Chicago Philharmonic 2019-2020

12 FALL 2019 | THE CHICAGO PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY 2019 2020 SEASON: REUNION David Perry, violin Violinist David Perry enjoys an international career as a chamber musician, soloist, and teacher. Mr. Perry has performed in Carnegie Hall and most of the major cultural centers of North and South America, Europe, and the Far East. Mr. Perry joined the Pro Arte Quartet and the UW-Madison faculty in 1995, and was granted a Paul Collins Endowed Professorship in 2003. e Pro Arte celebrated its Centennial Larry Rachle , conductor Larry Rachle is the Walter Kris Hubert Professor of Orchestral Conducting and Music Director of the Shepherd School Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. From its inception, he was the Music Director and Principal Conductor of Chicago Philharmonic for 23 years. He recently completed 21 years as Music Director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, and formerly served as Music Director of the San Antonio Symphony. Additionally, he served as Artistic Advisor of the Grand Rapids Symphony. “A take-charge maestro who invests everything he conducts with deep musical understanding” ( Chicago Tribune ), Mr. Rachle is in constant demand as a guest conductor. Recent engagements include the Utah Symphony, Houston Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, and Toledo Symphony among many others. Summer festival engagements include Tanglewood, Aspen, Interlochen, Chautauqua, Brevard Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, Opera eatre of Lucca, Italy, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. In 1993, he was selected as one of four American conductors to lead the Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall under the mentorship of Pierre Boulez. In Fall 2017, Rachle was inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame. A former faculty member of Oberlin Conservatory, where he was Music Director of Orchestras and Conductor of the Contemporary Ensemble, he also served as conductor of the Opera eatre at the University of Southern California. He has conducted and presented masterclasses all over the world, including the Chopin Academy in Warsaw, the Zurich Hochschule, the Sydney and Queensland, Australia conservatories, the Juilliard School, the New England Conservatory, and Royal Northern College in the United Kingdom. Rachle is an enthusiastic advocate of public school music education. He has conducted All-State orchestras and festivals across the United States as well as throughout Europe and Canada. He has also served as principal conducting teacher for the American Symphony Orchestra League, the Conductors’ Guild, and the International Workshop for Conductors in the Czech Republic. As a dedicated advocate of contemporary music, Mr. Rachle has collaborated with leading composers including Samuel Adler, the late Luciano Berio, George Crumb, Michael Daugherty, and John Harbison among others. Larry Rachle holds honorary doctorates in music from both Roger Williams University, and Providence College, Rhode Island. He resides in Houston with his wife, soprano Susan Lorette Dunn, and their son, Sam. KENNETH WARREN & SON, LTD. VIOLIN DEALERS AND EXPERTS i Dealers in fine violins, violas, cellos, and their bows i Expert opinions and valuations i Sponsor of and collaborator with the latest historical research of classic Italian violin making and French bow making 40 North Wells Street, Suite 500 Chicago, IL, 60606 312 634-5050 info@kwsviolins.com www.kwsviolins.com Anniversary in 2011-2012. Composers commissioned for the celebration included William Bolcom, John Harbison, Pierre Jalbert, Walter Mays, Benoit Mernier, and Paul Schoen eld. Former concertmaster of the Aspen Chamber Symphony, Mr. Perry was on the artist-faculty of the Aspen Music Festival and School for nearly two decades and continues to tour the U.S. annually as founding violinist of the Aspen String Trio. O en appearing as concertmaster of the Chicago Philharmonic since its beginning, he has been a frequent guest concertmaster with such groups as the China National Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia Festival Orchestra, American Sinfonietta, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Active with Orpheus since the late 1980s, he may be heard on many of the ensemble’s Deutsche Grammophon recordings. Mr. Perry’s chamber and solo recordings can be found on the Delos, Naxos and Albany labels. He performs in the summers as rst violinist of the Midsummer’s Music Festival in Door County, Wisconsin. A 1985 U. S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, his rst prizes have included the International D’Angelo Competition, National MTNA Auditions, and the Juilliard Concerto Competition. A native of Illinois, his early training was with John Kendall and Almita Vamos, followed by studies with Dorothy DeLay, Paul Kantor, and Masao Kawasaki at the Juilliard School. anks to the Nathan McClure Opportunities Fund, Mr. Perry plays on a 1711 Franciscus Gobetti violin, arranged by Chancellor John Wiley and the UW Foundation.