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J.S.Q. Bids Farewell to an Esteemed Colleague For the Juilliard String Quartet, the 2008-09 season comes to a bittersweet end as the ensemble says goodbye to its first violinist since 1997, Joel Smirnoff, while welcoming a new colleague, Nick Eanet, into the chair. The quartet’s cellist, Joel Krosnick, writes about the process of finding a replacement musician to become part of one of the world’s most cherished chamber groups. More...French Conductor Seeks Creative Collaboration French conductor Ludovic Morlot is one of the conducting world’s rising stars; having already led such ensembles as the New York Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony, he is now anticipating his debuts with the Cleveland Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, and BBC Philharmonic. This spring will also witness his first appearance with the Juilliard Orchestra, when he leads the ensemble this month in a concert at Avery Fisher Hall. More...Shakespeare's Plump Playboy Comes to Life in Verdi's Falstaff Director Stephen Wadsworth and conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson make their Juilliard Opera debuts this month when the J.O.C. presents Verdi’s Falstaff, an opera buffa more or less based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, but with heavy doses of Henry IV , Parts I and II, to round out the character. It is a complex and difficult opera to produce, Wilson says, but the obstacles only add to the rewards. More...For Savall, Music Is, Above All, Communication The Juilliard community was treated to an afternoon of musical counsel from a great early-music pioneer and master, Jordi Savall, during his master class on February 24 in Morse Hall. It provided a spicy foretaste of Juilliard’s new Historical Performance program, set to begin next fall. More... |
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