BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Acme Widgets\, Inc.//NONSGML ExportToCalendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Groupmuses near X-WR-NAME:Groupmuses near BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260813T061749Z UID:226a8e89-12b5-4889-b71b-ea638c070e74 DTSTART:20230407T230000Z DTEND:20230408T013000Z DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Jonathan D.\nMusicians: Yannick Rafalimanana and Nath an Meltzer\n\n**CHANGE OF PROGRAM:\nPlease note that Joshua Halpern will u nfortunately not be able to participate in the Emil Trio's performance thi s evening.\nThe trio's other two members are delighted to substitute a duo recital on the related theme of composers affected by World War I.**\n\n7 PM Doors & Pre-Reception\n8 PM Recital\n10 PM Post-Reception\n\n_____\n\n **Nathan Meltzer & Yannick Rafalimanana**: Ravel & Composers Affected by W orld War I\n\n[Gotham Arts](https://www.facebook.com/GothamArts/) in colla boration with [Groupmuse](https://www.groupmuse.com/) is delighted to pres ent an intimate private recital by members of the [Emil Trio](https://www. emiltrio.com/about)\, featuring violinist [Nathan Meltzer](https://www.emi ltrio.com/nathan-meltzer) and pianist [Yannick Rafalimanana](https://www.e miltrio.com/yannick-rafalimanana)\, of works by Ravel and other composers affected by World War I.\n\nAn array of wine and snacks will be served.\n\ n**Program:**\n\nBACH (1685–1750): Sonata for violin and piano in c mino r\, BWV 1017\nDEBUSSY (1862–1918): Violin Sonata\nRAVEL (1875–1937): * Tzigane*\n*Pause*\nWILLIAM BAINES (1899–1922) Preludes for Solo Piano\nS ZYMANOWSKI (1882–1937): *La fontaine d'Arethuse*\nENESCU (1881–1955): *Impressions d’enfance*\nSAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)\, arr. YSAŸE (1858-19 31): *Caprice-Valse*\n\n__________\n\n**About the Musicians:**\n\n[Watch t he Emil Trio perform Brahms' Piano Trio in c minor\, Op. 101](https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=B-z-hYQHeMk)\n\n**Emil Trio**\n\nThe Emil Trio is comp rised of Nathan Meltzer\, Yannick Rafalimanana\, and Joshua Halpern\, and formed after the three met at the Krzyzowa-Musik Festival in Poland in 202 1. An immediate connection was formed at a sight-reading one late night af ter a barbecue\, as they played through one trio after another by composer s they had never heard of. There was a natural enthusiasm\, whimsy\, and h umor among them -- but underneath it all\, a fierce love for and commitmen t to music-making.\n\nTheir first tour was in Germany during the spring of 2022\, but it was marred by a positive Covid test from Josh after their f irst concert\, deferring their plans indefinitely. In October\, they retur ned to where they left off––a beautiful Schloss in northern Germany ow ned by a wonderful woman named Barbara and her faithful dog\, Emil. To hon or the beautiful place where they finally reconvened\, they named themselv es after Emil the dog\, who laid at their feet and groaned appreciatively throughout their concert.\n\nThe Emil Trio strives to select repertoire by under-appreciated composers (as well as under-appreciated pieces by well- known composers) and construct programs that tell compelling stories. They view each concert as a unique opportunity to forge connections with the a udience––and that includes the drinks and conversation that follow the concert late into the night.\n\n**Nathan Meltzer**\n\nWinner of the Secon d Prize at the 2022 Sibelius Competition\, recipient of the Salon de Virtu osi Career Grant\, and youngest ever to win the Windsor Festival Competiti on\, Nathan Meltzer has appeared as soloist with the Orchestre national d' Île-de-France\, the Philharmonia Orchestra\, the Royal Northern Sinfonia\ , the Finnish RSO\, and the Aalborg\, Berlin\, Charlotte\, Concepción\, E vansville\, Helsinki\, Indianapolis\, Medellín\, and Pittsburgh orchestra s\, among others. He has performed in Argentina\, Austria\, Brazil\, Canad a\, Chile\, Colombia\, Denmark\, Finland\, France\, Germany\, Israel\, Ita ly\, Poland\, Switzerland\, the UK\, and across the US.\n\nAs a recitalist and chamber musician\, Nathan has performed at ChamberFest Cleveland\, Gi ardini La Mortella\, the Heidelberger Frühling\, the Krzyżowa Festival\, the Moritzburg Festival\, the Musical de l’Orne\, the Perlman Chamber W orkshop\, and the Verbier Festival Academy. This season he returns to Mori tzburg and appears at the Ravinia Festival.\n\nNathan recently released hi s debut CD with Rohan De Silva and is the co-founder Opus Illuminate\, a c oncert series dedicated to the works of composers from underrepresented co mmunities. A Juilliard graduate and student of Li Lin and Itzhak Perlman\, Nathan was the inaugural recipient of the 1734 “Ames\, Totenberg” Ant onio Stradivari violin from Rare Violins In Consortium.