SOTHEBY’s

Beverly Hills, 9665 Wilshire Boulevard

Thursday, November 17, 2005, 7 pm

Annual Tribute to Leo Frankel

event’s photo gallery

Nathan Frankel & Friends

Brahms  Scherzo from FAE sonata
Intermezzo
Schumann Piano Quartet, opus 47
Gideon Rubin, piano
Nathan Frankel, violin
Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola
Alexander Suleiman, cello

As a founding board member of Young Artists International, Leo Frankel was a great supporter of classical music and young artists.  The Leo Frankel Memorial Award Fund was established in November 2002.  It is our aspiration that through this fund the legacy of Leo’s love for music will continue to support the most outstanding and deserving young artists of this generation.  Since its inception,
35 musicians have been recipients of the fund awards.  Leo’s son, Nathan, continues in his father’s steps as a board member of Young Artists International and is an ardent supporter of the arts.

Sotheby’s is proud to support the progress of Young Artists International by generously sponsoring this event.  As one of the world’s foremost authorities on musical instruments and manuscripts, Sotheby’s continues to promote classical music and the artists who bring it to us.

Sunday, June 12, 3 PM

Home of Linda & Thomas Govreau

Benefactors Concert Series presents:
“Brahms in Palisades”

Featuring:

Brahms: Piano Quartet No.1, Op.25

Elizabeth Jeanne Schumann, piano
Nathan Frankel (YAI Board Member), violin
Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola
Lars Hoefs, cello

Saturday, April 9, 8 PM

Holmby Hills Estate of Mr. Ernest Herman

I Palpiti: from Salzburg to LA

Presented with Consulate General of Austria

The artists:

Celebrated Violinist Eduard Schmieder
Algur H. Meadows Distinguished Professor

Leading European Cellist Julius Berger

Russian Pianist Dmitri Demiashkin
– “most sensational talent to emerge since Richter”

Tchaikovsky Piano Trio & more

Thursday, April 14, 8 pm

Dmitri Demiashkin

performs

Beethoven, Chopin, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky

Saturday, April 9, 8 PM

Holmby Hills Estate of Mr. Ernest Herman

I Palpiti: from Salzburg to LA

Presented with Consulate General of Austria

The artists:

Celebrated Violinist Eduard Schmieder
Algur H. Meadows Distinguished Professor

Leading European Cellist Julius Berger

Russian Pianist Dmitri Demiashkin
– “most sensational talent to emerge since Richter”

Tchaikovsky Piano Trio & more

Thursday, April 14, 8 pm

Dmitri Demiashkin

performs

Beethoven, Chopin, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky

Lorenzo Soulès-Aguilar, pianist?

“A genuine treasure of intelligence and talent.” Piano Magazine, Paris

Saturday, February 26, 8 pm

Home of Richard Barnard, Esq.
Hosts of Honor:    Hon. Alberto Massa, Consul General of Peru
Hon. Philippe Larrieu, Consul General of France

Program

“To hear a child interpret Beethoven’s Appassionata, Chopin’s First Ballade and Chromatic Etude, Liszt’s Au bord d’une source, Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy,  Messiaen’s Isle de feu, and the Finale of the Second Piano Concerto by Brahms already blows your mind away.  But to discover within this little being much more than a prodigy, an authentic and thrilling artist, is simply overwhelming.

-Piano Magazine (Paris, 2004)

Lorenzo was born in 1992 in Lyon, France to a French father and Peruvian mother, the fourth child in a family of professional musicians.  At age 12, he is garnering impressive reviews. Showing a perfect pitch at age 2, Lorenzo began studying the piano with his mother, and continued with Jean Fassina, Thierry Barbier and presently Olivier Gardon at the Conservatoire National Superieur in Paris. At 10, he gave his first concerto with orchestra in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1. His repertoire shows a great diversity of styles and periods, spanning from Bach and Scarlatti to Debussy and Messiaen. His awards include winning the 2003 European Music Competition in Picardie and the 2003 Maison Laffitte Prize. Recent engagements featured recitals in France and in Portugal at the Castelo Branco International Festival; and in 2004, Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto in Saint-Malo, France. He participated in the Bowdoin International Music Festival (Maine) as a full-scholarship student of Ms. Yoheved Kaplinsky, and attended the Salzburg International Masterclasses, where he was chosen to perform in the Mozarteum. Lorenzo studies analysis, harmony, solfege, and chamber music. He also enjoys History, English and Latin, reading, playing chess and swimming.

