Tahoe Music Alive and TCMS are collaborating to present internationally renowned artists Violinist Owen Dalby and Pianist Stephen Prutsman in a Concert of Beethoven Violin and Piano Sonatas; Olympic Valley Chapel, North Lake Tahoe, June 17, 4:00 pm. This collaboration is the first of what we hope will be many future joint presentations.
Assisting in this effort is the Tahoe Truckee School of Music
Owen Dalby
Owen Dalby is praised as “dazzling” (The New York Times), “expert and versatile” (The New Yorker), and “a fearless and inquisitive violinist” (San Francisco Classical Voice). Owen leads a rich musical life as an artistic director, chamber musician, soloist, new and early music expert, orchestral concertmaster, and educator. As a member of the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Owen is Artist-in-Residence at Stanford University. With the SLSQ, recent projects have included tours of all the major chamber series in North America and Europe, as well as solo debuts with the LA Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the NHK Philharmonic (Tokyo) in John Adams’s Absolute Jest for string quartet and orchestra. Until recently one of the world’s most active classical ensembles, SLSQ is particularly renowned for its interpretations of Haydn, with a celebrated release of his Opus 20 on vinyl LP, CD, streaming, and HD video. Brand new recordings for 2023 include Korngold’s mighty Piano Quintet, Op. 15 with pianist Stephen Prutsman, and Emperor/Sunrise, two of Haydn’s late great string quartets, Op. 76, both on the Phenotypic Recordings label. Owen is also co-Artistic Director of Noe Music, a premiere chamber music concert series in San Francisco.
Stephen Prutsman
Stephen Prutsman has been described as one of the most innovative musicians of his time. Moving easily from classical to jazz to world music styles as a pianist, composer and conductor, Prutsman continues to explore and seek common ground and relationships in the music of all cultures and languages. As a composer, Stephen’s long collaboration with Grammy Award winning Kronos Quartet has resulted in over 40 arrangements and compositions for them. Other leading artists and ensembles who have performed Stephen’s compositions and arrangements include Leon Fleisher, Dawn Upshaw, the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Yo-Yo Ma, Spoleto USA, and the Silk Road Project. In 2010, his song cycle “Piano Lessons” was premiered by Ms. Upshaw and Emanuel Ax at Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw, Disney Hall and the Barbican Centre. As a pianist or arranger outside of the classical music world he has collaborated with such diverse personalities as Tom Waits, Rokia Traore, Joshua Redman, Jon Anderson of “YES”, Sigur Rós and Asha Bhosle.
Tahoe Music Alive
Tahoe Music Alive sponsors spring and fall concerts in intimate venues for professional and emergent musicians from Tahoe and Reno, from the Bay Area and throughout the world. Throughout the year, TMA also promotes small musical ensembles in intimate community settings – Music With Friends – salons for avocational musicians, their collaborating artists and their friends. The establishment of Tahoe Musical Arts Alive is inspired by Martha Russell, a Truckee resident and Stanford Emerita, with a background in interdisciplinary program development, she brings to the Tahoe chamber music scene a history of musical collaborations at Stanford University, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the University of Texas at Austin, and others. along with her flute and piano, and a desire to PLAY ON. Contact: Martha.Russell@stanford.edu / 650-646-1331
Tahoe Truckee School of Music
The Tahoe Truckee School of Music is a 501(3)c non-profit community music school located in Truckee, California, that offers music lessons, group classes, and performance experiences to students of all ages.