The King, the Cat, and the Fiddle
Recorded live in Alice Tully Hall on April 14, 2024.
Video produced by Ibis Productions.
Does the king really need live music at the palace? The fiddling cat knows the answer in the comical, fantastical story by Yehudi Menuhin and Christopher Hope with music by Bruce Adolphe.
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Bruce Adolphe
Mika Sasaki
Kristin Lee
Clara Neubauer
Resident lecturer and director of family concerts for CMS since 1992, Bruce Adolphe is a composer of international renown, much of whose output addresses science, history, and the struggle for human rights.
Resident lecturer and director of family concerts for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 1992, Bruce Adolphe is a composer of international renown, much of whose output addresses science, history, and the struggle for human rights. His works are frequently performed by major artists, including Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Fabio Luisi, Joshua Bell, Daniel Hope, Angel Blue, the Brentano String Quartet, the Washington National Opera, the Metropolitan Opera Guild, the Human Rights Orchestra of Europe, and over 60 orchestras worldwide. Among his most performed works are the violin concerto I Will Not Remain Silent, the violin/piano duo Einstein’s Light, and Tyrannosaurus Sue: A Cretaceous Concerto.
Pianist Mika Sasaki is a soloist, chamber musician, and educator whose performances have taken her around the world. Her performances have been broadcasted on WQXR, WFMT, WCRB, KQAC, Vermont Public, and Radio Sweden. She has appeared as concerto soloist with the Sinfonia of Cambridge, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, 92Y Orchestra, and, more recently, with the InterSchool Symphony Orchestra of New York. She is a member of Ensemble Mélange, Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston, and Decoda, and has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Manhattan Chamber Players, Orpheus, and A Far Cry, as well as in festivals such as Tanglewood, Chigiana, Yellow Barn, Taos, Chamber Music Northwest, and Music@Menlo. An alum of the Peabody Conservatory, Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, and the Juilliard School, Sasaki is now a faculty member at Juilliard.
A recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant as well as a top-prize winner of the International Naumburg Violin Competition and the Astral Artists’ National Auditions, Kristin Lee is a violinist of remarkable versatility and impeccable technique who enjoys a vibrant career as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. Lee has appeared as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Hawai’i Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and many others. She is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of Emerald City Music in Seattle. Lee released her critically acclaimed debut solo album, American Sketches, on First Hand Records in November 2024. In 2026, she will collaborate with Grammy-nominated ensemble Sandbox Percussion, featuring a new commission by Vivian Fung. Lee’s violin was crafted in Naples in 1759 by Gennaro Gagliano and is generously loaned to her by Paul and Linda Gridley. She is an alum of CMS’s Bowers Program.
Praised for her “seductive artistry” and “rare grace” (Classical Voice North America), violinist Clara Neubauer is a recent recipient of the Ana Chumachenco Award from the Kronberg Academy and the Peter Mennin Prize from the Juilliard School. Clara has appeared at festivals including the Ravinia Festival, Taos School of Music, Music@Menlo, Four Seasons, Music from Angel Fire, Olympic Music Festival, and Marlboro Music Festival. This season includes performances with the Mainly Mozart Festival, the Perlman Music Program, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, collaborating with artists including Mitsuko Uchida, Christoph Richter, Ida Kavafian, Alexi Kenney, Peter Wiley, Jennifer Frautschi, and Edward Aaron. Winner and recipient of the silver medal at the National YoungArts competition, Clara has appeared as soloist with the Wu¨rttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, the Symphony of Westchester, the National Repertory Orchestra, the New York Concerti Sinfonietta, the Little Orchestra Society, Ensemble 212, and the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra. She has won prizes at the Adelphi Competition, the Symphony of Westchester Young Artist Competition, Ensemble 212 Young Artist Competition, and the Young Musicians Competition at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Clara was a Musical Ambassador for the Doublestop Foundation as winner of their Artist in You Competition and was featured on WQXR as part of their Young Musicians Showcase. Clara received her bachelor’s degree and is currently pursuing a master’s from the Juilliard School as a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship and a student of Li Lin and Itzhak Perlman. Born on 9/11/2001, Clara can be heard as the voice on the audio guide at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum along with Robert De Niro.
