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2 GUEST ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES JOYCE YANG Described as “the most gifted young pianist of her generation” with a “million-volt stage presence,” pianist Joyce Yang captivates audiences across the globe with her stunning virtuosity combined with heartfelt lyricism and interpretive sensitivity. At just 26, she has established herself as one of the leading artists of her generation through her innovative solo recitals and notable collaborations with the world’s top orchestras. In 2010 she received an Avery Fisher Career Grant – one of classical music’s most prestigious accolades. Yang came to international attention in 2005 when she won the silver medal at the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. The youngest contestant, she took home two additional awards: the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for Best Performance of Chamber Music (with the Takàcs Quartet) and the Beverley Taylor Smith Award for Best Performance of a New Work. Since her spectacular debut, Yang has blossomed into an “astonishing artist” (Neue Zürcher Zeitung), and she continues to appear with orchestras around the world. She has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Houston Symphony and BBC Philharmonic – among many others, working with such distinguished conductors as Edo de Waart, Lorin Maazel, James Conlon, Leonard Slatkin, David Robertson and Bramwell Tovey. In recital, Yang has taken the stage at New York’s Lincoln Center and the Metropolitan Museum; the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; Chicago’s Symphony Hall; and Zurich’s Tonhalle. Joyce Yang appears in the film In the Heart of Music, a documentary about the 2005 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and she is a frequent guest on American Public Media’s nationally syndicated radio program Performance Today. Her debut disc, distributed by harmonia mundi usa, contains live performances of works by Bach, Liszt, Scarlatti and the Australian composer Carl Vine. A Steinway artist, she currently resides in New York City. TWYLA ROBINSON Twyla Robinson’s incisive musicianship, ravishing vocal beauty and dramatic delivery have taken her to the leading concert halls and opera stages of Europe and North America. She has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Berlin Staatskapelle, The Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic, among others. She has worked with conductors including Christoph Eschenbach, Alan Gilbert, Bernard Haitink, Pierre Boulez, Franz Welser-Möst, Donald Runnicles, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Hans Graf and Michael Tilson Thomas. Recent performances for Ms. Robinson include debuts with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra. She also made her Opera Colorado debut as the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro last season. In the summer of 2010, she was seen in a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Jiří Bělohlávek at the opening night of the BBC Proms, broadcast worldwide on BBC television. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony in performances of Leoš Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass and was heard in Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony with Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony and with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Rotterdam Philharmonic. Upcoming performances for Ms. Robinson include Der Rosenkavalier with Cincinnati Opera in June 2013, Dvořák’s Te Deum with the Dallas Symphony in October 2013 and Verdi’s Requiem with Seattle Symphony in November 2013.
3 GUEST ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES RICHARD CROFT American tenor Richard Croft is internationally renowned for his performances with leading opera companies and orchestras around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, The Salzburg Festival, Opéra National de Paris, the Berlin Staatsoper, Opera Zurich, Glyndebourne Festival, The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra and The New York Philharmonic. His clarion voice, superlative musicianship and commanding stage presence allow him to pursue a wide breadth of repertoire from Handel and Mozart to the music of today’s composers. Mr. Croft began the 2012.13 season in the title role of Idomeneo with the Ravinia Festival of which the Chicago Tribune raved, "Friday's opening performance was dominated by Croft's towering performance as Idomeneo. A deeply expressive singer and a compelling stage presence, the American tenor caught the heroic, tragic dimension of his role. In his big showpiece aria in the second act, ‘Fuor del mar,’ he made each embellishment speak volumes about the terrible emotional conflicts raging within the king." Other operatic highlights included the title role in La Clemenza di Tito with the Wiener Staatsoper conducted by Adam Fischer. Symphonic engagements include the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s Ahab Symphony at the University of North Texas, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Leipzig Gerwandhaus and the National Symphony Orchestra, Händel’s Messiah with the Singapore Symphony and Rachmaninoff’s The Bells with the Milwaukee Symphony conducted by Edo de Waart. During the 2011.12 season, Richard Croft reprised his critically acclaimed performance as M. K. Gandhi in the Metropolitan Opera’s visually extravagant production of Philip Glass’s Satygraha, which was also broadcasted live in high definition to movie theaters around the world. His concert calendar included performances of Messiah with the Minnesota Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony, Berlioz’s Te Deum with the Dallas Symphony and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Berliner Philharmoniker—both conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. HUGH RUSSELL Canadian baritone Hugh Russell continues to receive high praise for his charisma, dramatic energy and vocal beauty. He is widely acclaimed for his performances in the operas of Mozart and Rossini, and is regularly invited to perform with symphony orchestras throughout North America. At the center of his orchestral repertoire is Orff’s popular Carmina Burana, which Mr. Russell has performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Toronto Symphony and Vancouver Symphony, among others. In the 2012.13 season, Mr. Russell makes his debut with the Danish Radio Symphony in performances of Carmina Burana with Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and for his debut with the Naples Philharmonic. Additional performances include Rachmaninoff’s The Bells with the Madison Symphony Orchestra and his return to Opera Theatre of St. Louis as General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance. Mr. Russell has been seen at the New York City Opera, where he made his company debut singing the title role in Il barbiere di Siviglia, as well as the Los Angeles Opera, where he sang Harlequin in Ariadne auf Naxos conducted by Kent Nagano. He was both an Adler Fellow and a member of the Merola Opera Program at San Francisco Opera, where he was heard in Ariadne auf Naxos and in Messiaen’s St François d’Assise.
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