Mostly Mozart Festival
The Mostly Mozart Festival is a summer series of concerts held at Lincoln Center in New York City. Currently, the artistic director is Jane Moss while the music director is Louis Langrée. In 2006, it celebrated its 40th anniversary and the 250th anniversary of its namesake Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth. As it has done for many years, it is performing many of "Mozart's works and also a variety of musical works created after his death that were inspired and influenced by his genius".[1]
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[edit] History
Co-founded by impresario Jay K. Hoffman and William Lockwood, Midsummer Serenades - A Mozart Festival began on August 1, 1966.[2] This program, made possible by Lincoln Center's new, air-conditioned halls, would eventually turn into what is today the Mostly Mozart Festival. On January 27, 1991, The Mozart Bicentennial at Lincoln Center opened with concerts held at Avery Fisher Hall and the Metropolitan Opera House. It was the world's largest and most comprehensive tribute to the life and works of Mozart.[3] The 2009 festival will take place from July 28-August 22 at various venues around Lincoln Center.
[edit] Partial List of Past Featured Artists
- John Adams
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard
- Piotr Anderszewski
- Leif Ove Andsnese
- Nicholas Angelich
- Joshua Bell
- Jonathan Biss
- Borromeo String Quartet
- The Canadian Brass and Star of Indiana
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Michael Collins
- Alice Coote
- Simone Dinnerstein
- Emerson String Quartet
- Elin Frazier
- Claire-Marie Le Guay
- International Contemporary Ensemble
- Jeffrey Kahane
- Louis Langrée
- Robert Levin
- Yo-Yo Ma
- Mark Morris Dance Group
- The OpenEnded Group
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Schola Cantorum de Venezuela
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Yevgeny Sudbin
- Robin Ticciati
- Osmo Vänskä
- Stefan Vladar
- Valentina Lisitsa
[edit] Current Festival Orchestra Members
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Violin
- Martin Agee
- Eva Burmeister
- Robert Chausow
- Katsuko Esaki
- Krista Bennion Feeney, concertmaster
- Lilit Gampel
- Michael Gillette
- Suzanne Gilman
- Conrad Harris
- Amy Kauffman
- Sophia Kessinger
- Katherine Livolsi-Landau
- Kristina Musser
- Ronald Oakland
- Michael Roth
- Deborah Wong
- Mineko Yajima, principal
Viola
- Stephanie Baer
- Shmuel Katz, principal
- Lois Martin
- Jack Rosenberg
- Veronica Salas
Cello
- Ted Ackerman
- Ilya Finkelshteyn, principal
- Ann Kim
- Alvin McCall
Double Bass
- Joseph Bongiorno
- Timothy Cobb, principal
- Judith Sugarman
Flute
- Alan Cox
- Demarre McGill, principal
Oboe
- Randall Ellis, principal
- Bethany Slater
Clarinet
- Steve Hartman
- Jon Manasse, principal
Bassoon
- Marc Goldberg, principal
- Tom Sefcovic
Horn
- Lawrence DiBello, principal
- Richard Hagen
Trumpet
- Neil Balm, principal
- Lee Soper
Timpani
- David Punto, principal
[edit] References
- ^ Moss, Jane; Langrée, Louis. On Anniversaries. Mostly Mozart Festival July 28 - August 26, 2006 PLAYBILL.
- ^ http://www.jaykhoffman.com/aboutus/who_we_are.htm
- ^ http://www.lincolncenter.org/aboutLC/archive_history70s.asp?session=ECD1&version=&ws=&bc=99
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