Music@Menlo 2013 annual report

David Finckel & Wu Han, Artistic Directors • Edward P. Sweeney, Executive Director

2013 ANNUAL REPORT

“The world-class chamber music festival and institute featured an innovative approach to showcasing the breadth of Bach’s work and his tremendous artistic influence on generations of Western composers.”

—SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

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concert program vii: die kunst der fuge.

Mission

2013 Summer Festival Summary

To expand the chamber music community and to enhance the enjoyment and understanding of the art form by championing the highest artistic quality in live performance, promoting in-depth audience engagement with the music and artists, and providing intensive training for aspiring professional musicians and industry leaders.

Music@Menlo’s 2013 season, From Bach, celebrates the timeless work of Johann Sebastian Bach, the composer whose profound legacy has shaped Western music over the two and a half centuries since his death.

Overview Celebrating its eleventh season this year, Music@Menlo has become an internationally acclaimed summer festival and institute combining world-class chamber music performances, extensive audience engagement, intensive training for preprofessional musicians, and a variety of activities which have broadened and enhanced the chamber music community of the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.

Music@Menlo was founded on the conviction that, while great music offers aesthetic pleasure and spiritual renewal at the most basic listening level, deeper engagement with the art form opens doors to inspiration and enlightenment. Great music generates connections with cultures across ages and continents and cultivates fluency in new and diverse creative languages. It enhances our understanding of Western history, intensifies the enjoyment of well-known works, and increases the appetite for and capacity to be engaged by unfamiliar music.

An immersive experience centered on distinctive thematic programming, Music@Menlo enriches its core concert offerings with myriad opportunities for in-depth learning to intensify audiences’ enjoyment and understanding of the music. The festival’s particular brand of enrichment complements core content, providing new ways for longtime concertgoers and newcomers of all ages to explore chamber music.

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To the ears of many modern listeners, the canon begins with Bach, and arguably every major musical innovation has borne his influence. Whether in the craftsmanship of composers from Haydn to Mendelssohn, the sonic magnitude of Brahms, Bartók, and Shostakovich, or even the sensual allure of Debussy, Richard Strauss, and George Gershwin, Bach’s legacy endures. The 2013 summer season examined that legacy, mining the depths of Bach’s art from the perspective of the generations of great composers who followed.

Through eight Concert Programs, five Carte Blanche Concerts, and four Encounters, festival participants had the opportunity to experience more music in the festival’s three weeks than ever before.

In the festival’s signature fashion, the depth and content of Music@Menlo’s ancillary offerings provided opportunities for discovery and engagement unique to Music@Menlo. Through public Institute activities including master classes and Café Conversations and extended offerings including the Listening Room and AudioNotes, fifty professional musicians, six emerging young professional alumni-faculty members, thirteen preprofessional musicians, thirty-two Young Performers, twenty-five interns, and thousands of audience members enjoyed exploring music through a lens of their own emotional responses.

2013 Annual Report

cellist colin carr leads a master class.

2013 Summer Festival Activities MAIN-STAGE EVENTS Thematically Organized Chamber Music Concert Programs — In 2013, Music@Menlo explored the legacy of Bach through a total of thirteen performances of eight Concert Programs in three venues.

Each Concert Program reflected Bach’s influence on the entire trajectory of music history.

Carte Blanche Concerts — This series included five performances by a cadre of today’s most exciting musicians. Percussionists Christopher Froh, Ayano Kataoka, and Ian Rosenbaum performed on an array of percussion instruments, portraying the vitality of the Baroque master’s impact in the twentieth century. Violinist Soovin Kim made his Music@Menlo debut with a formidable recital program traversing the evolution of the solo violin repertoire. Colin Carr, who inaugurated Music@Menlo’s Carte Blanche Concert series in 2004 with an unforgettable marathon performance of the complete Bach Cello Suites, revisited two of them as part of the 2013 season’s Bachian journey. In “Into the Light,” violinist Jorja Fleezanis curated and led our fourth Carte Blanche Concert by examining music’s mysterious power to give voice to the human condition, from our darkest and most introspective moments to our most radiant. The final Carte Blanche of the season welcomed distinguished cellist Laurence Lesser, renowned for his probing explorations of the Bach Suites in concert and on recordings, to complete the summer’s cycle of Bach’s Cello Suites in a provocative program.

Michael Steinberg Encounter Series — Encounters, Music@Menlo’s signature series of multimedia symposia led by classical music’s most renowned authorities, embody the festival’s context-rich approach to musical discovery and add an integral dimension to the Music@Menlo experience. The 2013 festival season’s four Encounters explored Bach’s enduring legacy and significance in our time, giving audiences context for the season’s eight Concert Programs. These ticketed events continue to be some of the most sought-after programs at the festival. This year, Music@Menlo welcomed Ara Guzelimian, Stuart Isacoff, Michael Parloff, and Artistic Administrator Patrick Castillo as Encounter Leaders.

carte blanche concert i: percussion complexities.

Chamber Music Institute Forty-five conservatory-level performers and promising young musicians, ages nine to twenty-nine, participated in the 2013 International Program and Young Performers Program of the Chamber Music Institute. The Institute offers an intensive program where students have unparalleled opportunities to hone their musical skills through daily individual and ensemble coachings. They attend all festival concerts and lectures, appear before and interact with large festival audiences, and receive ongoing professional mentoring.

Faculty-Coaches and Artist-Faculty — The Institute provides students with direct and sustained contact with leading musicians and musicologists. Most artists on the festival’s elite roster of mainstage performers instruct and collaborate with students in coaching sessions, master classes, and other Institute activities. This year, six Chamber Music Institute alumni returned as faculty-coaches for the Young Performers Program, and International Program alumna Gloria Chien (’06) continued as Chamber Music Institute Director. Again this year, renowned pianist Gilbert Kalish returned as International Program Director, and all six members of the coaching faculty joined Music@Menlo’s main-stage professional artist roster.

International Program — Thirteen students, with an average age of twenty-five, participated in the International Program. They came to the Institute from prestigious educational institutions including the Juilliard School, the Cleveland Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, and the Peabody Conservatory. All International Program participants attended the Institute at no cost, through generous support provided by contributions to the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund.

Young Performers Program — Thirty-two students, with an average age of fifteen, participated in the Young Performers Program, nineteen of whom were from the San Francisco Bay Area. Through special funding from the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign, eleven students from outside the Bay Area were provided housing in nearby Menlo College dormitory facilities. Twenty-seven Young Performer families were awarded full or partial need-based financial support and/or meritbased scholarships from the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund.

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interns mingle with music@menlo patrons at a postconcert event.

Concerts by Chamber Music Institute Participants — This year, Institute students performed in three Koret Young Performers Concerts and seventeen Prelude Performances, all of which were free and open to the public.

ARTS ADMINISTRATION INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Twenty-five college students and recent college graduates participated in the 2013 Arts Administration Internship Program.

Interns were trained in all aspects of arts administration including artist services, development, event planning and catering, marketing and merchandising, operations, patron services, photography and videography, production, publicity and publications, recording engineering, and student services. The interns, who were integral to the success of the festival, worked side by side with the festival’s staff as highly visible members of the Music@Menlo team. Over the past eleven years, the festival’s Arts Administration Internship Program has served 188 interns from ninety-seven colleges and universities around the world. In 2013, Music@Menlo hired a 2012 Development Intern as the new full-time Development Associate. The internship program is supported by the David B. and Edward C. Goodstein Foundation.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Chamber Music Institute Concerts: Koret Young Performers Concerts and Prelude Performances (FREE) — Twenty afternoon and early evening concerts (three Koret Young Performers Concerts and seventeen Prelude Performances), performed by the Chamber Music Institute participants, provided ideal points of access to chamber music for families, young listeners, and the broader community, with a total combined attendance of 4,350 across three different venues.

