Paderewski Festival Program 2018 by Weeklys

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Map of Festival Venues

Schedule of Events

Paderewski in Paso Robles

A Brief Timeline of Paderewski’s Life

Cass Winery Series Concert

Park Ballroom Series Concert

Youth Competition Winners’ Recital

Gala Recital

Cultural Exchange Program Showcase

Acknowledgements

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1. CASS WINERY

3. PASO ROBLES INN BALLROOM

6. CARNEGIE LIBRARY

7350 Linne Rd, Paso Robles, CA 93446

1103 Spring St, Paso Robles, CA 93446

(Paderewski monument & exhibit,

(805) 239-1730

(805) 238-2660

M-F: 10 am – 8 pm, Sat: 10 am – 5pm)

800 12th St, Paso Robles, CA 93446

(805) 238-4996

www.casswines.com

www.pasoroblesinn.com

www.pasorobleshistoricalsociety.org

4. HALTER RANCH VINEYARD

2. PARK BALLROOM

1232 Park St #200, Paso Robles, CA 93446

(805) 238-5042

8910 Adelaida Rd, Paso Robles, CA 93446 (888) 367-9977 www.halterranch.com

www.parkballroom.com

5. CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO

Music Building, Room 218 1 Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0326

805-756-2406 www.music.calpoly.edu

7. PASO ROBLES PIONEER MUSEUM

(Paderewski exhibit, Th-Sun: 1 pm – 4pm)

2010 Riverside Ave, Paso Robles, CA 93446

(805) 239-4556

www.pasoroblespioneermuseum.org

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WEDNESDAY, OCT 31 10:00 am | Paso Robles High School Auditorium Cultural Exchange Program students from Poland and Ukraine in concert By invitation only THURSDAY, NOV 1 11 am | Cal Poly SLO, Music Building Rm 218 5 Cultural Exchange Program students from Poland and Ukraine in concert FREE 6:30 pm no-host wine reception, 7 pm concert | Cass Winery 1 My Musical Journey: A Conversation with Paso Musician Corey Jordan $35 General Admission; $25 Seniors/Wine Industry; $30 Pre-concert buffet (separate fee) FRIDAY, NOV 2 11 am |Paso Robles Park Ballroom Master Class with pianist Kate Liu FREE

6:30 pm wine reception, 7 pm concert| Park Ballroom 2 “Three Paderewskis”—A musical about Poland, war and wine. Book/Lyrics by Oliver Mayer, Music by Jenni Brandon $45 Premium Seating, $35 General Admission, $25 Seniors/Wine Industry, $5 Students (with ID) SATURDAY, NOV 3 4 pm |Paso Robles Inn Ballroom 3 Youth Competition Winners’ Recital FREE 6:30 pm wine reception, 7 pm concert |Paso Robles Inn Ballroom 3 Festival Gala Recital with pianist Kate Liu $45 Premium Seating, $35 General Admission, $25 Seniors/Wine Industry, $5 Students (with ID) SUNDAY, NOV 4 10:30 am | Halter Ranch 4 Lunch, wine tasting and concert by Cultural Exchange Program students Paderewski Patrons & Friends of Paderewski only

PADEREWSKI IN PASO ROBLES Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a frequent visitor to Paso Robles between the years 1914 and 1939. He stayed at the El Paso Hotel (now the Paso Robles Inn), and took cures in the hot springs. He also bought 2,864 acres on the West Side of Paso, and established his San Ignacio and Santa Helena ranches. A pioneer almond grower and winemaker, Paderewski transformed Central Coast agriculture and was one of the first to cultivate Zinfandel grapes in California. Wishing to enlarge his holdings and hoping to find oil, Paderewski also acquired 2,626 acres of ranchland near Santa Maria in September 1917. Although several geological explorations and test drillings were carried out, oil was not discovered at that time and the land was eventually sold in November 1933. To commemorate Paderewski’s association with the area, the Paderewski Festival was launched in Paso Robles in 1993 and its annual concerts proved a resounding success. Tours of vineyards, wine tasting, and presentations of Polish culture and history were held in a variety of venues around town. The death of one of the Paderewski Festival organizers and a destructive earthquake in 2003 suspended the Festival. In 2006, under the leadership of the Polish Music Center at USC, the Festival was re-launched as the “Paderewski Reprise” with a solo recital by English pianist, Jonathan Plowright. Held at Cass Winery, the event brought many individuals, organizations, and local businesses together, proving that there is a continued interest in preserving Paderewski’s legacy in Paso Robles. Since then the Festival has gained new supporters among such wellknown Paso Robles institutions as the Carnegie Library, Main Street Association, Pioneer Museum, Park Ballroom, Paso Robles Inn, Paso Wine Alliance and Rotary Club, as well as leading industry sponsors, including Derby Wine Estates, Epoch Estate Wines, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, and Tablas Creek Vineyard, among others. Comprised of various community leaders, the new Paderewski Festival Board of Directors has expanded the Festival by offering more concerts and launching a Youth Piano Competition. A February 2007 letter of Frank Mecham, then Mayor of Paso Robles, suggesting a sister city agreement between Tarnów, Poland—the district encompassing Paderewski’s former estate at Kąśna Dolna—and Paso Robles was favorably received at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Poland. As a result, a Paderewski Festival Board of Directors delegation travelled to

