› Documents › Playbills › 2014 › Monthly 2014... · March 6, 2014 ESTRELLA MORENTEGabriel Portillo, tailor • Fernando Martín, lights Manu Meñaca, sound • Daniel Estrada,

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Adrienne Arsht Center presents

February 27 & 28, 2014

STARS OF FLAMENCOANTONIO CANALES, KARIME AMAYA,

JESÚS CARMONA, CARLOS RODRÍGUEZMarch 1 & 2, 2014

EVA YERBABUENA BALLET FLAMENCO

March 6, 2014

ESTRELLA MORENTEMarch 8, 2014

TOMATITO SEXTET

The February 27 performance of Stars of Flamenco is part of

Produced by:

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ZIFF BALLET OPERA HOUSEFebruary 27 & 28, 2014

STARS OF FLAMENCOAntonio Canales, Carlos Rodríguez, Karime Amaya, Jesús Carmona

Directed by Ángel RojasChoreography: Ángel Rojas, Antonio Canales, Carlos Rodríguez, Karime Amaya,

Jesús Carmona, Manuel Liñán (Caracoles)Music: Paco Cruz, Gaspar Rodríguez, Enrique Terrón (TrillA7), Manuel Liñán, Daniel Jurado,

Antonio Rey (Soleá por Bulerías).Cantes – The Company

Soleá por bulerías (Siento) – Carlos RodríguezTrillA7 (Paso a dos) – Jesús Carmona & Lucía Campillo

Modernidad – Antonio CanalesTangos de la Chumbera – Antonio Canales

IntermissionCaracoles – Karime Amaya, Lucía Campillo, Carmen Coy

Alegrías – Jesús CarmonaSeñora – Rocío Bazán

Seguiriya – Karime AmayaFin de Fiesta – The Company

THE ARTISTSDancers

Antonio Canales • Carlos Rodríguez • Karime Amaya • Jesús CarmonaLucía Campillo • Carmen Coy

MusiciansSingers: Rocío Bazán, Antonio Campos, Ismael de la Rosa

Guitars: Paco Cruz, Daniel Jurado Violin: Roman Gottwald • Percussion: Miguel El Cheyenne

TECHNICAL & STAFFDirector: Ángel Rojas

Stage Manager: Marc Bartoló • Lights: David PérezSound: Ángel Olalla, Manu Meñaca • Road Manager: Alex Salade

Stars of Flamenco is produced by Flamenco FestivalAntonio Canales began his formal studies at the National Ballet of Spain, later moving to Paris, where he joined the company of Maguy Marin. In 1992 he created his own company and in 1999 opened the school in Avila that bore his name. In the last few years, Antonio Canales has worked in Guanajuato, Mexico participating in events related to the bicentenary of Mexico’s independence. He has also taught lessons at the Theatre of Madrid, collaborated with the Cervantes institute and continued presenting his shows in different European and American capital cities. Carlos Rodríguez was born in Madrid in 1975, and he was only 13 when he reached the Spanish National Ballet’s final auditions. His professional dancing career began with the Ballet Teatro Español under the direction of Rafael Aguilar. Born of his drive to innovate within flamenco, in 1995 he co-cre-ated the Nuevo Ballet Español with Rojas, and their company’s performances have been responsible for attracting a whole new audience to flamenco. Karime Amaya was born into a family deeply rooted in the flamenco tradition. She is Carmen Amaya’s grand-niece, and daughter of the bailaora Mercedes Amaya, “La Winy” and guitarist Santiago Aguilar. At only nine years old, she made her debut in her parents troupe. Since then she has performed alongside many of flamen-co’s greatest stars including, Farruquito, María Pages, Israel and Pastora Galvan, Antonio Canales, Manuela Carrasco, Rafael and Adela Campallo, Torombo, Rafael del Carmen, and many others.Jesus Carmona, born in Barcelona in 1985, began his training at age 7, and made his professional debut the young age of 16. Since then he has worked with diverse companies such as the Ballet Nacional de España and Nuevo Ballet Español. Also an acclaimed teacher and choreographer, Carmona’s new show, “Black and White Crib,” was a critical and audience success at the Bienal de Sevilla 2012 , Madrid en Danza 2012 and Festival de Jerez 2013.

