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1 CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL AND INSTITUTE The Sixteenth Season: Creative Capitals July 13 August 4, 2018

WELCOME TO MUSIC@MENLO Dear Friends, A city is the embodiment of a civilized society.

While the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls are indeed natural wonders, great cities are indisputably among the most significant achievements of humankind, works of art in themselves.

2 WELCOME TO Dear Friends, A city is the embodiment of a civilized society. Throughout history, cities have enticed our most brilliant, visionary, and restless souls seeking to pursue artistic destinies in stimulating environments. While the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls are indeed natural wonders, great cities are indisputably among the most significant achievements of humankind, works of art in themselves. This season, seven iconic cities serve as our festival s musical stages: London, Paris, St. Petersburg, Leipzig, Berlin, Budapest, and Vienna. The music that has emanated from these cultural centers largely forms the canon of Western music, comprising an astonishingly diverse repertoire spanning some three hundred years. It is with enormous excitement that we prepare to transport ourselves to these incredible locales, through the music we ll perform, by listening to AudioNotes, and by attending the three Encounters, which will delve deeply into each city s history and culture. The vivid contextual background of our seven cities will bring us inside the composers worlds, providing us with a deeper, more intuitive understanding of their music. Among the coming festival s many highlights are four Carte Blanche Concerts, whose repertoire echoes the season theme; an array of returning favorite performers as well as Music@Menlo debut artists; an innovative new mini-series combining International Program performers and main-stage artists; the festival s first sculptor as this season s Visual Artist; and the exciting announcement of a new incarnation of the Winter Series. All of these newsworthy features are accompanied by the festival s signature components: ear-opening master classes, fascinating Café Conversations, jaw-dropping Prelude Performances, and heartwarming Koret Young Performers Concerts. And then, of course, there are the parties! As our seven cities attracted so many immortal composers, we hope that the very special world of Music@Menlo holds a similar attraction, year after year, for listeners of all ages and backgrounds. The gates of our own inspiring city are always open please come inside! David Finckel and Wu Han Artistic Directors The Martin Family Artistic Directorship 2 subscribe at

Contents Welcome 2 Welcome from the Artistic Directors 4 Festival Introduction Concerts 6 Concert Programs 20 Carte Blanche Concerts 23 Overture Concerts 25 Prelude Performances and Koret Young

3 Contents Welcome 2 Welcome from the Artistic Directors 4 Festival Introduction Concerts 6 Concert Programs 20 Carte Blanche Concerts 23 Overture Concerts 25 Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts 26 Music@Menlo:Focus Festival Calendar Discovery and Engagement 22 Michael Steinberg Encounter Series 23 AudioNotes 23 Music@Menlo LIVE 23 Broadcasting 24 Chamber Music Institute 25 Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts 25 Café Conversations and Master Classes 33 Music@Menlo Patron Travel Artists 5 Artist Roster 27 Visual Artist 27 Artist Biographies Ticket and Patron Information 32 Join Music@Menlo 34 Reserving Your Summer Festival Tickets 34 Summer Festival Subscriber Information 36 The Festival Campus and Performance Venues 37 For Visitors to Our Area 37 Map and Parking 38 Festival Calendar subscribe at

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CREATIVE CAPITALS Time and again, from fourteenth-century Florence to fin-de-siècle Paris and New York during the Harlem Renaissance, Western civilization s greatest artistic triumphs have emerged

5 CREATIVE CAPITALS Time and again, from fourteenth-century Florence to fin-de-siècle Paris and New York during the Harlem Renaissance, Western civilization s greatest artistic triumphs have emerged from the fertile ground of thriving metropolises. Fueled by the exchange of ideas and the incubation of great art, leading artists and innovators have gathered, turning these cities into cultural epicenters. Music@Menlo s 2018 season celebrates seven of Western music s most flourishing creative capitals London, Paris, St. Petersburg, Leipzig, Berlin, Budapest, and Vienna. Many of history s greatest composers have helped to define the spirit of these flagship cities through their music. ARTISTS Piano Michael Brown Gloria Chien Gilbert Kalish Hyeyeon Park Jon Kimura Parker Gilles Vonsattel Wu Han Violin Aaron Boyd Ivan Chan Bella Hristova Paul Huang Alexi Kenney* Kristin Lee Amy Schwartz Moretti* Arnaud Sussmann Wu Jie Angelo Xiang Yu* Viola Roberto Díaz Matthew Lipman Paul Neubauer Richard O Neill Cello Dmitri Atapine Efe Baltacigil* Nicholas Canellakis David Finckel David Requiro* Keith Robinson Bass Scott Pingel Calidore String Quartet Jeffrey Myers, violin Ryan Meehan, violin Jeremy Berry, viola Estelle Choi, cello Woodwinds Demarre McGill, flute Stephanie McNab, flute* Stephen Taylor, oboe Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet Anthony McGill, clarinet Peter Kolkay, bassoon Brass Kevin Rivard, horn Voice Lyubov Petrova, soprano* Sara Couden, contralto Kang Wang, tenor* Encounter Leaders Ara Guzelimian John R. Hale* Michael Parloff *Music@Menlo debut Guest artist-faculty The Monumental Entrance at the Place de la Concorde, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, lithograph. Private collection/the Stapleton Collection/Bridgeman Images subscribe at

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CONCERT PROGRAM I LONDON For some two hundred years following the death of Henry Purcell, England failed to produce a composer of international merit. The German critic Oscar A. H. Schmitz famously derided the nation as Das Land ohne Musik ( The land without music ).

and Mendelssohn to Edvard Grieg who in turn helped make that city one of the Western world s musical capitals.

7 CONCERT PROGRAM I LONDON For some two hundred years following the death of Henry Purcell, England failed to produce a composer of international merit. The German critic Oscar A. H. Schmitz famously derided the nation as Das Land ohne Musik ( The land without music ). But throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, England nevertheless remained fertile creative ground; London in particular attracted many of the continent s greatest composers from Handel and Mendelssohn to Edvard Grieg who in turn helped make that city one of the Western world s musical capitals. Music@Menlo 2018 s opening program celebrates London s cosmopolitan musical energy, juxtaposing these expatriate masters with two fresh voices of English music s early twentieth-century renaissance, Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan Williams. George Frideric Handel ( ) Concerto Grosso in D Major, op. 6, no. 5, HWV 323 (1739) Felix Mendelssohn ( ) Fugue in E-flat Major for String Quartet, op. 81, no. 4 (1827) Ralph Vaughan Williams ( ) Songs of Travel (1901, 1904) Benjamin Britten ( ) Suite for Violin and Piano, op. 6 ( ) Edvard Grieg ( ) Holberg Suite for Strings, op. 40 (1884, arr. 1885) ARTISTS Kang Wang, tenor; Hyeyeon Park, harpsichord; Gloria Chien, Gilbert Kalish, pianos; Paul Huang, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Arnaud Sussmann, Wu Jie, Angelo Xiang Yu, violins; Roberto Díaz, Matthew Lipman, violas; Dmitri Atapine, Efe Baltacigil, David Finckel, cellos; Scott Pingel, bass SATURDAY, JULY 14 6:00 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Tickets: $72/$62 full price; $30/$20 under age thirty Prelude Performance* 3:30 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton * Prelude Performances feature young artists from the Chamber Music Institute. Admission is free. For more information, see pp Fête the Festival 8:30 p.m., following the concert Join the Artistic Directors, festival musicians, and friends on July 14 to celebrate the season s first concert at an outdoor catered dinner reception on the Menlo School campus. (Tickets: $75. Advance purchase required.) The Houses of Parliament at Night, City of Westminster, London, black-and-white photo. Photo credit: HIP/Art Resource, NY subscribe at

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Her splendor has inspired some of the Western world s most innovative cinema, elegant cuisine, and irresistible music.

9 CONCERT PROGRAM II PARIS No city captivates the imagination quite like Paris. For generations, the world s leading artists, writers, and thinkers to say nothing of its young lovers and starry-eyed dreamers have flocked to La Ville Lumière. Her splendor has inspired some of the Western world s most innovative cinema, elegant cuisine, and irresistible music. Towards the turn of the century, after opera had dominated French musical life for decades, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, and others led a resurgence of chamber music. In their wake came some of the twentieth century s most refreshing musical voices, from Jean Françaix to Francis Poulenc and the enfants terribles of Les Six. Camille Saint-Saëns ( ) Piano Trio no. 1 in F Major, op. 18 (1864) Francis Poulenc ( ) Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano, op. 100 ( ) Jean Françaix ( ) String Trio (1933) César Franck ( ) Piano Quintet in f minor (1879) ARTISTS Demarre McGill, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Kevin Rivard, horn; Jon Kimura Parker, Wu Han, pianos; Paul Huang, Angelo Xiang Yu, violins; Matthew Lipman, viola; Dmitri Atapine, Efe Baltacigil, cellos TUESDAY, JULY 17 7:30 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Tickets: $72/$62 full price; $30/$20 under age thirty Prelude Performance* 5:00 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton * Prelude Performances feature young artists from the Chamber Music Institute. Admission is free. For more information, see pp Jean Beraud ( ). Outside the Vaudeville Theatre, Paris, nineteenth century, oil on canvas. Private collection/ Photo Christie s Images/Bridgeman Images subscribe at

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Petersburg that Mikhail Glinka, the progenitor of Russia s classical music tradition, built his career.

11 CONCERT PROGRAM III ST. PETERSBURG Built in 1703 by Peter the Great to be a cosmopolitan, Western-style metropolis, St. Petersburg emerged over subsequent decades as the center of Russian musical culture. It was in St. Petersburg that Mikhail Glinka, the progenitor of Russia s classical music tradition, built his career. Glinka s disciple Mily Balakirev likewise settled in the Russian capital, where he spearheaded the Russian vanguard known as the Mighty Handful. In 1862, Anton Rubinstein founded the St. Petersburg Conservatory, which remains Russian music s foremost educational institution, producing such towering artists as Anton Arensky and Dmitry Shostakovich, whose works are featured in this program. Mikhail Glinka ( ) Trio pathétique in d minor for Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano (1832) Anton Arensky ( ) Quartet no. 2 in a minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, op. 35 (1894) Mily Balakirev ( ) Octet for Winds, Strings, and Piano, op. 3 ( ) Dmitry Shostakovich ( ) From Jewish Folk Poetry, op. 79 (1948) SATURDAY, JULY 21 6:00 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Tickets: $72/$62 full price; $30/$20 under age thirty ARTISTS Lyubov Petrova, soprano; Sara Couden, contralto; Kang Wang, tenor; Demarre McGill, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Jose Franch- Ballester, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Kevin Rivard, horn; Michael Brown, Gilbert Kalish, pianos; Aaron Boyd, Arnaud Sussmann, violins; Matthew Lipman, Paul Neubauer, violas; David Finckel, David Requiro, cellos; Scott Pingel, bass The General Staff Building on Palace Square, St. Petersburg. Photo credit: Albrecht Neumeister, 2016 subscribe at

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CONCERT PROGRAM IV LEIPZIG When Georg Philipp Telemann turned down the post of Leipzig Music Director and Cantor, the city begrudgingly offered the position to its second choice: Johann Sebastian

Matthew Passion and Mass in b minor to scores of keyboard concerti thus cementing that city s place as one of music history s most important locales.

