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ARCHIVES - 2012

DECEMBER 19 @ 8PM - A CHRISTMAS PIERROT

Douglass Street Music Collective
295 Douglass Street, Brooklyn NY
suggested donation $10

Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire
     Kristina Bachrach, Sprecher
     Ilana Zarankin, Sprecher
     Alex Shiozaki, violin/viola
     Cello cellist, cello
     Jesse Han, flute
     Brad Cherwin, clarinets
     Nana Shi, piano
     Benjamin Grow, conductor

And other Pierrot/Christmas works.

Pierrot!
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DECEMBER 13-15 @ 8pm - COSI FARAN TUTTI

Teatro Theatre, The Italian Academy
118th St and Amsterdam, New York NY

Dawe: Cosi Faran Tutti or They'll All Do It
     Second Instrumental Unit
     Ryan McAdams, conductor

"With hilarious twists and sexy turns, Jonathan Dawe’s new opera premieres at The Italian Academy, December 2012 and celebrates multiple permutations of love by pulling the covers off the seemingly random combinations of desire to which all are subject. "

DECEMBER 17 @ 8PM - STRING QUARTET

Location TBA

Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutze Sonata"
     with violinist Benedicte Lauziere, violist Kim Mai Nguyen, and cellist Leana Rutt

Based on Tolstoy's novella The Kreutzer Sonata.

NOVEMBER 16-18 - DER KAISER VON ATLANTIS

Bohemian National Hall, The Czech Center New York
321 E 73rd St, New York NY
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Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis

Opera Moderne and Le Train Bleu team up to present Ullmann's opera Der Kaiser, composed in the concentration camps of WWII. 

NOVEMBER 9 @ 8pm - NEW JUILLIARD ENSEMBLE

Alice Tully Hall
65th St and Broadway, New York NY
free admission

Lopez-Gavilan: Sonotropic (2006)
Kafejian: Sobre Paranambucae (2010)
Paredes: Demente Cuerda (2004)
Vazquez: Retrato de Guillermina en Rojo (2009)
Desenne: Sinfonia Burocratica ed Amazzonica (2004)
Rossi: Ritual (A Prayer) (1997)

Part of Carnegie Hall's Voices from Latin America festival.

OCTOBER 27 @ 7:30pm - ENSEMBLE 212

Good Shepherd Faith Church
152 W 66th St, New York NY

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame Introduction
Tchaikovsky: Tomsky's Aria
Mussorgsky: Varlaam's Aria
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame Suite
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Felsenfeld: Insomnia Redux; 4am for Orchestra 
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov Suite

SEPTEMBER 22 @ 8pm - NEW JUILLIARD ENSEMBLE

Peter Jay Sharp Theater
65th St and Broadway, New York NY

Toledo: Sulyap (2004)
Ford: The Unquiet Grave (1998)
Zur: Cartoons (2005-8)
Du Yun: Impeccable Quake (2004)
Ung: Rain of Tears (2006)

AUGUST 18 @ 11am - TMC: PIECE-A-DAY

Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood
197 West St, Lenox MA 
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TMC Composition Fellows compose a piece in a day.

AUGUST 12 @ 10am - TMC: CHAMBER CONCERT

Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood
197 West St, Lenox MA 
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Castiglioni: Tropi
Epstein: Hidden Flowers 

JULY 29 @ 10am - TMC: CHAMBER CONCERT

Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood
197 West St, Lenox MA 
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Beck: To Keep It (Part I) 

JULY 22 @ 8pm - TMC: VOCAL CONCERT

Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood
197 West St, Lenox MA 
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Ravel: Mallarme Songs
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire

Alex ventures into the dark side as the violinist/violist of the Pierrot ensemble. 

JULY 15 @ 10am - TMC: CHAMBER MUSIC

Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood
197 West St, Lenox MA 
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Finnis: Unfolds

JULY 8 @ 10am - TMC: CHAMBER MUSIC

Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood
197 West St, Lenox MA 
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Harbison: String Quartet No. 5
     with violinst Micah Ringham, violist Derek Mosloff, and cellist Michael Dahlberg 

JUNE 28-29 @ 8pm - TMC: MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP

Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood
197 West St, Lenox MA 
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Schubert: Notturno in E-flat, D. 897
     with cellist Michael Dahlberg and pianist Alexander Bernstein

June 20 @ 7:30pm - CHELSEA MUSIC FESTIVAL: DEBUSSY IV

Leo Baeck Institute
15 West 16th Street, New York NY
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Satoh: Saga (world premiere)
     conductor, Ken-David Masur
also works by Milhaud, Ravel, Debussy, and Mendelssohn

Debussy IV: Creation, Love and Life Everlasting.

June 18 @ 7:30pm - CHELSEA MUSIC FESTIVAL: ON SILENCE

Rubin Museum
150 West 17th Street, New York NY
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Satoh: Toki no Mon for Violin, Piano, and Percussion
     with pianist Nana Shi and percussionist Ayano Kataoka
also works by Hall, Clayton, Kruziki, and Dickinson

"A dialogue on the concept of silence in visual art and music, a nod to the 2012 centennial of composer and theorist John Cage."

