Exquisite Debussy, Dynamic Beethoven, Chopin and More
Featuring:
Virtuoso Pianist
HSIANG JOHN TU
Clarinetist Russell Harlow
Violist Leslie Harlow
PROGRAM:
Selections from Debussy's 12 Etudes
“Premier Rhapsody” for Clarinet and Piano by Debussy
“Variations on a Theme of Mozart” by Beethoven
Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 11 by BeethovenChopin Ballade No. 1 and more
The Beethoven Festival Concert Series begins 2019 with the Festival Park City debut of award-winning virtuoso pianist Hsiang John Tu.
The New York Times has praised the “eloquent sensitivity” in pianist Hsiang John Tu’s performance. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, he made his debut in New York at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center as the winner of the prestigious Juilliard School Concerto Competition performing Chopin’s Concerto No 1. He returned to the same venue in 2013 as a soloist in Brahms’ Concerto No. 1 with the World Civic Orchestra. As a much-in-demand chamber musician, Mr. Tu has premiered new chamber works on the Summergarden Series at New York’s famed Museum of Modern Art and collaborated in sold-out performances at the Joyce Theater in NYC with the renowned modern dance company Rioult.
John Tu is currently presenting a four-recital series devoted to the complete solo piano works by Debussy, in celebration of the centennial passing of the great French master. He will be performing highlights from this tour on two concerts in Utah this month presented by the Beethoven Festival Concert Series.
Virtuoso pianist Hsiang John Tu has won prizes at the New Orleans International Piano Competition, the Iowa International Piano, the Texas Kingsville International Piano Concerto, and the American Paderewski Piano Competitions. He has also been presented in recitals by the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts in Boston, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, and the Banff Centre in Canada, where he has done a six-month residency. As concerto soloist he has been featured artist performing with the Calgary Philharmonic, Lake George Chamber, Sioux City Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Snow College, Boston University Symphonic, and the New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestras. John Tu has given master classes at Cardiff University in Wales, University of Southern California, Penn State University, Loyola University New Orleans, Utah Valley University, and Colorado Mesa University, and he has adjudicated in the NHMTA Fall Competition, US International Music Competition (organized by Chinese Music Teachers' Associations of Northern California), and SummerArts Competition at University of Utah. He held adjunct positions at New York University, Utah Valley University, and Snow College before his current appointment at University of New Hampshire (UNH).
After winning Taiwan’s National Youth Piano Competition as a teenager, Mr. Tu moved to the U.S. and studied with HaeSun Paik and Hung-Kuan Chen at the Walnut Hill School in Natick, MA. Mr. Tu then continued with Mr. Chen at Boston University and the University of Calgary, earning a Bachelor’s degree in piano performance and winning the Canadian Music Festival Competition. Thereafter, Mr. Tu studied at the Juilliard School with Jerome Lowenthal, earning a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance in addition to the DMA.
Exquisite Debussy, Dynamic Beethoven, Chopin and More
Featuring:
Virtuoso Pianist
HSIANG JOHN TU
Clarinetist Russell Harlow
Violist Leslie Harlow
PROGRAM:
Selections from Debussy's 12 Etudes
“Premier Rhapsody” for Clarinet and Piano by Debussy
“Variations on a Theme of Mozart” by Beethoven
Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 11 by Beethoven
Chopin Ballade No. 1 and more
The Beethoven Festival Concert Series begins 2019 with the Festival Park City debut of award-winning virtuoso pianist Hsiang John Tu.
The New York Times has praised the “eloquent sensitivity” in pianist Hsiang John Tu’s performance. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, he made his debut in New York at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center as the winner of the prestigious Juilliard School Concerto Competition performing Chopin’s Concerto No 1. He returned to the same venue in 2013 as a soloist in Brahms’ Concerto No. 1 with the World Civic Orchestra. As a much-in-demand chamber musician, Mr. Tu has premiered new chamber works on the Summergarden Series at New York’s famed Museum of Modern Art and collaborated in sold-out performances at the Joyce Theater in NYC with the renowned modern dance company Rioult.
John Tu is currently presenting a four-recital series devoted to the complete solo piano works by Debussy, in celebration of the centennial passing of the great French master. He will be performing highlights from this tour on two concerts in Utah this month presented by the Beethoven Festival Concert Series.
