Music@Menlo Annual Report 2016 by Claire Graham

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

2016 ANNUAL REPORT

“The three-week festival put Silicon Valley firmly on the map of world-class chamber music making.” —BBC MUSIC

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Mission

2016 Summer Festival Summary

Music@Menlo’s mission is 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 2016 season, Russian Reflections, illuminated and celebrated the cultural dialogue between Russia and the West from which Russian classical music grew into one of the most powerful of all musical genres.

Celebrating its fourteenth 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.

For over three weeks, Music@Menlo brought together works by Russian and Western composers to magnify the universal resonance of Russia’s musical culture. Audiences heard the Romantic poignancy of Rachmaninov and Shostakovich alongside Schumann, Fauré, and Dvořák; encountered the sophisticated elegance of Tchaikovsky next to music by Mozart and Mendelssohn; and marveled at the impeccable craftsmanship of Prokofiev, Taneyev, and Brahms. Over seven Concert Programs, creative and artistic juxtapositions cast Russia’s musical identity in sharp relief with Western developments, while also revealing an essential character that transcends any cultural divide.

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.

As with each festival season, the depth and content of 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 AudioNotes, almost forty professional musicians, five emerging young professional faculty members, eleven preprofessional musicians, thirty Young Performers, twenty interns, and thousands of audience members enjoyed exploring music through a lens of their own emotional responses.

Overview

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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2016 Summer Festival Activities MAIN-STAGE EVENTS Thematically Organized Chamber Music Concert Programs — In 2016, Music@Menlo explored the development of Russian and Western classical music through a total of twelve performances of seven Concert Programs at the Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton. Carte Blanche Concerts — Music@Menlo’s signature recital series, Carte Blanche Concerts are unique performances curated and performed by a cadre of classical music’s most innovative and renowned recitalists and chamber musicians. This year’s series of Carte Blanche Concerts began with acclaimed pianist Alessio Bax, joined by Lucille Chung, performing a tour-de-force program of Russian piano repertoire and exploring European Romanticism viewed through the Russian musical tradition. Russian violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky returned to Music@Menlo with pianist Wu Qian for the second Carte Blanche Concert in a lavish program exploring the stylistic and emotional range of Russian works for violin and piano. This was followed by the Calidore String Quartet’s ambitious Music@Menlo debut in Carte Blanche Concert III, illuminating the powerful Russian string quartet tradition, before the series closed with Music@Menlo’s Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han performing a program that traced Russian cello music from the age of the tsars to the twenty-first century. 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 2016 festival season’s three Encounters explored diverse facets of Russia’s extraordinary musical evolution and its impact on and inspiration from the West. 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, and Michael Parloff as Encounter Leaders. They took audiences deep into the heart of Russia’s “musical soul,”

the life and work of Russian composer Dmitry Shostakovich, and the Texan pianist Van Cliburn’s Tchaikovsky Piano Competition victory in Moscow at the height of the Cold War. CHAMBER MUSIC INSTITUTE Forty-one conservatory-level performers and promising young musicians, ages eleven to twenty-nine, participated in the 2016 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 ensemble coachings. They attend all festival concerts and lectures, appear before and interact with large festival audiences, and receive ongoing professional mentoring. 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, four Chamber Music Institute alumni returned as coaches for the Young Performers Program, and International Program alumna Gloria Chien (’06) served as Chamber Music Institute Director. Renowned pianist Gilbert Kalish remained International Program Director, joined by violinist Ivan Chan and cellist Keith Robinson. In addition, four out of five members of the coaching faculty joined Music@Menlo’s main-stage professional artist roster. International Program — Eleven students, with an average age of twenty-three, participated in the International Program. They came to the Institute from prestigious educational institutions including the Juilliard School, the Yale School of Music, New England Conservatory, USC’s Thornton School of Music, and the Curtis Institute of Music. All International Program participants attended the Institute at no cost, through generous support provided by contributions to the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund. 3

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Young Performers Program — Thirty students, with an average age of sixteen, participated in the Young Performers Program, eight of whom were from the San Francisco Bay Area. Through special funding from the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign, thirteen students from outside the Bay Area were provided housing at the nearby Crowne Plaza Palo Alto Hotel. Fourteen Young Performer families were awarded full or partial need-based financial support and/or merit-based scholarships from the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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

Café Conversations (FREE) — Discussions led by festival artists and special guests included an exploration of the life of Aleksandr Scriabin by Stuart Isacoff, 2016 festival Visual Artist Andrei Petrov leading an in-depth discussion about his work, and Music@Menlo Artistic Director David Finckel alongside Ara Guzelimian presenting “Encounters with Slava: Learning from Rostropovich.” All Café Conversations were streamed live and are still available for viewing on Music@Menlo’s website.

ARTS MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Twenty college students and recent college graduates participated in the 2016 Arts Management Internship Program. Interns were trained in all aspects of arts administration including development, event planning and catering, marketing and merchandising, operations, patron services, production, 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 fourteen years, the festival’s Arts Management Internship Program has served 253 interns from 119 colleges and universities around the world. The internship program is supported in part by the David B. and Edward C. Goodstein Foundation.

