JANET GUGGENHEIM, PIANO
CAROL SINDELL, VIOLIN
HAMILTON CHEIFETZ, CELLO
Trio No. 39 in G Major “Gypsy Rondo” Haydn
Andante
Poco adagio, cantabile
Rondo a l’Ongarese: Presto
Trio No. 4, Op. 90 Dvorak
Lento maestoso – Allegro quasi doppio movimento
Poco adagio – Vivace non troppo – Vivace
Andante – Vivace non troppo – Allegretto
Andante moderato – Allegretto scherzando – Quasi tempo di Marcia
Allegro
Lento maestoso
THE FLORESTAN TRIO is celebrating its 42nd season. The Trio has an
international reputation and has been described as “one of Oregon’s musical
treasures” in the Oregonian.
Janet Goodman Guggenheim began her piano studies with her
father in her hometown, Spokane, when she was five years old. At the
age of ten she was accepted for summer master classes by the legendary
piano teacher Rosina Lhevinne, who was her mentor for many years.
She made her orchestral debut with the San Francisco Symphony at the
age of sixteen. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley,
where she studied with Marcus Gordon and was awarded an Alfred
Hertz Fellowship, she then received her master's degree at Juilliard,
where she was the recipient of the Josef Lhevinne scholarship. She
coached under Dame Myra Hess in London and performed concerts
throughout Europe. She was a recipient of a Martha Baird Rockefeller
Foundation grant. She has been on the music faculty at the University of
California Berkeley, Dominican University, and Portland State
University. She was founding pianist of the Chamber Soloists of San
Francisco and has participated in numerous music festivals in the
United States and Europe. For over thirty years she collaborated with
the celebrated violinist Itzhak Perlman, including concerts in Hong
Kong, Taipei, Istanbul and Russia. The Moscow concert encores are
included in the DVD, “Perlman Live in Russia”. She has been pianist
numerous times on the Johnny Carson Show for Mr. Perlman, Yo Yo Ma,
and Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg. Additionally she has collaborated with
violinists Young Uck Kim, David Kim, Dong Suk Kang, Ivry Gitlis, Uto
Ughi, Miriam Fried, Pinchas Zukerman, Stuart Canin, hornist Barry
Tuckwell, cellists Pierre Fournier and Matt Haimovitz, and has recorded
CDs of Rachmaninov and Prokofiev (Naxos) with cellist Michael
Grebanier. She presently lives in Portland and the Bay Area.
Carol Sindell, born in 1948, began studying the violin with Josef
Gingold at the age of seven. A year later she gave her first solo
performance with orchestra playing a Mozart Concerto. At the age of
eleven she was the youngest soloist ever to perform with the Cleveland
Orchestra, playing the Mendelssohn Concerto under the direction of
Robert Shaw. Her debut with the Cleveland Orchestra was followed by
orchestral and recital engagements. In 1962, Ms.Sindell had the honor
of being accepted as a student of Jascha Heifetz, and the following year
performed on an international broadcast as an outstanding
representative of the Heifetz Master Class. While a student at the
Juilliard School, she was influenced by mentors such as Ivan Galamian
and Erica Morini. Ms. Sindell was the winner of the Friday Morning
Music Club Competition in Washington D.C. and the International
Advisory Council Competition in Chicago. In 1972 she was awarded the
Martha Baird Rockefeller Grant for performance. After her Carnegie
Recital Hall debut in 1974, she played throughout the U.S., Canada, and
Europe both as a soloist and ensemble player. She was a featured artist
on a national tour with Music from Marlboro, playing at the
Metropolitan Museum, Tully Hall, and the Smithsonian Institute.Ms.
Sindell has participated in numerous festivals, including Chamber Music
Northwest, Park City International Music Festival, and Rencontres
Musicales in Arc-et-Senans, France. As a member of the Florestan Trio,
she has toured internationally and recorded a CD. Other CDs include
Duos for Violin and Cello, as well as numerous collaborations with other
esteemed colleagues. In addition to a busy concert schedule, Sindell has
made an outstanding career as a teacher and coach, and enjoys the
accolades received by her many gifted students.
Hamilton Cheifetz has been described in Fanfare Magazine as
“unquestionably a magnificent player" for his solo recordings, and he
has performed throughout North America and in Europe, Asia, and
Australia. A native of Chicago, he began playing cello when he was
seven and first appeared as soloist with orchestra at the age of eleven.
He began studies with Janos Starker at Indiana University at the age of
sixteen and later became the teaching assistant to Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi at
the University of Western Ontario. The winner of the Piatigorsky Prize
at Tanglewood, he toured the United States and Canada on the Music
from Marlboro concert series and performed at the White House for
President Carter and members of Congress. Mr. Cheifetz has appeared
as guest artist with the symphony orchestras of Toronto, Oregon, and
Milwaukee, and he toured nationally with the Paul Winter Consort. He
presented a solo recital in the Sydney Opera House and has often been
featured on NPR’s “Performance Today.” His playing was highlighted,
together with jazz great Dave Frishberg and vocalist Rebecca Kilgore, on
the CBS television special “Gary Larson's Tales From the Far Side.” He
appeared with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New
York, and he has been a featured artist at Chamber Music Northwest,
BargeMusic in New York and the Oregon Bach Festival. Mr. Cheifetz
performed solo recitals and gave master classes in China, and he
performed concerti and recitals in Korea in 2016 and chamber music
in Germany in 2018. He was guest artist with the Takacs Quartet in
December 2018. A dedicated teacher, some of Professor Cheifetz’s
students have gone on to positions in orchestras such as the Boston
Symphony and Atlanta Symphony. He is a member of Subud
International Cultural Association and Chair of SICA USA, an
organization dedicated to supporting original culture and world peace..
Cheifetz can be heard live in concert in audio recordings and videos
at hamiltoncheifetz.com