<Program>
TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante cantabile, from String Quartet no. 1, op. 11
Jan Vogler, cello; Alessio Bax, piano
DAVYDOV: Am Springbrunnen (At the Fountain), from Four Pieces, op. 20
Jan Vogler, cello; Alessio Bax, piano
ARENSKY: Trio for Piano and Strings no. 1 in d minor, op. 32
Alessio Bax, piano; Elmar Oliveira, violin; Jan Vogler, cello
--intermission--
TCHAIKOVSKY: Meditation, from Souvenir d’un lieu cher, op. 42
Elmar Oliveira, violin; Alessio Bax, piano
RACHMANINOFF:
Trio élégiaque in g minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, op. 9
Alessio Bax, piano; Elmar Oliveira, violin; Jan Vogler, cello
<Artists>
Jan Vogler , cello
Recognized for his “playing of articulate brilliance” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Jan Vogler’s distinguished career has featured him with renowned conductors Valery Gergiev, Lorin Maazel, Fabio Luisi, David Robertson and Manfred Honeck and internationally acclaimed orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, Montreal and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestras, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Stuttgart Radio Orchestra and the Vienna Symphony. A passionate recitalist and chamber musician, he performs regularly with pianists Hélène Grimaud and Martin Stadtfeld and with violinist Mira Wang.
With a strong classical foundation, Jan Vogler embraces the work of his contemporaries and welcomes the process of experimentation, expansion and refinement in his performance style. A dedicated champion of contemporary music, he regularly premieres new works. Recent performance include compositions by renowned composers Tigran Mansurian (WDR Sinfonieorchester conducted by Semyon Bychkov), John Harbison (with Mira Wang, the Boston Symphony Orchestra) and Udo Zimmermann (Bavarian Radio Orchestra).
Alessio Bax , Piano
Pianist Alessio Bax, First Prize winner at the Leeds and Hamamatsu international piano competitions, is a 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient. He has appeared as soloist with over 100 orchestras worldwide, including the London and Royal Philharmonic orchestras, Houston Symphony, NHK Symphony in Japan, and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle. Recent highlights include performances with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic under Yuri Temirkanov, Dallas Symphony under Jaap van Zweden, concerts at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Washington’s Kennedy Center, and a South American tour with Joshua Bell. Among his festival appearances are London's International Piano Series (Queen Elizabeth Hall), Switzerland’s Verbier, England's Aldeburgh and Bath festivals, USA’s Bravo! Vail and Music@Menlo, and the Ruhr Klavier-Festival, BeethovenFest Bonn, and Schloss Elmau in Germany. Mr. Bax’s acclaimed discography includes Mozart’s Piano Concertos K. 491 and K. 595 (2013), Alessio Bax Plays Brahms (Gramophone “Critic’s Choice”), Rachmaninov: Preludes and Melodies (American Record Guide “Critics’ Choice”), Bach Transcribed, and Baroque Reflections (Gramophone “Editor's Choice”). At age 14, he graduated with top honors from the conservatory of his hometown, Bari, Italy, and after further studies in Europe moved to the US in 1994. A Steinway artist, he resides in New York City with his wife, pianist Lucille Chung. Mr. Bax is a former member of Chamber Music Society Two and a current Artist of the Society.
Elmar Oliveira , Violin
Violinist Elmar Oliveira has become a familiar and much-admired figure at the world’s foremost concert venues. His international itinerary includes appearances with many of the world’s great orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus, London Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and the Zurich Tonhalle. He has recorded a wide range of works from the Baroque period to the present. His best-selling recording of the Rautavaara Violin Concerto with the Helsinki Philharmonic (Ondine) won a Cannes Classical Award and has received Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice award. He was also a Grammy nominee for his CD of the Barber Concerto with Leonard Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony and, more recently, for his CD of the Bloch and Benjamin Lees Violin Concertos with John McGlaughlin Williams and the National Symphony of Ukraine. He remains the only American violinist to win the Gold Medal at Moscow’s Tchaikovsky International Competition. He was also the First Prize winner at the Naumburg International Competition and the first violinist to receive the coveted Avery Fisher Prize. The son of Portuguese immigrants, Mr. Oliveira studied with Ariana Bronne and Raphael Bronstein at the Hartt College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. He is a Distinguished Artist in Residence at the Lynn University Conservatory of Music in Boca Raton, Florida. He performs on a 1729-30 Guarneri del Gesu called the “Stretton” and on several outstanding contemporary violins.
