The Adelphi Orchestra Presents: “The Great Romantics”

  The Adelphi Orchestra, now in its 65th season of Music for All, presents “The Great Romantics” on Friday, May 10th at 7:30 PM, River Dell Middle School Auditorium and  Saturday, May 11th at 7:00 PM at Good Shepherd Faith Presbyterian Church (NYC)

The orchestra will perform works by Rossini, Schumann, Tchaikovsky,  and Grieg under the baton of Conductor Richard Owen. The program will showcase Terry Eder in the Schumann Piano Concerto no 1. Bryan Chen, Adelphi Orchestra Competition winner will be performing  Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 and Pezzo capriccioso for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 62.The concert will also include Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra, (The Thieving Magpie) and Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1 & 2.

This program has been made possible in part by a grant administered by the Bergen County Department of Parks, Division of Historic and Cultural Affairs from funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Artists

Terry Eder

American pianist Terry Eder gave her New York debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in 2004 to critical acclaim. Critic Harris Goldsmith described her performance as “excellent,” “perceptive,” “sensitive, idiomatic,”  “convincing and vigorous,” and “reminiscent of Annie Fischer’s way.” A Lincoln Center recital at Alice Tully Hall followed, reviewed as a “fascinating performance full of life and risk” in which “those lucky souls [present] were rewarded with an exceptional recital from an artist who transmits the music she plays with an entirely natural authority.” Ms. Eder was further described as “a big pianist with big ideas and a warmly engaging rapport.”

 

Terry Eder has a particular affinity for music by Hungarian composers. She received a full grant from the International Research and Exchanges Board in partnership with the Hungarian National Cultural Institute, to study and perform Hungarian twentieth century piano music, working under the tutelage of Zoltán Kocsis in Budapest. She also learned to speak Hungarian. Living in the 1980s behind the Iron Curtain was an affecting experience for her, one reflected in her performances of Eastern European music, which she feels especially close to. Today she is recognized as an exceptional advocate of the music of Béla Bartók, having won Bartók honors in the IBLA Grand Prize competition and in the International Bartók-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev competition. Her Bartók performances at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall in 2008 were described as “mesmerizing, wonderful, inspired and inspiring.” The reviews for her Bartók CD, released in 2015 on MSR Classics, have been stellar:  “American pianist Terry Eder dispatches this difficult repertoire with great rhythmic vitality and expressive exuberance, and her performances are consistently lucid and commanding.” (Gerald Fenech, Music and Vision) “Eder limns the richness with a blend of exuberance and attention to detail that lifts the music from the page, as if she were telling a series of fascinating short stories.” (Daniel Rosenberg, Gramophone). She was interviewed about her Dohnányi CD for Classics Radio, and the CD has been broadcast on radio stations including WQXR in New York City, and classical stations in Switzerland, among other places.  Her Dohnányi and Bartók recordings have also been featured on David Dubal’s national radio program “Piano Matters.”

Ms. Eder was born in Detroit and began studying the piano at the age of 4. She completed her undergraduate education at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and earned an advanced degree with distinction from the School of Music at Indiana University, Bloomington, in addition to her specialized study at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. Her teachers in addition to Zoltán Kocsis have included Peter Takács and Bálint Vázsonyi. Other influences have come from Leon Fleisher, David Burge, and James Dick. She is herself a seasoned teacher, having taught private piano students of ages 4-75. Ms. Eder was previously Associate Instructor at Indiana University’s School of Music, where she taught undergraduate music students privately and in group classes. She was also the first pianist to be hired as teacher and performer at the Colly Soleri Music Center at Arcosanti, Arizona. As a lecturer, she has presented seminars and lecture/recitals at venues such as the Berklee College of Music in Boston, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory in Singapore and the Music Educators Association of New Jersey.  Ms. Eder has performed in France, Italy, Germany, Canada, the U.S., China 

Singapore. She has three recordings to her credit: Bartók Piano Music on MSR Classics, Dohnányi: Piano Music, on the Hungaroton label, and her self-released (CD Baby) debut CD recital entitled “Portrait.”

