Monterey Symphony Celebrates 70th Anniversary Season
Concert III February 19, 20 and 21. Concert III is Sponsored by CSUMB.
- Salinas, CA (1888PressRelease) January 01, 2016 - The Monterey Symphony is excited to announce the third concert of its 2015-16 Season, and its 70th Anniversary! International, award-winning artists will perform with the Monterey Symphony orchestra throughout the season at Sherwood Hall in Salinas and Sunset Center in Carmel. Come celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Monterey Symphony, led by Maestro Max Bragado-Darman! (Schedule and details below)
"CSUMB is proud to be a partner of the Monterey Symphony as we continue to grow in our shared communities. We applaud the Symphony on the quality of their performances, the depth of their Education Programs that reach all ages, and they have done so for seven decades! Bravo!" -Eduardo Ochoa, President CSUMB
Education and Engagement Monday Youth Concerts at both 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. February 22 at Sunset Center in Carmel. Call the Monterey Symphony office at 831-646-8511 for reservations, classroom information, transportation needs.
CONCERT III - Feb 19-21
Farkhad Khudyev, Guest Conductor
The Sounds of Eternity Farkhad Khudyev
(composed in honor of the Monterey Symphony's 70th Anniversary Season)
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Emil Khudyev, clarinet
Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 Ludwig van Beethoven
The Symphony's third program will feature the diverse talents of Farkhad Khudyev, Music Director for Youth Music Monterey County, who will conduct the world premiere of his own composition, written in honor of the Symphony's 70th Anniversary Season: The Sounds of Eternity. Khudyev will also lead the Monterey Symphony in Beethoven's monumental Symphony No. 7, Op. 92, with his brother - Emil Khudyev, clarinetist - featured in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622. Do not miss this unique and exciting opportunity to balance a world premiere with timeless classics.
Guest Artist Emil Khudyev
Emil Khudyev was appointed as the new instructor of clarinet at the Interlochen Arts Academy in 2014. Prior to this position, he served as the acting Associate Principal, Second and E flat Clarinet of the Kansas City Symphony.
Recently named as the first Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition winner, clarinetist Emil Khudyev is recognized as an outstanding musician on the international concert stage around the world today. Emil's sincere music-creating promotes the arts and builds the next generation of classical music lovers of all ages.
Emil has won numerous competitions and awards, including the Yale Chamber Music Society Competition, the Tuesday Music Club Competition, the Yamaha International Competition, the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition, the Glenn Miller Competition, and the 2004 Detroit (Bohemian) Concerto Competition. Emil was the first clarinetist to win The Harvard Musical Association Foote Prize Award, and was also a recipient of the Yale School of Music's Prestigious Thomas Daniel Nyfenger Award for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Music.
As a soloist, Emil has appeared with the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Farkhad Khudyev, where he received an outstanding review. In addition, he has soloed with the New Haven Chamber Orchestra, Saybrook College Orchestra, Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, Turkmen Chamber Orchestra, Manitowoc Wind Ensemble, and the Interlochen Arts Academy band.
Emil is a sought after recitalist and chamber musician throughout North America Europe and Central Asia. He has performed as soloist in prestigious halls and venues such as Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Colton Hall, Severance Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Seiji Ozawa Hall, Paul Hall, Glinka Hall in Russia, Mahtumkuli Hall in Turkmenistan, and Wolsey Hall. Emil is an active chamber musician and a founding member of the Boetti Trio, and has collaborated with artists such as Yo-Yo-Ma, Joseph Siverstein, Emanuel Ax, members of the Tokyo String Quartet, and Linden Quartet. He has appeared on both radio and TV, on NPR, WCLV and the Turkmen Channel 1.