Virtuoso pianist Hsiang John Tu has won prizes at the New Orleans International Piano Competition, the Iowa International Piano, the Texas Kingsville International Piano Concerto, and the American Paderewski Piano Competitions. He has also been presented in recitals by the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts in Boston, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, and the Banff Centre in Canada, where he has done a six-month residency. As concerto soloist he has been featured artist performing with the Calgary Philharmonic, Lake George Chamber, Sioux City Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Snow College, Boston University Symphonic, and the New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestras. John Tu has given master classes at Cardiff University in Wales, University of Southern California, Penn State University, Loyola University New Orleans, Utah Valley University, and Colorado Mesa University, and he has adjudicated in the NHMTA Fall Competition, US International Music Competition (organized by Chinese Music Teachers' Associations of Northern California), and SummerArts Competition at University of Utah. He held adjunct positions at New York University, Utah Valley University, and Snow College before his current appointment at University of New Hampshire (UNH).
After winning Taiwan’s National Youth Piano Competition as a teenager, Mr. Tu moved to the U.S. and studied with HaeSun Paik and Hung-Kuan Chen at the Walnut Hill School in Natick, MA. Mr. Tu then continued with Mr. Chen at Boston University and the University of Calgary, earning a Bachelor’s degree in piano performance and winning the Canadian Music Festival Competition. Thereafter, Mr. Tu studied at the Juilliard School with Jerome Lowenthal, earning a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance in addition to the DMA.
Presented by the University of Utah in collaboration with the Beethoven Festival
Program:
Kodaly Duo for Violin and Cello
Turina Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano
Bruch 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano (Nos. II, III)
Faure’ Trio Op. 120 for Clarinet, Viola and Piano
Featuring Faculty Artists:
Pamela Palmer Jones, piano
Blanka Bednarz, violin
With Guest Artists:
Cheung Chau, cello
Leslie Harlow, viola
Russell Harlow, clarinet
admission free
Nov 9, 2018 / Fri 7:30PM
Park City Community Church
4501 Highway 224
Park City, UT 84098
Award-Winning Pianist
MICHAEL GURT in Concert
with:
Violist Leslie Harlow
Clarinetist Russell Harlow
Pianist Michael Gurt won First Prize in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in 1982, and was a prize winner in international competitions in Pretoria, South Africa, and Sydney, Australia. He has performed as soloist with the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Memphis Symphony, the Capetown Symphony, the China National Symphony Orchestra, and the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban, South Africa.
He has made solo appearances in Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) in New York, Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles, Orchestra Hall in Detroit, City Hall in Hong Kong, the Victorian Arts Center in Melbourne, Australia, Baxter Hall in Capetown, South Africa, and the Attaturk Cultural Center in Istanbul, Turkey.
He recently completed a tour of Brazil. Gurt has collaborated with the Takacs String Quartet and the Cassatt String Quartet, and has performed at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville, Queensland. He has served on the juries of both the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition and the New Orleans International Piano Competition, and he has recorded on the Naxos, Centaur, and Redwood labels.
PROGRAM:
Schumann “Carneval” for Solo Piano, Sonata No. 1 for Clarinet and Piano by Brahms, Additional Works TBA
Oct 20, 2018 / Sat 7:00PM
Park City Community Church
4501 Highway 224
Park City, UT 84098
Award-Winning Pianist
STEPHEN BEUS in Concert
with: Violist Leslie Harlow, Clarinetist Russell Harlow
Enjoy an evening of virtuoso piano performance with pianist Stephen Beus,
recent winner of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition
Commenting on Mr. Beus’ competition success, Fanfare magazine writes: “In some ways Beus doesn’t fit the mold of the typical competition winner. His playing is strikingly original and, despite his youth, he has an interpretive voice all his own… Above all, his playing is so natural as to seem effortless and the sound he produces has extraordinary richness and depth, not quite like anyone else’s.”
“Mesmerizing… explosive… intelligent… he belongs on the world stage” (Salt Lake Tribune). In the space of four months, American pianist Stephen Beus won first prize in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, first place in the Vendome Prize International Competition (Lisbon) and he was awarded the Max I. Allen Fellowship of the American Pianists Association (Indianapolis).
