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Cellofest brings two renowned musicians to campus
Melissa
Mitchell, Arts Editor
217-333-5491; melissa@illinois.edu
10/15/03
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CHAMPAIGN,
Ill. — Halloween weekend will feature a mix of musical tricks
and treats for students and fans of cello music attending the University
of Illinois School of Music’s Cellofest, Oct. 31 through
Nov. 2.
Cellofest organizer Laurien Laufman, a cellist and professor of music
at Illinois, said the event, which includes activities at various campus
venues, was planned as “a unique tribute to Aldo Parisot and Janos
Starker.” The pair, she said, are among “the cello world’s
most revered figures.”
Among
the treats at Cellofest will be opportunities to attend master classes
by Parisot and Starker, who will share principles of cello technique
and musicianship with students selected competitively by tape from around
the country.
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Parisot,
who is known as one of the world’s great cello pedagogues, is
the Samuel Sanford Professor of Music at Yale University; he also is
on the faculty at the Juilliard School in New York City. Parisot has
toured has extensively throughout the world as a concert soloist, chamber
musician and recitalist, and also is known as conductor of the Grammy
Award-nominated Yale Cellos.
Starker, Distinguished Professor of Cello at Indiana University, is
regarded as one of the world’s top cello soloists. He has performed
as recitalist and concerto soloist with virtually every major symphony
orchestra. Starker also has held the positions of first cello chair
in the Budapest Opera and Philharmonic orchestras, Dallas Symphony,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chicago Symphony.
“The University of Illinois School of Music is proud to have this
opportunity to host and honor two such prestigious and internationally
recognized dignitaries,” Laufman said.
The master class with Starker will take place at 8 p.m. Nov. 1 in the
Music Building auditorium, 909 W. Oregon St., Urbana; the class with
Parisot is scheduled for 10 a.m. Nov. 2 in the same location. Both classes
are open to the public and cost $15 for non-registered audience members;
tickets may be purchased at the door.
In addition to master classes with Parisot and Starker, Cellofest activities
will include cello competitions for pre-college students and college
undergraduate students from all over the country, and Taiwan; three
talks by guest speakers; demonstrations by cello makers and dealers
from the United States and Canada; and a concert featuring competition
winners and cello choirs.
The concert will take place at 2 p.m. Nov. 2 in Krannert Center’s
Foellinger Great Hall, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana. For ticket information,
contact the Krannert Center ticket office, 217-333-6280.
More information about Cellofest is available by contacting Laufman,
217-244-2668.
