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Chamber Music International\'s 26th Season - 2011-2012 Chamber Music International\'s 26th Season - 2011-2012

Secure your seats for Cho-Liang Lin, the Kelemen Quartet, Jon Nakamatsu, Joyce Yang and 20 more outstandng artists by becoming a 2011-2012 Season Subscriber!


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Individual Concert Tickets"A delicious romp through Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and France; performed by artists from Russia, China, Korea, and America--A truly International Evening!"


Program:Piano Trio in Bb Major, Op. 11....L. van Beethoven
Rhapsody for Flute, Violin, Clarinet, and Piano....Arthur Honegger
Preludio from Partita #3 in E Major, BWV 1006 for Solo Violin....J. S. Bach
Sonata for Jacques Thibaud in A Minor, Op. 27 #2 for Solo Violin....E. Ysaÿe
Piano Quintet in F Minor....C. Franck


Performances:Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 8:00PM
St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church

Artists: Alexandre Moutouzkine - Piano
Ik-Hwan Bae - Violin
Yi-Jia Susanne Hou - Violin
Susan Dubois - Viola
Jungshin Lim Lewis - Cello
John Scott - Clarinet
James Scott - Flute



Complete 2011-2012 Concert Season Listing

CONCERT #1
"Chamber Music International presents the Spiritual Connection of Bach and Beethoven; and the most dazzling, virtuosic Piano Trio ever written."


Program:Sonata #2 in A Minor, BWV 1003, for Solo Violin....J. Bach
Sonata #3 in A Major, Op. 69, for Piano and Cello....L. van Beethoven
Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50....P. I. Tchaikovsky


Performances:Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 8:00PM
SMU Caruth Auditorium

Artists: Jon Nakamatsu - Piano
Nai-Yuan Hu - Violin
Bion Tsang - Cello



CONCERT #2
"Join CMI for the spectacular return of the Kelemen String Quartet in dramatic performances of “Death and the Maiden” and Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir”."


Program:String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41 #1....R. Schumann
String Quartet #14 in D Minor, Op. Posth., “Death and the Maiden”....F. Schubert
String Sextet in D Minor Op. 70, “Souvenir de Florence” ....P. I. Tchaikovsky


Performances:Saturday, November 19, 2011 - 8:00PM
SMU Caruth Auditorium

Sunday, November 20, 2011 - 7:30PM
St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church

Artists: Barnabás Kelemen - Violin
Katalin Kokas - Violin
Felix Olschofka - Violin
Gábor Homoki - Viola
Jesús Castro-Balbi - Cello
Dóra Kokas - Cello



CONCERT #3
"Join the fun of Virtuoso Violist/Composer Atar Arad “and all” in a program of “let-your-hair-down” fun and great variety."


Program:Prelude in B Minor ....J. S. Bach/A.Siloti
Black Earth....Fazil Say (b. 1970)
Fantasia Cromatica for Solo Viola....J. S. Bach/Z. Kodály
Caprice 5 (Krzysztof)....Atar Arad
Caprice 7 (Franz)....Atar Arad
Cafe Music....Paul Schoenfield
Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57....D. Shostakovich


Performances:Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 8:00PM
St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church

Artists: Gustavo Romero - Piano
Philip Lewis - Violin
Paul Rosenthal - Violin
Atar Arad - Viola
Ko Iwasaki - Cello



CONCERT #4
"A delicious romp through Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and France; performed by artists from Russia, China, Korea, and America--A truly International Evening!"


Program:Piano Trio in Bb Major, Op. 11....L. van Beethoven
Rhapsody for Flute, Violin, Clarinet, and Piano....Arthur Honegger
Preludio from Partita #3 in E Major, BWV 1006 for Solo Violin....J. S. Bach
Sonata for Jacques Thibaud in A Minor, Op. 27 #2 for Solo Violin....E. Ysaÿe
Piano Quintet in F Minor....C. Franck


Performances:Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 8:00PM
St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church

Artists: Alexandre Moutouzkine - Piano
Ik-Hwan Bae - Violin
Yi-Jia Susanne Hou - Violin
Susan Dubois - Viola
Jungshin Lim Lewis - Cello
John Scott - Clarinet
James Scott - Flute



CONCERT #5
"Thrill to the dazzling artistry of 2 young, rousing virtuosi in a performance of intimacy and spectacle."


Program:Sonata #1 in A Minor, Op. 105 for Violin and Piano....R. Schumann
Sonata for Fritz Kreisler, Op. 27 #4, for Solo Violin....E. Ysaÿe
La Valse (Piano Solo)....M. Ravel
Sonata #9 in A Major, Op. 47, “Kreutzer” for Piano and Violin....L. van Beethoven


Performances:Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 8:00PM
SMU Caruth Auditorium

Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 7:30PM
St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church

Artists: Joyce Yang - Piano
Augustin Hadelich - Violin



CONCERT #6
"Cho-Liang Lin and Jon Kimura Parker lead a program featuring the first published work of a young Beethoven, the Texas premier of an American Sonata, and a Quartet in which Brahms contemplates suicide for lost love."


Program:Piano Trio in Eb Major, Opus 1, No 1....L. van Beethoven
Violin sonata (Texas premiere)....John Harbison
Piano Quartet in C minor, Opus 60....J. Brahms


Performances:Friday, May 11, 2012 - 8:00PM
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Cathedral

Saturday, May 12, 2012 - 8:00PM
St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church

Artists: Jon Kimura Parker - Piano
Cho-Liang Lin - Violin
Aloysia Friedmann - Viola
Desmond Hoebig - Cello
 

IMAGINE  the world’s most acclaimed musicians brought together for a single performance – not in London, New York, or Prague, but here in North Texas.  Our 26th season presents 27 superstars of classical music in six unique concert programs – just for you.

 
DISCOVER  brilliant young prizewinners from across the globe, performing with celebrated virtuosi.  Our “ensemble for an evening” format gives performances a remarkable electricity and freshness.
 
EXPERIENCE  the intimacy of our concerts. Watch the dynamic interplay among the artists, hear their breath quicken, as they paint a canvas of sound that fills the hall or hushes it to the quietness of a falling leaf.
 
ENJOY  the world’s most beloved classical music, performed by its most admired masters. Chamber Music International’s 26th Season presents a once-in-a-lifetime experience with timeless music.

 

Yi-Jia Susanne Hou - Violin

Internationally celebrated violinist Yi-Jia Susanne Hou is the first violinist ever to capture 3 Gold Medals with unanimous decisions at international violin competitions: Concours International Long-Thibaud (France, 1999), Lipizer International Violin Competition (Italy, 1999) and Sarasate International Violin Competition (Spain, 1997.)

Hou has collaborated with world-renowned Artists such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Pinchas Zukerman, Alan Gilbert, Vladimir Spivakov, Cho Liang Lin, Marcello Viotti, Marek Janowski, Lan Shui, Robert McDuffie, Ralph Kirschbaum, Lawrence Dutton, Joseph Kalichstein, Alain Trudel, Bernhard Gueller, Gregory Vajda, Ling Tung, Li Xin Cao, Jamie Parker and Boris Brott, among others.

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Kelemen Quartet lives up to hype in electrifying concert Source: Scott Cantrel, Dallas Morning News
Kelemen Quartet lives up to hype in electrifying concert Published 04 June 2011 11:44 PM....more

Classical review: Chamber trio superb with Debussy and Mendelssohn
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An innovative mix - CMI charms with Spohr, Barber and Brahms
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DALLAS, April 4, 2004. Chamber Music International (CMI), a non-profit organization that for 18 years....more

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Jan-12: Dallas Morning News: Vital nuances sharpen at Chamber Music concert.
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15.Nov: Dallas Morning News: Circle of winners drafted - Musical all-stars team up for Chamber Music International
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CMI in the Dallas Morning News: Eisemann stage is set for success ... Arts groups cheer center for boosting image and income
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