CCM Announces Summer Performance Schedule

Young artists from all corners of the globe will make their way to Cincinnati this summer to work with the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music's (CCM) world-class faculty and renowned guest artists while in residence at the state-of-the-art CCM Village.

CCM offers a wide array of high caliber summer programs and the general public can experience the artistry themselves during a series of public performances and guest artist recitals scheduled for June and July of 2013.

A complete schedule of summer performances is listed below, with highlights including semi-staged productions of Rossini's The Barber of Seville and La Cenerentola, the World Piano Competition Artist Division Finalists Concert featuring the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Associate Conductor Robert Treviño and guest artist recitals by acclaimed pianists Stephen Prutsman, Russell Sherman, Yoshikazu Nagai, CCM Artist-in-Residence Awadagin Pratt and more.

Event Information

All events listed below take place on the campus of the University of Cincinnati unless otherwise indicated. Please see individual event information for single ticket and subscription prices, along with ordering information.

Tickets to World Piano Competition events are available through the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Box Office. Tickets for all other events available through the CCM Box Office.

All event dates and programs are subject to change. Visit http://ccm.uc.edu or contact the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183 for the most current event information.

Parking and Directions
Parking is available in the CCM Garage (located at the base of Corry Boulevard off Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. Please visit http://uc.edu/parking for information on parking rates.

For directions to CCM Village, visit http://ccm.uc.edu/about/directions.

June

8 p.m. Friday, June 28

• CCM Summer Programs: Opera Studio •

Opera Studio Recital

Join the young artists of CCM's Opera Studio summer program as they explore art song and the operatic repertoire in recital in the beautiful CCM Village. Admission is free and reservations are not required.

Location: CCM Master Class Room, 3250 Mary Emery Hall

Admission: FREE

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7 p.m. Sunday, June 30

• CCM Summer Programs: Realizing Rossini •

IL Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

Music by Gioacchino Rossini

Libretto by Cesare Sterbini

Based on the play Le Barbier de Seville by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

Featuring student conductors from CCM's Summer Workshops

Mark Gibson, artistic director

Jose Maria Condemi, director

In the quaint village of Seville, the beautiful Rosina is courted by quite a few men, and the quick-witted barber Figaro is in the middle of it all! One of Rossini's most beloved works, this sparkling comic opera will be presented semi-staged and will showcase the talented young vocalists and instrumentalists taking part in CCM's Realizing Rossini summer workshop. Sung in Italian.

Location: Patricia Corbett Theater

Tickets: $12 general, $6 students. Tickets on sale now through the CCM Box Office by calling 513-556-4183 or visiting http://ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice.html.

July

4 p.m. Saturday, July 6

• CCM Summer Programs: Opera Studio •

Opera Scenes

The young artists of CCM's Opera Studio summer program are excited to share scenes from some of the most beloved works in the canon.

Location: Cohen Family Studio Theater

Tickets: Admission is FREE but reservations are required. Tickets become availab le at noon on Monday, July 1 - visit the CCM Box Office or call 513-556-4183 to reserve. Limit two tickets per order.

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7 p.m. Saturday, July 6

• CCM Summer Programs: Realizing Rossini •

La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

Music by Gioacchino Rossini

Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti

Based on the fairytale Cendrillon by Charles Perrault

Featuring student conductors from CCM's Summer Workshops

Mark Gibson, artistic director

Benjamin Wayne Smith, director

Not quite the classic fairytale you remember, this popular take on the Cinderella story presents a disheveled stepfather and his two daughters who are unprepared for Prince Ramiro to take an interest in stepdaughter Angelina. One of Rossini's funniest operas, La Cenerentola will be presented semi-staged and will showcase the talented young vocalists and instrumentalists taking part in CCM's Realizing Rossini summer workshop. Sung in Italian.

Location: Patricia Corbett Theater

Tickets: $12 general, $6 students. Tickets on sale now through the CCM Box Office by calling 513-556-4183 or visiting http://ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice.html.

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9 a.m. Monday, July 8

• World Piano Competition •

WPC Artist Division Competition Round 1

Competition Jurors: Frederic Chiu, Kyung-sook Lee, Ursula Oppens, Stephen Prutsman and Robert Weirich

CCM and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra proudly present the 2013 World Piano Competition! Held annually in Cincinnati, this renowned Competition attracts applicants from every corner of the world. These talented artists compete for over $65,000 in prize money in a series of rounds leading to the finals, which are performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on July 13. The Gold Medal winner in the Artist Division is awarded a debut recital at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York and numerous performance opportunities worldwide.