Chamber Music Institute Concerts: Koret Young Performers Concerts and Prelude Performances (FREE) — Sixteen afternoon and early evening concerts (three Koret Young Performers Concerts and thirteen 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 4,695 across two different venues.

Master Classes (FREE) — The festival’s artist-faculty led twelve master classes in 2016. Master classes were also live streamed during the festival and are available on Music@Menlo’s website. 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 2016, artist Andrei Petrov’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 the Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton. Volunteer Team — More than 125 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.

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Travel Programs — Music@Menlo’s travel programs offer patrons incomparable insider access to some of the most significant historical and cultural landmarks around the world while they enjoy a musical listening experience like no other. In September 2016, Music@Menlo traveled to St. Petersburg on a specially curated musical tour featuring the Hermitage Museum, the Catherine and Yusupov Palaces, opera and ballet performances, and the opportunity to experience Russia’s culinary highlights. The trip also featured exclusive private concerts given by Music@Menlo festival artists Paul Huang and Matthew Lipman, alongside Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han, in remarkable concert halls: the Glinka Academic Capella, the House of Composers, and Yusupov Palace.

MULTIMEDIA AudioNotes — These preconcert listener guides featured musical examples and interviews with performers from the 2016 festival and were offered on CD and as downloadable MP3 files. Music@Menlo LIVE CDs — Recordings of the 2016 season, engineered and produced by Grammy Award-winning recording producer Da-Hong Seetoo, are scheduled for release in December 2016. Music@Menlo’s entire back catalogue of LIVE recordings are also offered online in digital format through Amazon, iTunes, and Spotify. Festival Video Webcasts — Video of Koret Young Performers Concerts and festival educational content, including master classes and Café Conversations, was streamed on the Internet and drew 4,700 plays during the festival period. Total minutes of streamed content increased fivefold from 2014 to more than nine hundred hours. All video content will remain online indefinitely. Video Project — 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, and interviews with musicians. Videos were posted online, where they drew nearly six thousand plays, an increase of 21.6 percent over 2015. Radio Distribution — Through a partnership with American Public Media, audiences can hear Music@Menlo performances on more than 245 radio stations internationally, which reach more than 1.4 million listeners each week.

“Music@Menlo is a Bay Area treasure and a reminder that some of the best classical and modern music is written not for orchestra but for smaller ensembles.” —KQED RADIO

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Winter Activities 2015–2016 WINTER SERIES Complementing the world-class chamber music programming that distinguishes Music@Menlo’s internationally acclaimed summer festival each year, 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 respected performers. Attendance for the 2015–2016 Winter Series saw an increase of 10 percent with performances taking place in October, February, and May at the Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton and the Schultz Cultural Arts Hall in Palo Alto. Last season’s Winter Series was another critical success for Music@Menlo, offering year-round engagement for current audiences. The series began with a concert program of deep substance and musical significance, presenting the Borodin Quartet on the occasion of its seventieth anniversary in an evening of masterworks celebrating its most storied repertoire. The concert opened with the nostalgic String Quartet no. 2 by the composer for whom the ensemble is named—Alexander Borodin—and continued with Shostakovich’s riveting Eighth Quartet. The evening closed with Tchaikovsky’s transcendent Quartet no. 2, a Borodin Quartet classic regarded by Tchaikovsky as one of his best works. Music@Menlo was honored to present the performance, which delighted the audience and was described as “music modeled after the composer’s heart, realized at a level only few performances attain” (Mercury News). The second concert of Music@Menlo’s Winter Series saw a powerhouse quartet of artists from the Chamber Music Society

of Lincoln Center—Music@Menlo favorites Gilles Vonsattel, Arnaud Sussmann, Paul Neubauer, and Paul Watkins—ensure enraptured music making at the very highest level. Antonín Dvořák’s magisterial Piano Quartet formed the anchor of this sumptuous program, preceded by Dohnányi’s elegant Serenade and Beethoven’s Opus 16, performed in its version for piano and strings. As the Mercury News wrote, “Appetite for more was the overwhelming mood at the conclusion of Dvořák’s finale.” For the final performance, Philip Setzer was joined by Music@Menlo Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han to present a breathtaking program of three revered piano trios. Haydn’s Keyboard Trio in E Major was followed by Mendelssohn’s impassioned Opus 66 Piano Trio, which offered an emotional contrast of rousing intensity and restlessness. The program concluded with Brahms’s spiritual and searching Trio in B Major, op. 8.

WINTER RESIDENCY AT MENLO SCHOOL In 2016, the twelfth 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 faculty and students in a series of unique programs including sixteen classroom presentations, two private performances, and an assembly for the Middle School. These programs reached nearly the entire Menlo School student body of more than eight hundred students, all over a five-day period in March 2016. The Winter Residency musicians also performed in the annual Chamber Music Institute Benefit Concert, which raises awareness of and funds for the Chamber Music Institute.