Poland in 2008. A visit to Kąśna Dolna and discussions with local officials, as well as meetings at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, in the Ministry of Culture, and with Poland’s First Lady led to a reciprocal visit of Polish officials in Paso Robles during the 2008 Paderewski Festival and the signing of a cultural cooperation agreement between Paso Robles and Tarnów. In his time, Paderewski contemplated establishing a music school in Paso Robles, and the Youth Piano Competition is the Festival’s embodiment of that vision. Young Central Coast pianists are encouraged to pursue their musical passion through auditions, workshops, master classes, and concert performances in California and Poland. Every two years since 2009, selected winners of the Youth Piano Competition in Paso Robles are invited for a two week Cultural Exchange Program of chamber music workshops and piano master classes in Poland led by Paderewski Festival Artistic Director, Marek Zebrowski. Young Californians work alongside young pianists from Poland and Ukraine and perform in joint public concerts at venues linked to Paderewski, such as the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. In turn, every two years since 2010, students from Poland have made reciprocal visits to perform at the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles and participate in educational programs organized for them locally. This unique program is jointly supported by the Paderewski Festival, numerous Central Coast wineries and many local civic organizations, as well as by the Polish-Ukrainian Paderewski Foundation, the Wspólnota Polska Association, and diplomatic representatives of the Polish government in the United States. The Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles also cooperates with the Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and its First Place winners are often featured at Festival Gala concerts in Paso Robles. There is no doubt that performances of classical music given by the world’s most prominent artists and concerts showcasing young talent during the Festival will continue to enhance the cultural atmosphere of Paso Robles, preserve Paderewski’s legacy and love for the region, and enrich all who participate in this annual music feast in Paso Robles.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) a virtuoso pianist, composer, politician (the first Prime Minister of independent Poland after World War I), humanitarian and orator, was universally acclaimed as a “Modern Immortal” by his contemporaries

1860

Born on November 6 in the village of Kuryłówka, in the Podolia Province of southeastern Poland (now Ukraine)

1872 –1879

Studies piano, harmony, counterpoint and trombone at the Music Institute in Warsaw. First published composition, Impromptu for Piano, appears in the journal Echo Muzyczne in Warsaw in 1879

1880

Marries a fellow-student, Antonina Korsak, who dies a year later in childbirth. Paderewski’s son, Alfred, is an invalid throughout his life

1881–1886

Studies composition with Friedrich Kiel and Heinrich Urban in Berlin; befriends Anton Rubinstein, Richard Strauss and the music publisher Hugo Bock. Studies with Teodor Leschetizky in Vienna. Teaches at the Strasbourg Conservatory in 1885 and appears in solo and chamber music concerts

1888

Triumphant debut at the Salle Érard in Paris in March followed by recitals in major European capitals

1891

Performs in New York City for the first time. Gives over 100 concerts in U.S. and Canada during a four-month period. Initiates international annual concert tours of North America

1897

Purchases Kąśna Dolna estate about 60 miles southeast of Kraków (sold 1903)

1899

Marries long-time companion, Helena Górska and honeymoons at Kąśna Dolna. Purchases a villa, Riond-Bosson, near Morges, Switzerland, that becomes Paderewski’s principal residence until 1940

1901

Death of Alfred Paderewski. Premiere of Paderewski’s only opera, Manru, in Dresden. American premiere at the Metropolitan Opera follows in 1902

1906

Makes his first piano-roll recordings for Welte-Mignon. Also records for Aeolian Company and HMV

1909

Symphony in B Minor, Op. 24, “Polonia,” premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Later performed in Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore

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His charismatic personality and popular appeal made him one of the most cherished figures of the 20th century. Although his bold political vision for a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural United States of Poland was never realized, his musical legacy continues to inspire generations of musicians all around the world

1914 – 1916

Purchases ranch land in California: Paso Robles (2,864 acres) and Santa Maria (2,626 acres)

1915 – 1918

Gives over 300 speeches and lecture-recitals on behalf of Polish independence. Raises millions of dollars in aid for Poland, working with U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and the political elites of Europe

1918-1922

As the representative of Poland signs the Versailles Treaty, restoring Polish sovereignty after 123 years. Serves as the first Prime Minister of Poland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Poland’s representative to the League of Nations. Resigns from all political posts and resumes international concert tours in 1922

1923

Receives the honorary Doctor of Law degree from the University of Southern California for his political achievements. Also honored by Lwów, Yale, Jagiellonian, Oxford, Columbia, Poznań, Glasgow, Cambridge, and New York Universities

