MASTER CLASS WITH ANI KAVAFIAN, VIOLIN SEASON. MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 2018 AT 11:00 Daniel and Joanna S.

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1 MASTER CLASS WITH ANI KAVAFIAN, VIOLIN MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 2018 AT 11:00 Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio SEASON

2 The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, 10th Floor New York, NY The Chamber Music Society s education and outreach programs are made possible, in part, with support from The Achelis and Bodman Foundation, the AE Charitable Foundation, Colburn Foundation, Consolidated Edison Company, Eugene and Emily Grant Family Foundation, The Jerome L. Greene Foundation, Hearst Fund, The Frank and Helen Hermann Foundation, Alice Ilchman Fund, the Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Fund, Tiger Baron Foundation, and The Helen F. Whitaker Fund. Public funds are provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

3 MASTER CLASS WITH ANI KAVAFIAN MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 2018 AT 11:00 Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio ANI KAVAFIAN, violin FELIX MENDELSSOHN ( ) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ( ) ROBERT SCHUMANN ( ) Quartet No. 2 in A minor for Strings, Op. 13 (1827) CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC ZORÁ STRING QUARTET (DECHOPOL KOWINTAWEEWAT, HSUAN-HAO HSU, VIOLIN; PABLO MUÑOZ SALIDO, VIOLA; ZIZAI NING, CELLO) Sonata in G major for Violin and Piano, Op. 96 (1812) STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY YEZU WOO, VIOLIN; TOMOKI PARK, PIANO Quintet in E-flat major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 44 (1842) THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL MACKENZIE MELEMED, PIANO; ANSONIA STRING QUARTET (BYUNGCHAN LEE, SUMIRE HIROTSURU, VIOLIN; MEAGAN TURNER, VIOLA; ISABEL KWON, CELLO) Ani Kavafian will perform in The Alluring Music of César Franck this Friday, February 9, 7:30 PM at Alice Tully Hall. PLEASE TURN OFF CELL PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES. This morning s event is being streamed live at Photographing, sound recording, or videotaping this event is prohibited.

4 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ANI KAVAFIAN Violinist Ani Kavafian continues to enjoy a busy career as a chamber musician, soloist, and teacher. A full professor at Yale, she has taught at the Mannes and Manhattan schools of music, Queens College, McGill, and Stony Brook universities. As a soloist, she has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia and Cleveland orchestras, and the Los Angeles and Saint Paul chamber orchestras. With her sister, Ida, she performs around the country in recitals. This past year, the duo performed in Armenia with the Armenian Philharmonic. For over 25 years, she was co-artistic director of the Mostly Music series in New Jersey. She has performed with the Chamber Music Society since 1972 and continues to tour the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia with CMS. Ms. Kavafian was a 1979 recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize, and has appeared at the White House on three occasions. She was a winner of the Young Concert Artist International auditions and now serves as president of its Alumni Association. Her recordings include Bach's six sonatas with Kenneth Cooper on the Kleos Classics label, Mozart sonatas with pianist Jorge Federico Osorio on the Artek label, and Todd Machover's concerto Forever and Ever with the Boston Modern Orchestra. Ms. Kavafian has been a guest concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony and The New Haven Symphony Orchestra, with which she has been a frequent soloist. Her instrument is the 1736 Muir-McKenzie Stradivarius. SUMIRE HIROTSURU Since she made a debut performance with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble in 2015, Sumire Hirotsuru has often been invited back to join their performances including an appearance with the Parker Quartet at Harvard ARTS FIRST Festival, UNICEF Children s Champion Award Ceremony, HUBweek Boston, and more. She was one of the four top winners of the IBLA Grand Prize International Music Competition in Italy, from which she was awarded a recital tour in the U.S. including a performance in Carnegie Hall. A frequent prize-winner, she has concertized throughout Japan, including festival concerts for Music Festival Argerich s Meeting Point in Beppu. In 2012, she co-founded an annual educational program for Japanese schoolchildren, Summer in JAPAN, in her hometown Oita, Japan, and has provided nearly a thousand students with intensive English workshops and a concert series in the past five years. Ms. Hirotsuru earned a B.A. from Harvard University in 2016 where she studied Music and Global Health and Health Policy. She is currently pursuing the Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School under Masao Kawasaki, and has served as a co-concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra. Her string quartet, Ansonia Quartet, has been selected as a part of the Honors Chamber Music Program and Gluck Community Service Fellowship at Juilliard, and finished its first Japan tour in 2017 with a successful crowdfunding campaign.

