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2014–2015a r t i s t l i s t

MELVIN KAPLAN INC.

For more than fifty years, Melvin Kaplan, Inc., has represented many of the world’s most innovative musicians, specializing in the best chamber music and soloists. The artists on our roster are known for their artistic excellence, fertile imaginations, limitless creativity, and warm personalities. They are emerging stars and established, venerated household names. We take special pride in working with presenters and our artists to develop innovative programs, special projects, and unique collaborations. We encourage you to explore just a sampling of these distinctive offerings and imagine how they would enhance your series and excite your audience.

Melvin Kaplan

rachel barton pine

hamao fujiwara

maxim mogilevsky

menahem pressler

orion weiss

jennifer grim

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american string quartet ariel quartet dover quartet fine arts quartet

leipzig string quartet meccorre quartet new orford string quartet pacifica quartet

parisii quartet talich quartet

ying quartet

gryphon trio

hermitage piano trio

new york chamber soloists

new york chamber soloists orchestra

pasquier trio

salzburg marionette theater

mozart orchestra of new yorkgerard schwarz, music directorcelebrate

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Leipzig String Quartet The Leipzig Quartet offers a choose-your-own-Beethoven program, in which the audience decides which early, middle, and late quartet will be performed.

Hermitage Piano Trio The Hermitage Piano Trio proudly offers a program of pieces with ties to the Trio’s namesake, St. Petersburg’s legendary Hermitage Museum, featuring Glinka, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky.

Gryphon TrioThe Gryphon Trio performs multimedia programs with photographic projection paired with traditional reper-toire, and a stunning program of love songs performed with a cabaret singer.

Talich Quartet The Talich Quartet performs its native Czech repertoire – music by Janácek, Smetana, Dvorák, Martinu, and others – with a singular understand-ing borne from the Quartet’s fifty-year heritage.

Ying Quartet The Ying Quartet presents its Dim Sum program, with bite-sized works by Chinese-American composers paired with pieces by Mozart, Ravel, and Debussy.

Meccorre QuartetThe Meccorre Quartet draws on its rich Polish heritageto offer wonderfully informed performances of Penderecki, Lutosławski, and Szymanowski.

Parisii Quartet The Parisii Quartet is the only quartet in the world perform-ing Pierre Boulez’s Livre pour Quatuor in its entirety; their performance called Open Book is a unique presentation of the Livre paired with Bach and Beethoven.

Fine Arts Quartet The Fine Arts Quartet hearkens back to the golden age of performance with programs featuring works by Kreisler, Zimbalist, and Ysaÿe.

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American String Quartet new york, new york

Ariel Quartet cincinnati, ohio

Fine Arts Quartet milwaukee, wi

Dover Quartetphiladelphia, pa

Leipzig String Quartetleipzig, germany

Meccorre Quartetwarsaw, poland

March 14 - 292015

touring

February 6 – 22 2015

touring

New OrfordString Quartet Pacifica Quartet

bloomington, indianatoronto + montreal,canada

Parisii Quartet paris, france

Talich Quartet prague, czech republicApril 10 – 26

2015

touring

October 24 – November 92014

touring

Ying Quartetrochester, new york

New Orford String Quartet5th Anniversary Comprised of the concertmas-ters and first cellist and violist of the Toronto and Montreal Symphonies, the New Orford String Quartet set out five years ago to re-imagine the landscape of chamber music, bringing North America’s top talent to this sensa-tional group.

Talich Quartet50th Anniversary Recognized internation-ally as one of Europe’s finest chamber ensembles, the Talich Quartet represents the best of the extraordinary Czech musical tradition. The Quartet is now led by Jan Talich, Jr., the son of the Quartet’s founder.

American String Quartet40th Anniversary Considered one of the best quartets performing today, the American String Quartet has been Resident Quartet at the Aspen Music Festival since 1974 and at the Manhattan School of Music in New York since 1984.

Pacifica Quartet 20th Anniversary Recognized for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often-daring repertory choices, over the past two decades the Pacifica Quartet has gained international stature as one of the finest chamber ensembles perform-ing today. The Pacifica is the quartet-in-residence at Indiana University and the University of Chicago.

