MISCHA MAISKY (b.1948) has the distinction of being the only cellist in the world to have studied with both Mstislav Rostropovich and Gregor Piatigorsky. Rostropovich lauded Maisky as “one of the most outstanding talents of the younger generation of cellists. His playing combines poetry and exquisite delicacy with great temperament and brilliant technique.” Born in Latvia, educated in Russia, after being imprisoned in a labor camp near Gorky for 18 months in 1970, he emigrated from the USSR to Israel.

Maisky’s recordings have enjoyed worldwide acclaim and have been awarded five times the prestigious Record Academy Prize in Tokyo, three times Echo Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, Grand Prix du Disque in Paris, and the Diapason d’Or of the Year.

Daughter LILY MAISKY was born in Paris in 1987, moving to Brussels soon after. She began playing the piano at the age of four. Lily features on several Deutsche Grammophon and EMI recording releases, and has been frequently broadcast on European and Asian radio and television.

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op.5, No.2

Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango (1982)

Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Op.47

Benjamin Britten: Sonata in C, Op.65 (1961)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.24 in F-sharp Major, Op.78 (“A Thérèse”)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.28 in A Major, Op.101
Maurice Ravel: Miroirs (1904-05)
Claude Debussy: L’isle joyeuse, L.106 (1904)

“Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is among the most generous and indefatigable of performers” — The Guardian
“Bavouzet sustained a perfect balance between introspection and flash, bridging vast dynamic and tempo extremes without mannerism or eccentricity.” — Financial Times
“Apart from his phenomenal but understated technique, Bavouzet has in addition an extraordinary ability to seem to be directing his own performances, as though he’s providing a presence outside himself, and it goes some way to explaining the fierce passion, remarkable intelligence and free-wheeling creativity of his transcendent playing.” — Classical Source

Following his sparkling performance last season with the London Philharmonic, the multi-award-winning pianist JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET returns in solo recital. Bavouzet is active worldwide as recitalist, concerto soloist and recording artist, winning Gramophone awards for his recording of concertos by Debussy and Ravel, and for his fourth volume of Debussy’s Complete Works for Piano. In 2012 Gramophone nominated Bavouzet as one of their Artists of the Year.

Concert Partner: Elizabeth Karlsberg & Jeff Young

MASTERCLASS:
Thursday, April 14, 2016, 2:30pm–5:00pm
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
University of California, Santa Barbara with students from UCSB Music’s piano program, presented in partnership with the UCSB Department of Music.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Masterclass Sponsor: Sara Miller McCune

Email info@camasb.org for details.

MAN & NATURE
Musical Humors & Landscapes
In the English, Irish, Scottish & American traditions

JORDI SAVALL is one of the most multifariously gifted musicians of his generation. His career as a concert performer, teacher, researcher and creator of musical and cultural projects, make him one of the principal architects of the current revaluation of historical music. He has created over 170 recordings, garnering a Grammy® Award and the Midem Classical Music Award. Savall was appointed “Artist for the Peace” in 2008 in the United Nations’ Goodwill Ambassadors program.

Savall partners with FRANK McGUIRE, founding member of Lyra Celtica and master of the Irish frame drum (bodhrán), in a program expressing the vitality, beauty, emotion and charm of the British Isles.