Lied Center Presents
Russian National Orchestra Featuring Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Daniil Trifonov, pianist Thursday, February 21, 7:30 p.m. We, at U.S. Bank, are proud to present the Russian National Orchestra. In 13 seasons as a VIP Sponsor, we have sponsored many remarkable performances. We continue to support the Lied Center, a crown jewel in our community, because it enriches our lives by presenting outstanding artists and providing exceptional community outreach opportunities.
This event is sponsored, in part, by the Lied Performance Fund. This performance was made possible through the generous support of Lena M. Stranathan Chamber Music Fund.
Opus 3 Artists Presents
Russian National Orchestra Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano Overture to The Bartered Bride (Prodaná neve˘ sta) Bed˘rich Smetana (1824-1884) Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23 (TH55) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso II. Andantino semplice III. Allegro con fuoco Intermission 20 minutes Symphony No.6 in D Major, Op.60, B.112 Antonín Dvo˘rák (1841-1904) I. Allegro non tanto II. Adagio III. Scherzo (Furiant): Presto IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito The Russian National Orchestra thanks the patrons who helped make the 2013 United States Tour possible, including Mr. and Mrs. Gerret Copeland, Ann and Gordon Getty, the Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation, HRH Prince Michael of Kent, Athena Blackburn, Barbara Roach, Russian Arts Foundation, Russian Life Magazine, and Marianne and John Wyman.
www.russianarts.org Management for Mr. Guerrero: Opus 3 Artists LLC Management for Mr. Trifonov: Opus 3 Artists LLC
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2012 / 2013 USA TOUR ROSTER Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero is the Music Director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and concurrently holds the position of Principal Guest Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency. Last year, Guerrero led the Nashville Symphony to a Grammy win for a second consecutive year with the recording of American composer Joseph Schwantner’s Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra. His previous recording with the orchestra of Michael Daugherty’s Metropolis Symphony and Deux Ex Machina won three 2011 Grammy Awards, including the category of Best Orchestral Performance. A fervent advocate of new music and contemporary composers, Guerrero has collaborated with and championed the works of several of America’s most respected composers, including John Adams, John Corigliano, Osvaldo Golijov, Jennifer Higdon, Michael Daugherty, Roberto Sierra and Richard Danielpour. In the 2012-13 season, Guerrero makes debuts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin and Norwegian Radio Orchestra. He returns to the Boston, Indianapolis, Toronto, Philadelphia for both its subscription season and at Vail, Brussels Philharmonic, Polish National Radio Symphony and Sao Paulo State Symphony Orchestras. He will also be in Australia for performances with the Adelaide Symphony and Auckland Philharmonia. An advocate for young musicians and music education, Guerrero now returns annually to Caracas, Venezuela, to conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar and to work with young musicians in the country’s lauded El Sistema music program. This season he will also work with the student orchestras of Curtis Institute and the Colburn School. In recent seasons, Guerrero has appeared with many of the major North American orchestras, including the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, San Diego, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, Philadelphia and the National Symphony in Washington, DC; as well as at several major summer festivals, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Festival and Indiana University summer orchestra festival. He is also establishing an increasingly visible profile in Europe, where his upcoming engagements will include a debut appearance with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Last season, he led a five-city European tour with the Monte Carlo Philharmonic. Early in his career, Guerrero worked regularly with the Costa Rican Lyric Opera and in recent seasons has conducted new productions of Carmen, La Bohème and Rigoletto. Future plans include productions at the Houston Grand Opera and Marseille Opera. In February 2008, he gave the Australian premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s one-act opera Ainadamar at the Adelaide Festival to great acclaim. In June 2004, Guerrero was honored with the Helen M. Thompson Award by the American Symphony Orchestra League, which recognizes outstanding achievement among young conductors nationwide. Guerrero holds degrees from Baylor and Northwestern universities. He was previously the Music Director of the Eugene Symphony in Oregon. From 1999 to 2004, Guerrero served as Associate Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, where he made his subscription debut in March 2000 leading the world premiere of John Corigliano’s “Phantasmagoria” on the Ghosts of Versailles. Prior to his tenure with the Minnesota Orchestra, he served as Music Director of the Táchira Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela. lied.ku.edu | Lied Center Presents