1932

Performs for 15,000 at Madison Square Garden, raising $37,000 for unemployed American musicians

1934

Paderewski’s wife, Helena, dies in Switzerland after a long illness

1937 – 1938

Appears in British film, Moonlight Sonata, portraying himself in a 21-minute recital of works by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and his own Menuet. Performs a 40-minute radio recital, broadcast live around the world and carried in North America by the NBC Network

1939

Last American tour cut short as Paderewski becomes ill in New York and sails for Europe on May 30

1939–1941

Conducts anti-Nazi campaign from his home in Switzerland, but does not join Polish government in exile. Evacuated via France, Spain, and Portugal, he reaches New York in November 1940. Dies in New York on June 29, 1941, and receives a state burial at the Arlington National Cemetery

1992

Paderewski’s body is returned to Poland and buried in the Royal Crypt of the Warsaw Cathedral in a ceremony attended by the presidents of Poland and the United States.

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Cass Winery Series Concert Thursday, November 1, 7pm | Cass Winery

M Y M U S I C A L J O U R N E Y: A C O N V E R S AT I O N W I T H C O R E Y J O R D A N Born and raised in Paso Robles, California, Corey Jordan studied piano as a child at the insistence of his mother. Less than happy with his weekly classical lessons and unwilling to practice, when he was twelve Corey followed his father’s footsteps into dirt bike racing. He began winning races almost immediately and rose quickly in the amateur standings. By the age of sixteen, he was on track to become a professional but the sport had lost its appeal and he had suffered numerous broken bones and other injuries. Returning to a more “normal” life, Corey graduated from Paso Robles High School and studied for two years at Cuesta College. The feeling for music still strong, he entered the Los Angeles Recording School in West Hollywood, a division of the Los Angeles Film School. Discovering an aptitude for producing music, he also reconnected with the piano and realized how much joy he got from playing it. Although summers and other school breaks were spent working for his father’s construction company, Corey soon realized he would need to immerse himself full time in the music industry if it were to become his dream career. He relocated to Los Angeles and began producing music. At first, it was dance and hip-hop numbers along with some jazz and blues. The connections made along the way brought him work in other genres, and he soon moved into writing and producing full classical orchestrations, movie trailers, and short film soundtracks. One of the connections included Corey’s long time idol Aaron Gillespie, drummer, lead singer and producer of the metalcore band,

Underoath. This relationship led to Gillespie working with Corey on his debut album “Backwards”, released in January of 2017. The songs were written and produced in one week at Corey’s Paso apartment, and recorded in a local studio. In 2014, a Craigslist ad for a piano caught Corey’s attention. It was a 1914 Steinway grand owned since the 1920s by the Golden Gate Park Band conductor, Alfred Arriola, and Corey knew he had to have it. After writing a quick contract and leaving a deposit, he rushed home to sell whatever he could to buy it. The piano has since become a professional tool as well as a treasured part of the family. Feeling as though so many of the good things in his career had happened to him in Paso Robles, Corey gave up his Los Angeles apartment and moved back to his hometown. His beloved 1914 Steinway now sits in a 1910 downtown Paso Robles apartment that also serves as his production studio and an occasional concert venue. Corey enjoys the small town camaraderie and the opportunity to embrace and influence the cultural changes taking place there. By holding small gatherings in his apartment that combine wine tasting, small bites, music, and conversation, Corey shares his music as often as he can with the community. On warm summer evenings, the sounds drifting from the windows of his apartment often draw an audience of patrons from nearby restaurants or inspire impromptu dance parties in the street below. With music making underpinning his daily existence, Corey was able to turn his passion into a successful career as a composer, orchestrator, and music producer. The release of

his first album, written, produced, and recorded with one of his childhood music idols, was a big affirmation that he was headed down the right road. His recent inclusion in the “101 things to love about Paso Robles” featured in the Paso Robles Daily News was a pleasant surprise and a happy confirmation that Corey is headed in the direction he wants to go. Currently, Corey works for Posthaste Music, a Los Angeles based record label specializing in TV and film. www.coreyjordan.com EVENT SPONSOR:

Park Ballroom Series Concert Friday, November 2, 7 pm | Park Ballroom

Late at night over a cask of Paso Robles Zinfandel, three versions of Paderewski (one of them female) sift through a lifetime of memories far too large for any one person: Ignacy the pianist/composer, Jan the politician, and Paderewski the ancient sage and viticulturist. But when the ghost of Paderewski’s first wife Antonina rejoins them, all three versions of the man come together as one with a passion that sheds light on the depths of their endless love. A loving, rousing musical about a man too big to be played by any one person, who changed the world not only through the piano but through his lifetime dream to create the nation of Poland as we know it today.