As a result of winning the Juilliard School Concerto Competition Mr. Beus made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Juilliard Orchestra and James DePreist, playing Prokofiev Concerto No. 3. He has also performed as guest soloist with the Gulbenkian Symphony (Lisbon), Oxford Philomusica, the Tivoli Symphony (Copenhagen), the Tbilisi National Opera Orchestra, the Northwest Sinfonietta (Seattle), the Royal Philharmonic of Morocco (Casablanca), the Vaasa Symphony Orchestra (Finland) as well as with the Hamburg, Indianapolis, Nashville, Santa Fe, Utah, Fort Worth, Tucson, Yakima, Bellevue, Salt Lake, Eastern Sierra, Corvallis, Jacksonville, Texarkana and Walla Walla Symphonies.
Equally active as a soloist, Mr. Beus has performed at Wigmore Hall, the Salle Gaveau and Salle Cortot (Paris), Merkin Hall, the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, the Central Conservatory (Beijing), Teatro San Carlo (Naples), Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), the Queluz Palace (Lisbon) and has performed for the Dame Myra Hess and Fazioli Salon series (Chicago), the International Keyboard Institute and Festival (New York City), and has given recitals across the United States as well as in Kazakhstan, Russia, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Georgia, China, France, Italy, Portugal, the Czech Republic, and Morocco.
Sept 30, 2018 / Sun 5:30PM
Park City Community Church
4501 Highway 224
Park City, UT 84098
Brilliant and Beautiful
Works by Chausson,
Bernstein and Bruch
Featuring:
Pianist John Novacek
Violinist Simón Gollo
Violinist Melissa Draper
Violinist Gabriel Gordon
Leslie Harlow, Viola
Lauren Posey, Cello
Russell Harlow, Clarinet
PROGRAM:
"Concert" by Ernest Chausson for Violin, Piano and String Quartet
Bruch Four Pieces for Viola, Clarinet and Piano
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano by Bernstein
Sept 29, 2018 / Sat 5:30PM
Elegant Salon Concert
and Dinner Buffet
in a Beautiful Private Home
Featuring:
Violinist Simón Gollo and Pianist John Novacek
Leslie Harlow, Viola and Russell Harlow, Clarinet
PROGRAM:
Virtuoso salon works and selections by your favorite composers
performed throughout the evening
Pianist JOHN NOVACEK regularly tours the Americas, Europe and Asia as solo recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist; in the latter capacity he has presented over thirty concerti with dozens of orchestras.
John Novacek’s major American performances have been heard in New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall, 92nd Street Y, Columbia University’s Miller Theater, Merkin Concert Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Symphony Space, Washington’s The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Chicago’s Symphony Center and Los Angeles’ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Hollywood Bowl and Royce Hall, while international venues include Paris’ Theatre des Champs-Elysées, Salle Gaveau and Musée du Louvre, London’s Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre, as well as most of the major concert halls of Japan. He is also a frequent guest artist at festivals, here and abroad, including New York City’s Mostly Mozart Festival, California’s Festival Mozaic and those of Aspen, Cape Cod, Caramoor, Chautauqua, Colorado College, Mimir, Ravinia, Seattle, SummerFest La Jolla, Wolf Trap, BBC Proms (England), Braunschweig (Germany), Lucerne, Menuhin and Verbier (Switzerland), Majorca (Spain), Sorrento (Italy), Stavanger (Norway), Toulouse (France) and Sapporo (Japan). Mr. Novacek’s current season is highlighted by his debut with the Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México.
Often heard on radio broadcasts worldwide, John Novacek has appeared on NPR’s Performance Today, St. Paul Sunday and, as both featured guest composer/performer, on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. He was also seen and heard on television, including The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Entertainment Tonight and CNN International.
