Cash Prizes Doubled for ��سԹ�'s 2016 Cooper Competition July 16-22</h1> <article> <h1>Cash Prizes Doubled for ��سԹ�'s 2016 Cooper Competition July 16-22</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:01:50 +0000</p> <span>Cash Prizes Doubled for ��سԹ�'s 2016 Cooper Competition July 16-22</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:01:50-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:01">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:01</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The <a href="/cooper-competition">Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition</a> returns to ��سԹ� for its seventh year in July—and it now awards the highest-valued first prize of any competition for its age group.</p> <p>Beginning this year, the piano competition’s cash prize package will be doubled to $40,000, including a $20,000 first prize.</p> <p>The 2016 Cooper Competition begins Saturday, July 16, with five days of public performances presented by 25 to 35 pianists on the beautiful ��سԹ� campus. The excitement culminates on Friday, July 22, as three finalists perform complete concertos with the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall in Cleveland, under the direction of Jahja Ling. The winner takes home the $20,000 first prize, with $10,000 and $5,000 awarded for second and third place, respectively. Each finalist’s prize package also includes a full four-year tuition scholarship to attend the ��سԹ� Conservatory of Music.</p> <p>Also new for 2016: A travel-assistance fund will be available to competition participants on a case-by-case basis.</p> <p>“We are thrilled to collaborate with the Cleveland Orchestra once again as we celebrate the best young piano talent in the world,” says ��سԹ� Professor of Piano <a href="/node/6776">Robert Shannon</a>, director and jury chair of the 2016 Cooper Competition. “Interest from students around the world is already high, and this should be an even more fabulous event than ever before.”</p> <p>In addition to the top prizes, the competition awards $1,500 to each of the fourth- through sixth-place winners, and also grants an Audience Prize of $500. These are presented at the conclusion of the Recital Final Round in ��سԹ� on Wednesday, July 20. An Honors Concert, featuring pianists who delivered the most moving performances during the week, will be held at ��سԹ� Thursday, July 21.</p> <p>The 2016 jury is a panel of esteemed pianists consisting of ��سԹ� Conservatory faculty and acclaimed performer-pedagogues from throughout the world. Along with ��سԹ� professors <a href="/node/6736">Alvin Chow</a>, <a href="/node/6726">Angela Cheng</a>, Monique Duphil, Robert Shannon, <a href="/node/6801">Peter Takács</a>, and Matti Raekallio, the international jury includes Dag Achatz, Swedish soloist, recording artist, and composer; Uzbekistani-born American pianist Stanislav Ioudenitch, gold medalist of the 11th Van Cliburn Competition; Lisa Nakamichi, founding artistic director of the Aloha International Piano Festival; and Wu Ying, professor and department head at the Central Conservatory of Music in China.</p> <p>Once again, the competition’s Recital Finals at ��سԹ� and Concerto Finals at Severance Hall will be broadcast live by Cleveland’s classical station, <a href="https://wclv.ideastream.org/">WCLV 104.9 FM</a>.</p> <p>For the first time, the 2016 Cooper Competition Finals will be part of the Cleveland Orchestra’s popular Summers@Severance series, created to expand the orchestra’s summertime offerings and showcase the ensemble as an integral part of its home neighborhood. As part of the series, the Concerto Finals will feature pre- and post-concert receptions in beautiful University Circle. Subscriptions and more information can be found at the <a href="https://www.clevelandorchestra.com/Tickets/Event-Calendar/">Severance Hall website</a>.</p> <p>“Since its founding, the Cooper Competition has been synonymous with outstanding performances from the world’s most talented young musicians,” says Dean of the ��سԹ� Conservatory Andrea Kalyn. “We are proud to reward their artistry with one of the most lucrative prize packages of any international youth competition anywhere, and we are forever grateful to Thomas and Evon Cooper for their enthusiastic support every step of the way.”</p> <p>Applications for the 2016 competition must be submitted by April 15. For a complete competition schedule, application, and more information, please visit the official <a href="/cooper-competition">Cooper Competition website</a>.</p> <hr> <h2 class="h4">About the Cooper Competition</h2> <p>Founded in 2010, the Thomas and Evon Cooper Competition is dedicated to presenting an important international competitive opportunity to outstanding young musicians. It is made possible through the generosity of Thomas Cooper, a 1978 graduate of ��سԹ� College, and his wife, pianist Evon Cooper. The Cooper Competition alternates annually between piano and violin and is open to participants between the ages of 13 and 18. Past winners include George Li and Leonardo Colafelice, both of whom have cultivated outstanding young performance careers.</p> <h2 class="h4">��سԹ� and the Cleveland Orchestra</h2> <p>The relationship between ��سԹ� College and the Cleveland Orchestra dates back nearly a century, beginning with the philanthropy of John Long Severance, an 1885 ��سԹ� graduate and flutist who founded the Musical Arts Association, under which the Cleveland Orchestra was established in 1918. The Cleveland Orchestra first performed in ��سԹ� in 1919, six months after its founding. The group has returned to ��سԹ� each season since, giving more than 200 performances on campus to date.