Location: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets: $15 general admission. Multi-day passes are also available. Tickets on sale now through the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Box Office or by visiting http://www.cincinnatiwpc.org/tickets.html

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9 a.m. Tuesday, July 9

• World Piano Competition •

WPC Artist Division Competition Round 2

Competition Jurors: Frederic Chiu, Kyung-sook Lee, Ursula Oppens, Stephen Prutsman and Robert Weirich

CCM and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra proudly present the 2013 World Piano Competition! Held annually in Cincinnati, this renowned Competition attracts applicants from every corner of the world. These talented artists compete for over $65,000 in prize money in a series of rounds leading to the finals, which are performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on July 13. The Gold Medal winner in the Artist Division is awarded a debut recital at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York and numerous performance opportunities worldwide.

Location: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets: $15 general admission. Multi-day passes are also available. Tickets on sale now through the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Box Office or by visiting http://www.cincinnatiwpc.org/tickets.html

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6 p.m. Wednesday, July 10

• World Piano Competition •

WPC Artist Division Competition Semi-Finals

Competition Jurors: Frederic Chiu, Kyung-sook Lee, Ursula Oppens, Stephen Prutsman and Robert Weirich

CCM and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra proudly present the 2013 World Piano Competition! Held annually in Cincinnati, this renowned Competition attracts applicants from every corner of the world. These talented artists compete for over $65,000 in prize money in a series of rounds leading to the finals, which are performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on July 13. The Gold Medal winner in the Artist Division is awarded a debut recital at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York and numerous performance opportunities worldwide.

Location: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets: $15 general admission. Multi-day passes are also available. Tickets on sale now through the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Box Office or by visiting http://www.cincinnatiwpc.org/tickets.html

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6 p.m. Thursday, July 11

• World Piano Competition •

WPC Artist Division Competition Semi-Finals

Competition Jurors: Frederic Chiu, Kyung-sook Lee, Ursula Oppens, Stephen Prutsman and Robert Weirich

CCM and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra proudly present the 2013 World Piano Competition! Held annually in Cincinnati, this renowned Competition attracts applicants from every corner of the world. These talented artists compete for over $65,000 in prize money in a series of rounds leading to the finals, which are performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on July 13. The Gold Medal winner in the Artist Division is awarded a debut recital at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York and numerous performance opportunities worldwide.

Location: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets: $15 general admission. Multi-day passes are also available. Tickets on sale now through the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Box Office or by visiting http://www.cincinnatiwpc.org/tickets.html

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7 p.m. Saturday, July 13

• World Piano Competition •

WPC Artist Division Finalists Concert

Featuring the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Robert Treviño, conductor

Competition Jurors: Frederic Chiu, Kyung-sook Lee, Ursula Oppens, Stephen Prutsman and Robert Weirich

CCM and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra proudly present the 2013 World Piano Competition! The three finalists in the Artist Division of this year's Competition perform with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Associate Conductor Robert Treviño during this exciting concert.

Location: Corbett Auditorium

Tickets: $25 - $35. Tickets on sale now through the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Box Office or by visiting http://www.cincinnatiwpc.org/tickets.html

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2 p.m. Sunday, July 14

• CCM Summer Programs: Art of the Piano Guest Artist Recitals•

Stephen Prutsman, piano

Stephen Prutsman has been described as one of the most innovative musicians of his time. Moving easily from classical to jazz to world music styles as a pianist, composer and conductor, Prutsman has collaborated with the likes of the Kronos Quartet, Tom Waits, Rokia Traore, Joshua Redman, Sigur Rós and Asha Bhosle. He continues to explore and seek common ground and relationships in the music of all cultures and languages.

Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Tickets: $20 general, $10 students. Subscribe to all seven concerts in the Art of the Piano Guest Artist Series for just $70. Tickets and subscriptions on sale now through the CCM Box Office. Call 513-556-4183 or visit http://ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice.html for more information.

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7 p.m. Monday, July 15

• CCM Summer Programs: Art of the Piano Guest Artist Recitals•

Ory Shihor, piano

Ory Shihor, dean of the Colburn Academy in Los Angeles, is an award-winning pianist, educator and arts administrator. He was a major force in creating the Academy, recognizing the need to support highly-talented, pre-college age students who seek to continue their music studies at a conservatory level. Shihor produces the annual Colburn Piano Festival, which attracts applicants from around the world to its two-week summer immersion program, and is also a faculty member in the Colburn Conservatory's piano department.

Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Tickets: $15 general, $6 students. Subscribe to all seven concerts in the Art of the Piano Guest Artist Series for just $70. Tickets and subscriptions on sale now through the CCM Box Office. Call 513-556-4183 or visit http://ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice.html for more information.

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7 p.m. Tuesday, July 16

• CCM Summer Programs: Art of the Piano Guest Artist Recitals•

Myong-Joo Lee, piano

Myong-joo Lee began her solo career at the age of fourteen with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and has since made her successful New York debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall and other appearances such as recital at the Frick Collection, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Flagler Museum of Art in Palm Beach, among others. Her orchestra appearances include the Rumanian Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Chamber Orchestra, Sewanee Festival Orchestra among others throughout US and broadcasts on WQXR in New York and WCLV in Cleveland.

Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Tickets: $15 general, $6 students. Subscribe to all seven concerts in the Art of the Piano Guest Artist Series for just $70. Tickets and subscriptions on sale now through the CCM Box Office. Call 513-556-4183 or visit http://ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice.html for more information.

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7 p.m. Saturday, July 20

• CCM Summer Programs: Art of the Piano Guest Artist Recitals•

Russell Sherman, piano

Legendary pianist Russell Sherman continues to garner accolades from critics and audiences alike for his grace, imagination and poetry. The New York Times calls him "one of the best pianists in this or any other country." Sherman has performed with such major orchestras as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Luke's (with whom he performed the five Beethoven concertos), Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony.

Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Tickets: $20 general, $10 students. Subscribe to all seven concerts in the Art of the Piano Guest Artist Series for just $70. Tickets and subscriptions on sale now through the CCM Box Office. Call 513-556-4183 or visit http://ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice.html for more information.

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2 p.m. Sunday, July 21

• CCM Summer Programs: Art of the Piano Guest Artist Recitals•

Ning An, piano

Ning An has been hailed by the New York Concert Review as a musician who "combines a flawless technique and mastery of the instrument with an expressive power that is fueled by profound and insightful understanding." His top prizes from the Queen Elizabeth, Cleveland, and William Kapell Piano Competitions led to performances from Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, Salle Verdi (Milan), to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. He has been invited to perform at numerous festivals, including the International Chopin Festival in Poland, the Gina Bachauer Piano Festival in Salt Lake City, New Hampshire's Monadnock Music Festival, the Bourglinster Festival in Luxembourg and the Interlaken Music Festival in Switzerland. A passionate chamber musician as well as soloist, An has performed with groups such as the Ysaye, Daedalus, and Takacs Quartets as well as instrumentalists James Buswell, Paul Neubauer, Andres Diaz and Soovin Kim.

Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Tickets: $15 general, $6 students. Subscribe to all seven concerts in the Art of the Piano Guest Artist Series for just $70. Tickets and subscriptions on sale now through the CCM Box Office. Call 513-556-4183 or visit http://ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice.html for more information.

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7 p.m. Tuesday, July 23

• CCM Summer Programs: Art of the Piano Guest Artist Recitals•

Mayron Tsong, piano

Steinway Artist Mayron Tsong has been taken by her performances around the globe to almost every state in the continental United States, as well as Canada, Russia, Sweden, Italy, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. After her solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Harris Goldsmith of the New York Concert Review praised it as "an enlivening, truly outstanding recital." Fanfare Magazine called her "a genius, pure and simple... perhaps, a wizard." Winner of numerous competitions and prizes, Mayron has performed and interviewed for many radio broadcasts, including CBC Radio in Canada, WDAV in North Carolina, WFMT Radio in Chicago, Radio 4 in Hong Kong and NPR's The State of Things.

Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Tickets: $15 general, $6 students. Subscribe to all seven concerts in the Art of the Piano Guest Artist Series for just $70. Tickets and subscriptions on sale now through the CCM Box Office. Call 513-556-4183 or visit http://ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice.html for more information.

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7 p.m. Wednesday, July 24

• CCM Summer Programs: Art of the Piano Guest Artist Recitals•

Yoshikazu Nagai and Awadagin Pratt, piano

Praised by audiences and critics alike for his fresh interpretations and dramatic presentation style, pianist Yoshikazu Nagai has performed as soloist and chamber musician internationally in such venues as the Shanghai Concert Hall in China, National Recital Hall in Taiwan, Carnegie Recital Hall in New York, Kennedy Center's Terrace Theatre and The National Gallery. In addition, he is a frequent soloist with orchestras throughout the U.S. and his performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio's Performance Today, RAI (Italian National TV), and Hong Kong National Radio amongst others. For this recital, he will be joined by CCM Artist-in-Residence and Art of the Piano Artistic Director Awadagin Pratt.

Location: Robert J. Werner Recital Hall

Tickets: $20 general, $10 students. Subscribe to all seven concerts in the Art of the Piano Guest Artist Series for just $70. Tickets and subscriptions on sale now through the CCM Box Office. Call 513-556-4183 or visit http://ccm.uc.edu/boxoffice.html for more information.

CCM Season Presenting Sponsor and Musical Theatre Program Sponsor: The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation

Community Partner: ArtsWave

CCM is proud to be an All-Steinway School

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is recognized both nationally and internationally as one of the leading conservatories for the performing and electronic media arts, composition, scholarship and pedagogy.

All event dates and programs are subject to change.

For a complete calendar of events visit our website at http://ccm.uc.edu.

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