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REIMAGINE
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MORE THAN 60 YEARS Melvin Kaplan Inc. has represented many of the world’s outstanding and influential musicians. We take pride in working closely with musicians and arts organizations around the world to re-think, re-interpret, and re-imagine music in order to create meaningful and inventive programs, collaborations, and special projects. Our artists constantly evolve as they develop groundbreaking programs and travel unfamiliar paths, and we encourage you to experience that evolution too and see what makes these artists so distinctive.
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ARTISTS chamber ensembles
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American String Quartet
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Ariel Quartet
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Quatuor Danel
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Dover Quartet
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Gryphon Trio
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soloists
Hermitage Piano Trio 12 Meccore Quartet
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New Orford String Quartet
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New York Chamber Soloists 15 Pacifica Quartet
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Ying Quartet
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Salzburg Marionette Theater
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Philippe Bianconi
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David Greilsammer
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Christopher O’Riley
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Menahem Pressler
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Rachel Barton Pine
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Orion Weiss
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orchestras
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Mozart Orchestra of New York
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Geneva Camerata
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New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra 35
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SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Multi-year Projects
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Ensembles
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Soloists
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Orchestras
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CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
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AMERICAN STRING QUARTET
Luxurious, beautifully sculptured performances. — the new york times
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ARIEL QUARTET
..they played with exceptional boldness and confidence — a blazing, larger-than-life performance that seemed to celebrate the triumph of the human spirit. — the washington post
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QUATUOR DANEL
The Quatuor Danel is wonderful... — american record guide
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DOVER QUARTET
...a sound so distinctive as to be identified within mere minutes. — philadelphia inquirer
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GRYPHON TRIO The Gryphon Trio is one of the best ensembles in the world, consistently making music of rare excellence. — toronto globe & mail
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HERMITAGE PIANO TRIO
...the Hermitage Piano Trio turned in a performance of such power and sweeping passion it left you nearly out of breath. — the washington post
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MECCORE QUARTET
...an outstanding young ensemble. — alfred brendel
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NEW ORFORD STRING QUARTET ...one of the more satisfying debuts of recent years. — chicago tribune
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NEW YORK CHAMBER SOLOISTS
This was exquisite musicmaking...musicianship of a high order. — palm beach daily news
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PACIFICA QUARTET
The Pacifica Quartet has, by just about any measure, reached the pinnacle of its field. — the denver post
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The Ying Quartet came as close to the ideal as possible, delivering chamber music of astonishing, refreshing exaltation and exhilaration.
YING QUARTET
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SPECIAL PROGRAMS
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MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS beethoven cycle
great Copland piece Appalachian Spring
For many years we have offered a
along with works by Berger, Powell, Piston,
presentation of the Beethoven Cycle: the
and Carter. And the American String
great composer’s complete string quartets
Quartet has the largest American repertoire
in six concerts, with three American
of any quartet performing today, including
quartets and three international quartets
works by Ruth Crawford Seeger, Walter
performing the works over a single season
Piston, Arthur Foote, Charles Tomlinson
or divided into two seasons, with each
Griffes, and Irving Fine.
concert featuring works from different
russian soul
periods in Beethoven’s life – an amazing journey for any audience.
Russia has produced some of the great
americana
reflect the historical disquiet and fear
Celebrating what is, ironically, lesser-heard
yet also the triumphant spirit of the
music in the United States, three artists
Russian people. Over three seasons, the
come together to offer programs focused
Quatuor Danel will perform programs
on American music. Rachel Barton Pine
featuring Weinberg; the Hermitage
has commissioned three composers to
Piano Trio will offer programs featuring
write partitas, each reflecting a facet of
Tchaikovsky, Arensky, Glinka, and
American musical culture: fiddle, jazz, and
Alyabyev; and the Pacifica Quartet will
hip-hop. The New York Chamber Soloists
perform their favorite selections from
have commissioned over fifty works
the Shostakovich cycle that they recorded
from American composers, and perform
to rapturous reviews.
composers of all time, artists whose works
an all-American program featuring the 19
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ENSEMBLES’ SPECIAL PROJECTS
gryphon trio Building on the success of Broken Hearts and Madmen, the richly imaginative Gryphon Trio will offer a second program with the classically-trained-soprano-turned-cabaretsinger Patricia O’Callaghan. Smoke and
Mirrors will examine the dark underbelly of
american string quartet
familiar music.