5 ISABEL KWON Korean American cellist Isabel Kwon grew up in Okemos, Michigan. She began studying cello at the age of six under Suzuki Pedagogue Marylin Kesler and quickly developed a passion for music. She completed her undergraduate degree in cello performance with Honors at the University of Michigan where she was awarded a full scholarship to study with Richard Aaron. A passionate collaborator, she has appeared at Kneisel Hall, the Sarasota Music Festival, the Chautauqua Institute, the New York String Orchestra Seminar, and at the Aspen Music Festival and School where she was awarded a fellowship. As a soloist, she has performed with Lansing Symphony, Toledo Symphony, and Central Michigan Alumni Orchestra. She has also performed in master classes for Amir Eldan, Frans Helmerson, Eric Kim, Amit Peled, Brinton Smith, members of the Pacifica and Calidore Quartets. With a keen interest in genres outside of classical music, she has also delved into tango music and attended Stowe Tango Festival. Currently, Ms. Kwon is pursuing her Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School and serving as a co-principal cellist of The Juilliard Orchestra. She currently studies with Timothy Eddy and is honored to be a recipient of the Miriam Malach and Argryll Campell Rice & Argryll Pryor Rice Scholarships. BYUNGCHAN LEE A native of Vancouver, violinist Byungchan Lee made his concerto debut at age 12. Since then he was a prizewinner at the Yuri Yankelevitch International Violin Competition, and has appeared as concerto soloist with the McGill and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras. He has recorded twice for CBC/ Radio-Canada and performed a solo recital at the Canadian Opera Company. Mr. Lee had the honor of serving as concertmaster of the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games closing ceremony, and also as a violinist with Stevie Wonder at the Bell Centre in Montreal. He has also served as concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra, McGill Symphony Orchestra, and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Mr. Lee has attended the McGill International String Quartet Academy during which he worked with some of the legendary string quartet musicians of our time, including members of the Alban Berg, Cleveland, and Guarneri Quartets. Recipient of the 2014 Golden Violin Award and the Lloyd Carr-Harris Scholarship, he obtained his Bachelor of Music and Artist Diploma from McGill University. He is pursuing his Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School with Masao Kawasaki. He performs on the 1768 Miller Januarius Gagliano, on loan from the Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank. He gratefully acknowledges the support of the British Columbia Arts Council, the Sylva Gelber Foundation, and the Vancouver Korean-Canadian Scholarship Foundation. MACKENZIE MELEMED Mackenzie Melemed began formal training in 2005 and within a year, he won the grand prize at the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition, resulting in his debut performance at Carnegie s Weill Recital The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

