Sylvie Beaudoin, piano Madeline Adkins, violin Ilya

presents
Sylvie Beaudoin, piano
Madeline Adkins, violin
Ilya Finkelshteyn, cello
performing
Piano Trios by Haydn, Ravel, & Brahms
May 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Christ Episcopal Church
Columbia, Maryland
Program
Piano Trio in G, Hob. XV:25, “Gypsy Rondo”
I.
Andante
II.
Poco adagio
III.
Rondo all’Ongarese
F. J. Haydn (1732-1809)
(performance time: approximately 18 minutes)
Piano Trio (1914)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
I.
Modéré
II.
Pantoum (Assez vif)
III.
Passacaille (Très large)
IV.
Final (Animé)
(performance time: approximately 30 minutes)
~ Intermission ~
Piano Trio in B, Op. 8
I.
Allegro con brio
II.
Scherzo
III.
Adagio
IV.
Allegro
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
(performance time: approximately 38 minutes)
Sylvie Beaudoin, piano
Madeline Adkins, violin
Ilya Finkelshteyn, cello
Enjoy light refreshments and meet the musicians after the concert.
About the Musicians
Sylvie Beaudoin, piano
Pianist Sylvie Beaudoin has been performing as a recitalist, guest soloist of orchestras, chamber
musician, and accompanist across Canada, Spain, Japan, France, and the United States since 1975. She
has appeared on radio, television, and in concerts with internationally acclaimed musicians. She
gradually came to specialize in chamber music in the 1990’s. Originally from Canada, Ms. Beaudoin
established herself in Maryland in 1999 and has been performing with numerous members of the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for several chamber music series in Maryland and Washington, D. C.
Ms. Beaudoin is the recipient of many awards, prizes, and scholarships in Canada and the United
States. She studied with Jane A. Coop at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver to complete
her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in piano in 1993 and studied with other distinguished artists in
North America and abroad in private lessons or in master classes. Among them are pianists Cecile
Ousset, Seymour Lipkin, Marian Hahn, Anton Kuerti, Rchard Goode, John Perry, Irma Vallecillo,
Martin Isepp, and Marc Durand. She did chamber music residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts,
Canada, in 1991 and 1993, and at the Pacific Music Festival of Sapporo, Japan, in 1995. In 1998 she
furthered her chamber-music studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in California and at
the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in Maine.
Ms. Beaudoin started teaching in 1982. She has been teaching at her private studio in Howard County
since 2002. She held a teaching-assistantship position at the University of British Columbia from
1991 to 1993, as well as teaching positions in other music schools in Canada and Maryland from
1994-2004. She was a mentor in the Kneisel Hall Amateur Chamber Music Institute for the summer
of 1998.
Madeline Adkins, Associate Concertmaster, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
In April 2005, Maestro Yuri Temirkanov appointed Madeline Adkins to the position of Associate
Concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. She joined the orchestra in 2000 as Assistant
Concertmaster and has since then appeared frequently as soloist, performing works by Beethoven,
Vaughan Williams, Bach, Vivaldi, and Prokofiev. Other recent engagements include a recital for the
“Embassy Series” at the Romanian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Ms. Adkins received her Bachelor’s summa cum laude from the University of North Texas and her
Master’s from the New England Conservatory where she studied with James Buswell. She has served
as guest Concertmaster of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and
the Oregon Symphony, as well as Concertmaster of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra under
Seiji Ozawa. Ms. Adkins won first prize in a number of competitions, including the Stulberg
International String Competition, the ASTA National Solo Competition, and the New England
Conservatory Concerto Competition. She was also a second-prize winner in the Irving Klein
International String Competition. Since 1989, Ms. Adkins has been active in early music, having
performed baroque violin with the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, the Dallas Bach
Society, and currently with Pro Musica Rara of Baltimore.
The daughter of noted musicologists, Ms. Adkins is the youngest of eight children, including four
violinists, two cellists, and a soprano. 1994 saw the debut of the Adkins String Ensemble in the
Dallas Symphony’s Meyerson Hall, a performance that was later honored by the Dallas Morning News
as one of its “Top Ten Concerts of the Year.” The group presents a yearly chamber-music series in
Dallas; and their latest recording features works by Brahms, Bridge, and contemporary composer
Douglas Briley.
