JENNIFER KOH
Friday, January 23 & Saturday, January 24
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Violinist Jennifer Koh continues to dazzle audiences with playing that combines intensity of temperament with a patrician poise and elegance, qualities that she brings to music old and new in equal measure. As a virtuoso whose natural flair is combined with a probing intellectual acuity, Ms. Koh is committed to exploring connections between the pieces she plays, searching for similarities of voice between different composers, as well as within the works of a single composer. Accordingly, her programs often present rare and revealing juxtapositions, offering works by composers as divergent as Mozart and Ornette Coleman, Schubert and Wuorinen. Having received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Oberlin College and a performance diploma in music from the Oberlin Conservatory, Ms. Koh maintains a lively interest in writing and literature. Her innovative outreach ideas and her approach to the study of the composers are enriched by a broad educational background. Ms. Koh revels in the unexpected.
For the 2007-08 season Ms. Koh has a very active schedule as guest soloist with important symphony orchestras, as recitalist, and as chamber musician. Ms. Koh is heard in works ranging from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with the Detroit Symphony under Nicholas McGegan to Kaija Saariaho’s “Graal théâtre” with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Lionel Bringuier, to the world premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s concerto “The Singing Rooms” with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Christoph Eschenbach. She also performs with the Memphis Symphony under conductor David Loebel (Leonard Bernstein “Serenade”); with the Pensacola (FL) Symphony under conductor Peter Rubardt (Tchaikovsky Concerto); with the Quad City Symphony (IA) under Peter Rubardt (Sibelius Concerto); in Israel with the Raanana Symphonette under conductor Nir Kabaretti (Mendelssohn Double Concerto with pianist Benjamin Hochman); with the Stockton (CA) Symphony under conductor Peter Jaffe (Brahms Concerto); and with the Rochester Philharmonic under conductor Alexander Mickelthwate (Stravinsky Concerto). She is also heard in Boston with the Cantata Singers under conductor David Hoose (Kurt Weill Concerto). Ms. Koh is heard in recital performing programs featuring works of Mozart and Zorn as well as all three Brahms sonatas at the Carlsen Center in Kansas City, the University of Chicago and in Ein Hashofet and Jerusalem, Israel. In addition Ms. Koh will make two appearances in New York City at Columbia University’s prestigious Miller Theatre in a “Composer Portrait” concert devoted to the music of Peter Lieberson (February 21, 2008) and in a world premiere performance of Laura Schwendinger’s Violin Concerto – as part of Miller Theatre’s “Pocket Concerto” series (March 27, 2008).
The 2006-07 season found Ms. Koh in increasingly high demand as a guest soloist with important American orchestras and in recital at several of the country’s most prestigious venues. She was heard as soloist with the Oregon Symphony, Marin (CA) Symphony, Spokane Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Whatcom (WA) Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, Orchestra 2001, Greenwich Symphony, Tallahassee Symphony, and Annapolis Symphony. Her recital engagements included performances in Philadelphia at the Kimmel Center, in San Francisco at the Herbst Theater, in San Juan (PR), at Oberlin College and in New York at the 92nd Street Y. Ms. Koh’s debut with the New Jersey Symphony under George Manahan was a particular triumph prompting the following from Bradley Bambarger of the New Jersey Star-Ledger.
For more information visit www.jenniferkoh.com.
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