6 Hall. One year earlier, he gave a concert for President George W. Bush and subsequently five appearances at The White House. His success at the 2008 Music Worcester Young Artists Competition earned him the support of local donors, allowing him to enroll at Bancroft School, a private K-12 school in Worcester, MA. He won the 5th Prize at the 2012 Gina Bachauer International Young Artists Piano Competition in Utah, and the following year he was invited to give a recital tour of the Czech Republic. An extended layover in Helsinki piqued his interest in one of the most difficult languages, Finnish. After Mr. Melemed was accepted to The Juilliard School, he began studying Finnish at Columbia University, achieving near fluency three years later. He recently won the 1st Prize and Chamber Music Prize at the 4th Maj Lind International Piano Competition in Helsinki. Accepted into The Juilliard School s prestigious accelerated five-year-dual-degree program, he received his Bachelor of Music degree and is completing his Master of Music degree. He studies with Robert McDonald, and has been honored to work with distinguished artists, such as Emanuel Ax, Vladimir Feltsman, Stephen Hough, Robert Levin, Susan Starr, and Nelita True, among others. MEAGAN TURNER Toronto-native Meagan Turner remains in high demand as a soloist, chamber player, and orchestral musician. A passionate chamber player, she is the two-time recipient of the Felix Galimir Award for Excellence in Chamber Music and has collaborated with members of the Dover, New Orford, and Parker Quartets. She is the founding violist of the New-York based Ansonia String Quartet; the group has performed in venues throughout Canada, the United States, and Japan, and recently performed a world premiere in New York City. Ms. Turner has appeared at the Toronto Summer Music Festival, the St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar, the Luminato Festival, and at the Orford Arts Center as a chamber music fellow, and also served as viola fellow in the Canadian Opera Company Academy (2016). As an orchestral musician, she has acted as principal violist of the New York String Orchestra Seminar, the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, and the Tanglewood Music Centre Orchestra. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto under the tutelage of Erika Raum and Eric Nowlin, and is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School as a scholarship student (Felix Galimir Scholarship and Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship) of Samuel Rhodes. YEZU WOO & TOMOKI PARK Violinist Yezu Woo and pianist Tomoki Park began their collaboration when they met as students at Bard College Conservatory of Music. They were coached by their respective teachers, Laurie Smukler and Peter Serkin, and received further instructions from Shmuel Ashkenasi, Ani Kavafian, and members of the Shanghai and Guarneri Quartets. In 2016, the Duo was a finalist at the Boulder International Chamber Music Competition "Art of Duo" and have since performed recitals across the United States, Europe, and Korea. Their recent performances include recitals in Berlin, Verona, and Chunchen, as part of the Korean chamber music festival "New York in Chuncheon." Their programming incorporates music from Bach and Mozart

7 to 20th and 21st century repertory, including Webern, Berio, Isang Yun, Takemitsu, and Yuji Takahashi. Ms. Woo is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music, The Juilliard School, Bard College Conservatory of Music, and is currently a doctoral degree candidate at Stony Brook University. Mr. Park is a graduate of the University of Arts, Berlin, and is pursuing a graduate certificate at Bard College Conservatory of Music. ZORÁ STRING QUARTET The Zorá String Quartet came to national attention in 2015, after capturing the Grand Prize and Gold Medal of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and First Prize in the Coleman National Chamber Music and Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Since then, the quartet has been named Quartet-in-Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music and gave its New York and Washington, DC debuts in the Young Concert Artists Series to critical acclaim. It recently gave debuts in Boston at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and in London at Wigmore Hall, and performed at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Northwest, the Banff Centre in Canada, and the Verbier Academy in Switzerland. The Zorá String Quartet has collaborated with Pulitzer-Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, cellist Peter Wiley, clarinetist David Shifrin, and violist Roberto Díaz, and has worked extensively with the Takács Quartet, the Pacifica Quartet, and the American String Quartet. The Zorá String Quartet aspires to educate individual students, serve as mentors for collegiate-level string players, and initiate outreach projects to introduce new audiences to chamber music. The Quartet s members earned prestigious Chamber Music Performer s Diplomas from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where they served as graduate quartet-in-residence under the tutelage of the Pacifica Quartet and Atar Arad. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

8 FEBRUARY IS PLANNED GIVING MONTH AT CMS If the Chamber Music Society has played a part in your past...play a part in its future. Please remember to include CMS in your estate planning and become a member of the Alice Tully Circle. For more information, call the Planned Giving office at UPCOMING EVENTS AT CMS INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 6:30 PM DANIEL & JOANNA S. ROSE STUDIO Lecture on Brahms's String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 67. This event will be streamed live at THE ALLURING MUSIC OF CÉSAR FRANCK FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 7:30 PM ALICE TULLY HALL Acclaimed as "the French Brahms," César Franck composed works of profound depth and unforgettable impact. WANDERLUST SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 5:00 PM ALICE TULLY HALL In a single program, music transports us from the brilliant sun of Turina's Spain to the majestic fjords of Grieg's Norway, ending in the lush forests of Dvořák's Bohemia.