13 CONCERT PROGRAM IV LEIPZIG When Georg Philipp Telemann turned down the post of Leipzig Music Director and Cantor, the city begrudgingly offered the position to its second choice: Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach s years in Leipzig produced some of the greatest music ever composed from the St. Matthew Passion and Mass in b minor to scores of keyboard concerti thus cementing that city s place as one of music history s most important locales. A century later, two of the Romantic era s greatest composers would likewise call Leipzig home: Felix Mendelssohn, who served as Director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and founded the Leipzig Conservatory, and Robert Schumann, whose mighty Piano Quintet concludes this summer s fourth Concert Program. Johann Sebastian Bach ( ) Keyboard Concerto in d minor, BWV 1052 (ca ) Georg Philipp Telemann ( ) Canary Cantata, TWV 20: 37 (1737) Felix Mendelssohn ( ) Andante and Variations for Piano, Four Hands, op. 83a (1844) Robert Schumann ( ) Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44 (1842) ARTISTS Sara Couden, contralto; Gilbert Kalish, harpsichord; Michael Brown, Hyeyeon Park, pianos; Aaron Boyd, Alexi Kenney, violins; Matthew Lipman, Paul Neubauer, violas; David Requiro, Keith Robinson, cellos; Scott Pingel, bass WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 7:30 p.m., Stent Family Hall, Menlo School Tickets: $82 full price; $35 under age thirty Prelude Performance* 5:00 p.m.,, Menlo School THURSDAY, JULY 26 7:30 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Tickets: $72/$62 full price; $30/$20 under age thirty Prelude Performance* 5:00 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton * Prelude Performances feature young artists from the Chamber Music Institute. Admission is free. For more information, see pp Friedrich Werner ( ). View of the City of Leipzig from the South East, ca. 1750, colored engraving. Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig, Germany/Bridgeman Images subscribe at

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CONCERT PROGRAM V BERLIN Through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Berlin emerged and then handily secured its status as one of Europe s most vital cultural centers.

Mozart and Beethoven subsequently appeared at the same court, before Friedrich Wilhelm II; Mozart honored the King of Prussia (and amateur cellist) with his Prussian Quartets, notable for their

15 CONCERT PROGRAM V BERLIN Through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Berlin emerged and then handily secured its status as one of Europe s most vital cultural centers. It was to Berlin that the aging J. S. Bach traveled in 1747, where King Frederick the Great issued the contrapuntal challenge that yielded Bach s monumental Musical Offering. Mozart and Beethoven subsequently appeared at the same court, before Friedrich Wilhelm II; Mozart honored the King of Prussia (and amateur cellist) with his Prussian Quartets, notable for their virtuosic cello parts, while Beethoven composed his first two cello sonatas for the occasion. Concert Program V concludes with the Piano Trio no. 2 in c minor by Mendelssohn, who spent his formative years in the German capital. Ludwig van Beethoven ( ) Cello Sonata in F Major, op. 5, no. 1 (1796) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( ) String Quartet in D Major, K. 575, Prussian (1789) Johann Sebastian Bach ( ) Selections from Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (1747) Felix Mendelssohn ( ) Piano Trio no. 2 in c minor, op. 66 (1845) ARTISTS Stephanie McNab, flute; Gilles Vonsattel, Wu Han, pianos; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; David Finckel, David Requiro, cellos; Calidore String Quartet: Jeffrey Myers, Ryan Meehan, violins; Jeremy Berry, viola; Estelle Choi, cello SATURDAY, JULY 28 6:00 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Tickets: $72/$62 full price; $30/$20 under age thirty SUNDAY, JULY 29 6:00 p.m., Stent Family Hall, Menlo School Tickets: $82 full price; $35 under age thirty Prelude Performance* 3:30 p.m.,, Menlo School * Prelude Performances feature young artists from the Chamber Music Institute. Admission is free. For more information, see pp Nikolaus Braun ( ). Street Scene in Berlin, 1921, oil on conglomerate. Photo credit: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY subscribe at

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CONCERT PROGRAM VI BUDAPEST Western composers from Haydn and Mozart to Brahms were irresistibly drawn to the folk music of Central Europe, infusing some of their most popular works with its

With Hungarian music s own nationalist movement in the early twentieth century, Hungary and especially its capital, Budapest assumed even greater importance in the Western classical tradition.

17 CONCERT PROGRAM VI BUDAPEST Western composers from Haydn and Mozart to Brahms were irresistibly drawn to the folk music of Central Europe, infusing some of their most popular works with its infectious spirit. With Hungarian music s own nationalist movement in the early twentieth century, Hungary and especially its capital, Budapest assumed even greater importance in the Western classical tradition. Ernő Dohnányi, one of the twentieth century s most gifted and versatile musicians, was moreover the first elite Hungarian artist who chose to train at the Budapest Academy of Music rather than studying abroad. His countrymen Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály the progenitors of a nationalist Hungarian compositional language followed suit, establishing Budapest as the epicenter of Hungary s musical culture. Concert Program VI features the work of these three giants of Hungarian music and their heir apparent, the modernist master György Ligeti. Zoltán Kodály ( ) Duo for Violin and Cello, op. 7 (1914) Béla Bartók ( ) String Quartet no. 5 (1934) György Ligeti ( ) Ballad and Dance for Two Violins (1950) Ernő Dohnányi ( ) Sextet in C Major for Winds, Strings, and Piano, op. 37 (1935) ARTISTS Anthony McGill, clarinet; Kevin Rivard, horn; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Bella Hristova, Wu Jie, violins; Matthew Lipman, viola; Nicholas Canellakis, David Requiro, cellos; Calidore String Quartet: Jeffrey Myers, Ryan Meehan, violins; Jeremy Berry, viola; Estelle Choi, cello TUESDAY, JULY 31 7:30 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Tickets: $72/$62 full price; $30/$20 under age thirty Prelude Performance* 5:00 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton * Prelude Performances feature young artists from the Chamber Music Institute. Admission is free. For more information, see pp Budapest at Night, 1936, black-and-white photo. SZ Photo/Scherl/Bridgeman Images subscribe at

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CONCERT PROGRAM VII VIENNA The 2018 season s final Concert Program celebrates Vienna from the Classical era into the twentieth century, the indisputable capital of the Western musical world.

traveled to receive Mozart s spirit from Haydn s hands. Vienna remained the seat of Western music through the Romantic era in a period bookended by Schubert and Brahms.

19 CONCERT PROGRAM VII VIENNA The 2018 season s final Concert Program celebrates Vienna from the Classical era into the twentieth century, the indisputable capital of the Western musical world. It was in Vienna that the Salzburg-born wunderkind Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart found his place among the pantheon of great artists and where, after Mozart s death at the age of thirty-five, Beethoven traveled to receive Mozart s spirit from Haydn s hands. Vienna remained the seat of Western music through the Romantic era in a period bookended by Schubert and Brahms. When, in the twentieth century, the iconoclast Arnold Schoenberg sought to ensure the supremacy of German music for the next hundred years, his coterie fittingly became known as the Second Viennese School. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( ) Andante and Variations in G Major for Piano, Four Hands, K. 501 (1786) Johannes Brahms ( ) Piano Quintet in f minor, op. 34 (1862) Franz Schubert ( ) Allegro in a minor for Piano, Four Hands, op. 144, D. 947, Lebensstürme (1828) Arnold Schoenberg ( ) Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for String Sextet, op. 4 (1899) THURSDAY, AUGUST 2 7:30 p.m., Stent Family Hall, Menlo School Tickets: $82 full price; $35 under age thirty SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 6:00 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Tickets: $72/$62 full price; $30/$20 under age thirty ARTISTS Gloria Chien, Gilbert Kalish, Wu Han, pianos; Bella Hristova, Kristin Lee, Arnaud Sussmann, violins; Matthew Lipman, Richard O Neill, violas; Nicholas Canellakis, David Requiro, cellos Interior of a Café, twentieth century, watercolor. Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien. De Agostini Picture Library/A. Dagli Orti/Bridgeman Images subscribe at

Carte Blanche Concerts The 2018 Carte Blanche Concerts, curated by the festival artists themselves, offer an intimate tour of this season s Creative Capitals.

Stent Family Hall, Menlo School Tickets: $82 full price; $35 under age thirty The brilliant young violinist Paul Huang returns to Music@Menlo, joining Artistic Codirector Wu Han in a program of

3, a work that finds the composer on the cusp of his celebrated heroic style, soon to single-handedly usher music into the Romantic period.

20 Carte Blanche Concerts The 2018 Carte Blanche Concerts, curated by the festival artists themselves, offer an intimate tour of this season s Creative Capitals. CARTE BLANCHE CONCERT I PAUL HUANG, VIOLIN; WU HAN, PIANO Sunday, July 15, 6:00 p.m. Stent Family Hall, Menlo School Tickets: $82 full price; $35 under age thirty The brilliant young violinist Paul Huang returns to Music@Menlo, joining Artistic Codirector Wu Han in a program of Romantic violin sonatas. The program begins with Beethoven s Sonata in G Major, op. 30, no. 3, a work that finds the composer on the cusp of his celebrated heroic style, soon to single-handedly usher music into the Romantic period. The exquisite d minor Sonata of Johannes Brahms, Beethoven s heir apparent, follows. Alongside the works of these guardians of the Viennese tradition, the program offers Bartók s signature Hungarian Folk Tunes and concludes with the Parisian esprit of Saint-Saëns s First Violin Sonata. Ludwig van Beethoven ( ) Violin Sonata in G Major, op. 30, no. 3 ( ) Johannes Brahms ( ) Violin Sonata in d minor, op. 108 ( ) Béla Bartók ( ) Hungarian Folk Tunes (arr. Szigeti in 1926 from Bartók s For Children) Camille Saint-Saëns ( ) Violin Sonata no. 1 in d minor, op. 75 (1885) CARTE BLANCHE CONCERT II CALIDORE STRING QUARTET Jeffrey Myers, Ryan Meehan, violins; Jeremy Berry, viola; Estelle Choi, cello Thursday, July 19, 7:30 p.m. Stent Family Hall, Menlo School Tickets: $82 full price; $35 under age thirty No genre more powerfully emblematizes Vienna s hallowed chamber music tradition than the string quartet. Joseph Haydn, the father of the Classical style, turned the string quartet medium into the lingua franca of Western chamber music. The form was thereafter revolutionized by his student Beethoven, whose imposing cycle of sixteen quartets remains the bedrock of the literature today. Quartets by Haydn and Beethoven (the dazzling third Razumovsky Quartet) bookend Carte Blanche Concert II. At the center of the program are two works by Anton Webern, the Expressionist genius of the Second Viennese School. Joseph Haydn ( ) String Quartet in G Major, op. 54, no. 1, Hob. III: 58 (1788) Anton Webern ( ) Fünf Sätze for String Quartet, op. 5 (1909) Langsamer Satz for String Quartet (1905) Ludwig van Beethoven ( ) String Quartet in C Major, op. 59, no. 3, Razumovsky (1806) 20 subscribe at

CARTE BLANCHE CONCERT III DMITRI ATAPINE, CELLO; HYEYEON PARK, PIANO Sunday, July 22, 10:30 a.m.

with a three-part recital program of some of Western music s most relentlessly peripatetic composers.

in Leipzig before returning to St. Petersburg), John Field (an Irish composer who emigrated to Russia), and others.