As an orchestral musician, Emil has performed with the world's top orchestras, including The Cleveland Orchestra, the Opera Naples Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony, the Norwalk Symphony, the New Haven Symphony, the Mansfield Symphony, the Fresno Philharmonic, and a side-by-side with the Berlin Philharmonic. At the Tanglewood Music Festival, Emil was appointed to Principal Clarinet, where he performed under Maestro James Levine, and received the prestigious Gino B. Cioffi Memorial Prize. Other festival appearances include Music Academy of the West, Colorado College Music Festival, International Clarinet Festival, Sarasota Music Festival and Interlochen Arts Camp. Emil has played under the world's leading conductors including, Herbert Blomstedt, Michael Tilson Thomas, Peter Oundjian, Kurt Masur, John Williams, Krzysztof Penderecki, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, David Robertson, Leonard Slatkin, James Conlon, Gerald Schwarz, Robert Spano, Oliver Knussen, Joe Smirnoff, Farkhad Khudyev, Yehuda Gilad, Larry Rachleff and Michael Stern.
Born in 1986 in Turkmenistan Emil is the youngest of three siblings. Emil followed his older brothers' steps and began his musical training. At the age of 7, he was admitted to the Special Music School of Turkmenistan, then one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union. In the summer of 2001 Emil won a full scholarship to attend the Interlochen Arts Camp, and was immediately offered a full scholarship to attend the Interlochen Arts Academy, where he studied for four years with Nathan Williams. In 2005, Emil began further studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music under Franklin Cohen, Yale University to study under David Shifrin, where he received his Master's Degree and The Colburn School Conservatory of Music under Yehuda Gilad.
Emil is a Vandoren artist, and he often performs with his wife, Nozomi, who is a wonderful pianist. They enjoy every moment spending time with their daughter.
Guest Conductor Farkhad Khudyev
Hailed for "ever-sensitive control and extraordinarily imaginative interpretation", Farkhad Khudyev, comes originally from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Farkhad first studied violin, piano and composition at the State Music School for gifted musicians. He distinguished himself at the age of 10 as the youngest performer ever selected to play with the President's National Violin Ensemble of Turkmenistan. Farkhad performed concerts around Turkmenistan, Russia and Ukraine as both a soloist and a member of the Ensemble. At the age of 12, he was chosen to represent Turkmenistan at the International New Names Festival, sponsored by the Moscow Conservatory, and was named as one of the most promising young musicians.
Farkhad came to the United States to study at the Interlochen Arts Academy and then completed his Bachelor of Music degree at the Oberlin Conservatory. He received his Master's degree in orchestral conducting from the Yale School of Music, where he also served as the instructor for the introductory conducting class to graduate and undergraduate students. As a member of the Prima Trio, Mr. Khudyev won the Grand Prize and the Gold Medal of the 2007 National Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. He has toured around the United States, Europe and Asia receiving highly acclaimed reviews as a conductor, violinist and composer and has been recognized by the ASCAP Foundation. He was a winner of the Yale Chamber Music Society Competition, the Glenn Miller Competition and the Neil Rabaut Prize. Recently, Mr. Khudyev was the first American Conductor to receive the "Best Traditional Chinese Music Interpretation Prize" at the 2015 International Taipei Chinese Orchestra Conducting Competition.
Mr. Khudyev has served as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra and the New Haven Chamber Orchestra. He has worked as the Associate Conductor of the Hidden Valley Opera, the Assistant Conductor of the Yale Philharmonia and the New Music New Haven Ensemble. He was the Alternate Conductor for the Cleveland Orchestra. As an active Guest Conductor, Farkhad has worked with the Yale Symphony Orchestra, the Yale Philharmonia, Greenwich Village Orchestra of New York City, Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra and the Taipei Chinese Orchestra. Mr. Khudyev was invited to be one of the 10 conductors to participate in the First International Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg Solti Conducting Competition and Apprenticeship with Riccardo Muti. Farkhad's teachers and mentors include world-renowned musicians such as Kurt Masur, Peter Oundjian, David Shifrin, Krzysztof Penderecki, Shinik Hahm and Milan Vitek.
Currently, Farkhad serves as the Artistic Director and Conductor of Youth Music
Monterey Orchestras of the Monterey Peninsula in California. The organization's goal is to build the next generation of musicians and music lovers. The series of unique and inspirational programs has brought recognition to Farkhad and his orchestras from the State Senate of California.
