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CONCERT PROGRAM
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT ARTISTS
Gabriel Malancioiu (b. 1979)
Profane & Sacred for two violins and viola
Ede Terényi (b. 1935)
String Quartet No. 2
Tempo I Presto
Andante Maestoso
Allegro vivace
Andante cantabile
Allegretto
Ciprian Porumbescu (arr. Jeremy Crosmer)
Balad
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Theodor Grigoriu (b. 1926)
String Quartet
“On the River Arges”
Ballade: Moderato poco rubato
Dance with flute
A la sorce: Lento soave
The small willow: Allegro molto
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This concert is given in preparation for the Romanian concerts as part of this 2019 Season’s American Romanian Festival.
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Saturday, October 19, 2019, 3 p.m.
Steinway Piano Gallery
2700 E. West Maple Rd. Commerce Charter Township, MI 48390
Sujin Lim
VIOLIN
Violinist Sujin Lim was born in Seoul, South Korea, where she began her musical studies at age five. She joined the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as section violinist in 2017.
Sujin is a prizewinner in numerous national and international violin competitions, including the Lodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition (Italy), Torun International Violin Competition (Poland), Indianapolis Matinee Musical Scholarship Competition, Indiana University Sibelius Concerto Competition (United States), and the Joongang Music Competition and Ewha Kyunghyang Competition (Korea).
Sujin has appeared in recital and as a soloist throughout Korea, Europe, and the United States with the Romania Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of Bacau, Torun Symphony Orchestra, Yeonsae University, and the Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra.
As a chamber musician, she is member of the EM trio in Korea and performed in such chamber recitals as Yagi Studio, Jungdong Hall, KNUA Hall, and Kumho Art Hall. Sujin has also served as principal concertmaster in the Evansville Philharmonic, Indiana University Symphony, KNUA Symphony, and the Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra. ❖
Marian Tănău VIOLIN
Romanian-born violinist Marian Tănău first picked up the violin at age four and began his musical education in his hometown of Timisoara in Romania. He graduated from Liceul de Muzica “Ion Vidu,” where he studied violin with Maria Cleşiu. He then left for the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca and the Conservatorul de Muzica “G. Dima,” where he earned an Artists Diploma. Later in the USA, he earned a graduate degree from Bowling Green State University.
Tănău joined the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1995. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Romania and the USA and is an active chamber
musician. In 2004, Tănău joined the violin faculty at Wayne State University. In 2005, he was awarded a sabbatical year and moved temporarily to Romania where he joined the music faculty at the National College of Art “Ion Vidu,” and the Music Conservatory of the West University from Timisoara.
His recording of the Violin Sonata by Paul Paray, recorded for Grotto Productions, received praise from critics in the prestigious Strad, Gramophone, and Fanfare Magazines.
Marian Tănău is the founder and president of the American Romanian Festival, Inc., a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote American and Romanian music and culture to audiences in the USA and Europe.❖
Michael Chen
VIOLA
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Jeremy Crosmer
CELLO
Jeremy Crosmer is a remarkable young artist, both as a cellist and a composer. Crosmer completed multiple graduate degrees from the University of Michigan in cello, composition, and theory pedagogy, and received his DMA in 2012 at age 24. From 2012 to 2017, he served as the Assistant Principal cellist in the Grand Rapids Symphony, and he joined the DSO in May of 2017. He is the composer and arranger for the GRS Music for Health Initiative, which pairs symphonic musicians with music therapists to bring classical music to hospitals. In March of 2017, the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital launched a music channel that runs continuously, using four hours of meditative music composed by Crosmer and performed by musicians of the GRS. ❖
CONCERT PROGRAM
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT ARTISTS
George Enescu (1881–1955)
Piano Trio in g minor
Allegro molto vivace
Allegretto grazioso
Andante
Presto
Chick Corea (b. 1940)
Addendum
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Dimitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Piano Trio No.2, Op. 67
Andante
Allegro con brio
Largo
Allegretto
AMERICAN ROMANIAN FESTIVAL 2
Saturday, November 9, 2019, 3 p.m.