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-02-29T12:00:00Z">Mon, 02/29/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2387">Conservatory Summer Programs</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2388">Cooper Competition</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=29541">Piano</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Roger Mastroianni</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Finnish Pianist Matti Raekallio to Join ��سԹ� Conservatory Faculty</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:01:50 +0000</p> <span>Finnish Pianist Matti Raekallio to Join ��سԹ� Conservatory Faculty</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:01:50-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:01">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:01</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Finnish pianist Matti Raekallio, an internationally lauded performer and educator hailed for his pedagogy as well as the astounding depth of his repertoire, will join the faculty of the ��سԹ� Conservatory of Music as professor of piano. He will begin July 1.</p> <p>“It is a huge pleasure for me to be coming to ��سԹ�," says Raekallio, who has taught at the Juilliard School since 2007. "I’ve always felt very at home at ��سԹ�, and I have always felt that my colleagues here have been doing something right. It’s a very pleasant atmosphere, and I am thrilled to become a part of it myself.”</p> <p>Raekallio has enjoyed a concert career spanning four decades. He made his American debut at Carnegie Hall in 1981 and has performed the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven, Scriabin, and Prokofiev, as well as an astounding 62 piano concertos. His discography numbers roughly 20 CDs for Ondine.</p> <p>Raekallio’s career in education began with a 30-year appointment at the Sibelius Academy in his native Helsinki. In 2005 he became a professor at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater, und Medien in Hannover, Germany. Two years later, he joined the faculty of Juilliard. In recent years, he has continued to teach at the Hochschule and at Bard College Conservatory. Among his past students are multiple first-prize winners in major international competitions including Leeds, AXA Dublin, London, Vienna (Beethoven), Budapest (Liszt-Bartók), and Artists International in New York.</p> <p>In addition, Raekallio frequently gives master classes throughout the world and serves as a juror in international youth competitions including ��سԹ�’s <a href="/cooper-competition">Cooper International Competition for Piano</a>, to which he will return this summer.</p> <p>"We are thrilled to welcome Matti Raekallio to ��سԹ� this fall," says Dean of the Conservatory Andrea Kalyn. "His accomplishments and energy as both a performer and teacher are renowned, from the extraordinary range of his concert repertoire, to his “marathon” recitals, to the scope and depth of his experience as an adjudicator and teacher. I very much look forward to all that Matti will bring to ��سԹ� as a teacher, performer, and colleague."</p> <p>Raekallio prefers to be as flexible as possible in his approach with students, the better to accommodate their individual strengths and learning styles. “��سԹ� students are of such consistently high quality, and each ��سԹ� student is different—which is a very good sign,” he says. “They are independent musical personalities.”</p> <p>Born in Helsinki, Raekallio was a relative latecomer to music: He started playing the piano at age 11. It wasn’t until his teen years, upon hearing the work of Sviatoslav Richter, that an unyielding fire to play took hold in him. By 17, he began studying abroad, first with Maria Curcio in London, then with Dieter Weber at the Vienna Academy of Music and at the Leningrad Conservatory in Russia.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-02-29T12:00:00Z">Mon, 02/29/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=29541">Piano</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>The Maestro Gets His Rematch</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:01:50 +0000</p> <span>The Maestro Gets His Rematch</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:01:50-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:01">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:01</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/faculty/faculty-detail.dot?id=3275001">Raphael Jiménez</a> has been eyeing February 27 for more years than he can remember. For ��سԹ�’s associate professor of conducting, this moment—<a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/oberlin_orchestra_raphael_jimenez_conductor_1376#.Vs3oHSlb8WE">the first concert of the spring semester by the ��سԹ� Orchestra at Finney Chapel</a>—offers an opportunity for redemption he has craved for decades.</p> <p>When Jiménez was conducting his first orchestras as a very young man in Venezuela, he once led a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with internationally celebrated pianist <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/faculty/faculty-detail.dot?id=20713">Monique Duphil</a> as the soloist. Duphil had been beloved for years in the South American nation; Jiménez was desperately nervous about sharing the stage with a titanic performer at the height of her powers, and so he prepared like a madman in the days leading up to the concert. Still, he couldn’t help but feel he had not done Duphil justice.