Summer 2009: July 24-August 12

Creative Arts Center
Manhattanville College
2900 Purchase Street,
Purchase, New York

TICKETS FOR ALL CONCERTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
Adults: $25     Seniors: $20
Special admission passes are available for the entire concert series at a discount rate of $150.
For information or to order tickets: 914.747.2020. Email: info@summitmusicfestival.org.

Admission to all STUDENT CONCERTS and COMPETITIONS is free. See * on listing below.

All concert programs are subject to change.

Summer 2009 Concert and Master Class Schedule (PDF)

Friday, July 24 • 8pm

Vladimir Viardo, piano
Chopin Barcarole
Schubert-Liszt Four Songs
Debussy Four Preludes
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring, arr. for 2 pianos by L. Naumov and V.Viardo
with Yu Ching Hsu, piano

Saturday, July 25 • 5pm
Composers’ Round Table Discussion

Mary Ann Joyce-Walter
Geoffrey Kidde
Binnette Lippe

Saturday, July 25 • 8pm
Music for violin and piano

Irina Tseltlin, violin 8pm
Efrem Briskin, piano
Akiko Chiba, piano
M. Tseitlin Circus 1937
Brahms Sonata #1 in G major

Sunday, July 26 • 8pm
Faculty Concert

Andrey Tchekmazov, cello
Matthew Cameron, piano
M. Cameron Six Pieces
Chopin: Barcarolle Waltz in F minor, Polonaise in Ab Major
Foss Three American Pieces (arr. by a. Tchekmazov)
Margarita Zelenyi Byzantine Chants

Monday, July 27 • 8pm Lecture-Concert

Adam Kent, piano
Schubert Sonata in C Minor, Op. Posthumous

Tuesday, July 28 • 6pm*
Young Artists Concert

Christin Stephenson, piano
Lindy Blackburn, piano
Mozart, Chopin, Ravel, Poulenc

Tuesday, July 28 • 8pm
Duo Recital

Suren Bagratuni, cello
Massimiliano Mainolfi, piano
Bach - Suite No.1
Tsintsadze - Five pieces
Schumann - Five pieces in Folk Style
Prokofiev - Sonata for cello and piano op.119

Wednesday, July 29 • 6pm*
Student Gala Concert

Wednesday, July 29 • 8pm
Faculty Concert

Elena Tatulian, piano
Elena Peres, violin
David Krieger, cello
Adam Kent, piano
Schubert Wanderer Fantasie
Brahms Trio op.8 in B major

Thursday, July 30 • 8pm

Nathaniel Rosen, cello
with Doris Stevenson, piano
Schubert, Hindemith, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Popper

Friday, July 31 • 8pm
Mikhail Kopelman and friends

Mikhail Kopelman, violin
Anna Gourfinkel, piano
Elizaveta Kopelman, piano
Andre Emelianoff, cello
Prokofiev Sonata #2 op. 94b in D major
Chausson Poeme
Arensky Trio in D minor

Saturday, August 1 • 6pm

Larry Watson, violin
Emmanuel Feldman, cello
Joshua Pierce, piano
Maxim Anikushin, piano
Bach English Suite #3 in G minor
Schubert Trio op.100 in E flat major

Saturday, August 1 • 8pm

Pavel Nersessian, piano
Schumann Abegg Variations op. 1, Kreisleriana op. 16
Sibelius 5 pieces op. 75
Chopin Scherzo # 4 op. 54
Chopin Trois Nouvelles Etudes
Chopin Polonaise op. 44 F sharp minor

Sunday, August 2 • 3pm
Faculty Concert

Julia Bushkova, violin
Arnold Irchai, bassoon
Akiko Chiba, piano
Riko Higuma, piano
Mozart Sonata for violin and piano in B flat Major, KV 454
Music for bassoon and piano by Torriani, Tamplini
Vadim Monastirsky, piano
Haydn Variations in F minor
Beethoven Variations op 34 in F major
Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses op. 54 in D minor

Sunday, August 2 • 8pm
Faculty Concert

Victor Danchenko, violin
David Krieger, cello
Efrem Briskin, piano
Tatiana Goncharova, piano
Janacek Sonata for violin and piano
Brahms Sonata #3 op. 108 in D minor
Brahms Trio op. 87 in C major

Monday, August 3 • 5pm
Lecture - Concert
Robert Schumann's song cycle "Dichterliebe"