Café Conversations (FREE) — Discussions led by festival artists and special guests included “Behind the Drum,” “The Art of Sebastian Spreng,” “The Mystery of Bach’s Cello Suites,” “Pablo Casals, the Legendary Bach Interpreter,” and “Great Violinists through the Ages”

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wu han leads a master class.

and featured acclaimed cellist Laurence Lesser and percussionists Christopher Froh, Ayano Kataoka, and Ian Rosenbaum, with Patrick Castillo. Live webcasts were offered of all Café Conversations.

Master Classes (FREE) — The festival’s artist-faculty led eleven master classes in 2013. Live webcasts were offered of all master classes.

Visual Artist — Each season, Music@Menlo invites a distinguished contemporary visual artist to exhibit a selection of works during the festival and showcases the artist’s work in the festival’s publications.

In 2013, artist Sebastian Spreng’s work was featured in the season’s promotional materials, including the brochure, program book, and season poster, as well as on note cards, the Music@Menlo website, and in an on-site installation in Stent Family Hall.

Festival Open House (FREE) — Hundreds of participants enjoyed a daylong behind-the-scenes look at the festival, which featured open rehearsals, a question-and-answer session with Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han, open Institute coachings, and a Café Conversation with our Visual Artist, Sebastian Spreng.

Poetry Reading Workshop (FREE) — Created by eminent musicologist and writer Michael Steinberg, the Poetry Reading Workshop focuses on the art of reading poetry and its parallels with interpreting and performing music. This year’s reading, led by violinist Jorja Fleezanis with festival Artistic Administrator Patrick Castillo and Artistic Associate Andrew Goldstein, gave many young artists and coaches from the Chamber Music Institute as well as audience members an opportunity to interpret and perform a different form of art in front of their colleagues, peers, and members of the Music@Menlo community. Audience members also had the chance to share their own original poetry this year.

2013 Annual Report

international program artists take the stage at a free prelude performance.

Listening Room (FREE) — This afternoon series, hosted by Artistic Administrator Patrick Castillo, introduces festival audiences to an array of repertoire through historical audio and video recordings and invites listeners to share reactions, exchange ideas, and learn about a wide range of musical subjects.

Other Institute Activities (FREE) — In addition to scheduled Institute events, David Finckel delivered a cello class to all Institute cellists and incorporated a play-through of the Bach Chaconne from the Violin Partita in d minor.

Volunteer Team — More than 150 volunteers assisted with housing festival artists, students, and administrators, ushering at festival programs, and hosting events, as well as customer relations and other festival operations.

MULTIMEDIA AudioNotes (FREE) — These preconcert listener guides featured musical examples and interviews with performers from the 2013 festival and were offered on CD, as downloadable MP3 files, and through the Music@Menlo iPhone and iPad applications.

Music@Menlo LIVE CDs — Recordings of the 2013 season, engineered and produced by Grammy Award-winning recording producer Da-Hong Seetoo, are scheduled for release in the winter of 2013. Last spring, the 2012 LIVE recordings and Music@Menlo’s entire back catalog were offered online in digital format through Classical Archives, iTunes, and Amazon.

Festival Video Webcasts (FREE) — Video of Encounters and select festival educational content, including master classes and Café Conversations, was streamed on the Internet and drew 7,900 plays by 2,100 viewers from all over the world. Total minutes of streamed content quadrupled from 51,000 minutes in 2012 to more than 235,000 minutes in 2013. All video content will remain online indefinitely.

Mobile Applications (FREE) — In 2013, Music@Menlo redesigned our iPhone application, drawing international downloads.

Daily Video Project (FREE) — An in-residence videography team produced videos featuring all facets of festival happenings, including excerpts of concerts, portraits of artist-faculty, student experiences in the Chamber Music Institute, behind-the-scenes activities with interns, and interviews with musicians. Videos were produced daily and posted online, where they drew nearly 12,000 total plays, an increase of 30 percent over 2012. Video clips posted on the festival’s Facebook page resulted in nearly 2,800 additional views.

Radio Distribution — Through its partnership with American Public Media, Music@Menlo broadcast its performances on more than 245 radio stations internationally, reaching more than 1.2 million listeners each week.

Online broadcasts of 2013 Encounter Series (FREE) — Music@Menlo’s signature series of evening-length multimedia lectures led by an elite group of today’s renowned musical authorities illuminate the essence and context of the festival’s music through insightful discussion and live musical examples and by drawing connections to other art forms. For the first time this year, made possible by support through the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign, all 2013 Encounters were posted on Music@Menlo’s website. These online broadcasts drew nearly two thousand views in just two months. All video content will remain online indefinitely.

“Shimmering melodies, transparent harmonies, and thundering chords, along and across the height and depth of almost every imaginable human emotion...what a performance.”

—San Francisco classical Voice 5

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the second winter series concert featured michala petri and friends.

Winter Activities 2012–2013 WINTER SERIES Complementing the world-class chamber music programming that distinguishes Music@Menlo’s internationally acclaimed summer festival, the Winter Series offers three exciting opportunities to further explore the vast richness of the chamber music literature, interpreted by some of classical music’s most commanding performers. The 2012–2013 Winter Series, three Sunday afternoon performances, took place at the Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton.

Last season’s Winter Series was greeted by positive critical acclaim and brought new audiences to Music@Menlo while offering yearround engagement for current audiences. The series opened with a masterly recital of works performed by the Miró Quartet. Hailed as one of the most exciting chamber ensembles on the international music scene, the Miró Quartet returned to Music@Menlo with an all-Beethoven program featuring the composer’s Opus 59 quartets, written for and dedicated to Count Razumovsky.

The second Winter Series concert, “Baroque Journeys,” showcased the foremost virtuoso of the recorder, Michala Petri, who joined cellist Christopher Costanza, oboist Allan Vogel, and harpsichordist John Gibbons for a performance of rarely heard Baroque chamber music works for recorder and ensemble. Petri, described by Fanfare magazine as an artist “who more than any other single player, has made the recorder into an instrument to be taken very, very seriously,” offered Menlo audiences a rare glimpse into this remarkable repertoire, with music by Baroque masters from Corelli and Vivaldi to Bach and Tartini.

the winter residency included a concert for menlo school upper school students.

The series concluded with a program of beloved works for piano trio performed by Music@Menlo Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han and Emerson String Quartet violinist and Music@Menlo favorite Philip Setzer. The program began with the exuberant A Major Trio by Joseph Haydn, a composer who is regarded as one of the fathers of the genre, followed by Dvoˇrák’s Dumky Trio and the refreshing clarity and exuberant pathos of Mendelssohn’s d minor Piano Trio.

WINTER RESIDENCY AT MENLO SCHOOL In 2013, the ninth annual Winter Residency Program at Menlo School brought a select group of the festival’s Chamber Music Institute alumni back to campus to engage with Menlo School educators and students in a series of unique programs including thirteen classroom presentations, four private performances, and three assemblies. These programs reached the entire Menlo School student body of more than eight hundred students, all over a sevenday period in March of 2013.

The Winter Residency musicians also performed in the annual Chamber Music Institute Benefit Concert, which raises awareness and funds for the Chamber Music Institute.

“This festival is unique in its creative vision and programming, its world-class artists, and its pedagogical scope, much of it driven by encouraging performers to be teachers.”

—Repeat Performances 6

2013 Annual Report

Music@Menlo 2013 in Numbers 2013 Audience and Community Participation • Music@Menlo’s total audience surpassed 14,700, including 5,700+ audience members for paid festival events, more than 6,800 attendees at free concerts and educational events, 1,000+ audience members for the Winter Series, and 1,000 Menlo School Winter Residency participants and attendees.