</p> <p>In 2011, as Jiménez arrived in ��سԹ� to become the conservatory’s director of orchestras, he knew he would be reunited with Professor Duphil. And he still longed for an opportunity to revisit “Rocky II” with her.</p> <p>That opportunity arrives Saturday, when Jiménez leads the orchestra in an 8 p.m. performance of the concerto with Duphil once again as the soloist. “By now,” Jiménez says with a smile, “I think I know what I’m doing.”</p> <p>The program also includes only the second performance of Professor of Composition <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/faculty/faculty-detail.dot?id=42961ce2-dbe8-4d99-80a3-7c79ca42a01c">Stephen Hartke</a>’s Symphony No. 4. The massive piece features Assistant Professor of Organ <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/faculty/faculty-detail.dot?id=7dc03968-8cee-47a5-854e-847feb1fb812">Jonathan Moyer AD ’12</a> and soprano Amber Monroe ’17 in solo roles.</p> <p>Pieces for organ and orchestra are rare, but Hartke has been interested in the genre since childhood—and even held a college job playing organ for a church. His Symphony No. 4 was commissioned for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which premiered the piece in 2014. The L.A. Phil’s concert hall houses a behemoth of an organ nicknamed “Hurricane Mama,” providing an ideal setting for a work for organ and orchestra.</p> <p>Hartke calls the organ a fifth choir—“a chameleon” that can add shading to the other instruments and also stand on its own. At the February 27 performance, those duties will fall to Moyer.</p> <p>“Hartke uses the organ in both traditional and non-traditional ways,” Moyer says. “There are the more typical organ sounds, but he has also created some very unusual effects. Though the part is quite dominant and virtuosic, you get the sense that the organ is just another texture in the orchestra, not like a solo part in a concerto.”</p> <p>Hartke’s piece calls for 108 musicians, plus its two soloists. “There are not many new pieces in the symphonic repertoire that are of this magnitude,” Jiménez says.</p> <p>The symphony ends with a setting of Michael Hartnett’s translation of Federico García Lorca’s poem “Sleepwalking Ballad,” which provides commentary on the dramatic arc of the preceding music.</p> <p>Monroe, the soprano soloist, recently earned acclaim for her turn in the lead role of <i><a href="/news/oberlin-opera-theater-co-presents-harriet-tubman-jan-29-feb-7">Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom</a></i>. The opera was co-produced by ��سԹ� Opera Theater and Cleveland Opera Theater for a series of performances in late January and early February.</p> <p>“I have little experience singing contemporary music,” she says. “It is very exciting because your discoveries are your own and you are given leeway to experiment with your own ideas and imagination.”</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-02-24T12:00:00Z">Wed, 02/24/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Daniel Hautzinger</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2370">Ensembles & Orchestras</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=29541">Piano</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/raphael-jimenez" hreflang="und">Raphael Jiménez</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/stephen-hartke" hreflang="und">Stephen Hartke</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/conducting-and-ensembles" hreflang="und">Conducting and Ensembles</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/contemporary-music" hreflang="und">Contemporary Music</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/keyboard-studies" hreflang="und">Keyboard Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Chris Lee</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Fast Forward to Commencement Day</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:02:04 +0000</p> <span>Fast Forward to Commencement Day</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:02:04-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:02">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:02</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><i>This story is part of a series profiling double-degree students at ��سԹ�. Learn more about the double degree at ��سԹ�—and hear the stories of other double-degree students—at our <a href="/node/24686">Applying to ��سԹ�</a> page.</i></p> <p><a class="newshub_embed" href="https://youtu.be/GFIu6iErf70" target="_blank">Daniel Hautzinger double degree</a></p> <p>In four years flat, Daniel Hautzinger will leave ��سԹ� with not one but two degrees: one in piano performance and another in history.</p> <p>He’s also completing an honors thesis on the cultural impact of composer Benjamin Britten, a project that involved two weeks of research in Britten’s Britain in January.</p> <p>On the side, Hautzinger sings with an a cappella ensemble and with the early music group Collegium Musicum. And he works in the college’s box office and the conservatory’s Office of Communications, a role that sees him promoting the exploits of fellow students who excel in their own ways.</p> <p>��سԹ� is widely known as the birthplace of the double degree—in fact, it’s a key factor in the college decisions of many high-achieving students. “��سԹ� is the best place for people like that, because the college and conservatory are on the same campus,” says Hautzinger. While most of them plan to complete their degrees in four and a half or five years, Hautzinger is even more efficient.</p> <p>“He is a perfect example of that ��سԹ� student who has so many talents and interests, and then he finds a way to satisfy all of them,” says Professor of Piano <a href="/node/6736">Alvin Chow</a>, Hautzinger’s advisor in the conservatory. “Doing it all in four years shows just how unique Daniel is.”