1. 56th Guggen Visual Concert
August 11, 2011

2. Beethoven Piano Trios Istomin, Stern, & Rose

3. Eugine Istomin -American pianist(Nov. 26, 1925~Oct. 10, 2003)
-Born in New York city of Russian parents
-famous for his work in piano trio, with Stern and Rose
-particularly of music by Beethoven, Brahms, & Schubert
-studied under Serkin and Horszowski
-in 1943, debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra with Eugene Ormandy, playing a concerto by Chopin
-Grammy Award in 1970 with the trio, for the recording of Beethoven
-married Marta Montanez Martinez(Marta Casals Istomin), the widow of Pablo Casals, on Feb. 15, she is a former president of the Manhattan School of Music and former artistic director of the Kennedy Center
-received the French Legion d’honneur in 2001
-died of liver cancer in 2003

4. Isaac Stern -Isaac Stern (Jul. 21, 1920~Sept. 22, 2001)
-Ukrainian-born violinist, Russian, Jewish family
-moved to San Francisco at the 14th months old
-received the music lessons from his mother and studied at San Francisco Conservatory
-public debut on Feb. 18, 1936 at age 15 and played Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor
-Among his discoveries were Yo-Yo Ma, Jian Wang, Itzhak Perlman, and Pinchas Zukerman
-Fiddler on the Roof is dubbed by him
-in 1979, official visit to China when Nixon went to PRC
-died of heart failure at 81

5. Leonard Rose -Leonard Rose (Jul. 27, 1918~Nov. 16, 1984)
-American cellist and pedagogue
-born in Washington, D.C., his parents were immigrants from Kiev, Ukraine
-studied at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music and joined Arturo Toscanini’s NBC Symphony Orchestra at age 20
-At 21, he was principal cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra
-At 26 was principal of the New York Philharmonic.
-his pupils are Lynn Harrell, Yo-Yo Ma, Myung-wha Chung, so many etc….
-1662 Amati

6. Program -Op. 70 No.1 D major “ Ghost” Allegro Largo Presto
-Op. 70 No.2 E-flat major
Allegro, ma non troppo
Allegretto
Allegretto, ma non troppo
-Op.97 B-flat major “Archduke”
Allegro moderato
Scherzo, Allegro
Andante cantabile ma pero con moto(D major)