Ilya Finkelshteyn, Principal Cello, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Praised by the Washington Post as a “complete master of his instrument,” cellist Ilya Finkelshteyn has
performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. In 2002 he became Principal
Cello of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Yuri Temirkanov. Prior to that,
Mr. Finkelshteyn was a member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for five seasons under the late
Hans Vonk.
Prize-winner of such competitions as the Concertino Praga, Russian Cello Competition, the WAMSO
International Competition, the Aspen Concerto Competition, and the Chautauqua Concerto
Competition, Mr. Finkelshteyn has appeared as a soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, St.
Louis Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Saint Paul
Civic Orchestra, the Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra, and the National Repertory Orchestra.
As a winner of the Juilliard Concerto Competition, Mr. Finkelshteyn was a soloist with the Juilliard
Orchestra on its tours of France and Bermuda. He appeared at the Aspen, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart,
Bay Chamber, and Peninsula Music Festivals and has collaborated with András Schiff, Hilary Hahn,
David Soyer, Richard Goode, Joseph Silverstein, Steven Ansell, Harold Robinson, and Vadim Repin.
Mr. Finkelshteyn has been heard on Wisconsin Public Radio, Maine Public Radio, KFUO-FM in St.
Louis, and WYPR in Baltimore.
Ilya Finkelshteyn started his education at the Special Music School at the St. Petersburg
Conservatory under the tutelage of Sergei Chernyadiev. After immigrating to the United States, he
studied one year at the University of Minnesota School of Music with Tanya Remenikova and six
years at the Juilliard School with Harvey Shapiro, where he was coached by Felix Galimir, Samuel
Sanders, and members of the Juilliard String Quartet.
Mr. Finkelshteyn’s cello is a Francesco Gofriller, c. 1725.
Acknowledgements
Contributors
We thank the following friends of Sundays At Three for their generous contributions: Marguerite Beaufford,
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Harry Glass, Ed and Maria Charest, Don DeGeorge, Louise and William Dove, John Galleazzi and Elizabeth
Hennessey, Geraldine Green, Susanne Haynie in memory of Kenneth Haynie, Bonnie & Raymond Hoff, Inge
Hyder, Bob and Thea Jones, Cheryl-Anne Juba, Donald and Ann Martin, Edward Shearin, Reverend and Mrs.
James Shields, James and Margot Vincent, and those who gave anonymously.
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Sundays At Three is dedicated to presenting chamber music played by the finest professional musicians in the
Baltimore-Washington area, and to do so in an informal and intimate atmosphere not unlike that in which
chamber music originated.
Our audiences find the musicians’ comments about the music that precede the performances at most concerts
informative and fun!
~ Please join us for our next concert ~
Sunday, October 4, 2009, 3 p.m.
Eun Joo Chung & Friends
perform piano trios and solos by
Schumann & Chopin
Have a great summer!
Sundays at Three 2009-2010 Season
October 4, 2009 – Eun Joo Chung & Friends
Schumann Piano Trio No. 2 in F minor; Chopin Piano Trio, and solo pieces of Schumann & Chopin (possibly
Mendelssohn, too)
November 1, 2009 – Atlantic String Quartet from the BSO
Schumann Quartet No. 3 and others quartets, including possibly the Mendelssohn D major
December 6, 2009 – Marc-Olivia Violin-Viola Duo
Mozart Duo in G, Fuchs Viennese Duos, Leclair French-Baroque Duos, and Bartok Duos.
January 11, 2010 – The Kassian-Howard Duo (violin and piano)
Fauré Sonata No. 1 and other works to be determined
February 14, 2010 – Brian Ganz, piano – Valentine's Day Concert
Schumann, Chopin, and Mendelssohn
March 14, 2010 – The Vinca Quartet
Schubert Quartettsatz, Mendelssohn Quartet Op. 13, Haydn Quartet Op. 50 (No. 1 or 2), and Zemlinsky
Quartet No. 4
April 11, 2010 – Members of the BSO with Sylvie Beaudoin, piano – Holocaust Memorial Concert
Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Also, award-winning students perform four pieces for string quartet by
inmates of the Terezein Concentration Camp.
May 16, 2010 – Trio La Milpa, with Katherine Needleman, oboe, from the BSO
Beethoven Trio Op. 87 and others
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