21 CARTE BLANCHE CONCERT III DMITRI ATAPINE, CELLO; HYEYEON PARK, PIANO Sunday, July 22, 10:30 a.m. Stent Family Hall, Menlo School Tickets: $82 full price; $35 under age thirty audience favorites and husband-and-wife duo Dmitri Atapine and Hyeyeon Park complement the season s itinerary with a three-part recital program of some of Western music s most relentlessly peripatetic composers. Alongside pieces by such iconic figures as Beethoven and Boccherini, the program offers lesser-known gems by the Russian cellist and composer Karl Davidoff (who encountered Schumann and Mendelssohn in Leipzig before returning to St. Petersburg), John Field (an Irish composer who emigrated to Russia), and others. Carte Blanche Concert III concludes with Chopin s dazzling Introduction and Polonaise brillante. PROLOGUE Alfred Schnittke ( ) Musica Nostalgica (1992) PART 1: THE CELLO STORY Luigi Boccherini ( ) Cello Sonata in A Major, G. 4 (1772) Ludwig van Beethoven ( ) Seven Variations in E-flat Major on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen from Mozart s Die Zauberflöte, WoO 46 (1801) Karl Davidoff ( ) Allegro de concert, op. 11 (1862) PART 2: LONDON S ORBIT Alfredo Piatti ( ) Caprice on a Theme from Pacini s Niobe for Solo Cello, op. 22 (1865) John Field ( ) Nocturne no. 5 in B-flat Major for Solo Piano (1817) Frank Bridge ( ) Cello Sonata ( ) PART 3: EASTERN EUROPE Bohuslav Martinů ( ) Variations on a Theme of Rossini (1942) Zoltán Kodály ( ) Sonatina for Cello and Piano (1921) Frédéric Chopin ( ) Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C Major, op. 3 ( ) Please join the artists for a picnic lunch following the concert. A gourmet boxed lunch may be reserved with your ticket order for $20. CARTE BLANCHE CONCERT IV PAUL NEUBAUER, VIOLA; MICHAEL BROWN, PIANO Sunday, July 29, 10:30 a.m. Stent Family Hall, Menlo School Tickets: $82 full price; $35 under age thirty Preeminent violist Paul Neubauer and the outstanding young pianist Michael Brown join forces for the season s final Carte Blanche Concert. The program brings together masterworks of the twentieth-century repertoire for viola and piano, from Dmitry Shostakovich s powerful Viola Sonata the Russian master s final composition, completed weeks before his death to the stunning Romance of the English composer Benjamin Dale. The program concludes with a sampling of the delectable salon music of Georges Boulanger. Krzysztof Penderecki (Born 1933) Cadenza for Solo Viola (1984) Dmitry Shostakovich ( ) Viola Sonata, op. 147 (1975) Ernest Bloch ( ) Suite hébraïque (1951) Benjamin Dale ( ) Romance from Suite for Viola and Piano, op. 2 (1906) Mana-Zucca ( ) Hakinoh (Lament), op. 186 (1956) Georges Boulanger ( ) Salon Pieces for Viola and Piano subscribe at

Michael Steinberg Encounter Series The Encounter series, Music@Menlo s signature multimedia symposia, embodies the festival s context-rich approach to musical discovery and adds dimension and depth

The 2018 festival season s three Encounters, led by experts in their fields, offer immersive visits to the cultural centers at the heart of the festival, providing audiences with context for the

ENCOUNTER I LONDON, PARIS, AND ST. PETERSBURG Led by Michael Parloff Friday, July 13, 7:30 p.m., Menlo School Tickets: $52 full price; $25 under age thirty While London, Paris, and St.

22 Michael Steinberg Encounter Series The Encounter series, s signature multimedia symposia, embodies the festival s context-rich approach to musical discovery and adds dimension and depth to the Music@Menlo experience. The 2018 festival season s three Encounters, led by experts in their fields, offer immersive visits to the cultural centers at the heart of the festival, providing audiences with context for the season s seven Concert Programs and four Carte Blanche Concerts. The Encounter series is named in memory of Michael Steinberg, the eminent musicologist and Music@Menlo guiding light. ENCOUNTER I LONDON, PARIS, AND ST. PETERSBURG Led by Michael Parloff Friday, July 13, 7:30 p.m., Menlo School Tickets: $52 full price; $25 under age thirty While London, Paris, and St. Petersburg have historically shared numerous cross-cultural connections from the inevitable cultural exchange across the English Channel to Italian opera s equal seduction of English and Russian audiences each city has nurtured a distinct musical identity. London, the capital of the country once derided as the land without music, today rivals Paris as one of Western music s quintessential locales. Once a musical desert, St. Petersburg similarly rose over generations to have tremendous cultural influence. Returning Encounter Leader Michael Parloff opens the 2018 season, guiding audiences on a tour of these three intriguing cosmopolises. ENCOUNTER II LEIPZIG AND BERLIN Led by Ara Guzelimian Friday, July 20, 7:30 p.m., Menlo School Tickets: $52 full price; $25 under age thirty Leipzig catalyzed arguably the greatest corpus in Western music history, as J. S. Bach s music directorship in that city produced the St. Matthew Passion, Mass in b minor, and sheaves of chamber and orchestral works that remain vital to the repertoire. Bach s greatest champion in the following century, Felix Mendelssohn, added to Leipzig s proud musical tradition, establishing a conservatory and building its orchestra into one of the world s finest. Meanwhile, one hundred miles to the north, a succession of Prussian monarchs received the likes of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven, fueling Berlin s rise to equal cultural significance. For this summer s second Encounter, Ara Guzelimian charts the ascendancy of Germany s twin musical epicenters. ENCOUNTER III BUDAPEST AND VIENNA Led by John R. Hale Friday, July 27, 7:30 p.m., Menlo School Tickets: $52 full price; $25 under age thirty One reigned for two centuries as the undisputed capital of Western music, nourishing composers from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven to Schoenberg, Webern, and Berg. The other rose to prominence on a nationalist wave fueled by the groundbreaking work of Bartók, Kodály, and others. Despite their close proximity and cultural kinship, Vienna and Budapest and their musical histories offer a tale of two cities, separated by tradition and aesthetic. Scholar John R. Hale makes his Music@Menlo debut, leading the season s final Encounter an engrossing exploration of these two enchanting Central European capitals. Prelude Performance* 5:00 p.m., Stent Family Hall, Menlo School Prelude Performance* 5:00 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton * Prelude Performances feature young artists from the Chamber Music Institute. Admission is free. For more information, see pp Charles F. Borup. Piccadilly Circus, London, at Night, blackand-white photo. From Penrose s Pictorial Annual , An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 14, edited by William Gamble and published by A. W. Penrose, London, Photo credit: HIP/Art Resource, NY Bach portrait, Thomaskirche, Leipzig, photo. Bednorz Images/Bridgeman Images Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna, 1936, black-and-white photo. SZ Photo/Scherl/Bridgeman Images 22 subscribe at

AudioNotes AudioNotes, available as downloadable MP3s, are Music@Menlo s innovative series of preconcert listener guides intended to provide greater insight into the music as well as the performers

23 AudioNotes AudioNotes, available as downloadable MP3s, are s innovative series of preconcert listener guides intended to provide greater insight into the music as well as the performers perspectives. AudioNotes provided free of charge offer cultural and historical context highlighted by musical examples and interviews with festival artists. Each AudioNotes recording enhances the concert experience by giving listeners an informed perspective in advance of the performance and provides the foundation for a rich and rewarding musical journey. Overture Concerts Music@Menlo is excited to inaugurate the Overture Concerts, in which the International Program artists collaborate with festival main-stage artists for the first time. Two performances in Stent Family Hall will include all eleven spectacular International Program performers, who will be joined by pianist Wu Han, violinist Arnaud Sussmann, violist Matthew Lipman, and the Calidore String Quartet. These concerts function as an overture to the future of chamber music: world-renowned festival artists will share their knowledge, experience, and traditions with the burgeoning International Program musicians as they perform together, bringing the freshest perspectives to these events. The artists will collectively bridge the gap between the traditions of the past, the master performers of today, and the flourishing of the art form in the future. Please join us to experience the fruits of their collaboration and to witness a glimpse of the bright future of chamber music. Tuesday, July 24, 7:30 p.m. Stent Family Hall, Menlo School Joseph Haydn ( ) Piano Trio in C Major, Hob. XV: 27 (1797) Antonín Dvořák ( ) Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81, B. 155 (1877) Featuring Arnaud Sussmann, violin, and Wu Han, piano, with musicians from the Chamber Music Institute s International Program. Wednesday, August 1, 7:30 p.m. Stent Family Hall, Menlo School Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( ) Piano Quartet in g minor, K. 478 (1785) Felix Mendelssohn ( ) String Octet in E-flat Major, op. 20 (1825) Featuring Matthew Lipman, viola, and the Calidore String Quartet: Jeffrey Myers, Ryan Meehan, violins; Jeremy Berry, viola; and Estelle Choi, cello, with musicians from the Chamber Music Institute s International Program. Music@Menlo LIVE Music@Menlo LIVE, the festival s exclusive recording label, has been praised as the most ambitious recording project of any classical music festival in the world (San Jose Mercury News) and its recordings have been hailed as without question the best CDs I have ever heard (Positive Feedback Online). Produced by Grammy Award-winning engineer Da-Hong Seetoo using state-of-the-art recording technology, Music@Menlo LIVE releases feature select concert recordings representing Music@Menlo s signature thematic programming. Music@Menlo LIVE recordings are available for sale throughout the season at festival concert venues and online at They are also available for digital download and streaming through itunes, Amazon.com, Classical Archives, and Spotify. American Public Media American Public Media is the leading producer of classical music programming for public radio. This summer, Music@Menlo is proud to welcome American Public Media once again as the festival s exclusive broadcast partner. Performances from the festival will air nationwide on the American Public Media radio program Performance Today, the largest daily classical music program in the United States, which airs on 260 stations and reaches more than one million people each week, and via Classical 24, a live classical music service broadcast on 250 stations and distributed by Public Radio International. Hosts and producers from American Public Media have participated in the festival as event moderators and educators. Go online to for archived performances, photos, and interviews. Tickets: $32. Young Patrons Society members receive two complimentary tickets, and Young Patrons Leadership Circle members receive four complimentary tickets to either Overture performance. subscribe at

Chamber Music Institute David Finckel and Wu Han ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Gloria Chien INSTITUTE DIRECTOR Gilbert Kalish DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM Arnaud Sussmann ASSOC.

24 Chamber Music Institute David Finckel and Wu Han ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Gloria Chien INSTITUTE DIRECTOR Gilbert Kalish DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM Arnaud Sussmann ASSOC. DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM 24 subscribe at s Chamber Music Institute has become one of the top-tier summer programs in the world for string players and pianists. The Institute brings together exceptionally talented young musicians and a world-class roster of performing artists for an intensive three-week training program, consisting of the International Program for preprofessional artists (ages eighteen to twenty-nine) and the Young Performers Program for pre- and early-conservatory-level students (ages nine to eighteen). These extraordinary young artists are selected from top preparatory and conservatory programs across the United States and abroad. Students work closely with the festival s artist-faculty in coachings, master classes, and various other educational activities. Highlights include the immensely popular Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts featuring the Institute s aspiring young artists. The Chamber Music Institute s series of master classes, Café Conversations, and performances always free and open to the public offers listeners opportunities to witness the fostering of great traditions and the exchange of ideas between today s most accomplished artists and classical music s next generation. The Chamber Music Institute and its International Program and Young Performers Program participants are supported by contributions to the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund. Music@Menlo is thrilled to announce the launch of the Overture Concerts, a unique addition to the festival s musical offerings. During the 2018 festival, audiences will have two not-to-be-missed opportunities to hear the extraordinary young artists of the Chamber Music Institute s International Program perform alongside select main-stage Music@Menlo festival artists. More information on these exciting new concerts is available on p. 23.