• Chamber Music Institute students numbered 45, including 13 International Program artists and 32 Young Performers Program participants.

• Twenty-five college students and recent college graduates were trained in the rigors of festival production and arts administration through the 2013 Arts Administration Internship Program.

• Video of Encounters and select festival educational content, including master classes and Café Conversations, was streamed on the Internet and drew 7,900 streams by 2,100 viewers from all over the world. Total minutes of streamed content quadrupled from 51,000 minutes in 2012 to more than 235,000 minutes in 2013.

• Annual Fund donor participation increased from 441 in 2012 to 454 in 2013; 36 percent of 2013 donors were first-time or rejoining contributors.

• Music@Menlo’s Tenth-Anniversary Campaign surpassed its goal and raised $3,046,915 from 222 donors, 79 of whom were firsttime or rejoining contributors.

• In 2013, 37 percent of ticket-buying households were first-time ticket buyers, a total of 375 households.

Music@Menlo over the Years • Programming has expanded beyond the summer season to include a three-concert Winter Series, the annual Chamber Music Institute Benefit Concert, and the Menlo School Winter Residency, reaching 2,200+ students and audience members. This year, the Winter Residency musicians also performed a free public concert at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

• 292 Chamber Music Institute participants have been immersed in a rigorous exploration of chamber music under the tutelage of the Institute’s esteemed artist-faculty.

• 289 artists have come to Music@Menlo from all over the world to perform in the main-stage concerts, give multimedia Encounter lectures, coach in the Chamber Music Institute, and work with Menlo School students in the annual Winter Residency.

• 188 interns have gained real-world experience from the industryleading Arts Administration Internship Program.

• 62 CDs have been released on the Music@Menlo LIVE label.

• Total donor participation has increased from 86 contributors in 2003 to 516 contributors in 2013, who, in 2013, contributed a total of $1,375,176 to the Annual Fund and $3,046,915 to the TenthAnniversary Campaign.

• The annual operating budget has increased from $445,600 in 2003 to $1,981,900 in 2013.

• The festival produces more than 60 public events each year, reaching over 14,700 students, musicians, and audience members, with total free summer program attendance exceeding 6,800 annually.

Music@Menlo’s Future Through its unfaltering commitment to excellence over the past ten years—in education and programming, engagement and relationship building, and innovation—Music@Menlo has firmly positioned itself to move into its second decade with strength, momentum, and inspiration. On the occasion of the tenth year, in 2012, Music@Menlo invited its community to celebrate its innovations and its impact on the chamber music industry, its artists, and its audiences.

At that time, Music@Menlo successfully completed its TenthAnniversary Campaign, which provided the Music@Menlo Fund with over $3 million in additional contributions from the Music@Menlo community. This fund has lifted and will continue to lift the organization to the next level of excellence in all areas: artistic programming and performance, the education of Chamber Music Institute participants, audience engagement, and Music@Menlo’s expanding impact on the classical music industry.

Through annual fundraising and special initiatives to replenish and grow the Music@Menlo Fund, Music@Menlo will continue to operate with an eye on the future, keeping the mission central to all activities, while upholding a sustainable organizational model for years to come.

“...delightful, exciting, artistically moving, and enlightening...”

—San Francisco chronicle

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international program artists pose in front of stent family hall.

2013 Financial Highlights • $1,136,750 in individual contributions to the Annual Fund • $213,975 in foundation grants • $26,500 in corporate sponsorships • $320,193 in total ticket sales

Statement of Activities (Operating)

2013 Actual $458,990

$426,138

$1,527,225 $1,455,210

Total Income

$1,986,215 $1,881,348

EXPENSES

Total Expenses Net Income

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ASSETS Cash

$465,502

$947,210

Short-Term Investments $2,249,325 $1,213,288 Receivables

$1,164,633 $2,091,905

Prepaid Expenses

$3,500 -

Fixed Assets, net

$45,188 $35,880

Total Assets

$3,928,148 $4,288,283

Liabilities Accounts Payable $42,814 $12,547 Deferred Revenue

$35,105 $23,772

Other Accrued Liabilities

$176,271 $299,592

Total Liabilities

$254,190 $335,911

$1,346,151 $1,277,256

Administration/General $220,007 $176,566 Fundraising

9/30/13 9/30/12

Liabilities and Net Assets

Contributed Income

Programs

2012 Actual

INCOME Earned Income

Statement of Financial Position

$393,395 $391,370 $1,959,553 $1,845,192 $26,662 $36,156

Net Assets Unrestricted Net Assets $1,007,965 $514,432 Temporarily Restricted

Net Assets $2,665,993 $3,437,940 Total Net Assets

$3,673,958

$3,952,372

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

$3,928,148

$4,288,283

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Music@Menlo 2013 Performing Artists

Encounter Leaders

Gloria Chien Derek Han Jeffrey Kahane Gilbert Kalish Hyeyeon Park Gilles Vonsattel* Wu Han

*Music@Menlo debut

Piano

Violin

Benjamin Beilman Sunmi Chang* Jorja Fleezanis Soovin Kim* Kristin Lee Sean Lee Arnaud Sussmann Ian Swensen Joseph Swensen

Viola

Sunmi Chang* Mark Holloway* Paul Neubauer Richard O’Neill Arnaud Sussmann

Cello

Dmitri Atapine Carter Brey Colin Carr David Finckel Laurence Lesser

Bass

Charles Chandler Scott Pingel

Harp

Bridget Kibbey

Danish String Quartet*

Frederik Øland, violin Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin Asbjørn Nørgaard, viola Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, cello

Orion String Quartet Daniel Phillips, violin Todd Phillips, violin Steven Tenenbom, viola Timothy Eddy, cello

Vocalist

Elizabeth Futral, soprano*

Percussion

Christopher Froh Ayano Kataoka Ian Rosenbaum*

Woodwinds

Tara Helen O’Connor, flute Alan Kay, clarinet* James Austin Smith, oboe Marc Goldberg, bassoon

Brass

Patrick Castillo Ara Guzelimian Stuart Isacoff Michael Parloff

International Program Participants Piano

Ellen Hwangbo (Berrien Springs, MI) Shir Semmel (Israel)

Violin Francesca Rose dePasquale (Narberth, PA) Alexi Kenney (Palo Alto, CA) Kobi Malkin (Israel)

Viola Leah Ferguson (Wilmette, IL) Yoon-Kyung Shin (Korea)

Cello SuJin Lee (Boston, MA) Richard Narroway (Australia)

Tallis String Quartet Nicole Jeong, violin (Korea) Regi Papa, violin (Greece) Kaya Katarzyna Bryla, viola (Poland) Michael Katz, cello (Israel)

Young Performers Program Participants Piano

Alex Chien (San Jose, CA) Josephine Chou (Saratoga, CA) Leslie Jin (Redwood City, CA) Katarina Lee (Los Altos Hills, CA) Eun Young Park (Santa Clara, CA) Yoko Rosenbaum (Santa Monica, CA) Koji Shiromoto (Scarsdale, NY) Tristan Yang (Cupertino, CA)

Violin

Robert Chien (San Jose, CA) Geraldine Chok (San Jose, CA) Tsutomu Copeland (Palo Alto, CA) Joy Yi-Ting Kuo (Natick, MA) Andrew Lee (Los Altos Hills, CA) Taiga Murooka (Saratoga, CA) Clara Neubauer (New York, NY) Oliver Neubauer (New York, NY) Yaegy Park (Forest Hills, NY) Yue Qian (Interlochen, MI) Emily Shehi (Olathe, KS) Sean Takada (Mountain View, CA)

