Chamber Music International

Philip Lewis,
Artistic Director

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2012-13 Season Concerts

Concert 1

This highly-unusual instrumental combination--violin, clarinet, cello, and harp-- creates a fantastic and unique kaleidoscope of colors.

Program:	Suite from "The Victorian Kitchen Garden" for Clarinet and Harp....Paul Reade Concerto a Tre for Clarinet, Violin, and Cello....Ingolf Dahl Trio Pour violin, violoncelle et harp....Jacques Ibert Passacaglia for violin and cello....Handel arr. Halvorsen Fantasie for violin and harp, Op. 124....Camille Saint SaÃ«ns Quartet La Jolla for violin, clarinet, cello and harp (2010) ....John Williams
Performance:	Saturday, October 6, 2012 - 8:00PM SMU Caruth Auditorium Sunday, October 7, 2012 - 7:30PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Artists:	Cho-Liang Lin - Violin Joshua Roman - Cello Deborah Hoffman - Harp John Bruce Yeh - Clarinet

Concert 2

Enjoy a feast of Bohemian and Hungarian masterpieces performed incomparably and deliciously in beauty and virtuosity.

Program:	Outdoor Suite for Solo Piano....BÃ©la BartÃ³k Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola....Bohuslav MartinÃ¹ Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81....AntonÃn DvoÃ¸Ã¡k
Performance:	Friday, December 7, 2012 - 8:00PM SMU Caruth Auditorium Saturday, December 8, 2012 - 8:00PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Artists:	Jun Iwasaki - Violin Felix Olschofka - Violin Atar Arad - Viola Ko Iwasaki - Cello Joyce Yang - Piano

Concert 3

Chamber Music International proudly presents its first concert of the New Year with 3 of the greatest masterpieces of the Romantic Movement.

Program:	Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major....Ludwig Beethoven Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15....Bedrich Smetana String Sextet No. 1 in Bb Major, Op 18....Johannes Brahms
Performance:	Saturday, January 12, 2013 - 8:00PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Artists:	Felix Olschofka - Violin Paul Rosenthal - Violin Susan Dubois - Viola Daphne Gerling - Viola Jungshin Lim Lewis - Cello Nathaniel Rosen - Cello Alexandre Moutouzkine - Piano

Concert 4

Enter the Russian world of Jewish folk music, saunter through a romanticized Hungary; and experience one of the greatest, German piano trios of the 19th century.

Program:	Overture on Hebrew Themes for String Quartet, Clarinet, and Piano, Op. 34....Sergei Prokofiev Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op. 1....ErnÃµ DohnÃ¡nyi Piano Trio No. 1 in Bb Major, D. 898....Franz Schubert
Performance:	Saturday, February 9, 2013 - 8:00PM St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church
Artists:	Nai-Yuan Hu - Violin Philip Lewis - Violin Che-Yen Chen - Viola Eugene Osadchy - Cello Gregory Allen - Piano John Scott - Clarinet

Concert 5

Take a journey through the beautiful Classicism of Austria and Germany, and then proceed to the fiery regions of 19th century violin virtuosity at its best with one of the top young artists of her generation.

Program:	Sonata for Piano and Violin in G major, K. 301....Wolfgang A. Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 2....Ludwig van Beethoven PoÃ¨me, Op. 25....Ernest Chausson Fantaisie brillante on Bizetâs Carmen, Op. 3, No. 3....JenÃ¶ Hubay
Performance:	Sunday, March 10, 2013 - 7:30PM Moody Performance Hall
Artists:	Clara-Jumi Kang - Violin Chih-Yi Chen - Piano

Concert 6

CMI celebrates the return of the spectacular Kelemen Quartet. They will perform a colorful collage of Hungarian music by BÃ©la BartÃ³k and GyÃ¶rgy KurtÃ¡g, English Baroque of Henry Purcell, and one of Beethovenâs finest string quartets.

Program:	Fantasias No. 6, 8, and 10....Henry Purcell String Quartet No. 2 ....BÃ©la BartÃ³k Six Moments Musicaux....GyÃ¶rgy KurtÃ¡g String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131....Ludwig van Beethoven
Performance:	Friday, May 10, 2013 - 8:00PM Moody Performance Hall
Artists:	GÃ¡bor Homoki - Violin BarnabÃ¡s Kelemen - Violin Katalin Kokas - Viola DÃ³ra Kokas - Cello

Imagine
the world's most acclaimed musicians brought together for a single performance - not in London, New York, or Prague, but here in North Texas. Our season of concerts presents superstars of classical music in unique concert programs - just for you.

Discover
brilliant young prizewinners from across the globe, performing with celebrated virtuosi. Our "ensemble for an evening" format gives performances a remarkable electricity and freshness.

Experience
the intimacy of our concerts. Watch the dynamic interplay among the artists, hear their breath quicken, as they paint a canvas of sound that fills the hall or hushes it to the quietness of a falling leaf.

Enjoy
the world's most beloved classical music, performed by its most admired masters. Chamber Music International's Season 27 presents a once-in-a-lifetime experience with timeless music.

Featured Artist

BarnabÃ¡s Kelemen - Violin
BarnabÃ¡s Kelemen has established himself as one of the leading violinist and the most versatile musician of his generation. He is a dedicated chamber musician both as a violinist and violist, string quartet-musician and conductor, giving master classes worldwide. Since 2005 he is the Professor of Violin at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest.

He appears regularly as a concerto soloist with symphonic orchestras of London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Munich, Tokyo, Budapest, Prague, Hong-Kong, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Kuala Lumpur and at many of the worldâs major musical venues as the New Yorkâs Carnegie Hall, the Philharmonie in...more

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CMI Concert Season 25 ~ 2010-11
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CMI Concert Season 23 ~ 2008-09
CMI Concert Season 22 ~ 2007-08
CMI Concert Season 21 ~ 2006-07
CMI Concert Season 20 ~ 2005-06
CMI Concert Season 19 ~ 2004-05
CMI Concert Season 18 ~ 2003-04
CMI Concert Season 17 ~ 2002-03

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