Violin Master Class with Bruno Eicher, Daniel Khalikov, Elena Barere - MET Orchestra Musicians Master Classes
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Program
– April 11, 2021: Violin
– Panelists: Bruno Eicher, Daniel Khalikov, Elena Barere
– Performers: Estelle Shan-Shih Chang, Krystof Kohout, Rebecca Kasdan
Estelle Shan-Shih Chang - Zurich University of the Arts
Mozart: Concerto No. 3, K. 216; I. Allegro (exposition) with cadenza
Strauss: “Don Juan”
Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 4, Op. 27; I. Allemanda (Lento maestoso)
Franck: Violin Sonata; IV. Allegretto poco mosso
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Violin: April 11, 2021
Bruno Eicher - Assistant Concertmaster
French-born violinist Bruno Eicher is the Assistant Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, which he joined in 2001, after serving for four years as Associate Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony and the previous four years as Assistant Concertmaster of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. His wide-ranging orchestral experience includes playing for the Vienna Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, among others. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Eicher has performed extensively throughout Europe and the U.S., as well as in South Korea. A native of Dijon, France, Mr. Eicher is a graduate of the Paris Conservatoire where he studied with Pierre Amoyal and Jean Hubeau. In the United States, he was a student of Dorothy DeLay and Hyo Kang at the Juilliard School, from which he holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees. In 1992, he was the 2nd prize winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition.
Daniel Khalikov
Violinist Daniel Khalikov commands the world stages as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, he is the third generation of a highly respected family of musicians. Since 2008, Khalikov has been a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. At Lincoln Center, and with the Met on tour, he has collaborated with such illustrious conductors as Levine, Muti, Rattle, Gergiev, Barenboim, Luisi, and Gatti in productions ranging from Adams to Verdi. As a member of the Orchestra, Khalikov is in part a recipient of the numerous Grammy Award recordings won by the Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Daniel Khalikov has performed alongside Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, and Emanuel Ax, at music festivals of Santa Fe, Tanglewood, Verbier, Norfolk, Music Mountain, the Perlman Music Program, the MET Chamber Players, and Lake Tahoe Summerfest. Mr. Khalikov plays a 1804 Françoise Pique violin.
Elena Barere
Elena Barere, violinist with the Metropolitan Opera since 1994, was born and raised in Manhattan. She attended the prep division and later earned a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Music from Juilliard. She studied there with Dorothy Delay, then with Leventritt award winning violinist David Nadien. While a student she performed at Aspen, Vail, Spoleto and Marlboro music festivals. Moving into the NYC studio recording world, she became concertmaster for innumerable recordings and films. Artist discography includes Carly Simon,David Bowie, Paul Simon, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Harry Connick Jr, Tony Bennett. Film credits include Cape Fear, Ty Cobb, Muppet Christmas Carol and You’ve Got Mail. Independent films include Teeth, Why We Fight and Trumbo. Currently running at the NYC Planetarium she is heard, along with her vocalist daughter Carolyn Miller “Journey to the Stars” :Whoopie Goldberg, narrator; composer, Robert Miller. Elena resides in Westchester with her husband and two daughters.
THE METROPOLITAN ORCHESTRA
Thrilling audiences with more than 200 performances each season, the MET Orchestra is one of the world’s great performing ensembles, both on stage and in the opera pit. Since its founding in 1883, the MET Orchestra’s performances have encompassed not only the entire opera repertoire, but symphonic and chamber programs at Carnegie Hall, international tours, and countless musician activities outside of the Metropolitan Opera House. The MET Orchestra has grown in the past four decades into an ensemble noted by singers, critics, conductors, and audiences as one of today’s most stylistically versatile and musically satisfying orchestras.
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