SEATTLE SYMPHONY BRINGS NEW STREAMS FOR KIDS WITH TINY CLIPS FOR TINY TOTS: BRASS AND MEET THE INSTRUMENT: HORN, ALONGSIDE A REBROADCAST OF YOU HAD ME AT CELLO IN COLLABORATION WITH TOWN HALL
MEET THE INSTRUMENT: HORN: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, AT 11 A.M. PDT | FRIDAY, APRIL 3, AT 11 A.M. PDT
YOU HAD ME AT CELLO: THURSDAY, APRIL 2, AT 7:30 P.M. PDT | SATURDAY, APRIL 4, AT 8:30 P.M. PDT | SUNDAY, APRIL 5, AT 4 P.M. PDT
TINY CLIPS FOR TINY TOTS: BRASS: SATURDAY, APRIL 4, AT 10:30 A.M. PDT
Seattle Symphony cellists Efe Baltacıgil, Meeka Quan DiLorenzo and Eric Han with Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra cellist Charles Jacot (second from right) performing in You Had Me At Cello, a cello ensemble concert curated by Joshua Roman for the Town Hall Music Series on September 22, 2019. Photo by Roy Kuraisa.
SIX PERFORMANCES THIS WEEK INCLUDING YOU HAD ME AT CELLO FROM TOWN HALL SEATTLE’S SEPTEMBER 2019 HOMECOMING FESTIVAL
Seattle, WA – The Seattle Symphony brings new programming for children with Tiny Clips for Tiny Tots: Brass as part of six performances scheduled for free streaming this week. Tiny Clips for Tiny Tots joins Meet the Instrument: Horn with Danielle Kuhlmann and a rebroadcast of You Had Me At Cello, a cello ensemble performance curated by cellist Joshua Roman. The rebroadcast concert features Seattle Symphony cellists and was originally performed in September 2019. As announced earlier this month, the Seattle Symphony will continue sharing performances that provide strength, comfort and joy through video rebroadcasts and livestreams to support our community as we confront the current global health crisis.
Meet the Instrument: Horn features Seattle Symphony horn Danielle Kuhlmann, who will introduce our youngest audiences and their families to the French horn in a fun musical exploration. The Meet the Instrument series launched last week with Meet the Tuba to provide more video streams for families with young children at home during this period of school closures. Meet the Instrument: Horn will air on Wednesday, April 1, at 11 a.m. PDT and Friday, April 3, at 11 a.m. PDT; viewers can tune in on YouTube and Facebook.
To further expand the Symphony’s educational programming, an all-new Tiny Clips for Tiny Tots: Brass will be introduced to viewers on Saturday, April 4, at 10:30 a.m. PDT. Seattle Symphony horn John Turman hosts a kid-friendly brass quintet performance by members of the orchestra. The Tiny Clips for Tiny Tots series is modeled after the Symphony’s Tiny Tots Concerts, which are offered regularly throughout the season to families with young children.
The Seattle Symphony continues scheduled streams of past concerts this week with You Had Me At Cello, a cello ensemble concert originally performed at Town Hall Seattle’s September 2019 Homecoming Festival. Curated by Joshua Roman, the Artistic Director of the Town Hall Music Series and former Seattle Symphony Principal Cello, the performance blends traditional cello ensemble with ambitious experimentation through arrangements for cello duets to quintets. This rebroadcast features Seattle Symphony cellists Principal Efe Baltacıgil, Associate Principal Meeka Quan DiLorenzo and Eric Han, as well as cellist Charles Jacot. Audiences can tune in for any of the of three performance broadcasts this week on Thursday (7:30 p.m. PDT), Saturday (8:30 p.m. PDT) and Sunday (4 p.m. PDT).
The Seattle Symphony will continue to organize additional free livestreams and rebroadcasts until the orchestra can return to the Benaroya Hall stage. Rebroadcasts or livestreams will occur every week through May, and programming updates will be shared at seattlesymphony.org/live. Those interested can also sign up to receive email notifications about upcoming Seattle Symphony rebroadcasts and livestreams.. Audiences can view performances on YouTube and Facebook.
Inspired by the orchestra’s dedication to serving the community, Seattle Symphony Board member Stephen Whyte has generously pledged to match all donations, dollar-for-dollar throughout Benaroya Hall’s closure.
To learn more about how to support the Seattle Symphony or to make a donation, visit seattlesymphony.org/give. The Seattle Symphony looks forward to welcoming audiences back to Benaroya Hall again very soon and wishes everyone health and comfort in the coming weeks.
DANIELLE KUHLMANN | HORN
Praised by The New York Times for her fearless and seductive playing, Seattle native Danielle Kuhlmann returns home to join the Seattle Symphony after a three-year tenure with the San Diego Symphony. She completed her undergraduate degree with Jerome Ashby at The Juilliard School and pursued graduate studies at Rice University under William VerMeulen. An avid interpreter of new music, she was Principal Horn of the American Composers Orchestra, and performs with the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). In addition to classical performances, Kuhlmann is a founding member of the all-female pop Horn quartet Genghis Barbie. Devoted to philanthropic work, Kuhlmann has spent four summers in the Philippines volunteering for the group Cultures in Harmony, a New York-based NGO that promotes cultural diplomacy through music. The group works with both professional and student-level musicians as well as indigenous tribal youth. In January of 2011, she volunteered in Kabul, Afghanistan, teaching and performing at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music.
