Sunday, March 9, 2008 ~ 3:00pm |
This concert sponsored
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Willy Sucre and Friends, The Matisse Piano Trio |
Katie Wolfe on violin, Anthony Arnone on cello, andKsenia Nosikova on piano |
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Called a pianist of "impressive musicianship" and "refined sensibility and exquisite pianism, fascinating to watch and hear" by the Boston Globe and New York Concert Reviews, Ksenia Nosikova has performed extensively as a solo pianist and chamber musician in Europe, Russia, and both Americas. In the United States she appeared at different concert venues including Merkin Hall, Jordan Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Dame Myra Hess concert series in Chicago, Los Angeles Museum of Arts concert series, and at over 50 American universities guest artist series. She has been invited to perform in various international and national festivals including those in Rimini (Italy), Munster (France), and Rovin (Yugoslavia), as well as the Aspen and Sarasota Music Festivals in the United States. The press has praised her performances as being "... brilliant, full of grace and the most astonishing precision...." (Dernieres Nouvilles D'Alsace), and "...musically very poetic ...full of light, warmth, and joy..." (Madison Music Review).
Ksenia Nosikova is a graduate of Moscow Conservatory, where she received her Undergraduate and Masters' (with highest honors) degrees. She earned her Doctoral degree from the University of Colorado. Presently, Ksenia Nosikova is an associate professor of piano at The University of Iowa, where she devotedly teaches an international studio of graduate and undergraduate students. Her students have been successful in obtaining college teaching jobs, winning international, regional, and state piano competitions, and performing on national and state radio broadcasts, such as the From the Top (Boston) and Know the Score (Iowa City). Since joining The University of Iowa faculty in 1998, she has presented over 40 master classes in the U.S. and abroad. The winner of three international competitions, she served the Ibla Grand Prize International Competition (Italy), several American young artists' competitions, and MTNA auditions as a jury member.
Wolfe received a B.M. in violin performance from Indiana University, where she was a student of Miriam Fried. She coached chamber music with Rostislav Dubinsky and Janos Starker, among others. She continued her studies earning a M.M. in violin performance from the Manhattan School of Music (MSM), studying violin with Sylvia Rosenberg. After graduating from MSM, Wolfe received the prestigious Fulbright Lecture Award to teach and perform in Bolivia. She formed a string quartet which performed educational and public concerts throughout the country, taught at the National Conservatory, and served as Associate Concertmaster of the National Symphony of Bolivia for one season. Prior to teaching in Iowa, Wolfe taught violin, viola and chamber music at Oklahoma State University for five years, as well as serving as Associate Concertmaster of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and performed frequent solo and chamber music concerts throughout the state. As a chamber musician, Wolfe has performed with Miriam Fried, James Campbell, Atar Arad, as a guest violinist with the Maia and Harrington String Quartets, and with many other incredible musicians. She considers herself fortunate to have worked with some of the greatest artist in the world in festivals, master classes and seminars, such as with members of the Juilliard, Guarneri, Mendelssohn, and Vermeer Quartets, Eugene Lehner, Gil Kalish, Charles Castleman, Renato Bonancini, and many others. Broadening her experiences and musical career as a freelance artist in New York City, Katie has performed and toured with groups such as Jupiter Symphony, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, the S.E.M. Ensemble, City Island Baroque Ensemble, in Broadway pit orchestras, and with many other ensembles. Cellist Anthony Arnone is an active soloist,
chamber musician, conductor and teacher throughout the country and around
the world. Arnone is currently the assistant professor of cello at The University of Iowa School of Music. He is on the faculty of the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he teaches, conducts, and performs chamber and orchestral music during the summers. He is also on the faculty of the Preucil School of Music in Iowa City, where he conducts the Preucil School String Orchestra. An active clinician as well, Arnone has given master classes throughout the country. Classes in spring of 2007 will include Cleveland Institute of Music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and the University of Missouri, St. Louis. As a cello soloist and chamber musician, Arnone was a founding member of the Meridien Trio and the Sedgewick String Quartet, which performed regularly at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston. More recently, he has been part of the Matisse Trio, faculty trio at the University of Iowa. The Matisse Trio has played throughout the United States and at international conferences. Arnone also has performed as soloist with orchestras including the Newton/Mid-Kansas Symphony, Madison Symphony, and the Wichita State University Orchestra, and regularly performs solo and chamber music recitals around the country. A native of Honolulu, Arnone received his bachelor of music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music where he studied with Colin Carr. He left graduate studies with Bonnie Hampton at the San Francisco Conservatory to accept a position with the Orchestré Philharmonique de Nice, France, where he remained for 2 years, continuing his studies with Paul and Maude Tortelier. He later returned to the United States to complete his master's degree in conducting at Wichita State University. In addition to the Orchestré Philharmonique de Nice, Arnone was the principal cellist of the Madison Symphony in Wisconsin. He was also a member of the New World Symphony and the Wichita Symphony, as well as co-principal cello in the Spoleto Festival Orchestra in Charleston, South Carolina and the Festival dei due Mondi in Italy. Before coming to The University of Iowa, Arnone was professor of cello and conducting at Ripon College in Ripon, WI, in addition to being principal cellist of the Madison Symphony. Arnone and his wife, Hannah Holman, started the Iowa Cello Society in 2002, and have had yearly "Cello Daze" weekends with such prominent guests as Colin Carr, Bonnie Hampton, Richard Aaron, and Tanya Carey. In the fall of 2007, Hans Jorgen Jensen will be special guest.
