Thu
8/26/2010
8:00pm
Classical
Marc Levine and Ling-Ju Lai
The Complete Brahms Violin Sonatas
- $25 Assigned Rows 1-2
- $15 Assigned Rows 3-5
- $10 General Admission
- $5 Student
- Marc Levine, violin
- Ling-Ju Lai, piano
Event Details
Violinist Marc Levine was a prizewinner in the 2008 American Bach Soloists International Competition for Baroque Violin. He is joined by pianist Ling-Ju Lai who is no stranger to the KCH stage for an all-Brahms concert. This performance is sponsored by the Ann Arbor Camerata, which presents professional chamber ensembles in Ann Arbor featuring chamber works: trios, sextets, octets, as well as concertos for soloist and chamber orchestra.
Program
Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78
Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100
Sonata in D Minor, Op. 108
Marc Levine
“Mr. Levine was eloquent as well as technically superb combining technical mastery with emotional perceptiveness and beautiful sound.”
- Southampton Press
Marc Levine is Artistic Director of the Southampton Cultural Center Chamber Music Series, has performed extensively in notable venues including Carnegie Hall and Symphony Space and has been a member of notable groups including the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble and the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. As a baroque violinist, Levine was a prizewinner in the 2008 American Bach Soloists International Competition for Baroque Violin and has performed with many top baroque ensembles including Concert Royal, Dallas Bach Society, the Aulos Ensemble and Early Music New York, a group with which he recently recorded on the Ex Cathedra label. Levine is a founding member of the baroque ensemble Flying Forms, known for innovative, interdisciplinary performances.
As an orchestral musician, Levine has held concertmaster position at Indiana University, Stoney Brook University, and the Amherst Early Music Institute all of which included the leading of opera productions, Levine’s specialty. Chamber music credits included performances with renowned musicians Philip Sezter, Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, Arthur Haas, and Gilbert Kalish.
Levine holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University and Master and Bachelor of Music degrees from Indiana University. His teachers include Pamela Frank, Ani Kavafian and Franco Gulli. On baroque violin, Levine has played in master class or studied privately with Cynthia Roberts, Monica Huggett, Robert Mealy, Dana Maiben, Marc Destrube, Michael Sand and Elizabeth Blumenstock.
Ling-Ju Lai
"The depth of the sound sinks in with startling poignancy as Ling-Ju Lai lets the notes linger long in the air.....a moment of musical insights to savor."
- The Baltimore Sun
Ling-Ju Lai, concert pianist and harpsichordist, has garnered consistent favorable reviews of her creative interpretation of Baroque keyboard music. In the fall of 2009, Lai appeared as the Featured Soloist at Ann Arbor Camerata. She opens its 2009-2010 season with J. S. Bach’s Six Partitas and performs extensively with the Ann Arbor Camerata as the principal keyboardist.
In 2009, Lai also made her first appearance as the Artist in Residence at The Utah Valley University with recital and concerto engagements. The UVU Newsroom writes, "The opportunity to hear a solo harpsichord recital with an artist of Ling-Ju Lai's caliber is extremely rare. Often even musicians are not aware of the expressive power that the instrument has in the hands of the right performer. Ling-Ju Lai's playing will transform the way you hear the harpsichord."
As a soloist, Lai has participated in numerous acclaimed music festivals and competitions, such as the Bach Festivalin Leipzig, the Vlaanderen Festival at Bruge, the William Kapell International Piano Competition in Maryland and the SEHKS International Harpsichord Competition in Florida. In 2001, she was named the "Rising Star" by two of Taiwan's most prestigious performance organizations: the National Taiwan Concert Hall and the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra.
Lai holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The University of Michigan and graduate degrees from The Eastman School of Music, where she was awarded the Performer's Certificate for her excellence in performance. Her principal teachers include acclaimed musicians such as Logan Skelton, Edward Parmentier, Dickran Atamian, Penelope Crawford, Arthur Haas and Thomas Schumacher.
