent Giovanni Paolo Maggini violin (c. 1590).

Violinist Mariella Haubs has performed at festivals all over Europe and the USA including the Schubertiade in Austria, the Festival de Pâques in France, the Chelsea Music Festival in New York, and the Mozart Festival Rovereto in Italy. As concert mistress of The Juilliard Orchestra, she has worked with conductors Christoph von Dohnányi, Alan Gilbert, Bernard Haitink, Kurt Masur, and Michael Tilson Thomas.

Her collaborators include Joshua Bell, Renaud Capuçon, James Ehnes, and the Kronos Quartet. In September 2014, Mariella performed with Joshua Bell for President Obama and the First Lady at the UN General Assembly. She appeared in the documentary film “A Season at The Juilliard School,” featuring her daily life in New York. Most recently she was featured in the HBO documentary “Joshua Bell: YoungArts MasterClass.” She is also a finalist of the national competition YoungArts. She was awarded the Leonhard und Ida Wolf-Gedächtnispreis der Landeshauptstadt München 2009 and is the first prize winner of the Bavarian Lions Club Violin Competition 2008. She studies at The Juilliard School with Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho. She has been a member of The Perlman Music Program since 2009. She plays a 1721 Peter Guarneri violin on loan by The Juilliard School.

At the age of 20, violist Jameel Martin looks back on numerous successes. One of the two winners of the 2012 Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, he performed as a soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He has participated in many festivals such as the Beijing International Music Festival and Academy 2012 in China, the Sewanee Summer Music Festival 2010 in Tennessee, the Pinchas Zukerman Young Arts Program Summer Music Institute 2013 in Canada, the Heifetz Institute 2014 in Virginia, and the Perlman Music Program on Shelter Island. He began playing chamber music at an early age through programs such as the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, the Butler University Youth Ensemble, the Indianapolis Suzuki Academy, the Juilliard Pre-College Chamber Music Program, and the New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program. Jameel has served as principal violist in various orchestras, such as the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Side by Side Orchestra and the Juilliard

Pre-College Orchestra. He began his studies at the age of five in the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Indianapolis. He is a former student of Michael Isaac Strauss.

He currently attends The Juilliard School studying with Heidi Castleman and Steven Tenenbom.

Avital Mazor was born in Israel and began studying the violin at the Jerusalem Conservatory. He graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music under the guidance of Michael Gaisler. His public appearances include performances with the Holon and Amaritus orchestras as well as the Israel Philharmonic. He has participated in numerous competitions, among them the Clairmont and the Gritz competitions.

Avital has taken part in master classes with some of today’s most distinguished musicians such as Ivry Gitlis, Vadim Gluzman, and Miriam Fried. He has attended renowned music festivals around the world including Festival d’Aix en Provence in France, Keshet Eilon, Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival, and Green Mountain. He currently studies with Kevin Lawrence at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He has been a recipient of the America Israel Cultural Foundation annual scholarship since 2007.

Cellist Yi Qun Xu began her musical studies at China’s Central Conservatory of Music where she won multiple top prizes in Chinese national competitions. She later moved to the United States to study under Ronald Leonard and Laurence Lesser at the Colburn Conservatory of Music and New England Conservatory Preparatory. During the summers she participates in the Perlman Music Program. She won first prize in the 2008 Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition in Croatia, the ASTA National Solo Competition, the Wellesley Concerto Competition, and has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician across the United States. To date, she has studied and collaborated with many artists including her mentors Itzhak Perlman, Ani Kavafian, Ralph Kirshbaum, Atar Arad, Martin Beaver, Hsin­Yun Huang, Mark Kaplan, Merry Peckham, Jon Kimura Parker, Roger Tapping, and Quatuor Ebène.

She is the proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship at The Juilliard School, where she studies with Timothy Eddy.

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upcoming

EVENTS

INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC

Wednesday, February 24, 6:30 PM • Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio Focus on Brahms’ Horn Trio in E-flat major.

This event will also be streamed live at www.ChamberMusicSociety.org/watchlive

THE ART OF THE RECITAL

Thursday, February 25, 7:30 PM • Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott performs Haydn sonatas.

This event will also be streamed live at www.ChamberMusicSociety.org/watchlive

MENUHIN AT 100 WITH DANIEL HOPE

Friday, March 4, 7:30 PM • Alice Tully Hall Daniel Hope curates a personal tribute to his longtime friend, Yehudi Menuhin, celebrating the 100th birthday of this legendary violinist and humanitarian.