Department of Music
Church Fine Arts / 226
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557-0049
Phone: (775) 784-6145
Fax: (775) 784-6896
Argenta Concert Series
Nightingale Concert Hall
2011 - 2012
Season Subscription $135 (Nine Performances from September 9)
Pick Any Three Performances $50 (may purchase several)
Individual Tickets $20
Student Discount $5
- How to purchase tickets:
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- Purchase by phone at 775-784-4278 (includes convenience fee).
- Purchase by fax at 775-784-4274 .
- Purchase by mail.
- Purchase in person at the Lawlor Center Box Office.
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- Purchase by phone at 775-784-4278 (includes convenience fee).
- Purchase by fax at 775-784-4274.
- Purchase by mail.
- Purchase in person at the Lawlor Center Box Office.
- Purchase in person at the Nightingale Concert Hall Box Office one hour prior to each performance.
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- * Note that "A Taste of Argenta" Season Presentation on September 1, 2011 is FREE.
- * For more information please call the School of the Arts at 775-784-4278.
Nightingale Concert Hall is located inside the Church Fine Arts Building on the University of Nevada, Reno campus.
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Dear Friend,
For years the Argenta Trio, the University of Nevada Reno’s premier chamber music ensemble, has been delighting the audiences of northern Nevada with world-class performances, adventurous programming, and exciting collaborations. When I joined the group as cellist two years ago, a particular vision began to take shape in my mind. A vision that the Argenta Trio season, - could serve as a foundation for a larger, more robust and continual chamber music experience. A vision that would attract a varied and devoted following, while appealing to a more diverse community. Today this vision has become a reality!
This fall, the UNR Music Department premieres its first annual Argenta Concert Series, an unprecedented offering of this kind in our region featuring nine performances spanning from September into May. A full-fledged subscription series that will feature the Grammy-winning Parker Quartet, internationally acclaimed guest artists Ida Kavafian and David Shifrin, dazzling jazz performances by our colleagues from The Collective, as well as a three-concert exploration of compositional "crossroads" by the Argenta Trio, celebrating their debut recording on Bridge Records this year. Other performances will feature a virtuoso tour-de-force with Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio and James Winn, a "Journey through Preludes" tracing the evolution of piano composition from Baroque to Contemporary with award-winning pianist Adela H. Park, and a performance of the complete Beethoven Sonatas for Cello and Piano, spanning the entire life of the Master from Bonn in one evening. I will keep you updated on many must-see free events, including pre-concert talks and master classes by visiting artists.
Join us on September 1st at 7:30 p.m. in Nightingale Concert Hall for "A Taste of Argenta", our first free event, which will feature music and a season presentation. Sign-up today for the entire season and help make the Argenta Concert Series, rooted in the traditions of the Argenta Trio, a new and exciting institution in our region.
Join us, for music awaits you!
Sincerely,
Dr. Dmitri Atapine, Artistic Director
Music fills the infinite between two souls…
Rabindranath Tagore,
Nobel Prize for Literature
Performance Details
Argenta Concert Series
An Evening with Clarinetist David Shifrin
May 11, 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall
One of only two wind players to have been awarded the Avery Fisher Prize since the award's inception in 1974, Mr. Shifrin is in constant demand as an orchestral soloist, recitalist and chamber music collaborator. Mr. Shifrin has appeared with major symphonies throughout the U.S. and internationally. He has also served as principal clarinetist with several orchestras. In addition he has received critical acclaim as a recitalist and is a sought after chamber musician. For more information about David Shifrin visit http://www.davidshifrin.com.
Adult, $20; Student $5; Season Tickets and Pick Three Season Tickets Available.
Past Performances
Argenta Concert Series
Argenta Trio Crossroads III with guest artist Ida Kavafian
April 6, 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall
Argenta Trio embarks on a journey of exploring multiple crossroads of music. Each of their three Crossroads concerts will provide an intersection of music by men and women of German/Austrian, Russian, and American backgrounds as well as many musical time periods, classical/early romantic, late romantic and twentieth century. Crossroads III will feature guest artists Ida Kavafian on violin as she joins with Argenta Trio for a concert feature “Piano Trio No. 2)” by Melinda Wagner (female, American, twentieth century), “Piano Trio in A Minor” by Alyabiev (male, Russian, early romantic) and “Piano Quartet in G minor” by Johannes Brahms (male, German, late romantic). Violinist Ida Kavafian enjoys an international reputation as one of the most versatile musicians performing today. With a repertoire as diverse as her talents, Ms. Kavafian has electrified stages as a recitalist as well as a soloist with major orchestras across the globe. A graduate of Juilliard studying with Oscar Shumsky, she made her NY debut under Young Concert Artists. She recently formed a new ensemble, Trio Valtorna, with pianist Gilles Vonsattel and hornist David Jolley. For more information on Ida Kavafian visit http://www.barrettvantage.com/artist.php?id=ikavafian.
Adult, $20; Student $5; Season Tickets and Pick Three Season Tickets Available.
Argenta Concert Series
Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano
Dmitri Atapine and Adela H. Park
February 25, 7 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall
Ludwig van Beethoven's monumental cycle of five “Sonatas for Cello and Piano” is widely recognized as one of the founding pillars of cello repertoire. Spanning the composer's entire life, these works show the evolution in Beethoven's writing from boisterous youth, through heroic adulthood, and into the pensive and meditative sunset of introspection and timelessness. All five sonatas will be performed in a single evening with two intermissions by University music faculty member Dmitri Atapine, cello and guest pianist Adela H Park. This event, like no other, would provide a deeper insight into Beethoven's intimate chamber music ideals, and the astonishing evolution of his craft. For more information on Atapine visit http://www.atapine.com. For more information on Park, visit www.hyeyeonpark.com.
