Mayfest artistic directors , professor of music in the 麻豆视频 and 麻豆视频, and Miri Yampolsky welcome longtime friends and new collaborators for , featuring works from Mozart to Messiaen and Arensky to Weill.
Invited artists this year include five-time Grammy-winning soprano Dawn Upshaw; and violinist Roi Shiloah, who has performed as soloist with the Berlin Radio Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, among others.
Also featured are cellist Ariel Tushinsky, a founder (along with Shiloah) of the acclaimed Jerusalem Trio; cellist Steven Doane, professor at Eastman and at the Royal Academy of Music; violinist Maria Ioudenitch, recipient of numerous first prizes including the Ysa每e International Music Competition; violist Nikki Divall, a former member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the principal viola of Apollo鈥檚 Fire; violist Guy Ben-Ziony, assistant principal of the Deutsche Symphonie Orchester, Berlin; clarinetist Moran Katz, winner of the 2013 Ima Hogg Competition; and incoming Cornell faculty member baritone Jean Bernard Cerin, who has already wowed Ithaca audiences.
Renowned fortepianist Malcolm Bilson, plus bassist Misha Bjerken and violinist Isabella Gorman represent the next generation of musicians.
Bjerken notes that this year has a thread of 鈥渇amily鈥 running through the festival, both in the performers and in the composers, such as the Schumanns. Yampolsky adds that aside from the actual family members performing together, the other musicians are like family to each other and have connections going back years. Ben-Ziony, Tushinsky, Shiloah, and she learned chamber music together as teenagers and are looking forward to playing together in a variety of combinations. Additionally, the five days of Mayfest concerts begin and end with 鈥渉eavenly鈥 pieces; a selection from Mahler鈥檚 Symphony No. 4, which includes the song 鈥淭he Heavenly Life,鈥 starts the first program, Schoenberg鈥檚 Transfigured Night closes the festival, and in between, the May 22 performance takes place within the unique atmosphere of Sage Chapel.
The at 7:30 p.m. in Barnes Hall includes Arensky鈥檚 String Quartet in A Minor, Schubert鈥檚 鈥淭rout鈥 Quintet, and songs by Mahler, Weill, and Blitzstein. at 7:30 p.m. in Barnes Hall features Chopin鈥檚 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Faure鈥檚 Violin Sonata in A Major, and Schumann鈥檚 Trio No. 1.
at 3 p.m. at Moakley House at the Cornell golf course will include music from Mozart, Schumann, Berg, Mendelssohn, and more. at 7:30 p.m. is a free evening at Sage Chapel featuring Messiaen鈥檚 Quartet for the End of Time. Finally, at 7:30 p.m. in Barnes Hall with Schubert鈥檚 Sonatina No. 3, Brahms鈥 Quartet No. 1, Schoenberg鈥檚 Transfigured Night, and songs of Rachmaninoff.
or at the door and are $25 for adults, $5 for students, and free for listeners below the age of 18 with an accompanying adult.
Event Parking: Cornell鈥檚 Commuter and Parking Services (corner of Campus Rd. and Sage Ave., near Barnes Hall) one hour before each Barnes Hall and Sage Chapel event (May 19, 20, 22, 23). Parking is available at the Moakley House on May 21, and drinks will be available for purchase.
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