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ZIFF BALLET OPERA HOUSEMarch 1 & 2, 2014

EVA YERBABUENA BALLET FLAMENCOLLUVIA (RAIN)

Original Idea by Eva YerbabuenaChoreography: Eva Yerbabuena • Musical Direction: Paco JaranaStage Design: Vicente Palacios • Lighting Design: Florencio Ortiz

Sound Design: Manu Meñaca • Costume Design & Construction: López de SantosSign Language Teacher: José Tirado López

Eva Yerbabuena says: “Lluvia was born on a gray day of pure melancholy. It is a tribute to melancholy and coldness, to being alive, to the endlessness of life.”

PROGRAM1. El sin fin de la vida (Trémolo) • 2. Peldaño (transición) • 3. Barro (taranta)

4. Soledades (milonga) • 5. Palabras rotas (frecuencias)6. La querendona (tanguillos) dedicated to my grandparents, Concha Ríos & José Garrido

7. Lluvia de sal (alegrías) • 8. Llanto (solea)The poem, “El Silencio hace daño cuando es puro,” was written for this show by Horacio García.

THE ARTISTSDancers: Eva Yerbabuena

Mercedes de Córdoba • Eduardo Guerrero • Christian Lozano • Lorena FrancoMusicians: Paco Jarana, guitar; Jose Valencia, singer; Enrique “El extremeño”, singer;

Juan José Amador, singer; Antonio Coronel, percussion

TECHNICAL & STAFFGabriel Portillo, tailor • Fernando Martín, lights

Manu Meñaca, sound • Daniel Estrada, stage managerMaria Molina, production and management

Eva Yerbabuena was born in Frankfurt in 1970, but returned to her parents’ homeland, Granada, when she was two weeks old. She formed her company in 1998 and has since choreographed seven award winning shows: Eva (Eva, 1998), 5 Mujeres 5 (Five Women Five, 2000), La Voz del Silencio (The Voice of Silence, 2002), A Cuatro Voces (Four Voices, 2004), El Huso de la Memoria (The Spindle of Memory, 2006), Lluvia (Rain, 2009), Cuando yo era… (When I was… 2010), Federico según Lorca (Federico according to Lorca, 2011) and AY! (2013). The company also has three assem-blage pieces in their repertoire: A Cal y Canto (2005), Santo y Seña (2007) and Yerbabuena (2009).

Eva has travelled the world with her company. She was the first flamenco dancer invited to perform in the Sydney Opera House, she has also performed in Paris’s Theâtre de la Ville, London’s Sadler’s Wells and Barbican Theatre, New York City Center, Opera de Dusseldorf and Sao Paolo’s Teatro Municipal. Recent country tours have included Brazil, Chile and the United States and city dates Seoul, London, New Delhi, Lima and Tokyo.

In 2001 Eva was invited by Pina Bausch to dance in Wuppertal (Germany) at her company’s 25th anniversary celebrations alongside Mikhail Baryshnikov, Marie-Claude Pietragalla and Ana Laguna. Since then, Eva has performed annually at Wuppertal.

In 1997 she made her first screen appearance in Flamenco Women (1996), by Mike Figgis. She worked with him again in Hotel (2001) and the same year appeared in Stomp’s award-winning IMAX Pulse (2001). In 2010, she worked with Carlos Saura in Flamenco, Flamenco (2010).

Accolades and awards have included the Premios Flamenco Hoy critics’ award for the best bailaora of 1999, 2000 and 2001; Time Out’s award for London’s best female dance performance of 2001; the Seville Bienal de Flamenco’s Giraldillo award for Best Bailaora and Performer in 2002 and Best Dance in 2006; MAX Stage Arts Awards as best female dancer in 2004, 2005 and 2010, when, for the second time, she won the Max for the year’s best dance show. Lifetime honors include the Spanish Ministry of Culture’s Premio Nacional de Danza in 2001, the Andalusian Medalla de Cultura in 2007 and Premio Compás del Cante, in 2010. Most recently, she has been awarded with MAX Stage Arts Awards as best dancer in Federico according to Lorca and best spectacle with When I was…

After one year of absence due to the birth of her second daughter, Eva Yerbabuena came back on tour with different performers in November 2012. In 2013 she premiered her new show Ay! in the 10th London Flamenco Festival.

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JOHN S. AND JAMES L. KNIGHT CONCERT HALLSherwood M. and Judy Weiser Auditorium

March 6, 2014

ESTRELLA MORENTEAUTORRETRATO (Self Portrait)

PROGRAM1. Pregón2. Requiem3. Habanera4. Tangos Toreros5. Granaína

6. Seguiriya7. Instrumental8. En un sueño vinistes9. La Estrella10. Sevillanas a Lola

11. Bulería de la corriente

Program is subject to change

THE ARTISTSEstrella Morente, vocals

José Carbonell “Montoyita”, guitar • José Carbonell Serrano “Monti”, guitarAntonio Carbonell, palmas, chorus • Enrique Morente Carbonell “Kiki”, palmas, chorus

Angel Gabarre, palmas, chorus • Pedro Gabarre “Popo”, percussion

TECHNICAL & STAFFJoan Fornés sound • Bea Vega, road manager • Macande, management

Estrella Morente was born in Granada, the eldest daughter of the legendary Enrique Morente and the dancer Aurora Carbonell. She grew up surrounded by flamenco and has since become one of Spain’s most sought-after performers.

Prestige venues and events, both in Spain and overseas, have hosted Estrella’s concerts, including Carnegie Hall in New York, Konzerthaus Vienna, Theatre Carré Ámsterdam, Parco Della Musica Roma, Oslo International Festival, Suds à Arles, Helsinki World Music Festival and Voix de Femmes, Brussels, among others.

Estrella has won many awards, including the Premio Ondas, and was nominated for a Grammy for best flamenco recording. Her recordings have reached platinum status. Five years since the release of Mujeres (EMI), her new album Autorretrato”(EMI), was launched last October. The record includes collaborations by Michael Nyman, Pat Metheny, Ketama and Vicente Amigo, among others.

In spite of her youth, Estrella possesses a profound knowledge of her art as well as innate musical taste. She has become a point of reference for aficionados and newcomers to flamenco singing, combining the early influences of her native Granada with the latest trends in the flamenco of the new millennium



March 8, 2014

TOMATITOTOMATITO SEXTET

“Flamenco is genuine when it is performed with sincerity and emanates from the heart. Its fusion with other formats can also be genuine, since flamenco itself is born of fusion – or rather the agglomeration of many musical cultures throughout the centuries.

The way I play now defines experiences I have been lucky enough to enjoy, both within and outside the sphere of flamenco. On this show I try to define what I do and feel at a given moment in life.”

–José Fernández Torres “TOMATITO”

1. Rondeña2. Alegrias3. Two Much4. Bulerias

5. Tango Argentino6. Our Spain7. Rumba8. Bolero

9. Minera Por Bulerias10. Mix Cantaores11. Solea

PROGRAM

Program is subject to change

THE ARTISTSTomatito, guitar

José del Tomate, guitar • El Cristi, guitar • Moisés Santiago, percussionKiki Cortiñas, singer • Simón Román, singer • Paloma Fantova, featured dancer

TECHNICAL & STAFFÁlvaro Mata, sound • Macande, management

José Fernández Torres, known as Tomatito, is best known as the guitarist who accom-panied Camarón de la Isla for the last 18 years of the great singer’s life, collaborating with him on the seminal album La Leyenda del Tiempo (The Legend of Time), and many other essential flamenco recordings.

Since Camarón’s tragic death in 1992, Tomatito has ensured the evolution of flamenco guitar, as well as securing his own place as one of the leading flamenco guitarist of his generation and one of the greatest flamenco guitarists of all time. He has recorded six solo albums. In addition to his renown as a concert flamenco guitarist who has performed at international venues from the Palais de Beaux Arts in Brussels to London’s Royal Albert Hall, he has continued to cross new frontiers in an ongoing collaboration with Latin jazz pianist Michel Camilo. Tomatito and Camilo’s 2000 Grammy-winning album Spain was followed by Spain Again (2006).

Tomatito has performed with many other great cantaores including Enrique Morente, La Susi, Vicente Soto and José Menese. His collaborations outside of the flamenco world include performances with Elton John and Frank Sinatra, John McLaughlin, Irakere and Chick Corea. He has written film and theatre scores and appeared in the movie Devil’s Advocate with Al Pacino.

He has toured the top venues of the globe with his group. Hong Kong Festival, Abu Dhabi Cultural Week, Cartagojazz Tunisia, Salle Pleyel Paris, Moscow International House of Music, Festspielehaus Baden Baden, Filharmonie Koln and Bulgaria National Concert Hall are just some of the stages the Sextet has visited in recent years.

Winner of several Grammy awards (2000, 2001, 2005, 2010 and 2013), Tomatito’s major successes have made him the mature, elegant guitarist that now brings us Soy Flamenco, with bulerías, soleas, tangos, Rondeñas, seguiriyas and rumbas on one CD. Ten tracks that are all about flamenco guitars. Soy Flamenco is flamenco at its best.