“If Finckel and Wu Han excel at assembling interesting programs, they’ve also proven adept at attracting top-flight artists to the festival.” —MERCURY NEWS

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Music@Menlo 2016 in Numbers 2016 AUDIENCE AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION • Music@Menlo’s total audience numbers surpassed 13,200, including 4,963 audience members for paid festival events, more than 6,300 attendees at free concerts and educational events, 956 audience members for the Winter Series, and 926 Menlo School Winter Residency participants and attendees. • Chamber Music Institute students numbered forty-one, including eleven International Program artists and thirty Young Performers Program participants. • Twenty college students and recent college graduates were trained in the rigors of festival production and arts administration through the 2016 Arts Management Internship Program. • Annual Fund donor participation totalled 424 in 2016; 20 percent of these donors were first-time or rejoining contributors. • In 2016, 33 percent of ticket-buying households were first-time ticket buyers, a total of 243 households.

Music@Menlo over the Years • 378 Chamber Music Institute participants have been immersed in a rigorous exploration of chamber music under the tutelage of the Institute’s esteemed artist-faculty, including 145 International Program artists and 146 Young Performers Program participants. • Nearly three hundred 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.

Music@Menlo’s Future Through its unfaltering commitment to excellence over the past fourteen years—in education and programming, engagement and relationship building, and innovation—Music@Menlo looks towards a strong and sustainable future of thematic and inspiring programming, education of both musicians and listeners, and mission-driven support of chamber music and musicians. 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. We look forward to the fifteenth anniversary of Music@Menlo in 2017 and the rich variety of special events, projects, and initiatives being planned to celebrate this milestone.

• 253 interns have gained real-world experience from the industryleading Arts Management Internship Program. • Eighty-eight CDs have been released on the Music@Menlo LIVE label. • The annual operating budget has increased from $445,600 in 2003 to $2.1 million in 2016. • The festival produces over fifty public events each year, reaching over thirteen thousand students, musicians, and audience members, with total free program attendance exceeding six thousand annually.

“In all the student performances, I was struck by the level of artistry and technical skill, as well as the unity of ensemble.” —MERCURY NEWS

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2016 Financial Highlights • $1,137,421 in individual contributions to the Annual Fund • $187,500 in foundation grants • $27,500 in corporate sponsorships • $300,541 in total ticket sales

Statement of Activities (Operating) INCOME Earned Income

2016 Actual

2015 Actual

$435,853

$447,379

Contributed Income

$1,664,921

$1,690,282

Total Income

$2,100,774

$2,137,661

EXPENSES Programs

$1,495,994 $1,465,023

Administration/General $220,786 $236,763 Fundraising Total Expenses Net Income

$374,783 $406,911 $2,091,563 $2,108,697 $9,211 $28,964

Statement of Financial Position ASSETS Cash

9/30/16 $577,130

9/30/15 $828,845

Short-Term Investments $2,241,854 $2,525,299 Receivables

$210,771 $462,439

Prepaid Expenses

$21,831 $19,536

Fixed Assets, net

$47,721 $49,852

Total Assets

$3,099,307 $3,885,971

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Liabilities Accounts Payable $15,663 $32,322 Deferred Revenue

$13,178 $30,722

Other Accrued Liabilities

$207,014 $682,556

Total Liabilities

$235,855 $745,600

Net Assets Unrestricted Net Assets $1,342,009 $1,213,225 Temporarily Restricted Net Assets

$1,521,443

Total Net Assets

$2,863,452 $3,140,371

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

$3,099,307 $3,885,971

$1,927,146

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Music@Menlo 2016 Performing Artists Piano Alessio Bax Michael Brown* Gloria Chien† Lucille Chung Alon Goldstein* Hyeyeon Park† Wu Han Wu Qian*

Violin Ivan Chan† Nicolas Dautricourt Paul Huang* Katie Hyun*† Ani Kavafian Jessica Lee*† Sean Lee Alexander Sitkovetsky Arnaud Sussmann Kyoko Takezawa*

Viola Matthew Lipman* Paul Neubauer

Cello Dmitri Atapine† Nicholas Canellakis David Finckel Clive Greensmith Keith Robinson† Paul Watkins

Bass Scott Pingel

Calidore String Quartet* Jeffrey Myers, violin* Ryan Meehan, violin* Jeremy Berry, viola* Estelle Choi, cello*

Woodwinds Tara Helen O’Connor, flute

Voice Dina Kuznetsova, soprano Nikolay Borchev, baritone

Encounter Leaders Ara Guzelimian Stuart Isacoff Michael Parloff

Visual Artist Andrei Petrov *Music@Menlo debut † Chamber Music Institute faculty

International Program Participants Piano Fei-Fei Dong (Shenzhen, China) Henry Kramer (Cape Elizabeth, Maine)

Violin Stella Chen (Palo Alto, California) Francisco Fullana (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) Shannon Lee (Plano, Texas) Stephen Waarts (Los Altos, California)

