Shostakovich Lecture with Michael Parloff

ABOUT MICHAEL PARLOFF SHOSTAKOVICH: THE COMPLETE QUARTETS performed by the Jersualem Quartet SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE I Sunday, March 17, 5:00 PM • Alice Tully Hall • SOLD OUT Quartet Nos. 1, 5, 6, and 12 Pre-concert lecture with Michael Parloff at 4:00 PM in the Rose Studio SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE II Tuesday, March 19, 7:30 PM • Alice Tully Hall • SOLD OUT Quartet Nos. 4, 8, 10, and 11 Pre-concert lecture with Michael Parloff at 6:30 PM in the Rose Studio SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE III Friday, March 22, 7:30 PM • Alice Tully Hall Quartet Nos. 3, 7, 13, and 14 Pre-concert lecture with Michael Parloff at 6:30 PM in the Rose Studio SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE IV Sunday, March 24, 5:00 PM • Alice Tully Hall Quartet Nos. 2, 9, and 15 Pre-concert lecture with Michael Parloff at 4:00 PM in the Rose Studio SHOSTAKOVICH LECTURE Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio Wednesday Evening, March 13, 2013 at 6:30 Principal Flutist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1977 until his retirement in 2008, Michael Parloff has been heard regularly as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. He has collaborated with such noted artists as James Levine, Jessye Norman, James Galway, Peter Serkin, Dawn Upshaw, Thomas Hampson, Jaime Laredo, and the Emerson String Quartet and has performed on numerous occasions at The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. As a lecturer, conductor, and teacher, Mr. Parloff has appeared at major conservatories and university music schools in the United States and abroad. These venues include Music@Menlo, Tanglewood, and the National Orchestral Institute at the University of Maryland. He has been a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music since 1985. Michael Parloff is the founder and Artistic Director of Parlance Chamber Concerts. The mission of Parlance Chamber Concerts is to promote the appreciation and understanding of classical music in Northern New Jersey by presenting the world’s finest singers and instrumentalists in affordable, innovatively programmed public concerts and educational events. In recent seasons, Parlance Chamber Concerts has presented such renowned artists as the Emerson String Quartet, pianists Richard Goode and Simone Dinnerstein, Met Opera singers Stephanie Blythe, Thomas Hampson, Matthew Polenzani, and Nathan Gunn, and flutist James Galway and clarinetist Richard Stoltzman. Since 1996 Michael and his wife, Inmo, have also presented over 30 benefit concerts for various nonprofit organizations and humanitarian causes in Northern Bergen County, New Jersey. Mr. Parloff has recorded extensively with the Metropolitan Opera for Deutsche Grammophon, Sony Classical, London, and Philips and has recorded solo recital repertoire and 20th-century chamber music for E.S.SAY, Gunmar, CRI, and Koch. Please turn off cell phones, pagers, and other electronic devices. Photographing, sound recording, or videotaping this performance is prohibited. The Chamber Music Society is grateful to the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, Mrs. Adler Katzander, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Winston Foundation for their generous support of Shostakovich: The Complete Quartets. This evening’s lecture is being streamed live at www.ChamberMusicSociety.org/WatchLive

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Michael Parloff kicks off the Society's Shostakovich Cycle with a lecture about Shostakovich's life and works.

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about MICHAEL PARLOFF

SHoStaKoVICH: tHe Complete quartetSperformed by the Jersualem Quartet

SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE I Sunday,March17,5:00PM•AliceTullyHall•SOLDOUT QuartetNos.1,5,6,and12 Pre-concertlecturewithMichaelParloffat4:00PMintheRoseStudio

SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE II Tuesday,March19,7:30PM•AliceTullyHall•SOLDOUT QuartetNos.4,8,10,and11 Pre-concertlecturewithMichaelParloffat6:30PMintheRoseStudio

SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE III Friday,March22,7:30PM•AliceTullyHall QuartetNos.3,7,13,and14 Pre-concertlecturewithMichaelParloffat6:30PMintheRoseStudio

SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE IV Sunday,March24,5:00PM•AliceTullyHall QuartetNos.2,9,and15 Pre-concertlecturewithMichaelParloffat4:00PMintheRoseStudio

SHOSTAKOVICH LECTUREDaniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio

Wednesday Evening, March 13, 2013 at 6:30

PrincipalFlutistoftheMetropolitanOperaOrchestrafrom1977until his retirement in 2008, Michael Parloff has been heardregularly as a recitalist, chambermusician, and concerto soloistthroughoutNorthAmerica,Europe,andJapan.Hehascollaboratedwith such noted artists as James Levine, Jessye Norman,JamesGalway,PeterSerkin,DawnUpshaw,ThomasHampson,Jaime Laredo, and the Emerson String Quartet and hasperformedonnumerousoccasionsatTheChamberMusicSocietyofLincolnCenter.

As a lecturer, conductor, and teacher, Mr. Parloff hasappeared at major conservatories and university musicschools in the United States and abroad. These venues includeMusic@Menlo,Tanglewood,andtheNationalOrchestralInstituteattheUniversityofMaryland.HehasbeenafacultymemberattheManhattanSchoolofMusicsince1985.

MichaelParloff is the founder andArtisticDirector ofParlanceChamberConcerts.ThemissionofParlanceChamberConcertsis

topromotetheappreciationandunderstandingofclassicalmusicinNorthernNewJerseybypresenting theworld’sfinest singersand instrumentalists in affordable, innovatively programmedpublicconcertsandeducationalevents.Inrecentseasons,ParlanceChamber Concerts has presented such renowned artists as theEmerson String Quartet, pianists Richard Goode and SimoneDinnerstein, Met Opera singers Stephanie Blythe, ThomasHampson,MatthewPolenzani,andNathanGunn,andflutistJamesGalwayandclarinetistRichardStoltzman.

Since 1996 Michael and his wife, Inmo, have also presentedover30benefit concerts for variousnonprofitorganizations andhumanitariancausesinNorthernBergenCounty,NewJersey.

Mr.ParloffhasrecordedextensivelywiththeMetropolitanOperaforDeutscheGrammophon,SonyClassical,London,andPhilipsandhasrecordedsolorecitalrepertoireand20th-centurychambermusicforE.S.SAY,Gunmar,CRI,andKoch.

Pleaseturnoffcellphones,pagers,andotherelectronicdevices.Photographing,soundrecording,orvideotapingthisperformanceisprohibited.

The Chamber Music Society is grateful to the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, Mrs. Adler Katzander, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Winston Foundation

for their generous support of Shostakovich: The Complete Quartets.

This evening’s lecture is being streamed live at www.ChamberMusicSociety.org/WatchLive