in Music They Ventured into the Unknown...

fufillment or tragedy? in the opening measures.

hopeful or foreboding?

Symphony No. 6 Track 03

“Mountain Meadows”

ARTISTS’ PROFILES

JASON HARDINK piano

A fearless interpreter of large-scale piano works both modern and historical, pianist Jason Hardink’s recent debut at Weill Recital Hall was lauded for its audacious programming and pianism demonstrating “abandon and remarkable clarity” and a “capacity for tenderness and grace” (Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times).

Concerts during the 2022–23 season include Michael Hersch’s The Vanishing Pavilions as Part I of the US premiere of his cycle, sew me into a shroud of leaves (National Sawdust, May 2023) and recitals with Utah Symphony

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Concertmaster Madeline Adkins (January/ February, 2023).

As Artistic Director of the NOVA Chamber Music Series for nine seasons, Hardink’s programming vision regularly juxtaposed the standard works of the canon with music by living composers. While NOVA devoted a great deal of space to recent and commissioned works by Utah composers, the series also featured several multi-season cycles of music by important American composers.

Jason Hardink resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he holds the position of Principal Keyboard with the Utah Symphony. He is married to pianist Kimi Kawashima, and they are parents of twin boys, Luc and Derek.

Augustin Viard

ondes Martenot

Born in Provence, France, Augustin Viard started his musical learning journey through eclectic contemporary styles such as rock music and blues. In 2004, he joined the ondes Martenot class at the Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt, headed by Pascale Rousse-Lacordaire. Five years later, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, studying in the ondes Martenot class of Valérie HartmannClaverie, and performing Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie. He graduated in 2013 with a masters degree.

His eagerness to explore new creative horizons allowed him to be involved in numerous contemporary premieres, to collaborate with several chamber music groups (Hendricks’ Quartet, Ensemble

Vecteurs ondes, Ensemble Volta, Ensemble Traces d’Aujourd’hui) and to execute improvised music.

Augustin Viard plays Evgeni and Sacha Galverine’s film score for string quartet, piano and ondes Martenot on Andreï Zviaguintsev’s Oscar nominated film Loveless which received the Prix du Jury du Festival de Cannes 2017 and the César du meilleur film étranger (best foreign film) 2018. In 2021 he composed the original theme for Earwig a full-length film directed by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, which won the Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastian International Film Festival and was nominated at the 2021 BFI London Film Festival. In January 2022 he performed the score live for a cinema screening at the Arvor Cinema in Rennes, France.

He is Professor of ondes Martenot at the Conservatoire de Boulogne Billancourt.