Viola Sung Jin Lee (Seoul, Korea) Lisa Sung (Sydney, Australia)

Cello John-Henry Crawford (Shreveport, Louisiana) Coleman Itzkoff (Cincinnati, Ohio) Yi Qun Xu (Beijing, China)

Young Performers Program Participants Piano Cameron Akioka (Palo Alto, California) Alex Chien (San Jose, California) Richard Gao (Markham, Ontario) Hana Mizuta (Los Altos, California) Benjamin Rossen (Great Neck, New York) Hsin-Hao Yang (Hsinchu, Taiwan)

Violin Tsutomu William Copeland (Palo Alto, California) Sasha Kandybin (New Providence, New Jersey) Hannah Kim (Seoul, South Korea) Vivian Kukiel (Toronto, Ontario) Christine Lee (Saratoga, California) Jun Lin (New York, New York) Jason Moon (Cupertino, California) Clara Neubauer (New York, New York) Emma Richman (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Sakurako Saimaru (Mamaroneck, New York) Sean Takada (New York, New York) Emily Wang (Scotch Plains, New Jersey)

Viola Beatrice Chen (Chicago, Illinois) Sofia Gilchenok (Columbia, Connecticut) Grace Kim (Demarest, New Jersey) Tess Krope (Chicago, Illinois) Patricia Tang (Palo Alto, California)

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Jenny Bahk (Seoul, South Korea) Max Bobby (Larchmont, New York) Cheng “Allen” Liang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) Ian Maloney (Hackensack, New Jersey) Woojin Nam (San Ramon, California) William Tan (Hinsdale, Illinois) Wangshu Xiang (Shenzhen, China)

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

Arts Management Interns Autumn Baldwin, Patron and Donor Stewardship Intern Yvonne Chan, Merchandising and Sales Intern Hannah Christian, Development Intern Anna Dailey, Production/Stage Crew Intern Emil Ernstrom, Production/Stage Crew Intern Genie Claire Ferszt, Hospitality Intern Carlos García León, Student Liaison Intern Bill Hitt, Development Intern Nicola Hu, Production/Stage Crew Intern Emily Ji, Merchandising and Sales Intern Emma Lin, Student Liaison Intern Caleb Ling, Production/Stage Crew Intern Alexis Nguyen, Operations Intern and House Manager Kelly O’Moore, Production/Stage Crew Intern Samantha Pejouan, Development Intern Adriana Ramírez Mirabal Production/Stage Crew Intern Jessica Richter, Hospitality Intern Aileen Saboff, Production/Stage Crew Intern Francesca Spindel, Hospitality Intern Lauren Tokunaga, Patron and Donor Stewardship Intern

Music@Menlo Staff David Finckel and Wu Han, Artistic Directors Edward P. Sweeney, Executive Director Andrew Bradford, Development Director Patrick Castillo, Audience Engagement Director Claire Graham, Communications Director Elizabeth Hansen, Development Communications Manager Melissa Johnson, Stewardship and Events Manager Marianne R. LaCrosse, General Manager and Education Programs Director Nathan Paer, Artistic Administrator Daphne Wong, Director of Artistic Operations

Seasonal Staff and Service Professionals Dmitri Atapine, Faculty, Chamber Music Institute Matthew Carr, Assistant Recording Engineer Ivan Chan, Faculty, Chamber Music Institute Gloria Chien, Director, Chamber Music Institute Gordon Fava, Audiovisual Technician Kendra Green, Production Stage Manager Mark Hurty, Webmaster Katie Hyun, Faculty, Chamber Music Institute Gilbert Kalish, Director, Chamber Music Institute International Program Jiwon Kang, Student Resident Advisor Yui Kitamura, Student Resident Advisor Mattias Lange-McPherson, Technical Director Jesse Lara, Technology Services Consultant Jessica Lee, Faculty, Chamber Music Institute Julie Lewis, Editor David Lorey, Strategy Consultant Carlin Ma, Photographer Michael Manke, Livestream Producer Ellen Milligan, Communications Associate and Artist Liaison Jason O’Connell, Video Producer Hyeyeon Park, Faculty, Chamber Music Institute Claire Prescott, Bookkeeper Da-Hong Seetoo, Recording Engineer Taylor Smith, Patron Services Assistant Nick Stone, Graphic Designer Heath Yob, Technology Services Consultant

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2016 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+) Estate of Ms. Audrey Aasen-Hull Ann S. Bowers Chandler B. & Oliver A. Evans The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The Martin Family Foundation

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

Esterházy Circle ($25,000–$49,999) Jim & Mical Brenzel The David B. & Edward C. Goodstein Foundation Libby & Craig Heimark Leslie Hsu & Rick Lenon Laurose & Burton Richter George & Camilla Smith U.S. Trust Marcia & Hap Wagner

