Peter FranklWei-Yi Yang

Robert Blocker, Dean

horowitz piano seriesBoris Berman, Director

december 162009

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» music for two pianos and piano four-hands

Bilder aus Osten, Op. 66LebhaftNicht schnell und sehr gesangvoll zu spielenIm volkstonNicht schnellLebhaftReuig andächtig

Peter Frankl, piano I Wei-Yi Yang, piano II

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faunePeter Frankl, piano I Wei-Yi Yang, piano II

Andante and Variations, Op. 46Wei-Yi Yang, piano IPeter Frankl, piano IIWilliam Purvis, hornJacques Wood, cello IMihai Marica, cello II

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december 16, 2009 · 8 pmMorse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall

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NocturnesNuagesFêtesSirènes

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Six Etudes in Canonic Form, Op. 56Pas trop viteAvec beaucoup d’expressionAndantinoEspressivoPas trop viteAdagio

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Petite SuiteEn bateauCortegeMenuetBallet

Wei-Yi Yang, piano IPeter Frankl, piano II

Peter Frankl made his name on the international circuit as a young pianist in the 1960s. Follow- ing his London debut in 1962 and his New York debut with the Cleveland Orchestra in 1967, he has performed with many orchestras in the USA (Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, etc.), the Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Orchestre de Paris, Israel Philharmonic, all London orchestras, and many others in Europe and all parts of the world. He has appeared with conductors such as Abbado, Ashkenazy, Barbirolli, Blomstedt, Boulez, Chailly, Davis, Doráti, Fischer, Haitink, Kempe, Kertész, Leinsdorf, Maazel, Masur, Muti, Sanderling, Solti, and Szell, among others.

His many tours have taken him frequently to Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, playing with orchestras, in recitals, and also in chamber music concerts. He has appeared over twenty times at London’s BBC Promenade Concerts and has been a regular participant at the Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh, Verbier, Kuhmo, and Casals Festivals. Among the highlights of his many Edinburgh Festival appearances were his performance of the Britten Concerto under the baton of the composer and the opening televised concert with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Muti. He was the soloist at the Enescu Festival in

Bucharest with the Budapest Festival Orchestra at one of the last concerts Yehudi Menuhin ever conducted.

In the USA, Peter Frankl has been a regular guest artist at the summer festivals in Aspen, Chautauqua, Hollywood Bowl, Marlboro, Norfolk, Ravinia, Santa Fe and Yellow Barn. For many years the Frankl-Pauk-Kirshbaum Trio traveled the world. He often performs with string quartets like the Amadeus, Bartók, Borodin, Fine Arts, Guarneri, Lindsay, Panocha, Takács, Tokyo and Vermeer. He has given mas- ter classes all over the world, including the Royal Academy and Royal College in London, Liszt Academy in Budapest, Van Cliburn Institute in Texas, in Berlin Madrid, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Seoul. Among his many recordings are the complete Schumann and Debussy piano works (with András Schiff the Schumann two-piano and four-hand repertoire); both Brahms Concerti, Violin Sonatas (with Kyung Wha Chung); Mozart Concerti, Violin Sonatas and four-hand works (with Tamás Vásáry); Bartók solo works and violin pieces (with Peter Csaba); Piano Quintets of Brahms, Schumann, Dvorák, Martinu, and Dohnányi.

Peter Frankl studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest with Professors Hernádi, Kodály, and Weiner and won first prizes at several international competitions. He lives in London and is on the faculty of the Yale University School of Music. In recognition of his artistic achievements, he was awarded the Officer’s Cross and Middle Cross by the Hungarian Republic. He is Honorary Professor of the Liszt Academy.

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Internationally acclaimed pianist Wei-Yi Yang enjoys a flourishing concert career, appearing before audiences in North and Central America, Asia, Europe, and Australia in solo recitals, chamber music concerts, and with symphony orchestras. Most recently, Mr. Yang was praised by the New York Times as the soloist in a “sensational” performance of Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie at Carnegie Hall.

Winner of the Gold Medal and the Grand Prize in the San Antonio International Piano Competition, Mr. Yang has performed in such prestigious venues as Lincoln Center, Steinway Hall, Merkin Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Kumho Art Hall (Seoul), the Royal Scottish Academy of Music (Glasgow), the Great Hall (Leeds, England), the Royal Dublin Society, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, among many other major concert stages around the world. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Yang has performed with members of some of the world’s finest ensembles, including the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Orpheus and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestras, the London Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Orquestra do Estado de Sao Paulo, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Born in Taiwan of Chinese and Japanese heritage, Mr. Yang was first educated in the United Kingdom, then as a scholarship recipient under the tutelage of Russian pianist Arkady Aronov at the Manhattan School of Music. Additionally, Mr. Yang has worked with such artists as Claude Frank, Peter Frankl, Vera Gornostaeva, Byron Janis, Murray Perahia, and the late Hans Graf. Under the guidance of Boris Berman, Mr. Yang earned his dma from the Yale School of Music in 2004. In addition to receiving numerous awards and fellowships, Mr. Yang has also garnered top prizes in the Manhattan Concerto Competition, New York’s FiveTown Arts Foundation Competition, the San Jose International Piano Competition, and the Long Island Young Artist Competition. Mr. Yang co-founded the award-winning Soyulla Ensemble, which recently debuted at Alice Tully Hall, toured Korea, and released a CD on the Renegade Classics label. Mr. Yang’s perfor-mances have been featured around the globe via international television, radio, and web broadcasting. Mr. Yang has appeared at festivals in Novi Sad (Serbia), Kotor (Montenegro), Norfolk, Napa Valley, and La Jolla. Mr. Yang made his concerto debut in Hong Kong this past summer season, and will serve on the selection jury for the 2009 San Antonio International Piano Competition. Wei-Yi Yang joined the faculty of the Yale School of Music in 2005.

