Spend a musical evening in Spain, a country of enchanting colors, rhythms, and textures. The intoxicating sounds of the guitar and the seductive tones of the Spanish language combine with piano and violin for a program of unbridled flair.
Program
Fernando Obradors
(1897–1945)Canciones Clásicas Españolas for Voice and Guitar
(1921)Isaac Albéniz
(1860–1909)Mallorca for Guitar, Op. 202
(1891)Enrique Arbós
(1863–1939)Tres Piezas Originales in Estilo Español for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 1
(c. 1886)Manuel de Falla
(1876–1946)Siete canciones populares españolas for Voice and Piano
(1914)Pablo de Sarasate
(1884–1908)Romanza Andaluza from Spanish Dances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22
(1878)Joaquín Rodrigo
(1901–1999)Tres canciones españolas for Voice and Guitar
(1951)Joaquín Turina
(1882–1949)Trio No. 2 in B minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 76
(1933)
Kristin Lee
Dmitri Atapine
Jason Vieaux
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, violinist Kristin Lee enjoys a vibrant career as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. She has appeared as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Hawai’i Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and many others. She is also the co-founder and artistic director of Emerald City Music in Seattle, as well as the director of the Chamber Music Institute at Music@Menlo. Lee released her critically acclaimed debut solo album, American Sketches, on First Hand Records in November 2024. Recent projects include a collaboration with Grammy-nominated ensemble Sandbox Percussion, featuring a new commission by Vivian Fung, and an extensive tour through South Africa with the Johannesburg, KwaZulu, and Cape Town philharmonics. Lee plays a Gennaro Gagliano violin (Naples, 1759), generously loaned to her by Paul and Linda Gridley. She is an alum of CMS’s Bowers Program.
Cellist Dmitri Atapine has been praised for his “brilliant technical chops” (Gramophone) and performances that are “highly impressive throughout” (The Strad). He has appeared at leading venues, including Carnegie Hall’s Zankel and Weill halls, the National Auditorium of Spain, and Beijing’s Forbidden City Concert Hall. He performs frequently with CMS, where he is an alum of the Bowers Program. He has been featured at festivals including Music@Menlo, La Musica Sarasota, Aldeburgh, and Aix-en-Provence. His many recordings include a world-premiere release of Lowell Liebermann’s cello sonatas. He has received multiple performance and teaching awards, including first prize at the Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition. He holds a doctorate from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Aldo Parisot. Atapine is Professor of Cello at the University of Nevada, Reno. Together with pianist Hyeyeon Park, he serves as Artistic Co-Director of Music@Menlo, Friends of Chamber Music Kansas City, and Apex Concerts (Nevada).
Grammy-winner Jason Vieaux, “among the elite of today's classical guitarists” (Gramophone), is described by NPR as “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation.”
His appearances at San Francisco Performances, Caramoor Festival, Ravinia Festival, Round Top Festival, PCMS, 92nd St Y, CMS, Wolf Trap, and others, have cemented his reputation as one of the world’s leading guitarists. He has performed as soloist with over 100 orchestras, including Cleveland, Toronto, Houston, Nashville and St. Louis, working with renowned conductors such as Giancarlo Guererro, Jahja Ling, Gerard Schwarz, and David Robertson.
His strong presence on radio and streaming services continues with his long-awaited Bach Volume 2: Works for Violin, released in April 2022 to rave reviews from Gramophone and others. Shining Night, a CD featuring his duo with acclaimed violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, was released in May 2022 on Avie Records to great acclaim. He recorded Pat Metheny’s Four Paths of Light (dedicated to Jason) for Metheny’s 2021 album Road to The Sun on BMG Modern. Of his Grammy-winning 2014 solo album Play, the Huffington Post declared that the album is “part of the revitalized interest in the classical guitar.”