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Brahms’ Blue Heaven Sat, Oct. 20, 8PM Sun, Oct. 21, 2:30PM Hugh Wolff, conductor Alexandre DaCosta, violin DEBUSSY Rondes de Printemps from Images MICHAEL DAUGHERTY Fire and Blood Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 http://www.alexandredacosta.com/ alexandre@alexandredacosta.com Evans Mirageas www.evansmirageas.com 1-‐917-‐863-‐4825 It is with lots of enthusiasm that I recommend a great artist that I appreciate and strongly support, violinist Alexandre Da Costa. “Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Musical America Artist of the Year 2010 “31 years-‐old violinist Alexandre Da Costa plays with so much sensuality and shows all his qualities: Irreproachable technique, sensitivity and temperament. “ Neue Zürcher Zeitung November 19th 2010 (Zürich, Switzerland) ALEXANDRE DA COSTA was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1979. He showed an uncommon interest for both the violin and piano at a very early age. By the age of nine, he had the astonishing ability to perform his first concerts with stunning virtuosity on both instruments, which brought him recognition as a musical prodigy. His chosen professional career as a violinist began very early and he was soon performing regularly as soloist with orchestra as well as in recital. At age 18, he obtained a Master’s Degree in violin and a First Prize from the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec. Concurrently, he also obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Interpretation from the University of Montreal. From 1998 to 2001, he studied at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia in Madrid with his mentor Zakhar Bron, teacher of violinists such as Maxim Vengerov and Vadim Repin. In 2002, he won the Sylva Gelber Foundation Award from the Canada Council for the Arts given for an exceptionally gifted Canadian Artist under 30 years old. In 2003, he was awarded the “1689 Baumgartner Stradivarius” from the Canada Council for the Arts -‐ Musical Instrument Bank. In 2010, he received the prestigious Virginia-‐Parker Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts, given by the Government of Canada to the Canadian musician that has distinguished himself in Canada and abroad. Winner of many national and international first prizes, Alexandre Da Costa has given over a thousand concerts and recitals throughout North America, Mexico, Europe, United Kingdom and Asia. He has performed in major halls such as Vienna’s Musikverein, Berlin’s Philharmonie, New York's Carnegie Hall, Hamburg’s Musikhalle, Madrid’s National Auditorium, Beijing’s Poly Theater, and played with prestigious orchestras such as the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Spain’s National TV & Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has worked with conductors such as Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Leonard Slatkin, Matthias Bamert, Günter Herbig, Pedro Halffter, Adrian Leaper, Lior Shambadal, Yannick Nézet-‐Séguin, Carlos Miguel Prieto, to name a few. His live performance broadcasts have aired on BBC, WestDeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Radio-‐Classical International, Radio-‐Canada/CBC, American NPR, Radio Nacional de España (RNE), Austria State Radio (ORF), and TV Asahi Japan. As recording artist, he has 12 CDs for the XXI-‐21 Records, ATMA and Octave/Universal labels, among them the world premiere recordings of the Violin Concertos by Portuguese composers Luis de Freitas Branco and Armando José Fernandes with the Extremadura Symphony Orchestra under Jesús Amigo, a disc nominated at the JUNO Awards 2006. In 2009, he recorded concertos by American composer Michael Daugherty, with the Montreal Symphony under Pedro Halffter for Warner Classics. He now records for Warner Classics International, Acacia Classics/Universal Music Group and JVC/Victor (Japan). In addition to his concert schedule, Alexandre Da Costa teaches violin at the Gatineau Music Conservatory (Ottawa, Canada), and regularly gives masterclasses at various universities and conservatories around the world. He was also named Musical Development Director of the Canimex Foundation, an organization gathering an impressive collection of fine instruments for the benefit of talented artists. Alexandre Da Costa now plays the 1727 "Di Barbaro" Stradivarius and a Sartory bow, loaned by Canimex.
