Concert View presents Richard & Mika Stoltzman (clarinet & marimba)

Rockport Music's Concert View presents the celebrated duo of clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and marimbist Mika Stoltzman performing works of Bach, Brahms, John Zorn and Ennio Morricone's Cinema Paradiso.

PROGRAM
Bach (arr. Richard Stoltzman): Chromatic Fantasy for solo clarinet
Bach (arr. Mika Stoltzman) : Partita in D minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne
John Zorn: Anima - the waxing light (World premiere: May 17, 2020)
Ennio Morricone (arr. Takeshi Fuse): Cinema Paradiso
Brahms (arr. Takeshi Fuse): Intermezzo, Op. 118, No. 2

Rockport Music-Shalin Liu Performance Center
https://rockportmusic.org/

ABOUT RICHARD AND MIKA STOLTZMAN
A unique and dynamic chamber duo, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and marimbist Mika Stoltzman have performed all over the globe, bringing their boundary-defying sound to many of the world’s finest halls. Whether digging into Bach, a spirited tango or an improvisatory jazz workout, the Stoltzmans bring a fresh, unpredictable element to their instrumental virtuosity.

As soloist with more than 100 orchestras and as a recitalist and chamber musician, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman has brought the clarinet to the forefront of the stage as a solo instrument. Stoltzman gave the first clarinet recitals in the histories of both the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall, and, in 1986, became the first wind player to be awarded the Avery Fisher Prize. Throughout his career he has frequently played and recorded both jazz and classical music, and has performed with a wide variety of brilliant musicians in each genre, from Richard Goode to Chick Corea.

A native of Japan, marimbist Mika Stoltzman has toured 19 countries and 65 cities around the world. She has performed ten times at Carnegie Hall (Zankel and Weill Hall), as well as at PASIC 2005 and 2007, the Blue Note in New York, the Tokyo and Cairo Jazz Festivals, and the Rockport Jazz Festival. She regularly performs around the world in a duo with her husband, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, at major venues in New York, Boston, Austin, Buenos Aires, Mexico, Hong Kong, Japan, Germany and many more. Mika has performed as soloist with the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, Kumamoto Symphony Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, Kracow Philharmonic, and Szombathey Symphony Orchestra. In 2013, she gave the world premiere of Chick Corea’s Piano Concerto No. 1 on marimba with the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra in Mexico.