Stephen & Frances Schloss
Cordially invite you to

An Afternoon Musicale

Featuring Cellist Abe Feders & Young Artists
International Sunday, February 6, 2005, 5 pm

Program:
Mendelssohn Sonata Op 58
Popper Hungarian Rhapsody
Bartok Romanian Dances
Bloch Prayer
Bach Adagio

“Exhilaration, thrills, and awe conquer audiences
faced with the irrepressible virtuosity and musical achievement of
emerging young performers. These are the stock in trade of Young Artists International.”
– Los Angeles Times

BIOGRAPHY:

Cellist Abraham Feder, a graduate of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, studied with Richard Hirschl of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has performed in master classes with The Ahn Trio, Yehuda Hanani, Eleanore Schoenfeld, Wolfgang Laufer, and Janos Starker. In December 2003, Abraham was chosen to serve as principal cellist of the New York String Orchestra Seminar under Jamie Laredo at Carnegie Hall. Abraham received the Merit Award in cello from the National Foundation for the Advancement in Arts.  As a chamber musician he performed with the Jupiter Piano trio, piano quartet Octobre and with the Praxis piano quartet at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. The Praxis piano quartet recently was a second-prize winner in the Rembrandt Chamber Music Competition and was featured on WFMT’s “Impromptu” program. Abraham has been featured on “From the Top,” the NPR Classical Music Program and has been presented in recital with “Music in the Loft.”  In 2003, he joined cellists of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, in a live performance of all six Bach Suites for Unaccompanied Cello at the Barnett Foundation. From the Fall 2004, Abraham will be attending the Curtis Institute of Music studying with both Peter Wiley and David Soyer.

Violinist Catherine Leonard
SOTHEBY’s
Beverly Hills, 9665 Wilshire Boulevard
Monday, November 22, 2004, 6 pm

An annual Tribute to Leo Frankel

“Quite simply the leading Irish violinist of her generation … Ms. Leonard managed to retain that natural directness of statement and sentiment which is her particular musical gift.” – Irish Times

“This was playing of the finest kind… The music breathed and glowed.” -Wigmore Hall review, Strad Magazine, March 2004

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Photos from the event.
Beverly Hills Outlook Review

http://homepage.eircom.net/~catherineleonard

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As a founding board member of Young Artists International, Leo Frankel was a great supporter of classical music and young artists. Leo Frankel Memorial Award Fund was established in November 2002. It is our aspiration that through this Fund the legacy of Leo’s love for music will continue to support the most outstanding and deserving young artists of this generation. Since, 35 musicians were recipients of the fund awards. Leo’s son, Nathan, continues in his father’s steps as a board member of Young Artists International and is ardent supporter of the arts.

Young Artists International discovers and supports young talents, age 18-28, securing a future generation of artists who will pass on the traditions of the great musicians of all time and will be the standard bearers for classical music in the 21^st century. Through its acclaimed annual International Laureates Festival and the Benefactors Concert Series, YAI provides performance exposure for some of the world’s greatest musical talents, promoting their careers while providing audiences with a memorable and unique experience.  More information can be found online at www.ipalpiti.org.

Sotheby’s is proud to support the progress of Young Artists International by generously sponsoring tonight’s event. As one of the world’s foremost authorities on musical instruments and manuscripts, Sotheby’s continues to promote classical music and the artists who bring it to us.

Violinist Gidon Kremer

May 22, 2004 Post Concert

Dinner

With Board of Directors and

Benefactors

Hosted by:

Consul General of Germany
Hans J. Wndler
Mrs. Gudrun Wendler

In the course of his distinguished career, violinist Gidon Kremer established a worldwide reputation as one of the most original and compelling artists of his generation.  He has appeared on virtually every major concert stage with the most celebrated orchestras of Europe & America and has collaborated with today’s foremost conductors and instrumentalists.  May 21-23, Mr. Kremer performs Bartok Concerto with LA Philharmonic at the Disney Hall.  Mr. Kremer has been an Artistic Advisor of Young Artists International since its founding in 1998.

www.gidon-kremer.com

Sunday, April 25, 2004

Preview of the 7th annual International Laureates Festival

Hosted by Ada & Leonard Sands

featuring

Theodore Bikel

A national treasure:
folk singer; theater, film and television actor;
radio host; former president of Actors’ Equity

www.bikel.com

Preview: short film about Young Artists International