Adult, $20; Student $5; Season Tickets and Pick Three Season Tickets Available.
Argenta Concert Series
A Journey through Preludes: Adela H. Park
February 3, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall
Join award-winning pianist Adela H. Park on a journey exploring the evolution of piano writing from classical to contemporary through the prism of preludes. Featuring works by Bach, Debussy, Messiaen, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, and closing with the cycle of "24 Preludes, Op 28" by Frederic Chopin. For more information about Park visit www.hyeyeonpark.com
Adult, $20; Student $5; Season Tickets and Pick Three Season Tickets Available.
Argenta Concert Series
Argenta Trio Crossroads II
Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall
Program Notes.
"Challenging Tchaikovsky piece to give Argenta Trio a workout," by Geralda Miller, Reno Gazette Journal
Argenta Trio embarks on a journey of exploring multiple crossroads of music. Each of their three Crossroads concerts will provide an intersection of music by men and women of German/Austrian, Russian, and American backgrounds as well as many musical time periods, classical/early romantic, late romantic and twentieth century. Featured on Crossroads II will be the “Piano Trio in E Major” by Mozart (male, Austrian, classical), “Piano Trio” by Higdon (female, American, twentieth century) and “Piano Trio in A Minor” by Tchaikovsky (male, Russian and late romantic).
Adult, $20; Student $5; Season Tickets and Pick Three Season Tickets Available.
Argenta Concert Series
The Collective
November 4, 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall
Program Notes
One of the most creative and versatile ensembles in the West, The Collective, comprised of University of Nevada, Reno music faculty member – Larry Engstrom, trumpet, Peter Epstein, alto saxophone, David Ake, piano, Hans Halt, bass, and Andrew Heglund, drums – performs throughout the region. The Collective has released five CDs including “Once and Again,” “Balance,” “Boats,” “North,” and “Contemplation”.
Adult, $20; Student $5; Season Tickets and Pick Three Season Tickets Available.
A Taste of Argenta
September 1, 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall
Free
Join Dmitri Atapine, Artistic Director of the Argenta Concert Series, as he and fellow artists present highlights of their new series of nine concerts featuring a combination of university faculty members and guest artists performing a variety of chamber music genres. The Argenta Concert series kicks off with a September 9 concert by the Grammy™ award-winning chamber ensemble The Parker Quartet followed by concerts on October 1, Faculty Recital with Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio and James Winn; October 7, Argenta Trio; November 4, The Collective; December 2, Argenta Trio; Feb 1, guest artist recital featuring H. Adela Park; February 25, Faculty Recital with Dmitri Atapine and H. Adela Park; April 6, Argenta Trio with guest artist Ida Kavafian; and closing on May 11 with guest artist David Shifrin performing with members of the University of Nevada, Reno faculty.
Argenta Concert Series
Parker Quartet
September 9, 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall
The Parker Quartet will give a FREE and open to the public masterclass in Nightingale Concert Hall at 1pm on the same day of the Nightingale performance (September 9, 2011).
The Parker Quartet, 2011 Grammy™ winners for Best Chamber Music Performance, kicks off the Argenta Concert Series. Hailed by The New York Times as “something extraordinary,” the Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet has rapidly distinguished itself as one of the preeminent ensembles of its generation. The quartet began its professional touring career in 2002 and garnered international acclaim in 2005, winning the Concert Artists Guild Competition as well as the Grand Prix and Mozart Prize at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition in France. In 2009, Chamber Music America awarded the quartet the prestigious biennial Cleveland Quartet Award for the 2009-2011 seasons. For more information about the Parker Quartet visit http://www.parkerquartet.com/.
Adult, $20; Student $5; Season Tickets and Pick Three Season Tickets Available.
Argenta Concert Series
Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio and James Winn
October 1, 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall
This second concert of the Series features university faculty members, Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio on violin and viola and James Winn on piano and harpsichord. Featured on the program are the “Passacaglia for solo violin” and “Sonata Representativo” by Biber, Schubert’s “Sonata in A Major” Glazunov’s “Elegy” and Franck’s “Sonata in A Major.” Sant’Ambrogio recently released a CD titled “Going Solo: Unaccompanied Works for Violin and Viola” that received a positive review in the July edition of “Strings” magazine.
Adult, $20; Student $5; Season Tickets and Pick Three Season Tickets Available.
Argenta Concert Series
Argenta Trio Crossroads I
October 7, 7:30 p.m.
Nightingale Concert Hall
Argenta Trio embarks on a journey of exploring multiple crossroads of music. Each of their three Crossroads concerts will provide an intersection of music by men and women of German/Austrian, Russian, and American backgrounds as well as many musical time periods, classical/early romantic, late romantic and twentieth century. Crossroads I will feature “Trio No. 3 in G Minor” by Schumann (male, German and early romantic), “Piano Trio” by Auerbach (female, Russian, twentieth century) and “Piano Trio No. 2 in B-flat Major” by Foote (male, American and late romantic).
Adult, $20; Student $5; Season Tickets and Pick Three Season Tickets Available.
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