</p> <p>Born and raised in Chicago, Hautzinger began studying piano in the first grade. By high school, he had designs on being a music critic—a dream fueled by the writings of <i>New Yorker</i> scribe Alex Ross. Hautzinger knew he wanted to study music—especially contemporary classical music—but he also knew he wanted something other than a life of performance.</p> <p>“More than almost any other student I've ever taught, Daniel has challenged me by choosing to work on contemporary music I didn't know,” says Chow, a master of traditional repertoire. “We've had a great working relationship: We were willing to learn from each other, and we both profited from that.”</p> <p>Hautzinger’s history studies, meanwhile, skew toward European cultural and intellectual history of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Music, not surprisingly, lies at the heart of it. Over winter term, he spent two weeks in Aldeburgh, England, where Britten founded an arts festival in 1948 that thrives to this day.</p> <p>“Daniel argues that through Aldeburgh, Britten presented a vision for a participatory, democratic, yet non-commercialized future for British culture,” says history professor <a href="/node/5931">Annemarie Sammartino</a>, Hautzinger’s advisor in the College of Arts and Sciences. “This is really exciting work, and Daniel is poised to make a significant contribution to research on post-World War II Britain, the history of music, and indeed, European history.</p> <p>“From Daniel's first days at ��سԹ�, he stood out as an excellent student,” Sammartino says. “He was, even at that point in his ��سԹ� career, capable of thinking in interesting and sophisticated ways about a wide range of topics, not least of which was his interest in the relationship between music and society.”</p> <p>As effusive as faculty are in their praise of Hautzinger, the young scholar is equal in reciprocating.</p> <p>“One of the great things about ��سԹ� is the access to the professors I’ve had. They are very willing to talk to you, and I’ve formed great relationships with a lot of them,” he says, citing his two advisors as well as history professor <a href="/node/5951">Ellen Wurtzel</a> and music theorist <a href="/node/6831">Brian Alegant</a>, among others.</p> <p>Hautzinger met his journalism idol—Alex Ross—when he was selected to participate in the 2014 Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, a biennial competition founded at ��سԹ� in 2012. Through that experience, and by taking the conservatory’s Intro to Music Criticism course, he has developed outlets for his writing in both Cleveland and Chicago. In summer 2014, he supported himself through a fellowship with ClevelandClassical, northeast Ohio’s leading source for music news and criticism.</p> <p>“��سԹ� has given me a lot of things that I didn’t expect,” he says. “A lot of that has come from the music criticism class and institute, and a lot of it came through my work with the conservatory communications office. I get to see the con through the back door and meet a ton of great people.”</p> <p>Upon graduating, Hautzinger plans to return to Chicago, where he has established roots in arts administration through summer internships. If it all leads to a role with a small ensemble or another group steeped in innovative programming and education, so much the better.</p> <p>“Like Britten, I’m interested in creating programs for children and communities and widening audiences,” he says. “Basically, the goal is to not have art in this ivory tower, but to make music accessible and available to everyone.”</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-02-11T12:00:00Z">Thu, 02/11/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2357">Double Degree Program</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25381">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=29541">Piano</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/history" hreflang="und">History</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Zach Christy</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>András Schiff to Visit ��سԹ� for Master Class, Performance</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:01:50 +0000</p> <span>András Schiff to Visit ��سԹ� for Master Class, Performance</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:01:50-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:01">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:01</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>World-renowned pianist and pedagogue Sir András Schiff will visit ��سԹ� this week for a pair of unforgettable events, both of them open to the public.</p> <p>Schiff will hold a <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/guest_master_class_sir_andras_schiff_piano?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=��سԹ�+College#.Vrt0hVJb8WE">guest master class</a> with ��سԹ� piano students at 6 p.m. Thursday, February 11, in Warner Concert Hall. On Friday, February 12, he will present his beloved Last Sonatas program at 8 p.m. in Finney Chapel as part of the Artist Recital Series. Featured will be works by Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, and Schubert.</p> <p>Admission to the master class is free. Tickets for Friday’s performance are $35 ($30 for seniors, ��سԹ� staff, and alumni) and just $10 for all students, available by calling 800-371-0178, visiting <a href="/node/85721">oberlin.edu/artsguide</a>, or by stopping by ��سԹ�'s Central Ticket Service (67 N. Main St.) weekdays from noon-5 p.m. A limited number of tickets will also be available at the door.