Cello

John James Ahn (Palo Alto, CA) Elena Ariza (Cupertino, CA) Travis Chen (Palo Alto, CA) Jiho Choi (Pleasanton, CA) Irene Jeong (Palo Alto, CA) Eunice Kim (Saratoga, CA) Robyn Neidhold (Reno, NV) Caleb Yang (Palo Alto, CA)

Arts Administration Internship Participants

Peter Asimov (Brown University) Brian Benton (Washington University in St. Louis) Daniel Brenzel (Butler University) Amanda Carroll (Appalachian State University) Sofie Dunderdale (Carnegie Mellon University) Reilly Farrell (Santa Clara University) Laura Grimbergen (Yale University) Sean Hayward (University of California, Santa Cruz) James Hu (Northwestern University) Kyle Huang (Santa Clara University) Diana Lake (Cal Poly Pomona) Pamela Leung (University of California, Davis) Ellen Milligan (The Ohio State University) David Newton (Santa Clara University) Dan Nitsch (Oberlin Conservatory) Cecilia Pappalardo (Northwestern University) Samuel Priven (University of Miami) Andrew Stein-Zeller (Connecticut College) Justin Sun (San Francisco Conservatory of Music) Alex Tom (Northwestern University) Simòn Wilson (University of California, Santa Cruz) Kirsten Wood (University of Glasgow, Scotland) Jonathan Yam (University of California, Santa Barbara) Andrew Yang (Northwestern University) Nina Zhou (Indiana University)

Music@Menlo Board

Darren H. Bechtel Ann S. Bowers Oliver A. Evans Earl Fry Paul M. Ginsburg Kathleen G. Henschel Eff W. Martin Camilla Smith Trine Sorensen David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors William R. Silver, ex officio Edward P. Sweeney, Executive Director, ex officio Leonard Edwards, emeritus Michael J. Hunt, emeritus Hugh Martin, emeritus

Seasonal Staff and Service Professionals

Dmitri Atapine, Lead Faculty, Chamber Music Institute Joe Beahm, Production Manager Trent Casey, Video and Digital Consultant Sunmi Chang, Faculty, Chamber Music Institute Gloria Chien, Director, Chamber Music Institute Tristan Cook, Filmmaker and Photographer Timothy Costa, Special Projects Assistant Kelly Frisch, Assistant Production Manager Mark Hurty, Webmaster Gilbert Kalish, Director, Chamber Music Institute International Program Kristin Lee, Faculty, Chamber Music Institute Sean Lee, Faculty, Chamber Music Institute Julie Lewis, Editor David Lorey, Strategy Consultant Zac Nicholson, Filmmaker Hyeyeon Park, Faculty, Chamber Music Institute Claire Prescott, Bookkeeper Da-Hong Seetoo, Recording Engineer Nick Stone, Graphic Designer Roshan Sukumar, Student Resident Advisor Heath Yob, Technology Services Consultant

Music@Menlo Staff

David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors Edward P. Sweeney, Executive Director Patrick Castillo, Artistic Administrator Andrew Goldstein, House Manager and Artistic Associate Elizabeth Hansen, Development Associate Melissa Johnson, Patron Services Associate Marianne R. LaCrosse, General Manager and Education Programs Director Shayne Olson, Marketing Director Annie Rohan, Development Director Daphne Wong, Artistic Operations Manager

Viola

Carrie Jones (Winnetka, IL) Alec Santamaria (Sylmar, CA) Josephine Stockwell (El Sobrante, CA) Sloane Wesloh (Stillwater, MN)

Nicole Cash, horn* Kevin Rivard, horn* David Washburn, trumpet

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2013 Annual Fund Music@Menlo is grateful to the following individuals and organizations, whose support of the Annual Fund makes the Institute, Festival, and Winter Series possible.

Medici Circle ($100,000+)

Ann S. Bowers Chandler B. & Oliver A. Evans The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The Martin Family Foundation

Carnegie Circle ($50,000–$99,999) Jim & Mical Brenzel Paul & Marcia Ginsburg Michael Jacobson & Trine Sorensen

Esterházy Circle ($25,000–$49,999) Iris & Paul Brest The David B. and Edward C. Goodstein Foundation Libby & Craig Heimark Kathleen G. Henschel Hugh Martin The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Bill & Lee Perry The Silicon Valley Community Foundation U.S. Trust Marcia & Hap Wagner

Beethoven Circle ($10,000–$24,999) Darren H. Bechtel Terri Bullock Michèle & Larry Corash The Jeffrey Dean & Heidi Hopper Family David Finckel & Wu Han Joan & Allan Fisch Anne & Mark Flegel Marty & Sarah Flug Sue & Bill Gould Jeehyun Kim Koret Foundation Funds Mary Lorey William F. Meehan III Laurose & Burton Richter George & Camilla Smith Vivian Sweeney Melanie & Ron Wilensky Marilyn Wolper

Mozart Circle ($5,000–$9,999)

Anonymous Alan & Corinne Barkin Lindy Barocchi Eileen & Joel Birnbaum Dan & Kathleen Brenzel George Cogan & Fannie Allen Karen & Rick DeGolia The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Mr. Laurance R. Hoagland Jr. & Mrs. Grace M. Hoagland Leslie Hsu & Rick Lenon Michael J. Hunt & Joanie Banks-Hunt The Hurlbut-Johnson Fund The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund Kris Klint Betsy Morgenthaler Carol & Norman Nie Bill & Paula Powar Dr. Condoleezza Rice Schwab Charitable Fund In memory of Michael Steinberg Elizabeth Wright

*Deceased

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Haydn Circle ($2,500–$4,999)

Anonymous Dave & Judy Preves Anderson, in memory of Naomi Fisk Dr. Michael & Mrs. Joanne Condie Linda DeMelis & Ted Wobber Mrs. Ralph I. Dorfman Maureen & Paul Draper Delia Ehrlich Mike & Allyson Ely Earl & Joy Fry Betsy & David Fryberger The Robert J. and Helen H. Glaser Family Foundation Larry & Anne Hambly Susan & Knud Knudsen David Lorey, in memory of Jim Lorey Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor/Marmor Foundation George & Holde Muller The Shrader-Suriyapa Family Alice J. Sklar Harold & Jann Slapin Andrea & Lubert Stryer Edward Sweeney & Kathy Hansen Harold & Jan Thomas Edwin & Kathe Williamson

Bach Circle ($1,000–$2,499)

Anonymous (3) The ACMP Foundation Judy & Doug Adams Richard & Barbara Almond Michiharu & Nagisa Ariza Charlotte & David Biegelsen Dr. & Mrs. Melvin C. Britton Chris Byrne Malkah & Donald* Carothers Jennifer Howard DeGolia Enterprise Holdings Foundation Scott & Carolyn Feamster Peter & Laura Haas Linda & Jim Hagan In memory of Suk Ki Hahn Adele M. Hayutin Mary Page Hufty & Daniel Alegria Sunny Kaplan Rosann & Ed Kaz Margy & Art Lim, in honor of Myrna Robinson and Don DeJongh BJ & Frank Lockfeld Carol & Mac MacCorkle Gladys & Larry Marks Valerie J. Marshall Brian P. McCune MIT Community Running Club (MITcrc) Neela Patel Kay Pauling Barry & Janet Robbins Annie E. Rohan Nancy & Norm Rossen Gordon Russell & Dr. Bettina McAdoo Armand A. Schwartz Jr. Bill & Joan Silver Art Small Jim & Mary Smith Abe & Marian Sofaer John & Ann Varady Mitchel Weintraub, in memory of Dr. Alan Sklar Joe & Anne Welsh Susan Wilson Peter & Georgia Windhorst

Caruso Circle ($500–$999)