Beethoven Circle ($10,000–$24,999) In memory of Barbara Almond Dan & Kathleen Brenzel Iris & Paul Brest Terri Bullock Hazel Cheilek Michèle & Larry Corash The Jeffrey Dean & Heidi Hopper Family David Finckel & Wu Han The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Sue & Bill Gould Kathleen G. Henschel & John W. Dewes Koret Foundation Funds The Meta Lilienthal Scholarship Fund Mary Lorey Betsy Morgenthaler The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Vivian Sweeney Melanie & Ron Wilensky Marilyn Wolper Elizabeth Wright

Mozart Circle ($5,000–$9,999) Dave & Judy Preves Anderson Alan & Corinne Barkin Jeff & Jamie Barnett Lindy Barocchi Eileen & Joel Birnbaum Bill & Bridget Coughran Mark Flegel Betsy & David Fryberger Jerome Guillen

Mr. Laurance R. Hoagland Jr. & Mrs. Grace M. Hoagland Rosann & Ed Kaz Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor/ Marmor Foundation Bill & Paula Powar Dr. Condoleezza Rice Abe & Marian Sofaer In memory of Michael Steinberg Andrea & Lubert Stryer Peter & Georgia Windhorst

Haydn Circle ($2,500–$4,999) Anonymous Judy & Doug Adams Dr. Michael & Mrs. Joanne Condie Linda DeMelis & Ted Wobber Maureen & Paul Draper Enterprise Holdings Foundation Sally Glaser & David Bower Peter & Laura Haas In memory of Suk Ki Hahn Kris Klint Susan & Knud Knudsen Margy & Art Lim, in honor of Myrna Robinson and Don DeJongh David Lorey, in memory of Jim Lorey Gladys & Larry Marks Neela Patel Barry & Janet Robbins Gordon Russell & Dr. Bettina McAdoo The Shrader-Suriyapa Family Alice J. Sklar Edward & Kathy Sweeney Third Horizon Foundation Hal & Jan Thomas Joe & Anne Welsh Edwin & Kathe Williamson Janet & David Wilson, in honor of Jim & Kit Mitchell Ronald & Alice Wong Susan & David Young

Bach Circle ($1,000–$2,499) Anonymous (3) The ACMP Foundation Charlotte & David Biegelsen Dr. & Mrs. Melvin C. Britton Chris Byrne Anne Cheilek & Alexander Klaiber Betsy & Nick Clinch George Cogan & Fannie Allen Kathleen Daley Jo & John De Luca Scott & Carolyn Feamster Lynn & Bruce Felt Joan & Allan Fisch Marilee Gardner Adele M. Hayutin Susan Hoebich Mary Page Hufty & Daniel Alegria Sunny Kaplan

Howard & Laura Levin, in memory of Kenneth Levin John & Nicki Lin Carol & Mac MacCorkle Cordelia Manning, in memory of Helen Finckel Joan Mansour MIT Community Running Club (MITcrc) George & Holde Muller Rebecca & John Nelson Shela & Kumar Patel Kay Pauling Robert & Shirley Raymer Rossannah & Alan Reeves Robert & Diane Reid Nancy & Norm Rossen Armand A. Schwartz Jr. Bill & Joan Silver Dalia Sirkin Peter Straus & Katie Gardella Ellen & Mike Turbow Susan Wilson Elizabeth Yun & Jehyoung Lee

Caruso Circle ($500–$999) Anonymous (2) Millie & Paul Berg Andrew Binstock Janice Boelke Jacqueline M. & Robert H. Cowden Anne Dauer Susan & Eric Dunn Jim Hagan, in memory of Linda J. Hagan Elsa & Raymond Heald David Heintz Marianne R. LaCrosse & Ihab S. Darwish Terri Lahey & Steve Smith Leslie Lamport Dr. Leon Lipson & Susan Berman Drs. John & Penny Loeb Brian P. McCune William & Muriel McGee Peter & Liz Neumann Anne Peck Janice & Jeff Pettit David & Virginia Pollard Janice Rebhan Robert & Adelle Rosenzweig Steven E. Shladover Judy & Lee Shulman Art & Sharon Small Peggy & Art Stauffer Margrit & Jack Vanderryn MyungJu Yeo & Andrew Bradford

Joachim Circle ($250–$499) Anonymous Jeffrey M. Adams & Susan M. Hunter Carl Baum & Annie McFadden Frederick H. & Elizabeth M. Bliss William J. & Martha F. Bowden Julie & Ellis Brenner Joan Brodovsky Alison Campbell Joanne & Peter Carey