Steinway Piano Gallery
2700 E. West Maple Rd.
Commerce Charter Township, MI 48390
Marian Tănău VIOLIN
Romanian-born violinist Marian Tănău first picked up the violin at age four and began his musical education in his hometown of Timisoara in Romania. He graduated from Liceul de Muzica “Ion Vidu,” where he studied violin with Maria Cleşiu. He then left for the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca and the Conservatorul de Muzica “G. Dima,” where he earned an Artists Diploma. Later in the USA, he earned a graduate degree from Bowling Green State University.
Tănău joined the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1995. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Romania and the USA and is an active chamber musician. In 2004, Tănău joined the violin faculty at Wayne State University. In 2005, he was awarded a sabbatical year and moved temporarily to Romania where he joined the music faculty at the National College of Art “Ion Vidu,” and the Music Conservatory of the West University from Timisoara.
His recording of the Violin Sonata by Paul Paray, recorded for Grotto Productions, received praise from critics in the prestigious Strad, Gramophone, and Fanfare Magazines.
Marian Tănău is the founder and president of the American Romanian Festival, Inc., a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote American and Romanian music and culture to audiences in the USA and Europe.❖
Jeremy Crosmer CELLO
Jeremy Crosmer is a remarkable young artist, both as a cellist and a composer. Crosmer completed multiple graduate degrees from the University of Michigan in cello, composition, and theory pedagogy, and received his DMA in 2012 at age 24. From 2012 to 2017, he served as the Assistant Principal cellist in the Grand Rapids Symphony, and he joined the DSO in May of 2017. He is the composer and arranger for the GRS Music for Health Initiative, which pairs symphonic musicians with music
therapists to bring classical music to hospitals. In March of 2017, the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital launched a music channel that runs continuously, using four hours of meditative music composed by Crosmer and performed by musicians of the GRS. ❖
Kazimierz Brzozowski
PIANO
After his concerto debut at the age of 14, Kazimierz Brzozowski frequently performed as a soloist with the Lublin Philharmonic Orchestra, in addition to giving a series of concerts in Hungary. As a student in Warsaw, he often appeared in recitals at the Academy of Music, Chopin Society, Warsaw Musical Society, National Philharmonic Hall, and at Zelazowa Wola – Chopin’s birthplace. He has made recordings for Polish Radio and Television and recorded compact discs with music by Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Szymanowski, Liszt, and Bartok. His recordings are also included in the popular CD sets “Living With the Classics.”
Mr. Brzozowski’s performance highlights include a New York City Carnegie Hall debut; performances in Warsaw with the Polish National Radio Orchestra, recorded live for Public Radio and Television; concerts at the Mozart Festival and the Chopin Festival in Warsaw; recitals for the Chopin Foundation in Florida; and concerts in Japan.
Kazimierz Brzozowski currently resides in Michigan, where he has frequently performed in recitals and as a soloist with symphony orchestras including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He performs in his native Poland as well, in recitals and as a soloist with Philharmonic orchestras.
He is a graduate of the Warsaw Chopin Academy of Music (M.M.) and the University of M chigan (DMA). He has received awards from the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw, Ann Arbor Musical Society in Michigan, the University of Michigan, and the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York. He is a prize winner at the Polish National Piano Festival and Chopin Society Competition in Warsaw. In July 2016 at the 20th International Piano Festival in Nałęczów, he was decorated with the Medal of Merit for Polish Culture, awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of
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the Republic of Poland in recognition of his artistic and pedagogical achievements. At the same time, he received Appreciation Awards from the Mayor of the City of Nałęczów and from the Lublin Voivodeship Marshal for his cultural contribution to the city and the region. Mr. Brzozowski is a Steinway artist.
Dr. Brzozowski is the founder and director of the International Music Festival, which is held annually in Naleczow, Poland. This event, now in its 20th year, attracts international high school and college students for intensive study and performances, both solo and with chamber orchestra. Faculty and guest artists come from Poland, the United States, Russia, and Japan.❖