A Poet’s Inspiration Fri, Nov. 2, 10:30am Sat, Nov. 3, 8pm JoAnn Falletta, conductor Yevgeny Yevtushenko, honored guest Michael Boriskin, piano Mikhail Svetlov, bass SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 2 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.13, “Babi Yar” YYEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO “Morality is a sister of conscience. And perhaps God is with Yevtushenko when he speaks of conscience. Every morning, in place of prayers I reread or repeat by memory two poems by Yevtushenko “ Career” or “boots”.-‐ Dmitri Shostakovich 1961 “…One of Russia’s most adventurous writers for more than 30 years”-‐ Arthur Miller 1990 “In my mind he is one of the true heroes of the entire soviet period”-‐ Norman Mailer 1991 “Yevtushenko is clearly a figure of important international stature. It is rare for someone who is so talented and famous at an early age to sustain his career.”-‐ James Billington, Librarian of Congress 1991 “Today you recited your poetry at my home touching me and all my guests to tears with obvious proof of your talent. I am sure in your bright future.” Autograph on his book-‐gift to Yevtushenko – Boris Pasternak, 1959 It is difficult to find another writer who did so much for mutual understanding between America and Russia than Yevtushenko. He was inspired in his childhood by the historical encounter of American and Russian soldiers on the river Elbe in May 1945. He was the first Russian poet who promoted in the worst days of the Cold War the spirit of Elbe and condemned all efforts to resurrect Cold War between USA and USSR. He was called by the American media as the Russian mixture of Walt Whitman and Bob Dylan. Yevtushenko first came to the United States as a tourist in the 1960’s. In his warm and heartfelt poem, “American Nightingale”, Yevtushenko wrote lines symbolic about the role of poets in the contemporary world, “All Nightingales will understand each other-‐ they all share the same language… and than why can’t we, people, understand each other?” His first reading in America in 1961 was in Harvard for a small audience of post-‐graduate students and a few young future professors, one of them was Albert Todd who became his close friend and translator. He promised Yevtushenko to organize a giant tour across America and a reading in Madison Square Garden. When Yevtushenko returned to Russia he published his thunderous poem “Babi Yar” against anti-‐Semitism breaking a conspiracy of silence in USSR. Soon afterwards the Great Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovich created his famous 13 th symphony based on five of Yevtushenko’s poems. Since that time Yevtushenko’s young voice became an alarming trumpet against all attempts of neo-‐ Stalinism and any restrictions of freedom. Suddenly Yevtushenko found himself under attacks from Soviet officials and his planned tour was canceled. In 1961, Time magazine published a cover story about Yevtushenko. Albert Todd was stubborn and insistent and in 1966 he finally organized this tour with the help of invitations from 27 American Universities. Yevtushenko successfully toured across America. He was received by Senator Robert Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, the Secretary of the United Nations U Tan and many other leading political figures. Yevtushenko was befriended by Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, John Steinbeck, Arthur Miller, John Updike, Richard Wilbur, Stanley Kuntz, Allen Ginsburg, James Dickey, John Cheever, Edward Albee, John Updike, Harrison Salisbury, Art Buchwald, Leonard Bernstein, Louis Armstrong, Michael Nichols, Stanley Kramer, Ben Shahn, and Edward Steichen and at that time a young promising professor James Billington, afterwards Librarian of Congress. During Yevtushenko’s next trip in 1972, by invitation of Double Day publishing house, Albert Todd finally fulfilled his promise. Yevtushenko made an unprecedented poetry concert in Madison Square Garden. It was overcrowded. The performance was a manifestation of international brotherhood between Russian and American poets. Yevtushenko was always a poet of love and protest, glorifying everything great in his motherland or abroad and protesting against all cruelties and human tragedies, including war in Vietnam or the Soviet invasion in Czechoslovakia. “I would like happiness but not at the expense of the unhappy, and I would like freedom, but not at the expense of the unfree”. During Perestroika Yevtushenko became, together with Sakharov, one of the most popular members of Russian Parliament because he fought against war in Afghanistan and for the creation Democracy. In 1991 during the attempt of coup de etat Yevtushenko recited his poetry before 200,000 defenders of freedom. Later on he received the American Liberties Medal-‐ the
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