PaderewskIs Poland. Exile. War. Wine. A New American Musical Hybrid Book & Lyrics by Oliver Mayer Music by Jenni Brandon

Friday, Nov. 2 (7pm) . Park Ballroom 1232 Park Street . Paso Robles, CA 93446 For tickets: (805) 235-5409 . info@paderewskifest.com paderewskifest.com

Creative Team: Book/Lyrics – Oliver Mayer; Composer – Jenni Brandon; Director – Jon Lawrence Rivera Performers: Antonina – Katherine Powers; Ignace – Maria Dominique Lopez; Jan – Todd Strange; Paderewski – Steve Pence; Chorus Soprano – Ariel Pisturino; Chorus Alto – Shabnam Kalbasi; Chorus Tenor – Omar Crook; Chorus Bass – Emilio Valdez; Instrumental ensemble – CENTRAL4.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES Oliver Mayer is the author of over 30 plays, including his newest, Members Only, the sequel to his groundbreaking Blade to the Heat, opening on October 25 at LATC, directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela. Other plays include Yerma in the Desert and Blood Match (both inspired by the plays by Federico Garcia Lorca), The Sinner of Toledo (adapted from a short story by Chekhov), Fortune is a Woman, The Wallowa Project, Dias y Flores, Dark Matters, Conjunto, Young Valiant, Joy of the Desolate, Laws of Sympathy and Ragged Time. Mayer also wrote the libretto for the opera America Tropical with composer David Conte, the book for Blue House (about Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo), and the words for several sung pieces with orchestra with Three Paderewskis composer Jenni Brandon. Mayer is an Associate Professor with tenure and Associate Dean of Faculty and Strategic Initiatives at the USC School of Dramatic Arts. olivermayer.com Jenni Brandon is an award-winning composer, conductor, and mezzo-soprano who enjoys engaging with performers and audiences, travelling around the country giving talks about the business of music and the art of collaboration. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Sorel Medallion, the American Prize for Choral Composition, the Women Composers Festival of Hartford International Composition Competition, and the Bassoon Chamber Music Composition Competition. Upcoming commissions and performances include a bassoon concerto for bassoonist Christin Schillinger and the Akropolis Quintet, a work for mezzo-soprano, bassoon, and harp for bassoonist Darrel Hale, and a solo oboe work for Lindabeth Binkley to record on a new CD featuring Jenni’s chamber music. Recordings of her works appear on 16 CDs on the Delos, Albany, Centaur, MSR Classics, Blue Griffin, Siegfried’s Call, and Longhorn labels. Her works are published and distributed by Boosey & Hawkes, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Graphite Publishing, TrevCo Music Publishing, Imagine Music, J.W. Pepper, and Jenni Brandon Music. www.jennibrandon.com Continued Page 14

Jon Lawrence Rivera, director, has collaborated with Oliver Mayer on two previous projects: Conjunto and Laws of Sympathy. He is the recipient of the first Career Achievement Award from Stage Raw. Most recently, Rivera directed the following critically-acclaimed world premieres for Playwrights’ Arena: I Go Somewhere Else by Ind Craig-Galván, Little Women by Velina Hasu Houston, Billy Boy by Nick Salamone, The Hotel Play (performed in an actual hotel), Bloodletting by Boni B. Alvarez (also at Kirk Douglas Theatre), @thespeedofjake by Jennifer Maisel, Circus Ugly by Gabe Rivas Gomez, Painting in Red by Luis Alfaro, The Anatomy of Gazellas by Janine Salinas Schoenberg, and Bonded by Donald Jolly. Other recent works include: Bingo Hall by Dillon Chitto, Fairly Traceable by Mary Kathryn Nagle, Obama-ology by Aurin Squire, Criers For Hire by Giovanni Ortega, Stand-Off at Hwy #37 by Vicky Ramirez, Flipzoids by Ralph B. Peña (also in Manila). Recipient of a NY Fringe Festival Award, an LA Weekly Award, and a five-time Ovation Award nominee, Rivera is the founding artistic director of Playwrights’ Arena. Founded in 2010, Piano Quartet CENTRAL4 was inspired to take its name on a trip to Guatemala where they visited the Central Market. Moved by this experience, and wanting to capture the essence of the group’s mission, “CENTRAL” references the Central Market as well as the concept of a core group, and “4” references a quartet. CENTRAL4 performs not only as a Piano Quartet, but also as the core of larger ensembles of various sizes and instrumentations, bringing to the concert stage some of the world’s greatest chamber music repertoire, both old and new. Elizabeth Hedman (violin), Meredith Crawford (viola), Paula Fehrenbach (cello), and Timothy Durkovic (piano) make up the quartet, which has been quite active since its debut performance in 2010, with performances at numerous venues in Southern California, Oregon, the East Coast, and Central America. For more information as to their activities, please visit join their Facebook page at “CENTRAL4,” subscribe to their YouTube Channel at “central4pianoquartet” or visit their website at www.central4.com. Omar Crook has appeared as a soloist on both the operatic and concert stage in venues throughout the world. Mr. Crook made his Los Angeles Opera debut alongside Mo. Placido Domingo as the Fante in Verdi’s The Two Foscari, under the baton of James Conlon. He recently premiered John Powell’s, A Prussian Requiem as tenor soloist with the National Symphony of Uruguay in Montevideo, and again in August, 2018, with the National Symphony and Chorus of Peru, in Lima, under the baton of José Serebrier. He also appears on film and television soundtracks as both a soloist and ensemble singer and is currently in his 15th season with the Los Angeles Opera Company. Mr. Crook was a soloist on LA Opera’s 2016 Grammy Award winning recording of John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles.