Max Bragado-Darman Biography
Max Bragado-Darman has served as the Music Director and Conductor of the Monterey Symphony since July 2004. Mr. Bragado-Darman was Music Director and Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Castile and León in Valladolid, Spain, for nine years. From its formation in 1991, he built it into one of the most prestigious orchestras in Spain. Under his direction, the orchestra performed for enthusiastic audiences in all the major cities of Spain, Portugal, Switzerland and Germany. He recorded with this ensemble many unknown works of the Spanish repertoire as well as most of the orchestral works of Turina and Rodrigo on the Naxos label.
In May 1995, Max Bragado-Darman was appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Louisville Orchestra. Under his direction, the orchestra grew in popularity due to his rapport with audiences, the community in general, and his innovative programming. He has worked with distinguished artists such as Alicia de Larrocha, Teresa Berganza, Horacio Gutièrrez, Elmar Oliveira, Dubravka Tomsic, Andre Watts, Angel Romero, Gary Graffman, and Aaron Rosand among many others.
As a guest conductor, Max Bragado-Darman has performed in the United States with the symphony orchestras of Honolulu, San Diego, Nashville, Delaware, West Virginia, Cedar Rapids, Savannah, Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, Austin, Fresno, and Boulder. He has led the National Orchestra, the Radio Television Orchestra and most other orchestras of Spain, as well as orchestras in Portugal, England, Argentina, Germany, and Mexico. In the fall of 2003, he made his debut at the distinguished Wexford Opera Festival with the Granados opera "Maria del Carmen," in a version he researched and edited himself.
His conducting career has been guided by the knowledge he received from teachers and musicians such as Robert Fountain, Robert Baustian, George Szell, Igor Markevich and Franco Ferrara. Most recently, Max Bragado-Darman has appeared on the podiums of orchestras in Monterrey, Mexico and Mexico City. In the spring of 2009, in the heart of Andalucia he took on the challenge of presenting a fusion of flamenco and classical music featuring a pianist, guitarist, dancer, and full symphony orchestra. He has been the conductor for the prestigious "Iturbi Piano Competition" in Valencia, Spain for the last two editions.
Max and Mary Bragado have two children: Julio who was formerly a dancer with The American Ballet Theatre and is now studying acting in New York City, and Ilia who teaches dance in Valladolid, Spain and is married to José Manuel Concejo. They have two grandsons, six year old Max and 4 year old Alejandro. Both grandchildren are enchanted with their "Abuelito" and "Granny."
February Supper Club Details
For reservations visit www.montereysymphony.org/specialevents or call the box office at 831-646-8511
Friday February 19, 2016, 5:00 p.m.
· Portobello's located at 1366 S Main St, Salinas, CA
Saturday February 20, 2016 and Sunday February 21, 2016 both at 5:30 p.m.
· Andre's Bouchée located on Mission Street between Ocean & 7th, Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA
February Pre-Concert Luncheon Details
For reservations visit www.montereysymphony.org/specialevents or call the box office at 831-646-8511
Wednesday February 17, 2016
Quail Lodge located 8000 Valley Greens Drive, Carmel CA 93923
11:30 a.m. No-Host Cocktails
12:15 p.m. Luncheon
1:15 p.m. presentation by our guest conductor and guest artist
February Pre-Concert Saturday Evening Beer Garden Details
Sunset Center, Carmel
For reservations: call the office at 831-646-8511 for package deal including concert. Saturday night only.
Beer garden with light apps and Great music live with a twist.
CONCERT IV - Mar 18-20
Dante (Two Tone Poems) Enrique Granados
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 Johannes Brahms
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Men's Chorus: Cabrillo College Choir
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite Nos. 1 and 2 Maurice Ravel
Cabrillo College Choir
Voices return to the stage with the Monterey Symphony's 70th Anniversary Season Concert 4! Led by Music Director Max Bragado-Darman, Concert 4 will feature works by Brahms, Ravel, and Granados., with guest appearances by Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano, lauded for her radiant, intense, and rich voice; and the Cabrillo College Choir, prepared by its director Cheryl Anderson.
The beautifully warm Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53, by Johannes Brahms, along with Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé, Suites 1 and 2, and Dante, the two tone poems by Enrique Granados, will complete this monumental program.
