Mito Chamber Orchestra 63rd/64th Regular Concerts (English)

Concert Hall ATM, ART TOWER MITO Mito Arts Foundation 1-6-8 Goken-cho, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 310-0063 Japan How to get to ART TOWER MITO Mail to: webstaff@arttowermito.or.jp Phone: +81 -(0)29-227-8118 / Facsimile: +81 -(0)29-227-8130

IN COMMEMORATION OF ATM'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY

Mito Chamber Orchestra (MCO) 63rd Regular Concert

Galloping with the Swift Horse

The 26-year old violinist Daishin Kashimoto races around the world like a thoroughbred, spreading his fame. While boasting enormous strength in his legs, the swift horse fascinates us not so much because of his mere speed, but rather the beauty of his form as he races, without any hesitancy in his look and with his flowing mane.

For the first time ever, MCO welcomes Daishin Kashimoto to perform at one of its regular concerts. In Bach's Concerto for Oboe and Violin, MCO's famed oboist Fumiaki Miyamoto pairs up with the young violinist to realize a once-in-a-lifetime joint performance. Also to be noted is Kashimoto's rendition of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in D Minor, a beautiful but rarely-played piece written when the composer was only 13 years old. Finally, MCO presents Shostakovich's Symphony for Strings and Woodwinds (Op. 73a), which the ensemble executed brilliantly ten years ago under the baton of the maestro Barshai, delivering a sensational performance inspired directly by the master. This time, however, MCO will play the piece without a conductor at the helm. In such way are traditions passed on and powerfully revived.

Nov. 5, 2005 (Sat) 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m.)
Nov. 6, 2005 (Sun) 2:00 p.m. (doors open at 1:30 p.m.)
Concert Hall ATM

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S ¥6,000 / A ¥5,000 / B ¥3,500

Violin soloist: Daishin Kashimoto
Oboe soloist: Fumiaki Miyamoto

Program
J.S. Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin in D minor, BWV1060R
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor
Shostakovich: Symphony for Strings and Woodwinds in F Major (arr. Barshai, Op. 73a

Daishin Kashimoto

Born in London in 1979, Daishin Kashimoto moved back to Japan at age three and first took up the violin under Kumiko Eto. At age five, he moved to New York and studied under Naoko Tanaka of The Juilliard School. At age 11 he moved to Lubeck, Germany to study under Zakhar Bron, and later studied under Reinar Kussmaul. He has won five renowned international competitions, beginning with the 1996 International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition in Vienna. In the same year, he became the youngest winner (at the time) of the Long-Thibaud International Competition for Violin and Piano in Paris, the achievement of which drew worldwide attention. His other prizes are many, including the 1995 Arion Music Award, the 1997 Idemitsu Music Award, and the Mobil Music Award.

Besides giving many recitals across Europe, Kashimoto has performed with various Japanese and foreign orchestras under such prominent conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Seiji Ozawa, and Myung-whun Chung. He has also played in numerous music festivals. In addition, Kashimoto is actively involved with chamber music as well, having performed with Gidon Kremer, Mischa Maisky and others. In 2005, he is giving his first recital tour of Japan in three years, and his noticeable musical development has won praise from critics in many local magazines. He also won popularity among general listeners for his musical accompaniment to Japanese national television NHK's taiga drama series "Toshiie to Matsu," as well as the travel theme music he played for that series.

Currently Kashimoto performs on a 1722 Stradivarius, the "Jupiter," loaned to him from the Nippon Music Foundation.

IN COMMEMORATION OF ATM'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY

Mito Chamber Orchestra (MCO) 64th Regular Concert

Conversing with Giants

The name of Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, the great pianist who has long since attained the stage of maturity, is very familiar to audiences at Mito. In May 1992 he gave a recital of Beethoven piano works at ATM, and later performed twice with MCO, in May 1994 and June 1996. The beauty of this giant's performances can be said to represent the ultimate of contemporary pianism.

The upcoming concert, which represents Gelber's first performance with MCO in nine years, features a long-awaited Beethoven program, centered around two piano concertos, the heavyweight 3rd and 5th (the "Emperor"). Gelber's piano style captivates audiences with its deep, dense sound and crystalline sparkle, and his performance of these two concertos - the first time they have ever been played at ATM - is sure to shine even brighter.

In addition, MCO welcomes another giant, the guest concertmaster Reiner Kussmaul, in his fourth appearance with the ensemble. He will kick off the concert with Beethoven's Overture to "Egmont," leading the solid ensemble in its fervent conversation with three musical giants: Beethoven, Gelber and Kussmaul himself.

Nov. 19, 2005 (Sat) 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m.)
Nov. 20, 2005 (Sun) 2:00 p.m. (doors open at 1:30 p.m.)
Concert Hall ATM

All seats reserved. Tickets already on sale.
S ¥10,000 / A ¥8,000 / B ¥6,000

Piano soloist: Bruno-Leonardo Gelber
Guest Concertmaster: Reiner Kussmaul

All-Beethoven Program;
Overture to "Egmont," Op. 84
Piano Concerto #3 in C minor, Op. 37
Piano Concerto #5 in E flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor"

Bruno-Leonardo Gelber

Of Austrian and French-Italian descent, Gelber was born to musician parents in Argentina, and was first introduced to the piano by his mother at the young age of three and a half. Having contracted childhood polio at age seven, which kept him bedridden for a full year, Gelber continued to practice piano by lying on his back. He later fully recovered fully, performing the Schumann Piano Concerto at age 15 under Lorin Maazel. Invited by the French government at age 19 to come study in Paris, Gelber came under the tutelage of Marguerite Long, who upon hearing him declared, "You will be my last student, but my best." Placing just third in the Long-Thibaud International Music Competition that same year, a huge controversy brew among the audience and the press, who all thought that he should have been awarded the grand prize.

But thanks to the attention created by that controversy, Gelber embarked on a glorious international career across Europe, and has since actively extended his tour activities to other places as well, including the United States, Australia and Japan. He has also performed under such famous conductors as Klaus Tennstedt, Sergio Celibidache, and Bernard Haitink, and has given performances with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Paris Orchestra, and the NHK Symphony Orchestra, among others. Gelber is also involved intensively in recording his music, and has won many awards, attaining a high reputation worldwide. The prominent Munich critic, Joachim Keiser, has labeled him a "marvel," and the French magazine Diapason has selected him as "one of the 20th century's greatest pianists."

Previously, Gelber gave a recital at ATM in 1992, and performed with MCO in its 18th and 25th Regular Concerts (1994 and 1996, respectively), captivating his listeners.

Rainer Kussmaul

Born in Mannheim, Germany, in 1946, Rainer Kussmaul first learned to play the violin under the instruction of his father, the chamber musician Wilhelm Kussmaul, and later went on to study at the Mannheim University of Music and Stuttgart University of Music under the phenomenal Riccardo Odonoposov, a disciple of Karl Flesch. Besides his activities as a soloist, Kussmaul is actively engaged in chamber music, serving as the violinist of the Stuttgart Piano Trio and the artistic director of the Berlin Baroque Solisten. In addition, between 1993 and 1998, he served as the concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, giving in to the impassioned persuasion of the conductor Claudio Abbado and the other orchestra members. Kussmaul is also enthusiastically engaged in the instruction of future generations of musicians, leading a violin class at the Karl Flesch Academie in Baden-Baden, Germany, and serving as professor at the Freiburg University of Music.

Kussmaul currently plays on a 1724 Stradivarius. Previously, he performed with the MCO in their 36th Regular Concert (1998), the 47th Regular Concert (2001), and the 56th Regular Concert (2003), each to great applause.

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