Notes Mar/May 2005 web - Cleveland Institute of Music
Notes Mar/May 2005 web - Cleveland Institute of Music
Notes Mar/May 2005 web - Cleveland Institute of Music
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Christian Steiner<br />
Ensembles<br />
16<br />
Ensemble News<br />
Shan-shan Sun (B.M., 1995, M.M., 1999, piano), student <strong>of</strong> Paul Schenly, Anne<br />
Epperson and Chengzong Yin; and Per Tengstrand, winner <strong>of</strong> the 1997 <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
International Piano Competition, plan to marry in <strong>Mar</strong>ch. They met at CIM when<br />
they were practicing in the same corridor. Mr. Tengstrand was visiting for the<br />
Piano Competition and Ms. Sun was a graduate student. They became the<br />
Tengstrand-Sun Duo in January 2002.<br />
The Merling Trio, Ensemble-in-Residence at the School <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Music</strong>, Western Michigan University, includes Susan<br />
Wiersma Uchimura, piano (B.M., 1985, theory); Renata<br />
Artman Knific, violin (A.D., 1982, violin); and Bruce<br />
Uchimura, cello (A.D., 1983, M.M., 1983, cello). The Trio<br />
also serves as faculty members at ENCORE School for<br />
Strings. Their new recording, featuring works by<br />
Piazzolla and Proto, will be released by Centaur Records<br />
in the spring. Tom Knific (B.M., 1982, double bass) will<br />
perform with the Trio in Iowa; Hart and Grayling,<br />
Michigan; and Reno, Nevada during the current season.<br />
The Merling Trio The Kashii Quartet, a student quartet comprised <strong>of</strong><br />
violinists Nathan Olson, student <strong>of</strong> William Preucil, and<br />
Aaron Requiro, student <strong>of</strong> David Updegraff; violist<br />
Jessica Oudin, student <strong>of</strong> Jeffrey Irvine; and cellist<br />
David Requiro, student <strong>of</strong> Richard Aaron, has been<br />
invited to participate in the <strong>2005</strong> International Chamber<br />
<strong>Music</strong> Workshop at <strong>Music</strong>@Menlo, a summer festival and<br />
concert series directed by pianist Wu Han and David<br />
Finckel, cellist <strong>of</strong> the Emerson String Quartet. The Kashii<br />
Quartet will receive coachings from the Emerson,<br />
Borromeo, St. Lawrence, Miami and Miró Quartets,<br />
among others, and will be featured in several performances<br />
throughout the San Francisco area. The program<br />
The Kashii Quartet<br />
<strong>of</strong>fers a three-week immersion in the chamber works <strong>of</strong><br />
Beethoven. Ten gifted and highly motivated musicians were chosen by international<br />
audition to work on a daily basis with the festival’s renowned artist faculty<br />
in an intensive exploration <strong>of</strong> the Beethoven string quartets, piano trios, and<br />
sonatas for violin, cello, and piano, as well as works by Brahms, Schumann, and<br />
composers <strong>of</strong> the 20th century. Additionally, the Quartet has been invited to serve<br />
as the ensemble-in-residence at the <strong>2005</strong> Innsbrook <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>Music</strong> Festival from<br />
June 3-12, where they will be teaching as well as performing.<br />
The Miró Quartet accepts the <strong>Cleveland</strong><br />
Quartet Award<br />
The Miró Quartet received the <strong>2005</strong><br />
<strong>Cleveland</strong> Quartet Award, a biennial<br />
honor conferred by Chamber <strong>Music</strong><br />
America to identify, honor and promote<br />
a rising young quartet. Quartet members<br />
are Joshua Gindele, cello; John<br />
Largess, viola; Sandy Yamamoto<br />
(B.M., 1996, M.M., 1998, violin), student<br />
<strong>of</strong> Donald Weilerstein and David<br />
Cerone; and Daniel Ching (M.M., 1998,<br />
violin), student <strong>of</strong> Donald Weilerstein.<br />
