Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms: Friends and Fellow Romantics
VIEW EVENT DETAILSEvening Lecture and Recital by the Music Department, University of Notre Dame
Registration 6:45pm,
Lecture 7:00pm,
Recital 7:30pm,
Close 8:15pm
Lecture in English with simultaneous interpretation in Cantonese
講座以英語進行,設有粵語即時詮釋
The bond that Schumann and Brahms forged when they met in 1853 was based in part on the artistic vision they shared. In Schumann’s words, both composers aspired “to recall the past and its music with all the energy at our disposal, to draw attention to the ways in which new artistic beauties can find sustenance at a source so pure… and finally to prepare for and help expedite the advent of a new poetic age.” Peter H. Smith, Professor of Music and Department Chair, University of Notre Dame, will explore the relationship between Schumann and Brahms in terms of both their lives and musical compositions. Attention will be drawn to various approaches to musical romanticism. Two sonatas for violin and piano, one by Schumann and one by Brahms, will constitute the main musical examples, which will then be performed live by University of Notre Dame faculty members Tricia Park (violin) and Daniel Schlosberg (piano).
Professor Peter H. Smith earned his Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A. degrees in music theory from Yale University. While at Yale, he was a recipient of the prestigious Whiting Dissertation Fellowship. He also holds M.M. and B.M. degrees in viola performance from The Juilliard School, where his principal teacher was the famed Viennese violist Paul Doktor. Professor Smith’s research interests include the instrumental music of Brahms and related composers, Schenkerian approaches to analysis, and theories of musical form and expression. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the American Brahms Society since 1996, served as vice president (2007-2011), and was elected president of the Society in 2012. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Theory and Practice, Journal of Schenkerian Studies, and Indiana Theory Review. In addition to his work at Notre Dame, Professor Smith has taught graduate seminars as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Music of the University of Chicago during the winter and spring of 2004.
Tricia Park is a recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and was selected as one of "Korea's World Leaders of Tomorrow" by the Korean Daily Central newspaper. Since appearing in her first orchestral engagement at age 13 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, she has performed with the English Chamber Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra of South Africa; the Montreal, Dallas, Cincinnati, Seattle, Honolulu, Nevada, and Lincoln Symphonies; and the Calgary, Buffalo, and Westchester and Naples Philharmonics. She has also given recitals throughout the United States and abroad, including a highly acclaimed performance at the Ravinia Rising Stars series. As First Violinist of the Maia Quartet from 2005-2011, she performed at Lincoln Center and the 92nd Street Y in New York and Beijing’s Forbidden City Hall, and was on faculty at the University of Iowa. Currently, Park serves as Associate Professor of the Practice at the University of Notre Dame.
Daniel Schlosberg has been described as an "expert pianist" (Boston Globe), and his performances have been praised for their "intellect and passion" (Washington Post). He recently was a featured soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in subscription performances of Messiaen’s “Trois Petites Liturgies”, for which he garnered critical praise. The Chicago Tribune wrote: “Daniel Schlosberg played the daunting piano part splendidly”; and the Chicago Classical Review described his performance as “a prominent, challenging piano part, played here with great fire and conviction by Daniel Schlosberg ...” Schlosberg grew up in Los Angeles, and studied at the Peabody Conservatory (B.M., M.M.) with Ann Schein and at Stony Brook University (D.M.A.) with Gilbert Kalish. He took supplementary courses in song accompaniment on full scholarship at the Britten Pears Institute (Aldebugh) and the Franz Schubert Institut (Baden). He currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of the Practice at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught since 2005.
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