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Friday, February 28, 2014


DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRALeonard Slatkin, Music Director

Neeme Järvi, Music Director Emeritus

Leonard Slatkin, conductor Olga Kern, piano

Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Three Latin-American Sketches I. Estribillo II. Paisaje Mexicano III. Danza de Jalisco

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Olga Kern, piano

Intermission

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 I. Allegro non troppo II. Andante moderato III. Allegro giocoso IV. Allegro energico e passionato

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The official piano of the Adrienne Arsht Center


ProgramAARON • COPLAND Three Latin-American SketchesBorn: November 14, 1900, Brooklyn, NY • Died: December 2, 1990, Sleepy Hollow, NYIt was in 1932 on a visit to Mexico that composer/conductor Carlos Chavez took Copland to the popular night club called El Salon Mexico, a visit which resulted in the very famous short orchestral work of the same name. This visit also created in Copland a great love for Latin-American music, a love which would later produce the 1942 Danzon Cubano and later still the Three Latin-American Sketches. In 1959, Gian-Carlo Menotti, director of the famous Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy asked Copland to write a short orchestral work, and being in Acapulco at the time he responded with Paisaje Mexicano (Mexican Landscape). However, when it was finished he realized that it was too short for concert use and so he quickly wrote a second piece which he entitled Danza de Jalisco. A few years later conductor André Kostelanetz asked him to add a third piece, which became Estribillo, based on a popular song from Venezuela. The newly-titled Three Latin-American Sketches were first performed by Kostelanetz and the New York Philharmonic in June of 1972.

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF • Rhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniBorn: April 1, 1873, Veliky Novgorod, Russia • Died: March 28, 1943, Beverly Hills, CAHe is primarily remembered today as a composer of dark, rich, brooding music, but Rachmaninoff was also one of the greatest piano virtuosos who ever lived, and was in his day regarded as a first-rate conductor, particularly in the field of opera. He was one of the last great representatives of musical Romanticism, and early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakoff and other Russian composers were blended into what became a unique and personal idiom, featuring a striking gift for melody and harmony, an ingenious use of form, and a mastery of brilliant orchestration second to none. Although he lived during an era which began when nationalist Russian music was becoming world-famous, and which encompassed the prominence of composers such as Strauss, Schoenberg and Stravinsky, along with French impressionism and American jazz, Rachmaninoff remained untouched by contemporaneous musical trends and experimentation. His music was certainly conservative, particularly by standards of the first part of the 20th century, but in his later years his style grew more subtle and inventive, more lean in its texture, with more dissonance than before, and with more angular rhythms. This brilliant set of variations---which many deem to be his masterpiece---is a prime example, a fitting companion to his first three piano concertos which have become staples of the keyboard literature.

JOHANNES BRAHMS • Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Born: May 7, 1833, Hamburg, Germany • Died: April 3, 1897, Vienna, AustriaBrahms’ Fourth Symphony is considered by many to be his masterpiece in the genre because it offers the ideal balance between form and expression. Here, structural play amplifies the emotional impact of his themes. Proclaimed by Robert Schumann to be “destined to give ideal expression to the times,” Brahms came of age during the hyper romanticism of Wagner and delayed his own entry into symphonic composition until the premiere of his first symphony in 1876, when he was 43-years-old. His symphonies were immediately beloved, but heard as conservative and classical—their deep inventiveness being appreciated only later. Brahms’ fourth and final symphony appeared just nine years after his first, and while Brahms began parts of a fifth, he destroyed his sketches, making the fourth his ultimate symphonic statement.

The tale is often told of how the influence of Beethoven and his symphonies over-shadowed Brahms’ work in the genre. This Fourth Symphony, however, suggests that while Brahms may have followed Beethoven’s sonic footsteps to Vienna and into the realm of the symphony, he erected his own signature monuments, honoring the tradition built by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann, while realizing his own orchestral voice.

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Who’s WhoLeonard Slatkin is Music Director of both the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre National de Lyon, France. During the 2013-14 season, Maestro Slatkin will conduct at Penderecki’s 80th birthday celebration in Warsaw, record with Anne-Akiko Myers and the London Symphony, and appear with the Chicago Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony and the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood.

Slatkin’s more than 100 recordings have won seven Grammy awards and earned 64 nominations. With the Orchestre National de Lyon he has embarked on recording cycles of the Rachmaninoff piano concerti with Olga Kern and the symphonic works of Maurice Ravel and Hector Berlioz. With the Detroit Symphony he has made available a digital box set of the Beethoven symphonies and plans to release the concerti and symphonies of Tchaikovsky in the future.