Café Conversations and Master Classes Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts The festival s preconcert and afternoon Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts

These inspiring concerts have become some of the season s most anticipated events. Experience these young artists performing great works from the chamber music repertoire.

25 Café Conversations and Master Classes Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts The festival s preconcert and afternoon Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts showcase the extraordinary young artists of the Chamber Music Institute and are an integral part of Music@Menlo s educational mission. These inspiring concerts have become some of the season s most anticipated events. Experience these young artists performing great works from the chamber music repertoire. For both series, free tickets are required and may be reserved in advance on the day of the concert. Prelude Performance Schedule Featuring the Institute s International Program artists. Saturday, July 14, 3:30 p.m., Menlo-Atherton* Sunday, July 15, 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 17, 5:00 p.m., Menlo-Atherton* Wednesday, July 18, 5:00 p.m., Thursday, July 19, 5:00 p.m., Friday, July 20, 5:00 p.m., Menlo-Atherton* Sunday, July 22, 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 25, 5:00 p.m., Thursday, July 26, 5:00 p.m., Menlo-Atherton* Friday, July 27, 5:00 p.m., Stent Family Hall Sunday, July 29, 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 31, 5:00 p.m., Menlo-Atherton* Friday, August 3, 5:00 p.m., Menlo-Atherton* Koret Young Performers Concert Schedule Featuring the students of the Young Performers Program. Saturday, July 21, 1:00 p.m., Menlo-Atherton* Saturday, July 28, 1:00 p.m., Menlo-Atherton* Saturday, August 4, 1:00 p.m., Menlo-Atherton* In response to the popularity of these events, a ticket is required for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Free tickets can be requested at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert or reserved in advance online at starting at 9:00 a.m. on the day of the event. Seating is by general admission. Members of the Bach Circle ($1,000) and above enjoy Advance Ticketing for one Prelude Performance or Koret Young Performers Concert of their choice. Members of the Beethoven Circle ($10,000) and above enjoy Advance Ticketing for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. For reserved seating opportunities, please see Premium Seating information on p. 34. *The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Beginning on July 16, each weekday throughout the festival, Music@Menlo offers midday events including the popular Café Conversations and master classes. Café Conversations feature select festival artists discussing a variety of topics related to music and the arts. These forums showcase the wide-ranging expertise and imagination of our artists and provide further insights into their remarkable careers and musical experiences. Master classes offer opportunities to witness members of the artist-faculty impart their knowledge, art, and expertise to the next generation of performers. In master classes, Chamber Music Institute participants are coached in preparation for their Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. The insights gained from observing the nuanced process of preparing a piece of music for performance deepen audiences appreciation of the concert experience. Each weekday of the festival season features a Café Conversation or master class at 11:45 a.m. on the Menlo School campus. Reservations are not required. During the festival season, please consult your festival program book or visit our website at for a detailed schedule of master classes and Café Conversation topics. Open Coachings Music@Menlo invites you to experience the Chamber Music Institute by observing select coachings on the Menlo School campus, Monday through Friday from July 16 through August 3. Daily coaching schedules can be found at the festival Welcome Center. subscribe at

Music@Menlo is delighted to announce our new off-season initiative Music@Menlo:Focus.

Music events and culminating in two enthralling performances in a new concert venue, St. Bede s Episcopal Church in Menlo Park.

music. As the culmination of this residency, an all-star cast of five artists will join forces on November 9 in St.

This must-see performance and its associated events will shine new light on the dramatic impact that Macbeth, A Midsummer Night s Dream, Faust, and Werther had on the inventiveness and imagination of

m. St. Bede s Episcopal Church, Menlo Park Tickets: $52/$47 full price; $25/$20 under age thirty Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 1827) Piano Trio in D Major, op. 70, no.

61 (1843) Franz Schubert (1797 1828) Gretchen am Spinnrade and Erlkönig (arr. Liszt, 1837 1838) Johannes Brahms (1833 1897) Piano Quartet no. 3 in c minor, op.

a unique and rather unusual instrumentation for string trio two violins and a viola seldom heard in a full chamber music program.

composer and violinist Eugène Ysaÿe and Russian composer Sergei Taneyev. The richness and variety in the music will surprise and delight you, as will the project s intimate educational style.

26 is delighted to announce our new off-season initiative A reimagining of our Winter Series, this new venture will offer listeners opportunities to experience the festival s signature chamber music programming and immersive educational content during the year in a bold, brand-new form. For the inaugural season, two popular Music@Menlo artists each will curate multiday residencies. Please join us this November and in May 2019 to witness Guest Curators Hyeyeon Park and Arnaud Sussmann as they launch Music@Menlo:Focus, featuring outreach and intellectually captivating Behind the Music events and culminating in two enthralling performances in a new concert venue, St. Bede s Episcopal Church in Menlo Park. SHAKESPEARE AND GOETHE WITH HYEYEON PARK To open the Music@Menlo:Focus residencies, Music@Menlo is proud to present Shakespeare and Goethe a magical exploration of literary allusions in music. As the culmination of this residency, an all-star cast of five artists will join forces on November 9 in St. Bede s Church to bring to life timeless literature-inspired masterpieces by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Liszt, and Brahms. This must-see performance and its associated events will shine new light on the dramatic impact that Macbeth, A Midsummer Night s Dream, Faust, and Werther had on the inventiveness and imagination of some of the greatest chamber music authors of all time. Behind the Music Thursday, November 8, 2018, 7:30 p.m., Menlo School Tickets: $30 full price; $15 under age thirty Concert Program Friday, November 9, 2018, 7:30 p.m. St. Bede s Episcopal Church, Menlo Park Tickets: $52/$47 full price; $25/$20 under age thirty Ludwig van Beethoven ( ) Piano Trio in D Major, op. 70, no. 1, Ghost (1808) Felix Mendelssohn ( ) Nocturne and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night s Dream for Piano, Four Hands, op. 61 (1843) Franz Schubert ( ) Gretchen am Spinnrade and Erlkönig (arr. Liszt, ) Johannes Brahms ( ) Piano Quartet no. 3 in c minor, op. 60 ( , 1874) ARTISTS Hyeyeon Park, Jon Kimura Parker, pianos; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola; David Finckel, cello FOLK TALES WITH ARNAUD SUSSMANN This program was built around a unique and rather unusual instrumentation for string trio two violins and a viola seldom heard in a full chamber music program. Featuring staples of the repertoire, Antonín Dvořák s magnificent Miniatures and Terzetto and Zoltán Kodály s delightfully folksy Serenade, the program also offers rarely performed music by Belgian composer and violinist Eugène Ysaÿe and Russian composer Sergei Taneyev. The richness and variety in the music will surprise and delight you, as will the project s intimate educational style. Violist extraordinaire and festival favorite Paul Neubauer will be joined onstage by virtuoso violinists Pamela Frank and Arnaud Sussmann. Behind the Music Thursday, May 2, 2019, 7:30 p.m., Menlo School Tickets: $30 full price; $15 under age thirty Concert Program Friday, May 3, 2019, 7:30 p.m. St. Bede s Episcopal Church, Menlo Park Tickets: $52/$47 full price; $25/$20 under age thirty Antonín Dvořák ( ) Miniatures for Two Violins and Viola, op. 75a (1887) Eugène Ysaÿe ( ) Le Londres in a minor for Two Violins and Viola (ca ) Zoltán Kodály ( ) Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, op. 12 ( ) Sergei Taneyev ( ) Trio in D Major for Two Violins and Viola, op. 21 (1907) Antonín Dvořák Terzetto in C Major for Two Violins and Viola, op. 74 (1887) ARTISTS Pamela Frank, Arnaud Sussmann, violins; Paul Neubauer, viola 26 subscribe at

Visual Artist: Gonzalo Fonseca Gonzalo Fonseca (1922 1997) understood sculpture as a microcosmic way to engage civilization and weave together past and future.

landscape. He carved his stones himself, without the aid of assistants, and often worked with found stone.

Gonzalo Fonseca produced hundreds of paintings and drawings and executed a number of monumental public works.

27 Visual Artist: Gonzalo Fonseca Gonzalo Fonseca ( ) understood sculpture as a microcosmic way to engage civilization and weave together past and future. Integrating the forms that he encountered in his extensive travel, Fonseca resisted the narrower tracks of mid-twentieth-century Modernist sculpture and instead dedicated himself to expanding its landscape. He carved his stones himself, without the aid of assistants, and often worked with found stone. Uruguayan-born, he divided the majority of his life between Manhattan and a hilltop studio among the quarries and stone-working communities in Northern Tuscany. Gonzalo Fonseca produced hundreds of paintings and drawings and executed a number of monumental public works. A documentary focused on Fonseca, titled Membra Disjecta: Gonzalo Fonseca and the Heart of Stone, comes out in For further information, visit Cover: Nero, 1984, limestone. Photo by EPW Studio/Maris Hutchinson Top: Tabatinga, 1984, limestone. Photo by EPW Studio/Maris Hutchinson Bottom: Gonzalo Fonseca with Great Jones Street, Photo by Ovak Arslanian Back cover: La trucha de Maria, 1985, Persian travertine. Photo by EPW Studio/Maris Hutchinson Artistic Directors: David Finckel and Wu Han The Martin Family Artistic Directorship Music@Menlo founding Artistic Directors cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han rank among the most esteemed and influential classical musicians in the world today. Recipients of Musical America s Musicians of the Year award, they bring unmatched talent, energy, imagination, and dedication to their multifaceted endeavors as concert performers, recording artists, educators, artistic administrators, and cultural entrepreneurs. In high demand as individuals and as a duo, they appear each season at a host of the most prestigious venues and concert series across the United States and around the world. Since 2004, David Finckel and Wu Han have together held the prestigious position of Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the world s largest presenter and producer of chamber music, programming and performing under its auspices worldwide. Their wide-ranging musical innovations include the launch of ArtistLed ( classical music s first musician-directed and Internet-based recording company, whose catalogue of nineteen albums has won widespread critical acclaim. In 2011, David Finckel and Wu Han were named Artistic Directors of Chamber Music Today, an annual festival held in Seoul, South Korea, and since 2013, they have led the Finckel-Wu Han Chamber Music Studio at the Aspen Music Festival and School. In these capacities, as well as through a multitude of other educational initiatives, they have achieved universal renown for their passionate commitment to nurturing the careers of countless young artists. David Finckel and Wu Han reside in New York City. For more information, please visit subscribe at