The CIM New <strong>Music</strong> Ensemble will<br />
present a concert on April15 <strong>of</strong> some<br />
<strong>of</strong> the country’s finest composers. Directed by <strong>Mar</strong>garet Brouwer and conducted<br />
by composition graduate assistant Gilbert Galindo, the following works will be<br />
performed: Light for soprano, harpsichord, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and percussion<br />
by <strong>Mar</strong>garet Brouwer, featuring soloist <strong>Mar</strong>y Mackenzie, student <strong>of</strong> Beverley<br />
Rinaldi; Soul for string quartet and pipa player by Zhou Long; Chamber Symphony<br />
for chamber orchestra by John Adams and Ritual Incantations for cello and chamber<br />
orchestra by Augusta Read Thomas, featuring cellist Michael DeBruyn,<br />
student <strong>of</strong> Richard Aaron. Zhou Long, who was in residence at CIM during the fall<br />
semester, returns for the concert. He will present a Symposium on Saturday, April<br />
16 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. that will be open to the public. He will also conduct<br />
master classes with CIM student composers. Joining the New <strong>Music</strong> Ensemble for<br />
this concert will be well-known pipa player, New Yorker Min Xiao-fen, for Zhou<br />
Long’s Soul and CIM harpsichordist Janina Ceaser for Brouwer’s Light.<br />
Two Decades<br />
<strong>of</strong> Excellence<br />
The Cavani String Quartet recently<br />
celebrated its 20th anniversary. In<br />
case you weren’t aware, Cavani has<br />
been the Quartet-in-Residence at<br />
CIM since 1988. Members (below, left<br />
to right) <strong>Mar</strong>i Sato (violin), Annie<br />
Fullard (violin), Merry Peckham<br />
(cello) and Kirsten Docter (viola)<br />
are familiar faces around campus,<br />
but they are also known around<br />
the world.<br />
Formed in<br />
1984, the<br />
Cavani String<br />
Quartet is<br />
named after<br />
19th century<br />
violin makers<br />
Giovanni and<br />
Vincenzo<br />
Cavani.<br />
During their<br />
residency at CIM, the group has<br />
developed the Apprentice Quartet<br />
Program, Intensive Quartet Seminar<br />
and New Quartet Project for students<br />
devoted to the serious study <strong>of</strong><br />
chamber music. Students from these<br />
programs have gone on to successful<br />
careers as members <strong>of</strong> the Maia,<br />
Biava, Miró, Cypress and Fry Street<br />
Quartets and have been top prize<br />
winners in the Coleman, Fisch<strong>of</strong>f,<br />
Banff and Naumburg Competitions.<br />
The Cavani String Quartet has also<br />
participated as visiting artists at<br />
Interlochen Arts Camp, Madeline<br />
Island <strong>Music</strong> Festival, Kneisel Hall,<br />
Yale Summer School <strong>of</strong> <strong>Music</strong> and Art<br />
at Norfolk, Britt Arts Training Program<br />
and Allegheny Summer <strong>Music</strong><br />
Festival, Perlman <strong>Music</strong> Program and<br />
ENCORE School for Strings. They<br />
have performed at the Carnegie Hall<br />
Centennial Series and Alice Tully Hall<br />
in New York, the Corcoran Gallery <strong>of</strong><br />
Art and Kennedy Center in Washington,<br />
D.C., the Ambassador Series in<br />
Los Angeles, Muziekcentrum De<br />
Ijsbreker in Amsterdam, and Festival<br />
de L’Epau in France, to name a few.<br />
The Quartet has been described by<br />
The Washington Post as “completely<br />
engrossing, powerful and elegant.”<br />
The Quartet’s members have been<br />
featured on National Public Radio’s<br />
“Performance Today” and seen on<br />
NBC, CBS, ABC and PBS television.<br />
Collaborations with distinguished<br />
artists include Itzhak Perlman,<br />
Michela Petri, Anton Nel, Benita<br />
Valente and members <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Juilliard, <strong>Cleveland</strong> and Emerson<br />
String Quartets.