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Back to Press Release List > 11/17/2009 - New York String Orchestra Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Annual Concerts in December
THE NEW YORK STRING ORCHESTRA CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY WITH
CONCERTS AT CARNEGIE HALL ON DECEMBER 24 AND DECEMBER 28
Featured Performers Include NYSO Alumni Violinists
Cho-Liang Lin, Kyoko Takezawa, and Bella Hristova and
the Orion String Quartet on December 24
Pianist Peter Serkin Joins the Orchestra on December 28
Conductor and Artistic Director Jaime Laredo Leads Annual Ten-Day
Seminar in New York City for Over 60 Young Musicians Selected Nationally
 This December, the New York String Orchestra celebrates its 40th anniversary, returning with its orchestra of young musicians to Carnegie Hall for two concerts in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, conducted by Artistic Director Jaime Laredo. On Thursday, December 24 at 7:00 p.m., the orchestra performs works that showcase multiple string instruments including Edward Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro with the Orion String Quartet, three members of which are alumni of this program; and Bach’s Concerto for Three Violins in D Major with violinists Cho-Liang Lin, Kyoko Takezawa, and Bella Hristova, also alumni. The program concludes with Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 in D Major.
In the second program on Monday, December 28 at 8:00 p.m., the young musicians bring their joy and energy to a program of perennial favorites including Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor with pianist Peter Serkin as well as Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor. The orchestra’s appearances each December have become a Carnegie Hall tradition and are the culmination of the New York String Orchestra Seminar, a nationally-acclaimed professional training program founded in 1969 for highly gifted 15 to 22-year-old musicians, held under the auspices of Mannes College The New School for Music. To help celebrate the seminar’s 40th anniversary, this year’s concerts will feature additional distinguished seminar alumni joining with the orchestra for the Vaughan Williams and Beethoven works.
In addition to those performers appearing in this year’s concert, notable alumni of the seminar include cellist Yo-Yo Ma; conductors Marin Alsop, Douglas Boyd, and Peter Oundjian; and violinists Gil Shaham, Pamela Frank, and Shlomo Mintz; as well as the concertmasters of the major orchestras in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Philadelphia Orchestras, and Washington, DC.
After live auditions of over 288 musicians, selected from 365 applicants, in nine cities across the United States, this year’s program brings 49 string players, 12 wind and brass players, and one timpanist, ages 15-22, to New York City from December 19–28, 2009, on full scholarships. These young musicians represent over 23 states, seven countries (Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Korea, and Thailand), and 24 schools, and will bring their experiences and expertise to New York City for this ten-day seminar.
In preparation for the concerts at Carnegie Hall, the young musicians will have the opportunity to rehearse with Mr. Laredo and renowned soloists, participate in chamber music workshops with celebrated artists including members of the Emerson, Juilliard, Orion, and Guarneri string quartets, and be introduced to new musical worlds with an emphasis on playing expressively. All participants receive full scholarships to ensure no gifted young artist is denied the opportunity due to personal financial limitations. This year’s chamber music faculty includes bassists Peter Lloyd* and Timothy Cobb*; cellists Bonnie Hampton, Sharon Robinson, and Peter Wiley*; violinists Pamela Frank*, Ida Kavafian, Daniel Phillips*, Todd Phillips*, Sylvia Rosenberg*, Laurie Smukler*, and Hiroko Yajima; violists Samuel Rhodes, Steven Tenenbom*, and Michael Tree; flutist Bart Feller*, oboist Linda Strommen*, clarinetist Anthony McGill*, and bassoonist Frank Morelli. (*Indicates New York String Orchestra Seminar alumni.)
About the Artists
For almost five decades, violinist Jaime Laredo has excelled in the roles of violinist, conductor, recitalist, and chamber musician. Since his orchestral debut at the age of 11 with the San Francisco Symphony, Mr. Laredo has won the admiration and respect of audiences, critics, and fellow musicians. He has been continually engaged by all of America’s major orchestras, including those of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, and Philadelphia, with such conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, and Leonard Slatkin. Abroad, Mr. Laredo has performed as soloist and conductor with the London Symphony, the BBC Symphony, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and the Royal Philharmonic. For over 30 years, Mr. Laredo has interwoven solo and conducting dates with the schedule of Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson trio, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2007, and his commitment to educating the next generation of musicians. In addition to leading the New York String Orchestra, Mr. Laredo is Music Director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Artistic Director of the 92nd Street Y’s Chamber Music Series, and guides the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Mr. Laredo has been a principal figure at the Marlboro Music and Aspen Music Festivals and is on the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University. Mr. Laredo first performed as a soloist with the New York String Orchestra in 1970.
The New York String Orchestra Seminar, founded in 1969 by arts administrator Frank Salomon for the late conductor and violinist Alexander Schneider, is a professional education program that has prepared nearly 2,000 young musicians for careers as chamber, orchestral, and solo artists. A project of Mannes College The New School for Music’s New School Concerts department; the seminar brings sixty-two young musicians (ages 15-22) from around the country to New York City in December for a ten-day seminar of rehearsals and performance preparation led by violinist/conductor Jaime Laredo, along with three hours a day of chamber music coaching with distinguished chamber artists. In 1993, Mr. Laredo, Mr. Schneider's personal choice for successor, became artistic director and conductor of the seminar. All of the students invited to participate do so on full scholarship. Alumnus cellist Yo-Yo Ma describes the Seminar as “one of the defining moments for me as a teenager.” For more information, visit newschool.edu/mannes/nysos.
