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Home › News & Events › Events › 46th Annual President’s Concert – Arizona Symphony Orchestra with 2018-2019 Concerto Competition winners

46th Annual President’s Concert – Arizona Symphony Orchestra with 2018-2019 Concerto Competition winners

Large Ensembles Friday February 1, 2019 - 7:30p.m. to 9:30p.m.

Venue: Crowder Hall, 1017 N Olive Rd, Tucson, AZ 85721-0004

Featured on this 46th annual President’s Concert are flutist Ivo Shin, performing

the first movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major, soprano Erika Burkhart performing the “Poison Aria” from Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod, pianist Minjun Dong performing the first movement of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, and Diana Yusupov will perform Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Cello Concerto in C Major.

The students are selected from each area of the Fred Fox School of Music – strings, voice, wind and percussion, and keyboard. They represent the depth of talent at the school, shining in this performance with the Arizona Symphony Orchestra. Their performances will be conducted by doctoral student Sean Bresseman and faculty guest conductor Yudai Ueda. The program will also include Mozart’s Overture to “Die Zauberflöte” and “The Cowboys Overture” by John Williams, under the baton of Dr. Thomas Cockrell.

 

About the soloists:

Ivo Dae-Seong Shin de Souza, flute

Ivo started studying the flute with his aunt Regina Lima at the age of 13. Soon after, he entered the pre-college program at Rio Grande do Norte Federal University (UFRN) where he studied with Rodrigo Gouveia. At the age of 18 he began his undergraduate studies with Alexandre Johnson at UFRN. During this time he participated in the university’s orchestras and attended master classes with Sergio Barrenechea (UniRio), José Ananias (OSESP), Jorge Salgado Correia (University of Aveiro), Julie Koidin (Chicago), Toninho Carrasqueira (ECA-USP) and Philippe Bernold (Paris Conservatory). Ivo has performed in the Orfeo concert series at UFRN and with mentor flutists in the university’s orchestra. Besides being an active performer, Ivo is also committed strongly to teaching. After finishing his undergraduate studies he was a substitute teacher at UFRN and taught flute for Programa Nacional de Acesso ao Ensino Tenico e Emprego (National Program of Access to Technical Education and Employment). He is now a second-year master’s student in flute performance under the instruction of Dr. Brian Luce, and a member of the Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet.

Erika Burkhart, soprano

Erika Burkhart’s soprano voice has been praised as “simply sublime,” with colors “ranging from bright and mischievous to somber and resonant.” (Arizona Daily Star). She has sung extensively in Arizona as a soloist and ensemble artist. Erika is a regular soloist and ensemble member with True Concord Voices & Orchestra, and sang on that organization’s Grammy-nominated recording, “Far in the Heavens.” Equally comfortable in formal and less traditional concert settings, she delighted younger audiences during her two seasons as a teaching artist with Arizona Opera, performing in schools around Arizona. Her more conventional operatic credits include Zerlina in “Don Giovanni,” Despina in “Così fan tutte,” Carolina in “Il matrimonio segreto” and Sarah Good in “The Crucible.” She will appear as Le Prince Charmant in the University of Arizona’s spring opera, Massenet’s “Cendrillon.” As a concert soloist, Erika recently sang the world premiere of Gerald Near’s “Through the Long Winter’s Day” with True Concord. This summer, she performed J.S. Bach’s Cantata BWV 132 with the SongFest Bach Cantata Institute in Los Angeles under the direction of John Harbison, and Fauré’s Requiem at the Des Moines Choral Festival with CORO Vocal Artists. Erika earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Arizona, where she is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree in performance under the direction of Dr. Kristin Dauphinais.