Robert & Ann Chun Christine & Frank Currie Miriam DeJongh Earl & Barbara Douglass Gregory S. & Debra F. Durden Leonard & Margaret Edwards Aaron Egigian Ruth Eliel & Bill Cooney Maria & George Erdi Sam Ersan Shelley Floyd & Albert Loshkajian Bruce & Marilyn Fogel Neil & Ruth Foley Patricia Foster Lawrence & Leah Friedman Gladys R. Garabedian Linda Gerber Peg & Buzz Gitelson Gerry H. Goldsholle & Myra K. Levenson Michael Golub William Green & Antoinette Earley Jennifer Hartzell & Donn R. Martin Sharon E. & Robert F. Hoffman James E. Honkisz & Catherine A. Binns Clarice & Dale Horelick Andrea G. Julian Jeannie Kaufman Marjo Lachman William C. & Mary Y. Land Jean Bernard & Elisabeth Le Pecq Michael & Vicki Link Vera Luth Robert March & Lisa Lawrence J. Ryan & Y. Matsumoto Adam Mendelsohn Bill Miller & Ida Houby Rudolf & Bernice Moos Frances & John Morse Joan Norton Michelle & Laurent Philonenko Barry Rosenbaum & Eriko Matsumoto Benn & Eva Sah Elizabeth M. Salzer Lorraine & Gerard Seelig Ed & Linda Selden Sharon & Dennis Sheehan Peter & Natalia Sorotokin Barbara Tam Elizabeth Trueman & Raymond Perrault Ian & Julia Wall Dr. George & Bay Westlake Sallie & Jay Whaley, in honor of David Lorey Robert L. Williams & L. Beth Williams Margaret Wunderlich Jane Fowler Wyman

Paganini Circle ($100–$249) Anonymous (4) Carole Alexander Matthew & Marcia Allen Susan L. Ammons Michiharu & Nagisa Ariza Anne & Robert Baldwin Susan Albro Barkan *Deceased

2016 ANNUAL REPORT Mark Berger & Candace DeLeo Enrico & Jane Bernasconi Donna Bestock Frederick & Alice Bethke Melanie Bieder & Dave Wills Crownie & Martin Billik John & Lu Bingham Kaye Bishop Bill Blankenburg Arnold & Barbara Bloom Catherine Bolger James Randy Borden Mark Boslet Carol Bradley, in memory of Michael Bradley Susan Howell Branch Harry Bremond & Peggy Forbes Laurel Brobst Ms. Joyce Lynne Bryson Marda Buchholz J. Anne Carlson Renee Chevalier P. L. Cleary Constance Crawford Pamela Culp Ms. Jean Dana Marge & Jim Dean Esther & Jerry Delson Chauncey & Emily DiLaura Norman & Jennie Dishotsky Samuel Dixon Ann & John Dizikes Robert & Loretta Dorsett Wendy & Vincent Drucker Edma Dumanian Jeanne Duprau Philip & Jean Eastman Phil Egan Alan M. Eisner Lynn Ellington Jane Enright Jan Epstein Edward & Linda Ericson Tom & Nancy Fiene Robert Frear & Tim Kennedy Carol C. & Joel P. Friedman, M.D. Edie & Gabe Groner Suzanne & Richard Gunther Andrea Harris Marc Henderson & Sue Swezey Freda Hofland & Les Thompson Laurie Hunter & Jonathan MacQuitty Hilda Korner Barton Lane Michael & Carol Lavelle William & Lucille Lee Joan & Philip Leighton Naomi Bernhard Levinson Marjorie Lin Harvey Lynch John Markham Carol Masinter James E. McKeown Denny McShane & Rich Gordon Sally Mentzer, in memory of Myrna Robinson and Lois Crozier Hogle Bryan & Jean Myers, in honor of Andrea & Lubert Stryer Patricia Porter & Stephen Browning Michael Poster Marlene Rabinovitch & Richard Bland Ann Ratcliffe Richard & Karen Recht Eduardo Rodriguez Donald D. Russ Phyllis & Jeffrey Scargle Kenneth Seeman, M.D.

Joan & Paul Segall Clinton & Sharon Snyder Michael & Susan Southworth Ethan Mickey Spiegel Gary Stein Jocelyn Swisher Golda Tatz Marion Taylor Richard F. Tigner Hal & Carol Toppel Mabel Tyberg Suzanne Voll Darlene & Charles Whitney Lyn & Greg Wilbur Bryant & Daphne Wong Weldon & Carol Wong Brenda Woodson Felicia Zekauskas & Peter Maloney

Friends (Gifts up to $99) Anonymous (3) J. M. Abel Leslie Armistead Michael & Maria Babiak Julia Wilson Ball Elaine & Herb Berman Larry & Joan Bethel Miriam Blatt Shlomit Blum Mrs. Carol N. Boslet Henry & Lottie Burger Mari & Gary Campbell Heather Carson Gregory Cheung Alexis & David Colker Dr. David Copeland William Courington Anne Sterling Dorman Sherrie Epstein Roseann Fanucchi & Al Rappoport Uta Francke Jesse Franklin Jo R. Gilbert Larry Gordon Thomas Greeley Richard Green Rose Green Mickey & Ike Griffin Margaret Harvey Karin Heck Laura Hofstadter & Leonard Shar Petya Hristova Gilda & Harold Itskovitz Walter & Diana Jaye Dr. Shamit Kachru Jonathan Kaplan Susan Kinloch Thomas & Jean Kirsch Nina Kulgein Mr. Hollis Lenderking Gwen Leonard Henry & Jane Lesser Bardin Levavy Douglas Levinson Jennifer Lezin Jeremy Lezin Carol & Harry Louchheim Marina Makarenko James McKeown Shirley-Lee Mhatre Cindy & Craig Morris, in honor of Paul & Marcia Ginsburg Merla Murdock Seiji Naiki Joseph Neil Monika & Raul Perez Roger Potash