Shabnam Kalbasi will solo at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in the West Coast premiere of Reena Esmail’s This Love Between Us: Prayers for Unity in November. In her inaugural year with LA Master chorale, Kalbasi performed solos in Israel in Egypt and in the premiere of Dreams of a New World. Ms. Kalbasi has been recognized by the George London Foundation, MET National Council Auditions, Palm Springs Opera Guild. She has performed at Santa Fe Opera, Venture Opera, Opera Memphis, and LA Opera. Kalbasi made her recital debut at the Kennedy Center in 2016. Ms. Kalbasi sang Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus with Prelude to Performance and debuted the role of Union Organizer in the premiere of Juliet Palmer’s opera Sweat at the National Sawdust. A two-season Apprentice Artist with Santa Fe Opera, Ms. Kalbasi sang Contessa Ceprano in Rigoletto and Olivia in Jennifer Higdon’s Grammy-nominated Cold Mountain. Praised for “a vocal instrument of exceptional beauty, range, and flexibility” and “innate artistry”, mezzo soprano Maria Dominique Lopez has sung operatic and symphonic works throughout the US and Europe, in addition to recording vocals for major motion pictures (most recently, Golden Globe and Academy Award Wining Disney/Pixar film, “Coco”). Recent appearances include Houston Grand Opera: Opera to Go!, Arizona Opera (Dritte Dame, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Bonita, US premiere of Kálmán’s Arizona Lady), The Phoenix Symphony (Vaughan Williams’ Magnificat), Resonance Works / Pittsburgh (Candelas, de Falla’s El Amor Brujo), Opera Memphis (Third Lady, Mozart’s The Magic Flute), Pacific Opera Project (Madam Flora, Menotti’s The Medium, and Mercedes, Carmen), the LA premiere of Mark Weiser’s The Place Where You Started (Samantha), and Southeast Symphony (Mahler’s 2nd Symphony). Maria lives in Huntington Beach, and studies with renowned opera and musical theatre voice teacher, Eric Fütterer. www.mariadominiquelopez.com

Steve Pence has appeared as a soloist in the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s “Baroque Conversations” series, and as Hercules in The Civil Wars by Phillip Glass with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is a frequent soloist with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, having recently appeared with them in Alexander’s Feast and Messiah by Handel, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, B-minor Mass, Magnificat, and St. John Passion. He has also performed solos in Bach’s B-minor Mass and Mozart’s Requiem with the Los Angeles Chamber Choir, appeared as Elijah with the Mountainside Master Chorale, and in Brahms’ Requiem with the Orange County Choral Society. Steve has performed several opera roles, including Sharpless in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly with the Pasadena Schubertiad and Alonzo in Hoiby’s The Tempest with USC Thornton Opera. He created and recorded the role of Kaiser Wilhelm II in John Powell’s oratorio A Prussian Requiem. Film credits include “Muppets Most Wanted,” “Despicable Me 2,” “Happy Feet 2,” and “The Secret Life of Pets.” A native of Kingman, AZ, Ariel Pisturino has performed roles ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan to John Adams; has been the soprano soloist in the Brahms Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem and Mass in C minor, and the Fauré Requiem. She has two recordings with Delos Records; including creating the role of Laurie for new opera Home is a Harbor by Mark Abel. She has performed roles such as: Donna Elvira, Micaela, Second Lady, and Fiordiligi, and she was a performer in the critically acclaimed production of HOPSCOTCH by The Industry. She is the co-founder of Chamber Opera Players of Los Angeles and the unSUNg summer concert series. Ms. Pisturino is an alumna of the Russian Opera Workshop and OperaWorks. She received her M.M. from the USC Thornton School of Music and her B.M. from Northern Arizona University.