The iconic American String Quartet performs Erich Korngold’s lavishly beautiful Piano
new orford string quartet
Quintet in E major, Op. 15, with the dazzling
The New Orford String Quartet and the
pianist Anton Nel, a collaborative project
charismatic pianist – and host of NPR’s
first undertaken at the Aspen Music Festival.
From the Top – Christopher O’Riley will perform a program combining Glenn
ariel quartet
Gould’s rarely heard Quartet, Op. 1, with
In a twist on collaborative focus, the Ariel
Bach’s Partita No. 6 and Beethoven’s Op.
Quartet and the pianist Alon Goldstein1
130. Gould wrote his quartet in 1955, just
offer chamber versions of two of Mozart’s
a few months before his landmark recording
piano concertos, the K. 466 in D minor,
of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and
which served as a source of inspiration
his quartet directly quotes Beethoven’s
to Beethoven, and the jubilant K. 467
Grosse Fuge.
in C major, featuring the famous Andante.
hermitage piano trio
dover quartet
Descending from the great Russian musical
Following their incredible success of the
tradition, the now U.S.-based Hermitage
last three years, the Dover Quartet
Piano Trio has unearthed a piano trio
offers collaborations with two of the most
by Jean Sibelius that has never before been
versatile musicians of our time: the
performed in the United States. Programs
bassist Edgar Meyer2 and the mandolinist Avi Avital.
with this masterwork can include some of
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pacifica quartet
meccore quartet
The internationally renowned Pacifica Quartet
Praised for its breathtaking performances
will offer a tour with Marc-André Hamelin
and visionary interpretations, the Meccore
performing the piano quintet he is writing
Quartet is comprised of four of Poland’s most
for the group. They will also reprise a hugely
important musicians. The Meccore offers a
successful collaboration with the composer and
program featuring repertoire by the members’
clarinetist Jörg Widmann , during which the
fellow countrymen Karol Szymanowski
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and Witold Lutosławski.
Pacifica performs Widmann’s Quartet No. 3,
“Hunting,” and together they perform either the Weber or Brahms clarinet quintets.
new york chamber soloists
ying quartet
innovative programming for fifty years,
Known for their ardent support of
present a program built around Aaron
contemporary American composers, the
Copland’s Appalachian Spring in its original
Ying Quartet is collaborating with the jazz
13-musician instrumentation along with
great Billy Childs.6 Billy is composing a
music by Bach, Prokofiev, and Mozart.
The New York Chamber Soloists, offering
quintet that the five will take on the road, paired with traditional quartets and solo jazz piano. The Ying will also pair with the cellist Zuill Bailey7 to perform Schumann’s
cello concerto transcribed for string quintet.
quatuor danel The Quatuor Danel has been at the forefront
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Alon Goldstein appears courtesy of Frank Salomon Associates. Edgar Meyer appears courtesy of IMG Artists. 3 Avi Avital appears courtesy of Kirshbaum Associates. 4 Marc-André Hamelin appears courtesy of Colbert Artists Management. 5 Jörg Widmann appears courtesy of HarrisonParrott. 6 Billy Childs appears courtesy of Unliminted Myles. 7 Zuill Bailey appears courtesy of Colbert Artists Management. 8 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet appears courtesy of HarrisonParrott. 2
of the European music scene for over twenty years, and gained worldwide renown for its gripping, intuitive recording of the complete cycle of string quartets by Mieczysław Weinberg. They also offer a collaboration with the phenomenal French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. 8
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SOLOISTS
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PHILIPPE BIANCONI
The music that flows from him is simply natural and right... an undiscovered treasure. — john d e m ain Music Director, Madison Symphony
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DAVID GREILSAMMER
An astonishing achievement, a triumph of innovative programming and brilliantly probing execution... an artist of major importance. — the san francisco chronicle
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CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY
Infectious passion. — the los angeles times
MENAHEM PRESSLER He is a national treasure. — the los angeles times
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RACHEL BARTON PINE
An exciting, boundary-defying performer – Pine displays a power and confidence that puts her in the top echelon. — the washington post
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ORION WEISS
When you’re named after one of the biggest constellations in the night sky, the pressure is on to display a little star power — and the young pianist Orion Weiss did exactly that... — the washington post
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SALZBURG MARIONETTE THEATRE ...a delightful surprise from start to finish. — the new york times
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SOLOISTS’ SPECIAL PROJECTS
rachel barton pine Violinist Rachel Barton Pine is known for her impressive projects, vast in scope and meticulously researched and presented. Having just recorded Bach’s works for solo violin, she will be commissioning three American Partitas focused on fiddle, jazz,
philippe bianconi
and hip-hop.