</p> <p>For a preview of Schiff's ��سԹ� program and insight on his Last Sonatas, visit <a href="http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/andras-schiff-plays-final-sonatas-haydn-beethoven-mozart-and-schubert/">WQXR’s Carnegie Hall Live</a>.</p> <p>Schiff's performance marks the fourth date of the 2015-16 Artist Recital Series at ��سԹ�. It will be followed later this month by opera legend Marilyn Horne’s annual master classes on campus February 19 and 21. The Miró Quartet (March 10), Robin Eubanks and the Mass Line Big Band (March 13), and the Cleveland Orchestra (April 17) round out the series' 138th season.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-02-10T12:00:00Z">Wed, 02/10/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2364">Artist Recital Series</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2366">Guest Artists & Speakers</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=29541">Piano</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Nadia F. Romanini</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>��سԹ� Trio Releases New CD of Expressive Chamber Music</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:02:04 +0000</p> <span>��سԹ� Trio Releases New CD of Expressive Chamber Music</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:02:04-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:02">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:02</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The ��سԹ� Trio, the acclaimed ensemble founded in 1982 by three members of the ��سԹ� Conservatory faculty, has released a new CD on the conservatory's official record label, ��سԹ� Music.</p> <p><i>Dvořák | Shostakovich | Tower</i> features three distinctive pieces that traverse disparate worlds en route to the same destination: Each one is an emotionally charged expression of its composer’s life.</p> <p>The recording opens with Dmitri Shostakovich’s Trio No. 2, a compelling tale of human endurance and tragedy, informed by the swirling emotions of the composer’s turbulent personal life and the toll of toiling in the shadow of oppressive Soviet Russia. It is contrasted by Joan Tower’s <i>Big Sky</i>, inspired by her childhood memories of horseback riding amid the bucolic mountain valleys of Bolivia. Rounding out the recording is Antonin Dvořák’s <i>Dumky</i> trio: a suite-like collection of movements, alternately joyful and melancholic, inspired by traditional Bohemian music.</p> <p>Originally consisting of violinist Stephen Clapp, pianist Joseph Schwartz, and cellist Andor Toth Jr., the ��سԹ� Trio today features ��سԹ� faculty members David Bowlin (violin), Haewon Song (piano), and Amir Eldan (cello). Together, they have presented recitals and master classes across the United States, Korea, and China. In keeping with the ensemble’s commitment to educating young artists, members of the ��سԹ� Trio enjoy teaching at top music schools in the U.S. and abroad.</p> <p>Distributed by Naxos of America, the ��سԹ� Trio’s <i>Dvořák | Shostakovich | Tower</i> is available through select retailers and digital music channels worldwide.</p> <p>��سԹ� Music is the official record label of the ��سԹ� Conservatory of Music. Other recent titles include <i>full moon in the city</i> featuring bassoon professor George Sakakeeny and <i>Gabrieli</i> by the National Brass Ensemble.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2016-01-11T12:00:00Z">Mon, 01/11/2016 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2375">��سԹ� Music Label</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2365">Chamber Music</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2974">Conservatory Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=29541">Piano</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/strings" hreflang="und">Strings</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>82 ��سԹ� Pianists to Perform Over Two Days December 5, 6</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:02:04 +0000</p> <span>82 ��سԹ� Pianists to Perform Over Two Days December 5, 6</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:02:04-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:02">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:02</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A single lifetime isn’t enough to explore the fantastic breadth of the piano literature. Many pianists—like ��سԹ� professor <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/faculty/faculty-detail.dot?id=21227">Peter Takács</a>, who has recorded all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas and is in the midst of a <a href="/news/piano-professor-peter-takacs-perform-carnegie-hall">three-recital survey of Beethoven</a> at Carnegie Hall—spend their careers immersing themselves in a single composer and never stop discovering “new gold,” as Takács says.</p> <p>But in Warner Concert Hall on <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/piano_department_celebration150th_anniversary_of_oberlin_conservatory#.VlSDH3tp8WE">Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6</a>, audiences will experience a wide sampling of the profound, delightful, virtuosic joy that is the piano repertoire. Over two days, 82 performers from ��سԹ�’s piano department—faculty and students—will play music spanning four centuries in 10 recitals, ranging from Bach to Chopin to Debussy to Kapustin and many others.