Adding to her musical education, Terry Eder earned a Juris Doctorate from Fordham Law School in 1999. As an attorney, she helped to research a book on refugee protection by Arthur C. Helton entitled The Price of Indifference. She practiced law for 12 years, simultaneously with her music career. She is currently on the Advisory Board of the Leschetizky Association and served for several years as a member of the President’s Advisory Council of Oberlin College and Conservatory. In 2015 she founded KEY PIANISTS, a new recital series at Weill Recital Hall, with a mission to present to New York audiences  seasoned artists who might not otherwise perform in New York City. To date, Peter Takács, Ann Schein, Sara Davis Buechner, Cecile Licad, Misha and Cipa Dichter and Ms. Eder herself have been featured artists. In addition, Ms. Eder was curator of musical events at the art gallery North Of History during the 2018 calendar year. See her website for press, photos, CD samples and reviews, and more information:  www.terryeder.com

Bryan Cheng

Bryan Cheng, cello Top prize laureate of the VI International Paulo Cello Competition, 21-year-old Canadian Bryan Cheng is hailed internationally for his “absolutely astonishing” (La Presse, Montréal) command of the cello, “dreamy beauty” (Süddeutsche Zeitung), and “abundant facility, innate musicality, and sense of joy” (New York Concert Review). He made his solo debut at age 10 with the Orchestre de chambre I Musici de Montréal under the baton of Yuli Turovsky, his Carnegie Hall recital debut at 14, and most recently, his Elbphilharmonie solo debut with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and conductor Joshua Weilerstein in 2018. Solo highlights of recent and upcoming seasons include appearances with Finland’s Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, and Tapiola Sinfonietta (conducting from the cello); Germany’s Schleswig-Holsteinisches Sinfonieorchester and Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim; New York’s Adelphi Orchestra;

Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, Niagara and Okanagan Symphony Orchestras, Symphony Nova Scotia, and Esprit Orchestra, collaborating with such esteemed conductors as Susanna Mälkki, Peter Oundjian, David Geringas, Eva Ollikainen, and Alain Trudel. In 2017, after being awarded the Canada Council for the Arts Michael Measures Prize, Bryan embarked on a 12-city coast-tocoast Canadian tour as soloist with Canada’s National Youth Orchestra and conductor Jonathan Darlington. 2018 distinctions include 2nd-prize and two special prizes at the TONALi Grand Prix in Hamburg, Grand Prize at Adelphi Orchestra International Competition in NYC, and a Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award. Bryan has released two critically-acclaimed albums on German classical label audite: Violonchelo del fuego (2018), and Violoncelle français (2016), which was selected as one of WCRB Classical Radio Boston’s top 8 CDs of 2017. Both recordings have been lauded by international press and publications in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Canada, and USA for their “musical sensitivity”, “maturity and perfection”, “extremely imaginative and personal interpretation”, “taste, sure flair for phrasing, and beauty of sound”. His third album with audite, a double CD featuring Russian music, will be released spring 2019. Bryan is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s degree at the Universität der Künste Berlin in the studio of Jens Peter Maintz. He plays on the ca.1696 Bonjour Stradivarius cello and the ca. 1830 Shaw Adam bow, generously on loan from the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank as First Laureate of their 2018 Competition.

About Adelphi Orchestra

The Adelphi Orchestra is a professional, non-profit orchestra performing symphonic, chamber, operatic and dance concerts. For the past 15 years, the Adelphi Orchestra has sponsored a Young Artist Competition and Young Artist Concerts throughout New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area. The Adelphi Orchestra presents concerts with accomplished national and international guest soloists and distinguished conductors. Nominated by its peers for the past 4 years the Jersey Arts People's Choice Award in the Favorite Orchestra/Symphony Division, the Adelphi Orchestra is a member of Opera America and  the League of Orchestras. It is northern New Jersey's longest continuously performing orchestra and a member of the New Jersey cultural community for 64 years. The mission of the Adelphi Orchestra is to serve the musical and educational needs of the citizens of New Jersey, with special emphasis given to families with young children, seniors and those with limited financial means. To further this end, numerous concerts are offered free of admission charges. The Adelphi Orchestra strives to advance the orchestral arts through education, commissions, community partnerships, and its robust young artist programming. Within the orchestra, the company fosters a challenging and enjoyable environment where artistic excellence can

flourish. To learn more about the orchestra and its programs visit www.adelphiorchestra.org

 

Tickets

Friday May 10 2019: VIP Reserved $25 via Eventbrite  Suggested Donation $20 - Never required
Saturday May 11 2019: Tickets $25; General Admission via Eventbrite:  $30 at the door.

Upcoming 2018-19 Concert Season

 

 

Adelphi Youth Artist Competition Finals Recital

National Opera Center of America: Marc A. Scorca Hall  NYC

Saturday, April 27, 2018 – 12:00 PM Tickets

 

 

The Great Romantics

Works of Rossini, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Schumann

River Dell Regional Middle School River Edge, New Jersey

Friday, May 10, 2019 – 7:30 PM Tickets

Conductor: Richard Owen, Bryan Cheng (Cello)

Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church New York City, New York

Saturday,  May 11, 2019 – 7:00 PM Tickets

Terry Eder (Piano), .Bryan Cheng (Cello)

 

To learn more about the orchestra and its programs visit www.adelphiorchestra.org

 

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ALL PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

 

Terry Eder Photo

 

Bryan Cheng Photo