John Novacek is a much sought-after collaborative artist and has performed with Joshua Bell, Matt Haimovitz, Leila Josefowicz, Cho-Liang Lin, Yo-Yo Ma, Truls Mork, Elmar Oliveira and Emmanuel Pahud, and, as well as the Colorado, Harrington, Jupiter, New Hollywood, St. Lawrence, SuperNova and Ying string quartets. He also tours widely as a member of Intersection, a piano trio that includes violinist Kaura Frautschi and cellist Kristina Reiko Coooper. Mr. Novacek has also given numerous world premieres and worked closely with composers John Adams, John Harbison, Jennifer Higdon, George Rochberg, John Williams and John Zorn.
John Novacek took top prizes at both the Leschetizky and Joanna Hodges international piano competitions, among many others. He studied piano with Polish virtuoso Jakob Gimpel at California State University, Northridge, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree, summa cum laude. Subsequently, he earned a Master of Music degree from New York City’s Mannes College of Music, where his instructors were Peter Serkin in piano and Felix Galimer in chamber music. Mr. Novacek’s coaches in composition included Frederick Werle, Aurelio de la Vega and Daniel Kessner.
John Novacek’s own compositions and arrangements have been performed by the Pacific Symphony, The 5 Browns, Concertante, Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo, Harrington String Quartet, Ying Quartet, Millennium, Quattro Mani and The Three Tenors. He has recorded over 30 CDs, encompassing solo and chamber music by most major composers from Bach to Bartók, as well as many contemporary and original scores. Mr. Novacek records for Philips, Nonesuch, Arabesque, Warner Classics, Sony/BMG, Koch International, Universal Classics, Ambassador, Pony Canyon, Four Winds, Arkay, Virtuoso and EMI Classics. CD titles include Road Movies (2004 GRAMMY nomination as “Best Chamber Music Performance”), Great Mozart Piano Works, Spanish Rhapsody, Novarags (original ragtime compositions), Classic Romance, Hungarian Sketches, Intersection, Romances et Meditations and, with Leila Josefowicz, Americana (GRAMOPHONE: “Editor’s Choice”), For the End of Time, Shostakovich and Recital (BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE: 5 stars/June 2005's chamber choice).
John Novacek is a Steinway Artist.
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Award-winning Swiss-Venezuelan VIOLINISTSIMÓN GOLLO has a recognized career in prestigious scenarios such as the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society (Philadelphia, USA), 92Y- Kaufmann Concert Hall (NY, USA), Chamber Music Society of Detroit, National Gallery of Art (Washington DC, USA), Bolivar Hall (London, UK), Teatro Teresa Carreño (Caracas, Venezuela), Auditorio Blas Galindo, (Mexico City, Mexico), Teatro Mayor, (Bogota, Colombia). Performing with international figures such as Alessio Bax, Ricardo Morales, Dmitri Berlinsky, Richard Young, (Vermeer Quartet), Miguel Da Silva, (Ysaye Quartet), John Novacek, Randolph Kelly, Mihai Marica, Yura Lee, Jacob Koranyi.
He appeared as a soloist in Switzerland, United States of America, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela collaborating with international conductors such as Conrad Van Alphen, Theodore Kuchar, Carlos Izcaray. (“Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela, Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota, Orquesta Sinfonica de Salta. Argentina”. Central Ohio Symphony, Classical Music Institute Chamber Orchestra, San Antonio, TX. Among others).
Simon Gollo is a gifted and committed pedagogue who keeps a very busy teaching schedule that includes invitations to teach masterclasses around the world. Since 2016 he has been a faculty member of the Summit Music Festival in New York, Classical Music Institute San Antonio, TX, and the Park City Music Festival Young Artist Institute in Utah. He is also regularly invited by Professor Naoko Tanaka to teach at the Juilliard School of Music. From 2006 to 2012, he was a sought violin professor in “El Sistema” Venezuela and at the Mozarteum Music School in Caracas. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Nuevo Mundo Festival & Academy (2000-2016), and the Aruba Symphony Festival, 2017.
From 2012 to 2015, Simon Gollo was a member of the Dali String Quartet, and the St. Luke’s Orchestra in NY. Several chamber music ensembles such as Camerata Nordica (Sweden), Classical Jam, (New York) International Chamber Soloists, (Michigan) Post Classical Ensemble (Washington DC), and the Dallas Chamber Symphony, have invited him as a principal player for tours and concerts presented at esteemed venues including the Carnegie Hall in NYC and the Cadogan Hall (London, UK – BBC Proms Festival), among others.
