THE FLORESTAN TRIO
Janet Guggenheim, piano
Carol Sindell, violin
Hamilton Cheifetz, cello
Program
Passacaglia for Violin and Cello Handel/Halvorsen
Intermezzo from “Goyescas” Granados
Divertimento Haydn/Piatigorsky
Adagio
Menuet
Allegro di molto
Hamilton Cheifetz and Janet Guggenheim
Theme from “Schindler’s List” John Williams
Carol Sindell and Janet Guggenheim
Trio No. 1 in D minor, op. 49 Mendelssohn
Molto allegro ed agitato
Andante con moto tranquillo
Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace
Finale: Allegro assai appassionato
THE FLORESTAN TRIO is celebrating its 42nd season. The Trio has an international reputation and has been described as “one of Oregon’s musical treasures” in the Oregonian.
Janet Goodman Guggenheim began her piano studies with her father in her hometown, Spokane, when she was five years old. At the age of ten she was accepted for summer master classes by the legendary piano teacher Rosina Lhevinne, who was her mentor for many years. She made her orchestral debut with the San Francisco Symphony at the age of sixteen. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied with Marcus Gordon and was awarded an Alfred Hertz Fellowship, she then received her master’s degree at Juilliard, where she was the recipient of the Josef Lhevinne scholarship. She coached under Dame Myra Hess in London and performed concerts throughout Europe. She was a recipient of a Martha Baird Rockefeller Foundation grant. She has been on the music faculty at the University of California Berkeley, Dominican University, and Portland State University. She was founding pianist of the Chamber Soloists of San Francisco and has participated in numerous music festivals in the United States and Europe. For over thirty years she collaborated with the celebrated violinist Itzhak Perlman, including concerts in Hong Kong, Taipei, Istanbul and Russia. The Moscow concert encores are included in the DVD, “Perlman Live in Russia”. She has been pianist numerous times on the Johnny Carson Show for Mr. Perlman, Yo Yo Ma, and Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg. Additionally she has collaborated with violinists Young Uck Kim, David Kim, Dong Suk Kang, Ivry Gitlis, Uto Ughi, Miriam Fried, Pinchas Zukerman, Stuart Canin, hornist Barry Tuckwell, cellists Pierre Fournier and Matt Haimovitz, and has recorded CDs of Rachmaninov and Prokofiev (Naxos) with cellist Michael Grebanier. She presently lives in Portland and the Bay Area.
Carol Sindell, born in 1948, began studying the violin with Josef Gingold at the age of seven. A year later she gave her first solo performance with orchestra playing a Mozart Concerto. At the age of eleven she was the youngest soloist ever to perform with the Cleveland Orchestra, playing the Mendelssohn Concerto under the direction of Robert Shaw. Her debut with the Cleveland Orchestra was followed by orchestral and recital engagements. In 1962, Ms.Sindell had the honor of being accepted as a student of Jascha Heifetz, and the following year performed on an international broadcast as an outstanding representative of the Heifetz Master Class. While a student at the Juilliard School, she was influenced by mentors such as Ivan Galamian and Erica Morini. Ms. Sindell was the winner of the Friday Morning Music Club Competition in Washington D.C. and the International Advisory Council Competition in Chicago. In 1972 she was awarded the Martha Baird Rockefeller Grant for performance. After her Carnegie Recital Hall debut in 1974, she played throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe both as a soloist and ensemble player. She was a featured artist on a national tour with Music from Marlboro, playing at the Metropolitan Museum, Tully Hall, and the Smithsonian Institute.Ms. Sindell has participated in numerous festivals, including Chamber Music Northwest, Park City International Music Festival, and Rencontres Musicales in Arc-et-Senans, France. As a member of the Florestan Trio, she has toured internationally and recorded a CD. Other CDs include Duos for Violin and Cello, as well as numerous collaborations with other esteemed colleagues. In addition to a busy concert schedule, Sindell has made an outstanding career as a teacher and coach, and enjoys the accolades received by her many gifted students.
Hamilton Cheifetz has been described in Fanfare Magazine as “unquestionably a magnificent player” for his solo recordings, and he has performed throughout North America and in Europe, Asia, and Australia. A native of Chicago, he began playing cello when he was seven and first appeared as soloist with orchestra at the age of eleven. He began studies with Janos Starker at Indiana University at the age of sixteen and later became the teaching assistant to Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi at the University of Western Ontario. The winner of the Piatigorsky Prize at Tanglewood, he toured the United States and Canada on the Music from Marlboro concert series and performed at the White House for President Carter and members of Congress. Mr. Cheifetz has appeared as guest artist with the symphony orchestras of Toronto, Oregon, and Milwaukee, and he toured nationally with the Paul Winter Consort. He presented a solo recital in the Sydney Opera House and has often been featured on NPR’s “Performance Today.” His playing was highlighted, together with jazz great Dave Frishberg and vocalist Rebecca Kilgore, on the CBS television special “Gary Larson’s Tales From the Far Side.” He appeared with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York, and he has been a featured artist at Chamber Music Northwest, BargeMusic in New York and the Oregon Bach Festival. Mr. Cheifetz performed solo recitals and gave master classes in China, and he performed concerti and recitals in Korea in 2016 and chamber music in Germany in 2018. He was guest artist with the Takacs Quartet in December 2018. A dedicated teacher, some of Professor Cheifetz’s students have gone on to positions in orchestras such as the Boston Symphony and Atlanta Symphony. He is a member of Subud International Cultural Association and Chair of SICA USA, an organization dedicated to supporting original culture and world peace.. Cheifetz can be heard live in concert in audio recordings and videos at hamiltoncheifetz.com
ABOUT NOON CONCERTS
Every Wednesday, for the past 5 years, we have offered complimentary classical concerts featuring renowned musicians from around the world. Thank you so much to all who joined us and performed for us over these past seasons. You have helped make this concert series a special place where community and friends can gather for the love of live music and discover something new and beautiful each and every week.
We are determined to offer the inspiration of live music to every community member, regardless of financial ability – so we offer these concerts free of charge to the public. However we pay our performers and incur costs to produce these events so donations are very welcome. We also welcome sponsorships of any level.
