CMNW: Voices of Schumann, Schubert, & Brahms
$30
- Zlatomir Fung, cello
- Paul Neubauer, viola
- Jeewon Park, piano
- Susanna Phillips, soprano
- David Shifrin, clarinet
- Zitong Wang, piano
William Bolcom — Let Evening Come
Franz Schubert — Der Hirt auf dem Felsen ("The Shepherd on the Rock"), D. 965 (for soprano, clarinet, & piano)
Johannes Brahms — Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
On this program of four master composers of song, Metropolitan Opera star soprano Susanna Phillips performs works by Franz Schubert and William Bolcom that feature instrumental virtuosity as well. Bolcom's moving song cycle, Let Evening Come, is set to poems by Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, and Jane Kenyon. Schubert's The Shepherd on the Rock and Johannes Brahms's dramatic trio, two of the greatest clarinet chamber masterpieces, are given voice by legendary CMNW Artistic Director Emeritus David Shifrin.
This program will receive 2 in-person performances: Sunday, July 2 at Lincoln Performance Hall; and Monday, July 3 at Kaul Auditorium. This concert will also be professionally recorded, with streaming access July 21 at 7pm Pacific through August 4 at 11:59pm Pacific.
About Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW)
Chamber Music Northwest serves more than 50,000 people annually in Oregon and SW Washington with exceptional chamber music through over 100 events annually, including our flagship Summer Festival, year-round concerts, community activities, educational programs, broadcasts, and innovative collaborations with other arts groups. CMNW is the only chamber music festival of its kind in the Northwest and one of the most diverse classical music experiences in the nation, virtually unparalleled in comparable communities.
Chamber Music Northwest's mission is to inspire our community through concerts and events celebrating the richness and diversity of chamber music, performed by artists of the highest caliber, presenting our community with exceptional opportunities for enjoyment, education, and reflection.
https://cmnw.org/About Zlatomir Fung, cello
The youngest cellist ever to win First Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, Zlatomir Fung has already proven himself a star among the next generation of world-class musicians. Of Bulgarian and Chinese heritage, Mr. Fung was born into a family of mathematicians and began playing cello at age three. He studied at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Richard Aaron and Timothy Eddy, where he was a recipient of the Kovner Fellowship. A winner of the 2017 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the 2017 Astral National Auditions, Mr. Fung has taken the top prizes at the 2018 Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition, the 2016 George Enescu International Cello Competition, and the 2015 Johansen International Competition for Young String Players, among others. He was selected as a 2016 US Presidential Scholar for the Arts and was awarded the 2016 Landgrave von Hesse Prize at the Kronberg Academy Cello Masterclasses. Mr. Fung was announced as a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Winner in 2022 and awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2020.
https://www.zlatomirfung.com/About Paul Neubauer, viola
Paul Neubauer's exceptional musicality and effortless playing led The New York Times to call him "a master musician." Appointed principal violist of the New York Philharmonic at age 21, he has appeared as soloist with over 100 orchestras globally.
http://www.paulneubauer.com/About Jeewon Park, piano
About Susanna Phillips, soprano
Susanna Phillips continues to establish herself as one of today's most sought-after vocalists and recitalists. She is dedicated to oratorio works and is an avid chamber music collaborator.
https://www.susannaphillips.com/About David Shifrin, clarinet
An artist member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 1989, Mr. Shifrin served as its Artistic Director from 1992 to 2004. He has toured extensively throughout the United States with CMSLC and hosted and performed in several national television broadcasts on PBS's Live from Lincoln Center. He also served as Artistic Director of Portland's Chamber Music Northwest from 1981 through 2020 and is currently Artistic Director of the Phoenix Chamber Music Festival.
http://www.davidshifrin.com/About Zitong Wang, piano
Award-winning Chinese pianist Zitong Wang made her solo recital debut at age 13 in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing. She has performed at such venues as the Steinway Hall in New York, Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, and Severance Hall in Cleveland. She has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Hangzhou Philharmonic, Yakima Symphony, and Waring Festival Orchestras. She has worked with conductors Jahja Ling, Xian Zhang, Lina Gonzalez-Granados, José Trigueros, and Yang Yang.
Among others, she won first prize in the Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition and Virginia Waring International Concerto Competition, second prize in the Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition, and first prize in the Princeton Festival Competition and France Music Competition. In 2022, she won first prize and the “Nelson Freire Prize” for the best performer of a piece by Frederick Chopin in the XXXIII Ferrol International Piano Competition.
https://igor.cn/portfolio/wang-zitong/index.html