Edo de Waart Makes His First Appearance With the Juilliard Orchestra Conducting Works by Brahms, Strauss, and Michael Ippolito on Saturday, September 23, 2017, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard Violinist Bomsori Kim Is the Soloist in the Brahms Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

NEW YORK ––  Edo de Waart will make his first appearance with the Juilliard Orchestra in works by Brahms, R. Strauss, and Juilliard alumnus Michael Ippolito on Saturday, September 23, 2017, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall. The program features Brahms’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra with Juilliard violinist Bomsori Kim; Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier Suite; and Michael Ippolito's Nocturne (2011). 

Tickets at $30 are available at lincolncenter.org, through CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500, or at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office. Tickets are free for Juilliard students; full-time non-Juilliard students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $15, only at the Juilliard Box Office.

About the Program

Brahms finished his first draft of the violin concerto during the summer of 1878 at Pörtschach in southern Austria. He sent the solo violin part to longtime friend, violinist virtuoso Joseph Joachim, who premiered the work on New Year’s Day, 1879, in Leipzig with the composer conducting the Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Richard Strauss’s opera Der Rosenkavalier, based on a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, was completed on September 26, 1910, and premiered on January 26, 2011, at the Dresden Court Opera. Strauss’s Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, was first performed on October 5, 1944, in New York, and conducted by
Artur Rodziński, who is usually credited as its arranger.

Michael Ippolito’s Nocturne was originally inspired by Joan Miró’s 1940 painting of the same name. Mr. Ippolito provides this program note: “I was first drawn to the pure visual appeal of Miró’s fantastical figures and swirling lines, but I was also intrigued by the idea of a ‘nocturne’ with so much energy and whimsy. As I thought about the tension between the title and the image, the other approaches to the nocturne came to my mind – from the Whistler paintings and the dreamy world of Chopin and Field that inspired him, to the colorful and diverse Debussy pieces, to the creaking and sliding ‘night music’ of Bartók. In the end, my piece is about the different connotations of the title as much as it is about an imagined nocturnal scene.” The piece was premiered in 2012 by the Juilliard Orchestra and conductor Jeffrey Milarsky. Mr. de Waart conducted Nocturne, for orchestra in 2013 with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and also brought it to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, and now has programmed it at Juilliard. 

A Juilliard alumnus, Ippolito is currently assistant professor of composition at Texas State University. His orchestral music has been conducted by Mr. de Waart, Marin Alsop, David Alan Miller, and Jeffrey Milarsky in performances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Nashville Symphony, the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, and others. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and several ASCAP awards.

About Edo de Waart

Edo de Waart is music director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conductor laureate of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. He also is conductor laureate of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Regular guest conducting appearances include the Chicago Symphony,
Los Angeles Philharmonic, NHK Symphony orchestras as well as the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. As an opera conductor, de Waart has enjoyed success in a large and varied repertoire in many of the world’s greatest opera houses. His extensive catalogue encompasses releases for Philips, Virgin, EMI, Telarc, and RCA. Recent recordings include Wim Henderickx’s Symphony No. 1 and Oboe Concerto, Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, and Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius, both with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Mr. de Waart has received a number of awards for his musical achievements, including becoming a Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion and an Honorary Office in the General Division of the Order of Australia. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

About Bomsori Kim

Winner of the 62nd ARD International Music Competition, Bomsori Kim has established herself as part of an emerging generation of internationally recognized violinists. She began gaining attention in 2010 as the youngest prizewinner of the 4th Sendai International Music Competition, which led to an internationally acclaimed concert debut in 2010. She has since earned top prizes at major competitions, including the Montreal International Musical Competition, International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, the Tchaikovsky International Competition, and the Queen Elisabeth Competition.

As a soloist, Ms. Kim has appeared at numerous venues worldwide, such as Musikverein Golden Hall in Vienna, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, Ton Halle in Zurich, and the Herkulessaal in Munich. Additionally, she has had the privilege of performing with numerous leading orchestras, such as the Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestra of Belgium, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.

A native of South Korea, Ms. Kim is a graduate of Seoul National University, where she studied with Young Uck Kim. She also earned her MM degree at Juilliard and is currently pursuing her Artist Diploma there as a student of Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes. Her debut album, a recording of Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 and Wieniawski Violin Concerto No. 2 with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, will be released later this year by Warner Classics International.

With the support of Kumho Asiana Instrument Bank, she currently plays on a 1774 violin by Joannes Baptista Guadagnini.

About the Juilliard Orchestra

Juilliard’s largest and most visible student performing ensemble, the Juilliard Orchestra, is known for delivering polished and passionate performances of works spanning the repertoire. Comprising more than 350 students in the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs, the orchestra appears throughout the season in concerts on the stages of Alice Tully Hall, David Geffen Hall, Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater, and Carnegie Hall. The orchestra is a strong partner to Juilliard’s other divisions, appearing in opera and dance productions, as well as presenting an annual concert of world premieres by Juilliard student composers. Under the musical leadership of Alan Gilbert, the director of conducting and orchestral studies, the Juilliard Orchestra welcomes an impressive roster of world renowned conductors this season, including Mr. Gilbert and Thomas Adès, Joseph Colaneri, Chen Lin, Jeffrey Milarsky, David Robertson, Speranza Scappucci, Gerard Schwarz, and Emmanuel Villaume. The Juilliard Orchestra has toured throughout the U.S. and Europe, South America, and Asia, where it was the first Western conservatory ensemble allowed to visit and perform following the opening of the People’s Republic of China in 1987, returning two decades later, in 2008. Other ensembles under the Juilliard Orchestra umbrella include the conductorless Juilliard Chamber Orchestra, the Juilliard Wind Orchestra, and the new-music groups AXIOM and New Juilliard Ensemble.

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Program Listing:

Saturday, September 23, 2017, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard Orchestra

Edo de Waart, conductor

Bomsori Kim, violin

 

BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Michael IPPOLITO: Nocturne (2011)

STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier Suite

 

Tickets at $30 are available at lincolncenter.org, through CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500, or at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office. Tickets are free for Juilliard students; full-time non-Juilliard students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $15, only at the Juilliard Box Office.