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SUMMARY:A New Year's Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the new year with music that dances. This festive program features Vivaldi’s dazzling “Winter” from The Four Seasons\, Dvořák’s spirited Slavonic Dances\, Piazzolla’s passionate tangos\, Schoenfield’s jazz-inspired Café Music\, and a spectacular finale with Strauss’s beloved Blue Danube Fantasy for piano four-hands. Plan to join us after the concert for an artist’s reception at a location to be announced. \nProgram\n*This program last approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes\, including a 15 minute intermission \n“Winter” from The Four Seasons\, Op. 8\, No. 4 RV 297 by Antonio Vivaldi\nSlavonic Dance in F major\, Op. 46\, No. 8 by Antonin Dvořák\nSlavonic Dance in E minor\, Op. 72\, No. 2 by Antonin Dvořák\nCafé Music by Paul Schoenfield\nPrimavera Porteña (Spring) by Astor Piazzolla\nLe Grand Tango by Astor Piazzolla\nBlue Danube Fantasy by Johann Strauss arr. for piano\, four-hands by Greg Anderson \nPerformers\nDavid Coucheron\, violin\nJulie Albers\, cello\nJulie Coucheron\, piano\nElizabeth Pridgen\, piano \nDavid Coucheron\, violin\nDavid Coucheron joined the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as concertmaster in September 2010. Throughout his career\, Mr. Coucheron has worked with Robert Spano\, Michael Tilson Thomas\, Simon Rattle\, Mstislav Rostropovich\, and Charles Dutoit\, among others. He has performed as soloist with the BBC\, Sendai\, and Trondheim symphony orchestras as well as with the Bergen and Oslo philharmonic orchestras. Mr. Coucheron has given solo recitals at Carnegie’s Weill Hall\, Wigmore Hall\, the Kennedy Center\, and the Olympic Winter Games (Salt Lake City)\, as well as in concert halls across the world. His chamber music performances have included appearances at Suntory Hall\, Wigmore Hall\, and Alice Tully Hall. Mr. Coucheron is founding member and artistic director for the Kon-Tiki Chamber Music Festival in his hometown of Oslo\, Norway. Mr. Coucheron’s recordings with his sister\, pianist Julie Coucheron\, include David and Julie (Naxos/Mudi) and Debut (Naxos). He is also the featured soloist in Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s recording of Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending\, released on ASO Media in the fall of 2014. Mr. Coucheron holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music\, The Juilliard School\, and the Guildhall School\, and his teachers include Igor Ozim\, Aaron Rosand\, Lewis Kaplan\, and David Takeno. \nJulie Albers\, cello\nCellist Julie Albers is recognized for her superlative artistry\, her charismatic and radiant performing style\, and her intense musicianship. Born into a musical family in Longmont\, Colorado\, she began violin studies at the age of two with her mother\, switching to cello at four. She moved to Cleveland during her junior year of high school to pursue studies through the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music\, where she studied with Richard Aaron. Ms. Albers soon was awarded the Grand Prize at the XIII International Competition for Young Musicians in Douai\, France\, and as a result toured France as soloist with Orchestre Symphonique de Douai. \nMs. Albers made her major orchestral debut with the Cleveland Orchestra at the age of 17 and thereafter has performed in recital and with orchestras throughout North America\, Europe\, Korea\, Taiwan\, Australia\, and New Zealand. Past seasons have included performances with the symphony orchestras of Colorado\, Grant Park Music Festival\, Indianapolis\, Munchener Kammerorchester\, Rochester\, San Diego\, Seattle\, Vancouver\, and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra among others. In 2001\, she won Second Prize in Munich’s Internationalen Musikwettbewerbes der ARD\, and was also awarded the Wilhelm-Weichsler-Musikpreis der Stadt Osnabruch. While in Germany\, she recorded solo and chamber music of Kodaly for the Bavarian Radio\, performances that have been heard throughout Europe. \nMs. Albers was named principal cellist of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in 2015\, a position she currently holds. In addition\, she regularly participates in chamber music festivals including ChamberFest Cleveland\, La Jolla SummerFest\, Rome Chamber Music Festival\, Seattle Chamber Music Society\, and Toronto Summer Music. 