Slatkin has received the USA’s prestigious National Medal of Arts, the American Symphony Orchestra League’s Gold Baton Award and several ASCAP awards. He has earned France’s Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, Austria’s Declaration of Honor in Silver, and honorary doctorates from The Juilliard School, Indiana University, Michigan State University and Washington University in St. Louis. He is also the recipient of a 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for his book Conducting Business.

Slatkin has served as Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., and as Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London. He has held Principal Guest Conductor positions with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Orchestra of London and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

The DSO would like to recognize those who have made its 2014 Florida Tour Possible:

Presenting Partner

General Motors FoundationCadillac

City Patrons

Lois & Avern CohnMrs. Marjorie S. Fisher

Sidney & Madeline ForbesJohn S. & James L. Knight Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Miller

Host CommitteeMr. & Mrs. Eugene ApplebaumMandell & Madeleine Berman

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. BluesteinPenny & Harold BlumensteinMr. & Mrs. John A. Boll, Sr.

Peter & Julie CummingsMr. & Mrs. Ethan Davidson

Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wm. FisherMrs. Barbara Frankel and Mr. Ronald Michalak

Herman & Sharon FrankelMr. and Mrs. Morton E. Harris

Mrs. Bonnie LarsonMr. & Mrs. Eugene A. Miller

Martie & Bob SachsMrs. Barbara Van Dusen


Who’s WhoFounder and director of the National Conducting Institute and the St. Louis Symphony

Youth Orchestra, Slatkin continues his conducting and teaching activities at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, the Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School.

Born in Los Angeles to a distinguished musical family, he is the son of conductor-vi-olinist Felix Slatkin and cellist Eleanor Aller, founding members of the famed Hollywood String Quartet. He began his musical studies on the violin and studied conducting with his father, followed by Walter Susskind at Aspen and Jean Morel at The Juilliard School.

Now recognized as one of her generation’s great pianists, Olga Kern was born into a family of musicians with direct links to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff and began studying piano at the age of five. In 2001, she became the first woman in over 30 years to receive the Gold Medal at the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Ms. Kern is a laureate of eleven international competitions including her first place win at the first Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition at the age of seventeen and has toured throughout her native Russia, Europe, and the United States, as well as in Japan, South Africa, and South Korea. Ms. Kern was the recipient of an honorary scholarship from the President of Russia in 1996 and is a member of Russia’s International Academy of Arts.

With her vivid stage presence, passionate musicianship and extraordinary tech-nique, the striking young Russian pianist continues to captivate fans and critics alike. Ms. Kern’s performance career has brought her to many of the world’s most important venues. Ms. Kern has collaborated with the most prominent conductors in the world today, including Valery Gergiev, Leonard Slatkin, Yuri Termirkanov, and James Conlon. Most recently, SONY released a recording of Ms. Kern performing the Rachmaninoff Sonata for Violoncello and Piano with cellist Sol Gabetta.

In addition to performing, Ms. Kern devotes her time to the support and education of developing musicians. In 2012, the artist and her brother, Vladimir Kern, co-founded the “Aspiration” foundation whose objective is to provide financial and artistic assistance to musicians throughout the world.

The internationally acclaimed Detroit Symphony Orchestra, which celebrated its 125th anniversary in December 2012, is known for trailblazing performances, visionary maes-tros, collaborations with the world’s foremost musical artists, and an unwavering commit-ment to Detroit. Esteemed conductor Leonard Slatkin, called “America’s Music Director” by the Los Angeles Times, became the 12th Music Director of the DSO during the 2008-09 season and acclaimed conductor, arranger, and trumpeter Jeff Tyzik was appointed Principal Pops Conductor in November 2012. The DSO’s performance schedule includes Classical, Pops, Jazz, Young People’s, Neighborhood concerts, and collaborations with chart-topping musicians from Smokey Robinson to Kid Rock. A commitment to broadcast innovation began in 1922 when the DSO became the first orchestra in the world to present a radio broadcast and continues today with the free Live from Orchestra Hall webcast series. Making its home at historic Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center, one of America’s most acoustically perfect concert halls, the DSO actively pursues a mission to impact and serve the community through music. For more information visit dso.org or download the free DSO to Go mobile app.

