Richard Wolfe – Past Concerts
Richard Wolfe was born and raised in New York City. He studied violin with Aaron Shapinsky and Dorothy DeLay, and graduated from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio in the class of Walter Levin (primarius of the LaSalle Quartet).
Richard then spent five years in Israel, and was for three years a member of the Israel Chamber Orchestra. It was during this time, and at the request of chief conductor Rudolph Barshai, that he began to play the viola as a serious endeavor.
In 1982 Richard moved to Amsterdam, and joined the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra (NKO) in 1984, where he was appointed solo violist in 1986. Since then, he has appeared numerous times as soloist with the NKO, both in the Netherlands and abroad. In the season 2016-17 Richard is scheduled to perform and record Mozart's 'Symfonie Concertante' with the NKO and its artistic leader, Gordan Nikolić.
He teaches viola at the conservatories of Utrecht and Amsterdam, and he is a passionate chamber music player, having collaborated with artists such as Sergiu Luca and Roel Dieltiens, as well as being a member of the Bellamy String Quartet.
Richard plays on an anonymous Milanese viola built around 1800, and also owns, and is enjoying discovering, a new viola made by the Amsterdam luthier Bengt Widlund.
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival Concert VI: Schubert, Alberga, Dvořák
Ann Southam — Glass Houses No. 11 (for solo piano)
Eleanor Alberga — The Wild Blue Yonder (for violin & piano)
Giovanni Sollima — Arboreto Salvatico (for 2 cellos)
Antonín Dvořák — Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52
In person: $25 ($10 student) |
Stream: $15
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival Concert V: Clarke, Turina, Mozart
Rebecca Clarke — Prelude, Allegro, and Pastorale for Clarinet and Viola
Joaquín Turina — Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Grande Sestetto Concertante for String Sextet (after the Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364/320d)
In person: $25 ($10 student) |
Stream: $15
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival Concert II: Mahler, Bernstein, Brahms
Leonard Bernstein — Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (arr. John Musto for 2 pianos)
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26
In person: $25 ($10 student) |
Stream: $15
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival Concert I: Mozart, Boulanger, Schoenberg
Lili Boulanger — Two Pieces for Violin and Piano (Deux Morceaux)
Amy Beth Kirsten — three shadows for clarinet
Jeff Scott — Toccata for Clarinet and Piano
Arnold Schoenberg — Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
In person: $25 ($10 student) |
Stream: $15
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Haydn, Thomas, Granados, Tchaikovsky
Augusta Read Thomas — Plea for Peace (for soprano & string quartet)
Enrique Granados — Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 49
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
$15
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Haydn, Thomas, Granados, Tchaikovsky
Augusta Read Thomas — Plea for Peace (for soprano & string quartet)
Enrique Granados — Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 49
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
$25 ($10 student)
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Bach, Coleman, Andrée
Michael Cohen — A Song for Silenced Voices (for cello & piano)
Richard Strauss — Sextett (Prelude) from Capriccio, Op. 85
Valerie Coleman — Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano
Elfrida Andrée — Piano Quintet in E minor
$15
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Bach, Coleman, Andrée
Michael Cohen — A Song for Silenced Voices (for cello & piano)
Richard Strauss — Sextett (Prelude) from Capriccio, Op. 85
Valerie Coleman — Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano
Elfrida Andrée — Piano Quintet in E minor
$25 ($10 student)
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Bruch, Hindemith, Kodály, Brahms
Paul Hindemith — Clarinet Quartet
Zoltán Kodály — Intermezzo for String Trio
Johannes Brahms — String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67
$15
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Bruch, Hindemith, Kodály, Brahms
Paul Hindemith — Clarinet Quartet
Zoltán Kodály — Intermezzo for String Trio
Johannes Brahms — String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67
$20 ($10 student)