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SCHOOL OF MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA FACULTY CONCERT SERIES MICHELLE MARES & MARK ANDERSON PIANOS Saturday, January 24, 2015 8:00 p.m. MacLaurin Building, University of Victoria Adults: $18 / Students, seniors, alumni: $14
P R O G R A M Bach Kurtág (transcribed for 2 pianos) Chorale Christum wir sollen loben schon BWV 611 Chorale Ach wie nichtig, ach wie fluchtig BWV 644 Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, op. 56b I N T E R M I S S I O N Beverages and snacks available at the concession located in the lounge. Johannes Brahms Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, op. 34b Allegro non troppo Scherzo: Allegro Finale: Poco sostenuto Allegro non troppo
BIOGRAPHIES MICHELLE MARES A native of Vancouver, Canada, Michelle Mares began her musical studies at the age of 4. As a student of the Suzuki Piano Method, she amassed a great deal of performing experience from an early age as a child prodigy. At the age of 10, she gave her first full length recital and in the same year, appeared for the first time as a soloist with the Mozarteum Orchestra in Salzburg, Austria. At the age of 12, she was personally invited by the world renowned pedagogue, Karl Heinz Kämmerling to study with him in Germany and worked with him there for a year. From that point on, she routinely won top prizes in competitions including the CBC Young Performer s Competition (2nd prize in 1987 at the age of 15 and again in 1995 with 1st prize), the Hamburg Steinway Competition (1983), the Montreal Symphony Competition (1986), the S.A.C.E.M. Prize at the Robert Casadesus International Competition (1993) and at the age of 17, top prize at the 1988 Geneva International Competition. She has also been awarded the Canada Council B grant on various occasions. She has attracted the attention of some of the world s most eminent musicians studying with Canada s own Jane Coop at UBC and Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory. She received her performance degree at the Mozarteum Conservatory in Salzburg, Austria in 1995. Subsequently, she moved to London, England to work with Alfred Brendel and was also privileged to come into the orbit of the great Hungarian composer, György Kurtag who had an enormous influence on her as a musician. It was at this point that she decided to settle in Europe. She has lead an active performing career in both Canada and Europe spanning the entire repertoire as a soloist and chamber musician. She has performed with virtually every major orchestra in Canada as a soloist and her performances have been heard regularly on national and international radio broadcast. Some of the orchestras she has appeared with in Europe include Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Basel Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish Chamber Orchestra and the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra. After nearly two decades in Europe, Ms. Mares returned to her native West Coast of Canada in 2008. In 2010, she suffered the serious setback of a broken wrist. She managed to triumph over her injury, and in 2011 she performed the demanding Goldberg Variations and the 12 Chopin Etudes Op.10 to enthralled audiences in Victoria. She is currently settled in Vancouver, BC and is on the piano faculty at the University of Victoria and at the Victoria Conservatory of Music. In her teaching, she draws from a deep reservoir of musical and professional experience.
MARK ANDERSON Having begun piano studies at the age of 5, pianist Mark Anderson, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, has become one of the world s outstanding pianists. After winning major prizes at the 1992 IMCJ (Japan), the 1992 Busoni Competition (Italy), the 1993 Leeds (U.K.) and 1994 William Kapell (U.S.) International Piano Competitions, Mark Anderson toured much of the world as recitalist and soloist. He has performed in Japan, throughout the former Soviet Union, Europe and Great Britain, Ireland and North America. He is invited regularly to perform as soloist with orchestras throughout the U.S. and abroad. Closer to home, Mr. Anderson performs with a variety of Bay Area ensembles such as San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and The San Jose Chamber Players. As a duo partner, he has performed with flutist Robert Stallman, the Vertavo Quartet of Norway and the Ives Quartet in residence at Stanford University. Mark began his studies with Eugene Masluk in Livermore, California and received his formative training with Trula Whelan and Aiko Onishi. Having been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1987, Mark finished his formal training at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England under Ryszard Bakst and concluded his formal studies with Benjamin Kaplan in London. Mark records exclusively with Nimbus Records and has released six commercial CDs to date, all of which have met with considerable critical acclaim. His most recent recording, solo piano music of Hans von Bülow, contains works never before recorded and was released in November 2011. A second disc of von Bülow s solo piano works will be released shortly, also on the Nimbus label. Mr. Anderson holds a bachelor degree in piano performance from San Jose State University as well as postgraduate degrees from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and the Royal Academy of Music in London. In June 2001, he was awarded the Master of Arts in Multimedia from California State University Hayward. Mr. Anderson has been visiting guest aritst at the Royal Northern College of Music, San Jose State University, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
UPCOMING EVENTS Sunday, January 25, 8:00 p.m. (Admission by donation) PIANO CLASS RECITAL: An Evening of Chopin Mazurkas Students from the class of Bruce Vogt perform mazurkas written throughout Chopin s composing life. Tuesday, January 27, 12:30 p.m. (Admission by donation) TUESDAYMUSIC Take an afternoon break to enjoy a concert of varied repertoire and instruments featuring School of Music students. Thursday, January 29, 8:00 p.m. ($18 & $14 / Free for UVic Alumni with valid ID) ALUMNI CONCERT SERIES: Emily Carr String Quartet One of BC s finest music ensembles performs George Crumb s Black Angels, Warblework by Cassandra Miller (B.Mus 05), and music by Osvaldo Golijov, and Dimitri Shostakovich. With Müge Büyükçelen and Cory Balzer (violins), violist Mieka Michaux (B.Mus 98) and cellist Alasdair Money (M.Mus 03). Friday, January 30, 12:30 p.m. (Admission by donation) FRIDAYMUSIC Featuring School of Music guitar students. Friday, January 30, 8:00 p.m. ($15 & $10) UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA ORCHESTRA: Dancy Academics Keenan Mittag-Degala, marimba (UVic Concerto Competition winner) Ajtony Csaba, Conductor Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D Ney Rosauro Concerto for Marimba and Strings Jean Sibelius Finlandia Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Ouverture University Centre Farquhar Auditorium Tickets available at the UVic Ticket Centre (250-721-8480), online (www.tickets.uvic.ca) and at the door. To receive our On the Pulse brochure and newsletter by email, contact: concert@uvic.ca www.finearts.uvic.ca/music/events