Past Season 2005 - 2006
Thirteenth Season
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| 2005 - 2006 Season; Friday/Saturday Series ~ 8:00 p.m. |
Saturday,
September 24 |
The Avalon String Quartet, "one of the most exciting young string quartets in America" (The Washington Post), performing Haydn, Debussy, and Fung. |
Friday,
October 21 |
Grand Prize Winner of the Fischoff International Competition.
Lloyd-Carr Harris String Quartet
McGill University, Quebec, Canada.
Haydn's Quartet No.41, the `Quinten` will be performed as well as Hugo Wolf's Italian Serenade in G Major and Beethoven's the `Razumovsky'.
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Saturday,
November 19 |
The Maia String Quartet, with John Bruce Yeh, guest clarinetist, featuring works by Brahms, Haydn, and a quintet premiere by Vivian Fung commissioned by Music in the Loft. This concert is dedicated to the memory of Ted Shen. |
Friday,
January 20 |
Nuiko Wadden, harp, winner of the 2005 Minnesota Orchestra (WAMSO) Competition, playing Britten and a MITL-commissioned Pierre Jalbert premiere, and Takemitsu and Ibert with Claire Chase, flute. |
Friday,
March 3 |
Young Award Winners Concert with Conrad Tao, prodigy, piano, violin, and composer, performing Bach, Schumann, Kabalevsky, and Debussy, and with Gabriel Cabezas, cello,
playing Tao’s Cello
Sonata. |
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| 2005 - 2006 Season; Sunday Series ~ 3:00 p.m. |
| September 25 |
The Avalon String Quartet, "one of the most exciting young string quartets in America" (The Washington Post), performing Haydn, Debussy, and Fung. |
| October 23 |
Chu-fang Huang,
Pianist, Chu-Fang Huang, recent winner of the Cleveland Piano Competition and a finalist in the Van Cliburn Competition will perform Haydn's sonata in E Major, Four Scarlatti sonatas, Ravel La Valse, Vivian Fung's toccata and Liszt sonata in B. |
| November 20 |
The Maia String Quartet, with John Bruce Yeh, guest clarinetist, featuring works by Brahms, Haydn, and a quintet premiere by Vivian Fung commissioned by Music in the Loft. This concert is dedicated to the memory of Ted Shen. |
| January 22* |
Nuiko Wadden, harp, winner of the 2005 Minnesota Orchestra (WAMSO) Competition, playing Britten and a MITL- commissioned Pierre Jalbert premiere, and Takemitsu and Ibert with Claire Chase, flute.
*At Lyon & Healy Hall
168 N. Ogden (Ogden & Lake) (map) |
| March 5 |
Young Award Winners Concert with Conrad Tao, prodigy, piano, violin, and composer, performing Bach, Schumann, Kabalevsky, and Debussy, and with Gabriel Cabezas, cello, |
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“Music in the Loft is an invaluable chamber series doing much
to advance the careers of important young musicians.”
~ John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune |
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| The Avalon String Quartet |
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| Lloyd-Carr Harris String Quartet |
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2005 Grand Prize Winner of the
Fischoff International Competition
October 21 (Fri)
Lloyd-Carr Harris String Quartet
Emmanuel Vukovich, violin, Aya Ito, violin, Frederic Lambert, viola, Christian Elliott, cello
Program:
Haydn
- Quartet No.41 Op.76, No.2. the `Quinten`
Allegro
Andante, o piu tosto Allegretto
Minuet and trio
Vivace assai Wolf -
Italian Seranade in G Major
INTERMISSION
Beethoven
- Op.59 No.2 the `Razumovsky`
Allegro
Molto Adagio
Allegretto
Presto
First Canadian Ensemble to win Grand Prize at prestigious event . (a news release, PDF file). .
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| Chu-fang Huang, piano |
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Chu-fang Huang, piano
October 23 (Sun)
Program:
Haydn's sonata in E Major,
Four Scarlatti sonatas,
Ravel La Valse,
Vivian Fung's toccata
Liszt sonata in B.
Chu-Fang Huang won the grand prize
at the Cleveland International Piano Competition on August 7, 2005.
This is one of the top competitions, and her win carries prizes totaling $54,000.
She was also one of 6 finalists in the recent Van Cliburn competition.
Her bio and list of her performance program for the Competition (PDF file).
Bio and photo at website:
http://www.music.sc.edu/EventsWorkshops/sepf/huang.html |
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Maia Quartet and John Bruce Yeh, clarinet
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The Maia String Quartet, with John Bruce Yeh, guest clarinetist, featuring works by Brahms, Haydn, and a quintet premiere by Vivian Fung commissioned by Music in the Loft. |
The faculty Quartet-in-Residence
at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City
more information on Maia Quartet and Members
November 19 (Sat) and 20 (Sun), 2005
These concerts are dedicated to the memory of Ted Shen. |
John Bruce Yeh, clarinet
November 19 (Sat) and 20 (Sun)
Bio website: CSO Musicians |
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Nuiko Wadden, harp and Claire Chase, flute |
Jan 20 (Friday) concert at the Music in the Loft.
Jan 22 (Sunday) concert at the Lyon & Healy Hall.
168 N. Ogden (Ogden & Lake). map
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Claire Chase, flute
January 20 (Fri) and 22 (Sun)
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| Conrad Tao, piano, violin & composer and Gabriel Cabezas, cello |
| These special young artists will perform works by Bach, Schumann, Kabalevsky, and Debussy, as well as Tao’s very own Cello Sonata. |
Young Award Winner
Conrad Tao, piano, violin & composer
March 3 (Fri) and 5 (Sun)
Website: www.conradtao.com
An award-winning pianist, violinist and composer, Conrad Tao gave his first public recital at age four and hasn’t slowed down since. With performances at the World Piano Pedagogy Conference and the Aspen
Music Festival under his belt, today Tao is enrolled in Julliard’s pre-college division, where he studies both piano and violin.
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Young Award Winner
Gabriel Cabezas, cello
March 3 (Fri) and 5 (Sun)
Cellist Gabriel Cabezas’ accomplishments suggest the talent of someone twice his age. A member of the BAM Quartet, which won the bronze medal in the Junior Division of the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, Cabezas has performed with the Midwest Young Artists Symphony Orchestra and recently won the Walgreens National Concerto Competition. He is also the Jr. Winner of this year's Sphinx competition.
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