Joining us for today’s concert is the Florestan Trio, featuring Carol Sindell on violin; Hamilton Cheifetz on cello and Janet Guggenheim on piano.
PROGRAM
Trio No. 39 in G Major “Gypsy Rondo” Haydn
Andante
Poco adagio, cantabile
Rondo a l’Ongarese: Presto
Trio No. 4, Op. 90 Dvorak
Lento maestoso – Allegro quasi doppio movimento
Poco adagio – Vivace non troppo – Vivace
Andante – Vivace non troppo – Allegretto
Andante moderato – Allegretto scherzando – Quasi tempo di Marcia
Allegro
Lento maestoso
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 theage 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.
Welcome to our 2020 season of NOON CONCERTS! Our 2020 season runs from January thru June 2020 and features some of the most outstanding musicians from throughout the Bay Area and beyond. These classical concerts are free to the public and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you need ADA accommodations or have a group that wishes to attend please contact Barb at Barb@142ThrockmortonTheatre.org to make arrangements. The concerts are popular and do fill up so it is a good idea to plan ahead.
ABOUT NOON CONCERTS We have opened our doors for the past 7 + years and presented our Noon Concerts Series free of charge to the public. We bring in talented musicians, offering listeners the opportunity to discover the beauty of music in an intimate, accessible setting. Concerts are in a one-hour format and located in one of our street front settings where both audience and musicians can sit in vibrant, close proximity. Musicians often stay after the performance to informally speak about the program and their upcoming concerts.
NOON CONCERTS CURATOR We have had the good fortune to have Beni Shinohara as our Noon Concerts Curator over the last 4 years. She is a highly respected Bay Area musician who is in demand for her talent and dedication. She has made our Noon Concerts one of the areas sought after engagements for many performers.
SUPPORT Noon Concerts relies on the support of our community. Are you interested in helping us continue to provide high quality Noon Concerts as well as offer free and open access to our entire public? If so, we have many sponsor or donor opportunities available. Please contact Barb at Barb@142ThrockmortonTheatre.org
PERFORMERS If you are interested in being considered for one of our concert dates please contact Beni Shinohara at beni@142throckmortontheatre.org and include the information below. We do pay a small stipend to our performers.
- Bio or performance resume for each participating musician
- Summary of the proposed program (50-60 minutes in length)
- Contact Information (Name/Address/Telephone/Email)
- Requested time period/dates
ABOUT BENI SHINOHARA A native of Nagoya, Japan, violinist Beni Shinohara studied at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where she earned a Master of Music degree. She also studied extensively in Europe with Sandor Vegh before coming to the United States. Beni has been the Assistant Principal Second violin for the San Francisco Opera Orchestra since 1988 and Assistant Concertmaster in the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra since 1990. She has appeared as a soloist with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony and the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, the Houston Ballet Orchestra, and the Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra. Over the years, she has premiered numerous twentieth-century Japanese composers’ works, participating in the “Music Today” Concert Series under the direction of Toru Takemitsu. She also performs with many with Bay Area chamber ensembles such as the Marin Chamber Players, Gold Coast Chamber Players, and the Edgewood Trio. She currently lives in Mill Valley with her husband Katsuto and their Flat-Coated Retriever, Myla.