</p> <p>The recitals represent one of numerous signature celebrations taking place throughout 2015-16 in honor of the <a href="/news/oberlin-conservatory-celebrates-150-years-series-events">��سԹ� Conservatory’s 150th anniversary</a>. Related festivities include a composition for English horn that was commissioned by the conservatory to be <a href="http://www.clevelandorchestra.com/1516-concerts/1516-classical/week-06/?performanceNumber=13245">premiered</a> by professor Robert Walters and the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall this month. In late January, the <a href="http://oberlin.edu/chicago2016/">��سԹ� Orchestra and Contemporary Music Ensemble</a> will perform at Chicago’s Roosevelt University and Symphony Center in addition to taking part in various outreach events in the Chicago area.</p> <p>Piano has always been an integral part of ��سԹ�. George Whipple Steele, the first director of the conservatory and one of its founders, was a pianist. By 1877, ��سԹ� was an all-Steinway school, and its collection now numbers 238 of the world-class pianos. Many of the conservatory’s chief administrators have been pianists, including current Dean of the Conservatory Andrea Kalyn and Emil Charles Danenberg, who also served as president of the college.</p> <p>To help celebrate that history, three retired piano faculty—Joseph Schwartz, the Robert W. Wheeler Chair in Performance from 1960-98; the long-tenured Sanford Margolis (1972-2015); and Frances Walker Slocum, (1976-91)—will return to perform with nine current piano professors in the weekend’s closing concert at 8 p.m. December 6.</p> <p>In addition to the faculty, all 70 of ��سԹ�’s current piano students will perform in one of nine concerts organized by class throughout December 5-6.</p> <p>“The programs will showcase the bountiful talents of our students, the richness of the piano repertoire, and the diverse interests these young musicians posses,” says Associate Professor of Piano and Chair of the Piano Department <a href="https://new.oberlin.edu/conservatory/faculty/faculty-detail.dot?id=20643">Alvin Chow</a>.</p> <p>The talent of ��سԹ�’s piano students is borne out by the success they enjoy in their careers. Alumni have won prizes in some of the world’s most prestigious competitions, founded innovative ensembles, been awarded Grammys, received awards such as the coveted MacArthur Fellowship, and held academic positions around the world—including at ��سԹ�: Professor of Piano Robert Shannon graduated in 1972 with degrees in both the college and the conservatory.</p> <p>Shannon is not the only ��سԹ� pianist who felt drawn back.</p> <p>“Former students returning for a visit often reflect that their years at ��سԹ� were among the most valuable and happiest of their lives,” says Chow. “There is no better proof of the magic that ��سԹ� still engenders to this day.”</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-11-24T12:00:00Z">Tue, 11/24/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Daniel Hautzinger</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2408">Conservatory 150th Anniversary</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=29541">Piano</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Piano Professor Peter Takács to Perform at Carnegie Hall</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:02:04 +0000</p> <span>Piano Professor Peter Takács to Perform at Carnegie Hall</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:02:04-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:02">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:02</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="/node/6801">Peter Takács</a>, an esteemed professor of piano at ��سԹ� for 39 years, will launch a new series of performances at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall beginning Sunday, October 18.</p> <p>Titled “The Beethoven Experience,” Takács’ Carnegie series will open with three early Beethoven piano sonatas and his Trio, Op. 11; Takács, a major exponent of Beethoven, will be joined by New York Philharmonic principal cellist Carter Brey and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra principal clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan ’06.</p> <p>The series’ second program, showcasing music from Beethoven’s middle period, takes place Thursday, November 12. The finale, featuring works from late in Beethoven’s career, is set for Thursday, January 14.</p> <p>Takács' recitals are part of a new program at Carnegie called Key Pianists. Developed by former Takács student Terry Eder ’79, it is intended to expose accomplished, lesser known performers to New York audiences—and vice versa.</p> <p>Takács will preview his first Carnegie Hall program for local audiences at an 8 p.m. recital Thursday, October 8, in Warner Concert Hall. Included will be Beethoven’s Op. 2, No. 1 in F; Op. 13, No. 8 in C (“Pathétique”); and Op. 2, No. 3 in C.</p> <p>Learn more about the series at <a href="http://clevelandclassical.com/pianist-peter-takacs-to-perform-three-recitals-at-carnegie-hall/">clevelandclassical.com</a>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-10-07T12:00:00Z">Wed, 10/07/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=29541">Piano</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>��سԹ�'s Artist Recital Series Opens Sep. 27 With Lake Como Pianists</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:02:25 +0000</p> <span>��سԹ�'s Artist Recital Series Opens Sep. 27 With Lake Como Pianists</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:02:25-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:02">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:02</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Three outstanding pianists representing the International Piano Academy Lake Como will make their way to ��سԹ� for the initial concert of the <a href="/artsguide/artist-recitals">2015-16 Artist Recital Series</a>.