FOR ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTERPublic Relations Consultant: Charlie Cinnamon

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra Orchestra RosterLeonard Slatkin, Music DirectorMusic Directorship endowed by the Kresge FoundationJeff Tyzik, Principal Pops ConductorTerence Blanchard, Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Jazz Creative Director Chair

Neeme Järvi, Music Director EmeritusFirst ViolinsYoonshin SongConcertmasterKatherine Tuck ChairKimberly A. Kaloyanides KennedyAssociate ConcertmasterAlan and Marianne Schwartz and Jean Shapero (Shapero Foundation) ChairHai-Xin WuAssistant ConcertmasterWalker L. Cisler/Detroit Edison Foundation ChairJennifer WeyAssistant ConcertmasterBeatriz Budinszky*Marguerite Deslippe*Rachel Harding Klaus*Laurie Landers Goldman*Eun Park*Adrienne Rönmark*Laura Soto* Greg Staples*Jiamin Wang*Second ViolinsAdam Stepniewski Acting PrincipalThe Devereaux Family ChairRon Fischer*Sheryl Hwangbo*Hong-Yi Mo*Bruce Smith*Joseph Striplin*Marian Tanau*Jing Zhang*Robert Murphy~

Malorie Blake#

Kyoko Kashiwagi#Velda Kelly#

Cristina Muresan#

Alexandros Sakarellos#

Kristin Van Ausdal#Melody Wootton#

ViolasJames VanValkenburgActing PrincipalJulie and Ed Levy, Jr. ChairCaroline CoadeActing Assistant PrincipalHang SuGlenn MellowShanda Lowery-SachsHart HollmanHan ZhengCatherine ComptonAlexander MishnaevskiPrincipal EmeritusVioloncellosDahae KimAssistant PrincipalDorothy and Herbert Graebner ChairRobert Bergman*David LeDoux*Peter McCaffrey*Haden McKay*Úna O’Riordan*Paul Wingert*Victor and Gale Girolami Cello ChairOpenPrincipalJames C. Gordon ChairSarah Cleveland#

David Huckaby#

BassesStephen MolinaActing PrincipalVan Dusen Family ChairLinton BodwinStephen EdwardsLarry HutchinsonCraig RifelJessica Grabbe#

Greg Sheldon#

HarpPatricia Masri-FletcherPrincipalWinifred E. Polk Chair

FlutesDavid BuckPrincipalWomen’s Association for the DSO ChairSharon SparrowActing Assistant PrincipalJeffery ZookJung-Wan Kang# PiccoloJeffery Zook

OboesDonald BakerPrincipalJack A. and Aviva Robinson ChairShelley HeronMaggie Miller ChairBrian VenturaAssistant PrincipalMonica FosnaughEnglish HornMonica FosnaughClarinetsTheodore OienPrincipalRobert B. Semple ChairJocelyn Langworthy#

PVS Chemicals, Inc./ Jim and Ann Nicholson ChairLaurence LibersonAssistant PrincipalShannon OrmeE-Flat ClarinetLaurence LibersonBass ClarinetShannon OrmeBarbara Frankel and Ronald Michalak Chair

BassoonsRobert WilliamsPrincipalJohn and Marlene Boll ChairVictoria KingMichael Ke MaAssistant PrincipalMarcus SchoonGarrett McQueenAfrican-American Orchestra FellowContrabassoonMarcus SchoonFrench HornsKarl PituchPrincipalBryan KennedyJohanna YarbroughDavid EversonAssistant PrincipalMark AbbottScott Strong#

TrumpetsHunter EberlyPrincipalLee and Floy Barthel ChairKevin GoodStephen AndersonAssistant PrincipalWilliam Lucas

TrombonesKenneth ThompkinsPrincipalNathaniel GurinAssistant PrincipalRandall HawesReed Capshaw#

Bass TromboneRandall HawesTubaDennis NultyPrincipalTimpaniJohn Tafoya#

PercussionJoseph BeckerPrincipalRuth Roby and Alfred R. Glancy III ChairOpenWilliam Cody Knicely ChairKeith Claeys#

George Nickson#

Ron Strnad#

PianoRob Conway#

LibrariansRobert StilesPrincipalEthan AllenPersonnel ManagersStephen MolinaOrchestra Personnel ManagerHeather Hart RochonAssistant Orchestra Personnel ManagerAssistant ConductorTeddy AbramsStage PersonnelFrank BonucciStage ManagerSteven KempDepartment HeadMatthew PonsDepartment HeadMichael SarkissianDepartment HeadLegend# Substitute musician* These members may voluntarily revolve seating within the section on a regular basis.~ On sabbatical



Saturday, March 1, 2014


WHOOPI GOLDBERG


In 2002, Whoopi Goldberg became one of a very elite group of artists who have won the Grammy (Whoopi Goldberg, 1985), the Academy Award (Ghost, 1991), the Golden Globe (The Color Purple, 1985 and Ghost, 1991), the Emmy (as host of AMC’s “Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel,” 2002 and a Daytime Emmy for “The View” in 2009) and a Tony (Producer of Thoroughly Modern Millie, 2002).

