Yale Philharmonia, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, guest conductor, April 8, 2022

Robert Blocker, Dean

Yale Philharmonia Miguel Harth-Bedoya, guest conductor

Friday, April 8, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.

Woolsey Hall

Program Jimmy López Bellido b. 1978

Perú Negro (2012) Pregón I — Toro Mata — Ingá — Le dije a papá — Pregón II — Son de los Diablos

Sergei Prokofiev 1891–1953

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 (rev. 1923) I. Andantino – Allegretto II. Scherzo. Vivace III. Intermezzo. Allegro moderato IV. Finale. Allegro tempestoso Yi-Chen Feng, piano

intermission Audience members are asked to refrain from mingling.

Johannes Brahms 1833–1897

Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 I. Allegro con brio II. Andante III. Poco allegretto IV. Allegro

As a courtesy to others, please silence all devices. Photography and recording of any kind is strictly prohibited. Please do not leave the hall during musical selections. Thank you.

Artist Profiles Miguel Harth-Bedoya, guest conductor Celebrating more than 30 years of professional conducting, Miguel Harth-Bedoya has recently concluded tenures as Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (7 seasons) and as Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (20 seasons), where he now holds the title of Music Director Laureate. With a deep commitment to passing his experience on to the next generation of musicians, he is currently the Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and starting the Fall of 2022 he will become the Mary Franks Thompson Director of Orchestral Studies at Baylor University.

He has also established The Conducting Institute to teach the fundamentals of conducting to students ages high school and up, of all levels, through an intensive summer program, workshops, courses, and seminars.

Harth-Bedoya conducts orchestras worldwide such as the Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, BBC Orchestra, Birmingham Orchestra, National Orchestra of Spain, New Zealand Symphony, Sydney Symphony, NHK Symphony, and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, among others.

Equally at home in opera, Harth-Bedoya has led traditional productions with The English National Opera, Canadian Opera, Minnesota Opera, and Bremen Opera, among others. He has also conducted the

world premiere performances of Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain and Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar at the Santa Fe Opera, as well as additional productions with the Cincinnati Opera and at the New Zealand Festival.

Harth-Bedoya has an impressive discography of more than 25 recordings, including critically-acclaimed albums on Harmonia Mundi, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, LAWO, Naxos, and MSR Classics.

He is the Artistic and Managing Director of Caminos del Inka, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the rich musical legacy of the Americas.

Born and raised in Peru, Harth-Bedoya received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and his Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, both under the guidance of Otto-Werner Mueller. » miguelharth-bedoya.com

Artist Profiles cont.

Staff

Yi-Chen Feng, piano

Manager Jeffrey M. Mistri

Taiwanese pianist Yi-Chen Feng has been awarded numerous prizes in competitions, including the first International Maestro Piano Competition, the Grand Canal International Piano Art Festival and Lang Lang Piano Competition, the San Jose International Piano Competition, and the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition. In 2019, Feng appeared as a soloist performing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra in the winner concert.

Feng has been featured in various venues as a soloist, including Brodbeck Music Hall of Hood College, Saint John’s Cathedral (Denver, CO), National Recital Hall (Taipei, Taiwan), Weiwuying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), and the Hangzhou Grand Theater (Hangzhou, China).

Originally from Taiwan, Feng began his piano studies at the age of seven. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree at the Peabody Conservatory, and Master of Music degree at the Yale School of Music, both under the tutelage of Boris Slutsky.

Feng continues his piano studies with Boris Slutsky at the Yale School of Music, where he is pursuing an Artist Diploma.

Assistant Manager Samuel Bobinski Office Assistant Matthew Matheny Stage Crew Shania Cordoba Alex Dergal Ryan Goodwin Jihyun Hwang Seojin Kim Makana Medeiros Stephen Perkyns Chris Rogers-Beadle Matthew Rose Declan Wilcox Deng Zhang Library Stephanie Fritz Nicholas Hernandez Jillian Honn Gregory Lewis Freya Liu Zachary Merkovsky Jaimee Reynolds

Yale Philharmonia Roster Peter Oundjian, principal conductor Violin 1 Minkyung Lee Michael Ferri Katherine (Kit Ying) Cheng Wei Zhu Emily Shehi Jeremy Lap Hei Hao Boyu Li Tristan Siegel In Ae Lee Rebecca Weger Nayoung Kim Yiqing Fu Violin 2 Ladusa Chang-Ou Ayrton Pisco Tianpei Ai Da Young (Rachel) Lim Jieming Tang Sophia Steger Bing Yang Li Youngji Kim Erin White Yuna Jo Viola Emily Rekrut-Pressey Madison Marshall Adam Newman Colin Laursen Deng Zhang Andy Park Serena Hsu Harris Bernstein

Cello Miriam LiskeDoorandish Jenny Bahk Jonah Ellsworth Jihyun Hwang William Suh Jakob Taylor Cheng “Allen” Liang Thomas Hung Double Bass Dylan Reckner Seojin Kim Nicholas Hernandez Hector Ponce Ryan Sujdak Xinyun Tu Flute Rachel Johnstone¹ Danielle Maeng² Elvin Schlanger³ Piccolo Danielle Maeng² Elvin Schlanger² Oboe Rachel Ahn³ Soo Min Ha Mickenna Keller¹ Michelle Oh Will Stevens² English Horn Will Stevens¹

Clarinet Alex Dergal² Nikki Pet³ Tianyi Shen¹ Bass Clarinet Alex Dergal¹ Bassoon Ryan Goodwin² Katia Osorio¹ Anjali Pillai Marty Tung³ Contrabassoon Ryan Goodwin ¹ ³ Horn Ava Conway Stephanie Fritz Torrin Hallett² Xin He Franco Ortiz¹ Jaimee Reynolds³ Kate Warren Trumpet Anthony Barrington³ Connor Holland² Lizbeth Yanez¹ Trombone Benjamin Dettelback³ Addison Maye-Saxon¹ David Seder²

Bass Trombone Matthew Rose¹ ³ Declan Wilcox² Tuba Vivian Kung¹ ² Timpani Sijia Huang³ Makana Medeiros¹ Michael Yeung² Percussion Jacob Guiterrez¹ Sijia Huang² Makana Medeiros Michael Yeung

¹ Principal on Lopez ² Principal on Prokofiev ³ Principal on Brahms

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