</p> <p>The Lake Como pianists take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, September 27, at ��سԹ�’s historic Finney Chapel.</p> <p>The performance serves as the official launch of a groundbreaking partnership that makes ��سԹ� the North American home of the esteemed piano academy. Following the concert, a reception will be held in Peters Hall, adjacent to Finney Chapel.</p> <p>A professor at the Niccolò Piccinni Conservatory of Bari, Italy, Alessandro Deljavan (pictured, top) was one of the youngest students in Lake Como history; he has been a top prize winner at the Gina Bachauer Young Artist Competition and the Van Cliburn Competition, among numerous other honors. Deljavan will play Chopin’s 12 Études, Op. 25.</p> <p>A student of maestro William Naboré at Lake Como, Ran Jia (pictured, center) of China has drawn effusive praise for her performances around the world over the past decade. She will perform Schubert’s Sonata in C Minor, Op. Post. D958.</p> <p>Marcos Madrigal (pictured, bottom) of Cuba has performed in many of the world’s most renowned recital halls and in 2012 was awarded the International Award Gold Medal "Maison des Artistes," granted by the Association for Culture, Arts, Science and Social Commitment of Rome. He will perform selections from Scriabin’s Preludes, Op. 11 and Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83.</p> <p>The International Piano Academy Lake Como is located in an historic waterfront palazzo amid Italy’s breathtaking Lake Como region. Beginning this fall, three students worldwide will be selected each year to undertake studies toward an artist diploma at ��سԹ�. For more information about the ��سԹ�-Como program, please visit <a href="/">oberlin.edu</a>.</p> <p><b>TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW:</b> Tickets for the Lake Como Pianists are $30; $25 for seniors, alumni, and ��سԹ� College staff; and just $10 for all students. Get your tickets by calling 800-371-0178, visit ��سԹ�'s <a href="http://oberlin.edu/artsguide/tickets/">ticketing site</a>, or stop by the Hall Auditorium box office Monday through Friday from noon-5 p.m.</p> <p><b>DON'T MISS AN INCREDIBLE SEASON:</b> The 138th season of the Artist Recital Series continues with violinist Christian Tetzlaff (October 30), bass-baritone John Relyea and pianist Warren Jones (February 3), pianist András Schiff (February 12), the Miró Quartet (March 10), ��سԹ�'s own jazz trombone faculty Robin Eubanks and the Mass Line Big Band (March 13), and the Cleveland Orchestra's annual visit to close the season (April 17).</p> <p>Full-season subscriptions and Pick 3 packages are available now. Individual tickets for all ��سԹ� events go on sale Monday, September 14. Through September 11, new subscribers to the Artist Recital Series are eligible to buy one subscription and get one free (not available for student subscriptions).</p> <p>For more information about the Artist Recital Series and all the arts at ��سԹ�, please visit our <a href="http://oberlin.edu/artsguide/">online arts guide</a>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-09-10T12:00:00Z">Thu, 09/10/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Erich Burnett</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2364">Artist Recital Series</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=29541">Piano</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Chamber Music Festival Returns to ��سԹ� in January</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:03:18 +0000</p> <span>Chamber Music Festival Returns to ��سԹ� in January</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:03:18-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:03">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:03</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Ten free concerts and an extensive and accomplished roster of musicians are slated for the second-annual chamber music festival at ��سԹ� Conservatory. All events of the <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/search/events?search=winter+term+chamber+music+festival">2015 Chamber Music Intensive & Festival for String, Wind, and Piano</a> are open to the public.</p> <p>Festival co-chairs George Sakakeeny (bassoon), Peter Takács (piano), and Michael Strauss (viola) have invited colleagues from across the country and around the world to take part in performances as well as lectures and teaching duties. </p> <p>“We're incredibly excited to bring this diverse and stimulating roster of guest artists to ��سԹ� to work with our students and perform with our faculty," says Associate Professor Strauss. "These celebrated musicians are coming from within our alumni ranks and from acclaimed ensembles in our neighborhood and around the world.</p> <p>"The 10 programs show a fantastic range of sound and texture created by these small ensembles. And the variety is wonderful for introducing chamber music to new audiences, as well as appealing to those who already love it.”</p> <p>The ��سԹ� Trio—violinist David Bowlin, cellist Amir Eldan, and pianist Haewon Song— anchor the festival as resident ensemble and are featured artists for the Finale program on Saturday, January 24.</p> <p>Six student ensembles, varying from duos to quartets and including pianists, wind, and string players, will work daily in rehearsal and in coachings with faculty and guest artist mentors, and will take part in a lecture and workshop series as well as public master classes. They are also slated for two performances near the end of the month.