Jan Willem L. Prak Mr. Thomas Charles Robinson Howard B. Rosen & Susan M. Doherty Sid & Sue Rosenberg Kenneth Schreiber Dr. George W. Simmonds & Garnet L. Spielman Armin Spura Dr. Gary Steinberg Alexander & Helen Stepanov Arielle Sumits Ms. Anne Trela Prof. Robert Vernon Wagoner Lauren Weinstein Susan Weisberg, in memory of Myrna Klee Robinson Dr. & Mrs. David Weisenberg Frank Wiley Joan Willingham Kathy Wong

Matching Gifts AbbVie Foundation Employee Engagement Fund Apple Matching Gift Program Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Matching Gift Program Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Program Genentech Giving Station Google Matching Gift Program The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation IBM Matching Grants Program LAM Research Macy’s Matching Gift Program Microsoft Matching Grants Program The David and Lucile Packard Foundation SPX Foundation Matching Gift Program

Starbucks, Marsh Manor Starbucks, Menlo Park Starbucks, West Menlo Park Starbucks, Redwood City Starbucks, Willow Road Stash Tea Target, Redwood City Trader Joe’s, Menlo Park Twomey Cellars Weir & Associates Catering and Event Planning

Hotel Sponsor Music@Menlo is proud to partner with the Crowne Plaza Palo Alto Hotel for the 2016 season.

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

Community Foundations and Donor-Advised Funds The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund The Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund The Marin Community Foundation Schwab Charitable Fund The Silicon Valley Community Foundation

In-Kind Contributions 18 Rabbits Bed Bath & Beyond, Mountain View Bed Bath & Beyond, Redwood City Cafe Borrone Costco, Redwood City Crowne Plaza Hotel Delucchi’s Market & Delicatessen Domaine Eden Maureen & Paul Draper Hobee’s, Palo Alto Numi Tea Ridge Vineyards Safeway, Menlo Park Safeway, Sequoia Station Safeway, Sharon Heights Stanford Park Hotel Starbucks, Centennial

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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 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 TenthAnniversary Campaign. *Deceased

2016 ANNUAL REPORT

Chamber Music Institute Alumni Updates

Mika Sasaki (International Program ’15) will perform at Carnegie Hall, in addition to serving the community through residencies at several schools.

(September 2016)

Alumni Max Bobby (Young Performers Program ’16) and Ian Maloney (Young Performers Program ’15–’16) have each won prizes in the International Virtuoso Competition. Max Bobby was the Grand Prize winner and Ian Maloney was the bronze medal winner.

Five International Program alumni returned to Music@Menlo for the Winter Residency in March 2016 to work with Menlo School teachers and students in a week of interactive, crossdisciplinary music education: • Suliman Tekalli (violin, International Program ’15) • Boson Mo (violin, International Program ’15) • Cong Wu (viola, International Program ’14) • Jiyoung Lee (cello, International Program ’14) • Michael James Smith (piano, International Program ’15) Three International Program alumni have been named Fellows of Ensemble Connect—a program of Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. As part of Ensemble Connect, violinist Rebecca Anderson (International Program ’14), violist Andrew Gonzalez (International Program ’14), and pianist

Cellist Gabriel Cabezas (International Program ’10) was one of the three recipients of the 2016 Sphinx Medal of Excellence. Sphinx Medals of Excellence is a program which awards $50,000 career grants to extraordinary emerging classical artists of color. Cellist Jay Campbell (Young Performers Program ’03–’05) was awarded Second Prize in the 2015 Walter W. Naumburg International Cello Competition in October 2015. Jinjoo Cho (International Program ’14) was hired by the Cleveland Institute of Music as a member of the violin faculty for the 2016–17 academic year. Cho was the gold medalist of the Ninth Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 2014.

MUSIC@MENLO Cellist Will Chow (Young Performers Program ’06–’08) is now a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, appointed in July 2016. Violinist Francesca dePasquale (International Program ’13) has recently released her self-titled debut album. She was also named the Classical Recording Foundation’s 2015 Young Artist of the Year. Violist Leah Ferguson (International Program ’13) won a position with the Boston Symphony and was officially appointed in April 2016. The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has appointed Francisco Fullana (International Program ’16) as its newest Principal Violin. Violinist Katie Hyun (International Program ’07 and ’10) is a winner of Astral Artists’ 2016 National Auditions. Two International Program alumni have recently been awarded Tarisio Trust Young Artists Grants: cellist Michael Kaufman (International Program ’11) for his project entitled “SAKURA: Five for Five,” which will commission five young American composers to develop repertoire for cello quintet, and violinist Tessa Lark (International Program ’12) for her project with Trio Modetre to record the Second Piano Trio of English composer Frank Bridge. Violinist Alexi Kenney (International Program ’13) was featured in a New York Times article in October 2016. Violist Edward Klorman (International Program ’06) has accepted a position at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University. Pianist Henry Kramer (International Program ’16) was awarded Second Prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. Violinist Kristin Lee (International Program ’09) and Andrew Goldstein (Operations Intern ’11) are cofounders of a startup called Emerald City Music—a chamber music series bringing artists from all over the world to the Puget Sound region. Violinist Michelle Ross (International Program ’10) embarked on a thirty-three-day journey with Bach, performing the entire solo violin cycle in free public performances throughout New York City.

Pianist Mika Sasaki (International Program ’15) has joined the faculty of the Juilliard Evening Division to teach piano and keyboard skills and is also an adjunct faculty member in the College Division at Juilliard. This past summer, she was Artist-in-Residence at pianoSonoma, a festival that brings together professional musicians and adult participants through chamber music collaborations and private lessons on the Sonoma State University campus. Violinist Andrea Segar (International Program ’03) has joined the Lydian String Quartet (www.lydianquartet.com) as first violinist and Brandeis University as Associate Professor, starting in the fall of 2016. Cellist Camden Shaw (Young Performers Program ’05–’06 and International Program ’12) of the Dover Quartet was awarded the 2015 Hunt Family Award by Lincoln Center. Pianist Young-Ah Tak (International Program ’03) has been appointed Assistant Professor of Piano at the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam starting in the fall of 2016. Violinist Tee Khoon Tang (International Program ’04) was appointed Associate Concertmaster of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in February 2016. In this temporary, contract position, she performs alongside violinist Andrew Beer, Concertmaster of the Auckland Philharmonia and an International Program ’06 alum. Violinists Suliman Tekalli (International Program ’15) and Grace Park (International Program ’08) were selected to compete in the Tenth Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition in Odense, Denmark, in April 2016. In October 2015, Tekalli als0 performed as a soloist for South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Washington, D.C., at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. Cellist Ella van Poucke (Young Performers Program ’06–’08) has taken First Prize in the ISANGYUN Competition in Korea. Pianist Moritz Winkelmann (International Program ’11) won Third Prize in the Telekom Beethoven Competition in Bonn in December 2015.

2016 ANNUAL REPORT Han Bin Yoon (International Program ’15) began his artist residency under the direction of cellist Gary Hoffman at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium in October 2015. Violinist Areta Zhulla (International Program ’08–’09) was named Alumni Coordinator of the Perlman Music Program. To see the latest updates on our Chamber Music Institute alumni’s professional development, visit the Alumni Network section on Music@Menlo’s website: www.musicatmenlo.org/alumni.

Intern Updates (September 2016)

After finishing an internship with Presidio Trust as a Content Management and Social Media Intern, Sarah Kaufman (Photography/ Videography Intern ’12) accepted a position at Presidio Trust in Park Programs, assisting in event operations. Sarah Martin (Publications and Publicity Intern ’15) recently accepted the position of Marketing and Administrative Assistant at Studio G Architects in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Ellen Milligan (Publications and Publicity Intern ’13, Communications Project Manager and Artist Liaison ’15, Communications Associate and Artist Liaison ’16) is now Administrative Coordinator & Board Liaison for ArtsFund in Seattle, Washington.

Allison Beck (Patron Services and Ticketing Intern ’14) began working at Americans for the Arts in July 2016 as Executive Assistant to the President and CEO.

Adriana Ramírez Mirabal (Production Intern ’16) joined the New West Symphony in Southern California as a Production Assistant Intern. She will complete her Certificate in Entertainment Studies at UCLA in December of this year.

Christa (Green) Burke (Event Planning and Hospitality Intern ’12) recently took a position as Senior Production Coordinator at Jack Morton Worldwide in San Francisco.

Jonathan Een Newton (Production Intern ’12) is now Social Media Manager at Free Dirt Records.

After completing an internship with the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival, Yvaine Cheng (Student Liaison Intern ’14) accepted a position with Hermark Culture in Beijing, China. Hermark Culture is a company which brings international artists to China for tours, and Cheng coordinates tour schedules for major artists in addition to serving as a translator.

Jessica Sedlemeyer (Hospitality Intern ’15) has accepted a position as Meetings and Special Events Voyager in Marriott International’s Voyage Global Leadership Development Program.

Daniel Nitsch (Operations Intern ’13) was appointed Executive Director at Bowdoin International Music Festival.

Sarah Donahue (Patron Services Intern ’11 and Operations Intern ’12) has accepted the position of Production and Tour Associate with the Kronos Quartet. Halle Goodwin (Development Intern ’14) works at Etailz Inc. (Spokane, Washington) as Partner Optimization Coordinator. Bill Hitt (Development Intern ’16) has joined the staff at Des Moines Performing Arts as Development Assistant. He writes, “I am so blessed for my first full-time job to be at one of Iowa’s most influential and successful organizations.”

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