Whoopi has appeared in many films, on TV and graced the Broadway stage. She made her debut as an author in 1992 and has since published four books and a children’s book series. She is equally well-known for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of children, the homeless, human rights, education, substance abuse and the battle against AIDS, as well as many other causes and charities. Among her many charitable activities, Whoopi is a Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations.

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Sunday, March 9, 2014



MAX RAABE&

PALAST ORCHESTER

Dashing, dapper and debonair, Max Raabe might have walked straight out of the Golden Age of Berlin in the 1920s.With his elegant poise, suave sophistication and silky-smooth bari-tone, he brings to life the songs and style of a bygone age. His ageless Peter Pan looks and impeccable style on and offstage have already made him a legend in his native Germany. In America multi-city tours and enthusiastic coverage have earned him a similar reputation.

Highlights in the US include sold-out performances at Carnegie Hall, and appear-ances in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta, Seattle, Cleveland and beyond. Max Raabe is not only a unique talent, but a very funny man. He has even traded quips with Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street.




Friday, March 14, 2014

Adrienne Arsht Center and Larry Rosen present


Media Partners:

The Adrienne Arsht Center’s Jazz Roots: Sound Check education program, which reaches up to 1,000 Miami-Dade County public high school music students annually, is generously supported by

The Jazz Education Encore Circle, Wells Fargo, Citizens Interested in Arts and The ASCAP Foundation.


NEW ORLEANS with

AARON NEVILLEand the

DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND

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Born in 1941, AARON NEVILLE has had four top-20 hits in the United States (including three that went to number one on Billboard’s adult contemporary chart) along with four platinum-certi-fied albums. The Louisiana native has also recorded with his brothers Art, Charles and Cyril as The Neville Brothers and is the father of singer/keyboards player Ivan Neville. Of mixed African American and Native American heritage, his music also features Cajun and Creole influences. Aaron Neville’s incredible career has seen him move seamlessly back and forth between solo work and his role in the first family of New Orleans music, The Neville Brothers. His first hit single was the landmark “Tell It Like It Is,” which held the Number One spot on the R&B charts for five weeks in 1967. He went on to win Grammy Awards for his triple-platinum 1989 collaboration with Linda Ronstadt Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind, and reached the Country charts with the title track of 1993’s The Grand Tour. A member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, his most recent project was the CD/DVD My True Story, released in 2013.

An appetite for musicological adventure, a commitment to honor tradition while not being constrained by it, and a healthy sense of humor have brought the world-traveling DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND to this remarkable juncture in an already storied career. While tradi-tional numbers infused with a DDBB flavor have always been crowd-pleasing staples of the group’s repertoire, it’s the Dirty Dozen Brass Band’s willingness to look beyond the New Orleans songbook and find connections amongst a wider range of music that has endeared them to critics, fellow musicians and a multi-generational, global audience. They’ve been embraced enthusiastically by the jam-band followers at Bonnaroo as well as by the devotees who flock to the yearly New Orleans Jazz Fest. Acts like the Black Crowes and Widespread Panic have taken them on tour and artists from Dizzy Gillespie to Elvis Costello to Norah Jones have joined them in the studio. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, DDBB participated in the From the Big Apple to the Big Easy benefit at New York City’s Madison Square Garden and offered its own response to the aftermath of the disaster with an acclaimed 2006 song-by-song remake of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On. Their music has been featured on the HBO series, Treme, named after the New Orleans mid-city neighborhood where the band had formed, and the group performed on screen with Galactic and rapper Juvenile in Season 2. New Orleans remains a wellspring of musical inspiration and DDBB is a living, breathing embodiment of the continued vitality and evolution of the sounds of the city.