Lauded as “smart singer” with a “gorgeous, clear lyric soprano voice” (Operaworld.com), soprano Katherine Powers began her performing career as an actress in Canadian film and television. Last season Katherine sang the role of Frasquita in Pacific Opera Project’s televised Carmen at the Ford Amphitheater. Katherine is a regular principal artist with Pacific Opera Project, having sung leading roles in seven productions. She made her LA Opera debut in 2015 in The Ghosts of Versailles; that same season she stepped in for the role of Rosina in Paisiello’s Il barbiere di Siviglia with Maestro James Conlon. This past season she joined Maestro Conlon in the principle cast of Jonah and the Whale. From 2016-2018 she was a Long Beach Opera Company Artist, and has been an LA Opera Teaching Artist since 2012. In addition to standard operatic repertoire, Katherine has become a goto singer in the contemporary music scene. www.kpowersmusic.com Praised as singing with “tenorial sweetness” and a “voice that never falters,” lyric tenor Todd Strange is a specializes in opera, solo concert work, musical theater, session singing and professional choral/ensemble work. Mr. Strange is currently a roster member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Los Angeles Opera. Professional highlights include roles with The LA Philharmonic, Long Beach Opera, New York City Opera, Arizona Opera, Ohio Light Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Stockton Opera and San Diego Opera. Todd has been featured on recordings with the LA Phil and LA Master Chorale and Ohio Light Opera on Albany Records. Mr. Strange has sung on various popular film scores, including being featured in the blockbuster “Sing!” as the operatic voice of the Camel. Todd had the privilege of working with John Williams as a member of the LA Master Chorale for Star Wars “The Last Jedi,” “Rogue One,” and Frozen, Minions, and Despicable Me 3, among others. Up-and-coming baritone Emilio Valdez has performed his signature portrayal of Gianni Schicchi with companies throughout Los Angeles and Orange County, and shows a wide breadth of his vocal and acting abilities in roles ranging from Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte) and Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus), to Le Philosophe (Cherubin) and Escamillo (Carmen). On the concert stage, Mr. Valdez has lauded acclaim for his musical bravado and rich storytelling. Selected solo oratorio performances include Carmina Burana, Faure’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, and the Duruflé Requiem. In 2017, Emilio sang his first performance of the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elijah at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, and joined the LA Opera Chorus in their run of Bizet’s Carmen.

Steinway Piano courtesy of David Brown EVENT SPONSORS:

Youth Competition Winners’ Recital Saturday, November 3, 4:00 pm | Paso Robles Inn Ballroom

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Noelle Hadsall Third Place, Junior Division

Valse, Op. 64 no. 2

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Andy Shen Second Place, Junior Division

Ludus Tonalis: Fuga Secunda

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Sonata, Hob. XVI: 44 I. Moderato Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) Sonatina, Op. 13 II. Andantino III. Presto Suri Kim First Place, Junior Division Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Fantasia in D minor, KV 397

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514

Xinyun Liu Second Place, Senior Division Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)

Mélodie, Op. 16 no. 2

Frédéric Chopin Étude, Op. 25 no. 1 Max Afifi First Place, Senior Division Steinway Piano courtesy of Tom and Kathleen Maas EVENT SPONSOR:

PERFORMERS’ BIOGRAPHIES

Andy Shen (12) attends Laguna Middle School in San Luis Obispo and studies piano with Alan Boehmer. A fluent speaker of English and Mandarin, Andy is legally blind and reads Braille. He started piano at the age of five and counts Bach, Mozart, Chopin, and Beethoven among his favorite composers. He also likes to compose music. A finalist of the Youth Piano competitions in 2016 and 2017, Andy performed at the Winners’ concert during the Paderewski Festival. Interested in math and scientific experiments, Andy is considering a career in science. In his spare time, he likes singing, traveling, reading, playing card games, and swimming. Noelle Hadsall (9) studied piano for four years with Lana Bodnar and enjoys working on a challenging repertoire of pieces by Bartok, Shostakovich, and Bloch. Noelle loves to perform and connect with an audience. Her accomplishments include being a finalist in multiple MTAC competitions, a prizewinner at several Bach Festivals, and the First Place Junior category winner at the 2017 Youth Piano Competition. Recipient of the Santa Barbara Music Club Award, Noelle performed at a Winner’s recital at a local church. With her older sister Holly, Noelle performed a piano duet at the 2018 Paso Pops concert in Paso Robles. In addition to piano, Noelle also studies voice and dance, training at Santa Barbara Festival Ballet. As a member of the Santa Barbara Youth Opera, she will appear in the children’s chorus in La Bohème this fall. Suri Kim (10) lives in Orcutt and attends Ralph Dunlap Elementary School. She began piano at the age of six and currently studies with Dr. Lynne Garrett. Fluent in English and Korean, her favorite subjects are music and science. Favoring classical and modern repertoire, she likes music by Haydn and Chopin. Suri is a winner of the CAPMT contemporary music competition and the Southwestern Youth Music Festival, and performed at CAMPT winners’ recitals, the Santa Maria Philharmonic Society Youth Showcase and St. Andrew’s Methodist Church several times. Suri’s other interests include running, camping, listening to music, studying the Bible, art, reading, dancing, and traveling. She is also taking tennis lessons.

Max Afifi (18) has played piano for fifteen years. Under the guidance of Barbara Ruzicka since 2012, Max had blossomed into a wonderful young musician. Currently applying to colleges, Max intends to study music at whichever institution accepts him. He performed at the Carmel Bach Festival three times and, as winner of the Youth Competition, he appeared at the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles in 2017. Max currently works at Community Hospital of the Monterey Bay as a weekly pianist. Outside of studying hard, Max spends his free time writing songs, practicing guitar, playing piano, and watching Netflix.