<Program>
TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante cantabile, from String Quartet no. 1, op. 11
Jan Vogler, cello; Alessio Bax, piano
DAVYDOV: Am Springbrunnen (At the Fountain), from Four Pieces, op. 20
Jan Vogler, cello; Alessio Bax, piano
ARENSKY: Trio for Piano and Strings no. 1 in d minor, op. 32
Alessio Bax, piano; Elmar Oliveira, violin; Jan Vogler, cello
--intermission--
TCHAIKOVSKY: Meditation, from Souvenir d’un lieu cher, op. 42
Elmar Oliveira, violin; Alessio Bax, piano
RACHMANINOFF:
Trio élégiaque in g minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, op. 9
Alessio Bax, piano; Elmar Oliveira, violin; Jan Vogler, cello
<Artists>
Jan Vogler , cello
Recognized for his “playing of articulate brilliance” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Jan Vogler’s distinguished career has featured him with renowned conductors Valery Gergiev, Lorin Maazel, Fabio Luisi, David Robertson and Manfred Honeck and internationally acclaimed orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, Montreal and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestras, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the Stuttgart Radio Orchestra and the Vienna Symphony. A passionate recitalist and chamber musician, he performs regularly with pianists Hélène Grimaud and Martin Stadtfeld and with violinist Mira Wang.
With a strong classical foundation, Jan Vogler embraces the work of his contemporaries and welcomes the process of experimentation, expansion and refinement in his performance style. A dedicated champion of contemporary music, he regularly premieres new works. Recent performance include compositions by renowned composers Tigran Mansurian (WDR Sinfonieorchester conducted by Semyon Bychkov), John Harbison (with Mira Wang, the Boston Symphony Orchestra) and Udo Zimmermann (Bavarian Radio Orchestra).
Alessio Bax , Piano
Pianist Alessio Bax, First Prize winner at the Leeds and Hamamatsu international piano competitions, is a 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient. He has appeared as soloist with over 100 orchestras worldwide, including the London and Royal Philharmonic orchestras, Houston Symphony, NHK Symphony in Japan, and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle. Recent highlights include performances with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic under Yuri Temirkanov, Dallas Symphony under Jaap van Zweden, concerts at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Washington’s Kennedy Center, and a South American tour with Joshua Bell. Among his festival appearances are London's International Piano Series (Queen Elizabeth Hall), Switzerland’s Verbier, England's Aldeburgh and Bath festivals, USA’s Bravo! Vail and Music@Menlo, and the Ruhr Klavier-Festival, BeethovenFest Bonn, and Schloss Elmau in Germany. Mr. Bax’s acclaimed discography includes Mozart’s Piano Concertos K. 491 and K. 595 (2013), Alessio Bax Plays Brahms (Gramophone “Critic’s Choice”), Rachmaninov: Preludes and Melodies (American Record Guide “Critics’ Choice”), Bach Transcribed, and Baroque Reflections (Gramophone “Editor's Choice”). At age 14, he graduated with top honors from the conservatory of his hometown, Bari, Italy, and after further studies in Europe moved to the US in 1994. A Steinway artist, he resides in New York City with his wife, pianist Lucille Chung. Mr. Bax is a former member of Chamber Music Society Two and a current Artist of the Society.
Elmar Oliveira , Violin
Violinist Elmar Oliveira has become a familiar and much-admired figure at the world’s foremost concert venues. His international itinerary includes appearances with many of the world’s great orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus, London Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and the Zurich Tonhalle. He has recorded a wide range of works from the Baroque period to the present. His best-selling recording of the Rautavaara Violin Concerto with the Helsinki Philharmonic (Ondine) won a Cannes Classical Award and has received Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice award. He was also a Grammy nominee for his CD of the Barber Concerto with Leonard Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony and, more recently, for his CD of the Bloch and Benjamin Lees Violin Concertos with John McGlaughlin Williams and the National Symphony of Ukraine. He remains the only American violinist to win the Gold Medal at Moscow’s Tchaikovsky International Competition. He was also the First Prize winner at the Naumburg International Competition and the first violinist to receive the coveted Avery Fisher Prize. The son of Portuguese immigrants, Mr. Oliveira studied with Ariana Bronne and Raphael Bronstein at the Hartt College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. He is a Distinguished Artist in Residence at the Lynn University Conservatory of Music in Boca Raton, Florida. He performs on a 1729-30 Guarneri del Gesu called the “Stretton” and on several outstanding contemporary violins.