Minjun Dong, piano

Minjun Dong is a second year doctoral student of Dr. John Milbauer at the University of Arizona. He began piano studies at age four in Chengdu, China and then continued with Prof. Hanguo Yang at the Sichuan Conservatory until age 18. Mr. Dong won many top prizes in regional and national competitions before moving to the United States in 2010. Minjun earned an undergraduate degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music studying with Prof. Paul Schenly and Dr. Daniel Shapiro before earning his master’s degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Mr. Jon Nakamatsu. He has participated in master classes with Leon Fleisher, Garrick Ohlsson, Jon Kimura Parker, Yehoved Kaplinsky, Boris Berman, and Jim Giles. In addition to his studies, Minjun maintains a graduate teaching assistantship as the pianist for UA Opera Theater. Besides playing piano, Minjun Dong enjoys cooking cuisines of different cultures and—having worked in an Italian restaurant during his studies at CIM—is as adept at risotto alla Milanese as Sichuan mapo tofu.

Diana Yusupov, cello

Diana Yusupov began studying cello at the age of eight in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Her family migrated to Australia in 2003, where she continued studying cello with her father, Renat Yusupov, and later with Markus Stocker. In 2009 Diana completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Queensland Conservatorium of Music, where she was awarded first prize in the Piatti Competition, Sonata Prize, Bach Competition and Concerto Competition. She participated in master classes with Peter Burns, Steven Isserlis and Jian Wang and graduated with the Academic Excellence Award. In addition, she earned a graduate diploma in education in 2010 from the University of Southern Queensland and spent the next five years building a string program and teaching music in elementary and high school programs in Australia. In 2016 Diana came to the University of Arizona to pursue a Master of Music degree in performance in the cello studio of Dr. Theodore Buchholz, and was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for the College of Fine Arts. Currently Diana is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree and continues to be a member of the University of Arizona Graduate String Quartet. The quartet earned an award at the Music Teachers National Association Chamber Music Competition, and this season the group was awarded fellowships to study with the Afiara and Dali string quartets in Canada and Philadelphia. Last fall they travelled to China to perform at Sias University and Wuhan Conservatory. Diana’s passion lies in chamber music and teaching. She works at Tucson High School as the assistant orchestra director and teaches cello lessons for the University of Arizona String Project.

 

Past winners of this competition include:

 

2018

Emily Garcia, soprano

Michael Pratt, vibraphone

Juan Mejía, cello

Tyler Ramos, piano

 

2017

Kyle DeGraff, tenor

Amy Shea, oboe

Stella Kim, violin

Melissa Radtke & Rachael Radtke, piano

 

2016

Caroline Crawford, soprano

Immanuel Abraham, violin

Daniel Becker, clarinet

Yi Qing Tang, piano

 

2015

Erin McMullen, mezzo-soprano

Tiezheng Shen, viola

Christine Yi, alto saxophone

Nino Bakradze, piano

 

2014

Humberto Borboa Beltrán, tenor

Natalia Duarte, viola

Trevor Barroero, percussion

Jinny Huh, piano

 

2013

Emily Spirk, mezzo-soprano

Evgeniya Belinskaya, violin

Matt Viesca, euphonium

Chien-I Yang, piano

 

2012

Kyongyun Park, soprano

Lauren Hayes, harp

Alex van Duuren, trombone

Chia-Chun Ko, piano

 

2011

Greg Guenther, baritone

Orquídea Guandique, viola

Brian Hicks, tenor saxophone

Elena Miraztchiyska, piano

 

2010

Robyn Rocklein, mezzo-soprano

Garrick Woods, violoncello

Jonathan Wintringham, saxophone

Kyung Lee, piano

 

2009

Seth Kershisnik, bass baritone
Amber Reed, viola

Tori Hauk, flute

Rouzbeh Tebyanian, piano

 

2008

Nathan Krueger, baritone

Yeon Jin Kim, violin
Daniel Puccio, saxophone
James Stopher, piano

 

2007

Christi Amonson, soprano
Heidi Tims, harp

Martin Patfield, trumpet
Miroslava Panayotova, piano

 

2006

Heather Ribblett, soprano

Wayne Shen, violin
Pablo Rosas Cabrera, flute
Thomas Azar, piano

 