28 Festival Artist Biographies Described as a cellist whose playing is highly impressive throughout (Strad), Dmitri Atapine has appeared at leading venues around the world. He has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, where he is a member of the CMS Two program, and is a frequent guest at festivals including Music@Menlo, Chamber Music Northwest, La Musica Sarasota, the Pacific Music Festival, Aldeburgh, and Aix-en-Provence. Professor of cello at the University of Nevada, Reno, and Artistic Director of Apex Concerts, Dmitri Atapine holds a doctoral degree from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Aldo Parisot. Turkish cellist Efe Baltacigil recently made his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle alongside his brother, Fora. He also performed Tchaikovsky s Rococo Variations with the Seattle Symphony, after which the Seattle Times lauded his sublimely natural, so easily virtuosic, phenomenal, effortless musicianship. Recent appearances as soloist include Brahms s Double Concerto with violinist David Coucheron and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and Richard Strauss s Don Quixote with the Seattle Symphony. A member of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra, he was Associate Principal Cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra until 2011 and is currently Principal Cellist of the Seattle Symphony. Violinist Aaron Boyd enjoys a versatile career as soloist, chamber musician, lecturer, teacher, and recording artist and concertizes throughout the United States, Europe, Russia, and Asia. He appears regularly as an Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and has participated in the Marlboro, Music@Menlo, La Jolla, Bridgehampton, and Prussia Cove festivals. Previously on the violin faculties of Columbia University and the University of Arizona, Aaron Boyd now serves as Director of Chamber Music and Professor of Practice in Violin at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Pianist-composer Michael Brown has been hailed by the New York Times as one of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performercomposers. Winner of a 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant, he appears regularly with the Seattle, Albany, Maryland, New Haven, and Erie Symphony Orchestras and with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He was selected by pianist András Schiff to perform across the United States and Europe. As Composer-in-Residence for the New Haven 28 subscribe at Symphony for the seasons, he has been commissioned to write a new symphony. For more information, please visit michaelbrownmusic.com. The Calidore String Quartet s deep reserves of virtuosity and irrepressible dramatic instinct (New York Times) have won the ensemble accolades across the globe and firmly established it as one of the finest chamber music ensembles performing today. The quartet regularly performs in the most prestigious venues throughout North America, Europe, and Asia such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center (as members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center s CMS Two program), Wigmore Hall, the Konzerthaus Berlin, and Seoul s Kumho Arts Hall, as well as at many significant festivals, including Verbier, Ravinia, Mostly Mozart, Music@Menlo, Rheingau, East Neuk, and Festspiele Mecklenburg- Vorpommern. In addition to winning the M-Prize International Chamber Music Competition and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, the Calidore String Quartet has won Grand Prizes in virtually all the major U.S. chamber music competitions, including the Fischoff, Coleman, Chesapeake, and Yellow Springs chamber music competitions, and the ARD International and Hamburg International competitions. Hailed by the New Yorker as a superb young soloist, Nicholas Canellakis has become one of the most sought-after and innovative cellists of his generation. Canellakis recently made his Carnegie Hall concerto debut, performing with the American Symphony Orchestra in Isaac Stern Auditorium. He is an Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, with which he performs regularly in Alice Tully Hall and on tour. He is also a regular guest artist at many of the world s leading music festivals, including Santa Fe, La Jolla, Music@Menlo, Ravinia, Bridgehampton, Mecklenburg, Hong Kong, Moab, and Saratoga Springs. The Cleveland Plain Dealer asserted that violinist Ivan Chan s tonal sweetness is matched by impeccable taste, purposeful energy, and an unerring sense of phrasing. A member of the Miami String Quartet from 1995 to 2010, Chan is currently Associate Professor of Chamber Music, Violin, and Viola at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. As a visiting artist, he has taught at the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, Ravinia s Steans Institute, Morningside Music Bridge, and Beijing Central Conservatory. In 2018, Chan will be on faculty at Music@Menlo and the Kent Blossom Music Festival. Deemed one of the Superior Pianists of the Year (Boston Globe), Gloria Chien is founding Artistic Director of String Theory, a chamber music series in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was appointed Director of the Chamber Music Institute at Music@Menlo in A Steinway Artist, she has recorded for Chandos Records and released a CD with clarinetist Anthony McGill in Gloria Chien is an Artist-in-Residence at Lee University in Tennessee and is an Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Sara Couden, contralto, is so excited to be returning to Music@Menlo. Highlights from this past season include Brahms s Alto Rhapsody at the Staunton Music Festival, Petr Eben s Loveless Songs for Voice and Viola, performed with Kim Kashkashian at the Marlboro Music Festival, Third Lady in a concert of highlights from The Magic Flute with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the role of Albine in the Metropolitan Opera s fall production of Thaïs, soloist in Schoenberg s version of Das Lied von der Erde with the New York chamber group Cantata Profana, soloist in Beethoven s Symphony no. 9 with the Tucson, Charleston, Charlotte, and San Francisco Symphonies, and a program of Bach cantatas through the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. A violist of international reputation, Roberto Díaz is President and CEO of the Curtis Institute of Music. As a teacher of viola at Curtis and former Principal Violist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Díaz has already had a significant impact on American musical life, and he continues to do so in his dual roles as performer and educator. He has appeared as an orchestral soloist and recitalist in major cities around the globe and has worked with many of the leading conductors and composers of our time. A celebrated chamber artist and recitalist, Roberto Díaz is a member of the Díaz Trio and performs frequently on tour in programs featuring Curtis students. Multiple award winning Spanish clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester (FrAHnk Bai-yess-TAIR) has performed to great acclaim in venues across the United States and abroad. He appears regularly with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, serves as Principal Clarinet of California s Camerata Pacifica, and founded Jose Franch-Ballester i amics (and friends), an organization that presents concerts in his native Valencia, Spain. Franch-Ballester has commissioned, premiered, and performed works by numerous contemporary composers. Also a dedicated music educator, he serves as Assistant Professor of Clarinet and Chamber Music at the

University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Jose Franch-Ballester is represented in the Americas by Sciolino Artist Management, www.samnyc.us.

29 University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Jose Franch-Ballester is represented in the Americas by Sciolino Artist Management, Ara Guzelimian has served as Provost and Dean of the Juilliard School since August 2006, where he works closely with the President in overseeing the faculty, curriculum, and artistic planning of the distinguished performing arts conservatory in all three of its divisions dance, drama, and music. Previously, he was Senior Director and Artistic Advisor of Carnegie Hall, Artistic Administrator of the Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado, Artistic Director of the Ojai Festival in California, and Artistic Administrator of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He currently serves on the Music Visiting Committee of the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City and is an Artistic Consultant for the Marlboro Music Festival and School in Vermont. John R. Hale is an archaeologist at the University of Louisville, with degrees in archaeology from Yale and Cambridge. Hale s fieldwork ranges from the Delphic Oracle in Greece to a Paleo-Christian church in Portugal. Underwater investigations include ancient shipwrecks at Caesarea Maritima in Israel and submerged Maya ruins in Guatemala. His discoveries have been published in Antiquity and Scientific American, and his book on the ancient Athenian navy, Lords of the Sea, was published by Viking Penguin. Fascinated by music from an early age, John Hale also joined an interdisciplinary team that reconstructed and performed on an ancient Greek salpinx, or trumpet. In violinist Bella Hristova s season, she performs Beethoven s ten sonatas for piano and violin in a recital tour of New Zealand with Michael Houstoun, performs chamber music, and appears as soloist with orchestras nationwide. Her extensive festival appearances include Chamber Music Northwest and the Marlboro Music Festival. Her noteworthy recording Bella Unaccompanied was released on A. W. Tonegold Records, and her awards include a 2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant and First Prize in the 2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. She attended the Curtis Institute of Music, where she worked with Ida Kavafian and Steven Tenenbom. Bella Hristova plays a 1655 Nicolò Amati violin. The recipient of a 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant and a 2017 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, Taiwanese-American violinist Paul Huang is quickly gaining attention for his eloquent music making. The season sees Huang s White Nights Festival debut with the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev, as well as many other engagements here and abroad. In the summer of 2018, he appears at various U.S. summer festivals and makes his recital debut at the Lucerne Festival. He continues his association with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center throughout the season and returns to Camerata Pacifica as its Principal Artist. He won the 2011 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Paul Huang plays the Guarneri del Gesù Cremona 1742 ex-wieniawski violin, on loan through the Stradivari Society. Pianist Gilbert Kalish s profound influence on the musical community as a performer, educator, and recording artist has established him as a major figure in American music making. He was pianist of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players for thirty years, was a founding member of the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, and is an Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Kalish is Distinguished Professor and Head of Performance Activities at Stony Brook University. He was previously a faculty member and Chair of the Faculty at the Tanglewood Music Center. Kalish received the American Composers Forum s Champion of New Music Award in The recipient of a 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant, violinist Alexi Kenney has been named a talent to watch (New York Times). His win at the 2013 Concert Artists Guild Competition at the age of nineteen led to a critically acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut recital at Weill Hall. Highlights of Kenney s season include debuts with the Detroit, Columbus, California, and Amarillo Symphonies and recitals with pianist Renana Gutman on Carnegie Hall s Distinctive Debuts series and at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., Lee University in Tennessee, and the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University in California. He joins the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center s CMS Two program beginning in the season. Bassoonist Peter Kolkay is the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and First Prize winner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition. An Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Kolkay is also Associate Professor of Bassoon at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, where he was a Chancellor s Faculty Fellow from 2015 to Upcoming highlights include the premiere of a work for bassoon and string quartet by Mark-Anthony Turnage. Peter Kolkay studied with Frank Morelli, John Hunt, Jean Barr, and Monte Perkins. Born in Naperville, Illinois, he now calls downtown Nashville, Tennessee, home. Recipient of a 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant and a top-prize winner of the 2012 Walter W. Naumburg Competition and the Astral Artists 2010 National Auditions, Kristin Lee is a violinist of remarkable versatility and impeccable technique who enjoys a vibrant career as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and educator. Lee has appeared as soloist with top orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Ural Philharmonic of Russia, and Korean Broadcasting Symphony. An accomplished chamber musician, she is an Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and has appeared at festivals such as Music@Menlo, La Jolla Summer- Fest, Medellín Festicámara of Colombia, the El Sistema Chamber Music Festival of Venezuela, and the Sarasota Music Festival, among others. She is a faculty member of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College and the cofounder and Artistic Director of Emerald City Music in Seattle, Washington. Winner of a 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant, American violist Matthew Lipman has performed as soloist with the Minnesota, Illinois Philharmonic, Grand Rapids Symphony, Wisconsin Chamber, and Juilliard Orchestras and given recitals at the Greene Space in New York City and the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. His recording of Mozart s Sinfonia concertante with Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields topped the classical charts last year, and he has been profiled by PBS and NPR and the Strad and BBC Music magazines. This year he will release a solo debut album on Cedille Records. A Teaching Assistant at Juilliard, Matthew Lipman performs on a 1700 Goffriller viola on loan through the RBP Foundation. Considered among the top solo, chamber, and orchestral musicians today, Anthony McGill is now in his fourth season as Principal Clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, having previously been Principal Clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Associate Principal of the Cincinnati Symphony. Performances as recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with orchestras throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and South Africa consistently receive rave reviews. As an educator, McGill is on the faculties of the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute of Music, the Peabody Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, and the Bard College Conservatory. A native of Chicago, Anthony McGill attended the Curtis Institute of Music and is the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant as well as the first Sphinx Medal of Excellence. subscribe at

