Olivier Fluchaire Eduard Zilberkant

Olivier Fluchaire
Violin Soloist
French-born violinist Olivier Fluchaire won his first
international competition at the age of 11. Two years later, upon receiving his Premier
Prix from the Grenoble Conservatory, he entered London’s prestigious Yehudi Menuhin
School. At the Menuhin School, he had the privilege of studying with Lord Menuhin
himself and in 1991, performed J.S. Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins with Maestro
Menuhin at the Montpellier Opera House, France. By the time he arrived in America in
1992, he had already concertized in Austria, England, France, Belgium, Lithuania and
Russia.
Mr. Fluchaire gave his New York recital debut in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2001 as
winner of the Artists International Competition. Following engagements with the French
Philharmonia Orchestra, he has performed chamber music concerts alongside members
of the Guarneri, American, and Emerson string quartets, as well as Martin Canin,
Nina Beilina, Mark Peskanov and Anthony McGill and is a founding member of the New
York String Quartet.
Olivier Fluchaire studied with Daniel Phillips, Patinka Kopec, Lord Yehudi Menuhin,
Guen En Shen and Jacques Ghesthem. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s
degrees on a merit scholarship at the Manhattan School of Music and is currently a
doctoral candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center, as a recipient of a New York Times
Fellowship. Olivier Fluchaire serves on the violin and chamber music faculty at Hunter
College and the College of Staten Island, City University of New York.
Eduard Zilberkant
Music Director and Conductor
Recognized as one of today’s most gifted artists, and enjoying
an active career as both pianist and conductor, Russian born
Eduard Zilberkant has been received enthusiastically by audiences
and press alike throughout Europe and North America.
For the past nine years, Maestro Zilberkant has been the Music
Director and conductor of the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra
and the Arctic Chamber Orchestra and has collaborated with
such artists as, Midori, Fabio Bidini, Jerome Rose, Erez Ofer,
and Andras Diaz. He is an annual guest artist at the International Keyboard Institute and
Festival in New York City and has conducted orchestras throughout Europe as well as
North America.
He is a President’s Professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks where he also serves
as Head of the Music Department, Head of Piano and Keyboard Studies, as well as Music
Director and Conductor of the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra and the Arctic Chamber
Orchestra.

ARCTIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Eduard Zilberkant, Music Director
VIOLIN I
Kathleen Butler-Hopkins *
Concertmaster
John Aspnes
Co - Concertmaster
Gail Johansen
Co - Concertmaster
Hailey Baksis
Dori Olsen
Will Quintal
Eva Tillitt
VIOLIN II
Sheryl Frey
Principal
Sunnifa Deehr
Franz Felkl
Kendra Frey
Arielle Stadig
VIOLA
Maureen Heflinger
Principal
Glenn Johnson
Nancy Morgan
Katrina Nore
Crystal Spontak
CELLO
Karl Knapp
Principal
Larissa Cochran
Helena Buurman
BASS
Bob Olsen
Principal
Vincent Cee
FLUTE
Dorli McWayne
Principal
Bobbi Janiro
OBOE
Candy Rydlinski
Principal
Elika Roohi
CLARINETS
Stuart Hudson
Principal
April Jaillet
BASSOON
George Rydlinski
Principal
Gina M. Gucker
HORN
Jane Aspnes
Principal
Laura Bergh
TRUMPET
James Kowalsky
Hannah Johnston
STAGE CREW
April Jaillet - Manager
Franz Felkl
LIBRARIAN
James Spontak
Note: Section members
listed alphabetically
* on temporary leave
Established in 1970, the Arctic Chamber Orchestra is the touring arm of the
Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra. It has toured to remote regions of Alaska and
Canada presenting symphonic music in locations which might not ever have an
opportunity to hear and experience a live orchestra in concert.
This performance is made possible by grants from the Alaska State Council on
the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and ConocoPhillips.
Special thanks to: The Valdez Arts Council,
THE FAIRBANKS SYMPHONY
in partnership with
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS
presents the
ARCTIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
EDUARD ZILBERKANT, Music Director
This concert is generously sponsored by ConocoPhillips
EDUARD ZILBERKANT, conductor
OLIVIER FLUCHAIRE, violin
MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
MENDELSSOHN Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64
1. Allegro molto appassionato
2. Andante
3. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto
I n t e r m i s s i o n
RESPIGHI Gli Uccelli (The Birds)
DEBUSSY Petite Suite
1. En Bateau
2. Cortège
3. Menuet
4. Ballet
1. Prelude
2. La colomba (The dove)
3. La gallina (The hen)
4. L’usingnuolo (The nightingale)
5. Il cucù (The cuckoo)
Conversations, cell phones, and candy wrappers are distracting to your fellow
audience members. Please be considerate. The use of cameras or recording devices
during the performance is strictly prohibited without the prior approval from
the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra.