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PIANIST SOHEIL NASSERI

FILM DIRECTOR & PIANIST ANTONIO ITURRIOZ

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PIANIST SARA DAVIS BUECHNER

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Proclaimed as “one of New York’s most prolific recitalists by the NewYork Times, since the fall of 2001, Soheil Nasseri gave twenty completely dif-ferent solo recital programs in New York, all without repeating a single piece.These concerts included 25 premières of contemporary works in addition to28 of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas, a part of Mr. Nasseri’s pledge to performall of Beethoven’s works involving piano by the 250th anniversary of

Beethoven’s birth in 2020.Mr. Nasseri made his European recital

debut in May 2004 at Teatro Massimo inPalermo, Sicily. Since then, he has per-formed in some of the world’s most presti-gious concert halls: in addition to his reg-ular New York concerts, he has recentlyperformed solo recitals or concerti inWashington, Berlin, London, Florence,Canada, Bucharest, Tehran (Iran), andKerman (Iran). As concerto soloist Mr.Nasseri has appeared with conductorsFabio del Cioppo, Justus Frantz, David

LaMarche, John Lopez, Edward Polochick, and Ormsby Wilkins.In May and June 2010 he joined the American Ballet Theatre for eight

sold-out all-Chopin performances at the Metropolitan Opera House in NewYork, playing an integral role onstage as a pianist—both acting and perform-ing for one hour—in the John Neumeier ballet Lady of the Camellias.Additionally, Mr. Nasseri performed a 10-minute solo-piano excerpt of thisballet at the ABT season-opening Gala at the Metropolitan Opera, joining stardancers Julie Kent and Roberto Bolle.

One of Soheil Nasseri’s foremost interests has been his inner-city publicschool music education program. Mr. Nasseri has given concerts at morethan 60 public schools in the U.S. since 2003, with a combined audience ofabout 25,000 students. Mr. Nasseri is also passionately committed to pro-moting new music of young classical composers and indeed many com-posers have written pieces specifically for him, including RichardDanielpour, Avner Dorman, Hormoz Farhat, Martin Kennedy, Samir Odeh-Tamimi, Haskell Small, Ronn Yedidia, Lev ‘Ljova’' Zhurbin, and SamuelZyman. As a recording artist he has 6 solo discs on the Naxos Centaur,Mahoor, and 21st Century Classical labels.

Born to Iranian parents in Santa Monica, California, Soheil Nasseri beganstudying the piano at the age of five and at the age of twenty moved to NewYork to study intensively with the late Karl Ulrich Schnabel (1909–2001).Following the death of Mr. Schnabel, Mr. Nasseri became a protégé of JeromeLowenthal who remains Mr. Nasseri’s mentor today, along with ClaudeFrank.

Soheil Nasseri divides his time between residences in New York andBerlin.

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Program 1 Sunday, October 9, 3 PM

Cabrillo College Music Recital Hall, VAPA 5001

Iranian Pianist Soheil Nasseri

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ERNEST T. (BUD) KRETSCHMER

HORMOZ FARHAT

1929 -

ROBERT SCHUMANN

1810-1856

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN1810-1849

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN1770-1827

SONATA NO. 2 (2011) WEST COAST PREMIERE

I. ALLEGRETTO - VIVACE - MODERATO - VIVACE

II. LARGO CON MOLTO ESPRESSIONE E FLESSIBILITA

III. MOLTO ANIMATO

3 NOVELLETTES FROM OP. 21 (1838) NO. 1 IN F MAJOR: MARKIERT UND KRÄFTIG

NO. 4 IN D MAJOR: BALLMÄßIG. SEHR MUNTER

NO. 6 IN A MAJOR: SEHR LEBHAFT MIT VIELEM HUMOR

FANTASY IN F MINOR, OP. 49 (1841)

IntermissionSONATA NO. 29 IN B-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 106 “GROßE SONATE FÜR DAS HAMMER-KLAVIER”(1817-18)I. ALLEGRO

II. SCHERZO: ASSAI VIVACE

III. ADAGIO SOSTENUTO

IV. ALLEGRO RISOLUTO

JOHN BAUER, PIANO TECHNICIAN


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Program 2Saturday, November 5, 7:30 PM

Cabrillo College Erica Schilling Forum (450)

Film Director Antonio Iturrioz

The Buddha of the Piano: A DOCUMENTARY FILM ON THE LIFE OF THE LEGENDARY PIANIST

LEOPOLD GODOWSKY

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Antonio Iturrioz was born in Cuba and came tothe United States when he was 7 years old. Heplayed his first concert at age 9 and made hisorchestral debut at age 15 playing the Liszt FirstPiano Concerto. His teachers include his father,Pablo Iturrioz, Francisco De Hoyos (a pupil ofGyorgi Sandor), Bernardo Segall who studied withAlexander Siloti who was a pupil of Liszt, AubeTzerko and Julian White. In 1971 he took severalmaster classes from Byron Janis. In 1972 heattended and played at the Aspen Music Festival.In 1973 he was one of ten young pianists selectednationwide by Andre Watts to participate in theAndre Watts Piano Seminars at Tanglewood. He isa recipient of the Los Angeles Young MusiciansFoundation Scholarship.

Iturrioz has produced two one of a kind musi-cal documentaries: The first is called The Art of the Left Hand: A Brief Historyof Left Hand Piano Music, which appeared in 2006 to critical acclaim and hasbeen shown on PBS. Pianist Jon Nakamatsu called the film, “great for musi-cians and non-musicians alike.“ A second film followed in 2010, the inspi-ration coming from the central figure of the Left Hand film – LeopoldGodowsky. The Buddha of the Piano: Leopold Godowsky is the first and onlyfilm about Godowsky and has been shown on PBS and at the PortlandInternational Piano Festival in Oregon. Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin said ofthis film: “Antonio Iturrioz has performed a wonderful service to music loversin general and pianophiles in particular…”.

Concert pianist-filmmaker, Mr. Iturrioz continues to play recitals and showhis films in the U. S. and in Europe. He lives with his wife in the Russian Riverarea of Sonoma County, California, and teaches privately in Sonoma andNapa Counties. For more information please visit his website:www.theartofthelefthand.com.



Program 3 Sunday, November 6, 3 PM

Cabrillo College Music Recital Hall, VAPA 5001

Cuban Pianist Antonio Iturrioz

J.S. Bach 1685-1750ARRANGED BY LEOPOLD GODOWSKY

ROBERT SCHUMANN 1810-1856ARRANGED BY GODOWSKY

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 1810-1849

FRANZ LISZT1811-1886

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 1810-1849

JOHANN STRAUSS 1825-1899ARRANGED BY Leopold GODOWSKY

Alexander Scriabin 1872-1915

CHARLES SEPOSSONOMA COUNTY COMPOSER

ROBERT SCHUMANN

1810-1856

L. M. GOTTSCHALK

1829-1869

ARIA FROM VIOLIN PARTITA NO. 3

SONG, “A FLOWER TO ME THOU SEEMEST”

ETUDE, OP. 25, NO. 1, AEOLIAN HARP

LEGEND NO. 2, ST. FRANCIS OF PAUL

WALKING ON THE WAVES

ETUDE, OP. 25, NO. 7

SYMPHONIC METAMORPHOSES ON THE

ARTIST’S LIFE WALTZES

IntermissionNOCTURNE FOR THE LEFT HAND ALONE

TANGO BLUE

SCENES FROM CHILDHOOD, OP. 15

EL COCOYE

JOHN BAUER, PIANO TECHNICIAN

Misha Rachlevsky’s lifetimeaffinity for chamber music andchamber orchestra repertoirebegan at the College of theMoscow Conservatory and theGnessin Academy of Music.Born in Moscow, his violinstudies began at the age of fiveand continued through thewell-traveled path of theRussian school of string play-ing. After leaving the SovietUnion in 1973, he lived and

worked in different countries on three continents, and in 1976 settled in theUnited States, becoming active in the field of chamber music.

Mr. Rachlevsky founded the New American Chamber Orchestra (NACO) in1984, and led it to international prominence, completing nine European tours infour years. In 1989, Rachlevsky accepted an offer from the city of Granada,Spain—a two-year project under which NACO became the resident orchestra ofGranada while, concurrently, Rachlevsky founded and led Granada's own cham-ber orchestra.

In 1991, in the heady aftermath of Moscow's momentous events, MishaRachlevsky found it impossible to resist an opportunity presented by Swiss com-pany Claves, to record Russian works for this label. When Claves concurred withhis suggestion to realize the project with Russian musicians, Rachlevsky calledauditions, and Chamber Orchestra Kremlin was created. The success of theserecordings and the initial concerts and tours, led to turning this formation into apermanent, full time ensemble. The orchestra celebrates its 20th anniversary inthe 2011-12 season.

Chamber Orchestra KremlinSince its formation in the late 1991 in Moscow, the orchestra has performed over1400 concerts -- nearly 600 in Moscow, the rest on tours in 24 countries ofEurope, North and South America and the Far East. The orchestra has recordedover 30 CDs, receiving widespread international acclaim and awards such as theDiapason d'Or in France, Critics Choice in London's Gramophone and in theNew York Times, Record of the Year in Hong Kong and others. Of about 900compositions in the orchestra's repertoire over 20 were written especially for theorchestra by composers from Russia, Europe and the USA.


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Program 4Saturday, February 4, 8 PM

Cabrillo College Crocker Theatre

Chamber Orchestra Kremlin

Director Misha Rachlevsky

Piano Solist Sara Davis Buechner

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART1756-1791


ANTONIN DVORAK1841-1904

DIVERTIMENTO IN D MAJOR, K. 136(1772)

MOZART PIANO CONCERTO NO. 13,K. 415ALLEGRO

ANDANTE

ALLEGRO

SARA DAVIS BUECHNER, PIANO SOLO

IntermissionSERENADE FOR STRINGS IN E MINOR,OP. 22 (1875)MODERATO

TEMPO DI VALSE

SCHERZO: VIVACE

LARGHETTO

FINALE: ALLEGRO VIVACE

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Sara Davis Buechner enjoys a vibrantinternational performance and recording careeras a musician of “intelligence, integrity and all-encompassing technical prowess” (New YorkTimes), “fascinating and astounding virtuosity”(Philippine Star), and “thoughtful artistry in thefull service of music” (Washington Post). Sheestablished her early career as inner of a bou-quet of prizes at the world’s great piano compe-titions, including the Gold Medal of the 1984Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition,and a Bronze Medal in the 1986 TschaikowskyInternational Piano Competition in Moscow.

With an active repertoire of over 100 pianoconcertos ranging from Bach to Wuorinen, she

has appeared as soloist with many of the world’s prominent orchestras:New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, San Francisco, Vancouver, theCBC Radio Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic, Birmingham (U.K.), BBCPhilharmonic, Kuopio (Finland), Slovak Philharmonic and the OrquestaSinfónica de Castilla y León (Spain). The New York Times greeted CDof piano music by Rudolf Friml as a “revelation,” and devoted the frontpage of its Sunday Arts & Leisure section to her 1997 world premièrerecording of the Bach-Busoni “Goldberg” Variations. Ms. Buechner’sversatility extends to many premières of new music, and collaborationswith film and dance projects.

A former faculty member of New York University, she has present-ed lectures and masterclasses worldwide. Now a Canadian resident,Sara Davis Buechner is Associate Professor of Music at the Universityof British Columbia School in Vancouver. She is a principal classicalmusic consultant to Dover Publications, and plays the Yamaha Pianoexclusively.

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Program 5Sunday, February 5, 3 PM

Cabrillo College Crocker Theatre

Pianist Sara Davis Buechner

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN1732 - 1809

CARL MARIA VON WEBER1786 - 1826

JOAQUIN TURINA1882 - 1949

GEORGE GERSHWIN1898 - 1937

SONATA IN E FLAT MAJOR HOB. XVI:52ALLEGRO

ADAGIO

FINALE (PRESTO)

SONATA IN C MAJOR OP. 24ALLEGRO

ADAGIO

MENUETTO (ALLEGRO) - TRIO (POCO RITENUTO) RONDO (PERPETUUM MOBILE)

IntermissionDANZAS GITANAS (TEN GYPSY DANCES)BOOK I, OP. 55

ZAMBRA

DANZA DE LA SEDUCCION

DANZA RITUAL

GENERALIFE

SACROMONTE

BOOK II, OP. 84FIESTA DE LAS CALDERAS

CIRCULOS RITMICOS

INVOCACION

DANZA RITMICA

SEGURIYA

FOXTROTS

DO - DO - DO

NOVELETTE IN FOURTHS

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Violinist Rebecca Jackson hailed as "riveting" by The San Francisco Examiner,Korean-American Rebecca Jackson, is a native of California. Ms. Jacksonreceived her B.M. from The Juilliard School and a graduate degree from UC

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In 1968 Dr. Orlando was chosen first prize win-ner in the “Young Artist’s Competition” sponsoredby the Fresno Philharmonic Association. In 1986he gave the world premiere of the Concerto for


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Program 6Saturday, March 31, 8 PM

First Congregational Church, Santa Cruz

Cadenza

Director Maya Barsaq

Violinist Rebecca Jackson Pianist John Orlando

Rekindling the Spirit of the Age of Enlightenment

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN1770-1827

ANICA GALINDOb. 1981


ROMANCES I AND IIREBECCA JACKSON, VIOLIN SOLO

TRINITAS

MOZART PIANO CONCERTO NO. 15, IN B FLAT

MAJOR, K. 450ALLEGRO

ANDANTE

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JOHN ORLANDO, PIANO SOLO


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He has performed with the San Jose, Santa Cruz County and Fresno Symphonies,the Cabrillo Festival, and the Institute for the Development of Intercultural Relationsfor the Arts in Santa Cruz. He is a founding member of the Johannes Trio and in 2005toured California with the Akademos Quartet in a performance of the ShostakovichPiano Quintet. In February 2010 Dr. Orlando performed concertos by Mozart withthe San Francisco Sinfonietta at Cabrillo College and at Herbst Hall in San Francisco.

Dr. Orlando has held teaching positions at the Universities of Southern Californiaand Santa Clara. Dr. Orlando is instructor emeritus from Cabrillo College where hewas head of the piano department for over a 30 years. Dr. Orlando is the director ofthe Distinguished Artists Concert & Lecture Series which he founded in 1984, andthe current president of the Aptos Community Foundation. He was one of the firstrecipients of the Gail Rich Award for community service in the Arts in Santa CruzCounty and was chosen Best College Teacher and Best Performer in Santa CruzCounty by the Good Times Weekly local newspaper.

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