Ravinia Steans Music Institute 2019

18 RAVINIA’S STEANS MUSIC INSTITUTE RSMI PIANO AND STRINGS EVENTS Events in Bennett Gordon Hall PIANO AND STRINGS FACULTY Miriam Fried , Program Director and violin The Marie-Louise and Samuel R. Rosenthal Chair for Violin Miriam Fried has been recognized for years as one of the world’s preeminent violinists. A consummate musician—equally accomplished as recitalist, concerto soloist or chamber musician—she has been heralded for her “fiery intensity and emotional depth” ( Musical America ) as well as for her technical mastery. Fried has played with virtually every major orchestra in the United States and Europe and has been a frequent guest with the principal orchestras of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, as well as with the Israel Philharmonic, the London Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic, and the Vienna Symphony. Recital tours have taken her to all of the major music centers in North America and to Brussels, London, Milan, Munich, Rome, Paris, Salzburg, Stockholm, and Zurich. Since 1993, she been chair of the faculty at the Steans Institute for Young Artists at the Ravinia Festival, one of the country’s leading summer programs for young musicians. Her involvement there has included regular performances, including recitals and concerts with the Chicago Symphony. Fried’s highly praised 1985 New York recitals of the complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin were the culmination of three years of international performances. She returned to this music with a recording made in France for the Lyrinx label. She has also made a prize-winning, best-selling recording of the Sibelius Concerto for the Finlandia label with the Helsinki Philharmonic under the direction of Okko Kamu. Chamber music plays an important role in Fried’s musical life. She was first violinist of the Mendelssohn String Quartet until it disbanded after 30 years, and has collaborated with such distinguished artists as Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Garrick Ohlsson, Nathaniel Rosen, her son, pianist Jonathan Biss, and her husband, violinist/violist Paul Biss. She has been featured guest artist at Chamber Music East in Boston, the La Jolla Chamber Music Society SummerFest, the Lockenhaus Festival, and the Naantali Festival in Finland. Miriam Fried’s successful solo career was launched in 1968 after she was awarded First Prize in Genoa’s Paganini International Competition. Three years later she claimed top honors in the Queen Elisabeth International Competition, where she gained further world attention by becoming the first woman ever to win the prestigious award. Her early childhood included lessons with Alice Fenyves in Tel Aviv, as well as the opportunity to meet and play for the many great violinists who visited Israel, including Isaac Stern, Nathan Milstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Henryk Szeryng, Zino Francescatti, and Erica Morini. She came to the United States as a protégée of Isaac Stern, and continued her studies with Ivan Galamian at the Juilliard School and with Joseph Gingold at Indiana University. Ms. Fried devoted her sabbatical leave during the 2015-2016 season to the solo sonatas and partitas of Bach. This immersion resulted in a series of lectures on Bach’s solo violin works, and companion master classes which are available on the iclassical-academy website. After a series of performances of the sonatas and partitas she recorded them for Nimbus. Concerts Tuesday, July 2, 2:00 p.m. – free and unticketed Friday, July 5, 2:00 p.m. – free and unticketed Monday, July 8, 6:00 p.m. - BGH Classics Series Mendelssohn Octet Thursday, July 11, 2:00 p.m. – free and unticketed Saturday, July 13, 2:00 p.m. – free and unticketed Monday, July 15, 6:00 p.m. – BGH Classics series The Music of Mendelssohn Friday, July 19, 2:00 p.m. – free and unticketed Saturday, July 20, 2:00 p.m. - free and unticketed Monday, July 22, 6:00 p.m. – BGH Classics series More Music of Mendelssohn Wednesday, July 24, 2:00 p.m. – free and unticketed Friday, July 26, 2:00 p.m. – free and unticketed Saturday, July 27, 2:00 p.m. – free and unticketed Master Classes All master classes are free and unticketed. Wednesday, July 3, 2:00 p.m. Robert Levin, piano Friday, July 12, 2:00 p.m. Mihaela Martin, violin Thursday, July 18, 2:00 p.m. Timothy Eddy, cello Program Information Repertoire and performers for these events will be announced online in the days leading up to each event. Check Ravinia.org/page/ Steans for the latest information. Sign up for the e-mail newsletter at Ravinia.org to receive program details in your inbox. Live Streaming Live video and audio of many of our free RSMI events will be streamed online at Ravinia.org/page/Steans. Check the website for the latest information. Also, if you missed an RSMI concert or would like to hear a perfor- mance again, you can listen to streaming audio recordings of most concerts on Ravinia’s YouTube page. Our concerts will be posted throughout the season. RSMI