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Bargemusic. Festival appearances include Ravinia, Salzburg, Mostly Mozart, Bravo! Vail, Tanglewood, Bridgehampton, Spoleto USA, Santa Fe, Seattle Chamber Music, Kuhmo (Finland), PyeongChang, Charlottesville, Telluride Musicfest, Seoul Spring, Chesapeake Cham-ber Music, La Jolla Summerfest, and Bard Music Festival. He has participated in Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project as well as Isaac Stern’s Jerusalem Chamber Music Encounters. A graduate of The Juilliard School, Ed has served on the faculty of University of Massachusetts Amherst since 2016.

Rachel Calin, bassRachel Calin began playing the bass at the early age of nine, and has since been called “a lyrical soloist in command of her instrument” by The New York Times. In 1994 she won the First Prize at the Juilliard Concerto Competition, making her concerto debut in Alice Tully hall at Lincoln Center with the Juilliard Orchestra, and

subsequently has made solo appearances with Sejong Soloists, and the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra. Ms Calin has since gone on to dedicate herself to both chamber music and teaching, and is the long time and sole double bass faculty member at the Perlman Music Program.

As a chamber musician, Ms Calin has appeared in concert through-out Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States, and has collaborated with Myung-Wha Chung, Lawrence Dutton, Frank Huang, Ron Leonard, Itzhak Perlman, and Gil Shaham. Ms Calin has performed frequently with the St Paul Chamber Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, at Live from Lincoln Center, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Mostly Mozart Festival, and can be heard on numer-ous soundtracks including “The Departed” and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”, among others.

Ms Calin attended the Juilliard School as a full scholarship student of Homer Mensch and Eugene Levinson. She also trained with Jeff Bradetich, Paul Ellison, and Denise Searfoss. Currently on faculty at the Perlman Music Program, the McDuffie Center for Strings @ Mer-cer University, and Stony Brook University, Miss Calin performs on a double bass crafted by Carlo Giuseppe Testore in 1690.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2018

PIANIST’S PORTRAIT: LEON FLEISHER AT 90

“Sheep may safely graze” from Hunting Cantata, BWV 208 J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

L.H. for Leon Fleisher Kirchner Not for Left Hand (1919-2009)

Chaconne for the Left Hand from Partita for Solo ViolinNo. 2 in d minor, BWV 1004 J.S. Bach/Brahms (1685-1750)

LEON FLEISHER, piano

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Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414 W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) Allegro Andante Rondeau, Allegretto

LEON FLEISHER, pianoSOOVIN KIM, violin

ROBYN BOLLINGER, violinBETH GUTERMAN CHU, viola

EDWARD ARRON, celloRACHEL CALIN, bass

Leon Fleisher, piano“You can’t see music as it passes through the air. You can’t grasp it and hold on to it. You can’t smell it. You can’t taste it. But it has a most powerful effect on most people. And that is a wondrous thing to contemplate.”

As a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, pianist Leon Fleisher was

recognized as a “consummate musician whose career is a testament to the life-affirming power of art.”

The child prodigy began to study the piano at the age of four and by the age of nine, the legendary Artur Schnabel invited him to be his student, first in Lake Como, Italy and then in New York, where he nurtured and inspired the young Mr. Fleisher for the next ten years as he evolved into one of the great music masters of our time. Leon Fleisher made his debut with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Pierre Monteux when he was sixteen years old. Maître Monteux called him “the pianistic find of the century.”

Mr. Fleisher went on to international renown, becoming the first American to win the prestigious Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Competition in Brussels in 1952. He subsequently enjoyed a prolific recording career, most notably with George Szell and The Cleveland Orchestra, recordings recognized as among the great collaborations in the concerto repertoire. In 1965, before a scheduled tour of Russia with The Cleveland Orchestra, Leon Fleisher began to suffer symptoms of a debilitating condition of his right hand, later diagnosed as focal dystonia, a neurological condition that causes the fingers to curl into the palm of the hand.

After a period of great despair, Mr. Fleisher channeled his creativity in new directions, mastering the piano repertoire for left hand and initiating a career in conducting. He renewed his dedication to teaching at Peabody, where he has been the inspiration to hundreds of students since 1959. Leon Fleisher holds the Andrew W. Mellon Chair at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. As a teacher, he has carried on a tradition that descends directly from Beethoven himself, handed down genera-tionally through Carl Czerny, Theodor Leschetizky, Artur Schnabel, and Leon Fleisher himself.

In the mid-90s, with the combined therapies of Botox injections and Rolfing, he regained sufficient use of his right hand, leading

to an extraordinary career renaissance. In 2003, Mr. Fleisher joined forces with his wife, pianist Katherine Jacobson, to form the Fleisher-Jacobson Piano Duo, giving concerts world-wide and recording for Sony Classical. Leon Fleisher released the album “Two Hands” in 2004, which went on to hold a Top 5 Billboard Chart position and was hailed by critics as one of the best recordings of the year. “Two Hands” is also the title of the Oscar nominated 17-minute documen-tary film about his amazing life story. In 2013, Sony Classical issued a 23-CD box set of his entire recorded output, and in 2014, Mr. Fleisher released his first solo CD in a decade, the Grammy nominated “All The Things You Are,” which reached # 1 on the classical charts.In 2006, in Paris, Leon Fleisher received the honor of Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters by the Minister of Culture of the French government.

Mr. Fleisher continues with an international schedule of performances, orchestral guest conducting and master classes. In recent seasons, he has conducted leading orchestras in the U.S., Canada, China, and Japan; appeared as concerto soloist with orchestras including the Baltimore and Cincinnati Symphonies; performed as recitalist worldwide; and given his memorable mas-ter classes at festivals, conservatories, and universities around the country.

