 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
News Release
03.21.06
Contact: Nancy Condon, 404-727-1687, ncondon@emory.edu
Former ASO Members Return for a Performance at Emory’s Schwartz Center
On April 9, the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta (ECMSA) welcomes home two past Atlanta Symphony Orchestra members when they perform in concert at Emory’s Schwartz Center (tickets: $20, all students free). The concert, “Virtuoso Concerti,” brings virtuoso trumpeter Christopher Martin back to Atlanta from Chicago, where he is the new principal of the prestigious Chicago Symphony Orchestra, for a performance of Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto no. 2.” Violinist Martin Chalifour, principal concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and one-time Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) concertmaster, performs Mendolssohn’s delightful “Concerto for Violin and Piano,” with pianist Will Ransom, ECMSA founder and artistic director. In between these performances, Atlanta’s own Vega String Quartet plays Shostakovich’s "String Quartet #8" in honor of the composer’s 100 th birthday this year. “This concert is an extraordinary opportunity to see two former Atlanta boys who are now at the top of the profession,” says Ransom. For tickets or more information, call 404-727-5050 or go to www.arts.emory.edu.
Barely 30 years old, Christopher Martin has already had a long musical career, which is not surprising considering that he comes from a musical family. His father, Freddy Martin, is band director for the prestigious Atlanta private school Westminster and his mother, Lynda Martin, sings in the Atlanta Symphony Chorus. Be fore Martin joined the Chicago Symphony last year, he spent four years as ASO principal trumpet. He was on the music faculty at Emory University and Temple University in Philadelphia , and has given masterclasses at conservatories and colleges throughout the United States , including at the Manhattan School of Music. He has also performed as principal trumpet with the Seattle Symphony and the Grand Teton Music Festival. Martin can be heard on a number of recent recordings, including the ASO's 2003 Grammy Award-winning recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony conducted by Robert Spano.
Chalifour has also had a remarkable career. Principal concertmaster with the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1995, he began his orchestral career as associate concertmaster of the ASO in 1984. Subsequently, he held that same position for five years with the Cleveland Orchestra. Chalifour performs extensively, playing hundreds of concerto performances in a repertoire of more than 50 works. He has appeared as a soloist with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Charles Dutoit and Christoph Eschenbach. Maintaining close ties with his native French province of Quebec , he has returned to teach masterclasses and perform as a soloist with the Quebec Symphony. Chalifour, who lives in San Marino, CA, is a professor at the University of Southern California ’s Thornton School of Music.
Calendar | Tickets | Directions | About | Coca-Cola
Artist | Community | Newsroom Arts Home | Emory University | Emory College | Schwartz Center | Carlos Museum |