COURTESY OF HONOLULU SYMPHONY
Stanislav Ioudenitch captured the gold in the 11th Van Cliburn Piano Competition, the Olympics of the piano world.
Champion performs
Stanislav Ioudenitch, gold medalist of the 11th Van Cliburn Piano Competition, makes his Hawaii debut with the Honolulu Symphony led by guest conductor Scott Yoo, at 8 p.m. today and 4 p.m. Sunday. The concert program features Coleman's Focoso and Schubert's Symphony No. 9 (The Great).
First held in 1962, and repeated every four years, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition has proven to be a launch pad for international careers. The competition brings about 30 young musicians from around the world together for a rigorous examination of their musicianship and technical proficiency.
Honolulu Symphony
Featuring Van Cliburn award winner Stanislav Ioudenitch and guest conductor Scott YooPlace: Blaisdell Concert Hall
When: 8 p.m. today and 4 p.m. Sunday
Tickets: $16, $28, $33, $44 or $59 each
Call: 792-2000 or Ticketmaster at 877-750-4400
With rich detail of color, gesture and an enormous sophistication of line and form, Ioudenitch won the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal at the June 2001 competition.
His first performance as a Van Cliburn gold medalist was a debut at the Aspen Music Festival, followed by a European tour. In November 2002, he became the youngest teacher ever invited to give master classes at the International Piano Foundation and Academy Theo Lieven. He currently teaches piano at Park University in Missouri.
Yoo is in his 10th season as music director of the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble he co-founded in 1993. In addition to leading the orchestra in its subscription series at Jordan Hall in Boston, he has conducted the ensemble in debut performances in New York and Washington.
Yoo served as associate conductor of the Dallas Symphony for the 1999-2000 season, after serving one season as the orchestra's assistant conductor.
An exponent of new music, Yoo has, in the last eight seasons, premiered 42 works by 20 composers. CD releases with Metamorphosen include vocal works of Earl Kim with soprano Benita Valente for New World Records and a disc of English works for Bose.
Yoo is a frequent guest at chamber music festivals throughout the United States, including Bargemusic; Boston Chamber Music Society; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Kingston Chamber, Las Vegas, Laurel, New Hampshire and Seattle Chamber music festivals; and Strings in the Mountains.
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