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Princeton, NJ

Adventures in Chamber Music

Sat, March 16, 2024, 1:00 pm

Richardson Auditorium

1 hour, no intermission

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Program

Joseph Haydn

(1732–1809)

Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello in A major, Hob. XV:18

(1794)

Ludwig van Beethoven

(1770–1827)

Trio in C minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 1, No. 3

(1794–95)

Joseph Haydn

(1732–1809)

Trio for violin, cello and piano in E major, Hob. XV:28

(1797)

Ludwig van Beethoven

(1770–1827)

Trio in D major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 70, No. 1, “Ghost”

(1808)
Quick Note

Quick Note

Beethoven employs dramatic contrasts and haunting melodies to create a sense of mystery and depth.

Listen for the ominous and ethereal atmosphere established in the second movement, where Beethoven introduces the ghostly theme that gives the trio its nickname, showcasing his innovative approach to chamber music composition.

Joseph Haydn

(1732–1809)

Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello in G major, Hob. XV:25

(1795)

Mika Sasaki

Piano

Pianist Mika Sasaki is an imaginative and versatile soloist, chamber musician, and educator whose performances have taken her around the world. Her debut album, Obsidian: Mika Sasaki plays Clara Schumann, released on Yarlung Records in 2016, was highly acclaimed by the Online Merker as “illuminat[ing] the artistic inspiration and creative exchange between three Romantic souls,” Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, and Johannes Brahms. Her performances have been broadcasted on WQXR, WFMT, KQAC, 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, performing Amy Beach’s Piano Concerto. She is the pianist of Ensemble Mélange and appears regularly with the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston, Manhattan Chamber Players, Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, and with her duo partners. Her festival appearances include Music@Menlo, Tanglewood, Chigiana, Taos, Yellow Barn, Aspen, Focus!, Icicle Creek, Mannes Beethoven Institute, Caramoor, Shandelee, Weekend of Chamber Music, Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival, and many others. An advocate of both old and new repertoire, she can be heard championing works from the Baroque to the present, and has commissioned chamber music and solo works by Max Grafe, Emily Cooley, Andrew Hsu, and Jonathan Dawe. An alumna of the Peabody Conservatory, Ensemble Connect, and the Juilliard School, Sasaki is now a faculty member at Juilliard. Her teachers have included Benjamin Pasternack, Gilbert Kalish, and Joseph Kalichstein.

 

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Julian Rhee

Violin

Winner of the prestigious 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Korean-American violinist Julian Rhee has enthralled listeners internationally, praised for his refinement and beauty of sound, and “the kind of poise and showmanship that thrills audiences” (The Strad). Rhee came to international prominence following his prize-winning performances at the 2024Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition and the 11th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. He has appeared with orchestras including the Milwaukee Symphony, Belgian National Orchestra, Antwerp Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Richmond Symphony, and San Diego Symphony alongside conductors such as Francesco Lecce-Chong, Valentina Peleggi, Antony Hermus, Leonard Slatkin, and Rune Bergmann. Equally passionate about chamber music, Rhee is a member of CMS’s Bowers Program. He has performed at festivals including the Ravinia Steans Institute, Marlboro Music, and North Shore Chamber Music Festival, performing alongside esteemed musicians such as Vadim Gluzman, Jonathan Biss, and Mitsuko Uchida. Rhee received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the New England Conservatory, and currently studies with Christian Tetzlaff at the Kronberg Academy. He is the recipient of the outstanding 1699 “Lady Tennant” Antonio Stradivari violin and a Jean Pierre Marie Persoit bow on extended loan through the generosity of the Mary B. Galvin Foundation and the Stradivari Society.

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Mihai Marica

Cello

Romanian-born cellist Mihai Marica is a first-prize winner of the Dr. Luis Sigall International Competition in Viña del Mar, Chile, as well as the Irving M. Klein International Competition, and is a recipient of Charlotte White’s Salon de Virtuosi Fellowship Grant. He has performed with orchestras such as the Symphony Orchestra of Chile, Xalapa Symphony in Mexico, the Hermitage State Orchestra of St. Petersburg in Russia, the Jardins Musicaux Festival Orchestra in Switzerland, the Louisville Orchestra, and the Santa Cruz Symphony in the US. He has also appeared in recital performances in Austria, Hungary, Germany, Spain, Holland, South Korea, Japan, Chile, the United States, and Canada. A dedicated chamber musician, he has performed at the Chamber Music Northwest, Norfolk, and Aspen music festivals where he has collaborated with such artists as Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, David Shifrin, André Watts, and Edgar Meyer. He is a founding member of the award-winning Amphion String Quartet. A recent collaboration with dancer Lil Buck brought forth new pieces for solo cello written by Yevgeniy Sharlat and Patrick Castillo. He recently joined the acclaimed Apollo Trio. Marica studied with Gabriela Todor in his native Romania and with Aldo Parisot at the Yale School of Music, where he was awarded master's and artist diploma degrees. He is an alum of CMS's Bowers Program.

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