2005

Maureen Papovich, soprano

Rebekah Butler, violin

Christopher Habeeb-Louks, marimba
Yelizaveta Beriyeva, piano

 

2004

Martina Chylikova, mezzo-soprano

Melissa Meléndez, viola
Kara Yeater, clarinet
Sarah Wu, piano

 

2003

Todd Strange, tenor

Jared Scott, cello

Matt Jacklin, marimba
Devin Wiley, piano

2002

Kimberly Hubartt, soprano

Erin Veale, violin
Lisa Timm, bassoon
Aryo Wicaksono, piano

 

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Dr. Immanuel T. Abraham, D.M.A." graduated from the Fred Fox School of Music in 2018, with his doctorate in Violin Performance, summa cum laude. He authored the dissertation titled “J.S. Bach’s Chaconne: A Performer-Composer’s Approach to Interpretation”. During his degree studies, he served simultaneously as the Concertmaster of the University of Arizona Symphony Orchestra under Dr. Thomas Cockrell, and the Arizona Contemporary Ensemble under Dr. Daniel Asia, who was also his composition professor.

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"This 68-page compilation of advanced solo violin repertoire I have worked for more than 1/3 of my life.

The choice to write “24” is a tribute to four violinists, revered from the 18th century through today:

• Pierre Gaviniès (1728-1800)
• Pierre Rode (1774-1830)
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• Jakob Dont (1815-1888)

All of them wrote 24 caprices for solo violin, and each set evolved the art of violin performance forevermore. After Dont, the 24-caprice tradition abruptly stopped for over 170 years, until now!

Mine are are performance pieces — not études like Gaviniès, Rodes, or Dont — and more akin to Paganini’s, in this way.

My set started from always seeking out very diverse audiences, and always writing my own music for them whenever possible. These included large rock-concert amphitheaters, juried doctoral-recitals, yoga summits, American String Teacher’s Association (ASTA) conferences, a livestream series in Nigeria, university commencements, solo soundtracking for theaters and film festivals, and much more.

Over the years, my twenty-four favorites from those performances became my “24 Caprices for Solo Violin”. This multi-genre collection contains clear influences of the baroque (three fugues), romanticism, impressionism, jazz, American fiddle, rock, tango, and more. They are all new, tonal, and eclectic compositions that purposefully fill the gaps I experienced in the extant solo violin repertoire.

Most importantly, this collection reflects musical globalism and diversity that is appropriate, and due, to the 21st century. Distribution has already reached Mexico, Egypt, and Russia.

Over the years several of these have been distributed individually. I have enjoyed many brilliant performances by colleagues, professors, students, and other artists. Here, for the first time, all twenty-four are presented together. I enthusiastically look forward to every performance following this edition!”

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We are delighted to announce this week's lecture within the UA Bolton Guitar Studies Virtual Series, this one featuring Cuban virtuoso Marco Tamayo in a conversation about an effortless performance.

This event is scheduled for Friday, February 26th at 11:00 a.m. (MST). The meeting will last one hour and a half with a Q & A segment towards the end and it will be live streamed on the University of Arizona Guitar Studies Facebook page, where audience can submit their questions through chat.

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To access the meeting simply go to the Bolton Guitar Studies website and click on the link for the Zoom meeting, found below the flyer:
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The password to enter this virtual class will be sent by email to all interested parties. If you would like to be a part of this virtual class please email Ana Maria Iordache (anamariaiordache@email.arizona.edu) and let her know your name and affiliation.

In the case you have missed the fall season featuring great artists such as David Russell, María Jesús Rodriguez, Sérgio Assad, Dennis Tolz, Antonius Müller, Douglas James, Joaquín Clerch, Stephen Goss, Xianji Liu, Stephan Connor, Berta Rojas, Misael Barraza Díaz, Judicaël Perroy, they are now available on the Bolton Guitar Studies official website:
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