Ravinia 2022, Issue 1

JÜRGEN FRANK (EMERSON) EMERSON STRING QUARTET Formed in 1976, the Emerson String Quartet took its name from the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. Violin- ists Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer alter- nate in the first-chair position and are joined by violist Lawrence Dutton and cellist Paul Watkins, who in 2013 became the quartet’s first new member since 1979. The ESQ was the first chamber ensemble to be awarded the Avery Fisher Prize in 2004, was named Mu- sical America ’s Ensemble of the Year in 2000, and has been given honorary doctorates by Middlebury, Wooster, and Bard Colleges, as well as the University of Hartford. In 2015 the quartet was honored with the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award from Chamber Music America. A resident ensem- ble of the Smithsonian Institution for over 40 years, the quartet has held the same role at Stony Brook University since 2002; full-time faculty members Setzer and Dutton were named Distinguished Professors in 2016, while part-time faculty Drucker and Wat- kins were conferred honorary titles. During its years recording for Deutsche Grammo- phon, the ESQ won nine Grammy and three Gramophone Awards for albums that includ- ed the complete quartets by Bartók, Beetho- ven, Shostakovich, and Mendelssohn, as well as chamber works by Janáček and Martinů; quartets by Grieg, Nielsen, and Sibelius; and Mendelssohn’s Octet. The label recently is- sued a box set of the complete discography. Other notable recordings include Schubert’s String Quintet with cellist Mstislav Rostropo- vich, Schumann’s Piano Quintet and Quartet with Menahem Pressler, Webern’s complete string works, Barber’s Dover Beach with baritone Thomas Hampson, and quartets by Schumann, Brahms, Dvořák, Smetana, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, and Prokofiev, many of which received major award nominations. The quartet’s latest albums include a double disc encapsulating its 2018 tour with pianist Evgeny Kissin and the Decca Gold label’s inaugural release, entirely featuring works never before recorded by the ESQ: Britten’s String Quartets Nos. 2 and 3 and a selection of chaconnes and fantasies by Purcell. The Em- erson String Quartet made its Ravinia debut in 1985 and returns tonight for its 26th and fi- nal season at the festival ahead of its planned retirement in the fall of 2023. PAVILION 7:00 PM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2022 CHICAGO PHILHARMONIC THIAGO TIBERIO, conductor Directed by JON FAVREAU Screenplay by JEFF NATHANSON Produced by JON FAVREAU, p.g.a. JEFFREY SILVER, p.g.a. KAREN GILCHRIST, p.g.a Original Score by HANS ZIMMER Original Songs by TIM RICE & ELTON JOHN African Vocal and Choir Arrangements Created and Produced by LEBO M Voice Cast Scar CHIWETEL EJIOFOR Zazu JOHN OLIVER Mufasa JAMES EARL JONES Rafiki JOHN KANI Sarabi ALFRE WOODARD Young Simba JD MCCRARY Young Nala SHAHADI WRIGHT JOSEPH Sarafina PENNY JOHNSON JERALD Kamari KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY Azizi ERIC ANDRÉ Shenzi FLORENCE KASUMBA Pumbaa SETH ROGEN Timon BILLY EICHNER Guinea Fowl AMY SEDARIS Bush Baby CHANCE BENNETT Elephant Shrew JOSH MCCRARY Simba DONALD GLOVER Nala BEYONCÉ KNOWLES-CARTER Impala PHIL LAMARR Hyena J. LEE Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts © All rights reserved. Tonight’s program features the complete film The Lion King with a live performance of its entire score, running approximately 1 hour and 58 minutes with a 20-minute intermission. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members, please remain seated until the conclusion of the end credits. Ravinia expresses its appreciation for the generous support of The Lion King Consortium , which comprises Paul & Jackie Baker, Bobbie & Charlie Denison, Jack & Donna Greenberg, Rudy Juarez, Lori Ann Komisar & Morris Silverman, David & Susan Kreisman, Sheila Medvin, Dr. & Mrs. Charles E. Miller, and The Rosenberg-Frazer Families. THIAGO TIBERIO, conductor A young and energetic new talent with a budding international career in classical, op- eratic, and film music, polyglot conductor and multi-instrumentalist Thiago Tiberio is perhaps the only maestro in the world who makes his own batons and binds his scores in hardcover. Often praised by his peers for ma- ture musicianship, clarity of expression, and accurate technique, Tiberio is a multifaceted musician who has worked with orchestras in Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Australia, Switzerland, Turkey, South Korea, Japan, Brazil, and the United States. He has received critical accolades for a performance of Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony with the Neojiba Youth Orchestra, as well as a con- cert with the Brazil National Symphony Or- chestra that included the world premiere of a new critical edition of Walter Burle Marx’s Fantasia Sobre o Thema do Hymno Nacional and the first performance of the composer’s Third Symphony in 40 years, marking the beginning of an extensive musical restoration project by the Tiberio. He is a specialist in musical synchronization to film, having con- ducted orchestras in scoring sessions during most of his career. This naturally led to posi- tions in live-to-picture concert productions, such as The Lord of the Rings , Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton , and The Nightmare Before Christmas . In 2017, Tiberio adapted the film Love Actually to a live-to-pic- ture concert setting, and he recently worked with composer James Newton Howard on the creation of The Hunger Games in Concert as music director and technical engineer. He has also arranged, orchestrated, and directed concert performances of Cinema Paradiso , The Goonies , Coraline , Grease , Twilight , Brid- get Jones’ Diary , and Get Out . Having earned a master’s degree in music composition from New York University and bachelor’s degrees in music and business administration, Tibe- rio has received such honors as an Emmy, a Luso-Brazilian Award from the United Na- tions, and an International Brazilian Press Award. He is president of the Burle Marx Music Society and the executive and artis- tic director of the education-centered, New York–based ensemble The Third Estate Proj- ect. Thiago Tiberio made his Ravinia debut in 2019 leading Disney’s Pixar’s Coco . RAVINIA MAGAZINE • JUNE 15 – JULY 3, 2022 42