2009 marked the end of a three year residency with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two. Teaching has also held a very important place in Ms. Albers’ musical life from the age of 12 when she started teaching her first students. She held the position of Assistant Professor at the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University in Macon\, Georgia from 2009-2022. \nMs. Albers’ debut album with Orion Weiss includes works by Rachmaninoff\, Beethoven\, Schumann\, Massenet\, and Piatiagorsky and is available on the Artek Label. Julie Albers performs on a N.F. Vuillaume cello made in 1872. \nJulie Coucheron\, piano\nBorn in Oslo\, Norway\, Ms. Coucheron began playing the piano at age four. She earned her Bachelor and Master’s Degree with honors from the Royal Academy of Music in London. At a young age\, Ms. Coucheron had already established an international career\, winning awards and prizes in Italy\, Germany\, UK and in the United States. \nMs. Coucheron has worked with musicians such as Claude Frank\, Emanuel Ax\, Chee-Yun Kim\, Christopher O’Riley and Yo-Yo Ma and has toured Europe\, America\, South America and Asia\, performing regularly in halls like Verizon Hall\, Wigmore Hall\, the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. Ms. Coucheron has performed with the Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra\, Oslo Philharmonic\, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra\, Jena Symphony Orchestra\, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra\, Atlanta Philharmonic and the Ukrainian Symphony Orchestra in Kiev. \nMs. Coucheron regularly performs at festivals such as the Oslo Chamber Music Festival\, Bergen International Music Festival\, Amelia Island Music Festival\, Madison Chamber Music Festival\, Juneau Jazz and Classics and at La Jolla Summer Fest. She is Artistic Director of the Fjord Cadenza festival in Norway\, the Kon Tiki Chamber Music Festival in Oslo\, Norway and Georgian Chamber Players in Atlanta\, GA. In addition\, Ms. Coucheron also performed during the 2003 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City\, Utah\, and at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. \nMs. Coucheron enjoys a close collaboration with her brother\, the Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony\, David Coucheron\, and together they have released two recordings\, ‘Debut’ and ‘David and Julie’ on the Naxos label. \nIn addition to her busy concert schedule\, Ms. Coucheron is a sought after teacher and pedagogue. In August 2014\, she was appointed Assistant Professor at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta\, Georgia\, one of the top 50 state schools in the United States. Ms. Coucheron has given masterclasses and taught at schools such as the New England Conservatory\, Emory University and Mercer University. \nMs. Coucheron enjoys a various and wide range of styles and repertoire emerging from her highly trained classical background to the more contemporary and popular music. Recent collaborations include performances with the Steve Miller Band and Elton John. \nElizabeth Pridgen\, piano\nPianist Elizabeth Pridgen has distinguished herself as a soloist and chamber musician. Named Artistic Director of the Atlanta Chamber Players in 2014\, she has led the group in performances of both new and standard chamber works to critical acclaim. Ms. Pridgen made her major orchestral debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Spano and recently released three albums including Icons with violinist Robert McDuffie featuring works of John Corigliano\, Philip Glass\, and John Adams. An advocate of new music\, Ms. Pridgen has participated in the commissioning of works by noted composers such as Adam Schoenberg and Michael Gandolfi and supports underserved composers through her leadership of the Rapido Composition Competition. Ms. Pridgen has toured extensively throughout the United States\, Mexico and Europe and performs regularly at festivals including the Rome Chamber Music Festival in Rome\, Italy\, the Aspen Music Festival\, the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival\, the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival\, the Madison Chamber Music Festival and the Kon-Tiki Chamber Music Festival in Oslo\, Norway. An avid chamber performer\, she has been a member of the Cortona Trio and Georgian Chamber Players. Ms. Pridgen served as a Distinguished Artist and Piano Chair at the McDuffie Center for Strings and held the G. Leslie Fabian Piano Chair at the Townsend School of Music at Mercer University for more than 10 years. She received her Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School where she studied with Joseph Kalichstein and earned her bachelor’s degree at the Peabody Conservatory of Music as a student of Ann Schein. Ms. Pridgen currently resides in Milton\, Georgia with her husband and three young children.
