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April 17, 2007

Contact: Jessica Moore, jkmoore@emory.edu, 404-727-1687

Emory Announces 2007-2008 Candler Concert Series

For immediate release: April 17, 2007

Contact: Sally Corbett, Arts at Emory, 404-727-6678, sacorbe@emory.edu 

EMORY ANNOUNCES 2007-2008 FLORA GLENN CANDLER CONCERT SERIES  

Subscriptions on Sale this Week; Single Tickets on Sale in September

The 2007-2008 Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series in Emory University’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts features an array of jazz, classical, world and new music in six concerts beginning in Oct. 2007 and concluding in Apr. 2008. Subscriptions go on sale this week for the series. Subscribers enjoy discounts (25-30% off single ticket price for the public; 40-50% off single ticket price for Emory faculty and staff) when purchasing four or more concerts. Subscription order forms for mail and fax orders are available now at www.arts.emory.edu. Phone orders may be made by calling 404-727-5050 between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Mon. through Fri. Emory faculty, staff, and Friends of Music may order subscriptions beginning Apr.17, 2007 and single tickets beginning Sept. 5, 2007. The public may order subscriptions beginning Apr. 19, 2007 and single tickets beginning Sept. 7, 2007. The series schedule and prices follow.

Yellowjackets, jazz quartet*

Fri., Oct. 5, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
Single ticket price: $48
Subscriber prices: public, $33.60 (all 6) and $36 (pick 4 or 5); faculty and staff before Sept. 30, $24 (all 6) and $28.80 (pick 4 or 5)

In 1977, veteran session musicians Russell Ferrante, keyboard, Jimmy Haslip, bass and Ricky Lawson, drums, met while working on a studio project and quickly discovered the musical chemistry from which the Yellowjackets evolved. During thirty years of touring and recording to great acclaim the Yellowjackets’s membership included many jazz greats. From fusion to acoustic jazz, the group always thrills crowds with their unmistakable Yellowjackets’s sound – the signature sound Ferrante says they are named for because it is “lively, energetic and with a sting.”

Midori, violin*

Fri., Nov. 2, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
Single ticket price: $56
Subscriber prices: public, $39.20 (all 6) and $42 (pick 4 or 5); faculty and staff before Sept. 30, $28 (all 6) and $33.60 (pick 4 or 5)

Midori was first taught to play violin by her mother in Osaka, Japan. Stunning subsequent teachers as well as violin legend Pinchas Zuckerman with her talent, Midori soon began her studies at Juilliard. When Midori was eleven Zubin Mehta invited her to debut with the New York Philharmonic. In the past twenty-five years she has performed as a soloist and with every major orchestra in venues ranging from the Hollywood Bowl to the Kennedy Center, and for events including the Mostly Mozart Festival to the Winter Olympics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and gender studies from New York University where she graduated magna cum laude. She went on to earn a master’s degree in psychology and now lives in Los Angeles. Midori plays a 1734 Guarnerius del Gesu "ex-Huberman," which is on a lifetime loan to her from the Hayashibara Foundation. She is a Grammy nominee, winner of the 2001 Avery Fisher Prize and the two-time recipient of Germany’s coveted Deutsche Shallplattenpresi.

Midori’s zeal for inspiring new classical music fans and encouraging young talent motivated her to establish a variety of projects and nonprofit organizations, including Midori & Friends for music education in New York; Music Sharing for music education in Japan; Partners in Performance to build chamber music awareness and accessibility in small communities; the University Residencies Program involving ten- to fourteen-day university visits; the Orchestra Residencies Program involving week-long visits with youth orchestras; Total Experience for outreach to small Japanese towns through thematic, experimental and participatory music programs; and the Midori/Repin Commissioning Project with violinist Vadim Repin.

Bergen Philharmonic, Andrew Litton, conductor, and Andre Watts, piano

Sun., Nov. 18, 2007, 4:00 p.m. SPECIAL SUNDAY CONCERT TIME
Single ticket price: $60
Subscriber prices: public, $42 (all 6) and $45 (pick 4 or 5); faculty and staff before Sept. 30, $30 (all 6) and $36 (pick 4 or 5)

The Bergen Philharmonic of Norway, established in 1765, is one of the oldest orchestras. Their recording and performance activities have taken them to Japan, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia and Scandinavia. Their 2007 tour is their first to the United States. Andrew Litton has been the orchestra's Principal Conductor since 2003, and in 2005 he became the first American to be designated as their Music Director. The orchestra is joined by Grammy-winning pianist Andre Watts. Watts, now in his sixties, made his orchestral debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra when he was nine years old.

Deborah Voigt, mezzo-soprano*

Sat., Jan. 19, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Single ticket price: $56
Subscriber prices: public, $39.20 (all 6) and $42 (pick 4 or 5); faculty and staff before Sept. 30, $28 (all 6) and $33.60 (pick 4 or 5)

Deborah Voigt is “…arguably the leading dramatic soprano singing today…,” says the New York Times. She frequently appears with the world’s leading opera companies, including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna State Opera. She has starred in dozens of operas including Strauss’s Elektra, Berlioz’s “Les Troyens” and Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” She has received high praise for Italian roles as Amelia, Aida, Lady Macbeth, Tosca and Leonora (in both “La Forza del destino” and “Il Trovatore”). In addition to an extensive opera discography, her impressive solo recordings are “Obsessions” (features the music of Wagner and Strauss) and “All My Heart” (a recital recording of American songs). Voigt won the Luciano Pavarotti Voice Competition and Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Competition, and was named a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France.

Kronos Quartet* with Wu Man, pipa*

Sat., Feb. 9, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Single ticket price: $52
Subscriber prices: public, $36.40 (all 6) and $39 (pick 4 or 5); faculty and staff before Sept. 30, $26 (all 6) and $31.20 (pick 4 or 5)

Kronos members David Harrington and John Sherba, violins, Hank Dutt, viola, and Jeffrey Zeigler, cello, boldly explore the range and context of string quartet music, from unorthodox interdisciplinary events with eclectic collaborators to more traditional concerts with the stars of classical music. Over the course of three decades Kronos has produced more than forty recordings, given 1,000 international concerts and participated in hundreds of commissions and collaborations.

Wu Man is known for introducing Western audiences to the pipa, a lute-like Chinese instrument with a more than 2,000-year history. She is a virtuoso in traditional repertoire and a leader in contemporary pipa music by composers such as Philip Glass, Tan Dun and Bright Sheng. She will join Kronos to perform “The Cusp of Magic” by Terry Riley.

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Sat., Apr. 19, 2008, 8:00 pm.
Single ticket price: $52
Subscriber prices: public, $36.40 (pick 6) and $39 (pick 4 or 5); faculty and staff before Sept. 30, $26 (pick 6) and $31.20 (pick 4 or 5)

Among the most important pianists of this era, Leif Ove Andsnes was born on the island of Karmøy in West Norway into a musical family. At age fifteen he began his studies and started his recital career while attending the Bergen Conservatoire. Just four year’s later he joined The Oslo Philharmonic as soloist at the Edinburgh International Festival – the first in Andsnes’s long history of international performances with orchestras. In 1998, he received the Gilmore Artist Award and used the prize money to explore the work of living composers. The virtuoso has won three Gramophone awards. In addition to his extensive recording and touring work, he co-directs the Risør Chamber Music Festival, which attracts international talent to a small coastal village in Southeast Norway.

* NOTE: “*” above indicates artists participating in Emory Coca-Cola Artist-in-Residence Program activities during their visit to Emory. These activities may include public workshops, masterclasses, lectures and demonstrations. Details of the residency schedules and activities will be available in late August 2007.

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