30 Festival Artist Biographies Demarre McGill, Principal Flute of the Seattle Symphony, is an internationally recognized recitalist and chamber and orchestral musician. He has appeared as soloist with the orchestras of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Dallas, and Baltimore and most recently served as Acting Principal Flute of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, McGill has participated in chamber music festivals around the globe and, along with clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Michael McHale, founded the McGill/McHale Trio. A native of Chicago, Demarre McGill received degrees from both the Curtis Institute of Music and Juilliard and is Visiting Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Stephanie McNab has been the Piccolo Chair of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra since In addition, she frequently performs as a guest artist with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Ballet, and the St. Louis Symphony. Former orchestral appointments include the Buffalo Philharmonic, New Mexico Symphony, and Long Beach (California) Symphony. McNab has been a featured soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, at the Carmel Bach Festival, and in recital at Cal Tech s Dabney Hall. A native of Los Angeles, she studied under Sheridon Stokes at UCLA and subsequently worked with Anne Zentner, Mark Sparks, and Kazuo Tokito. Recognized as a deeply expressive artist and known for her musical career of broad versatility, violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti is Director of the McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University s Townsend School of Music and former Concertmaster of the Oregon Symphony and Florida Orchestra. She is a member of the internationally acclaimed Ehnes String Quartet, curates the Fabian Concert Series in Macon, Georgia, and maintains an active performing schedule of solo, chamber, and concertmaster appearances. Through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society of Chicago, she plays the 1744 G. B. Guadagnini violin. Born in Wisconsin and raised in North Carolina and California, Moretti lives in Georgia with her husband and two sons, enjoying all aspects of motherhood, especially Saturday soccer matches. Violist Paul Neubauer s exceptional musicality and effortless playing led the New York Times to call him a master musician. Appointed Principal Violist of the New York Philharmonic at age twenty-one, he has appeared as soloist with over one hundred 30 subscribe at orchestras including the New York, Los Angeles, and Helsinki Philharmonics; the National, St. Louis, Detroit, Dallas, San Francisco, and Bournemouth Symphonies; and the Santa Cecilia, English Chamber, and Beethovenhalle Orchestras. He has premiered viola concerti by Bartók (revised version of his Viola Concerto), Friedman, Glière, Jacob, Kernis, Lazarof, Müller-Siemens, Ott, Penderecki, Picker, Suter, and Tower and recorded for Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, RCA Red Seal, and Sony Classical. An Emmy Award winner, two-time Grammy nominee, and Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, violist Richard O Neill has appeared as soloist with the London and Los Angeles Philharmonics and the BBC Symphony with Andrew Davis, Vladimir Jurowski, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He is a Universal/Deutsche Grammophon recording artist, and his albums have sold over 200,000 copies. An Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, he has introduced thousands to chamber music in South Korea through his chamber music initiative, DITTO. Elliott Carter, John Harbison, and Huang Ruo have dedicated works to him. The first violist to receive the Artist Diploma from Juilliard, he was honored with a Proclamation from the New York City Council. He runs marathons for charity. Selected as an Artist of the Year by the Seoul Arts Center, Hyeyeon Park has been described as a pianist with power, precision, and tremendous glee (Gramophone). She is a prizewinner of numerous international competitions, including Oberlin, Ettlingen, Hugo Kauder, Maria Canals, Prix Amadèo, and Corpus Christi, and her performances have been broadcast on KBS and EBS television (Korea) and RAI3 (Italy), WQXR (New York), WFMT (Chicago), WBJC (Baltimore), and WETA (Washington, D.C.) radio. She is Artistic Director of Apex Concerts (Nevada) and a professor of piano at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her first solo CD, Klavier 1853, has been released on the Blue Griffin label. Hyeyeon Park holds the Alan and Corinne Barkin Piano Chair for Pianist Jon Kimura Parker recently appeared as soloist with the orchestras of Chicago and Philadelphia and at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. He is a founding member of the Montrose Trio and founded Off the Score with legendary Police drummer Stewart Copeland. Professor of piano at Rice University, Artistic Advisor of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, and Artistic Director of the Honens International Piano Competition, Jon Kimura Parker studied with Edward Parker, Keiko Parker, Lee Kum-Sing, Marek Jablonski, and Adele Marcus. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada. Jon Kimura Parker holds the Kathleen G. Henschel Piano Chair in honor of Wu Han for Principal Flutist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1977 until his retirement in 2008, Michael Parloff is the founder and Artistic Director of Parlance Chamber Concerts in Ridgewood, New Jersey. As a lecturer, conductor, and teacher, he has appeared at major concert venues, festivals, and conservatories in the United States and abroad, including the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Music@Menlo, the Juilliard School, Yale University, and Tanglewood. He is also a frequent lecturer for the French cruise line Ponant. Michael Parloff has been a faculty member at Manhattan School of Music since Opera News hails Lyubov Petrova as a soprano of ravishing, changeable beauty, blazing high notes, and magnetic stage presence. In the season, she sings her first performances of Freia in Das Rheingold with both the London Philharmonic and the Odense Symphony Orchestra, in addition to returning to the Metropolitan Opera for its productions of Le nozze di Figaro and Così fan tutte. Petrova made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos and has since returned for numerous other roles. Last season, she sang her first performances of Tatyana in Eugene Onegin with Florida Grand Opera, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, and Sofya in Prokofiev s Semyon Kotko with Vladimir Jurowski conducting the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest at the Concertgebouw. Scott Pingel s career has included serving as the San Francisco Symphony s Principal Bass for thirteen years, in addition to positions such as Principal Bass of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Guest Principal with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Canada, among others. As a chamber musician, he can be heard in venues around the country with groups such as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and on radio programs including NPR s Performance Today. Formerly active as a jazz musician, Pingel performed in clubs from New York to Stockholm. He was previously a tenured Associate Professor of Music at the University of Michigan and is currently a faculty member of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

31 First Prize winner of the 2008 Naumburg International Violoncello Competition, David Requiro (pronounced re-keer-oh) is recognized as one of today s finest cellists. Requiro has appeared as soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, and numerous orchestras across North America. He has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Seattle Chamber Music Society, and Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players and is a founding member of the Baumer String Quartet. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center appointed him to its prestigious CMS Two residency program beginning in David Requiro has been Assistant Professor of Cello at the University of Colorado Boulder since David Requiro holds the Kathleen G. Henschel Cello Chair in honor of David Finckel for Known for his delicious quality of tone, Kevin Rivard, Coprincipal Horn of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Principal Horn of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, has performed with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, among others. His awards include Grand Prize at the Concours International d Interprétation Musicale in Paris, the International Horn Competition of America, and the Farkas Horn Competition. Kevin Rivard has participated in the Sarasota Music Festival, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Verbier Festival, and the Santa Fe Opera. Cellist Keith Robinson is a founding member of the Miami String Quartet and has been active as a chamber musician, recitalist, and soloist since his graduation from the Curtis Institute of Music. His most recent recording, released on Blue Griffin Records with pianist Donna Lee, features Mendelssohn s complete works for cello and piano. As a member of the Miami String Quartet, he has recorded for the BMG, CRI, Musical Heritage Society, and Pyramid recording labels, was a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center s CMS Two program, and won the Concert Artists Guild, London String Quartet, and Fischoff chamber music competitions. He plays a Carlo Tononi cello made in Venice and dated Six-time Grammy Award-winning recording producer Da-Hong Seetoo returns to Music@Menlo for a sixteenth consecutive season to record the festival concerts for release on the Music@Menlo LIVE label. A Curtis Institute and Juilliard School trained violinist, Seetoo has emerged as one of a handful of elite audio engineers, using his own custom-designed microphones, monitor speakers, and computer software. His recent clients include the Borromeo, Escher, Emerson, Miró, and Tokyo String Quartets; the Beaux Arts Trio; pianists Daniel Barenboim, Yefim Bronfman, Derek Han, and Christopher O Riley; violinist Gil Shaham; cellist Truls Mørk; the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under David Zinman; the Evergreen Symphony (Taipei, Taiwan); the New York Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel; the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra (Columbus, Ohio); the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Carlos Miguel Prieto; the Singapore Symphony Orchestra; and David Finckel and Wu Han for the ArtistLed label. Winner of a 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant, violinist Arnaud Sussmann debuted in the season with the Vancouver Symphony, Pacific Symphony, and Alabama Symphony, among other orchestras. He has appeared previously with the American Symphony Orchestra, Stamford Symphony, Chattanooga Symphony, Minnesota Sinfonia, Jerusalem Symphony, and Paris Chamber Orchestra. A dedicated chamber musician, he has been affiliated with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 2006 and regularly appears with it in New York and on tour. Born in Strasbourg, France, and based now in New York City, Arnaud Sussmann trained at the Conservatoire de Paris and the Juilliard School with Boris Garlitsky and Itzhak Perlman. Stephen Taylor, one of the most sought-after oboists in the country, holds the Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III Solo Oboe Chair at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He is a soloist with the New York Woodwind Quintet, Orchestra of St. Luke s, St. Luke s Chamber Ensemble, the American Composers Orchestra, the New England Bach Festival Orchestra, and Speculum Musicae and is Coprincipal Oboist of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. His regular festival appearances include Spoleto, Aldeburgh, Caramoor, Bravo! Vail Valley, Music from Angel Fire, Norfolk, Santa Fe, Aspen, and Chamber Music Northwest. Trained at the Juilliard School, Stephen Taylor is a member of its faculty as well as those of the Yale School of Music and Manhattan School of Music. Swiss-born American pianist Gilles Vonsattel is the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award and winner of the Naumburg and Geneva competitions. He has appeared with the Munich Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Boston Symphony, and San Francisco Symphony and performed recitals and chamber music at Ravinia, Tokyo s Musashino Hall, Wigmore Hall, Bravo! Vail Valley, Chamber Music Northwest, La Roque d Anthéron, Music@Menlo, the Lucerne Festival, and Spoleto USA. As an Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Gilles Vonsattel regularly performs at Alice Tully Hall and on tour throughout the United States and internationally. In the season, Australian-Chinese tenor Kang Wang will sing Mitrane in Semiramide at the Metropolitan Opera as well as cover Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor and the tenor solo in Verdi s Requiem, after a successful role and house debut last season as Narraboth in Strauss s Salome. He will sing Rossini s Stabat Mater with the London Philharmonic and Mendelssohn s Elijah with the San Antonio Symphony and will present a solo recital at the National Conservatory of Moscow. Upcoming engagements include Alfredo in La traviata for his Welsh National Opera debut and Rodolfo in La bohème at Austin Lyric Opera. He is a third-year member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program of the Metropolitan Opera. Violinist Wu Jie has garnered unprecedented international success as both a chamber and solo musician. She cofounded the Escher String Quartet in 2005 and played with that ensemble until From 2013 to 2016, Wu Jie taught many violin and viola students in Manhattan School of Music s Precollege Division, and many of her students are now in prestigious schools such as the Curtis Institute of Music, Yale, and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her main teachers include Pinchas Zukerman, Patinka Kopec, Eleonora Turovsky, Lei Fang, and Robert Mann. In 2012, Wu Jie married Escher String Quartet violist Pierre Lapointe and they now have a lovely son named Arthur. Winner of the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, violinist Angelo Xiang Yu has won the enthusiastic response of audiences worldwide for his astonishing technique, exquisite tone, and exceptional maturity. His recent and upcoming engagements include concerto performances with the Pittsburgh, Toronto, Vancouver, Colorado, North Carolina, Alabama, Charlotte, and Houston symphonies and a tour with the New Zealand Symphony throughout the country. He has performed in world-renowned venues such as the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Louvre Auditorium, Beijing s National Centre for the Performing Arts, Singapore s Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, the Oslo Opera House, Auckland Town Hall, Jordan Hall, and Boston Symphony Hall. Yu currently performs on a 1729 Stradivarius violin generously on loan from an anonymous donor. subscribe at

