Techno Parade
Throughout the history of classical music, dance has been an important way for composers to evoke the folk styles and national voices of a wide variety of cultures. From Baroque composers compiling German, French, Italian, and English dances for suites, to Brahms’ Hungarian Dances, Tchaikovsky’s famous Trepak, and Mahler’s Klezmer themes, dance music’s ability to vividly capture the heart and soul of a people continues to attract composers. This program has an eclectic set of dances – some danceable, some absolutely not – from the Baroque, Romantic, and Modern eras. Delightful waltzes, a soulful tango, and a seductive habanera offer contrast to some of the more virtuosic works, including Guillaume Connesson’s blistering Techno Parade.
This concert will be held at the beautiful Steinway Piano Gallery in downtown Fort Worth, featuring Jake Fridkis, principal flutist of the FWSO, and pianist Daniel Anastasio, who was praised by Rivard Report for his “technical prowess and emotional sensitivity”.
Throughout the history of classical music, dance has been an important way for composers to evoke the folk styles and national voices of a wide variety of cultures. From Baroque composers compiling German, French, Italian, and English dances for suites, to Brahms’ Hungarian Dances, Tchaikovsky’s famous Trepak, and Mahler’s Klezmer themes, dance music’s ability to vividly capture the heart and soul of a people continues to attract composers. This program has an eclectic set of dances – some danceable, some absolutely not – from the Baroque, Romantic, and Modern eras. Delightful waltzes, a soulful tango, and a seductive habanera offer contrast to some of the more virtuosic works, including Guillaume Connesson’s blistering Techno Parade.
This concert will be held at the beautiful Steinway Piano Gallery in downtown Fort Worth, featuring Jake Fridkis, principal flutist of the FWSO, and pianist Daniel Anastasio, who was praised by Rivard Report for his “technical prowess and emotional sensitivity”.
Program
Telemann: Fantasia No. 2 in A minor for Flute Solo
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Musicians
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Hailed by the Dallas Morning News for his “radiant tone and generous expressivity”, and the Fort Worth Star Telegram for his “musicianship, clear sound, precise intonation, and empathic dynamic levels”, Jake Fridkis has quickly established himself as one of the leading flutists of his generation and “a modern day Rampal” (Cvnc.org).
Jake has performed as a concerto soloist in Germany, Italy, France, Brazil, and throughout the United States. He has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, St. Louis Symphony and played guest principal flute with the Dallas Symphony, Symphony SONG (Korea) and guest Solo Flute with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra including their 2017 spring tour. Before graduating from the Yale School of Music, he won the principal flute position in the South Dakota Symphony where he played for two months before winning the same position with the Fort Worth Symphony where he is currently principal. Jake earned his Masters and Artist Diploma degrees while studying with Ransom Wilson at the Yale School of Music, receiving the coveted Thomas Nyfenger memorial prize for highest achievements. His other studies have been at the Cleveland Institute with Josh Smith, and at The Aspen Music Festival and School with Mark Sparks. He is currently on the faculty of the Eastern Music Festival and The Conducting Institute and is a Wm. S. Haynes flutes performing artist. |
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A soloist and chamber musician based in San Antonio, Texas, pianist Daniel Anastasio combines an intellectual curiosity with “technical prowess and emotional sensitivity” (Rivard Report). His performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 3, conducted by Leon Fleisher with the Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra, was “the highlight to everyone’s ears, if the full-house of standing ovation were any indication” (ECM reviews). Anastasio was a concerto competition finalist at Cornell University, Stony Brook University, and Juilliard, where he won the Mieczyslaw Munz Scholarship. He received fellowships to Music Academy of the West, Kneisel Hall, Tanglewood Music Center and Yellow Barn Music Festival. Anastasio is the co-founder of Unheard-of//Ensemble, a group dedicated to commissioning composers and premiering their works.
Recently joining the faculty of San Antonio College as an Assistant Professor, Anastasio is a member of Agarita, a San Antonio-based chamber ensemble dedicated to making classical music accessible to everyone in San Antonio, and reaching the whole of its community including the most underserved populations. Anastasio received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music and philosophy at Cornell University under Xak Bjerken, and a Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School under Jerome Lowenthal. Last Spring he received his Doctor of Musical Arts at Stony Brook University, under Gilbert Kalish and Christina Dahl. |
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Stas Chernyshev, a native of St. Petersburg, Russia, is recently appointed principal clarinetist of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. He is the founder and artistic director of Fort Worth Performances for Autism, and a co-director of Opus Nova Chamber Music Series. Mr. Chernyshev is a prize winner of many international competitions, and has appeared at Carnegie Hall in New York, Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as well as in Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Russia, South Korea, Japan. A devoted chamber musician, Mr. Chernyshev has collaborated with Grammy-winning ensemblesEighth Blackbird and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, commissioned new works for his instrument. He has been featured on WQXR -New York’s classical music station and WHYY’s television program - On Stage at Curtis. Mr. Chernyshev holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, and a Master’s degree from St. Petersburg Conservatory, Russia. He is an alumnus of Ensemble Connect (formerly Ensemble ACJW), a program of Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School and the Weill Music Institute, and ArtistYear, a program of the Curtis Institute of Music.
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Ann Hung, born in Taipei, Taiwan, began her musical studies at a young age, starting with piano at age five and clarinet at age nine. Dr. Hung is an active performer in the Dallas and Fort Worth area who regularly performs in the realms of both the orchestral and chamber music. She has shared the stage with the Fort Worth Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the faculty of the Juilliard School. Dr. Hung is always pushing the boundaries of her repertoire and skills, such as collaborating with jazz musicians and commissioning new composers. As a proponent of new music, she has avidlycommissioned new works including a wind quintet with her quintet Opus Now premiering in Symphony Space in NYC. One of the new works that Dr. Hung commissioned is included in a recently released album “Stained Glass Story” by Eldad Tarmu. Dr. Hung is currently teaching in Lewisville ISD, Burleson ISD as private lesson instructor and often plays with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. She is the associate director of the Fort Worth Performances for Autism and co- founder of Opus Nova Chamber Music Series.
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