Anonymous (2) Julie & Ellis Brenner Betsy & Nick Clinch Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Cooper Christine & Frank Currie Jo & John De Luca Leonard & Margaret Edwards Thomas & Ellen Ehrlich Michael Feldman Neil & Ruth Foley Lawrence & Leah Friedman Rich Gifford Jerome Guillen Judith Heimer David Heintz Susan & Christian Hoebich Robert Holub Jeannie Kaufman Marjo Lachman Terri Lahey & Steve Smith Leslie Lamport & Ellen Gilkerson Michael & Vicki Link Raymond Linkerman & Carol Eisenberg Ben Lipson Joan Mansour William & Muriel McGee Adam Mendelsohn Janice & Jeff Pettit David & Virginia Pollard Jeff & Deborah Roisman Barry Rosenbaum & Eriko Matsumoto Ruth Short Judy & Lee Shulman Dalia Sirkin Peggy & Art Stauffer Betty Swanson Tricia Swift Ellen & Mike Turbow Debra Rosler Vernon Sallie & Jay Whaley

Joachim Circle ($250–$499)

Anonymous Bill & Marsha Adler Millie & Paul Berg John & Lu Bingham Brenda & Roger Borovoy Joan Brodovsky Alison Campbell John & Bea Chambers Robert & Ann Chun Jacqueline M. & Robert H. Cowden John & Mary Dahlquist Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Miriam DeJongh Tony & Nancy Douglas Edma Dumanian Donald Ehrman Albert & Connie Eisenstat Charlotte & David Epstein Maria & George Erdi Suzanne Field & Nicholas Smith Bruce & Marilyn Fogel Patricia Foster Gladys R. Garabedian Peg & Buzz Gitelson Nina Grove & Ken Johnson Helen & Gary Harmon Elsa & Raymond Heald Clarice & Dale Horelick Thomas Humphrey Jim & Kathy Johnson Andrea G. Julian

Joan & Philip Leighton Lois & Paul Levine Rudolf & Page Loeser Vera Luth Robert March & Lisa Lawrence Frances & John Morse Joan Norton Anne Peck Robert & Shirley Raymer Rossannah & Alan Reeves Robert & Diane Reid Benn & Eva Sah Nancy G. Schrier Steven E. Shladover Barbara Tam Joan Urquhart Ian & Julia Wall Dr. George & Bay Westlake Margaret Wunderlich Jane Fowler Wyman

Paganini Circle ($100–$249)

Anonymous (4) Adeyemi Ajao Carole Alexander Matthew & Marcia Allen Cass Apple Linda & Bob Attiyeh Bill & Marti Baerg Anne & Robert Baldwin Carl Baum & Annie McFadden Ted & Judy Beilman Elaine & Herb Berman Stuart & Helen Bessler Donna Bestock Frederick & Alice Bethke Melanie Bieder & Dave Wills Bill Blankenburg Miriam Blatt Arnold & Barbara Bloom Jocelyn & Jerry Blum Kan & Wassika Boonyanit Mark Boslet Carol & Michael Bradley Lillian Brewer, in memory of Richard Brewer Laurel Brobst Peter Brodie A. Oliver Burford Marjorie Cassingham Renee Chevalier Sandra & Chris Chong P. L. Cleary Constance Crawford Anne Dauer Suzanne Davidson Terry Desser & Daniel Rubin John Dewes Ann & John Dizikes Susan & Mike Dorsey Philip & Jean Eastman Alan M. Eisner Ruth Eliel & Bill Cooney Jeff Enquist Jane Enright Edward & Linda Ericson In honor of Scott & Carolyn Feamster Tom & Nancy Fiene John Fogelsong Marie Forster Patricia Foster Carol C. & Joel P. Friedman, M.D. Tom Garvey & Teresa Lunt Gerry H. Goldsholle & Myra K. Levenson In honor of Bill & Sue Gould Rose Green

2013 Annual Report Sterling & Frieda Haidt Harry & Susan Hartzell Margaret Harvey Anna Henderson Bob & Judy Huret Sujay Jaswa Mark Kalow Dr. Ronald & Tobye Kaye Bob & Debbie Kessler Beverly & Don Kobrin Diana Koin & Bill Vermeere Michael Korbholz & Katherine Lerer Mimi & Alex Kugushev Nira & Moshe Lanir Michael & Carol Lavelle Mr. & Mrs. Philip Lee Mrs. Harold Leitstein Howard & Laura Levin Naomi Bernhard Levinson Brian Levy Linda & Sid Liebes Joanne & Laurie Liston Drs. John & Penny Loeb Kristofor Lofgren Peggie & Donald MacLeod John & Rosemary Maulbetsch James E. McKeown Ellen Mezzera Thomas & Cassandra Moore Peter & Liz Neumann Reiko Oshima Stephen Paniagua Pat Pannell & Loren Kayfetz Kate, Irving & Yoon Park, in honor of Richard O’Neill Billie Sue Parry Allen & Joyce Phipps Marcia Pugsley & Kent Mather Marlene Rabinovitch & Richard Bland Ann Ratcliffe Richard & Karen Recht Robert & Adelle Rosenzweig Elizabeth M. Salzer Birgit & Daniel Schettler Margaret Sloan Clinton & Sharon Snyder Deepa Sood Denali St. Amand Marguerite Stevens Sue Swezey Thomas G. Szymanski Marion Taylor Les Thompson & Freda Hofland Elizabeth Trueman & Raymond Perrault Cathy Vigrass Darlene & Charles Whitney Lyn & Greg Wilbur Weldon & Carol Wong

Friends (Gifts up to $99)

Anonymous (6) J. M. Abel Jennifer Acheson & Ghassan Ghandour Sundeep Ahuja Liz Anderson Helen Aoyagi A. Augustin Agnes Babcock Michael & Maria Babiak Susan Albro Barkan Sue & Doug Barton Susan Biniaz & Robert Harris James Randy Borden Marina Bosi-Goldberg Marjorie & Richard Brody David Bryant Marda Buchholz Peter Cahill J. Anne Carlson Aaron Chan Catherine Chang

Hazel Cheilek Richard & Suzanne Cottle James Cowley Ian Cox Bruce Culbertson Garth Cummings & Ann Zerega Liz Curtis Dorothy Demange Robert Denning Norman & Jenni Dishotsky Robert & Loretta Dorsett Joshua Duyan Emily Eisenlohr, in memory of James W. Atz Stuart & Lyn Elliott Sherrie & Wallace Epstein Justin Fichelson Oscar & Theda Firschein Andrea Fitanides Sam Fort Jeff Foster Barbara Franklin Jesse Franklin Jo R. Gilbert Jean & Mimi Goity Steven Goldberg Andrew Goldstein Michael Golub Diane & Harry Greenberg, in honor of Michèle & Larry Corash Alex Gurevich Cantor Hans & Nina Cohn Barbara Hariton Andrea Harris Brent Harris David & Jane Hartley Jennifer Hartzell & Donn R. Martin Eleanor & Mark Hawkins Matthew Heising John Hession Ralph Hodgson Zak Holdsworth Gene F. Jacobson John Josse Christopher Kanaan Stephen & Elizabeth Kaufman Douglas Keyston Jin Mi Kim & Sung Ho Pete Klosterman Lindsay Kohler Margot Langsdorf Henry Lesser June & Wally Levin, in honor of Marilyn & Boris Wolper Noah Lichtenstein Ernest Lieberman Leon Lipson Carol & Hal Louchheim Kathleen Lucatorto Alex Maasry Brendan Marshall Ben Mathes Sally Mentzer, in memory of Myrna Robinson & Lois Crozier Hogle Laura Morton Jared Mundell Merla Murdock Dolly Musey, in memory of John H. Musey Lindsay Noren Julia Oliver Yuriko Payton-Miyazaki Lynn & Oliver Pieron Patricia Porter & Stephen Browning Curtis & Kerrilyn Renshaw, in honor of Mr. & Mrs. George Uhler Leonardo Rodriguez Kathleen & Mike Roeder Oliver Roup Brad & Janice Santos Phyllis & Jeffrey Scargle Rebecca Schapiro Anthony Schiller

Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Schmit Lorraine & Gerard Seelig Kenneth Seeman, M.D. Joan Berman Segall Bruce Seidel Ed & Linda Selden Robert & Mary Shepard David Shvarts Charlotte Siegel George Simmonds Carrie Simonds Edgar Simons Adriane Sinclaire In memory of Dr. Alan Sklar Peter & Natalia Sorotokin Laurie Spaeth Garnet Spielman Paige Sprincin Kat Stark JoAnne & Richard Stultz Arielle Sumits In honor of Betty R. Swanson Erika Takada & Kevin Wasbauer Daniel Terry Austin Vance Ann Vollmer Claire & Myron Warshaw, in honor of Dr. & Mrs. Marcos Maestre and Kathleen G. Henschel Muh-Ching Yee Ambert Yeung Elizabeth Zambricki Jing Zhao

Music@Menlo would like to express sincere appreciation to the family, friends, and colleagues of Boris Wolper for their gifts in his memory.

Beverly & David Altman Michael & Leslie Braun Malkah & Donald* Carothers Lillian Coehlo Tony & Nancy Douglas John & Florine Galen Susan Galen Nancy Goldin & Brad Middlekauff Anne & Dick Gould Erin L. Hurson Ms. Mary S. Joyce Paul & Rita Kaplan June & Wally Levin Joann Locktov Mary Lorey Lala Richards Marisa & Lewis Samuels Claudia Smay Melanie & Ronald Wilensky Marilyn Wolper

In-Kind Contributions

A-1 Party Rentals Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria Bed Bath & Beyond Costco, Redwood City Maureen & Paul Draper Gerry’s Cakes, Menlo Park Grandma Vonnie’s Cookies Green Mountain Coffee Hobee’s, Palo Alto La Biscotteria Lawrence Zaven Markosian & Deborah Baldwin Mayfield Bakery & Cafe Menlo Grill Philz Coffee, Inc. Ridge Vineyards Safeway Stanford Park Hotel Starbucks SusieCakes Target, Redwood City

Thatcher’s Gourmet Popcorn Trader Joe’s, Menlo Park Twig and Petals Weir & Associates Catering and Event Planning

Matching Gifts

The Abbott Fund Matching Grant Plan Adobe Matching Gift Program The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation IBM Matching Grants Program Microsoft Matching Grants Program The David and Lucile Packard Foundation SPX Foundation Matching Gift Program

Hotel Sponsor

The Stanford Park Hotel is proud to be Music@Menlo’s Premier Hotel Sponsor.

Volunteers (Friends of the Festival) Music@Menlo extends its heartfelt gratitude to the Friends Council and all of the volunteers, who are most generous with their time throughout the festival and the rest of the year.

Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund

We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, who generously contributed to the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund in 2013:

Full Sponsors

Ann S. Bowers The Jeffrey Dean & Heidi Hopper Family Joan & Allan Fisch Paul & Marcia Ginsburg Sue & Bill Gould Mary Lorey Marcia & Hap Wagner Melanie & Ron Wilensky

Contributors

Anonymous The ACMP Foundation Bill & Marsha Adler Mickie & Gibson Anderson A. Augustin Agnes Babcock Elaine & Herb Berman John & Lu Bingham Susan Biniaz & Robert Harris Patricia Foster Lawrence & Leah Friedman Betsy & David Fryberger In memory of Suk Ki Hahn Carol & Mac MacCorkle Annie E. Rohan Laurie Spaeth Peggy & Art Stauffer In memory of Michael Steinberg

Menlo School

Music@Menlo would like to extend special thanks to outgoing Head of School Norm Colb and incoming Head of School Than Healy, the Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, students, and all of the Menlo School community for their continuing enthusiasm and support.

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Tenth-Anniversary Campaign Music@Menlo is grateful to the following individuals and organizations for their contributions to the Music@Menlo Fund through the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign.

Leadership Circle ($100,000+) Anonymous Ann S. Bowers Chandler B. & Oliver A. Evans Paul & Marcia Ginsburg Michael Jacobson & Trine Sorensen The Martin Family Foundation Bill & Lee Perry

$10,000–$99,999

Anonymous Darren H. Bechtel Jim & Mical Brenzel Iris & Paul Brest Terri Bullock Michèle & Larry Corash Karen & Rick DeGolia The David B. and Edward C. Goodstein Foundation Sue & Bill Gould Libby & Craig Heimark Kathleen G. Henschel Leslie Hsu & Rick Lenon Michael J. Hunt & Joanie Banks-Hunt The Kaz Foundation, in memory of Steve Scharbach Jeehyun Kim The Marin Community Foundation Hugh Martin William F. Meehan III Besty Morgenthaler Dr. Condoleezza Rice The Shrader-Suriyapa Family The Silicon Valley Community Foundation In memory of Michael Steinberg Marcia & Hap Wagner Melanie & Ronald Wilensky Marilyn & Boris* Wolper

$1,000–$9,999

Anonymous (3) Judy & Doug Adams Eileen & Joel Birnbaum Kathleen & Dan Brenzel Dr. & Mrs. Melvin C. Britton Sherry Keller Brown Chris Byrne Patrick Castillo Jo & John De Luca Delia Ehrlich Mike & Allyson Ely Scott & Carolyn Feamster Suzanne Field & Nicholas Smith David Finckel & Wu Han Joan & Allan Fisch Earl & Joy Fry Betsy & David Fryberger Karen & Ned Gilhuly Laura & Peter Haas Adele M. Hayutin Jewish Family and Children’s Services Kris Klint Margy & Art Lim, in memory of Myrna Robinson, Don DeJongh, and Pat Blankenburg Mary Lorey Carol & Mac MacCorkle Lawrence Markosian & Deborah Baldwin Gladys & Larry Marks Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor/Marmor Foundation Brian P. McCune Carol & Doug Melamed Nancy & DuBose Montgomery

*Deceased

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George & Holde Muller Music@Menlo Chamber Music Institute Faculty Members, 2010–2012 Linda & Stuart Nelson, in honor of David Finckel and Wu Han Rebecca & John Nelson Shela & Kumar Patel Anne Peck Bill & Paula Powar Robert & Diane Reid Laurose & Burton Richter Barry & Janet Robbins Annie E. Rohan Barry Rosenbaum & Eriko Matsumoto Gordon Russell & Dr. Bettina McAdoo Schwab Charitable Fund Bill & Joan Silver Jim & Mary Smith Abe & Marian Sofaer Edward Sweeney & Kathy Hansen Vivian Sweeney Ellen & Mike Turbow Joe & Anne Welsh Peter & Georgia Windhorst Elizabeth Wright Frank Yang

$100–$999

Anonymous (3) Matthew & Marcia Allen Alan & Corinne Barkin Millie & Paul Berg Mark Berger & Candace DeLeo Melanie Bieder & Dave Wills John & Lu Bingham Bill Blankenburg Jocelyn & Jerome Blum Joan Brodovsky Marda Buchholz Louise Carlson & Richard Larrabee Malkah & Donald* Carothers Hazel Cheilek Dr. Denise Chevalier Sandra & Chris Chong Robert & Ann Chun Alison Clark Betsy & Nick Clinch Neal & Janet Coberly Norm & Susan Colb Jacqueline M. & Robert H. Cowden Anne Dauer Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Miriam DeJongh Edma Dumanian Leonard & Margaret Edwards Thomas & Ellen Ehrlich Alan M. Eisner Sherrie & Wallace Epstein Maria & George Erdi Michael Feldman Tom & Nancy Fiene Bruce & Marilyn Fogel Lawrence & Leah Friedman Lulu & Larry Frye, in honor of Eff & Patty Martin Rose Green Edie & Gabe Groner Jerome Guillen Helen & Gary Harmon Elsa & Raymond Heald Erin L. Hurson The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund Melissa Johnson

