SHOSTAKOVICH LECTURE Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio Wednesday Evening, March 13, 2013 at 6:30
about
MICHAEL PARLOFF
Principal Flutist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1977 until his retirement in 2008, Michael Parloff has been heard regularly as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. He has collaborated with such noted artists as James Levine, Jessye Norman, James Galway, Peter Serkin, Dawn Upshaw, Thomas Hampson, Jaime Laredo, and the Emerson String Quartet and has performed on numerous occasions at The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
to promote the appreciation and understanding of classical music in Northern New Jersey by presenting the world’s finest singers and instrumentalists in affordable, innovatively programmed public concerts and educational events. In recent seasons, Parlance Chamber Concerts has presented such renowned artists as the Emerson String Quartet, pianists Richard Goode and Simone Dinnerstein, Met Opera singers Stephanie Blythe, Thomas Hampson, Matthew Polenzani, and Nathan Gunn, and flutist James Galway and clarinetist Richard Stoltzman.
As a lecturer, conductor, and teacher, Mr. Parloff has appeared at major conservatories and university music schools in the United States and abroad. These venues include Music@Menlo, Tanglewood, and the National Orchestral Institute at the University of Maryland. He has been a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music since 1985.
Since 1996 Michael and his wife, Inmo, have also presented over 30 benefit concerts for various nonprofit organizations and humanitarian causes in Northern Bergen County, New Jersey.
Michael Parloff is the founder and Artistic Director of Parlance Chamber Concerts. The mission of Parlance Chamber Concerts is
Mr. Parloff has recorded extensively with the Metropolitan Opera for Deutsche Grammophon, Sony Classical, London, and Philips and has recorded solo recital repertoire and 20th-century chamber music for E.S.SAY, Gunmar, CRI, and Koch.
SHOSTAKOVICH: the complete quartets performed by the Jersualem Quartet
SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE I Sunday, March 17, 5:00 PM • Alice Tully Hall • SOLD OUT Quartet Nos. 1, 5, 6, and 12 Pre-concert lecture with Michael Parloff at 4:00 PM in the Rose Studio
SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE II Tuesday, March 19, 7:30 PM • Alice Tully Hall • SOLD OUT Quartet Nos. 4, 8, 10, and 11 Pre-concert lecture with Michael Parloff at 6:30 PM in the Rose Studio
SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE III Friday, March 22, 7:30 PM • Alice Tully Hall Quartet Nos. 3, 7, 13, and 14 Pre-concert lecture with Michael Parloff at 6:30 PM in the Rose Studio
SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE IV Sunday, March 24, 5:00 PM • Alice Tully Hall Quartet Nos. 2, 9, and 15 Pre-concert lecture with Michael Parloff at 4:00 PM in the Rose Studio
This evening’s lecture is being streamed live at www.ChamberMusicSociety.org/WatchLive The Chamber Music Society is grateful to the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, Mrs. Adler Katzander, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Winston Foundation for their generous support of Shostakovich: The Complete Quartets. Please turn off cell phones, pagers, and other electronic devices. Photographing, sound recording, or videotaping this performance is prohibited.