LARRY ROSEN, musician, producer, executive producer, and music industry entrepre-neur, is the Chairman of Larry Rosen Productions, Inc., Chairman of JAZZ ROOTS, LLC, co-creator and producer of JAZZ ROOTS - A Larry Rosen Jazz Series, co-founder of GRP Records, and co-founder and past Chairman of N2K, Inc. (NASDAQ). Rosen is the creator and producer of the PBS television series “Legends of Jazz,” and is the creator and producer of multi-media TV series “RECORDING: the History of Recorded Music,” with hosts Quincy Jones and Phil Ramone. Rosen is the producer/executive producer of more than 350 albums, of which 80 have been nominated for GRAMMY Awards, winning 33 GRAMMYS, as well as numerous award winning film/video productions and television specials. Rosen and multi-GRAMMY and Academy Award winning pianist/composer Dave Grusin co-founded GRP Records, the award-winning contemporary jazz label featuring major artists, Chick Corea, Diana Krall, Patti Austin, BB King, Dave Grusin, Ramsey Lewis, Arturo Sandoval, Diane Schuur, Michael Brecker, Kevin Eubanks, Spyro Gyra, Lee Ritenour, Gary Burton, Dave Valentin, John Patitucci, Larry Carlton, David Benoit, Tom Scott, Gerry Mulligan, The GRP All-Star Big Band, Yellowjackets, Rippingtons, among others. GRP Records, known as “The Digital Master Company” was the first non-classical company in America to release CDs, and was instrumental in the launching of the CD format. Rosen received the Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year Award” in New media and Entertainment, the GRAMMY Governor Honor Roll, he serves on the boards of the Dave Brubeck Institute, The Music for Youth Foundation, The Frost School of Music Steering Committee, and with Dave Grusin is the founder of the National Foundation for Jazz Education. For more information visit www.larryrosen.com and www.jazzroots.net.

FOR ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTERPublic Relations Consultant: Sheryl Feuerstein

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014


PINK MARTINIwith special guests

THE VON TRAPPS


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PINK MARTINI In 1994 in his hometown of Portland, Oregon, Thomas Lauderdale was working in politics, thinking that one day he would run for mayor. Like other eager politicians-in-training, he went to every political fundraiser under the sun… but was dismayed to find the music at these events underwhelming, lackluster, loud and un-neighborly. Drawing inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old- fashioned pop – and hoping to appeal to conservatives and liberals alike, he founded the “little orchestra” Pink Martini in 1994 to provide more beautiful and inclusive musical soundtracks for political fundraisers for causes such as civil rights, affordable housing, the environment, libraries, public broadcasting, education and parks.

One year later, Lauderdale called China Forbes, a Harvard classmate who was living in New York City, and asked her to join Pink Martini. They began to write songs together. Their first song “Sympathique” became an overnight sensation in France and was nomi-nated for “Song of the Year” at France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards

Featuring 10-12 musicians, Pink Martini performs its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, Northern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, South America and North America. Pink Martini made its European debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and its orches-tral debut with the Oregon Symphony in 1998 under the direction of Norman Leyden. Since then, the band has gone on to play with more than 50 orchestras around the world, including multiple engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Boston Pops, the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center, the San Francisco Symphony, and the BBC Concert Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall in London. Other appear-ances include the grand opening of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Frank Gehry-de-signed Walt Disney Concert Hall, with return sold-out engagements for New Year’s Eve 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2011; two sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall; the opening party of the remodeled Museum of Modern Art in New York City; the Governor’s Ball at the 80th Annual Academy Awards in 2008; the opening of the 2008 Sydney Festival in Australia; two sold-out concerts at Paris’ legendary L’Olympia Theatre in 2011; and Paris’ fashion house Lanvin’s 10-year anniversary celebration for designer Alber Elbaz in 2012.

In January 2012 bandleader Thomas Lauderdale began work on Pink Martini’s seventh studio album when he recorded the Charlie Chaplin song “Smile” with the legendary Phyllis Diller. The new album, titled Get Happy, features singers China Forbes and Storm Large along with special guests Rufus Wainwright, The von Trapps & Ari Shapiro.

THE VON TRAPPSYou cannot find another name as universally beloved as Von Trapp. The story of the family who escaped Austria, moved to the United States, and toured the world singing for two decades has inspired generations since the film The Sound of Music was released in 1964. The history continues as the great grandchildren of the Captain and Maria von Trapp take up the family tradition anew. Meet Sofi, Melanie, Amanda, and August von Trapp, four siblings that, for the last 12 years, have been singing on stages around the world to critical acclaim and packed houses. The von Trapps made their Carnegie Hall debut in December 2012 with Pink Martini and the New York Pops Orchestra under the direction of Steven Reineke. They have also appeared with dozens of major symphony orchestras in the United States and Canada, including the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Toronto Symphony, the Pacific Symphony, and Nashville Symphony among others. They have appeared on “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” “The View,” and “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

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