Andrea G. Julian Meredith Kaplan Dr. Ronald & Tobye Kaye Yeuen Kim & Tony Lee Susan & Knud Knudsen Hilda Korner Mimi & Alex Kugushev Daniel Lazare Joan & Philip Leighton Lois & Paul Levine Raymond Linkerman & Carol Eisenberg Drs. John & Penny Loeb David E. Lorey, in memory of Jim Lorey Susie MacLean Frank Mainzer & Lonnie Zwerin Robert March & Lisa Lawrence Valerie J. Marshall Sally Mentzer, in memory of Myrna Robinson and Lois Crozier Hogle Ellen Mezzera Bill Miller & Ida Houby In memory of Lois Miller Thomas & Cassandra Moore Peter & Liz Neumann Neela Patel Lynn & Oliver Pieron David & Virginia Pollard Ann Ratcliffe Hana Rosenbaum Sid & Susan Rosenberg Elizabeth Salzer Birgit & Daniel Schettler Elaine & Thomas Schneider Gerry & Coco Schoenwald Nancy G. Schrier Armand A. Schwartz Jr. Steven E. Shladover Judy & Lee Shulman Edgar Simons Alice Sklar Betty Swanson Barbara Tam Golda Tatz Isaac Thompson Jana & Mark Tuschman Jack & Margrit Vanderryn Dr. George & Bay Westlake Sallie & Jay Whaley Lyn & Greg Wilbur Bryant & Daphne Wong Ronald & Alice Wong

Gifts under $100

Anonymous (3) Susan Berman Veronica Breuer Marjorie Cassingham Constance Crawford David Fox & Kathy Wosika Sandra Gifford Andrew Goldstein Laura Green Barbara Gullion & Franck Avril Jennifer Hartzell & Donn R. Martin Margaret Harvey Mark Heising Abe Klein Hiroko Komatsu Amy Laden Marcia Lowell Leonhardt Carol & Harry Louchheim Ben Mathes James E. McKeown Janet McLaughlin

Michael Mizrahi, in honor of Ann Bowers Merla Murdock Joan Norton Rossannah & Alan Reeves Shirley Reith Nancy & Norm Rossen Ed & Linda Selden Helena & John Shackleton Charlotte Siegel Alice Smith Denali St. Amand Misa & Tatsuyuki Takada Margaret Wunderlich Chris Ziegler

Matching Gifts

The Abbott Fund Matching Grant Plan Chevron The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation IBM Matching Grants Program Microsoft Matching Grants Program The artistic directorship, the young artist fund, special artistic ventures, the coaching staff of the Chamber Music Institute, Prelude Performances, the visual artist, the Chamber Music Institute Music Library, and the instrumental chairs are also supported through generous gifts to the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign.

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institute alumni/current coaches of the young performers program visit with festival patrons.

Chamber Music Institute Alumni Updates (September 2013) Development and Launch of the Alumni Network — Music@Menlo’s new online Alumni Network creates lasting connections among alumni of the Chamber Music Institute’s International Program and the members of the Music@Menlo community, and it supports the continuing personal and professional development of alumni. The Alumni Network is made possible by special funding from the TenthAnniversary Campaign. Features of the Alumni Network include a calendar of alumni performances all around the world, a directory of all International Program alumni, an active page of alumni updates and news, and a live feed from Music@Menlo’s social media sites.

Five International Program alumni returned to Music@Menlo for the Winter Residency to work with Menlo School teachers and students in a week of interactive, cross-disciplinary music education: • Eleanor Kendra James (viola, International Program ’12) • Naomi Kudo (piano, International Program ’12) • Tessa Lark (violin, International Program ’12) • Jennifer Liu (violin, International Program ’12) • Hiro Matsuo (cello, International Program ’11) The Amphion String Quartet was awarded the 2012 Helen Roosevelt Grant by Charlotte White’s Salon de Virtuosi. The quartet was given $5,000 through this grant. On April 23, 2013, the quartet made its Carnegie Hall debut with guest artist clarinetist David Shifrin in Weill Recital Hall.

Pianist Michael Brown (International Program ’10) launched a kickstarter campaign to fund the recording of a new CD with works

by George Perle. The project, which was funded within the first twenty-four hours, will include some works by Perle that have never been recorded before.

Sunmi Chang (violin, International Program ’09) joined the Chamber Music Institute coaching faculty and the professional artist roster for Music@Menlo’s 2013 season.

Pianist Alex Chien (Young Performers Program ’12 and ’13) won First Prize in the Senior Level at the 2013 Marilyn Mindell Competition.

Along with two other musicians, cellist Yves Dharamraj (International Program ’06) created a new music festival in Cordoba, Argentina, entitled the New Docta International Music Festival. The festival, which ran from August 26 through September 1, 2013, brought together chamber music performance and instruction to captivate and nurture Latin American youth.

Pianist David Fung (International Program ’10) was named a Laureate in the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels after performing the Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat Major, op. 83. The competition helps musicians who are looking to launch an international career.

Violist Mario Gotoh (International Program ’10) received the 2012 Patricia Kerr Ross Award for exemplary student achievement in the arts. This award is given annually by the State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher to students who have demonstrated excellence, originality, and promise in the arts.

Violinist Bella Hristova (International Program ’06) was awarded the Avery Fisher Grant in 2013.

Hilda Huang (Young Performers Program ’06–’10) was named a 2013 Presidential Scholar in the Arts, one of twenty students and the only pianist to receive this honor. She traveled to Washington, D.C., in June 2013 to receive this award from President Obama and to perform at the Kennedy Center.

Cellist Coleman Itzkoff (Young Performers Program ’08) was featured as the Young Artist in Residence on Performance Today for the week of February 25, 2013.

In fall 2012, pianist Qing Jiang (International Program ’08) joined the Curtis Institute of Music as a staff pianist and member of the Musical Studies faculty. Jiang completed her doctoral studies at New England Conservatory in May 2012, under the tutelage of Wha Kyung Byun.

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Music@Menlo Violinist Alexi Kenney (Young Performers Program ’03, ’04, and ’06– ’10 and International Program ’13), as part of the Spruce Quartet, was selected to be part of the New England Conservatory Honors Ensemble Program for the 2012–2013 season. The quartet performed a varied program at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall with repertoire covering the entire span of the quartet literature.

Pianist Naomi Kudo (International Program ’12) performed Shostakovich’s Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra with the El Camino Youth Symphony for its annual benefit concert and Golden Anniversary Celebration on March 9, 2013.

Violinist Tessa Lark (International Program ’12), winner of the 2008 Klein Competition, was emcee of the 2013 Klein Competition and acted as a mentor and guide for the eight semifinalists.

Violist Matthew Lipman (International Program ’11) won first place in the Viola Division of the Washington International Competition for Strings, held in Washington, D.C. The Washington International Competition for Strings is held every three years. In March, Lipman performed a recital at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. Pianist Kevin Kwan Loucks (International Program ’03) founded and is Coartistic Director of a new chamber music festival in Southern California, Chamber Music OC. The inaugural gala concert took place on May 3, 2013, at the Irvine Barclay Theatre.

In December 2013, pianist Roman Rabinovich (International Program ’10) performed in a special recital in homage to the great pianist Arthur Rubinstein at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Violinists Jesús Reina (International Program ’11) and Anna Margrethe Nilsen (International Program ’11) founded a chamber music festival in Spain entitled Málaga Clásica. Its inaugural season, From Time, explored chamber music from the Baroque era to the twentyfirst century and ran from May 20 through 26. Cellist Hiro Matsuo (International Program ’11), violists Matthew Lipman (International Program ’11) and Jesús Rodolfo Rodriguez (International Program ’11), and pianist Christopher Schmitt (International Program ’11) joined other musicians from around the world as main-stage artists. Jesús Rodolfo Rodriguez has also joined Málaga Clásica as Codirector.

In November 2012, cellist Julia Rosenbaum (Young Performers Program ’07–’11) performed Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra.

Pianist Yoko Rosenbaum (Young Performers Program ’10–’13) kept a journal detailing her experiences as a Young Performer in 2013, excerpts of which were published by San Francisco Classical Voice. Her article “If It’s Not Baroque, Don’t Fix It: How to Leave Performance Mistakes Behind” was also published by San Francisco Classical Voice on August 22, 2013.

The Dover Quartet, which includes cellist Camden Shaw (Young Performers Program ’05 and ’06 and International Program ’12), swept the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, winning the Grand Prize as well as all three special prizes: the R. S. Williams & Sons Haydn Prize for the best performance of Haydn, the Székely Prize for the best performance of Schubert, and the Canadian Commission Prize for the best performance of a newly commissioned work.

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Violinist Emily Shehi (Young Performers Program ’09, ’10, and ’13) won first place in the Kansas City Symphony Young Artist Competition on February 9, 2013.

As part of the Lysander Trio, pianist Liza Stepanova (International Program ’08) was a prizewinner in the 2012 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition; the trio was designated the Chamber Music America Showcase Performance Recipient. Starting in the fall of 2013, Stepanova became the Visiting Artist and Lecturer in Music at Smith College.

Pianist Nicolas van Poucke (Young Performers Program ’06–’08) released his debut album, entitled I Believe in Bach, the Father, Beethoven, the Son, and Brahms, the Holy Ghost of Music. He was partially able to release this album by crowdfunding almost £9,785.

On March 1 and 2, 2013, violinist Stephen Waarts (Young Performers Program ’06–’09) played Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no. 1 with the Silicon Valley Symphony. This was Waarts’s sixth performance with the Silicon Valley Symphony.

Pianist Teresa Yu (International Program ’05 and Chamber Music Institute faculty ’06–’08) gave birth to a baby girl, Eliana Luo, on January 14, 2013. Her San Francisco–based music school, Amabile, was recently featured in an article in San Francisco Classical Voice. Teresa Yu is a member of the Aleron Trio.

Kevin Zhu (Young Performers Program ’11) performed Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy and Navarra with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London as First Prize winner in the Junior Division of the 2012 Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition.

Congratulations to the following Music@Menlo students, who competed in the 2013 International Russian Music Piano Competition in San Jose: • Anna Boonyanit (Young Performers Program ’10 and ’11) – First Prize winner, Junior Division • Esther Park (International Program ’07) – First Prize winner, Advanced Division • Alice Zhu (Young Performers Program ’11) – Third Prize winner, Intermediate Division

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Intern Updates (September 2013) Ashley (Hogan) Bontje (Event Planning and Hospitality Intern ’07) currently works as Philanthropy Coordinator for the UW World Series at the University of Washington. Prior to this position, she was a Special Events Assistant at Carnegie Hall.

In November 2012, Kaila Brosey (Publications and Publicity Intern ’11) began working as an Account Executive at MeriTalk, a strategic holding company that manages a portfolio of media and marketing services organizations in Alexandria, Virginia.

Jorena de Pedro (Production Intern ’11) is currently Marketing and Ticketing Assistant for San Francisco Performances. Prior to this position, she was with the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra and Sacramento Opera working in patron services.

In January of 2013, Sarah Donahue (Patron Services Intern ’11; Operations Intern ’12) was accepted to the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center, where she worked in the Operations Department for the National Symphony Orchestra. She then quickly segued into another internship at the Aspen Music Festival and School as Operations Assistant (summer of 2013).

As of December 2012, Lauren Eigenbrode (Student Liaison Intern ’06) is Corporate Partnerships Coordinator at the San Francisco Symphony. She previously worked at the New York Philharmonic as Program Manager for the Very Young Composers Program.

Katherine Erickson (Production Intern ’06) started law school at New York University in the fall of 2012.

Zachary Green (Patron Services Intern ’09 and ’10) entered Juilliard in the fall of 2012 to begin graduate studies in double bass. He is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music.

Catherine Ho (Event Planning and Catering Intern ’06) is an Experience Design Researcher at Intuit.

Kimberly Hsu (Photography and Videography Intern ’10) graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in May 2013.

Beginning in the summer of 2012, Aaron Huang (Merchandising Intern ’09 and ’10) started working in asset management for Ernst and Young.

Jiwon Kang (Student Liaison Intern ’09; Operations Intern ’10) is working in the Artistic Administration Department of the Washington National Opera as part of an internship program through the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center. In the summer of 2012, she was an intern at Wolf Trap.

Since January 2010, Meredith Kaplan (Event Planning and Hospitality Intern ’10) has worked at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County as a Prospect Researcher. When reflecting on her experience as an intern, she commented, “I look upon my time at Music@Menlo as one of the greatest professional experiences I’ve had. Completing the internship program has definitely shaped my career goals and encouraged me to go into the nonprofit community.”

In February of 2013, Lauren Kido (Event Planning and Hospitality Intern ’10) joined the Auxiliary Board of Young Audiences of Northern California. She is working in marketing and communications in San Francisco.

Sydney Larson (Artist Liaison Intern ’06) began Stanford Business School in January of 2013.

Bonnie Lee (Merchandising Intern ’11) is an Account Specialist at MDB Group, a children’s furniture company.

Michele Nguyen (Event Planning and Catering ’10) graduated from the University of San Diego in May 2013.

Maegan Passafume (Stage Manager Intern ’10) is currently working for the stage management team at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. In the summer of 2013, she was the Assistant Stage Manager for Mother Courage starring Olympia Dukakis and she is now the Production Stage Manager for the Education Department’s production of Julius Caesar.

In May 2013, Alaina Pritz (Artist Liaison Intern ’08) received her master’s degree from the University of Maryland. She is currently Airman First Class and performs as clarinetist with the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West at Travis Air Force Base in California.

Chandler Rickers (Production Intern ’09; Stage Manager Intern ’10) graduated from Doane University in 2011 and is currently working as a high school social studies teacher.

In the spring of 2013, Hana Rosenbaum (Artist Liaison Intern ’11; Development Intern ’12) completed an internship with Sony Music Entertainment in New York, New York. In the summer of 2013, she was an intern with RCA Records in Beverly Hills, California.

Beginning in August 2012, Alena Samoray (Stage Manager Intern ’11) embarked on a four-and-a-half-month tour with Chamber Theatre Productions, operated out of Boston, as an electrician and Assistant Stage Manager. She is currently Master Electrician with Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples, Florida.

Samuel Schreiber (Production Intern ’10) graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in May 2013 and is currently pursuing a graduate degree at Louisiana State University. He is also a clarinet teacher at the Kids’ Orchestra in Baton Rouge.

Roshan Sukumar (Student Liaison Intern ’11; Student Resident Advisor ’13) graduated from the University of Washington in May 2013.

In February 2013, Tiffany Wang (Event Planning and Hospitality Intern ’09) was promoted to Catering Manager at the Sofitel Hotel in Redwood City.

In spring 2013, Amy Wipfler (Artist Liaison Intern ’12) was an intern at the Center for Women in Enterprise in Boston, where she worked on grantwriting, research, and data analysis.

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