Big Concerts from a Small Town

Two virtuosos , one stage. Two instruments, one interweaving song. Two players, one goal, excellent music as featured in Syracuse Neighbors. Auler and Orbovich bring to the evening a line up of music that will include Mozart, Schubert, and Beethoven. Classics with contemporary player sensibilities. There will be three pieces including an intermission. A do not miss performance!

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Nominated for the 2008 Classical Fellowship Awards of the American Pianists Association, Dr. Jonathan Edward Mann enjoys a dynamic performing and teaching career that has taken him across the United States and Europe.

Dr. Mann has established a strong presence as a teacher, performer, collaborator, clinician, and adjudicator. He has given numerous solo recitals including venues in Vancouver (BC), Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Bellingham (WA), Spokane, Yakima, Walla Walla, Coeur d’Alene (ID), Eugene, Missoula, and Billings. Dr. Mann is also in high demand as a collaborator, having recently performed with New York Philharmonic clarinetist Mark Nuccio.

Dr. Mann is a regular guest clinician at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music and has given masterclasses at the University of Washington, Oregon State University, Boise State University, Central Washington University, Western Illinois University, Whitworth University, and The University of Jacksonville.

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For more on Jonathan Mann, visit: jonathanedwardmann.com

Rudolf Haken has received commissions for compositions in a great variety of styles. Violinist Rachel Barton Pine commissioned his solo violin work “Faust”, in heavy metal style. Korean conductor Maestro Nanse Gum has commissioned Haken to compose an orchestral work based on Korean traditional music. In 1996, Professor Haken was commissioned by the Radiological Consultants Association to compose a trumpet concerto, which was premiered by Paul Merkelo, principal trumpet of the Montreal Symphony. Haken has composed commissioned solo works for violinist Stefan Milenkovich, flutist Jean Ferrandis, Nobel Prize laureate Paul Lauterbur and numerous others.

A 2007 Capstone Records release features Haken performing viola works of Matthew Davidson. Haken has been a featured performer at conventions of the Society of Composers, Inc. and the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States. Professor Haken has performed his Concerto for Five-String Viola with several orchestras in North America, South America and Europe. Haken has toured Europe to critical acclaim. The Badische Zeitung praised him for his “absolutely infallible intonation, intense concentration and endless variety of interpretation,” while the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung lauded him for his “extroverted, resonant tone” and the “delicate, yet strong intensity” of his playing.

Videos of Haken’s compositions and performances can be seen on YouTube. Among these is a video produced by WTTW-Chicago featuring Rudolf Haken performing his transcriptions of Van Halen and Metallica on a Jensen five-string electric viola. This video has been shown frequently in passenger areas at O’Hare and Midway airports in Chicago.

Having conducted his first orchestral works at the age of ten, Rudolf Haken studied composition and piano privately for ten years with Hubert Kessler, and viola with Guillermo Perich. Professor Charles DeLaney also had a great influence on Haken’s musical development.

Rudolf Haken’s compositions, recordings and teaching materials can be found on his website, rudolfhaken.com.

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