</p> <p>The complete <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/search/events?search=winter+term+chamber+music+festival">festival schedule</a>, including lectures and public master classes, can be found in ��سԹ�’s online event calendar. The concert schedule follows:</p> <p><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 6: 8 p.m., Kulas Hall</b> <br> <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/guest_recital_the_wasmuth_string_quartet?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=��سԹ�+College#.VJQoy0ByB">Wasmuth Quartet</a>—Indiana University’s award-winning graduate string quartet in residence with ��سԹ� alumna Abigail Rojansky ’11—has programmed quartet works by Haydn, Webern, and Ligeti.</p> <p><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7: 8 p.m., Clonick Hall</b> <br> <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/guest_recital_chartreuse?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=��سԹ�+College#.VJQo40ByB">Chartreuse +</a>, a new-music trio of ��سԹ� alums in collaboration with current ��سԹ� students, will kick off a two-week tour with this concert in ��سԹ�. </p> <p><b>FRIDAY, JANUARY 9: 8 p.m., Kulas Hall</b> <br> A diverse and decorated roster of <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/faculty_chamber_music_concert_1742?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=��سԹ�+College#.VJRP40ByB">faculty and guests</a> will perform Bach’s Trio Sonata BWV 525, Mozart’s G Minor Piano Quartet, and Dvořák’s A Major Piano Quintet Op. 81. Austin Hartman (member of the Naumberg Award-winning Biava Quartet) and Adriana Contino (former principal cellist of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra) are featured guests.</p> <p><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 10: 8 p.m., Kulas Hall</b> <br> The ��سԹ�-founded <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/guest_recital_prima_trio?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=��سԹ�+College#.VJQpJ0ByB">Prima Trio</a> return with music by Schumann, Milhaud, Piazzolla, and Khachaturian. Trio member Boris Allakhverdyan will be taking a brief break from his duties as principal clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera to join his long-time colleagues—violinist and violist Gulia Gurevich and pianist Anastasia Dedik. </p> <p><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14: 8 p.m., Kulas Hall</b> <br> ��سԹ� <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/faculty_recital_chamber_music_intensive_festival_for_string_wind_and_piano#.VJQpT0ByB">faculty and members of the Cleveland Orchestra</a> join together for a colorful concert focused on woodwind chamber music by Beethoven, Mozart, Francaix, and Philip Maneval. Cleveland Orchestra members include oboist Frank Rosenwein, violinist Stephen Rose, English horn player Robert Walters, and cellist Charles Bernard.</p> <p><b>FRIDAY, JANUARY 16: 8 p.m., Kulas Hall</b> <br> ��سԹ� <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/faculty_chamber_music_concert_9285#.VJQpa0ByB">faculty and guests</a>—violinists Michelle Abraham and William Harvey, and Cavani Quartet cellist Merry Peckham—present works by Villa Lobos, Ginastera, and Dvořák.</p> <p><b>TUESDAY, JANUARY 20: 8 p.m., Kulas Hall</b> <br> Three <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/student_chamber_music_concert_6006#.VJQpl0ByB">student ensembles</a> will perform works by composers including Beethoven, Schumann, Reinecke, and Destenay.</p> <p><b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21: 8 p.m., Kulas Hall</b> <br> Highly-regarded Russian pianist <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/guest_and_faculty_recital_misha_namirovsky_piano_michael_strauss_viola_and_amir_eldan_cello#.VJJp22TF9e4">Misha Namirovsky and faculty members</a> Michael Strauss (viola) and Amir Eldan (cello) will perform works by Schubert and Shostakovich. </p> <p><b>THURSDAY, JANUARY 22: 8 p.m., Kulas Hall</b> <br> Three <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/student_chamber_music_concert_part_ii#.VJQp80ByB">student ensembles</a> will perform works by composers including Beethoven, Schumann, Reinecke, and Destenay.</p> <p><b>SATURDAY, JANUARY 24: 8 p.m., Warner Hall</b> <br> <a href="https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/faculty_recital_the_oberlin_trio#.VJQqG0ByB">Finale featuring the ��سԹ� Trio and faculty</a> includes Beethoven’s Piano Trio Op. 1, No. 1, Ravel’s <i>La valse</i> for two pianos, and Schumann’s Piano Quintet, Op. 44. </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2015-01-13T12:00:00Z">Tue, 01/13/2015 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Cathy Partlow Strauss</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2356">Conservatory</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2390">Events</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2402">Winter Term</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2366">Guest Artists & Speakers</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=29541">Piano</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/strings" hreflang="und">Strings</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/conservatory/divisions/winds-brass-and-percussion" hreflang="und">Winds, Brass, and Percussion</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">��سԹ� Trio features conservatory faculty Amir Eldan (cello), Haewon Song (piano), and David Bowlin (violin).</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>