Xinyun Liu (17), a native of China, is a junior at Everett Alvarez High School in Salinas. Playing piano since the age of seven, Xinyun loves the instrument for its elegance and the capacity of imitating orchestral sounds and colors. He is currently studying with Mr. Lyn Bronson who helps Xinyun to realize his potential as a pianist. Not fond of competitions, Xinyun has entered only twice, becoming a prizewinner of the 2017 and 2018 Youth Competition and performing at the Paderewski Festival in Paso Robles. Believing that competitions are a platform to express one’s feeling to others through piano, Xinyun realizes that his music-making can only become better and better and is dedicated to pursuing that goal.

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Gala Recital

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Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)

Melodie, Op. 16 no. 2

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) Three Mazurkas, Op. 59 Moderato Allegretto Vivace Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Sonata, Op. 110 Moderato cantabile molto espressivo Allegro molto Adagio ma non troppo â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Allegro ma non troppo

Intermission Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Piano Sonata, Op. 84 Andante dolce Andante sognando Vivace Kate Liu, piano

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PERFORMER’S BIOGRAPHY

Kate Liu Pianist Kate Liu gained international acclaim after winning the Bronze Medal and Best Mazurka Prize at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland. She received a Bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, and is currently pursuing graduate studies at The Juilliard School with Robert McDonald and Yoheved Kaplinsky. Her previous private studies were at the Music Institute of Chicago with Alan Chow, Micah Yui and Emilio del Rosario. Born in Singapore, Kate began playing the piano when she was four years old and moved to the United States at the age of eight. Since then she has won top prizes in several competitions including the 2015 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, the Third Asia-Pacific International Chopin F. Piano Competition, Montreal International Music Competition, and the New York International Piano Competition, to name a few. Kate has given recitals in many halls and venues, such as the Seoul Arts Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Osaka Symphony Hall, Warsaw Filharmonia Narodowa, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall, Arts Canisius College, Subculture Arts Underground, Phillips Collection, Salmagundi Club, Ossining Library, Bohemian Club, and Temple E-manuel. She also had the chance to perform the four-hand Schubert Fantasy with world-renowned pianist Lang Lang at Symphony Center in Chicago. In 2009, she went on a tour with the Music Institute of Chicago to the East Coast, where she performed in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall in New York as well as the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Other than solo recitals, Kate has collaborated with several orchestras including the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Polish Radio Orchestra, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Daegu Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, Evanston Symphony Orchestra and the Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra.

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Cultural Exchange Program Showcase

Sunday, November 4, 10:30 am | Halter Ranch

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)

Légende, Op. 16 no. 1 Małgorzata Machowska

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Nocturne, Op. 55 no. 1 Antón de la Fuente

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque Sofiya Dashak

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Bohdan Terletskyy Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 2, Op. 38 Luke Kim Frédéric Chopin Ballade No. 1, Op. 23 Piotr Lara George Gershwin (1898-1937)

The Man I Love Małgorzata Machowska & Bohdan Terletskyy Fascinating Rhythm Sofiya Dashak & Antón de la Fuente

