BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20220309T193000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20220309T210000 DTSTAMP:20230731T002921Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/manasse-frautschi-nakamatsu/ SUMMARY:Manasse-Frautschi-Nakamatsu DESCRIPTION:\n\nTwo-time GRAMMY nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recip ient Jennifer Frautschi has garnered worldwide acclaim as a musically adve nturous violinist with a wide-ranging repertoire. As the Chicago Tribune n oted\, “violinist Jennifer Frautschi is molding a career with smart inte rpretations of both warhorses and rarities.” Equally\, at home in the cl assic and contemporary repertoire\, her recent seasons have featured innum erable performances and recordings of works ranging from Brahms and Schuma nn to Berg and Schoenberg. She has also had the privilege of premiering se veral new works composed for her by prominent composers of today. Among th e most distinguished classical artists of his generation\, clarinetist Jon Manasse is internationally recognized for his inspiring artistry\, unique ly glorious sound\, and charismatic performing style. An avid chamber musi cian\, Jon Manasse has been featured in New York City programs with The Ch amber Music Society of Lincoln Center and at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recit al Hall\, Alice Tully Hall\, Walter Reade Theatre (on Lincoln Center’s “Great Performers Series”)\, The Sylvia &\; Danny Kaye Playhouse an d Merkin Concert Hall\; at the Aspen Music Festival\, Caramoor Internation al Music Festival\, Colorado Springs Music Festival\, Newport Music Festiv al\, Sarasota Music Festival and France’s Festival International des Art s\, as well as the chamber music festivals of Bridgehampton\, Cape\, and I slands\, Crested Butte\, Georgetown\, St. Bart’s\, Seattle and Tucson. H e has also been the guest soloist with many of the leading chamber ensembl es of the day\, including The Amadeus Trio and Germany’s Trio Parnassus and the American\, Borromeo\, Colorado\, Lark\, Manhattan\, Moscow\, Orion \, Rossetti\, Shanghai\, Tokyo\, and Ying String Quartets\, and has collab orated with violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jon Nakamatsu. Jon Manasse a nd his Duo partner\, the acclaimed pianist Jon Nakamatsu\, serve as Artist ic Directors of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival\, an appointment annou nced during summer 2006. American pianist Jon Nakamatsu continues to draw unanimous praise as a true aristocrat of the keyboard\, whose playing comb ines elegance\, clarity\, and electrifying power. A native of California\, Mr. Nakamatsu came to international attention in 1997 when he was named G old Medalist of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition\, th e only American to have achieved this distinction since 1981. Mr. Nakamats u has performed widely in North and South America\, Europe\, and the Far E ast\, collaborating with such conductors as James Conlon\, Marek Janowski\ , Raymond Leppard\, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski\, Osmo Vänskä\, and Hans Von k. Mr. Nakamatsu's extensive recital tours throughout the U.S. and Europe have featured appearances in New York's Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center\, Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center\, and in Boston\, Chicago\, Cincinnati\, Paris\, London\, and Milan. He has worked with various chamber ensembles - among them the Brentano\, Tokyo\, Kuss\, Jupiter\, Cypress\, Prazak\, an d Ying String Quartets - and has toured repeatedly with the Berlin Philhar monic Wind Quintet. Together with clarinetist Jon Manasse\, Mr. Nakamatsu tours continually as a member of the Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo. The Duo also s erves as Artistic Directors of the esteemed Cape Cod Chamber Music Festiva l in Massachusetts.\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYSAŸ E: Sonata for solo Violin in d minor “Ballade”\, Op. 27\, No. 3\nWEBER : Grand Duo Concertante for Clarinet and Piano\, Op. 48\nCHOPIN: Fantasy i n f minor\, Op. 49\nKHACHATURIAN: Trio in g minor for Clarinet\, Violin\, and Piano (1932)\nRAVEL: Tzigane for Violin and Piano\nBARTÓK: Contrasts for Clarinet\, Violin\, and Piano\, Sz. 111/BB116\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/01/DSC_3139_kateliu.webp?fit=680%2C386&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Easter X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Easter BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210904T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:-05 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR