IU Jacobs School of Music
Starling Chamber Players

with Artistic Directors: Alexander Kerr, violin; Eric Kim, cello

Sunday, January 10, 2010
3:30 PM

Alexander Kerr

Alexander Kerr balances a teaching and orchestral career with worldwide solo and chamber engagements. Among his achievements he has served as concertmaster of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra.

He has collaborated with a number of the world's top musicians, including Grammy Award-winning IU music alums Joshua Bell and Edgar Meyer. His numerous CD recordings include the Dvorak Piano Quintet with classical pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. Kerr regularly presents master classes at several of the nation's leading music schools and conservatories.

Eric Kim

Considered by many as one of the finest orchestral, chamber music, and solo cellists of his generation, Kim has performed throughout the world. Kim has appeared as a soloist with the symphony orchestras of Cincinnati, Denver, and San Diego and was principal cellist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for many years.

He has collaborated with such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and Paavo Jarvi, and has performed with such artists as Pinchas Zukerman, Emmanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, and Yefim Bronfman. Kim can be heard regularly at the summer festivals of Aspen, Bravo!, LaJolla, and Santa Fe, and has made several recordings.

Kerr and Kim will be accompanied by Peter Vickery, violin; Rose Armbrust, viola; Dashiel Nesbitt, viola; and Davin Lee, cello.

Program to Include:

BRAHMS - Sextet in G major, Op. 36; Allegro non troppo; Scherzo: Allegro non troppo — Presto giocoso — Tempo primo; Adagio Poco Allegro

TCHAIKOVSKY - Souvenir de Florence; Sextet for Strings, Op. 70; Allegro con spirito; Adagio cantabile e con moto — Moderato — Tempo I; Allegro moderato; Allegro vivace

N-E-W Trio

Thursday, January 14, 2010
8 PM

Hailed by the Washington Post as a "polished" and "ravishing" piano trio, the N-E-W Trio has emerged as one of the nation's most promising young ensembles. after winning the grand prizes at the 2008 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the 2007 Coleman National Chamber Ensemble Competition, and the string division first prize and audience choice award at the 2007 Plowman National Chamber Music Competition.

The trio performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as part of a series on Beethoven and Schubert. In February of 2008, the N-E-W Trio represented The Juilliard School at the annual Conservatory Project held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C. The trio returned to the Kennedy Center in April as part of the inaugural concert for Pro Musica Hebraica, an organization dedicated to the revival of rare Jewish classical music works, performing alongside renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman. In April 2007, the ensemble was honored to perform at the memorial of famed political historian Arthur Schlesinger, where actress Lauren Bacall, Henry Kissinger, Ted Kennedy, and former President Bill Clinton spoke.

The N-E-W Trio's members Andrew Wan, violin; Gal Nyska, cello; Julio Elizalde, piano are currently pursuing graduate, artist diploma, and doctoral degrees at The Juilliard School. They have worked regularly with members of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, The Francesco Trio, The Weilerstein Trio, and the Brentano String Quartet. As soloists, each member has individually won Juilliard's concerto competition leading to performances at Lincoln Center.

Program to Include:

HAYDN - Trio in C major, H. XV:27

DVORÁK - Trio in E minor, Op. 90, “Dumky”

BEETHOVEN - Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97, “Archduke”