In celebration of his 90th year, he appeared in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal as soloist with the Toronto Symphony and Peter Oundjian and at the Gilmore Festival. In 2018-2019 he continues the celebra-tion with recitals at Carnegie Hall, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, as well as at the Ravinia and Tanglewood Festi-vals in Summer 2018.

Soovin Kim, violinSoovin Kim is an exciting violinist who built on the early successes of his prize-winning years to emerge as a mature and com-municative artist. Mr. Kim enjoys a broad musical career, regularly performing rep-ertoire such as Bach sonatas and Paganini caprices for solo violin, sonatas for violin and piano ranging from Beethoven to Ives,

Mozart and Haydn concertos and sympho-nies as a conductor, and new world-premiere works almost every season. He immersed himself in the string quartet literature for 20 years as the 1st violinist of the Johannes Quartet and now plays in the newly-formed Chien-Kim-Watkins piano trio. Among his many

commercial recordings are his “thrillingly triumphant” (Classic FM Magazine) disc of Paganini’s demanding 24 Caprices, and a two-disc set of Bach’s complete solo violin works to be released in 2018. When he was 20 years old Mr. Kim received 1st prize at the Paganini International Violin Competition and subsequently was awarded the Henryk Szeryng Career Award, the Avery Fisher Career Grant, and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. He is the founder and Co-Artistic Director of the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival (LCCMF) in Burlington, Vermont. Mr. Kim is a passionate teacher and devotes much of his time to working with his students at the New England Conservatory in Boston.

Robyn Bollinger, violinDaring, versatile, charismatic and passion-ate, violinist Robyn Bollinger is a young artist on the rise. Having made her Philadelphia Orchestra debut at age twelve, Ms. Bollinger has since performed with orchestras and at festivals nationwide. 2018-19 season high-lights include debuts with the symphony orchestras of Knoxville, Helena, Charleston,

and California, and a six-city tour of the East Coast with the Musicians from Marlboro. Last season, Ms. Bollinger released her debut solo CD and DVD, both titled “CIACCONA: The Bass of Time” on Crier Records. As a member of A Far Cry, she has recorded the Grammy-nominated “Dreams and Prayers” and “Visions and Variations,” an all-premieres CD. A sought-after collaborator, Ms. Bollinger is a popular figure on the chamber music stage, both as a member of the renowned, Grammy-nominated Boston-based ensemble A Far Cry, and for her work at Festivals and on chamber music series. She is a recipient of a prestigious 2016 Fellowship from the Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship Fund for her multimedia performance project entitled “CIACCONA: The Bass of Time,” which she began touring in 2018. Robyn Bollinger performs on a 2017 violin made by the world-renowned luthier Samuel Zygmuntowicz, on loan from a private collection.

Beth Guterman Chu, violaBeth Guterman Chu is one of the most sought after young violists of her generation. Before joining the St. Louis Symphony in 2013 as Principal, she was a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and enjoyed a varied career as a chamber musician and recit-alist. Playing chamber music, Chu collaborates with many artists in-cluding Gil Shaham, Itzhak Perlman, Orli Shaham, Joseph Kalichstein,

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Many thanks to Dr. Philip Thomas for tonight’s program notes.

Beverly Semmes (born 1958), Crystal Basket with Tall Handles, 2008, crystal, 26 x 18 x 18 inches (66 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm), In Honor of Sally and Gary Chazen, 2011.12Current Location: East Wing, Gallery, 18

Please turn off cell phones and other electronic devices. Rebroadcast of this concert has been made available through the generosity of WSMC 90.5 FM on Sunday, October 14, 2018.

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Mr. Fleisher records for Sony Classical, CBS Masterworks, Vanguard, Desto, Odyssey, andDeutsche Grammophon

Menahem Pressler, Jaime Laredo, and members of the Guarneri, Emerson, and Orion quartets. As a recording artist, she recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Tzadik, Naxos, and the CMS Studio Record-ings. Chu has been a member of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra since 2008 and the Iris Orchestra since 2001.

This past summer, Chu spent her time per-forming and teaching at the Aspen Music

Festival and School, National Youth Orchestra-USA, and played chamber music in Bridgehampton, Luzerne, and Skaneateles, New York. During recent summers Chu has performed in festivals includ-ing the Marlboro Music Festival, Music@Menlo, Bravo! Vail, and the Lake Champlain Music Festival.

Beth Guterman Chu received her Artist Diploma at the New England Conservatory studying with Kim Kashkashian, and her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School study-ing with Masao Kawasaki and Misha Amory. She lives in St. Louis with her violist husband Jonathan and their two sons.

Edward Arron, celloA native of Cincinnati, Ohio, cellist Edward Arron made his New York recital debut in 2000 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since that time, he has appeared in recital, as a soloist with major orchestras, and as a chamber musician throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

In 2013, Ed completed a ten-year resi-dency as the artistic director of the criti-

cally acclaimed chamber music series, Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert. Currently, he is the artistic director, host, and resident performer of the Musical Masterworks concert series in Old Lyme, Connecticut, and is the co-artistic director along with his wife, pia-nist Jeewon Park, of the Performing Artists in Residence series at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. With violinists James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti, and violist Richard O’Neill, Ed tours as a member of the renowned Ehnes Quartet.

Ed has performed numerous times at Carnegie’s Weill and Zankel Halls, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully and Avery Fisher Halls, New York’s Town Hall, and the 92nd Street Y, and is a frequent performer at

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