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32 Support the music you love with a gift to Music@Menlo today! Did you know that ticket sales make up only 15 percent of Music@Menlo s budget? Gifts to the Annual Fund Gifts to the Annual Fund support the critical daily operations of the festival and Chamber Music Institute and are acknowledged through membership benefits. Sponsor a Student with a Gift to the Ann S. Bowers Young Artist Fund Play a critical role in the lives of these extraordinary young musicians by enabling the life-changing experience of studying at Music@Menlo s Chamber Music Institute. Sponsors enjoy the same benefits as contributors to the Annual Fund as well as special opportunities to get to know their student. Please contact us to learn how to become a Sponsor. Planned Giving through the Isaac Stern Circle Include Music@Menlo in your estate plans to leave a lasting legacy of music. Please speak with us about your specific interests and talk with your estate planning advisor to learn more. Young Patrons Society Patrons under forty are invited to join the Young Patrons Society in its inaugural year. Members enjoy complimentary Overture Concert tickets and invitations to special receptions. Please visit our website to learn more about the Young Patrons Society. 32 subscribe at Gifts to the Music@Menlo Fund The Music@Menlo Fund, initially funded by the Tenth-Anniversary Campaign, holds board-designated funds to support long-term financial health and special projects. Please contact us to learn more about making a special gift or pledge to the Fund. Volunteer Volunteers provide critical support to the festival, including ushering and hosting artists or seasonal staff members in their homes. Ways to Give Gifts of Cash: Gifts may be made at or by phone at or may be mailed to Music@Menlo at 50 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton, CA Gifts of Securities: A gift of appreciated stock may offer valuable tax benefits. Please contact your financial advisor for more information. Pledges: Gifts may be pledged and paid in increments comfortable for you. Employer Matching Gifts: Employer matching gifts are a great way to double or triple your impact! Many companies match gifts for retirees as well as current employees. Contact your employer s human resources department to find out more. Music@Menlo is a program of Menlo School, a registered 501(c)3 educational institution. For more information on supporting Music@Menlo, please contact Lee Ramsey, Development Director, at or lee@musicatmenlo.org.

Music@Menlo Membership Become a Member by making a contribution to the Annual Fund Your gift to Music@Menlo will: Subsidize each and every event produced during our summer festival Underwrite free

young and emerging artists in our Chamber Music Institute Fund year-round chamber music activities, including: Music@Menlo:Focus residency concerts Classroom and community outreach during our Winter

33 Membership Become a Member by making a contribution to the Annual Fund Your gift to Music@Menlo will: Subsidize each and every event produced during our summer festival Underwrite free community programming, including: Prelude Performances Koret Young Performers Concerts Master classes Café Conversations Open coaching sessions Provide a world-class educational experience for forty young and emerging artists in our Chamber Music Institute Fund year-round chamber music activities, including: Music@Menlo:Focus residency concerts Classroom and community outreach during our Winter Residency program Only Members of Music@Menlo enjoy special benefits and VIP access. Join one of our membership circles today! Performers Circle ($100 $999) Welcome to the Music@Menlo community! Composers Circle ($1,000 $24,999) Enjoy special events with festival artists and the Artistic Directors, advance reservations for the Chamber Music Institute performances, and VIP ticketing. Patrons Circle ($25,000+) Members of the Patrons Circle play a vital role in the support of Music@Menlo and are recognized through the Season Dedication, as well as intimate opportunities to engage with festival artists and the annual Patrons Circle Season Announcement event. For a complete listing of donor levels and details of the benefits included, please visit or contact Lee Ramsey, Development Director, at or lee@musicatmenlo.org. Music@Menlo Travel September 16 25, 2018: London & Paris Music@Menlo invites you to embark on a specially curated musical journey. With festival artists, expert guides, and distinguished lecturers, Music@Menlo s travel program offers our patrons incomparable insider access to significant historical and cultural landmarks and musical experiences like no other. This fall, Music@Menlo will journey to two of the Creative Capitals presented in the 2018 festival: London and Paris. With Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han and other festival artists, we will explore the extraordinary musical and cultural legacies of these two great cities. If you are interested in learning more about Music@Menlo s travel program, please contact Lee Ramsey at or lee@musicatmenlo.org. subscribe at

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34 Reserving Your Summer Festival Tickets Ways to Order Mail: Tickets 50 Valparaiso Avenue Atherton, CA Phone: Fax: Online: Box Office Hours Before July 9: Monday Friday, 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. July 9 August 4: Daily, 9:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Get the Best Seats! Support Members of the Bach Circle ($1,000) and above receive VIP priority ticketing VIP ticket orders are filled first, ensuring ticket availability for the most popular concerts and securing priority seats, based on giving level. Bach Members and above also receive Advance Ticketing for one Prelude Performance or Koret Young Performers Concert of their choice. Members of the Haydn Circle ($2,500) and above receive Premium Seating reservations for the best seats in the hall. The number of Premium Seating reservations is dependent on giving level. Order by April 2 for VIP priority ticketing. Subscribe Summer Festival Subscribers receive Subscriber priority ticketing with a purchase of four or more paid events. Subscriber orders are filled immediately after VIP priority orders and before single-ticket orders. Order by April 17 for Subscriber priority ticketing. Order Early Single-ticket orders are filled in the order they are received, after the VIP and Subscriber priority ticketing windows have closed. Order early to get the best seats and to get tickets to concerts that sell out quickly! 2018 Summer Festival Subscriptions Become a Music@Menlo Summer Festival Subscriber and enjoy exclusive benefits, personalized services, and special savings throughout the entire festival. Subscriber benefits include the following: Priority ticketing: Get your order filled before non-subscribers for improved seats and access to concerts that sell out quickly. Order by April 17 for Subscriber priority ticketing. Special savings: Receive a 5 percent or a 10 percent discount on your order and all additional ticket purchases throughout the festival. Free ticket exchanges: Easily exchange your tickets for the 2018 summer festival free of charge. Subscription Levels: Choose Your Own Festival Mini Subscription (4 5 Events*) Save 5 percent on your ticket order and subsequent festival ticket purchases. Festival Full Subscription (6+ Events*) Save 10 percent on your ticket order and subsequent festival ticket purchases. Immersion Subscription (All Events**) Save 10 percent on your ticket order and subsequent festival ticket purchases. Receive a 10 percent discount on Music@Menlo merchandise. Receive the complete set of recordings of 2018 Music@Menlo LIVE when it is released later in the year. Subscriber Fees A $10-per-order handling fee applies to each original order. Subscribers pay no handling fees on ticket exchanges throughout the 2018 summer festival. Subsequent new ticket purchases (not exchanges) will incur the standard $6-per-order handling fee. * Concert Programs, Carte Blanche Concerts, Encounters, and Overture Concerts ** All Concert Programs and Encounters 34 subscribe at

Reserving Your Summer Festival Tickets More Ticketing Information Members of the Bach Circle and Above (contributors of $1,000 or more to the 2018 Annual Fund) Your VIP priority ticket order (placed

35 Reserving Your Summer Festival Tickets More Ticketing Information Members of the Bach Circle and Above (contributors of $1,000 or more to the 2018 Annual Fund) Your VIP priority ticket order (placed by April 2) will be filled before all other ticket orders (priority based on giving level). For your first summer festival ticket order, pay festival Subscriber or non-subscriber handling fees ($10 handling fee for subscriptions or a $6 handling fee for single-ticket orders). Then, enjoy waived handling fees for all additional ticket purchases or exchanges throughout the 2018 summer festival. Premium Seating and Advance Ticketing Premium Seating allows Members of the Haydn Circle ($2,500) and above to upgrade some of their tickets to include assigned seating reflecting their preferences. Premium Seating can be applied to any paid event and/or Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Members of the Bach Circle ($1,000) and above enjoy Advance Ticketing for one Prelude Performance or Koret Young Performers Concert of their choice. Members of the Beethoven Circle ($10,000) and above enjoy Advance Ticketing for all Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. For more information about Advance Ticketing or Premium Seating, please visit or contact Lee Ramsey at lee@musicatmenlo.org or Seating Policies Seating is reserved for all paid ticketed events: Encounters, Overtures, Concert Programs, and Carte Blanche Concerts. Starting in 2018, seating will be reserved for Encounters. For reserved-seating events, seats are assigned on a best-available basis at the time the order is filled. Seating is by general admission for all free events, including Prelude Performances, Koret Young Performers Concerts, Café Conversations, and master classes. Premium Seating is available for Haydn Circle ($2,500) and above Members for Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts. Discounted Tickets for Those under Age Thirty Music@Menlo is committed to making tickets available at a greatly reduced rate for audience members under the age of thirty. Prices vary by event and venue. Proof of age may be required. Single-Ticket Orders A $6 handling fee applies to any order of three or fewer concerts or Encounters. A $3-per-ticket handling fee applies to exchanges. Receiving Your Summer Festival Tickets Tickets will be mailed beginning in mid-june. For ticket orders placed after that, tickets will be mailed within approximately five business days. For ticket orders placed fewer than seven days prior to a performance, tickets will be held at will call. Will Call and Ticket Services at the Venue Will call and on-site ticket services at each venue open one hour before the start of any ticketed event. Tickets for all Music@Menlo paid events may be ordered at on-site ticket services. Ticket Returns, Exchanges, and Donations We welcome ticket returns for a credit, exchange, or donation. You may return your ticket up to twenty-four hours prior to a performance for a ticket credit (to be used within the same season), an immediate exchange, or a tax-deductible donation. Ticket exchanges are subject to a $3-per-ticket fee, which is waived for Summer Festival Subscribers and Members of the Bach Circle ($1,000) and above. There is never a fee to donate your ticket. Proof of the return must be provided. All programs and artists are subject to change without notice. Tickets cannot be exchanged, credited, or donated on the day of the event. We cannot refund tickets, except in the case of a canceled event. Ticket Reservations for Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts Online ticket reservations are available for Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts and can be made at or by calling the ticketing line on the day of the event starting at 9:00 a.m. Free tickets can also be requested in person at will call beginning one hour prior to the start of each concert. Ticket reservations are general admission. Accessibility Accessible seating is available at each venue and can be ordered online, by phone, or by mail. If ordering online or by mail, please indicate that accessible seating is required. For questions about accessibility, please contact patron services. Questions For questions about tickets or your order, please call patron services at , tickets@musicatmenlo.org, or visit subscribe at

Stent Family Hall The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Performance Venues In 2018, Music@Menlo offers audiences the chance to hear great chamber music in three unique concert spaces: The

its inaugural season in 2003. The Menlo School campus is host to many of the festival concerts, the Encounter series, and Music@Menlo s Chamber Music Institute.

master classes, and other Institute activities.