Daniil Trifonov, Piano Born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in 1991, Daniil Trifonov is one of the brightest names in the next generation of pianists. His reputation for outstanding performances, musical insight and expressive intensity has already surpassed the attention he received when, during the 2010/11 season, he won medals at three of the most prestigious competitions in the music world: the Chopin Competition in Warsaw (Third Prize), the Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv (First Prize) and the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (First Prize and Grand Prix). Highlights of the 2011/12 season for Trifonov included debuts with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra with Gergiev, Israel Philharmonic with Mehta and Russian National Orchestra with Pletnev. He also gave recitals at the Wigmore Hall London, Musikverein Vienna, Salle Pleyel in Paris, Carnegie Hall and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. In the 2012/13 season, Trifonov will make his debut with several prestigious international orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Budapest Festival Orchestra and Orchestra Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He will also return to the London Symphony, Mariinsky Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra and the Warsaw Philharmonic. Trifonov’s upcoming recitals include The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium), Boston Celebrity Series, Berlin Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie, Munich Herkulessaal, Amsterdam Concertgebouw (Master Piano Series), London Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall, Paris Auditorium du Louvre, Zurich Tonhalle and Lucerne Piano Festival, Brussels Palais de Beaux Arts, Schloss Elmau and the Seoul Arts Center. Trifonov began his musical studies at the age of five. He studied at Moscow Gnesin School of Music in the class of Tatiana Zelikman (2000-2009). From 2006 to 2009, he also studied composition and he continues to write piano, chamber and orchestral music. Since 2009, he has studied piano at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the class of Sergei Babayan.
Russian National Orchestra
Violin I
Double bass
Alexey Bruni Tatiana Porshneva Yana Gerasimova Natalia Anurova Edvard Yatsun Anatoly Fedorenko Alexey Sobolev Leonid Akimov Igor Akimov Vasily Vyrenkov Natalia Fokina Alexey Khutoryanskiy Olga Levchenko
Gennady Krutikov Anton Vinogradov Miroslav Maximyuk Vasily Beschastnov Alexey Vlasov Alexey Vorobiev
Violin II
Olga Tomilova Vitaly Nazarov Pavel Kapitanchuk Andrey Rubtsov
Sergey Starcheus Evgeny Feofanov Pavel Gorbenko Irina Simonenko Evgeny Durnovo Vladimir Teslya Svetlana Dzutseva Sergey Korolev Anna Panina Olga Vanina Elena Ermakova
Viola Sergey Dubov Irina Sopova Sergey Bogdanov Olga Suslova Maria Goryunova Alexander Zhulev Ksenia Zhuleva Lev Leushin Artem Kukaev
Cello Alexander Gotgelf Svetlana Vladimirova Olesya Gavrikova Maxim Tarnorutskiy Alexander Grashenkov Sergey Kazantsev Natalia Lyubimova
Flute Maxim Rubtsov Konstantin Efimov Sergey Igrunov Nikolay Lotakov
Oboe
Clarinet Nikolay Mozgovenko Dmitry Ayzenshtadt Dmitry Belik Oleg Zavologhin
Bassoon Andrey Shamidanov Vladimir Markin Elizaveta Vilkovyskaya
French horn Igor Makarov Alexey Serov Victor Bushuev German Bushuev Askar Bisembin Vladimir Slabchuk
Trumpet Vladislav Lavrik Andrey Kolokolov Leonid Korkin Vladimir Pinyalov
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Trombone
Stage crew
Ivan Irkhin Dmitry Zheleznov Anatoly Fedotov Vyacheslav Pachkaev
Alexey Dragun Vladimir Kireev
Tuba Dmitry Anakovskiy
Percussion Dmitry Lukianov Alexander Suvorov Kirill Lukianenko Ilya Melikhov Leonid Lysenko Vladimir Kalabanov
Harp Svetlana Paramonova
Piano Leonid Ogrinchuk
Russian National Orchestra
Inspector/Librarian Valentin Teslya
Logistic manager Amir Iliyasov
For Opus 3 Artists David V. Foster, President & CEO Leonard Stein, Senior Vice President, Director, Touring Division Robert Berretta, Vice President, Manager, Artists & Attractions Adelaide Docx, Associate Manager, Artists & Attractions John C. Gilliland III, Associate, Touring Division
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Brentano String Quartet Fragments — Connecting Past and Present
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