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About The Artists
Recognized as a soloist, chamber musician, and as first violinist of
the renowned Tokyo String Quartet from 2002-2013, Martin Beaver
is in demand all over the world. After a remarkable career, the
quartet concluded their final season in the summer of 2013.
Remaining one of Canada's violin ambassadors to the international
concert stages, Martin is an active musician for recital, concerto and
chamber performances.
Martin has been a concerto artist with orchestras around the world,
including the San Francisco Symphony, the National Orchestra of
Belgium, Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, the Portuguese
Radio Orchestra and all major orchestras of Canada. He has
collaborated with many esteemed artists including violinist Pinchas
Zukerman and eminent conductors such as Kazuyoshi Akiyama,
Raymond Leppard, Leon Fleisher, and Charles Dutoit. In recital,
Martin has enchanted audiences in cities across North America and
Europe. He has also been invited to such festivals as the Ravinia
Festival (Rising Stars Series), Concerts Under the Dome (Chicago),
Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Ostbelgien Festival (Belgium),
Music in Blair Atholl (Scotland) and major Canadian festivals.
A recipient of many awards, Mr. Beaver was the first to be awarded
the use of the 1729 'ex-Heath' Guarneri del Gesu violin on loan
from The Canada Council for the Arts-Musical Instrument Bank.
He has also been the recipient of the Canada Council's prestigious
Virginia Parker Award, received top prizes at the Queen Elizabeth
Competition in Belgium, the 1990 International Violin Competition
of Indianapolis, and the 1991 Montreal International Music
Competition.
A former pupil of Victor Danchenko, Josef Gingold and Henryk
Szeryng, Martin Beaver has served on the faculties of The Royal
Conservatory in Toronto, University of British Columbia, Peabody
Conservatory of the John Hopkins University, the Steinhardt
School at New York University and the Yale School of Music. Mr.
Beaver has been appointed to the faculty at The Colburn School in
Los Angeles. He acts as co-director of the chamber music program
and maintains his own studio in the school's Conservatory of
Music.
Canadian pianist Kevin Fitz-Gerald enjoys a versatile performing
career as a recitalist, orchestra soloist and chamber musician. His
performances have garnered international acclaim and he has been
recognized for his "hypnotically powerful and precise" pianism
and "dynamic and distinguished" interpretations. His concert tours
and performances have taken place in major concert halls,
universities and concert organizations throughout the United
States, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Australia, Mexico, South
America, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Notable venues
include Carnegie Recital Hall (New York), The Mormon Tabernacle
(Utah), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), National Arts
Centre (Ottawa), Roy Thompson Hall (Toronto), Place des Arts
(Montreal), Izumi Hall (Osaka), Suntori Hall (Tokyo), National
Gallery (Kingston) and Town Hall (Melbourne). He has appeared
with several Canadian and American orchestras including the
Toronto Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Canadian Chamber
Orchestra, CBC Radio Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Los
Angeles Camerata, Utah Chamber Orchestra and more.
Praised for his expressive and poetic music making, Belgian cellist
Thomas Landschoot enjoys an international career as a concert and
recording artist and pedagogue. He has toured North America,
Europe, South America and Asia and has appeared on national
radio and television worldwide.

His solo career started after taking a top prize at the International
Cello Competition 'Jeunesse Musicales' in 1995 in Bucharest,
Romania. He has since performed with orchestras around the
world, and can be heard in recordings available on Summit,
Organic, Kokopelli, ArchiMusic and Centaur Records. He has
commissioned and premiered over 20 new works for cello,
including a concerto by Dirk Brosse:.
He has served as a faculty member at the Music Academy of the
West in Santa Barbara, Castleman Quartet Program in New York,
Killington Music Festival, Meadowmount School of Music, Foulger
International Music Festival in NJ, High Peaks, Madeline Island
and Texas Music Festival. Landschoot has given master classes at
conservatories and universities throughout Asia, the U.S. and
Europe.
His students can be found among the ranks of national and
international competition winners, occupy principal positions in
major orchestras and teach at Universities around the U.S. and
abroad. Thomas Landschoot is currently a professor of Cello at
Arizona State University, after having taught at the University of
Michigan. He is the recipient of ASU's prestigious Herberger
College of Fine Arts Distinguished Teaching Award. Landschoot
has served on the faculty of the Shih Chien University in Taipei
since 2008.
Thomas Landschoot is the founder and the Artistic Director of the
Sonoran Chamber Music Festival
(www.sonoranchambermusic.com), President of the Arizona Cello
Society, and a member of the Rossetti Quartet. He performs on a
cello by Tomaso Balestrieri (1778) and a Dominique Peccatte bow.

Program
Piano Trio No. 44 in E major
Hob.XV:28

Joseph Haydn
(1732-1809)

Allegro moderato
Allegretto
Finale: Allegro
Piano Trio in C minor
Op.1, No. 3

Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)

Allegro con brio
Andante cantabile con Variazioni
Minuetto: Quasi allegro
Finale: Prestissimo
Intermission
Piano Trio in C major
Op.87
Allegro moderato
Andante con moto
Scherzo: Presto
Finale: Allegro giocoso

Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897)

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