Han-Setzer-Finckel
Piano Trio
The HAN-SETZER-FINCKEL
piano trio consists of the ferociously talented pianist Wu
Han joining half of the Emerson String Quartet, cellist
David Finckel and violinist Philip Setzer.
Pianist Wu Han ranks
among the most esteemed and influential classical
musicians in the world today. Her career has taken her to
many of the world's most prestigious venues, including
Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and Washington's Kennedy
Center. She has toured North and South America, Europe,
and the Far East, and her regular summer festival
appearances include Aspen, Santa Fe, Chamber Music
Northwest, Caramoor, and Music@Menlo. Wu Han is active as
a concerto soloist as well, recently appearing with the
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in a performance of the
Beethoven Triple Concerto. Wu Han is a frequent
collaborator with many of today's finest musicians and
ensembles, including the Borromeo, Emerson, Pacifica, and
St. Lawrence Quartets.
Wu Han's wide-ranging
musical activities include the founding of ArtistLed,
classical music's first musician-directed, Internet-based
recording company, which, in 2007, celebrated its tenth
year. All ten ArtistLed recordings have received critical
acclaim and are available via the company's website (www.artistled.com).
ArtistLed's recent release, "Russian Recital" features
works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Scriabin, and marks
Wu Han's first full-length solo recording for the label.
This season, ArtistLed releases its eleventh album, a
recording of the Schubert piano trios, featuring David
Finckel, Wu Han, and violinist Philip Setzer.
Cellist David Finckel's
multifaceted career as concert performer, recording
artist, educator, arts administrator, and cultural
entrepreneur places him in the ranks of today's most
influential classical musicians. He has been hailed as a
"world class soloist" (Denver Post) and "one of the top
ten, if not top five, cellists in the world today" (Nordwest
Zeitung, Germany). Highlights of recent seasons include
recitals throughout North America with pianist Wu Han; the
world premiere performance of Gabriela Lena Frank's
Compadrazgo with the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra
(Columbus, OH); and the world premiere of Pierre Jalbert's
Cello Sonata at the Aspen Music Festival. Additional solo
and chamber appearances include the Aspen Music Festival,
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and Music@Menlo, and over
one hundred concerts annually as cellist of the Grammy
Award winning Emerson String Quartet. Other recent
appearances as orchestral soloist include Elgar's Cello
Concerto Op. 85 with the Slovenia Symphony Orchestra,
Shostakovich's First Concerto and the Beethoven Triple
Concerto (with Wu Han and violinist Margaret Batjer) with
the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
David Finckel and Wu Han
serve as Artistic Directors of The Chamber Music Society
of Lincoln Center. In recent years, they have become
widely recognized for their initiatives in expanding
audiences for classical music, and for guiding the careers
of countless young musicians. They are also the founders
and Artistic Directors of Music@Menlo, a chamber music
festival in Silicon Valley that has garnered international
acclaim since its inception in 2003. Prior to launching
Music@Menlo, Wu Han and David Finckel served for three
seasons as Artistic Directors of SummerFest La Jolla.
Violinist Philip Setzer
is a founding member of the Emerson String Quartet, which
has received eight Grammy Awards, three Gramophone Awards,
and the coveted Avery Fisher Prize, and has performed
cycles of the complete Beethoven, Bartók, and Shostakovich
string quartets in the world's musical capitals, from New
York to Vienna. The Noise of Time, a groundbreaking
theater collaboration between the Emerson Quartet and
Simon McBurney--about the life of Shostakovich--was based
on an original idea of Mr. Setzer's.
As a soloist, he has
appeared on several occasions with The Cleveland
Orchestra, with the Aspen Chamber Orchestra, and also with
the National, Memphis, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Omaha and
Anchorage Symphonies. In 1976, Philip Setzer won a bronze
medal at the Queen Elisabeth International Competition in
Brussels. He has also participated in the Marlboro Music
Festival.
Friends of Music Concert
Repertoire:
Mendelssohn: Sonata for
Cello and Piano in D-Major, Op. 58
Mendelssohn: Trio in D-Minor, Op. 49
--Intermission--
Mendelssohn: Trio in C-Minor, Op. 66
