 2010 Winter Series15th Season The Honest Brook Music Festival will present its 15th Winter Series in January, February and March. These concerts take place in private homes re-creating the setting in which much of the classical repertoire was originally performed. The audience enjoys the intimacy of the performance space, and each concert is followed by a champagne and dessert reception where one can interact with the musicians. Because seating is limited, reservations must be made in advance. Locations and directions will be announced to all season subscription holders and reservation holders prior to each concert. Please note that we will be presenting the Peabody Trio twice - once on Friday night March 26 and once on Saturday night March 27. The Friday night concert will be at a home in Jefferson and the Saturday night concert will be at a home in Delhi. Subscribers can choose which night they wish to attend, and there will be single tickets available for both concerts. 
Hsia-Jung Chang, pianoSaturday, January 23, 8:00 PM A native of Taiwan, pianist Hsia-Jung Chang’s recent concerts feature the bulk of Frederic Chopin’s piano solo works. Her CD Chopin: Impromptus, Ballades, Berceuse was showcased on The Piano Bench Hour on KPBX radio, and on Call of the Mountain on WNYE. Her new CD of the complete Preludes of Chopin, recorded on a rebuilt 1907 Pleyel piano, has been showcased on Reflections from the Keyboard with David Dubal on WQXR, the CBC radio program As It Happens, a WJFF radio interview, and on other radio stations. The New Classics web critic writes: “Hsia-Jung Chang performs the works with great delicacy and refinement, allowing a wide spectrum of color and moods to emerge in a way that appears effortless.” Chang has premiered and commissioned numerous works by composers in the United States and Scandinavia. She was featured soloist on television and radio in the US and abroad. She has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Guild Outreach, introducing opera to children in schools of the greater New York area, and she has served as guest lecturer at the Manhattan School of Music, Society for Ethical Culture, Hong Kong Music and Speech Festival, the Shengyang Music Conservatory and Dong Bei University of China, among others. Chang received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Houston and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Manhattan School of Music. She has studied with such notable teachers at Nelita True, Abbey Simon and Constance Keene. 
Makoto Nakura, marimbaSaturday, February 27, 8:00 PM Marimbist Makoto Nakura is a musician whose artistry and astonishing virtuosity have been mesmerizing audiences all over the world. In 1994, Makoto Nakura moved from his native Japan to New York City, and he became the first marimbist to win First Prize in the prestigious Young Concert Artists International Auditions. His critically acclaimed performances around the world have included venues in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires. In the U.S., he has performed for audiences in 41 of the 50 states, with orchestras such as the New York Chamber Symphony, the Chicago Sinfonietta and the California Symphony and as a recital soloist at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, New York’s 92nd Street Y, and Washington’s Kennedy Center. He has performed numerous times with the American Ballet Theater in New York City, and he has also appeared as a guest artist with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mr. Nakura has established himself as a dedicated champion of the music of our time, and many leading young composers have written pieces for him. It is his mission to explore and expand the possibilities of the marimba, to demonstrate what an exciting and provocative vehicle it offers to composers and what a thrilling experience it presents for audiences. Born in Kobe, Japan, Mr. Nakura began to play the marimba at the age of eight. He earned both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Musashino College in Tokyo and continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His CDs from Kleos Classics (Ritual Protocol and Triple Jump), and Tsuneya Tanabe Marimba Works on Japan’s ALM Records, are devoted to works written especially for him. His newest CD, Bach Beat - A Marimbist As Pointillist was released by Kleos in 2008. The five Bach transcriptions by Mr. Nakura were recorded by SACD and surround sound system. 
The Peabody Trio: The Peabody Trio gave its New York debut in 1990 at Alice Tully Hall and has since performed in the most important chamber music series in North America, including New York, Washington, Chicago, Denver, Vancouver, Montreal, among others. Internationally, they tour frequently in England, making repeat appearances at London’s Wigmore Hall, and in Japan and Israel. They have performed at such summer festivals as Tanglewood, Skaneateles and Rockport and on such radio broadcasts as Saint Paul Sunday Morning, Performance Today, Morning Pro Musica, CBC/Radio-Canada, WGBH in Boston and WQXR in New York. The trio currently serves as the resident faculty ensemble of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. They are frequently asked to perform educational residencies for chamber music organizations and have served as visiting professors at universities and conservatories in the US and abroad. They spend summers as ensemble-in-residence at the Yellow Barn Music School and Festival in Vermont. The Peabody Trio celebrated its twentieth season in 2007-08 with the release of the Beethoven Trios Op. 1 Nos. 1 and 3 on Artek Records, the second in their series of the complete piano trios of Beethoven. In 2004 the trio released Beethoven: Trios, Op. 70 to great acclaim. |
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