36 Stent Family Hall The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Performance Venues In 2018, offers audiences the chance to hear great chamber music in three unique concert spaces: The Festival Campus and Performance Venues s Home: Menlo School Menlo School is one of the nation s leading independent collegepreparatory schools and has been the home of Music@Menlo since its inaugural season in The Menlo School campus is host to many of the festival concerts, the Encounter series, and Music@Menlo s Chamber Music Institute. The school s classrooms offer an ideal setting for rehearsals and coachings, while and Stent Family Hall s Spieker Ballroom provide intimate settings for music as well as for Café Conversations, master classes, and other Institute activities. Menlo School s commitment to learning and its welcoming atmosphere and beautiful grounds make it the ideal environment for audiences, Institute students, and the festival s artist-faculty to share ideas and realize Music@Menlo s educational mission, which serves festival audiences, Menlo School students, and the next generation of chamber musicians. During the school year, Music@Menlo supports Menlo School s commitment to instilling creative-thinking skills in all of its students. Music@Menlo s annual Winter Residency brings classical music into the Menlo School classrooms with a series of special performances, discussions, and classroom presentations designed to introduce Menlo School students to a broad selection of chamber music masterpieces, all in the context of curricula ranging from American literature to foreign language studies. Festival Welcome Center Music@Menlo s Welcome Center is open daily throughout the festival. The Welcome Center serves as a place for artists, students, audience members, and festival guests to connect during the festival. Visitors to the Welcome Center can purchase concert tickets and get information about the festival s many offerings and events. Stent Family Hall, on the Menlo School campus, is, in the words of one festival artist, one of the world s most exquisite chamber music spaces. The hall s elegant Spieker Ballroom, with seating for 148 guests, provides a listening experience in the intimate setting for which chamber music was intended., Menlo School s versatile 220-seat multimedia facility, offers up-close enjoyment from every seat for Encounters (see p. 22), select Prelude Performances (see pp ), master classes, and Café Conversations (see p. 25). The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, open since 2009, is the Peninsula s first state-of-the-art concert hall, acoustically ideal for chamber music. With an architectural design inspired by the neighboring oak tree grove and an intimate interior, the 492- seat hall is located in close proximity to downtown Menlo Park on the campus of Menlo-Atherton High School. Reserved Seating Seating for paid events at the Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Stent Family Hall, and Martin Family Hall is reserved. Seating for all free events, including Prelude Performances and Koret Young Performers Concerts, is by general admission. Venue seating maps and more information on reserved seating can be found on the order form, and directions to the venues appear on the opposite page. 36 subscribe at

37 Caltrain THE CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS AT MENLO-ATHERTON Ringwood Ave Willow Rd. 2 Ravenswood ATHERTON 1 PALO ALTO Cowper St. MENLO PARK ST. BEDE S EPISCOPAL CHURCH MAP NOT DRAWN TO SCALE For Visitors to Our Area Location: Atherton and Menlo Park are situated adjacent to each other on the San Francisco Peninsula, midway between San Francisco and San Jose. Getting here: The San Francisco Bay Area is served by three international airports: San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland. Atherton and Menlo Park are within forty-five minutes of each. Caltrain services Menlo Park and nearby Palo Alto for a direct link to San Francisco. Weather: In July and August, it almost never rains on the Peninsula. Days are dry and warm, frequently in the low eighties, and evenings can be cool, sometimes in the high fifties. Shopping and dining: The towns of Menlo Park and Palo Alto offer tree-lined streets featuring distinctive boutiques, shops, and outstanding eateries serving cuisine to suit any taste. Also nearby, the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto is an upscale open-air mall. Accommodations: Comfortable and welcoming hotels are available in a variety of price ranges in Menlo Park and Palo Alto. Visit for more information and useful links to area websites. Directions and Parking Menlo School, Stent Family Hall, and all are located at 50 Valparaiso Avenue in Atherton, between El Camino Real and Alameda de las Pulgas, at the Atherton/Menlo Park border. Parking is plentiful and free on the school s campus. The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton is located on the campus of Menlo-Atherton High School at 555 Middlefield Road in Atherton, near the intersection of Middlefield Road and Ravenswood Avenue. Parking is free. PHOTO CREDITS Music@Menlo photographs (pp. 2 3, 23 25, and 32 37): Carlin Ma. Travel programs (p. 33): istock Photo. David Finckel and Wu Han (pp. 2 and 27): Lisa-Marie Mazzucco. Paul Huang (p. 20): Marco Borggreve. Wu Han (p. 20): Lisa-Marie Mazzucco. Calidore String Quartet (p. 20): Michael Hershkowitz. Dmitri Atapine and Hyeyeon Park (p. 21): Heather Woodson-Gammon. Paul Neubauer (p. 21): Tristan Cook. Michael Brown (p. 21): Jamie Beck. Arnaud Sussmann and Hyeyeon Park (p. 26): Carlin Ma. Hyeyeon Park (p. 26): courtesy of the University of Nevada, Reno. Jon Kimura Parker (p. 26): Tara McMullen. Cho-Liang Lin (p. 26): Sophie Zhai. Matthew Lipman (p. 26): Jiyang Chen. David Finckel (p. 26): Lisa-Marie Mazzucco. Arnaud Sussmann (pp. 26 and 31): Matt Dine. Pamela Frank (p. 26): Nicolas Lieber. Paul Neubauer (pp. 26 and 31): Tristan Cook. Gonzalo Fonseca (p. 27): Ovak Arslanian. Dmitri Atapine (p. 28): Do Hyung Kim. Efe Baltacigil (p. 28): Christian Steiner. Aaron Boyd (p. 28): Carlin Ma. Michael Brown (p. 28): Neda Navaee. Calidore String Quartet, Nicholas Canellakis (p. 28): Sophie Zhai. Ivan Chan (p. 28): Zheng Yang. Gloria Chien (p. 28): Lisa-Marie Mazzucco. Sara Couden (p. 28): Dario Acosta. Roberto Díaz (p. 28): Alisa Garin. Jose Franch-Ballester (p. 28): Ashleigh Taylor Photography. Ara Guzelimian (p. 29): Rosalie O Connor. John R. Hale (p. 29): Joan Vandertoll. Bella Hristova (p. 29): Lisa-Marie Mazzucco. Paul Huang (p. 29): Marco Borggreve. Gilbert Kalish (p. 29): Anneliese Varaldieve. Alexi Kenney (p. 29): Yang Bao. Peter Kolkay (p. 29): Jim McGuire. Kristin Lee (p. 29): Sophie Zhai. Matthew Lipman (p. 29): Jiyang Chen. Anthony McGill (p. 29): David Finlayson. Demarre McGill (p. 30): Teresa Berg. Stephanie McNab (p. 30): Norbert Brein-Kozakewycz. Amy Schwartz Moretti (p. 30): Angela Morris. Paul Neubauer (p. 30): Tristan Cook. Richard O Neill (p. 30): CREDIA. Hyeyeon Park (p. 30): D. H. Kim. Jon Kimura Parker (p. 30): Shayne Gray. Michael Parloff (p. 30): Elizabeth Veneskey. Lyubov Petrova (p. 30): Ronnie Nelson. Scott Pingel (p. 30): Matthew Washburn. David Requiro (p. 31): Brian Hatton. Kevin Rivard (p. 31): Chris Hardy. Keith Robinson (p. 31): Tara McMullen. Da-Hong Seetoo, Stephen Taylor (p. 31): Christian Steiner. Gilles Vonsattel (p. 31): Marco Borggreve. Wu Jie (p. 31): Tristan Cook. Angelo Xiang Yu (p. 31): Kate Lemmon. Art direction and design: Nick Stone, subscribe at

38 Calendar July 13 August 4, 2018 Date Free Events Paid Events Friday, July 13 7:30 p.m. Encounter I: London, Paris, and St. Petersburg, PAGE 22 led by Michael Parloff ($52) Saturday, July 14 3:30 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 25 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton 6:00 p.m. Concert Program I: London PAGE 7 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton ($72/$62) 8:30 p.m. Fête the Festival PAGE 7 Menlo School campus ($75) Sunday, July 15 3:30 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 25 6:00 p.m. Carte Blanche Concert I: Paul Huang and Wu Han PAGE 20 Stent Family Hall ($82) Monday, July 16 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 Tuesday, July 17 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 5:00 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 25 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton 7:30 p.m. Concert Program II: Paris PAGE 9 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton ($72/$62) Wednesday, July 18 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 5:00 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 25 Thursday, July 19 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 5:00 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 25 7:30 p.m. Carte Blanche Concert II: Calidore String Quartet PAGE 20 Stent Family Hall ($82) Friday, July 20 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 5:00 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 25 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton 7:30 p.m. Encounter II: Leipzig and Berlin, PAGE 22 led by Ara Guzelimian ($52) Saturday, July 21 1:00 p.m. Koret Young Performers Concert PAGE 25 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton 6:00 p.m. Concert Program III: St. Petersburg PAGE 11 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton ($72/$62) Sunday, July 22 3:30 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 25 10:30 a.m. Carte Blanche Concert III: Dmitri Atapine and PAGE 21 Hyeyeon Park Stent Family Hall ($82) Picnic Lunch ($20) Monday, July 23 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 Tuesday, July 24 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 7:30 p.m. Overture Concert I PAGE 23 Stent Family Hall ($32) Wednesday, July 25 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 5:00 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 25 7:30 p.m. Concert Program IV: Leipzig PAGE 13 Stent Family Hall ($82) Thursday, July 26 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 5:00 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 25 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton 7:30 p.m Concert Program IV: Leipzig PAGE 13 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton ($72/$62) 38 subscribe at

39 Date Free Events Paid Events Friday, July 27 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 5:00 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 25 Stent Family Hall 7:30 p.m. Encounter III: Budapest and Vienna, PAGE 22 led by John R. Hale ($52) Saturday, July 28 1:00 p.m. Koret Young Performers Concert PAGE 25 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton 6:00 p.m. Concert Program V: Berlin PAGE 15 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton ($72/$62) Sunday, July 29 3:30 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 25 10:30 a.m. Carte Blanche Concert IV: PAGE 21 Paul Neubauer and Michael Brown Stent Family Hall ($82) 6:00 p.m. Concert Program V: Berlin PAGE 15 Stent Family Hall ($82) Monday, July 30 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 Tuesday, July 31 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 5:00 p.m. Prelude Performance PAGE 25 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton 7:30 p.m. Concert Program VI: Budapest PAGE 17 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton ($72/$62) Wednesday, August 1 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 7:30 p.m. Overture Concert II PAGE 23 Stent Family Hall ($32) Thursday, August 2 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 7:30 p.m. Concert Program VII: Vienna PAGE 19 Stent Family Hall ($82) Friday, August 3 11:45 a.m. Master Class/Café Conversation* PAGE 25 5:00 p.m. Final Prelude Performance PAGE 25 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Saturday, August 4 1:00 p.m. Koret Young Performers Concert PAGE 25 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton 6:00 p.m. Concert Program VII: Vienna PAGE 19 The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton ($72/$62) *Each weekday of the festival, beginning on July 16, features either a master class with the Chamber Music Institute s young artists or a Café Conversation. Master classes and Café Conversations are offered at 11:45 a.m. on the campus of Menlo School. These events are free and open to the public. Please consult your festival program book or visit during the festival season for a detailed schedule of master classes and Café Conversation topics (reservations are not required). Special Thanks Music@Menlo is made possible by a leadership grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Additional support provided by Koret Foundation Funds, the Margulf Foundation, U.S. Trust, and the many individuals and organizations that share the festival s vision. The Margulf Foundation ProPiano is the official provider of Steinway Hamburg grand pianos to Music@Menlo RIDGE V I N E Y A R D S subscribe at

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2016 Russian Reflections Events Overview July 15 August 6 Concert Programs Concert Program I, Towards the Flame Saturday, July 16, 6:00 p.m., The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Rachmaninov