At age 12, pianist Peter Serkin made his Marlboro Music Festival and New York City debuts with conductor Alexander Schneider. Soon after, invitations from the Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras followed. Since then, Mr. Serkin has appeared with the world’s major symphony orchestras and with such eminent conductors as Seiji Ozawa, Pierre Boulez, Daniel Barenboim, Simon Rattle, James Levine, and Christoph Eschenbach. A dedicated chamber musician, Mr. Serkin has collaborated with Alexander Schneider, Pamela Frank, Yo-Yo Ma, and the Budapest, Guarneri, Orion and TASHI string quartets, the latter of which he was a founding member. Highlights of Mr. Serkin’s recent and upcoming appearances include performances with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia and Minnesota Orchestras, and the Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, St. Louis, Toronto and Atlanta symphonies; recitals in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Orchestra Hall in Chicago and New York’s 92nd Street Y. Mr. Serkin’s recordings on Koch, BMG, New World Records, and Araca have received Grammy Award nominations and a prestigious Deutsche Schallplatten. Mr. Serkin currently teaches at Bard College Conservatory of Music and the Longy School of Music. His first solo appearance with the New York String Orchestra was in 1972.
Born in Taiwan, Cho-Liang Lin began his violin lessons when he was 5 years old. Inspired by an encounter with Itzhak Perlman, he traveled to New York in 1975 to audition for Mr. Perlman’s teacher, the late Dorothy DeLay, at The Juilliard School, with whom he studied for six years. At the age of nineteen, Mr. Lin made his New York debut at the Mostly Mozart Festival and soon thereafter with the New York Philharmonic. Upcoming concerts include solo appearances with the Dallas, Toronto, and Houston symphony orchestras, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and internationally with the Bergen and Stockholm philharmonics, and the New Zealand and Singapore symphonies. He serves on the faculties of The Juilliard School and Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and is Music Director of La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest. He plays a 1715 "Titian" Stradivarius and is an alumnus of the 1976 and 1977 New York String Orchestra Seminars.
Since winning the Gold Medal at the Second Quadrennial International Violin Competition in Indianapolis in 1986, Kyoko Takezawa has performed with major orchestras worldwide such as the New York Philharmonic, the Boston, Chicago, London, Bavarian Radio, Berlin Radio, NDR, and NHK symphonies, and the Philadelphia, Cleveland and Royal Concertgebouw orchestras. Ms. Takezawa has collaborated with many distinguished conductors, including Seiji Ozawa, Sir Colin Davis, Michael Tilson Thomas, Alan Gilbert, David Robertson, Charles Dutoit, and Sir Andrew Davis. During the 2009–2010 season, Ms. Takezawa will make solo appearances with the Chicago Symphony and Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra and will continue on a recital tour to Japan and Italy. She is an alumna of the 1985 New York String Orchestra Seminar.
Born in Pleven, Bulgaria in 1985, Bella Hristova began violin studies at the age of six. Ms. Hristova won First Prize in the 2008–2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions; she was also awarded the Rhoda Walker Teagle Prize (which sponsors her New York debut in the Young Concert Artists Series at Merkin Hall), the Miriam Brody Aronson, Ruth Laredo Memorial, and Mortimer Levitt Career Development for Women Artists awards. Ms. Hristova will also debut on the YCA Series at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, as well appear at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and the Cartagena Festival Internacional de Musica. She is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma with Jaime Laredo at Indiana University. She is an alumna of the 2004 and 2006 New York String Orchestra Seminars.
With over fifty performances a year, the Orion String Quartet is one of the most sought-after ensembles in the United States. Violinists Daniel Phillips and Todd Phillips (brothers who share the first violin chair equally), violist Steven Tenenbom, and cellist Timothy Eddy have worked closely with such legendary figures as Rudolf Serkin, Issac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Yo-Yo Ma, Peter Serkin, members of the TASHI quartet and the Beaux Arts Trio as well as the Budapest, Végh, Galimir, and Guarneri String Quartets. The members of the Quartet maintain a strong dedication to the next generation of musical artists and serve on the faculties of the Mannes College of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard School, and the Bard College Conservatory of Music. Quartet members Daniel Phillips, Todd Phillips, and Steven Tenenbom are alumni of the 1970 and 1971; 1976 and 1977, and 1974 New York String Orchestra Seminars respectively.
Program Information
Thursday, December 24 at 7:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
NEW YORK STRING ORCHESTRA
Jaime Laredo, Conductor
Cho-Liang Lin, Violin
Kyoko Takezawa, Violin
Bella Hristova, Violin
Orion String Quartet
Daniel Phillips, Violin
Todd Phillips, Violin
Steven Tenenbom, Viola
Timothy Eddy, Cello
EDWARD ELGAR Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Concerto for Three Violins in D Major, BWV 1064
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, "Prague"
This concert is made possible, in part, by an endowment fund for young artists established by Stella and Robert Jones.
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Monday, December 28, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
NEW YORK STRING ORCHESTRA
Jaime Laredo, Conductor
Peter Serkin, Piano
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
JOHANNES BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
This concert is made possible, in part, by an endowment fund for young artists established by Stella and Robert Jones.
Bank of America is the Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall.
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