\n\n**Joshua Halper n**\n\nJoshua Halpern has appeared on stages around the world as a soloist \, chamber musician\, and orchestral principal cellist. As a chamber music ian\, he has collaborated with artists including Jonathan Biss\, Anthony R oth Costanzo\, Roberto Díaz\, Viviane Hagner\, Gary Hoffman\, Kim Kashka shian\, Patricia Kopatchinskaja\, Anthony McGill\, Olli Mustonen\, and Itz hak Perlman\, and appeared at music festivals including the Ravinia Steans Institute\, Music@Menlo\, the Perlman Chamber Music Workshop\, the New Yo rk String Orchestra Seminar\, the Taos School of Music\, La Jolla Summerfe st\, Musikiwest\, and Krzyzowa-Music\, with whom he has also toured extens ively. An eager advocate of contemporary music\, he has worked personally with composers such as Richard Danielpour\, Scott Ordway\, Kevin Puts\, Da i Wei\, Nick DiBerardino\, and Kaija Saariaho. During the 2019 season he s erved as guest principal cello of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra\, i ncluding on tours to Germany\, Taiwan\, and China\, and in 2020 served as cellist with the Banff Competition-winning Rolston Quartet. In 2023\, he a ppears numerous times as guest principal cello with the Philharmonia Orche stra in London\, as well as guest with the Varian Fry Quartet.\n\nJosh com pleted his Artist Diploma at The Curtis Institute in Philadelphia\, where he performed throughout the United States\, Europe and Latin America with Curtis On Tour\, and served as principal cello of the Curtis Symphony Orch estra during the 2016/17 season. At Curtis he studied with Carter Brey and Peter Wiley. As an undergraduate at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University\, he studied with Desmond Hoebig and won the school's concerto competition. He is currently a member of the Karajan Akademie of the Berli ner Philharmoniker\, in which he plays as a member of the Berliner Philhar moniker and is mentored by Ludwig Quandt.\n\nIn 2018\, Josh curated a solo tour across Colorado to bring classical music to unexpected places\, incl uding the state penitentiary\, small-town saloons\, bicycle shops\, and mo re. Since then\, he has continued bringing music to unique spaces\, foster ing connection and conversation with all types of people along the way. In 2021\, he founded the Cultural Caravan\, a Colorado- based organization o perating at the intersection of small businesses\, social-service nonprofi ts\, and local artists. The Cultural Caravan has since presented over 50 a rtists with backgrounds ranging from Zimbabwean Afropop to Venezuelan jazz to Classical Music in dozens of concerts in coordination with over 40 loc al businesses and community organizations\, reinvesting over $100\,000 int o the community to date.\n\nAs a teacher\, Josh has presented master class es throughout the United States and South America and has taught at Curtis Summerfest\, the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival\, and on faculty a t the Brooklyn School of Music. He lives in Berlin.\n\n**Yannick Rafaliman ana**\n\nFrench pianist Yannick Rafalimanana has developed an internationa l concert career as a recitalist and chamber musician. Recent performances have taken him to halls all over the world\, including the Berlin Philhar monie\, the Vienna Konzerthaus\, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Chamber H all\, the Kennedy Center in Washington\, and the Jerusalem Music Center. H e has made chamber music with countless artists\, including the Borromeo S tring Quartet\, Kim Kashkashian\, Thomas Riebl\, Andreas Reiner\, Arnold S teinhardt\, and Itzhak Perlman.\n\nAs a soloist\, he has appeared with the Orchestre CNR de Lille\, Orchestre Impromptu\, the Ensemble Parisien\, an d the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra. He has worked under the batons of Pét er Eötvös\, Jean Deroyer\, Thomoty Brock\, Zolt Nagy\, and John Heiss. Y annick regularly appears at a wide variety of summer festivals\, including the Perlman Music Program\, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival\, the Brussels Chamber Music Festival\, and Krzyzowa-Musik Festival.\n\nYannick is the winner of numerous awards and prizes\, including the Borromeo Quart et Guest Artist Award\, the Bruxelles J-Musiciens Competition\, the Brest Piano Competition\, and the International Ravel Academy's Rotary-Lions Com petition. As the first prize winner of the 2012 Tufts/New England Conserva tory Soloist Competition\, he made his U.S. concerto debut in Symphony Hal l in Boston\, playing the Schumann Concerto with the Boston Pops Orchestra and Keith Lockhart. \n\nBorn in Lille\, he began his musical studies at t he Conservatory of Lille under the tutelage of Alain Raes. He later gradua ted from the Paris Conservatoire with first prizes in piano performance\, chamber music\, and collaborative piano performance. His teachers there in cluded Bruno Rigutto\, Michael Levinas\, and Jean-Claude Pennetier. His ch amber music and collaborative piano coaches included Francois Salque\, Mic hel Moraguais\, David Walter and Jean Koerner. Yannick then moved to Bosto n\, where he obtained a graduate diploma from the New England Conservatory in piano performance and a master of music in chamber music as a student of Vivian Weilerstein. He lives in Berlin. LOCATION:Flatiron\, New York SUMMARY:Nathan Meltzer & Yannick Rafalimanana: Ravel & Composers Affected b y World War I URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/13183-nathan-meltzer-yannick-rafaliman ana-ravel-composers-affected-by-world-war-i END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR