2023 | 2024
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MUSIC
ECMSA
Emerson Series
Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta William Ransom, artistic director
2023 | 2024
The Bach Bowl— Inspired by Bach
Sunday, February 11, 2024, 4:00 p.m. Emerson Concert Hall Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Program Chaconne from the Partita in D Minor for solo violin, BWV 1004
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Helen Kim, violin
Chaconne from the Partita in D Minor for solo violin
Bach transcr. Ferruccio Busoni
Vijay Venkatesh, piano
Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B–A–C–H
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Alan Morrison, organ
The Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta is supported by the Cherry L. Emerson Endowment, the Rebecca Katz-Doft Chamber Music Endowment, the Ethel Orentlicher Gershon Fund, the Crescendo Fund, a generous gift from Dr. John and Linda Cooke, and by contributions from music lovers like you.
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Performer Biographies Helen Hwaya Kim joined the music faculty in 2006 at Kennesaw State University (KSU) with a stellar performance background. She made her orchestral debut with the Calgary Philharmonic at age six and has performed with the Boston Pops at Boston’s Symphony Hall, as well as with the Milwaukee and Atlanta symphony orchestras. Kim has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard School, where she served as concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra and was the winner of the Juilliard Concerto Competition at both the pre–college and college levels. She is the recipient of more than 100 national and international awards including the prestigious Artists International Competition in New York and, as a result, gave debut recitals at Carnegie Weill Hall and the Aspen Summer Music Festival. A native of Canada, Kim has been engaged by many of Canada’s leading orchestras, including the National Arts Center Orchestra, Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, McGill Chamber Orchestra, and the Windsor, Regina, Victoria, and Prince George symphonies. She has also appeared with the DeKalb, New Orleans, Aspen, and Banff festival orchestras, and with orchestras in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland. Kim has been profiled on national and international television and has appeared on CBC, PBS, and CBS networks. Her performances have been aired on NPR and CBC radio networks. Kim has toured extensively throughout Canada and the United States, including performances at Alice Tully Hall and the Santa Fe and La Jolla international music festivals, where she performed with Cho-Liang Lin, Gary Hoffman, Andre Previn, and the Orion String Quartet. She performed Bach’s Double violin concerto with Hilary Hahn at the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival. Other festival highlights include the HighlandsCashiers, Banff, Zenith, and Sitka international chamber music festivals. An avid performer of new music, Kim can be heard on the CD of the works of Alvin Singleton on Albany records. She performed the world premiere of the Concertino by Chen Yi, scored for solo violin and orchestra that was commissioned especially for her and the KSU Orchestra and was released by Centaur in 2016. Kim served as assistant and associate concertmaster for the Atlanta Symphony for three seasons. She is currently the assistant concertmaster of the Atlanta Opera Orchestra and a member of the Atlanta Chamber Players.
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Indian-American pianist Vijay Venkatesh has been recognized on three continents as a pianist with profound musicianship, sparkling pianism, and an innate sense of partnership. Venkatesh has rapidly established a major international reputation as top prizewinner in the San Jose, Seattle, Zimmerli, World Piano, and Waring international piano competitions. He has also been named a Davidson Fellow Laureate at the Library of Congress, USC Thornton’s Discovery Scholar, and Grand Prize Winner of the Los Angeles Music Center’s Spotlight Awards. He has been featured on Performance Today with host Fred Child, What Makes It Great?, with host Robert Kapilow, and NPR’s From the Top. An immersive and versatile soloist, Venkatesh has performed extensively in North America and Europe as soloist with the symphony orchestras of Seattle, Vienna, Sarasota, Pasadena, Cincinnati, Columbus, and Bangor. Venkatesh appeared in recent seasons at Segerstrom Concert Hall with the Colburn Orchestra, Chicago’s Dame Myra Hess series, Grand Piano Series in Naples, and at the Aspen, Brevard, Banff, Music in the Mountains, Newport, Redlands Bowl, Sarasota, and Vienna music festivals. As recipient of the inaugural Parnassus Society Prize, Venkatesh performed in recital at the Soka Performing Arts Center. An active chamber musician, Venkatesh has appeared 11 times on Le Salon de Musiques and tours as the Vieness Piano Duo with his wife and pianist, Eva Schaumkell. Originally from California, Venkatesh has degrees from the Colburn School, USC Thornton, and IU Jacobs, having studied with Fabio Bidini, Norman Krieger, Jeffrey Kahane, André Watts, Sarkis Baltaian, Menahem Pressler, and Murray Perahia. In 2023, he was generously awarded the prestigious Amron-Sutherland Grant for Pianists from the Colburn School. Alan Morrison is one of the most sought-after American concert organists, performing in Alice Tully, Jacoby, Verizon, Benaroya, and Spivey halls; Meyerson Symphony Center; Overture Center; Jack Singer Concert Hall; the Crystal Cathedral; National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.; and colleges, cathedrals, and churches throughout North America, Europe, Russia, and Brazil. Morrison has been a featured artist for numerous national and regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists. He won first prize in both the Mader (California) and Poister (New York) National Organ Competitions, as well as the silver medal at the 1994 Calgary International Organ Festival. Morrison’s numerous recordings are regularly featured 6
on radio stations worldwide, and his television appearances include two episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood as both an organist and pianist. A graduate of Curtis Music School (organ and piano accompanying) and the Juilliard School (organ), Morrison is college organist at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and organist in residence at Spivey Hall in Morrow, Georgia. He joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2002.
Upcoming Emory Music Concerts Many concerts at Emory are free to attend. Visit music.emory.edu or schwartz.emory.edu to view complete event information. If a ticket is required for attendance, prices are indicated in the listings below in the following order: Full price/Emory student price (unless otherwise noted as the price for all students). Wednesday, February 14, 8:00 p.m., Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free Friday, February 16, 8:00 p.m., National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Candler Concert Series, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, $60/$10, tickets required Wednesday, February 21, 6:30 p.m., and Thursday, February 22, 2:30 p.m., Vocal Master Class, Performing Arts Studio, free Friday, February 23, 8:00 p.m., Emory Wind Ensemble, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free Saturday, February 24, 8:00 p.m., Alexandra Shatalova Prior, oboe, Emory Artist Affiliate Recital, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free Sunday, February 25, 4:00 p.m., Atlanta’s Young Artists, ECMSA: Family Series, Carlos Museum, free Tuesday, February 27, 8:00 p.m., The Merian Ensemble, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free Friday, March 1, noon, Bertrand Giraud, piano, ECMSA: Cooke Noontime Series, Carlos Museum, free, registration required
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