23 Oct (Wed) - 26 Oct (Sat)
Title Sponsor:
FUBON BANK (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Following the resounding success of last year's concert series by the Chamber Music Society (CMS) of Lincoln Center, the Academy is delighted to present concerts by CMS again with the generous support of Fubon Bank (Hong Kong) as Title Sponsor at the Academy Concert Hall on 23rd, 25th and 26th October this year. This is one of the major celebratory events marking the 40th Anniversary of the Academy.
Lincoln Center Chamber Music Series
Programme details:
8 pm Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Join the artists for classics, including a Beethoven serenade for the unusual combination of flute, violin, and viola, as well as Mendelssohn's youthful F-minor Piano Quartet. The programme closes with Robert Schumann's transformative and lyrical Piano Quintet, which he dedicated to his wife Clara.
8 pm Friday, October 25, 2024
Take a trip to the heart of Europe with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, beginning with early-career piano quartets by Gustav Mahler and Josef Suk - in Mahler's case, his only surviving piece of chamber music. The programme concludes with Franz Schubert's sublime String Quintet, written in the last year of his life and one of the most treasured works in all of chamber music.
8 pm Saturday, October 26, 2024
This programme exhibits the variety of chamber music repertoire with a duet, a trio, a quartet, and a quintet. Mozart's elegant D-major Flute Quartet is followed by an inventive duo for flute and cello by Brazil's most renowned composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos.
The final works are beloved standards for chamber music lovers: Brahms's C-major Piano Trio, about which he stated, "You have not yet had such a beautiful trio from me", and Dvořák's A-major Piano Quintet.
Artists :
Co-Artistic Directors DAVID FINCKEL (Cello) and WU HAN (Piano)
“Mr. Finckel and Wu Han gave eloquent and deeply committed performances. He played with a deep and burnished tone and she with a sparkling virtuosity. Best of all was how keenly they listened to each other.” (The New York Times)
TARA HELEN O'CONNOR, Flute
Tara Helen O'Connor is a charismatic performer noted for her artistic depth, brilliant technique, and colourful tone spanning every musical era. Recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a two-time Grammy nominee, she was the first wind player to participate in CMS's Bowers Programme.
LUN LI, Violin
A native of Shanghai who is currently based in New York, he won first prize in the 2021 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. Additionally, he was also joint winner of the first prize at the Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition 2021.
ARNAUD SUSSMANN, Violin
Recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, Arnaud Sussmann has distinguished himself with his unique sound, bravura, and profound musicianship. Minnesot's Pioneer Press writes, "Sussmann has an old-school sound reminiscent of what you'll hear on vintage recordings by Jascha Heifetz or Fritz Kreisler, a rare combination of sweet and smooth that can hypnotize a listener."
MATTHEW LIPMAN, Viola
American violist Matthew Lipman has been praised by The New York Times for his "rich tone and elegant phrasing" and by the Chicago Tribune for a "splendid technique and musical sensitivity." In 2022, he made his Sony Classical debut on The Dvořák Album, and his 2019 solo debut recording, Ascent, was released by Cedille Records, marking world premieres of the Shostakovich Impromptu and Clarice Assad's Metamorfose.
HE SIHAO, Cello
As a member of the Galvin Cello Quartet, he won the 2022 Victor Elmaleh Competition and joined the Concert Artists Guild roster. He was the first prize winner at the Haydn Invitational Chamber Music Competition in Shanghai, and was awarded "The Most Promising Young String Quartet"at the 4th Beijing International Chamber Music Competition.
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