[NEohioPAL]Jennifer Koh and Reiko Uchida Present Recital at Oberlin Conservatory of Music

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Media Contact Only:

Marci Janas, Director of Conservatory Media Relations

440.775.8328 (office); 440.667.2724 (cell); marci.janas at oberlin.edu

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Esteemed Artists Jennifer Koh and Reiko Uchida to Present Recital at =20
the Oberlin Conservatory of Music

OBERLIN, OHIO (November 22, 2006)=97Internationally acclaimed violinist =20=

and Oberlin alumna Jennifer Koh and renowned pianist Reiko Uchida =20
will present an Oberlin recital on Friday, December 1, at 8 p.m. in =20
Finney Chapel. In addition, Koh will conduct a chamber music master =20
class and a violin master class on Wednesday, November 29, at 4:30 =20
p.m. and Thursday, November 30, at 5:30 p.m., respectively.

The free concert will include a program featuring Schubert=92s Sonatina =20=

in D Major, D. 384, Poulenc=92s Sonata for Violin and Piano (a la =20
memoire de Federico Garcia Lorca), Selections from Signs, Games, and =20
Messages by Gy=F6rgy Kurt=E1g, Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 121 by =20
Schumann, and the premiere of Jennifer Higdon=92s String Poetic.

  Oberlin=92s historic Finney Chapel is located at 90 North Professor =20=

Street, across from Tappan Square in Oberlin. Free parking is =20
available throughout the campus.

The two master classes are free and open to the public, and will be =20
held in Kulas Recital Hall, located in the Conservatory at 77 West =20
College Street, near the corner of South Professor and West College =20
streets.

Violinist Jennifer Koh, a 1997 Oberlin graduate, won the =20
International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, the Concert Artists =20
Guild Competition, and the Avery Fisher Career Grant, all in the 1994 =20=

- 1995 season. She has been heard with leading orchestras and =20
conductors around the world, including the Chicago Symphony, the =20
Cincinnati Symphony (under Yakov Kreizberg), the National Symphony, =20
the Detroit Symphony, the New World Symphony, and many other leading =20
ensembles. A prolific recitalist, Koh appears frequently at major =20
music centers and festivals, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy =20
Center, Mostly Mozart, Marlboro, and Wolf Trap, and with Christoph =20
Eschenbach at Ravinia and Schleswig-Holstein. She is heard annually =20
at the Spoleto Festival in Italy, where she recorded Menotti's Violin =20=

Concerto live in concert with the Spoleto Festival Orchestra, =20
conducted by Richard Hickox. A committed educator, she has also won =20
high praise for her innovative Music Messenger outreach program, =20
which takes her to perform in classrooms throughout the country. An =20
active recording artist, she has recorded to date a program of =20
chaconnes by Bach, Barth, and Reger for Cedille Records, and =20
recordings of the violin concertos of Menotti (for Chandos), Nielsen =20
(for Kontrapunkt), and Klami (for BIS). Her latest recording on the =20
Cedille label=97featuring fantasies by Schubert, Schumann, Schoenberg, =20=

and Ornette Coleman=97has garnered wide critical praise. Koh is =20
grateful to her private sponsor for the generous loan of the 1727 Ex =20
Grumiaux Ex General DuPont Stradivari she uses in performance.

Pianist Reiko Uchida enjoys an active career as a soloist and chamber =20=

musician, and performs regularly throughout the United States, Asia, =20
and Europe. She has appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles =20
Philharmonic, Santa Fe Symphony, Greenwich Symphony, and the =20
Princeton Symphony. As a Chamber musician she has performed at the =20
Marlboro, Sante Fe, Tanglewood, and Spoleto Music Festivals, in =20
performances with the Borromeo and Tokyo Quartets, and in recital =20
with Jennifer Koh, Thomas Meglioranza, Sharon Robinson, and Jaime =20
Laredo. She was a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln =20
Center Two, and is currently an associate faculty member at Columbia =20
University. Ms. Uchida studied with Claude Frank, Leon Fleisher, and =20
Edward Aldwell.

For more information on the Conservatory and its events, visit =20
Oberlin.edu/con or call the 24-hour concert hotline at 440.775.6933.