The French pianist Philippe Bianconi performs a definitive, intimate
menahem pressler
interpretation of Debussy’s Twenty-four
The legendary musician – and the oldest
Preludes in one mesmerizing recital.
performing pianist – Menahem Pressler has experienced a career renaissance
david greilsammer
in recent years, becoming one of the most
Focusing on a concept that was the basis
in-demand soloists. Available in a recital
of his widely acclaimed recording for Sony
program featuring Mozart, Schubert,
Classical, Israeli pianist David Greilsammer
Schumann, and Chopin, Mr. Pressler offers
performs alternating sonatas by Scarlatti
a priceless perspective as one of the
and Cage on a standard piano and a prepared
last performing members of his musical
piano, placed back-to-back on stage.
generation.
christopher o’riley
orion weiss
In conjunction with the wildly successful
The thrilling, engaging young pianist Orion
Shuffle. Play. Listen project, pianist
Weiss, commemorating the end of World
Christopher O’Riley and cellist Matt
War I, is offering a program featuring
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Granados’ Goyescas and Janacek’s In the Mists,
Beethoven’s five cello sonatas, three
anchored by Scarlatti’s gripping, dark Sonata
performed on period, gut-strung instruments
No. 9, “Black Mass.”
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Matt Haimowitz appears courtesy of Baylin Artist Management.
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ORCHESTRAS
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Gerard Schwarz leads with an unerring sense of when to be expansive, when to indulge in romantic gestures, and when to step on the gas pedal and let the music explode with passion. — musicweb international
MOZART ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK gerard schwarz, music director
GENEVA CAMERATA david greilsammer, music & artistic director
It feels like something is really happening. This is an orchestra full of musicians who really care about music. — stephen isserlis
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NEW YORK CHAMBER SOLOISTS ORCHESTRA
...a stellar ensemble. — los angeles times
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ORCHESTRAS’ SPECIAL PROJECTS geneva camerata Audacious and innovative, the Geneva Camerata (GECA)
is made up of brilliant, young virtuosos and has been praised as one of today’s most adventurous ensembles. GECA—a chamber orchestra based in Switzerland—performs music of all periods and styles, from early baroque, classical, and contemporary repertoire to electronic, world, and jazz music. The GECA musicians are equally comfortable performing period and modern instruments, as well as improvising. Recent collaborations include programs with Steven Isserlis, Emmanuel Pahud, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Caroline Widmann, and Daniel Hope. The Camerata has also performed a variety of eclectic programs incorporating electronic music, folk, and jazz. a musical journey
Rameau: Suite from Platée & Les Boréades Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485
***** Cage: Concerto for piano and orchestra Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 David Greilsammer, conductor & piano
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mozart orchestra of new york
new york chamber soloists orchestra
The Mozart Orchestra of New York is
An elite, conductor-less chamber orchestra,
a touring 45-piece orchestra made up of
the New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra will
New York City’s finest musicians. Led by
offer programs featuring the extraordinary
the celebrated Gerard Schwarz, the Mozart
violinist Rachel Barton Pine performing
Orchestra offers programs including the last
all five of Mozart’s violin concertos in one
three Mozart symphonies, an all-Mendelssohn
concert as well as ones with the phenomenal
program with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg,
guitarist Sharon Isbin performing concertos
and an all-American program featuring the
by Rodrigo and Vivaldi.
Barber Cello Concerto with Julian Schwarz.
complete mozart violin concertos
three last symphonies
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218 Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major, K. 207 Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543 Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 ***** Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, “Jupiter”
***** Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 211 Violin Concerto in A Major, K. 219
all-mendelssohn
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Felix Mendelssohn Fingal’s Cave, Op. 26 Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
guitar virtuosity
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre Vivaldi: Concerto for four violins and orchestra Respighi: The Birds
***** Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, “Italian” american celebration
Bernstein: Overture to Candide Piston: The Incredible Flutist Barber: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 22
***** De Falla: Concerto for harpsichord Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
***** Copland: Appalachian Spring
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Julian Schwarz, cello
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