Program

Béla Bartók: Viola Concerto, Sz. 120, BB 128 
     I. Moderato
     II. Adagio religioso
     III. Allegro vivace
Zoe Yost, viola
Coco Chen, piano

Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 
     I. Adagio–Moderato
     II. Lento–Allegro molto
     III. Adagio
     IV. Allegro–Moderato–Allegro, ma non troppo–Poco più lento–Adagio
Ayoun Alexandra Kim, cello
Jason Kim, piano

Dmitry Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 49 
     I. Allegro
     II. Largo–Molto espressivo
     III. Allegro–Allegro molto
Frèdèric Renaud, cello
Amy Chiu, piano

Judge Profiles

Named Artist Teacher of the Year (2020) by the American String Teachers Association, Jeffrey Irvine joined the CIM faculty as the Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Viola in September 1999. He is currently co-head of the viola department. He was professor of viola at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music from 1983 to 1999 and was chair of Oberlin’s string division for seven years. His students have gone on to major orchestral, teaching and chamber music posts across the country and around the world. His students have often been first prize winners in major viola competitions, including the Primrose Competition, ASTA National Solo Competition and Washington International Competition. Irvine previously taught at the Eastman School of Music and Wichita State University.
     During the summer, Irvine is on the artist faculty of the Aspen Music Festival and Interlochen Viola Workshop. He previously taught at the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Heifetz International Music Institute, ENCORE School for Strings, Meadowmount School of Music, Killington Music Festival, Park City Chamber Music Festival, Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts, Castleman Quartet Program and Perlman Music Program. 
    The first prize winner in both the 1979 Aspen Music Festival Viola Competition and 1976 Cleveland Quartet Competition (as a member of the Carmel Quartet), Irvine received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Philadelphia Musical Academy and his Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. His teachers have included Heidi Castleman, Charles Castleman, David Cerone, Dorothy DeLay, Martha Katz, William Primrose, Margaret Randall, Karen Tuttle and Donald Weilerstein.

For well over three decades, cellist Christopher Costanza has enjoyed an exciting and varied career as soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. A winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the recipient of a Solo Recitalists Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Mr. Costanza has performed to enthusiastic critical acclaim throughout the U.S., Europe, Canada, South America, Australia, New Zealand, China, and South Korea. In 2003 Mr. Costanza joined the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Ensemble in Residence at Stanford University. A strong proponent of contemporary music, he has worked extensively with a great many of the leading composers of our day, including John
Adams, Osvaldo Golijov, Olivier Messiaen, Gunther Schuller, and Pierre Boulez. Mr. Costanza’s discography includes chamber music and solo recordings on the EMI/Angel, Nonesuch, Naxos, and Albany labels, and his recordings of the Six Suites for Solo Cello by J.S. Bach can be found on his website, costanzacello.com.
     Mr. Costanza received a Bachelor of Music and an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he studied cello with Bernard Greenhouse, Laurence Lesser, and David Wells, and chamber music with Eugene Lehner, Louis Krasner, and Leonard Shure. When not immersed in the world of music, Christopher enjoys a variety of interests and passions, among them, running, hiking, cooking, and passenger rail-related pursuits.

Bassist Charles Chandler has been a member of the San Francisco Symphony since 1992. Prior to his current position, he was Associate Principal Bass and Soloist with the Phoenix Symphony. He also served as Principal Bass of the Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra and the New York 20th Century Chamber Players. His primary teachers were Shinji Eshima of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and David Walter at the Juilliard School. His numerous honors and awards include the San Francisco Symphony Pepsi Cola Young Musician Award, the Pittenger Scholarship, the Irving Klein Scholarship, and first prize in the A.S.T.A. National String Competition. Upon receiving his Bachelor of Music degree from Juilliard in 1987, Charles Chandler was selected to perform as a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival under the direction of Leonard Bernstein. Playing with Marin Symphony, he has enjoyed performing with his wife Van, a violinist. He also performs at the Music@Menlo Festival and Chamber Music Sundaes series and frequently records at Skywalker Ranch. Mr. Chandler resides in San Francisco with his wife and their daughter Julie. When not playing on his 1750 double bass made by the Venetian luthier, Domenico Busan, he enjoys organic gardening, bicycling, hiking and spending time with his family.