Carmelo Comberiati, lecturer
Richard Slade, baritone
Flora Lu Kuan, piano

Monday, August 3 • 6pm*
Student Gala Concert

Monday, August 3 • 8pm
Faculty Concert

Christina Khimm, violin
Emanuel Borok, violin
Eugene Osadchy, cello
Eugene Choi, piano (Winner of 2008 SMF Concerto Competition)
Akiko Chiba, piano
Riko Higuma, piano
Britten Sonata for cello and piano op.65 in C-Major
Grieg Sonata #2 op.13 in G major for violin and piano
Tchaikovsky Trio op. 50 in A minor

Tuesday, August 4 • 5pm in the Castle*
Student recital

Tuesday, August 4 • 6pm*
Winners of 2008 Concerto Competition

Christopher Park, piano
Prokofiev Ten pieces from "Romeo and Julia" op.75
Rachmaninov: Hopak (Mussorgsky), Lilacs Liebesleid (Kreisler), Liebesfreud (Kreisler)
Hannah Ji, violin
Program TBA

Tuesday, August 4 • 8pm
Faculty Concert

Dmitri Berlinsky, violin
Julian Milkis, clarinet
Arnold Irchai, bassoon
French Horn TBA
Yoram Youngerman, viola
Andrey Tchekmazov, cello
Pascale Delache-Feldman, bass
Pavel Nersessian, piano
Brahms Sonata in E flat major for clarinet and piano op. 120 #2
Templeton Sonata for clarinet and piano
Beethoven Septet op. 20 in E flat major

Tuesday, August 5 • 5pm in the Castle*
Student recital

Wednesday, August 5 • 6pm*
Student Gala Concert

Wednesday, August 5 • 8pm
Faculty Concert

Emanuel Borok, violin
Mikhail Kopelman, violin
Grigory Kalinovsky, violin
Tali Kravitz, viola
Julian Milkis, clarinet
Bongshin Ko, cello
Inna Nassidze, cello
Efrem Briskin, piano
Adam Kent, piano
Akiko Chiba, piano
Beethoven Sonata for violin and piano op.30 #3 in G major
Brahms Sonata for cello and piano op.99 in F major
Schumann Fantasie Pieces for violin and piano
Mozart Clarinet Quintet K. 581 in A major

Thursday, August 6 • 6pm
A suite of American suites and other works for cello solo

Jeffrey Solow, cello
David Bennett Thomas Sonata (2007)
Ernest Bloch Suite No. 1 (1956) arr. Aaron Minsky "Dead Cello"—Four Grateful Dead Songs (2006)
Ernst Toch Impromptu, Op. 90c (1963)
Gregor Piatigorsky "Syrinx" and "A Stroll"
Grant Beglarian Elegy for Cellist (1979)
Miklós Rózsa Toccata Capricciosa, Op. 36 (1979)

Thursday, August 6 • 8pm
Duo recital

Dmitri Berlinsky, violin
Elena Baksht, piano
Beethoven, Franck, Paganini

Friday, August 7 • 6pm*
Student Gala Concert

Friday, August 7 • 8pm
Aaron Rosand and friends

Aaron Rosand, violin
Nathaniel Rosen, cello
Lev Natochenny, piano
Akiko Chiba, piano
Beethoven Trio op.97 in B flat major "Archduke"
Violin solo pieces

Saturday, August 8 • 6pm
"Cello Extravaganza"

Andre Emelianoff
Emmanuel Feldman
Emanuel Gruber
Bongshin Ko
Inna Nassidze
Eugene Osadchy
Jeffrey Shah
Jeffrey Solow
Music for cello solo, duos, trios

Saturday, August 8 • 8pm
Faculty Concert

Julia Bushkova, violin
Chin Kim, violin
Sergiu Schwartz, violin
Elena Peres, violin
Michael Klotz, viola
Emanuel Gruber, cello
Bongshin Ko, cello
Adam Kent, piano
Boris Slutsky, piano
Ysaye Sonata #1in G minor
Mendelssohn Trio No.1 op.49 in D minor
Dvorak Piano Quintet op. 81 in A major

Sunday, August 9*
Concerto Competition

First Round, 9am
Final Round, 3PM

Sunday, August 9 • 8pm*
SMF String Ensemble

Soloist: Eugene Choi, piano
Conductors: Lev Natochenny, Yoram Youngerman
Chopin Concerto No. 1 in E minor

Monday, August 10 • 8pm

Matt Haimovitz, cello
Music by American Composers

Tuesday, August 11 • 8pm*
Student Chamber Music Concert

SMF String Ensemble

Wednesday, August 12 • 6pm*
Student Chamber Music Concert

Wednesday, August 12 • 8pm*
Final Student Concert

SMF Orchestra
Soloists: Winners of SMF 2008 Concerto Competition
Maria Verbaite, piano
TBA, piano
Conductor: Richard Clark Hosted by Robert Sherman
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams