Program Notes: Jean-Yves Thibaudet

JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET – OCTOBER 8 | PROGRAM NOTES After graduating from Yale, Mr. Hayhurst performed regularly

University of Southern California where he studied under

with the Los Angeles Opera and Los Angeles Philharmonic,

renowned cellist, Professor Eleonore Schoenfeld. n

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including their 2015 Asia tour with Gustavo Dudamel. He also recorded in many of Hollywood’s major studios and was the Associate Principal Cello of the San Bernardino Symphony.

SARAH SKUSTER joined As a chamber musician Mr. Hayhurst has collaborated with

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the San Diego Symphony as

members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

principal oboist in 2009 and

and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and he has been coached

has subsequently appeared

by members of the Tokyo, Juilliard, Concord and Emerson

as a featured soloist with the

Quartets. While at the University of Michigan he formed a piano

orchestra on several occasions.

trio that won the Midwest and Michigan MTNA Chamber Music

She previously served as

Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1962) Elégie (Paisiblement, Sans Presser) Scherzo (Très animé) Déploration (Très calme) Sarah Skuster, oboe Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Competitions in 2010. He has participated in the Kneisel Hall

interim second oboe with

Chamber Music Festival, the Geneva Music Festival and the

the Dallas Symphony, second oboe with the Akron Symphony

Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.

and has appeared as a substitute with the Metropolitan Opera

Mr. Hayhurst has performed over National Public Radio and on Los Angeles’s KMozart. He has been awarded scholarships from the Colburn School of Performing Arts and the Santa Barbara Fé Bland Foundation. His primary teachers have been Richard Aaron, Robert deMaine, Aldo Parisot and Richard Naill.

Andrew Hayhurst joined the San Diego Symphony Orchestra in 2015. n

Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. An avid chamber musician, Ms. Skuster enjoys performing with the San Diego Symphony Chamber Series, Art of Élan, Camarada, Palimpsest, Renga and San Diego New Music and has performed at the Ojai Music Festival, and Festival Mozaic. Ms. Skuster earned a Bachelor of music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music where she studied with John Mack and attended Mannes College as a student of Elaine Douvas with additional studies at the Aspen Music Festival and as a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center. She is also a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, where she studied with Dan Stolper. Ms. Skuster is a Lecturer of music in oboe at San Diego State University and

Hailed in New York Concert Review as “… a superb cellist with intense and sensuous sound,” and described by the Los Angeles Times as “…being able to handle the most intricate musical works with unblinking ease and expressive zeal,” cellist YAO ZHAO performs with a rare and captivating dynamism that has secured him a successful career as the tenured Principal Cello for San Diego Symphony Orchestra, and as a faculty member at San Diego State University and Idyllwild Arts Academy. He is one of the founding members of the award-winning Great Wall String Quartet, and in 2013, he was honored as one of China’s

maintains a private teaching studio of all ages and abilities. n

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Sunday, October 8, 2017 | 2:00PM

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Chamber Music Series Special Guest: piano Jean-Yves Thibaudet SDSO musicians: violin Julia Pautz violin Wesley Precourt viola Ethan Pernela cello Andrew Hayhurst cello Yao Zhao oboe Sarah Skuster

The Chamber Music Series is made possible, in part, through the generosity of Sam B. Ersan.

Ten Extraordinary Cellists of the Generation.

Born in Beijing in 1976, Mr. Zhao began his studies on the cello and piano at age four under the instruction of his father, a distinguished cellist and pedagogue. He attended the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and later, in the U.S., attended Idyllwild Arts Academy and Thornton School of Music at the

Performance at The Jacobs Music Center Copley Symphony Hall

Trio for Strings No. 2 in B-flat Major, D. 581 (1817) Allegro Andante sostenuto Julia Pautz, violin Ethan Pernela, viola Andrew Hayhurst, cello GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845–1924) Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 (1879/83) Allegro molto moderato Scherzo, Allegro vivo Adagio Allegro molto Wesley Precourt, violin Ethan Pernela, viola Yao Zhao, cello Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

and Echo awards. He was the soloist on the Oscar®-winning

Recently called "a genuine

Ronald Leonard and Paul Coletti. He has also won awards at

and critically acclaimed film Atonement, as well as Pride and

virtuoso" by the Dallas Morning

international competitions, including the Spotlight Awards of Los

Prejudice, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and Wakefield. His

News, JULIA PAUTZ has been

Angeles, the NFAA ARTS Awards and the Kingsville International

For more than three

concert wardrobe is designed by Vivienne Westwood. In 2010 the

a member of the San Diego

Competitions, among others. Mr. Precourt is a graduate of the

decades, JEAN-YVES

Hollywood Bowl honored Thibaudet for his musical achievements

Symphony Orchestra since 2010.

Thornton School of Music at USC and a recipient of the Artist

THIBAUDET has

by inducting him into its Hall of Fame. Previously a Chevalier of

A native Texan, Ms. Pautz earned

Diploma at the Colburn Conservatory. n

performed world-wide,

the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Thibaudet was awarded the title

a Bachelor of Music degree

recorded more than

Officier by the French Ministry of Culture in 2012. n

with honors from the Cleveland

50 albums and built a

Institute of Music, a Master of Music degree with honors from

reputation as one of

the University of Southern California and a professional studies

today’s finest pianists.

certificate from The Colburn School. Following her studies Ms.

He plays a range of solo,

Pautz joined the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. In Texas she

chamber and orchestral

also served on faculty of the preparatory department at Texas

repertoire – from

Christian University.

Beethoven through Liszt, Grieg and Saint-Saëns; to Khachaturian and Gershwin; and to contemporary composers Qigang Chen and James MacMillan. From the very start of his career, he delighted in music beyond the standard repertoire, from jazz to opera, which he transcribed himself to play on the piano. His profound professional friendships crisscross the globe and have led to spontaneous and fruitful collaborations in film, fashion and visual art.

This season takes Mr. Thibaudet to 14 countries, including extensive concerts in Asia with the Singapore, NHK and Guangzhou symphony orchestras and the Malaysian, Hong Kong and China philharmonics. As Artist-in-Residence at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he plays the Bach Triple Concerto with Thomas Adès and Kirill Gerstein, Ravel, chamber music with symphony musicians and Bernstein’s Age of Anxiety symphony

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both in Boston and at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Thibaudet is considered one of the premiere interpreters of the solo part for this symphony, which he will also perform with the Atlanta and National symphony orchestras; the San Francisco and Houston

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symphonies; the China Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra at home and on tour in Germany, Austria and Israel, throughout Bernstein’s centennial season.

In 2017-18 the Colburn School extends Thibaudet’s Artist-in-

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Residency an additional three years and has announced the Jean-Yves Thibaudet Scholarships to provide aid for Music Academy students, whom Thibaudet will select for the meritbased awards, regardless of their instrument.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s recording catalogue of more than 50 albums has received two Grammy® nominations, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Diapason d’Or, the Choc du Monde de la Musique, the Edison Prize as well as Gramophone

A native of Oregon, ETHAN PERNELA joined the viola section of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra in spring of 2015. Mr. Pernela completed his Bachelor of Music, Master

While in Los Angeles Ms. Pautz studied with renowned violin

of Music and Graduate Diploma

pedagogue Robert Lipsett. She has also held a Fellowship at

with honors at the New England

the Aspen Music Festival and attended the New York String

Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he studied with James

Orchestra Seminar. An enthusiastic chamber musician, Ms. Pautz

Dunham and Martha Strongin Katz.

has appeared at the Aspen Music Festival, the Brevard Music Center, ENCORE School for Strings, the Sarasota Music Festival,

After receiving a fellowship to the New World Symphony in 2007,

the Basically Beethoven series, the Abiquiu Chamber Music series

Mr. Pernela won a viola position in the Honolulu Symphony under

and the Blanco Performing Arts series. While a member of the

the baton of Andreas Delfs. Prior to his move to Honolulu, he

Texas-based Hall Ensemble chamber group, Ms. Pautz toured

performed with the Saint Louis Symphony, Portland Symphony,

throughout the southwestern United States to critical acclaim.

World Symphony Orchestra of Korea, Aspen Festival Orchestra,

Julia Pautz now happily splits her time between making beautiful music with her colleagues and mothering her busy toddler Jackson. n

Verbier Chamber Orchestra and the Verbier Festival Orchestra, where he served as principal violist. Mr. Pernela has also performed in festivals including Yellow Barn, Taos School of Music, Kneisel Hall, Musicorda and the Interlochen Center for the

Arts.

San Diego Symphony Orchestra

An active chamber musician, Ethan Pernela has collaborated

Associate Concertmaster

with artists including Donald Weilerstein, Jon Kimura Parker,

WESLEY PRECOURT has

Chee-Yun Kim, Joyce Yang, Natasha Brofsky and the Borromeo

appeared as a soloist with

String Quartet. His passion for chamber music comes from his

numerous orchestras around

work with Eric Rosenblith and Raphael Hillyer at New England

North America and is an avid

Conservatory, where his quartet was accepted into the Honors

recitalist, recording artist

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and new music collaborator.

He made his debut with the San Diego Symphony in February 2016 and has been presented by Art of Élan, the Musical Merit

SAM B. ERSAN has been a classical music lover since 1956. He has been supporting the San Diego Symphony and chamber music in San Diego for the past 12 years.

Foundation, First United Methodist Churches of San Diego and Escondido and the La Jolla Athenaeum’s concert series.

He is also a member of Renga, a chamber ensemble focused on avant-garde music, which recently received critical acclaim for their performance of Boulez’s Repons under the baton of Steven Schick. Mr. Precourt was featured at the dedication ceremony of the Heifetz Studio at The Colburn Conservatory where he also collaborated with Paul Neubauer, Ida Levin,

Cellist ANDREW HAYHURST holds Bachelor’s degrees in Cello Performance and Performing Arts Technology from the University of Michigan where he received a full merit scholarship and graduated with highest honors. He earned his Master of Music in 2013 from the Yale School of Music.