Simon Gollo, earned degrees from the Conservatoire de Musique de Geneve, Switzerland, and the Conservatoire Superieur et Academie de Musique Tibor Varga in Sion, Switzerland. His teachers include Gyula Stuller, Anne Bauer, Gabor Takaçs. Mr. Gollo has also participated in masterclasses given by members of the Amadeus, Bartok, and Sine Nomine quartets as well as violin masters Alexander Kerr, Naoko Tanaka, Tibor Varga, Ana Chumachenko and Igor Bezrodny.
Beethoven Festival Artist in Residence CLARINETIST RUSSELL HARLOW is one of the nation's premiere solo and chamber clarinetists. Mr. Harlow performed the New York Premiere of the Ramiro Cortes Trio (written for him), along with the Brahms Quintet, at Carnegie's Weill Hall in New York. The Sonolumina Ensemble ISOMIKE Label recording featuring Mr. Harlow, "Chamber Music for Clarinets and Strings”, has received critical acclaim in both the U.S. and Europe. Russell Harlow co-directs the Beethoven Festival Park City and has performed and lectured for International Clarinet Association events throughout the world. His comprehensive website ClarinetCentral.com is regularly visited by clarinetists worldwide.
In addition to performances in Utah with the Beethoven Festival, the Contemporary Music Consortium and Sonolumina Orchestra, Mr. Harlow has performed with the Affetti Festival, Sitka and Anchorage Fall Classics Festivals (Alaska), the Amsterdam Chamber Players, the Puerto Rico Clarinet Festival, the Ars Nova, Lyrica and Piatigorsky Foundation concerts in New Jersey and with the Leonore Trio and Bargemusic in NYC. Russell Harlow’s mentors include Gary Foster, Mitchell Lurie, Harold Wright and violinist Charles Libove, and he was coached in chamber music and attended the master classes by cellist Gregor Piatigorsky.
Russell Harlow is featured on recordings with flutist Laurel Ann Maurer, the Mirecourt Trio, the Beethoven Festival and the Utah Symphony abd has recorded numerous solos for major filmscores. He founded and directed Utah's Nova Series until he joined the Beethoven Festival as Co-Director in 1986. He attended both UCLA and USC before joining the Utah Symphony at the age of 21.
The Russell Harlow Clarinet Competition, named in honor of Russell Harlow for his contribution to the art of clarinet performance, is held each year at Utah Valley University,
Festival Artist in Residence VIOLIST LESLIE HARLOW is the founder and Co-Director of the Beethoven Festival. She has performed in chamber concerts with many of the finest artists of this era. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Leslie Harlow performed in master classes for William Primrose, Paul Doktor, Donald McGinnis, Heidi Castleman and Nabuko Imai and her primary teachers were Marna Street, Susan Schoenfeld, Paul Doktor, and violinist Harry Shub with additional lessons with Heidi Castleman, Donald Wright and Francis Tursi. Ms. Harlow studied chamber music with coaches including Felix Galimer, Samuel Rhodes, David Soyer, Paul Doktor, Charles Castleman, Robert Sylvester and Julius Baker.
Following graduation from Juilliard, Ms Harlow founded the Deer Valley (Utah) Chamber Music Festival in 1984. Renamed the Beethoven Festival, the festival continues as Utah's oldest classical music festival, and, as of 2016, having presented nearly 700 festival chamber concerts. Leslie Harlow also founded and directed the Park City Film Music Festival. An active recording artist, both in chamber music and in commercial studio work, Ms. Harlow's viola solos can be heard on a number of film and television soundtracks including "Murder in the First”, "Surviving Picasso.” and “Alpha”.
In 2015 Ms. Harlow presented the collegiate level viola master class at the National ASTA Convention along with serving as a judge for the collegiate solo competition. Leslie and her husband, clarinetist Russell Harlow, perform recitals throughout the year including performing for senior retirement homes and the Harlows are invited to perform outside Utah including for the Bargemusic Series in New York.
The Beethoven Festival is a project of the
Park City Chamber Music Society,
the 501-c-3 not for profit, tax-exempt organization.
