THE 6TH ANNUAL
CATSKILLS HIGH PEAKS
MUSIC FESTIVAL
AUGUST 9 - 20, 2015
Fifty young emerging artists
of exceptional promise and
demonstrated accomplishment from
around the world will gather under
the mentorship of internationally
acclaimed cellist, Yehuda Hanani, and
his renowned colleagues, infusing
students with love and enthusiasm
for their musical vocation, instilling
a spirit of musical adventure
and discovery, and imbuing an
appreciation for past traditions.
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TO CONNECT & CREATE.
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CATSKILLS HIGH PEAKS MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Carey Institute for Global Good and Yehuda Hanani
have teamed up to produce the 6th Annual Catskill High Peaks
Music Festival which will take place from August 9-20, 2015 at
the Institute. The Festival combines a Residency program for
50 hand-picked emerging artists from around the world with
evenings of classical music concerts for the public.
The mission of Catskill High Peaks Festival is to infuse students
with love and enthusiasm for their musical vocation, instill a spirit
of musical adventure and discovery, and imbue an appreciation
for past traditions.
Hanani and renowned colleagues provide a rigorous schedule
of private coaching, public master classes and chamber music
performance opportunities. String, piano and chamber music
repertoire will be approached with allusions to literature,
mythology, philosophy, art, nature and life – cultivating a
scholarly and a passionately personal relationship with music.
This is accomplished through: immersion instrument
instruction by Hanani and top-tier teachers and performers;
creation of thematic concerts so that great works of the past come
alive for the young musicians; and providing young artists with a
broader cultural context, delving deeply into musical viewpoints
to take students beyond the notes. Invariably during coaching,
rehearsal and performance sessions, surprising and dramatic
moments occur that reveal the nature of the artistic process.
Over the eleven days of the Festival public concerts will be held,
affording our young artists the opportunity to try out works in
progress, overcome stage fright and inhibitions, and “wow” their
listeners.
Michael Chertock, a High Peaks faculty member for several
years, says of the High Peaks program: “…Hanani intentionally
fosters an atmosphere of collegiality and deep, searching
musicianship. Lectures and presentations on relevant cultural
topics add to the richness of the educational experience.”
Past years’ emerging artists have hailed from Malaysia, South
Korea, Canada, Taiwan, China, the Philippines, Russia, Mexico,
Iran, Austria, France and 40 different states within the United
States. Each year brings new and different nationalities to
participate.
In 2015, a new “Buddy Day” will be incorporated into
the Festival’s schedule. Up to 30 students from musically
underserved schools in both the Capital District and Kids 4
Harmony in Pittsfield will be paired with older, more experienced
instrumental Residents for one-on-one lessons for violin, cello
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and piano. Storytelling sessions, musically-themed outdoor
games, a talk by the High Peaks faculty, and a performance will
all be included in the “Buddy Day.”
The Carey Institute is located on a 100-acre campus capable of
housing close to 100 people, and has its own craft brewery, farm
to table restaurant and most importantly for the music festival, a
state of the art performance hall with 175 seats and fine acoustics.
The cost to produce the Catskill High Peaks Music Festival is
shared by the Resident. The Carey Institute for Global Good is
seeking $50,000 annual support for this program.
YEHUDA HANANI
Born in Jerusalem, Hanani was brought to the United States
from Israel by Leonard Bernstein and Isaac Stern at the age of 19.
He is an international soloist, recording artist, Israeli-American
cellist and Professor of Violoncello at the University of Cincinnati
College-Conservatory of Music. Hanani is highly regarded as a
teacher who has inspired a generation of young cellists. He has
served on the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory and presents
master classes around the globe (including Juilliard, Paris
Conservatoire, Hochschule fur Musik, among others).
He has been at the forefront of thematic programming and has
directed the innovative chamber music series – Close Encounters
With Music – (based in the Berkshires since 1992) in cities across
the U.S. and Canada, and at the Frick Museum in New York.
Major composers who have written works for him include Lera
Auerbach, Robert Beaser, Kenji Bunch, Osvaldo Golijov, Jonathan
Keren, Owen Leech, Jorge Martin, John Musto, William Perry,
Bernard Rands and Paul Schoenfield.
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