Richard Stoltzman Gives 4 NYC Concerts

Grammy® Award-winning clarinetist Richard Stoltzman will make four New York City appearances in four very different venues during the 2010/11 season.
 
Richard Stoltzman has opened new doors for clarinetists around the world, from playing the Mozart Concerto with the likes of James Levine and the New York Philharmonic and Riccardo Chailly at La Scala to touring with the Woody Herman Thundering Herd, Judy Collins and George Shearing. 
 
On Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Stoltzman makes his first appearance at the multi-media cabaret club (Le) Poisson Rouge with famed Beaux Arts Trio pianist Menahem Pressler. The program will feature works by Bernstein, Brahms, Debussy, Gershwin and Steve Reich.
 
On Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 6 p.m. Stoltzman joins the Eroica Trio in Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. The work, the signature piece and the reason for the founding of Mr. Stoltzman's former chamber group TASHI, will be performed at the Rubin Museum of Art -- the premier museum of Himalayan art in the Western world.
 
Stoltzman recalls his revelatory coaching with Olivier Messiaen:
 
"The TASHI group had a very special coaching in Manhattan one afternoon in the late 1970's. Messiaen came with his wife, Yvonne Loriod, who translated into English for him. Quietly sitting in the corner was Toru Takemitsu.
 
"The coaching was a turning point for the group, which had been formed specifically to play the QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME but had never before worked directly with Messiaen.  Messiaen gave great insight and encouragement into how to perform his intentions, which are sometimes indicated through his own religious fervor and meditation on the name Jesus, and in colors.   He used phrases like "powdery chords" and asked me to make the tone "noir," or black, over and over again.  His musical language incorporated very precise rhythms and then using them backwards, and in 2, 3, or 4 times the duration, or in half the duration.
 
"Messiaen was adamant about getting those ratios precise because they meant more than just exactness -- they revealed a sense of cosmic unity.  He also worked a lot with Peter Serkin on the sonority of the piano and on the use of pedals.
 
"It was a great afternoon and was especially meaningful because Takemitsu witnessed the wisdom of this great French composer and was inspired to write QUATRAIN for TASHI."
On Saturday, March 19, 2011 Richard Stoltzman joins pianist Simone Dinnerstein for the Peoples' Symphony Concerts at Washington Irving High School. Their program will feature works by Bach, Brahms, Reich and Schumann. 
 
Finally, on April 1, 2011 Richard Stoltzman will join the New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra for a performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium. The evening will feature works by Mozart, Rossini and Stravinsky.  
 
For Listings:
 
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 6:30pm
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Menahem Pressler, piano
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street
New York, NY
Program: Works by Bernstein, Brahms, Debussy, Gershwin and Reich
Tickets: $25 (Students $15) available at the box office, or calling 866 55 TICKETS, or by visiting www.lepoissonrouge.com 
 
Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 6pm
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Eroica Trio,
            Erika Nickrenz, piano
            Susie Park, violin
            Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello
Rubin Museum of Art
150 W. 17th Street,
New York, NY  10011
Program: Messiaen - Quartet for the End of Time; Villa Lobos - Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5; Schumann - Trio in F Major Op. 80
Tickets: $40 (Member Price: $36) available by calling (212) 620-500 x.344 or by visiting www.rmanyc.org 
 
Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 8pm
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Peoples' Symphony Concerts - Washington Irving High School
40 Irving Place
New York, NY  10003
Program: Reich - NY Counterpoint (Stoltzman); Bach - Three Choral Preludes (Dinnerstein); Bach - Sonata in D, BWV 1028 (Duo); Schumann - Fantasiestucke, Op. 120, No.1 (Duo); Brahms - Sonata in f minor, Op 120, No. 1 (Duo)
Tickets: $15, $12 available at the door or online at www.pscny.org 
 
Friday, April 1, 2011 at 7 pm
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
New York Chamber Soloist Orchestra
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium - Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY  10028
Program: Mozart - Symphony No. 29 in A Major K. 201; Stravinsky - Three Pieces for unaccompanied clarinet; Rossini - Andante and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra; Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
Tickets: $45 available at the box office, or by calling (212) 570-3949 or by visiting www.metmuseum.org 
 
Clarinetist RICHARD STOLTZMAN'S virtuosity, musicianship and sheer personal magnetism have made this two-time Grammy® Award winner one of today's most sought-after concert artists. As soloist with more than 100 orchestras, as a captivating recitalist and chamber music performer (performing the first clarinet recitals in the histories of both the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall), and as an innovative jazz artist, Stoltzman has defied categorization, dazzling critics and audiences alike while bringing the clarinet to the forefront as a solo instrument. A prolific recording artist, Stoltzman's acclaimed releases can be heard on Parma Recordings, BMG/RCA, Sony Classical, MMC, NAXOS and other labels, and include the Grammy® winning recordings of Brahms' sonatas with Richard Goode; and Trios of Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart with Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma; as well as Hartke's "Landscapes with Blues," a New York Times "Best of 2003".