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Jesse Hernandez
Conservatory Public Relations Assistant
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
(P) 440-775-5474
(F) 440-775-5457
jesse.hernandez at oberlin.edu

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18.6667px;"><B>Esteemed Artists Jennifer Koh and Reiko Uchida to Present =
Recital at the Oberlin Conservatory of =
Music</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><DIV =
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face=3D"Palatino">OBERLIN, OHIO (November 22, 2006)=97Internationally =
acclaimed violinist and Oberlin alumna Jennifer Koh and renowned pianist =
Reiko Uchida will present an Oberlin recital on Friday, December 1, at 8 =
p.m. in Finney Chapel. In addition, Koh will conduct a chamber music =
master class and a violin master class on Wednesday, November 29, at =
4:30 p.m. and Thursday, November 30, at 5:30 p.m., respectively. =
</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal"><SPAN =
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face=3D"Palatino">The free concert will include a program featuring =
Schubert=92s <I>Sonatina in D Major, D. 384</I></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Palatino">, =
Poulenc=92s <I>Sonata for Violin and Piano (a la memoire de Federico =
Garcia Lorca)</I></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Palatino">, Selections from <I>Signs, =
Games, and Messages </I></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Palatino">by Gy=F6rgy Kurt=E1g, =
<I>Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 121</I></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Palatino"> by =
Schumann, and the premiere of Jennifer Higdon=92s <I>String =
Poetic</I></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"Palatino">. </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV =
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yes"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"Palatino">=A0</FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"Palatino">Oberlin=92s historic Finney Chapel is located at 90 =
North Professor Street, across from Tappan Square in Oberlin. Free =
parking is available throughout the campus. =
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face=3D"Palatino">The two master classes are free and open to the =
public, and will be held in Kulas Recital Hall, located in the =
Conservatory at 77 West College Street, near the corner of South =
Professor and West College streets. </FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV =
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class=3D"MsoNormal"><SPAN style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"Palatino"><B>Violinist Jennifer Koh</B></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Palatino">, a 1997 =
Oberlin graduate, won the International Tchaikovsky Competition in =
Moscow, the Concert Artists Guild Competition, and the Avery Fisher =
Career Grant, all in the 1994 - 1995 season. She has been heard with =
leading orchestras and conductors around the world, including the =
Chicago Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony (under Yakov Kreizberg), the =
National Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, the New World Symphony, and =
many other leading ensembles. A prolific recitalist, Koh appears =
frequently at major music centers and festivals, including Carnegie =
Hall, the Kennedy Center, Mostly Mozart, Marlboro, and Wolf Trap, and =
with Christoph Eschenbach at Ravinia and Schleswig-Holstein. She is =
heard annually at the Spoleto Festival in Italy, where she recorded =
Menotti's <I>Violin Concerto</I></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Palatino"> live in concert with the =
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, conducted by Richard Hickox. A committed =
educator, she has also won high praise for her innovative Music =
Messenger outreach program, which takes her to perform in classrooms =
throughout the country. An active recording artist, she has recorded to =
date a program of chaconnes by Bach, Barth, and Reger for Cedille =
Records, and recordings of the violin concertos of Menotti (for =
Chandos), Nielsen (for Kontrapunkt), and Klami (for BIS). Her latest =
recording on the Cedille label=97featuring fantasies by Schubert, =
Schumann, Schoenberg, and Ornette Coleman=97has garnered wide critical =
praise. Koh is grateful to her private sponsor for the generous loan of =
the 1727 Ex Grumiaux Ex General DuPont Stradivari she uses in =
performance.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal"><SPAN =
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style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Palatino"> enjoys an =
active career as a soloist and chamber musician, and performs regularly =
throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe. She has appeared as =
soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Santa Fe Symphony, Greenwich =
Symphony, and the Princeton Symphony. As a Chamber musician she has =
performed at the Marlboro, Sante Fe, Tanglewood, and Spoleto Music =
Festivals, in performances with the Borromeo and Tokyo Quartets, and in =
recital with Jennifer Koh, Thomas Meglioranza, Sharon Robinson, and =
Jaime Laredo. She was a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln =
Center Two, and is currently an associate faculty member at Columbia =
University. Ms. Uchida studied with Claude Frank, Leon Fleisher, and =
Edward Aldwell.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV =
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face=3D"Palatino">For more information on the Conservatory and its =
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440.775.6933.</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class=3D"MsoNormal"><SPAN=
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