CONCERT V - Apr 22-24
Symphony in E-flat, Op. 50 Paul Hindemith
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 (the "Emperor") Ludwig van Beethoven
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
Winner of the coveted gold medal at the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2013, Vadym Kholodenko takes the stage with the Monterey Symphony for the fifth concert program of the 70th Anniversary Season. Kholodenko will amaze audiences with his virtuosic performance of Beethoven's masterwork, the "Emperor Concerto."
The Symphony in E-flat, Op. 50, by the prolific German Neo-classicist composer Paul Hindemith comprises the first half of this concert program, guaranteed to thrill audiences and musicians alike. Don't miss this chance to hear one of the world's most acclaimed young pianists perform perhaps the king of all concertos in a riveting concert experience!
CONCERT VI - May 20-22 "Capriccio"
Scherzo Capriccioso for orchestra, Op. 66 Antonin Dvořák
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A Minor, Op. 28 Camille Saint-Saëns
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
Tzigane Maurice Ravel
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Celebrated violinist Anne Akiko Meyers will illuminate the stage with the Monterey Symphony in the final concert of the 70th Anniversary Season in brilliant fashion. Known for her artistry and ability to connect with audiences, Meyers is a best-selling recording artist with over thirty albums in her discography. She will dazzle our audiences with Ravel's Tzigane, a fantastical and rhapsodic masterwork that is thrilling from the first note to the last!
Rounding out the program are four works from the genre of the capriccio, humorous pieces of music that joyfully celebrate the completion of seventy years of "Great Music Live" in Monterey. Dvořák, Saint-Saëns, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Tchaikovsky are all featured, each displaying the delightful moods and colors of orchestral music. Come experience one of the most joyful and engaging programs, a "capricious" final concert of this magical 70th Anniversary Season!
The Facts:
· Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at Sherwood Hall, 940 N Main St, Salinas, CA 93906
· Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. at Sunset Center, San Carlos Street at 9th Avenue, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921
· Pre-Concert Lecture Series: All concerts will feature a free pre-concert lecture at the concert hall one hour prior to the performance. These lectures, provided by musicologist Dr. Todd Samra, offer intriguing facts and historical context about the composers and the pieces to be performed, which greatly enhance the concert-going experience. To learn more about Dr. Samra, visit: http://www.montereysymphony.org/?attachment_id=3832
· Fridays/ Sherwood Hall/ $20/ General Admission
o Discounts: $10 Students and Military (Must present ID and can only be purchased the day of the concert at the box office)
· Saturdays and Sundays/ $79/ $59/ $39/ $29/ Assigned Seating
o Discounts: $20 Students, Military, and Carmel Foundation (Must present ID and can only be purchased the day of the concert at the box office)
· Box Office opens 1.5 hours before the start of each concert
· To purchase tickets, call 831-646-8511 or visit
· http://www.montereysymphony.org for season details.
· Contact the Monterey Symphony Box Office at 831-646-8511 or email ticketing ( @ ) montereysymphony dot org to purchase tickets or for more information regarding discounted group rates dot
The mission of the Monterey Symphony is to engage, educate and excite our community through the performance and continual discovery of symphonic music.
The Monterey Symphony, under the artistic leadership of Music Director & Conductor Max Bragado-Darman, is the only fully professional, full-season orchestra serving the communities of the Monterey Bay, Salinas, Salinas Valley, Big Sur, and San Benito County. It provides triple performances of a six-concert subscription series at Carmel's Sunset Theater and Salinas's Sherwood Hall, as well as youth education programs that include visits to classrooms by musicians and culminate in full-orchestra concerts for school children.
The Monterey Symphony is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation, supported in part through the fundraising efforts of the Friends of the Monterey Symphony, and through grants from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Harden Foundation, The Robert and Virginia Stanton Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, The Todd Lueders Fund for the Arts of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, The Community Foundation for Monterey County, The Berkshire Foundation, The Monterey Peninsula Foundation, The Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation, The Pebble Beach Company Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Arts Council of Monterey County, The S.T.A.R. Foundation, and many other generous foundations and individual donors.
For additional information, please call 831-646-8511 or visit our web site: www.montereysymphony.org.
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