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Constella Festival Presents:
Constella Festival of Music and Fine Arts
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Queen City Connections
featuring Anthony McGill, clarinet
Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 2:00pm
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music's Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Hailed by The New York Times as 'a dazzling player of superlative technique and a gorgeous tone,' Metropolitan Opera Orchestra principal clarinetist Anthony McGill returns to the Queen City to open the Constella Festival's second season. McGill is former CSO associate principal clarinet and performed John Williams' Air and Simple Gifts with Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman and Gabriela Montero at President Obama's inauguration. McGill performs John Corigliano's Soliloquy, plus new works alongside CSO Principal cellist Ilya Finkelsteyn and Constella's Founder and Artistic Director, violinist Tatiana Berman.
This unforgettable festival opener at CCM's Werner Hall also features the world premiere of Mark Adamo's August Music with flutists Randy Bowman and Nina Perlove. An open reception follows at the Dorothy W. and C. Lawson Jr. Reed Gallery of UC's College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning.
For more information on the artist, please visit www.anthonymcgill.com.
Tickets for this concert will be sold exclusively through the Constella Festival. For more information please visit www.constellafestival.org.
Organically Challenged
featuring Nico Muhly, piano and composition
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 7:30pm
The Digitorium at Northern Kentucky University
Get energized by renowned composer Nico Muhly's 'Organically Charged' with the composer himself at the piano playing dynamic pieces fusing the visual, digital and performing arts. The program features acoustic instruments and voices, pre-recorded electronics and dazzling visuals that engulf the audience in a multi-sensory experience. The program is made possible by Northern Kentucky University's newest electronic marvel, the Digitorium, the region's most electronically advanced performance hall. The evening also features a world premiere performance by Muhly. Muhly is joined on-stage by musicians including tenor Grant Knox, violinist Tatiana Berman, and students from Northern Kentucky University's Department of Music. Visual and electronics artist Jordan Munson adds a stunning visual contribution.
For more information on Nico Muhly, please visit http://nicomuhly.com/.
Additional updates and information will be available on www.constellafestival.org.
Come join Nico Muhly and fellow artists including Jordan Munson for the 2nd Constella After Dark Event of the Season immediately following the performance at Below Zero. Admission to the After Dark Event is $10 for concert ticket holders and $15 for the After Dark Event only. Admission can be purchased at the concert and at the door of Below Zero.
Fragile Elements
featuring Exhale Dance Tribe and artist Sandra Gross
Friday, October 19, 2012 at 7:30pm
The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center
Life. Love. Art. Today it seems that everything is so fragile. Building on the tremendous success of Constella's 2011 partnership with Exhale Dance Tribe, the Festival is thrilled to welcome Exhale back to the stage for an incredible multidisciplinary program, 'Fragile Elements.' Dancers once again share the stage with local musicians performing two world premiere works choreographed by the acclaimed duo of Exahle's co-founders and co-artistic directors Missy Lay Zimmer and Andrew Hubbard set to a live performance of pieces by Tchaikovsky and Gorecki. A delicate backdrop of stunning visual art created by artist Sandra Gross sets the stage for the program. A reception follows the program in The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center galleries, showcasing FotoFocus, a month-long city-wide celebration of the art of photography. For more on Exhale Dance Tribe, please visit www.exhaledancetribe.com.
For more on Sandra Gross, please visit www.sandragross.net.
For more on FotoFocus, please visit www.fotofocuscincinnati.com.
Additional updates and information will be available on www.constellafestival.org.
Miles Smiles @ Lew and You
featuring Lew Soloff and the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra
Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 8:00pm
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Harriet Tubman Theater
Just over 50 years ago, Miles Davis and Gil Evans created two of the most important and memorable recordings in jazz, Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain. Among the first to fuse classical music and jazz, they helped to create what Gunther Schuller dubbed the Third Stream. At this concert, jazz legend Lew Soloff and the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra perform both works in their entirety, using charts Evans wrote for these monumental recordings. Best known for his work with Blood, Sweat and Tears, Lew has recorded with Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter and the Kronos quartet, among many, and had long relationships with Gil Evans and Ornette Coleman. He was lead trumpet in the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band and first trumpet in the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Lew performs regularly in the U.S. and Europe.
For more information on the artist, please visit http://www.lewsoloff.com.
Additional updates and information will be available on www.constellafestival.org.
Come join Lew Soloff and members of the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra at our 3rd Constella After Dark Event of the Season at the Christian Moerlein House immediately following the performance. Admission to the After Dark Event is $10 for concert ticket holders and $15 for the After Dark Event only. Admission can be purchased at the concert and at the door of the Christian Moerlein House.
Tokyo String Quartet
Just Added!
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 7:30pm
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music's Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
After 43 seasons, the Tokyo String Quartet has announced that 2012-2013 will be their last. Regarded as one of the supreme chamber ensembles of the world, the Tokyo Quartet--Martin Beaver and Kikuei Ikeda (violins), Kazuhide Isomura (viola) and Clive Greensmith (cello)--has collaborated with a remarkable array of artists and composers, built a comprehensive catalogue of critically acclaimed recordings and established a distinguished teaching record. Performing over a hundred concerts worldwide each season, the quartet has a devoted international following across the globe. Included in the program are Haydn's String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4; Kodály's Quartet for Strings , Op. 10, No. 2; and Ravel's String Quartet in F Major.
For more information on the Tokyo String Quartet, please visit www.tokyoquartet.com.
Opera Appassionata
featuring Marco Panuccio, tenor, Kara Shay Thomson, soprano and Warren Jones, piano
Friday, October 26, 2012 at 7:30pm
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Harriet Tubman Theater
Join Cincinnati's own tenor Marco Panuccio and elegant soprano Kara Shay Thomson for an evening of passionate opera solos and duets. Opera News called Panuccio's 'warm lyric
tenor' 'a marvel of vocal magic.' The New York Times hailed Thomson as a 'compelling American soprano with a plush, vibrant, powerful voice.' Panuccio has performed the world over, including Chicago's Lyric Opera and Bologna's Teatro Comunale. Thomson has appeared recently as The Woman in Schoenberg's Erwartung with the New York City Opera and as a soloist in Dvorak's Te Deum with Cincinnati's May Festival.
The two perform a program of classic solos and duets in the acoustically perfect Memorial Hall. Accompanying them on the piano is renowned vocal accompanist Warren Jones, recognized by
the Cleveland Plain Dealer as a 'singer's sympathetic soul mate.' The program concludes with areception and art show by artists from Cincinnati's 5th Street Gallery.
For more information on the Marco Panuccio, please visit www.marcopanuccio.com/biography.
For more information on Kara Shay Thomson, please visit www.karashaythomson.com.
For more information on Warren Jones, please visit www.warrenjones.com.
For more information on 5th Street Gallery, please visit www.5thstreetgallery.com.
Additional updates and information will be available on www.constellafestival.org.
Anne Under the Stars
featuring Anne Akiko Meyers, violin, and Wendy Chen, piano
Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 7:30pm
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Harriet Tubman Theater
Recognized as one of the world's premier concert artists, American violinist Anne Akiko Meyers is an acclaimed soloist, chamber musician and recording artist with 'vigorous mastery, unflinching
technical skills and stylish elegance,' according to the Los Angeles Times. As a child prodigy,
Meyers performed twice on 'The Tonight Show' with Johnny Carson. She has shared the stage with such diverse talents as Chris Botti, Il Divo and Wynton Marsalis. Meyers' latest recording, 'AIR: The Bach Album,' debuted at #1 on the Billboard Classical Charts in February 2012. Meyers plays the $3.6 million 'Molitor' Stradivarius, her second. Known for imaginative programming, Meyers plays a thoughtful and unique program alongside
her extraordinary pianist, Wendy Chen, featuring two Cincinnati premieres: Lullaby for Natalie by John Corigliano and Jakub Ciupinski's The Wreck of the Umbria for solo violin/electronics.
The concert takes place under the starry sky of the Harriet Tubman Theater at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. The evening culminates with a reception and an instrument exhibition by Paolo Alberghini of over 20 instruments by makers from Stradivari to
modern day luthiers.
For more information on Anne Akiko Meyers, please visit www.anneakikomeyers.com.
For more information on Wendy Chen, please visit www.wendy-chen.com.
Additional updates and information will be available on www.constellafestival.org.
Come join Anne Akiko Meyers and Wendy Chen at our 4th Constella After Dark Event of the Season at Crave immediately following the performance. Admission to the After Dark Event is $10 for concert ticket holders and $15 for the After Dark Event only. Admission can be purchased at the concert and at the door of Crave.
Divine Debussy
featuring Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 7:30pm
Memorial Hall
In honor of the 150th anniversary of Claude Debussy's birth, renowned French pianist Thibaudet
performs 'Devine Debussy,' an all Debussy recital, and a spectacular closing night performance
for Constella's second season. One of the world's great pianists, the New York Times exclaimed
'every note he fashions is a pearl...the joy, brilliance and musicality of his performance could
not be missed.' A frequent soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Thibaudet began his
piano studies at five, made his first public appearance at 7, and entered the Paris Conservatory at
12. His recent recording credits include performing as the featured soloist on Alexandre Desplat's
score for the 2011 film Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and he recently visited Cincinnati for
a highly-regarded performance with the CSO.
Guests are invited to a post-concert reception and Stewart Goldman-curated art show by
prominent Cincinnati visual artists.
For more information on the artist, please visit www.jeanyvesthibaudet.com.
Additional updates and information will be available on www.constellafestival.org.
Come join Jean-Yves Thibaudet at our Finale Party and 5th Constella After Dark Event of the Season in the Memorial Hall ballrooms. Admission is complimentary with your concert ticket and all are welcome to celebrate with us in the closing of our Second Season.
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