Hailed as "one of the best pianists in the world," Jean-Yves Thibaudet continues to captivate audiences around the world with his thrilling performances, profound artistry, poetic musicality and dazzling technical prowess. Thibaudet is sought after by today's foremost orchestras, festivals, conductors and collaborative musicians for his enlightened interpretations and charisma. On June 18, 2010, the Hollywood Bowl honored Thibaudet for his musical achievement by inducting him into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame.

Following summer performances at the Festival del Sole, Aspen, Saratoga, and Tanglewood festivals, Mr. Thibaudet begins his 2010-11 season in Switzerland with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Charles Dutoit. Mr. Thibaudet's touring highlights this season include a tour of China with the London Symphony Orchestra (September 2010), as well as a German tour with the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin (March 2011). Performances abroad include appearances with the Stockholm Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre National de France, Toronto Symphony, Montreal Symphony, MDR Symphony Orchestra, RAI National Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre de Paris. This season Mr. Thibaudet also appears in the U.S. with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New World Symphony Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of Detroit, Philadelphia, Dallas, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Minnesota and Seattle. A vivid recitalist, Mr. Thibaudet embarks on a two-continent recital tour in January and February 2011, with performances in Berlin, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Spain, California, Missouri, Colorado, Michigan, Florida, and New York's Carnegie Hall on February 2. Chamber music dates in Los Angeles, France and Belgium round out his eclectic schedule.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet is an exclusive recording artist for Decca, which has released over 40 of his albums, earning the Schallplattenpreis, the Diapason d'Or, Choc de la Musique, a Gramophone Award, two Echo awards, and the Edison Prize. In Spring 2010, Mr. Thibaudet released his latest CD, Gershwin, featuring "big jazz band" orchestrations of Rhapsody in Blue, Variations on 'I Got Rhythm', and Concerto in F live with the Baltimore Symphony and music director Marin Alsop. On his Grammy-nominated recording, Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerti Nos. 2&5, released in fall 2007, Mr. Thibaudet is joined by long-standing collaborator, conductor Charles Dutoit, and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Also released in 2007, Thibaudet's album Aria–Opera Without Words features transcriptions of opera arias by Saint-Saëns, R. Strauss, Gluck, Korngold, Bellini, J. Strauss II, P. Grainger, and Puccini; some of the transcriptions are by Mikhashoff, Sgambati and Brassin, others–Thibaudet's own. Thibaudet was the soloist on the Oscar and Golden Globe-award winning soundtrack of Universal Pictures' Atonement and the Oscar-nominated Pride and Prejudice. Among other recordings are Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music, and the jazz albums Reflections on Duke: Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays the music of Duke Ellington and Conversations with Bill Evans, his tribute to two of jazz history's greats.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet was born in Lyon, France, where he began his piano studies at age five and made his first public appearance at age seven. At twelve, he entered the Paris Conservatory to study with Aldo Ciccolini and Lucette Descaves, a friend and collaborator of Ravel. At age fifteen, he won the Premier Prix du Conservatoire and three years later, won the Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York City. In 2001, the Republic of France awarded Thibaudet the prestigious Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and in 2002, he was awarded the Premio Pegasus from the Spoleto Festival in Italy for his artistic achievements and his long-standing involvement with the festival. In 2007, he was awarded the Victoire d'Honneur, a lifetime career achievement award and the highest honor given by France's Victoires de la Musique.

Saturday
February 11, 2012
7:00 PM

Carnegie Hall
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
New York, NY

Program

TIPPETT Divertimento on "Sellinger's Round"
SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet & Strings
HONEGGER Pastorale d'été
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings

Orpheus performs brilliant works that reach beyond their eras and origins, transporting listeners to faraway worlds. Michael Tippett, one of the great British composers of the 20th century, harked back to Renaissance England for his Divertimento on Sellinger's Round. Dmitri Shostakovich sidestepped the harsh realities of Stalinist Russia through irony and dark humor. Renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returns to Orpheus for Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1, an early masterpiece that juxtaposes brooding intensity with bawdy tunes and the incongruous commentary of a trumpet. Arthur Honegger's Pastorale d'été evokes 1920s Paris with a warm, breezy homage to summer, and Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings–a longtime Orpheus favorite–captivates us with a heartfelt love letter to Mozart and the Classical era.  

Louis Hanzlik, Trumpet

Louis Hanzlik has established himself as an accomplished chamber musician, orchestral player, and educator. He has been a member of the Atlantic Brass Quintet since 2002, and was recently appointed a member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Hanzlik also performs with the Orchestra of St. Luke's and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and serves as co-principal trumpet with the Riverside Symphony. In addition, Hanzlik serves as Assistant Professor of Trumpet at the University of Connecticut, and maintains an international teaching presence with the Atlantic Brass Quintet's International Brass Quintet Seminars.

As an educator, Hanzlik promotes the inclusion of chamber music, in concept and practice, within a student's curriculum and subsequent professional life. In addition to coordinating the brass chamber music program at the University of Connecticut, he administers and teaches at the Atlantic Brass Quintet International Seminar at Boston University and Sonoma State University. The seminars, for brass students and professionals, are designed to foster musicality, ensemble skills, and democratic collaboration.

March 2008 marked Hanzlik's solo debut at Carnegie Hall, performing Arutiunian's Concerto for Trumpet, with the University of Iowa Symphony Band. Anthony Aibel, reviewer for the New York Concert Review, wrote, "Hanzlik is an excellent musician.... He has exceptional tone and sense of pitch, and he is one with his instrument, handling virtuosity with ease."

Hanzlik records with the Atlantic Brass Quintet for Summit Records. He can also be heard on the Naxos, Decca, Chandos, Arabesque, Bridge, New World, and Vanguard Classics labels. Hanzlik has recorded frequently for commercial radio and television and for numerous public radio and television features, such as "Live from Lincoln Center" and National Public Radio's "Performance Today."

Originally from Iowa, Hanzlik is a graduate of the University of Iowa and the Juilliard School