Olympic Music Festival: Folk Inspirations

Olympic Music Festival
Sunday, September 4, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
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$40 ($20 student; ages 12 & under free)

Zoltán Kodály — Serenade for two violins and viola, Op. 12
Antonín Dvořák — Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90, B. 166 "Dumky"
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

Folk music has often served as a major source of inspiration for classical composers throughout history. This program features works inspired by Czech and Hungarian folk music, including Dvořák's beloved "Dumky" trio and the powerful Piano Quintet in F minor by Brahms.

Join the artists immediately following the performance for an interactive Q&A session

COVID-19 Protocols: All audience members are required to wear KF94/KN95/N95 masks at all times while indoors at performances. The Olympic Music Festival follows recommendations by the Jefferson County Health Department, which strongly urges guests to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. 

More details: https://www.olympicmusicfestival.org/covid-19

About Olympic Music Festival

http://www.olympicmusicfestival.org

About David Bowlin, violin

https://www.oberlin.edu/david-bowlin

About Yura Lee, violin & viola

https://www.yuralee.com/

About Andrew Wan, violin

http://www.osm.ca/en/bio/andrew-wan

About Efe Baltacıgil, cello

Principal Cello of the Grammy-winning Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Turkey’s String Player of the Year, 2013, and awardee of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, Mr. Baltacıgil is lauded for his risk-taking, passionate performances that immediately capture the heart and imagination.

Recipient of the Peter Jay Sharp Prize, the Washington Performing Arts Society Prize, and first prize in concerto competitions of Istanbul, New York, and the Allentown, Pennsylvania Schadt String Competition, Baltacıgil experienced early acclaim as winner of the 2005 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Recipient of a bachelor’s degree from the Mimar Sinan University Conservatory in Istanbul and an artist diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music, Efe began his professional career in the United States as Associate Principal Cello of the Philadelphia Orchestra before joining the Seattle Symphony as Principal Cello in 2011.

https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/about/artists/strings/efe-baltacigil/

About Julio Elizalde, piano

https://www.facebook.com/juliothepianist/

About Robert McDonald, piano

https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/mcdonald-robert

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Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park

200 Battery Way
Port Townsend, WA 98368
United States

http://parks.state.wa.us/397/Fort-Worden---Wheeler-Theater
(360) 344-4431