June 15 @ 7:30pm - CHELSEA MUSIC FESTIVAL: DEBUSSY I

Eyebeam Art+Technology Center
540 West 21st Street, New York NY
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Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
Satoh: Birds in Warped Time II
     with pianist Nana Shi
also works by Nakano, and Ravel
Chelsea Music Festival Opening and Culinary Reception – Debussy I: "Debussy after the Wave"
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May 25 - June 3      CHAMBER MUSIC BY THE BAY

"Enlightening communities through student & school engagement with chamber music."
www.chambermusicbythebay.com 

May 27 @ 2pm - CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
Saratoga Library
13650 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga CA
Free performance and talk for all ages!

May 28 @ 1pm - CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
El Camino Hospital2500 Grant Rd, Mountain View CA 
CMB teaching artists present a short recital of works by Haydn, Dvorak, and Britten. 

June 2 @ 2pm - CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
Morgan Hill Library
660 West Main Ave, Morgan Hill CA
Free performance and talk for all ages!

June 3 @ 3pm - FINAL CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
Saratoga Presbyterian Church
20455 Herriman Ave, Saratoga CA

A collaboration between the 2012 teaching artists and students from Saratoga and Lynbrook High Schools.

May 18 @ 6pm - VIOLIN RECITAL

Morse Hall, The Juilliard School
60 Lincoln Center Plaza at 65th St, New York NY
free admission  

Schubert: Cello Quintet, D 956

Alex joins violinist Elizabeth Derham in her graduation recital.

April 30 @ 8pm - JUILLIARD COMPOSERS CONCERT

Paul Hall, The Juilliard School
60 Lincoln Center Plaza at 65th St, New York NY
free admission 

Reinaldo Moya: Quentin for string quartet

Premieres of pieces by Juilliard student composers.

April 12 @ 8pm - NEW JUILLIARD ENSEMBLE

Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
65th St and Broadway, New York NY
free admission  

Sun-Young Park*: Legend (world premiere)
Ichiyanagi: Between Space and Time (western hemisphere premiere)
Wei-Chieh Lin: The Re-Emergence of Time (world premiere)
Nasveld: Six Cavafy Songs (western hemisphere premiere)
Krauze: Canzona (western hemisphere premiere)

*Juilliard composers

March 25 @ 7:30pm - ENSEMBLE ACJW

Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
57th St and Seventh Ave, New York NY
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Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Ligeti: Chamber Concerto for 13 Instruments
Adams: Gnarly Buttons
Haydn: Symphony No. 8 in G major, "Le Soir"

     David Robertson, conductor
     Moran Katz, clarinet

March 2 @ 4pm - HARP RECITAL

Morse Hall, The Juilliard School
60 Lincoln Center Plaza at 65th St, New York NY
free admission  

Schafer: Wild Bird for violin and harp
     with harpist Michelle Gott
also works by Mozart and Ravel

Alex joins fellow DMA candidate Michelle in her recital at Juilliard.

February 29 @ 6pm - COLLABORATIVE PIANO RECITAL

Paul Hall, The Juilliard School
60 Lincoln Center Plaza at 65th St, New York NY
free admission 

Prokofiev: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F minor, Op. 80
     with pianist Nozomi Marusawa

Alex joins Nozomi in her collaborative piano recital at Juilliard.

February 22 @ 6pm - DMA RECITAL #1: JAPAN MEETS THE WEST

Paul Hall, The Juilliard School
60 Lincoln Center Plaza at 65th St, New York NY
free admission

Beethoven: Kreutzer Sonata, op. 47
Satoh: Birds in Warped Time II
Hosokawa: Vertical Time Study III
Debussy: Sonata in G minor, L 140
     with pianist Nana Shi

Alex's first recital as a doctoral candidate at the Juilliard School.

February 16 @ 8pm - ENSEMBLE 212

Miller Theatre, Columbia University
2960 Broadway, New York NY
$25 general, $5 Columbia students

Fairouz: Symphony No. 3 "Poems and Prayers"

The world premiere of Mohammed Fairouz's Third Symphony. For more information, visit [www.columbia.edu] 

February 3 @ 8pm - FOCUS! FESTIVAL 2012

Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
65th St and Broadway, New York NY
free admission 

Cage: Fourteen (1990) with Litany for the Whale (1980)
Cage: The Seasons (1947)
Cage: Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1950-51)
Cage: Excerpts from Sixteen Dances (1950-51)
Cage: Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1957-58) with Aria (1958)

For better or worse, an all-Cage concert.

January 12 @ 8pm - ROUNDS AND HOCKETS

Gershwin Hotel
7 E 28th St, New York NY
$10 general

Berio: 34 Duetti per Due Violini (1979-83)
Ippolito: violinduo (2007)
Fiday: Dharma Pops (2006)
     with violinist Elizabeth Derham
also works by Lustig, Perish, Scarlatti, and Winslow.

A concert of duos for violins, guitars, and percussion.


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