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The program: |
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Quartet
No.1 for Piano & Strings a new piece by Placitas resident John T. Bullock I.
Allegro ma non troppo con ritmo II.
Allegretto elegante III. Finale: Dolce; Vivace con energia
Then Bullock
discovered Beethoven! Captivated by classical forms, he turned to the
composition of serious music. He studied counterpoint, harmony,
orchestration, and general composition with Carlo Lombardi and Sy Shaffer.
From that experience he composed a sonata for clarinet and piano, a
quartet for saxophones, and a symphony for chamber orchestra. When he
became aware of the various international flavors of music, he began to
collect recordings of many musical cultures from around the world. If one
listens closely, one can hear the foreign influences in his works.
His first two string quartets were performed by Willy Sucre & Friends in the
Placitas Artists Series, the first in 2001 and the second in 2005.
This performance will be the world premiere of his first piano
quartet. Bullock
collaborated with poet/singer Eladia Luna and composer Marni Elci on a set
of Spanish-language popular songs with a classical quality. Besides being
the arranger of the songs, Bullock produced the studio recording and
played guitar, bass and synthesizers on the album.
He has also composed and arranged music for the vocal group Musica
Romantica and performs regularly with his band “Cheap and Easy” which
plays popular music from the 30’s to the 90’s.
Click here to visit his website
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Piano Trio in G Major I. Andante II. Poco adagio. Cantabile
(E major) III. Rondo all'Ongarese:
presto Haydn was born on March 31, 1732 in the small village of Rahrau, Austria and died on May 31, 1809 in Vienna. In 1795 Haydn was completing the second of his two extended visits to London. During his stay there he returned to the piano trio and wrote a number of them during 1795. Easily the best known of Haydn’s trios is the Trio in G Major, subtitled ‘Gypsy Rondo’ because of its finale, ‘Rondo in the Hungarian (i.e. Gypsy) Style’. Earlier in his career, Haydn had regarded the piano trio as essentially an entertainment form, something intended as amiable background music or as music for amateurs, where the piano dominated. The composer even referred to them as Sonatas for pianoforte with accompaniment for violin and violoncello. This trio is interesting in that, whilst it is cast in the standard three movements, none quite conforms to expectations. I N T E R M IS S I O N
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Piano
Quartet in G Minor
by Johannes Brahms I.
Allegro Brahms was born May 7, 1833 in Hamburg and died April 3, 1897 in Vienna. Of the three Brahms quartets for piano and strings, the energetic G minor is probably the most popular of all. Begun in 1856 or 1857, it received its first run-through performance in 1861 with Clara Schumann as pianist; the official premiere was in Vienna on November 16, 1862, played by Brahms and members of the Hellmesberger quartet. It marked Brahms’s first appearance in Vienna, and the great enthusiasm aroused at the concert led Joseph Hellmesberger, leader of the quartet, to hail him with the ringing words: “This is Beethoven’s heir!” The Viennese public, too, quickly accepted the handsome young Brahms as one of the outstanding composers of the time. |
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Time, date, and program subject to change. |
Among her recordings are 3 solo piano compact discs of The
Years of Pilgrimage by Franz Liszt released by Centaur Records, Inc. to
critical acclaim. "...Ksenia Nosikova proves to be a worthy contender
on every level, as her stylish, intelligent, and technically rock-solid
artistry bears out..." ClassicsToday. And to quote the American
Record Guide "...Her Polonaise Melancolique is indeed
revelatory...extraordinary elasticity of rhythm, tasteful rubato, and
above all, spellbinding atmosphere. I don't expect this unusual work
played so remarkably any time soon..." Her most recent release (fall
2006) is a recording of early twentieth-century English music for viola
and piano The Blissful Viola with violist Christine Rutledge on Centaur
Records label. Ksenia Nosikova's collaboration with an American composer
Lera Auerbach led to a world-premiere recording of Auerbach's solo piano
music, which will be released in 2007. Nosikova has been featured on
several live radio and television programs, including WQXR in New York
City, WFMT in Chicago, WGBH in Boston, KMZT in Los Angeles, and Zagreb TV.
Originally
from Minnesota, violinist Katie Wolfe joined the string faculty of
The University of Iowa in 2004. She enjoys a diverse and exciting career
as a soloist, teacher, chamber and orchestral musician on the national and
international stage. She has performed in the United States, Canada, Costa
Rica, Bolivia, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, the Soviet Union, Spain and the
Netherlands.
Born
in 1950 in Brooklyn, NY to a blind piano player and a violinist, John
Thomas Bullock was raised among musicians who played the music of Fats
Waller,