A native of Western Pennsylvania, William Purvis pursues a multifaceted career in the U.S. and abroad as horn soloist, chamber musician, conductor, and educator. A passionate advocate of new music, Mr. Purvis has participated in numerous premieres as hornist and conductor, including horn concertos by Peter Lieberson and Bayan Northcott; trios for violin, horn, and piano by Poul Ruders and Paul Lansky; Steven Stuckey’s Sonate en Forme des Préludes with Emanuel Ax as part of his Perspectives Series at Carnegie Hall; and Ezra Laderman’s Brass Trio and Quartet for Brass Trio and Piano. Mr. Purvis is a member of the New York Woodwind Quintet, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Yale Brass Trio, and the Triton Horn Trio, and is an emeritus member of Orpheus. A frequent guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, he has also has collaborated with the Tokyo, Juilliard, Orion, Brentano, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, and Fine Arts string quartets. His extensive list of recordings spans an unusually broad range from original instrument performance to standard repertoire to contemporary solo and chamber music works as well as recordings of contemporary music as conductor. Recent

recordings include the Horn Concerto of Peter Lieberson on Bridge (which received a Grammy and a WQXR Gramophone Award); works of Schumann; Etudes and Parodies for Violin, Horn and Piano of Paul Lansky; the Wind Quintet of Schoenberg with the New York Woodwind Quintet; and the soon to be released Quintet for Horn and Strings by Richard Wernick with the Juilliard Quartet. Mr. Purvis is currently a faculty member at the Yale School of Music and the Juilliard School. At Yale, he is coordinator of winds and brass and interim director of the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments.

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Romanian-born cellist Mihai Marica has won first prize in the 2005 Irving M. Klein International String Competition, first prize and the Audience Choice Award at the 2006 Dr. Luis Sigall International Competition in Viña del Mar, Chile, and the 2006 Charlotte White’s Salon de Virtuosi Fellowship Grant. Mihai has performed with orchestras such as the Symphony Orchestra of Chile, the Hermitage State Orchestra of St. Petersburg (Russia), and the Louisville Orchestra. In 2008 he made debut appearances in both Weill and Zankel halls at Carnegie Hall. Mihai studied with Aldo Parisot at the Yale School of Music, where he was awarded the Master of Music degree and the Artist Diploma.

Cellist Jacques Lee Wood has performed as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician throughout North America, Europe, and Asia in such prestigious venues as Jordan Hall (Boston), Merkin Hall and LeFrak Hall (New York), Auditorium Marcel Landowski (Paris), and Youngsan Art Hall (Seoul), to name a few. He was a top prizewinner at the ARTS Competition and the Fischoff Chamber Music Competitions. He has served on the faculty of Atlantic Union College, as a cello instructor at the Yale School of Music, and as a faculty member in the department of music at the New Haven Cooperative Arts Magnet High School. Mr. Wood received a B.M. degree from the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Laurence Lesser, and a M.M. degree from the Yale School of Music. He is currently completing his M.M.A. at Yale under Aldo Parisot. He is a frequent guest at several summer music festivals, including the Norfolk Festival, Banff Festival, and the International Arts Institute.

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January 16 wendy sharp, violin

8 pm, Morse Recital Hall, FreeFaculty Artist Series presents violinist Wendy Sharp and guest artists for a program of chamber music for strings by Kodály, Theofanidis, and Schoenberg.

January 20 idil biret, piano

8 pm, Morse Recital HallTickets $11-20 / Students $6The Horowitz Piano Series features the renowned Turkish pianist perforing music by Bach, Ligeti, Liszt, Wagner, and Chopin.

January 21 master class with idil biret

10:30 am, Morse Recital HallTickets $8 / Students FreeIdil Biret works with selected piano students from the Yale School of Music.

January 22 yale philharmonia

8 pm, Woolsey Hall, FreeGuest conductor Peter Oundjian leads Rimsky-Korsekov’s Capriccio Espagnol, Walton’s Violin Concerto, and Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5. Featuring soloist Katherine Hyun.

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