Wed, May 10
|Kallos YouTube Channel
[LIVESTREAM] The Roots Of Our Culture
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Time & Location
May 10, 2023, 7:30 PM
Kallos YouTube Channel
Guests
About the event
German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “folk music is the
original melody of man; it is the musical mirror of the world.” Folk music
has the power and wisdom to capture the breadth of humanity. From
times of joy and celebration to those of sorrow and pain, it serves as
consolation to our body, mind and soul. The last concert of Kallos’ 5th
season reflects on the relationship of music and humanity through
chamber music deeply rooted in folk traditions. We showcase Copland’s
take on the Wild West, Suk’s deeply embedded flavors of Bohemia, and
Brahms’s homage to the Roma peoples.
Please click the link below to read the Program E-book
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PROGRAM
Aaron Copland: Waltz and Celebration from ‘Billy the Kid’ (Version
1900-1990 for violin and piano)
Josef Suk Piano Quartet in A minor, Op.1
1874-1935
Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
1833-1897
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
Kevin Zhu, Violin
Kevin Zhu has amassed an outstanding record of concert performances and
competition wins since he began playing violin at age three. Praised for his
“awesome technical command and maturity” (The Strad) and “absolute
virtuosity, almost blinding in its incredible purity” (L’ape musicale), Kevin has
performed on the world’s largest stages, ranging from Carnegie Hall in New
York to London’s Royal Festival Hall to the Forbidden City Concert Hall in
Beijing. Initially coming to international attention after winning the 2018
Paganini Competition and 2012 Yehudi Menuhin Competition, he has
established himself as a leading figure among the next generation of musicians,
astonishing audiences with his peerless technical mastery and inimitable artistic
voice.
In the 2022-23 season, Kevin will make concerto debuts with the Des Moines
Symphony and at the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, and embarks on a project
to record the 24 Paganini Caprices on Paganini’s famed violin ‘Il Cannone’,
something never done before in history. He performs the complete Caprices in
Italy, Singapore, and Germany, and makes his Merkin Hall recital debut with a
program inspired by ballet and operatic masterpieces.
In addition to his efforts on stage, Kevin serves as a Culture Ambassador of the
Lin Yao Ji Music Foundation of China. He has been featured on ABC
Eyewitness News, BBC Radio 3, and RAI Radio 3, and is the recipient of a 2021
Avery Fisher Career Grant and Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant.
Tanner Menees, viola
Born in Orange, CA in 1993, Violist Tanner Menees is forging an enviable
career as a chamber musician. Mr. Menees has collaborated in chamber music
performances with a range of notable artists including Miriam Fried, Lynn
Harrell, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Kim Kashkashian, Laurence Lesser,
Danny Phillips, Marcy Rosen, Mitsuko Uchida, and Donald Weilerstein.
Tanner Menees has performed internationally at festivals such as the Marlboro
Music Festival, Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, Caramoor Evnin Rising Stars,
Chamberfest Cleveland, Menuhin Festival String Academy, Edinburgh Music
Festival, Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, and with NEXUS Chamber Music
Chicago. Menees has performed as a soloist with the Colburn Orchestra under
maestro Thierry Fischer and with Symphony New Hampshire. Menees is featured in
Mike Grittani’s video, Dreaming of Boccherini, shot in Guarneri
Hall as part of the NEXUS Chamber Music Festival in 2019.Tanner received his
Bachelor of Music degree and Artist Diploma from the
Colburn School, where he studied with Paul Coletti. Later he studied with Kim
Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory where he earned a Master of
Music degree. Tanner plays on a viola of the Tarasconi school made in Milan,
Italy c. 1880 courtesy of Guarneri Hall NFP and Darnton and Hersh Fine Violins.
Joshua Halpern, cello
Joshua Halpern has appeared on stages around the world as a soloist,
chamber musician, and orchestral principal cellist. As a chamber
musician, he has collaborated with artists including Jonathan Biss, Gary
Hoffman, Kim Kashkashian, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Anthony McGill,
and Itzhak Perlman, and appeared at music festivals including the Ravinia
Steans Institute, Music@Menlo, the Perlman Chamber Music Workshop,
La Jolla Summerfest, and Krzyzowa-Music. He has worked personally
with composers such as Richard Danielpour, Kevin Puts, and Kaija
Saariaho. In 2023, he appears numerous times as guest principal cello
with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, as well as guest with the
Varian Fry Quartet.
Josh is the founder and artistic director of the Cultural Caravan, a
Colorado- based organization operating at the intersection of small
businesses, social-service nonprofits, municipal organizations, and local
artists. The Cultural Caravan has since presented over 50 artists with
backgrounds ranging from Zimbabwean Afropop to Venezuelan jazz to
Classical Music in coordination with over 40 local businesses and
community organizations.
Josh completed his Artist Diploma at The Curtis Institute in
Philadelphia, where he studied with Carter Brey and Peter Wiley. As an
undergraduate at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, he
studied with Desmond Hoebig. He is currently a member of the Karajan
Akademie of the Berliner Philharmoniker, in which he plays as a member
of the Berliner Philharmoniker and is mentored by Ludwig Quandt.
Min Young Kang, Piano
Praised as “an absolute gem” by Montecito Journal, Korean-born pianist Min
Young Kang enjoys a versatile career as a chamber musician, collaborative
pianist, and music director. For the past ten years, Min Young has performed in
concerts and recitals throughout the United States, France and South Korea, at
venues that include Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Château de
Fontainebleau, and the Sejong Center M Theater.
Min Young recently released her first record “Remembering Russia” with
PENTATONE with Spanish Violist Jesus Rodolfo in Oct 2021 and her playing
was described as ‘sensitive’ and ‘nuanced with a lyrical right hand’ in the review
by Tarraco Culture Club. A prize winner at both the J.C. Arriaga Chamber
Music Competition, Artur Balsam Duo Competition, and Lillian Fuchs
Chamber Music Competition, Kang has also been recognized with numerous
awards and scholarships, including the Talisman Energy Emerging Artist
Award, Kraeuter Musical Foundation Award, Prix special du Directeur and Prix
de Musique de chambre from Ecoles D’Art Americaines de Fontainbleau, the
Renee and Richard Hawley Scholarship and the Manhattan School of Music’s
President’s Award Scholarship.
Kang received a Master of Music (MM) as a full scholarship student from
Eastman School of Music, where she studied collaborative piano and chamber
music with Dr. Jean Barr. She completed a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in
collaborative piano with a full scholarship and Kraeuter Musical Foundation
Award from Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Heasook
Rhee. Min Young completed a Collaborative Piano Fellowship at the Yale
School of Music, where she worked with instrumental students in recitals,
lessons, and master classes, while also providing rehearsal coaching. She is a
Founder/Artistic Director of Kallos Chamber Music Series in New Haven, CT,
and also a current staff pianist at Mannes School of Music in NYC.
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