Three Performances
Friday, January 17 @ 7:30 PM
Saturday, January 18 @ 2:30 PM
Saturday, January 18 @ 7:30 PM
*Join us 45 minutes before each concert for a free 25-minute pre-concert talk
“Juliette Kang didn’t try to make the piece sound more imposing than it is and did so with a rock-solid technique and beautiful tone that consistently projected sincere emotionalism. She made the piece real. I didn’t know that was possible.”
Join us at the Gardner Theatre for a passionate performance featuring violinist Juliette Kang and the incredible strings of the Lancaster Symphony. The concert's diverse line-up includes Caroline Shaw's Entr'acte, Marjan Mozetich's Affairs of the Heart, Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3, and Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3.
Take advantage of the opportunity to experience the virtuosity and passion of Juliette Kang and the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra in an unforgettable evening of musical brilliance.
Featuring:
Michael Butterman, conductor
Juliette Kang, violin
PROGRAM:
—Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte
—Marjan Mozetich: Affairs of the Heart
—Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3
—Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Meet Juliette Kang
Canadian violinist Juliette Kang brings interpretive insight, beautiful tone, and technical mastery to a wide range of literature, earning particular acclaim for her traversals of 20th-century masterworks. She has been guest soloist with the Vienna and Baltimore Chamber Orchestras, Orchestres National de France and Bordeaux-Acquitaine, Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Philadelphia and National Arts Centre Orchestras; American, San Francisco, Baltimore, Syracuse, Omaha, Detroit, Edmonton, Vancouver, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Toronto, Houston, Montreal, Korean Broadcasting, Singapore, Russian National and Kyushu (Japan) Symphonies; Hong Kong and Calgary Philharmonics and Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductors with whom Kang collaborates include Marin Alsop, Markand Thakar, Michael Tilson-Thomas, and Keith Lockhart. She recently performed the Barber Concerto and Bruch Scottish Fantasy with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Next season, Kang will perform Bartók #2 with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Yannick Nézét-Séguin. In addition, she will perform Marjan Mozetich's Affairs of the Heart with the Edmonton and Lancaster Symphonies.
An especially accomplished recitalist, Ms. Kang's invitations include New York's Carnegie Hall, Frick Collection, Rockefeller University and 92nd Street Y; Paris' Théâtre Châtelet, Tokyo's Suntory Hall, Boston's Gardner Museum, Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center, Toronto's "Onstage at the Glenn Gould" series, as well as in Seoul, Taipei, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. In addition she has enlivened Canada’s Festival International de Lanaudière and Festival International d’Été; America’s Spoleto, Bravo! Colorado, Ventura, Moab, and Marlboro Festivals; and France's Colmar Festival.
Born in Edmonton, Canada, Ms. Kang began her violin studies at age four. At nine, she began studying with Dr. Jascha Brodsky at the Curtis Institute of Music, from which she earned her Bachelor's Degree in 1991. In 1993, she earned her Master's Degree from The Juilliard School, where her teachers included Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang, and Robert Mann. She came to international attention as the winner of the First Prize in both the Yehudi Menuhin and Indianapolis International Competitions and is also a Young Concert Artists winner.
Ms. Kang's recording debut—a recital on the Discover International label, including the premiere recording of Lutoslawski's Subito—was issued to rapturous acclaim, followed by a recital CD recorded "live" at Carnegie Hall. Her orchestral recording debut, Schumann and Wieniawski (#2) Concertos with Sergiu Comissiona and the Vancouver Symphony are on the C.B.C. label. Ms. Kang has also been a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, was assistant concertmaster of the Boston Symphony, and in the 2005-2006 season, joined the Philadelphia Orchestra as First Associate Concertmaster. Ms. Kang has been profiled in The Strad, The Indianapolis Star, The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, and many other publications.