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SUMMARY:Curtis on Tour featuring Nicholas Canellakis\, cello
DESCRIPTION:Curtis on Tour | The Nina von Maltzahn Global Touring Initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music \nCurtis on Tour is the global touring initiative of America’s most selective conservatory\, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Cellist Nicholas Canellakis leads this program centered around the Dohnányi Sextet for the unique combination of piano\, violin\, viola\, cello\, clarinet\, and horn. Canellakis and emerging artists will open the program with virtuosic duos by Schumann and Halvorsen (variations on a theme by Handel) and the lyrical Brahms Clarinet Trio. The program concludes with Dohnányi’s gorgeous\, expansive Sextet for winds\, strings\, and piano. \nProgram\n*This program will run approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes\, including a 15-minute intermission \nAdagio and Allegro\, Op. 70\, for horn and piano by Schumann\nSarabande con Variazioni on a Theme by George Frideric Handel\, for violin and viola by Halvorsen\nTrio in A minor\, Op. 114\, for clarinet\, cello\, and piano by Brahms\nSextet in C major\, Op. 37\, for piano\, violin\, viola\, cello\, clarinet and horn by Dohnányi \nAbout Curtis Institute of Music\nAt the Curtis Institute of Music\, the world’s great young musicians develop into exceptional artists\, creators\, and innovators. With a tuition-free foundation\, Curtis is a unique environment for teaching and learning. Curtis is a small school by design\, where students realize their artistic potential through intensive\, individualized study with the most renowned\, sought-after faculty. \nAnimated by a learn-by-doing philosophy\, Curtis students share their music with audiences through more than 100 performances each year\, including solo and chamber recitals\, orchestral concerts\, and opera—all free or at an affordable cost—offering audiences unique opportunities to participate in pivotal moments in these young musicians’ careers. In addition to a wealth of performance opportunities\, Curtis students experience a close connection to the greatest artists and organizations in classical music\, and innovative initiatives that integrate new technologies and encourage entrepreneurship—all within an historic campus in the heart of culturally rich Philadelphia. \nIn this diverse\, collaborative community\, Curtis’s extraordinary artists challenge\, support\, and inspire one another—continuing an unparalleled 100-year legacy of musicians who have led\, and will lead\, classical music into a thriving\, equitable\, and multidimensional future. Learn more at curtis.edu. \nAbout on Curtis on Tour \nCurtis on Tour is the Nina von Maltzahn global touring initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music. Embracing the school’s learn-by-doing philosophy\, ensembles are infused with the energy and passion of extraordinary emerging artists performing alongside celebrated alumni and faculty. In addition to performances\, musicians engage with local communities through educational and community engagement activities. Since 2008\, Curtis on Tour has maintained a presence at top international concert halls\, performing more than 600 concerts in over 150 cities\, from New York to Berlin and Hong Kong to Santiago. \nAbout the Artists \nNA HYUN DELLA KYUN\, violin \nNa Hyun Della Kyun\, from Seoul\, studies violin at the Curtis Institute of Music with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Benjamin Beilman as the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Fellow. \nMs. Kyun has received numerous awards\, including second prize in the Sungjung Competition\, winner of group b at the 2020 Singapore Violin Festival Online Competition\, first place in the Seoul Youth Chamber Music Competition\, and second place in the Ewha and Kyunghyang Music Competition. She participated in the 2014 Peabody Preparatory String Ensemble winner’s concert and performed in the 2013 Asian American Music Society International String Competition winner’s concert at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage in Washington\, D.C. \nMs. Kyun has performed as a soloist with the Mostly Philharmonic Orchestra and was featured in the 2021 House Concert July Festival and the 2019 Kumho Prodigy Concert. She has been a member of the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts Ensemble\, the Seoul Arts High School Ensemble\, the Korea National institute for the Gifted in Arts Symphony Orchestra\, and the Yewon School Orchestra and its chamber ensemble. \nMs. Kyun attended Music Academy of the West in 2023\, the Gifu International Summer Camp\, the MusicAlp Festival in France\, the Belgium International Academy of Arts Summer Festival\, and recently participated in a master class with Glenn Dicterow. She studied with Matthew Horwitz-Lee at Peabody Preparatory and Sung-Ju Lee at the Korean National Institute for the Gifted Arts. \nYUNJI JANG\, viola \nYunji Jang is a South Korean violist currently studying with Roberto Díaz\, Edward Gazouleas\, and Teng Li at the Curtis Institute of Music as the Dorothy J. del Bueno Fellow. \nYunji was a prizewinner at the 28th Johannes Brahms International Competition. She has also garnered first prize at many of Korea’s most prestigious national competitions\, including the Music Association of Korea Competition\, Segye Times Competition\, the Strad Competition\, the Korean Chamber Orchestra Competition\, as well as prizes at the Dong-A Music Competition and the Ewha & Kyunghyang Music Competition. \nYunji graduated as valedictorian of the Seoul National University Class of 2024 and was selected to perform at the 87th