Novellette in Fourths Luke Kim & Piotr Lara

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2018 C U LT U R A L E X C H A N G E P R O G R A M B I O S Born in Ukraine to a family of musicians, Sofiya Dashak (18) received Third Prize at the European Regional Piano Competition in Krosno, Poland (2010), Second Prize at the Second Ukrainian Chamber Music Competition in Lviv (2013), Second Prize at the 25th International Concours Flame in Paris (2014), and First Prize at the Kryshtalsky Ukrainian Piano Competition in Lviv (2017). She participated in the 2017 Cultural Exchange Program in Kąśna Dolna and performed in concert with Polish and American students in Kąśna Dolna, Łącko, Dębno, and Kraków. Currently Sofiya studies at the Lviv National Academy of Music with Prof. Oksana Rapita. Antón de la Fuente (19) began studying piano at the age of three with Maria Jose Cerviño Pérez and Digón Regueiro in Spain and later with Lyn Bronson in California. A 2017 Monterey High School graduate, Antón was active in sports, performed as pianist with school’s jazz band, and accompanied the local musical production of Evita. He has also performed chamber music for the Youth Music of (L-R) Luke, Sophia, Bohdan, Małgorzata, Piotr, Antón Monterey County Chamber Players for the past two years. Antón participated in the 2017 Cultural Exchange Program Dębno Castle, Poland in Kąśna Dolna and performed in concerts with Polish and Ukrainian students in Kąśna, Łącko, Dębno, and Kraków. He Region scholarship program “Sapere auso” in 2014 and 2016, Piotr now studies piano with Paul Berkowitz at UC Santa Barbara. participated in the 2017 Cultural Exchange Program in Kąśna Dolna Luke Kim (17) studies piano with Dr. Egle Januleviciute at the and performed in concert with Polish and American students in Cate School in Carpinteria. He also studies piano with Ms. Jessie Kąśna, Łącko, Dębno, and Kraków. Chang and cello with Mr. Yao Zhao in San Diego. Luke was the Born in Gorlice, Poland, Małgorzata Machowska (18) principal cellist of the San Diego Youth Symphony, Santa Barbara attended the Rzepiennik Biskupi Primary (2006-2013) and since Youth Symphony, and now holds the principal cellist position at his 2013 was a student at the High School in Jodłówka Tuchowska, school’s orchestra. He also appeared as a concerto soloist with the where she currently resides. Małgorzata was a piano student San Diego and Santa Barbara Youth Symphonies. A winner of the at the Domosławice Music School with prof. Ayham Hammour, Junior and Senior levels of the Paderewski Youth Competition in graduating with distinction in 2017 and now continues studying Paso Robles, Luke is a laureate of the San Diego Symphony Hot Shots with Prof. Hammour at the Rutkowski’s Music School in Kraków. A Competition, Southwestern Youth Music Festival, San Diego Youth finalist at the Trzciana School Piano Competition (2015 and 2017), Symphony Concerto Competition, Santa Barbara Youth Symphony the Domosławice Piano Competition (2016), and Piano Miniatures Concerto Competition, MTAC Concerto Competition, MTAC Sonata Competition in Wrocław (2016), Małgorzata performed at the Competition, MTAC Chopin Competition, and the PASF Competition. Penderecki European Music Center in Lusławice and participated He participated in the 2017 Paderewski Cultural Exchange Program, in Prof. Zebrowski’s master classes at the manor house in Kąśna performing with Polish and Ukrainian pianists in Kąśna Dolna, Łącko, Dolna in 2015 and 2016. In March 2017, she performed for master Dębno, and Kraków. He performed at Carnegie Hall in 2017 and classes at Baylor University in Texas held by Prof. Bradley Bolen and 2018 and at the Sydney Opera House in the summer of 2018. participated in the 2017 Cultural Exchange Program in Kąśna Dolna Piotr Lara (17) studied piano in Wieliczka near Kraków, Poland, that included performances at Paderewski’s former manor house as since he was seven. Currently he attends the Witkowski High well as in Łącko, Dębno Castle and Kraków. School and Rutkowski Music School in Kraków. He has studied with Bohdan Terletskyy (13), a native of Lviv, Ukraine, began to Prof. Maria Wosiek for the past ten years. Piotr is a prizewinner of study piano at the age of seven, first at the Lviv Primary and, since competitions in Zamość (2017), Kraków (2014 and 2016), Wrocław 2016 at the Krushelnytska Music Boarding School. At the age of (2015), Warsaw (2013), London International Music Competition nine, he won First Prize at Lviv Regional Piano Competition. Since (2018), the International Music Competition in Belgrade (2016, that time, Bohdan participated in the 2015 Lviv Young Talents (First 2017, 2018), Giovani Musicisti in Treviso (2015, 2016), Online Place), 2016 Ukrainian Horizons Classics in Kyiv (First Place), 2016 Music Competition in Athens (2015, 2016), Concorso Internazionale Milan Piano Talents (Second Prize), and 2016 PROart Contest in Giovani Musicisti in Legnano (2015), and Young Musicians Vienna, Austria (First Place), among others. Bohdan also appeared Competition in Val Tidone (2016). He participated in master classes in concerts at the Belvedere Presidential Palace and the Polonia given by professors Bolen, Popowa-Zydroń, Cieniawa, Ławrynowicz- House in Warsaw, Lviv Philharmonic, Khmelnytskyi Philharmonic. He Just, Paleta-Bugaj, Pikul, Stompel, Wessel and Żebrowski. Piotr participated in the Lviv Mozart Festival and received the Grand Prix appeared in concerts at the Royal Castle, the Łazienki Palace and in Piano Talents Competition (Milan, 2018), First Prize in Vladimir the Belvedere Palace in Warsaw, and was a soloist with the Kraków Krainev Young Pianists’ Competition (Kharkiv, 2018), and First Prize Philharmonic, Opole Philharmonic, Penderecki European Centre and Gold Medal at the International Vladimir Horowitz Memorial of Music in Lusławice, and Paderewski’s manor house in Kąśna Competition (Kyiv, 2018). Bohdan’s favorite composers include Dolna. His foreign engagements included Trondheim (Norway), Lille Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Rachmaninov and his piano idols are (France), and Vienna (Austria). A Ministry of Culture and National Sviatoslav Richter, Krystian Zimerman, Vladimir Horowitz and Daniel Heritage 2015 scholarship recipient, Poland’s Fund for Children Trifonov. 2011 scholarship recipient, and the beneficiary of the Małopolska

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