Wang Tao is among a handful of clarinetists in China who are now making a mark. He is eager to display the versatility of his musical instrument, which has long played an important role in symphony orchestras and jazz groups.

He is the first musician in China to receive a master's degree in clarinet from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, a top music school in the country.

 

 

Wang has released 12 albums that are being used as teaching material at the conservatory. He also won the best instrumental-album award at the Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan.

 

 

Praised in the New York Times for her “energetic” and “shapely read” performances, pianist Akimi Fukuhara has appeared at many prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, the Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Salle Cortot in Paris, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, The National Concert Hall in Taipei, The Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai, the Beijing Concert Hall.

 

 

Ms. Fukuhara was born in Osaka, Japan, and studied under the tutelage of Mie Ishii Matsuoka in Tokyo. She made her recital debut at the age of 12 in Tokyo’s prestigious Suntory Hall. L’enfant de la musique, the live recording of her recital at Hamarikyu-Asahi Hall in Tokyo at the age of 14 was released under the Platz Label, and is available today from the Naxos Music Library.

 

Program:

Moritz Moszkowski/Spanish Dances No.2

Witold Lutosławski/Dance Preludes (Version for Clarinet and Piano)

Allegro molto
Andantino
Allegro giocoso
Andante
Allegro molto
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky/arr.Alexandre Chabod/ Dances from Nutcracker Suites (arr. Chabod)
Overture Miniature
March
Tarantella
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Trepak (Russian Dance)
Coda
Johannes Brahms/Na La / Hungarian Dance No. 1

- Intermission -

Fritz Kreisler/3 Old Vienna Dances
Liebesfreud
Liebesleid
Schön Rosmarin
Paquito d'Rivera/ Vals Venezolano
Paquito d'Rivera/Contradanza
Ede Poldini/Du Wei / Wang
Astor Piazzolla/ Histoire du Tango
Bordel 1900
Café 1930
Nightclub 1960
Concerto d’aujourd’hui

 

Program is subject to change