Media Contact: Dominique Pelletey
(415) 710-0551 / pelletey@sffcm.org
San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music presents
The 5th Annual Yehudi Menuhin Chamber Music Seminar and Festival
June 1 through June 3
(www.sffcm.org)
WHAT:
“The Composer’s Mind/ The Performer’s Voice” -- Concerts and Master Classes
WHERE:
Knuth Hall, Creative Arts Building San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway @19th Avenue, San Francisco
WHEN:
Friday, June 1 through Sunday, June 3
WEBSITE
www.sffcm.org
TICKETS:
Single Tickets -- General $20/ Students & Seniors $10
Passes -- $25, $40, $60, $150 (benefactor)
(415) 820-1530; http://www.sffcm.org/tickets
DETAIL:
Now in its 5th year, the Yehudi Menuhin Chamber Music Seminar and Festival has
become a celebrated series of educational programs and concert performances. Combining master classes,
public lectures and chamber music concerts that embrace a broad range of composers and genres, the
Seminar and Festival seeks to promote Maestro Menuhin’s deep belief that music can foster cooperation,
empathy, and understanding among people of all ages and backgrounds. This year’s event will feature
four public concerts and seven master classes highlighted by the world-renowned cellist Lynn Harrell and
including distinguished musicians Emile Naoumoff, Aglika Angelova, Toby Appel, the Jupiter Trio, and
the Daedalus Quartet.
Full Festival Schedule
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Opening Concert, music by Mozart, Shostakovich and Fauré
Jupiter Trio with Toby Appel, viola; Alexander & Afiara String Quartets;
Emile Naoumoff, piano
Knuth Hall
Friday, June 1, 7:30 pm
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Second Concert, music by Fauré, Beethoven, Naoumoff, and Brahms
Emile Naoumoff & Aglika Angelova, piano; Jupiter Trio; Alexander String Quartet with
Toby Appel, viola & Lynn Harrell, cello
Knuth Hall
Saturday, June 2, 7:30 pm
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Special Event, Morrison Artist Series: music of Haydn, Horne and Debussy
Daedalus Quartet
McKenna Theatre, Creative Arts Building, San Francisco State University
Sunday, June 3, 3 pm
Free and open to the public
www.morrisonseries.org
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Third Concert, music to be announced
Menuhin Fellowship Ensembles
Knuth Hall
Sunday, June 3, 7 pm
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Lecture, “Helping Talent Develop”
Dr. Robin Schader
Knuth Hall
Sunday, June 3, 9 am
Free and open to the public
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Master Classes (Audit Only)
Lynn Harrell, Toby Appel, Jupiter Trio, Emile Naoumoff, Alexander String Quartet,
Daedalus Quartet, Matthew Cmiel, Leland Paul Kusmer
Knuth Hall
Friday, June 1, 4pm - 6pm: “Master Class for Cellists” with Lynn Harrell
Saturday, June 2, 1pm – 2;15pm: Toby Appel "Wanted: The Composer - Dead or Alive"
Saturday, June 2, 1pm – 2;15pm: Jupiter Trio- "The Art of Collaboration - One Voice or
Many"
Saturday, June 2, 2:30pm - 3:45pm: Emile Naoumoff - "Reading the Composer's Mind"
Saturday, June 2, 2:30pm - 3:45pm: Alexander String Quartet - “Being Beethoven’s
Voice”
Saturday, June 2, 4:15pm - 6pm: Lynn Harrell Chamber Music Master Class "Finding Your Voice"
Sunday, June 3, 10:30am - 12pm: Daedalus Quartet - Chamber Music Master Class
Sunday, June 3, 1pm - 2:45pm: Emile Naoumoff, Matthew Cmiel, Leland Paul Kusmer
"Composers Speak Their Minds”
Sunday, June 3, 1pm - 2:45pm: Aglika Angelova – “The Art of Chamber Music for
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