Chosunilbo Debut Concert\, presented by The Chosun Ilbo\, one of the leading newspapers in Korea. She made her concerto debut at age 11 with the Cheongju Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chungbuk Philharmonic Orchestra. \nSelected by the Kumho Cultural Foundation\, Yunji presented the 2022 Kumho Young Artist Concert\, one of the premier recital series for emerging musicians in Korea. \nA dedicated chamber musician\, Yunji is actively engaged in chamber music through a wide range of ensemble collaborations. She attended the Heifetz International Music Institute on a full scholarship\, where she worked closely with the Borromeo Quartet. Highlights include performances at Spirit of SNU Strings X at the Seoul Arts Center\, an invitation to perform as a string sextet for Samsung\, and first prize at the Seoul Arts High School String Quartet Competition. \nYunji has participated in master classes with distinguished artists including Yura Lee\, Diyang Mei\, Toby Appel\, Mai Motobuchi\, and Paul Neubauer. \nNICHOLAS CANELLAKIS (’06)\, cello \nA sought-after and multifaceted artist\, Nicholas Canellakis has forged a unique voice combining his talents as soloist\, chamber musician\, curator\, filmmaker\, and composer/arranger. \nRecent concert highlights include concerto appearances with Virginia Symphony Orchestra\, The Orchestra Now\, and the American Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall\, among others. He also performs recitals throughout the United States with his longtime duo collaborator\, pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown\, with recent appearances at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall\, the Saratoga Arts Center\, and Wolf Trap near Washington\, D.C. \nMr. Canellakis is an artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center\, with which he performs regularly in Alice Tully Hall and on tour internationally. He is also a regular guest artist at many of the world’s leading music festivals\, including Santa Fe\, Ravinia\, and Music@Menlo. \nMr. Canellakis’ latest album (b)romance\, featuring some of his original compositions and arrangements\, was released by First Hand Records in 2023 and has received over one million streams on Apple Music. He also serves as artistic director of Chamber Music Sedona in Arizona\, where he has made a major impact through his dynamic programming and educational and community outreach. \nFilmmaking and acting are special interests of Mr. Canellakis. He has produced\, directed\, and starred in several short films and music videos\, including his popular comedy web series Conversations with Nick Canellakis. His latest films Thin Walls and My New Cello were nominated for awards at many prominent film festivals and are currently available to stream online. \nA graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music (’06) and New England Conservatory\, his teachers included Orlando Cole\, Peter Wiley\, and Paul Katz\, and he was a student of Madeleine Golz at Manhattan School of Music Pre-College. Mr. Canellakis plays an outstanding cello by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume\, from 1840. He joined the Curtis Institute of Music faculty in 2024. \nELIZABETH CRAFTON\, horn \nElizabeth Crafton\, from Savannah\, Ga.\, studies horn at the Curtis Institute of Music with Jennifer Montone and Jeffery Lang as the Robert Montgomery Scott Fellow. She also serves as principal horn of the Savannah Philharmonic and has appeared as a soloist with the orchestra. Elizabeth has participated in several summer festivals\, including the Tanglewood Music Center\, Spoleto Festival USA\, and the National Repertory Orchestra. Her former teachers include Sylvia Alimena\, Carolyn Wahl\, and Erin Lano. \nCHIN-I (JAMES) LEE\, clarinet \nChin-I (James) Lee\, from Taipei City\, Taiwan\, studies clarinet with Anthony McGill and YaoGuang Zhai at the Curtis Institute of Music as the Ruth and Eugene Helmer Fellow. \nJames has appeared as a substitute musician with the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra and the Taipei Century Symphony Orchestra. In 2026\, he was selected as the bass clarinet fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center. He has also participated in several music festivals\, including the Aspen Music Festival (2025) and the Asian Youth Orchestra (2023). James currently serves as the bass clarinetist of Symphony in C. \nNACHUAN TAO (’26)\, piano \nRecipient of the prestigious Chopin Foundation of the United States Scholarship for three consecutive years (2021–2023)\, as well as the Feltsman Piano Foundation Award in 2020\, 2022\, and 2026\, pianist Nachuan Tao has performed in recital\, as a chamber musician\, and as a soloist with orchestras in various venues. Recent highlights include performances at the Chamber Hall of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw\, St. Mark’s Church in Philadelphia\, Steinway Hall in New York\, and the Van Cliburn Concert Hall in Fort Worth. He recently appeared at the PianoSummer festival in New Paltz and PianoTexas Festival. His recording of Beethoven’s Six Variations on an Original Theme in F Major\, Op. 34 was released on Steinway & Sons’ Spirio library catalog in 2025. \nNachuan is currently studying with Emanuel Ax and Julian Martin at The Juilliard School. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music\, where he was a recipient of the Mehlin Prize. He has previously studied with Ignat Solzhenitsyn and John Owings. Through lessons and masterclasses\, he has also worked with eminent pianists including Imogen Cooper\, András Schiff\, Andreas Haefliger\, Paul Lewis\, and Mikhail Voskresensky.
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