March 2, 2012  to March 3, 2012

PROGRAM CHANGE

Following her doctor’s advice, Latica Honda-Rosenberg is unable to travel to San Antonio. Violinist Vadim Gluzman will perform and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concert will replace the Shostakovich Concerto originally programmed.

The Sea

8 p.m., Majestic Theatre

Ninth concert in the Masterclassics series
Fifth concert in the Ovation series

Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin

Wagner Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Tchaikovsky  Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op.33a
Debussy La Mer

(program notes)

This performance is sponsored by the Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation.

The power and inspiration of the sea are so strong in these masterpieces, you’ll probably taste the sea salt in the air!

Vadim Gluzman  will be teaching the annual Russell Hill Rogers String Master Class on Thursday, March 1, 2012, 7:00-9:00 at the Majestic Theatre.

Vadim Gluzman’s extraordinary artistry both sustains the great violinistic tradition of the 19^th and 20^th centuries and enlivens it with the dynamism of today. The Israeli violinist appears regularly with major orchestras such as: in North America, the Chicago Symphony, San Francisco, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Detroit, Houston, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; in Europe, the London Philharmonic, London Symphony, BBC Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Munich, Dresden and Czech Philharmonic Orchestras, Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and Finnish Radio Symphony; in Israel,  the  Israel  Philharmonic  and  Jerusalem  Symphony,  and  in  Asia,  the  NHK  and  KBS Orchestras.

His collaborators among the world’s foremost conductors include Neeme Järvi, Andrew Litton, Marek Janowski, Itzhak Perlman, Paavo Järvi, Kristjan Järvi, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Hannu Lintu, Kazushi Ono, Peter Oundjian, Vassili Sinaisky, Tugan Sokhiev and Michail Jurowski.  Numbering among his festival appearances are Verbier, Ravinia, Lockenhaus, Pablo Casals,Colmar,Jerusalem, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Festival de RadioFranceand, in summer 2011, the North Shore Chamber Music Festival in NorthbrookIllinois, which Gluzman founded in 2010 with his wife and long-standing recital partner, pianist Angela Yoffe.

Beyond interpreting established or rediscovered works, Vadim Gluzman is a  passionate advocate of new music and has collaborated with a number of today’s foremost composers, such as Arvo Pärt, Peteris Vasks, Lera Auerbach, Giya Kancheli, Michael Daugherty, Sofia Gubaidulina, Menachem Wiesenberg, and Richard Rodney Bennett, premiering their works in concert and in recordings. In 2010-11 he gave the UKpremiere of Michael Daugherty’s Fire and Blood with the  London  Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kristjan Järvi, and his latest CD release (Autumn 2011) under his exclusive contract with BIS Records is Gubaidulina’s in tempus praesens with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester under Jonathan Nott. His Spring 2011 release of works by Max Bruch, including the much-loved Violin Concerto No 1, prompted reviewers to draw comparisons with such Golden Age players as Kreisler and Oistrakh; in France, it was honored with the Diapason d’Or de l’Année 2011 for best recorded concerto, a Clef de l’Annee 2011 in the chamber music category from ResMusica  as well  as  a Choc de Classica  2011, while in the UK it was named Editor’s Choice by Classic FM Magazine, Orchestral Choice by the  BBC Music Magazine  and  Selection  of  the Month by the Strad Magazine. This crowns and continues  the acclaim  for Gluzman’s recorded catalogue, which  includes works by  Barber,  Bernstein,  Bloch,  Dvarionas,  Glazunov, Korngold, Pärt, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky and a  collection  of  virtuoso showpieces, Fireworks, with Angela Yoffe at the piano.

Gluzman’s 2011/12 season, which begins with a return to the London Philharmonic, brings appearances in Germanywith the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Dresden Philharmonic, a tour with the Schleswig-Holstein Orchestra, performances with the Baltic Youth Philharmonic at the Dresden Music Festival and Schumannfest Düsseldorf  and  in  July  of  2012  Vadim  makes his LondonProms Debut. His other European dates also include the BBC Symphony Orchestra (UKpremiere of Dvarionas’ Violin Concerto under Neeme Järvi), Bergen Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, BrnoPhilharmonic, BelgradePhilharmonic and Orquesta Sinfónica RTVE Madrid. In the UShe appears with the Minnesota Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, IRIS Orchestra, Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra and in several recitals with Angela Yoffe. Mr. Gluzman also continues his special relationship with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Mexico, performing Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 2 with Carlos Miguel Prieto. Further ahead, Vadim Gluzman’s plans feature performances with pianists Angela Yoffe,  Lera Auerbach  and cellist  Ani Aznavoorian to celebrate  John Neumeier’s 40^th  anniversary  at the Hamburg Ballet  and,  also  in  2013,  his debut with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and a European tour with the Riga Sinfonietta

Vadim Gluzman was born in 1973 in the Ukraine  and  began  studying  the  violin  at  the  age  of seven. Before moving in 1990 toIsrael, where he was a student of Yair Kless, he studied with Roman Sne inLatviaand Zakhar Bron inRussia. In theUShis teachers were Arkady Fomin and, at theJuilliardSchool, the late Dorothy DeLay and Masao Kawasaki. Early in his career, Mr. Gluzman enjoyed the encouragement and support of Isaac Stern, and in 1994 he received the prestigious Henryk Szeryng Foundation Career Award.

Mr. Gluzman will next appear as soloist with the San Antonio Symphony in February 2013. He will be featured in the Brahms Festival in both the Brahms Violin Concerto and the Double Concerto for Violin and Cello.

Vadim Gluzman plays the 1690 ‘ex-Leopold Auer’ Stradivari, on extended loan to him through the generosity of the Stradivari Society of Chicago.