15th Annual iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates
Thursday, July 12 – Sunday, July 29
Eduard Schmieder, Music Director & Conductor
“… Eduard Schmieder, the founder of the admirable iPalpiti, believes that music remains a functional universal language… Schmieder is an authoritative conductor. A tall and serious Russian of the old school, he goes in for intense expression and dug-in string sonorities…” – Los Angeles Times, Mark Swed, Chief Music Critic (2010)
July 12 – July 15
iPalpiti Soloists in Encinitas
Daily concerts:
Thur, Fri, Sat 7:30pm
Sunday 2:00pm
Encinitas Library
Tuesday, July 17 12:00PM
iPalpiti Soloists
UCLA / Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater
Kodaly Sonata Solo Cello/ Ysaye LeLondres String Trio/Beethoven Serenade in D Major, op 25
Ann, Dyo, Radauer-Plank, Chen – violins/ de Almeida, Shagidullina-violas/Shaw, Soltani – celli, Khoury – flute
Thursday, July 19 12:00PM
iPalpiti Soloists
UCLA/Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater
Bruckner Adagio from String Quintet in F Major
Dyo, Dossumova -violins/ Shagidullina, Kauffman – violas/ Shaw -cello
Beethoven Quintet Opus 4
Bruckner String Qunitet Op. Posth. – Intermezzo
Chow, Chepizhnaya -violins/Shagidullina,Kauffman -violas/Draiblate, cello
Friday, July 20 8:30PM
iPalpiti orchestra/Eduard Schmieder, conductor
Temple of the Arts at the Saban Theatre
J.S. Bach Overture in b, BWV1067
Maron Anis Khoury – Flute soloist
Sharon Farber ONLY A BOOK Variations New Commissioned Work WORLD PREMIERE
Saturday, July 21 7:30PM
iPalpiti Orchestra & Soloists
Rolling Hills United Methodist Church
Selections from Festival programs
Sunday, July 22 6:00PM
iPalpiti Soloists at Sundays Live!
LACMA, Bing Theater
Kuhlau Flute Quintet N 2 in E major, op. 51
Maron Anis Khoury – flute/ Radauer-Plank -violin/ Victor de Almeida, Bogdan Banu -violas/ Kian Soltani – cello
Peteris Vasks (b.1946) Quartet for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano (2001)
Catharina Chen -violin/ Victor de Almeida -viola/ Kian Soltani -cello/ Svetlana Smolina -piano
Michael Tzeitlin (b. 1950) “Everyday Life & Midnight Chimes” Intermezzo & Ten Waltzes, Op 11
Catharina Chen -violin/ Kian Soltani -cello/ Svetlana Smolina -piano
Wednesday, July 25 7:00PM
iPalpiti orchestra/Eduard Schmieder
Greystone Mansion
The concert will be held at the inner courtyard of the Greystone Mansion. Program TBA from the podium.
Thursday, July 26 7:00PM
Meet the Artists Gala
Private Home atop Sunset Strip
Saturday, July 28 8:00PM
iPalpiti Orchestra/Eduard Schmieder, conductor
Festival Grand Finale
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Handel/Lerman Passacaglia
Bach/Stokowski Prelude from Partita in E major
Kreisler Devil Trills Sonata on a theme by Tartini (arr. by Riccardo Zandonai)
Saint-Saëns Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
Pavel Šporcl, violin soloist
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht Op. 4
Hindemith MINIMAX “Repertorium für Militärmusik”
Sunday July 29 6:00PM
iPalpiti Soloists at Sundays Live!
LACMA, Bing Theater
Bach Chaconne from Partita for violin solo no.2 in d
Ysaÿe Sonate no.4 for violin solo
Dvorák Sonatina for Violin and Piano B. 183 (Op. 100) & Mazurek in e, op 49
Pavel Šporcl, Violinist
Svetlana Smolina, pianist