Parisii Quartet30th Anniversary Formed in 1983 by four prize-winning graduates of the Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris, the Parisii Quartet has performed widely throughout Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa. The Strad recently praised the Parisii for its “matchless performances.”

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Hermitage Piano Trionew york, new york

Gryphon Triotoronto, canada

New York Chamber Soloists

new york, new york

New York Chamber Soloists Orchestranew york, new york

Anton Kuerti, Menahem Pressler, Richard Stoltzman, Sharon Isbin, Rachel Barton Pine

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Pasquier Trioparis, france

October 12 – 262014

touring

COLLABORATE Gryphon Trio The Gryphon Trio joins Metropolitan Opera star and commanding bass-baritone Robert Pomakov in Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death.

Ariel QuartetThe Ariel Quartet performs Boccherini and Schubert quintets with superstar cellist Alisa Weilerstein.

New Orford String Quartet The New Orford String Quartet with Glenn Dicterow, concert-master of the New York Philharmonic, and the brilliant pianist Orion Weiss, together in Chausson’s exquisite Concerto for Piano, Violin, and String Quartet.

American String Quartet The American String Quartet with Roberto and Andrés Díaz perform a full program of sextets by Strauss, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky.

Maxim MogilevskyCharismatic pianist Maxim Mogilevsky presents a tour-de-force program featuring a choreographed performance of Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons with four principal dancers from major Russian ballet companies.

New York Chamber Soloists OrchestraThe New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra offers special concerto evenings with pianists Anton Kuerti and Menahem Pressler, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, guitarist Sharon Isbin, and violinist Rachel Barton Pine.

Salzburg Marionette TheaterThe Salzburg Marionette Theater and Orion Weiss offer a magical presentation of Debussy’s La Boite à joujoux with the pianist performing on stage together with four master-ful puppeteers.

Jennifer GrimThe flutist Jennifer Grim offers a wide-ranging and fascinat-ing program from Bach to de Falla with the harpist Bridget Kibbey.

Dover QuartetConsidered one of the most remarkably talented young string quartets ever to emerge at such a young age, the Dover performs together with its longtime mentor, the violist Roberto Díaz.

Rachel Barton PineRachel Barton Pine and the leading alternate-styles cellist Mike Block perform “Old World, New World,” a journey through the western musical tradition from Bach to Bartok and from Appalachian folk songs to Led Zeppelin.

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Mozart Orchestra of New Yorknew york. new york

Gerard Schwarz, Music Director

salzburg, austria

SalzburgMarionette Theater

Beethoven Cycle We offer the complete Beethoven quartets performed in six concerts, featuring three ensembles from North America and three from Europe. The cycle can be presented over the course of a single season or divided into two seasons with three concerts in each.

Leipzig String QuartetThe Leipzig String Quartet offers Schumann’s three quartets in one moving performance.

EXPLORE Pacifica QuartetThe Pacifica Quartet is the preeminent interpreter of string quartet cycles, regular-ly offering the complete works of Beethoven, Mendelssohn,

Salzburg Marionette TheaterThe Salzburg Marionette Theater presents the entire Wagner Ring Cycle trilogy condensed into a gripping 80-minute performance.

New York Chamber Soloists OrchestraThe New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra, together with the extraordinary violinist Rachel Barton Pine, present the five effervescent Mozart violin concertos in a single evening.

Fine Arts QuartetThe Fine Arts Quartet offers Saint-Saëns’ complete chamber works, including the two string quartets, piano quartet, piano quintet, and Barcarolle.

Mozart Orchestra of New YorkThe Mozart Orchestra of New York performs a dazzling program featuring the final three last Mozart symphonies under the direction of Gerard Schwarz.

Orion WeissOrion performs the complete Beethoven piano concertos in three subsequent evenings, concluding with the joyous Choral Fantasy

Rachel Barton Pinechicago, illinois

Orion Weissnew york, new york

st. petersburg, russia

Maxim Mogilevsky

Jennifer Grimlas vegas, nevada

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