|
Are You Brave ? Festival V.5.0 10.23.02 |
Brave New Works |
Kerrytown Concert House
10.23.2002
October 23, 2002
Wednesday
8 pm concert
Matthew Ardizzone,
guitar
Leo Brouwer
Elogio de la Danza
William Walton
Bagatelles Nos. 1, 2 and 3
Leo Brouwer
Danza Caracterista
Sergio Assad
Prelude and Toccata
Ulla Suokko, flute
Sponsored by the Finlandia
Foundation
Toru Takemitsu (Japan)
Voice (1971)
Claude Debussy (France)
Syrinx (1913)
Alexandre Lunsqui (Brazil)
Topografia de um Caminho Andado for Bass Flute(2001)
Kaija Saariaho (Finland)
Laconisme de l'aile (1982)
Marcelo Toledo (Argentina)
Aliento/Arrugas (1998)
Guitarist Matthew Ardizzone has performed throughout the United
States and Canada and was a prizewinner in the Stotsenberg and Rantucci International
Guitar Competitions. In addition to being a solo recitalist, he is an active
collaborator. His recent chamber music partners include violinist Movses
Pogossian, tenor Gregory Kunde, and saxophonist Matthew Sintchak (Duo Nouveau).
Matthew's first CD, entitled Mazurka!, was recently released by the Aardvark
Media record label, and has been nationally distributed. It was a recipient
of a 2001 "Crystal Award for Excellence." An avid scholar, Matthew's work
has been published in Soundboard Magazine and with Mel Bay Publications.
His festival appearances as a performer and teacher include the Shady Side
Chamber Music Festival (Pittsburgh), Brave New Works (Ann Arbor), and the
Ithaca College Guitar Festival; he has given master classes at schools throughout
the country, including the Cleveland Institute of Music, Eastern Michigan
University, and the University of Iowa. With Bachelor and Master of Music
degrees in guitar performance from Ithaca College, Matthew was the first
guitarist to receive the Doctor of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of
Music where he was also awarded the Performer's Certificate. He has been
on the faculties of Eastman's Community Education Division, St. John Fisher
College, and Nazareth College in Rochester, NY (the latter since 1992). He
now resides in Ann Arbor and teaches at Bowling Green State University.
Representing the Finlandia Foundation as Performer of the Year, concert flutist
and performing artist Ulla Suokko enjoys a versatile career sharing the magic
of music, poetry and stories with audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.
Active both as a soloist and chamber musician, she has been featured in some
of New York City's most prestigious concert halls and in many other venerated
concert venues throughout the East Coast, Europe and Central Asia. Her performances
are heard regularly throughout the New York Metropolitan area, and New York
City's classical radio station WNYC has often broadcast her recordings and
live performances. Ms. Suokko has been a featured artist at many summer festivals
in her native Finland, including the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival and Uusikaupunki
Crusell Festival. Last year brought her to perform at international festivals
also to Tashkent, Uzbekistan and to Ulan Bator and Gobi desert in Mongolia.
This year her performances include concerts in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia.
Performing regularly with some of New York's best contemporary music ensembles,
she collaborates with composers, inspiring new works for her instrument.
She has premiered scores of works, including several dedicated to her. Ms.
Suokko earned the Master of Music degree from Sibelius Academy in Finland
and a Performer's Certificate from Eastman School of Music. While still living
in Finland, she was flutist in the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and spent
many summers studying and performing in Italy. She has taught master classes
in the U.S., Europe and Central Asia. She holds the Doctor of Musical Arts
degree from The Julliard School, where she studied with Julius Baker. In
her spare time Ms. Suokko enjoys reading and writing, exploring languages
and cultures, practicing Shorin Ryu karate as well as dancing flamenco and
Argentinean tango.
Are You Brave Too ? Festival
is looking for sponsors.
Contact
Brave.New.Works@umich.edu
or call 800-896-7340
to become a sponsor