Dmytro Choni Program - Arts at Queens 2022

SARAH BELK GAMBRELL CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Since its opening in 2020, the Sarah Belk Gambrell Center for the Arts and Civic Engagement is dedicated to the pursuit of creative literacy, collaboration in the arts, and service to the Charlotte Community. It serves as the cultural and creative center of campus and is home to academic, visual, performing and literary arts programs, including design and music therapy. Through Arts at Queens, it presents a diverse array of performances for campus and community audiences.

EMBRACING THE CHARLOTTE CONCERTS LEGACY

For 90 years, Charlotte Concerts has brought the very best in international classical music to the Queen City. Also known as Carolinas Concerts Association, the organization has hosted music and performing arts legends such as the Cleveland Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein, Les Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo, the London Symphony Orchestra, Itzhak Perlman, and countless others.

This heartfelt passion for classical music will continue through the annual Charlotte Concerts Legacy Performance event as part of the Arts at Queens Spotlight Series. A scholarship fund will further the organization’s long-standing educational mission by awarding a graduate of CharlotteMecklenburg Schools an annual music scholarship to Queens.

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Kristof Leopold, Technical Director

Savannah Deal, Operations Manager

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The Gambrell Center staff programs and manages the Sarah Belk Gambrell Center in addition to providing production services to events across campus.

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ARTS AT QUEENS AND

CONCERTS LEGACY FUND present

CHARLOTTE

DMYTRO CHONI IN RECITAL

BRONZE MEDALIST

Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

Monday, November 21, 2022

8:00 p.m.

Sandra Levine Theatre

Queens University of Charlotte

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)

Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)

Intermission

Valentin Silvestrov (b. 1937)

Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Sarcasms, op. 17 Tempestoso Allegro rubato Allegro precipitato Smanioso Precipitosissimo

“Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut” from Images, Book II L’isle joyeuse

Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp Major, op. 30 Andante Prestissimo volando

Three Bagatelles, op. 1 Allegretto Moderato Moderato

Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

Tonight’s program celebrates the 90th Anniversary of Charlotte Concerts and honors Carolyn and Sam McMahon. Mr. Choni appears by arrangement with The Cliburn.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

28-year-old Dmytro Choni began piano in his native Kyiv in Ukraine when he was just four and called his acceptance into the 2022 Cliburn Competition “nothing else but my dream.” He 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 at the Kunstuniversität Graz. He has taken first prize at six international piano competitions, has performed in the world’s greatest halls and collaborated with many leading orchestras.

Speaking to the Fort Worth Report, he said 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.”

Widely considered one of the preeminent international music contests, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition exists to share excellent classical music with the largest international audience possible and to launch the careers of its winners.

Building on a rich tradition that began with its 1962 origins in honor of Van Cliburn and his vision for using music to serve audiences and break down boundaries, the Cliburn seeks to achieve the highest artistic standards while utilizing contemporary tools to advance its reach. The world’s top 18- to 31-year-old pianists compete for gold in front of a live audience in Fort Worth, Texas, as well as global online viewership of over 10 million.

Dmytro Choni took home bronze at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in June 2022, only the second Ukrainian pianist to medal at the prestigious contest. He won hearts and accolades with a compelling and colorful musicality that is fortified by a genuine, immediately engaging stage presence. As one critic noted: “Each time he strode onstage, it was with winning confidence and a big smile. He’s clearly an accomplished, assured—and communicative—pro” (Dallas Morning News).

CONTRA-TIEMPO

PRESENTS JOY US JUST US

SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2023 @ 8 PM

CONTRA-TIEMPO is a bold, multilingual activist dance theater company based in Los Angeles. Through the combination of Salsa, Afro-Cuban, hip-hop, and contemporary dance with theater, compelling text, and original music, the group brings dynamic and nontraditional storytelling experiences to the concert stage. CONTRA-TIEMPO provides entertaining and electrifying performances that challenge the audience to open their hearts and minds, and actively engage with others and their own humanity.

