Strings and Keys: A University of Utah Faculty Recital, Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival

Program

Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Sonata for Cello and Piano, L. 135

I. Prologue
II. Sérénade
III. Finale

Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
Trois Pièces for Cello and Piano

I. Modéré
II. Sans vitesse et à l’aise
III. Vite et nerveusement rythmé

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Élégie, op. 24

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Pièce en Forme de Habañera, M. 51

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, op. 32

I. Allegro
II. Andante tranquillo e sostenuto
III. Allegro moderato

Strings and Keys: A University of Utah Faculty Recital
Michael Kaufmann, cello
Steven Vanhauwaert, piano

Michael Kaufmann
Coming from a career of solo, chamber, and orchestral music in Los Angeles, Michael Kaufman recently joined the University of Utah as Assistant Professor of Cello and Chamber Music. He has recorded works by Tigran Mansurian for ECM Records and has performed at prestigious venues such as Zankel and Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall. Concerto performances and chamber music engagements have taken him across the United States and Western Europe to festivals such as Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove, Yellow Barn, Music@Menlo, and Verbier. His diverse performance projects have included chamber music concerts with Midori, Brett Dean’s 12 Angry Men in Disney Hall at the Piatigorsky Festival, the premiere of a concerto written by Sean Friar with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, and leading as principal cello of La Monnaie in Brussels. Founder and artistic director of Sunset ChamberFest and founding member of the cello quintet SAKURA, Michael champions eclectic juxtapositions of music from the classical and contemporary canon and is an advocate for guiding and cultivating future generations of composers. He received his bachelor’s degree from Eastman studying with Steven Doane, and his master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Southern California studying with Ralph Kirshbaum. Michael is a member of LA Opera and is on the faculty of the Colburn School.

Steven Vanhauwaert
Hailed by the Los Angeles Times for his “impressive clarity, sense of structure, and monster technique,” pianist Steven Vanhauwaert has garnered a wide array of accolades, including the First Prize at the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition. Mr. Vanhauwaert has appeared as a soloist at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, the Concertgebouw Brugge, the Great Hall of the Budapest Liszt Conservatory, the Forbidden City Theatre in Beijing, Segerstrom Hall, and the National Philharmonic Hall in Kiev. He has appeared with orchestras including the Pacific Symphony, the Lviv Philharmonic, the Sofia Sinfonietta, the Reno Chamber Orchestra, the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico, the Flemish Symphony, and the Kyiv Camerata.

Mr. Vanhauwaert serves as co-director for the Unbound Chamber Music Festival in Mammoth Lakes, a three-week-long summer festival featuring guest artists from around the world. He is also the Artistic Director for the Second Sundays at Two concert series in Rolling Hills, CA.

His discography, on the Hortus, Sonarti, ECM, and Bridge labels, covers a wide range of composers, from Joseph Woelfl to Stravinsky and Tigran Mansurian. His recordings have been awarded 5 Diapasons, a nomination for the International Classical Music Awards, France Musique’s Editor’s Choice, and five stars in Pizzicato Magazine. Mr. Vanhauwaert serves on the faculty at the University of Utah’s School of Music and he is a Steinway Artist. More information at www.stevenpiano.com.

The Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival is held in Lani Hall, a 133-seat auditorium located in the Schoenberg Music Building on the UCLA campus. All concerts are free of charge, and no reservations are required. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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About The Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival

Ambroise Aubrun, D.M.A., Artistic Director

The festival was founded in 1988 by Professor Henry J. Bruman (1913–2005), who sought to introduce new audiences to chamber music at informal concerts on the UCLA campus. The festival is made possible by the Henry J. Bruman Trust, Professors Wendell E. Jeffrey and Bernice M. Wenzel, by a gift in memory of Raymond E. Johnson, and with the support of the UCLA Center for 17th-& 18th-Century Studies.

Photos courtesy of the artists.