JOHN TURMAN | HOST
Prior to becoming a member of the Seattle Symphony, John Turman was awarded the position of principal horn of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in the spring of 2015. During the 2013–2014 season, Turman performed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as acting third horn. Additionally, he has performed with the Austin Lyric Opera, Austin Symphony, Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Symphony. Turman received his degree in Horn Performance from Rice University in 2015 where he studied with William VerMeulen. In addition to performing in the Seattle Symphony horn section Turman has taken on the role of host and helped develop the highly successful Seattle Symphony Tiny Tots concert series for families with very young children.
EFE BALTACIGIL | PRINCIPAL CELLO
Principal Cello of the Seattle Symphony since 2011, Efe Baltacıgil made concerto debuts with The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2010, and with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle in 2012. Named String Player of the Year in Turkey in 2013, Turkish cellist Efe Baltacıgil has also received the Peter Jay Sharp Prize, the Washington Performing Arts Society Prize, and first prizes in concerto competitions in Istanbul and New York, as well as in the Allentown (Pennsylvania) Schadt String Competition. He was the winner of the 2005 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and received an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2006. Baltacıgil was born in Istanbul, Turkey, received his bachelor’s degree from Mimar Sinan University Conservatory in Istanbul in 1998 and an artist diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in 2002.
MEEKA QUAN DILORENZO | ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL CELLO
Before joining the Seattle Symphony in 2009, Assistant Principal Cello Meeka Quan DiLorenzo held the title of Associate Principal Cello of the Utah Symphony for five seasons. An avid chamber musician, she has performed with members of the Juilliard and Cleveland quartets, and has received invitations to the Aspen, Ravinia, Taos, Kingston, Sun Valley and Kneisel Hall music festivals. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, DiLorenzo has been a prizewinner in several national and international competitions. She began her cello studies at age 6 with Suzuki teacher Beth Goldstein, and has since studied under Julie Feldman, Irene Sharp, Stephan Geber and Richard Aaron.
ERIC HAN | CELLO
Korean-born Canadian cellist Eric Han made his concerto debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at the age of 14. Following his debut, he had many engagements with Toronto Sinfonietta, Toronto Chamber Players and Boston’s Symphony by the Sea. As a guest artist and Artist in Residence, Han has participated at various festivals including the Moritzburg Festival, La Jolla SummerFest, Music@Menlo and Sarasota Music Festival, among others. Han studied with David Hetherington at the Glenn Gould School, and holds a Bachelor of Music from the Colburn School of Music under the tutelage of Ronald Leonard. Han is a recent graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Peter Wiley and Carter Brey. Han plays on a cello made by Frank Ravatin on generous loan to him by the Maestro Foundation.
CHARLES JACOT | CELLO
Charles Jacot is a member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and a frequent sub for both the Seattle Opera and Seattle Symphony.
JOSHUA ROMAN | CELLO
Photo courtesy of TED
Joshua Roman has earned an international reputation for his wide-ranging repertoire, artistic leadership and versatility. As well as being a celebrated performer, he is recognized as an accomplished composer and curator, and the Artistic Director for Town Hall’s Town Music series. Roman was previously Principal Cello of the Seattle Symphony.
SEATTLE SYMPHONY
Led by Music Director Thomas Dausgaard, the Seattle Symphony unleashes the power of music, brings people together and lifts the human spirit. Recognized as one of the “most vital American orchestras” (NPR), the Seattle Symphony is internationally acclaimed for its inventive programming, community-minded initiatives and superb recordings on the Seattle Symphony Media label. With a strong commitment to new music and a legacy of over 150 recordings, the orchestra has garnered five Grammy Awards, 26 Grammy nominations, two Emmy Awards and was named Gramophone’s 2018 Orchestra of the Year. The Symphony performs in Benaroya Hall in the heart of downtown Seattle from September through July, reaching over 500,000 people annually through live performances and radio broadcasts.
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MEET THE INSTRUMENT: HORN WITH DANIELLE KUHLMANN
Wednesday, April 1, at 11 a.m.
Friday, April 3, at 11 a.m.
Danielle Kuhlmann, horn & host
Meet the French Horn! Seattle Symphony horn Danielle Kuhlmann will perform short pieces and lead an exploration of the French horn.
The live broadcast will be available through the Seattle Symphony’s YouTube and Facebook channels.
Seattle Symphony Family Programs supported by The Klorfine Foundation.
YOU HAD ME AT CELLO
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE: TOWN HALL SEATTLE’S 2019 HOMECOMING FESTIVAL
Thursday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 4, at 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 5, at 4 p.m.
Efe Baltacigil, cello
Meeka Quan Di Lorenzo, cello
Eric Han, cello
Charles Jacot, cello
Joshua Roman, cello
Curated by Joshua Roman, the Artistic Director of the Town Hall Music Series and former Seattle Symphony Principal Cello, this cello performance blends the traditional ensemble with ambitious experimentation in arrangements for cello duets to quintets.
The live rebroadcast will be available through the Seattle Symphony’s YouTube and Facebook channels.
TINY CLIPS FOR TINY TOTS: BRASS
Saturday, April 4, at 10:30 a.m
John Turman, host
Seattle Symphony brass quintet
Building on the Meet the Instrument: Horn broadcasts, Seattle Symphony horn and Tiny Tots host John Turman will guide young viewers in learning more about the brass section of the orchestra, featuring songs from the Tiny Tots concert series and a brass quintet of Seattle Symphony musicians.
The live broadcast will be available through the Seattle Symphony’s YouTube and Facebook channels.
Seattle Symphony Family Programs supported by The Klorfine Foundation.