It is that notion of “us” that is at the heart of the group’s work, joyUS justUS. By and about people of color, joyUS justUS takes themes such as social injustice, resistance and immigration and presents them

“A JOYOUS CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY.” San Francisco Bay Guardian

through a new lens that joyously celebrates and uplifts. The true stories, as told by CONTRATIEMPO with their unique blend of performance, inspire audiences through immersive sights, sounds, movement and words.

At Queens, joyUS justUS will engage students and faculty across arts and humanities disciplines and bring together local Charlotte visual artists working on civic engagement. joyUS justUS is an experience guaranteed to leave you feeling connected, elated, strong and alive.

WELCOME. SUPPORT. LIFT UP.

ARTS AT QUEENS ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP

JULY 1, 2022 – JUNE 30, 2023

$1,500 for two adults ($1,125 tax-deductible)

Support from our annual members extends far beyond the galleries and theaters. Our members make it possible for students to experience exceptional engagement and learning opportunities including master classes, one-on-one interactions and Q&A sessions with professionals representing the visual, literary and performing arts. Thank you for your support!

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS:

SPOTLIGHT SERIES

Four evenings at the Gambrell Center

• Two tickets for all four performances in Sandra Levine Theatre with reserved seating.

• Option to select your seats for the season before tickets go on sale to the public.

• Attend the members-only reception at each performance.

• Exclusive reserved parking easily accessible to the Gambrell Center (available on a first-come, firstserved basis).

• Recognition in the printed program for all performances.

ACCESS AND CONNECTIONS

• Join us for special occasions with guest performers and artists, faculty and students throughout the year.

EXHIBITION OPENINGS

• Invitation to two Bank of America Gallery and Loevner Gallery art exhibition openings.

MUSE CIRCLE

$5,000 ($4,500 tax-deductible) ENJOY ANNUAL MEMBER BENEFITS PLUS :

VIP PARKING

• Receive your own reserved parking space across from the theatre for all Arts at Queens member events throughout the year (available on a first-come, first-served basis).

IMPACT IN ACTION

• Exclusive invitations to observe student learning opportunities made possible by Arts at Queens support.

• Special behind-the-scenes opportunities for study, reflection and engagement with Queens University arts scholars and faculty members.

LEARN MORE AT WWW.ARTS.QUEENS.EDU

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF

ARTS AT QUEENS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mary Edith Alexander

Amy Blumenthal

Kim Brattain

Siu Challons-Lipton

Howard Freese

Pam Furr

Claudia Heath

Jerald Melberg

Ulrike Miles

Ann Tarwater

MUSE CIRCLE MEMBERS

Joy Greene

Sam and Carolyn G. McMahon

ARTS AT QUEENS MEMBERS

Natascha Bechtler

Georgia and Bill Belk

Joye D. Blount and Jessie J. Knight

Amy and Philip Blumenthal

Kim Brattain and Allison Clark

Sally and Brian Bridgford

Jan and Ed Brown

Kathy and Peter Browning

Frances Campbell

Siu Challons-Lipton and Jordan Lipton

Gina and Herb Clegg

Jerusha and Murray Fadial

Dorlisa & Peter Flur

Eileen Friars and Scott Pyle

Daphne and Eric Solomon

Audean and Berkeley Godehn

Jerry and Gaile Greenhoot

Barbara Karro and Bill Gorelick Lucy and Hooper Hardison

Claudia and Andy Heath

Barbara Laughlin

Sandra and Leon Levine Jane and Hugh McColl

Kathy and Bill McCollum

Susan McConnell and Josephine Hicks Jack and Lydia McNeary

Janet and Lowell Nelson

Suzanne and Bill Nichols

Nancy Norelli

Dale and Larry Polsky

Mary Margaret and Fritz Porter Tamea Price

M.A. Rogers

Susan and Bob Salvin Harriet Seabrook

Emily Seelbinder and Lydia Edsell

Jennifer and Eric Steigerwalt Ann and Michael Tarwater Will and Dorothy Trotter

Cynthia H. Tyson

Rita and Bill Vandiver

Mary Claire and Dan Wall

Dorothea West and Jim Levesque Martha and Chip Whitfield

Gail Brinn Wilkins and Howard Freese

This listing is current as of 11.14.22