Alexander Vvedenskiy, oboe; Irina Kaplan Lande, piano; and Bryan Young, bassoon, of the Poulenc Trio.
Chamber Music Returns For almost 70 years, Chamber Music Tulsa has provided unique chamber music experiences to Green Country. The artists brought in by the group stay in Tulsa for an entire weekend, participating in outreach events and providing intimate concert settings. This season, Chamber Music Tulsa is starting their season off with the incredible Poulenc Trio. As part of the group’s triumphant return to Tulsa, composers represented in their performance will include Handel, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, Glinka and the trio’s namesake, Francis Poulenc. The Sunday concert will also feature a relatively new work by American composer Viet Cuong, whose compositions have been commissioned and performed on six continents. The group, which is comprised of Irina Kaplan Lande on piano, Alexander Vvedenskiy on oboe and Bryan Young on bassoon, was formed with the intent to commission, perform and record new works from contemporary composers — bringing new life and new voice to everything they play. That goal has been met many times over, as the Trio has managed to expand the repertoire available for the oboe, bassoon and piano by more than 20 new works written or 12
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arranged for the group, plus three triple concertos for a trio and full orchestra. The three artists are also dedicated to education and outreach. Poulenc & Snacks provides an informal performance and residency series for young audiences across the nation, and the Trio’s masterclasses have been offered at the University of Ohio, San Francisco State University, Florida State University and the University of Colima in Mexico. Another commitment made by the Trio upon its founding was to explore and promote music that reflects its members’ African, Asian, Eastern European and Jewish roots. Kaplan Lande trained at the famous St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia and is a winner of the Baltimore Chamber Music Award. She is also a faculty member at the Peabody Institute, teaching piano and chamber music, and has served on the faculty of the College of Notre Dame and Towson University. Vvedenskiy is the principal oboist for the Louisville Orchestra and holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. He has won top honors from various international competitions and performed in numerous concert halls around the world. He also
has appeared as guest principal oboe with the New York Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony and Chicago Symphony Orchestras. The principal bassoonist of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and member of the IRIS Orchestra in Memphis, Young has performed as a soloist with the Baltimore Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra. He also serves on the board of directors of Chamber Music America. Together, the three extraordinary artists of the Poulenc Trio create beautiful, touching music. They have been hailed as “virtuosos of classical and contemporary chamber music,” and the Washington Post commented that the group “does its namesake proud” in “an intriguing and beautifully played program” with “convincing elegance, near effortless lightness and grace.” You won’t want to miss Tulsa Chamber Music’s return to the TPAC stage.
Poulenc Trio Presented by Chamber Music Tulsa Sept 26 at 3 p.m. J O H N H . W I L L I A M S T H E AT R E Tickets at tulsapac.com and 918-596-7111
