Summer Festival Tickets
will again be available in June, 2010
 

Sunday
July 19th
4:30 PM

Mary McCallum
Park

Festival Faire Dinner & Auction

"A River Runs Through It"
 

Sunday, July 19th

Mary McCallum Park

Dinner & Auction

Casual, catered, tents, Tate & Tate with a delicious dinner, desirable auction items on the Deschutes River and Festival Fun for everyone.  Young Artist Scholarship recipients will entertain you while you view items you would like for a bid.  Have a glass of wine, enjoy your friends, and help the Sunriver Music Festival bring quality classical music to Central Oregon for your enjoyment.
 

Thursday
August 13 7:30 PM

Piano Recital
Sunriver Resort Great Hall

The 2009 Van Cliburn Silver Medalist

Yeol Eum Son

Once every four years, a select few young pianists emerge victorious from the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: “the most prestigious classical piano contest in the world.” (Chicago Tribune).  On June 7, 2009, the winners of the Thirteenth Cliburn Competition were awarded significant cash prizes, CD recordings, and three years of international concert engagements.

The Sunriver Music Festival has been selected by the Van Cliburn Foundation to present one of the 2009 winners during the August summer festival in Sunriver.  In September 2008, an agreement was met to secure the 2009 Silver Medalist.

“We are so pleased to present one of the newly crowned Van Cliburn winners during our summer festival,” explains Pam Beezley of the Sunriver Music Festival.  “This is quite an honor for us, because the Van Cliburn Foundation is very selective about the organizations they include in these young musicians’ tour schedule.”

This year’s Van Cliburn Silver Medalist is Yeol Eum Son, 23, of South Korea.  Miss Son was also the Van Cliburn winner of the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for the Best Performances of Chamber Music.  Yeol Eum Son has performed with the Israel, New York, Seoul, and Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestras, among other noted orchestras. She was the third-prize winner of the 2005 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition.  Ms. Son has made debuts at several international music festivals, including the Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw, the Rheingau Festival in Germany, and the Bowdoin Festival in the United States. She currently studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, Germany, and has recorded a CD of Chopin etudes for Universal Music in Korea.

Yeol Eum Son will open the Sunriver Music Festival’s concerts with a solo piano recital in the Sunriver Resort Great Hall on Thursday, August 13.  Miss Son will instruct a piano master class on Friday, August 14 and perform with the Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra on Saturday, August 15.

“We have had fantastic success presenting the Van Cliburn winners in our concert line up in the past,” adds Pam Beezley.  “The quality of the performances is outstanding.  The Van Cliburn competition is very well respected by musicians throughout the world and our audiences have big hearts for these young talented musicians.”

The history of the Cliburn Competition began when a young pianist named Van Cliburn won the first Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War in 1958, bringing him an unprecedented celebrity for an American concert pianist. As he toured the world and sold millions of records, he brought classical music, often for the first time, to listeners of all ages. The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition was created shortly thereafter to perpetuate Van Cliburn’s unique legacy of demonstrating how classical music has the appeal to reach across all borders. Today, the Cliburn Competition is considered one of the most significant music competitions in the world. Winners receive not only a cash prize, but three years of commission-free management as well. The competition has gained international recognition for many of its participants through award-winning television documentaries, national radio series, and productions of winners’ performances.

For more information about the Van Cliburn Foundation, performances and competitions, visit www.cliburn.org.

Friday
August 14 7:30 PM

Classical Concert I

Sunriver Resort Great Hall

 Gabrieli       Antiphonal Brass            
 Dvorák        Romance in f minor for Violin and Orchestra, op. 11
 Vaughan Williams     The Lark Ascending for Violin & Orchestra

                                     Jun Iwasaki, violin                        
Mozart            Symphony #41 in C (Jupiter), K. 551
 
Sponsored by: Bennington Properties and Bob & Jean Maina

Saturday
August 15 7:30 PM

Classical Concert II

Sunriver Resort Great Hall

 Mozart   Divertimento #2 in D, K. 131 Piano Concerto
 Piano Concerto (to be announced) Van Cliburn Silver Medalist, piano
 Schumann Symphony #1 in B-flat, op. 38

Sponsored by: Central Oregon Radiology Associates

Sunday
August 16 1:00 PM

Family Concert

"Peter and the Wolf"



Sunriver Resort Great Hall

Meet our fabulous orchestra.
Bring the kids young and old to listen to classical music by our Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra.  Fun and educational for the whole family is this casual concert where kids sit on the floor and hear what the orchestra instruments really sound like.
 

Sponsored by:

Tuesday
August 18 7:30 PM

Summit High School

Pops Concert

Summit High School - Bend

"A Pops Potpourri"
From Broadway to Brazil and Bernstein to Bacharach

This summer's variety of great hits will feature a salute to Stan Getz, the music of John Williams and great tunes from the movies and musical theater.  Conductor Frank Dilberto and Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra present music from Westside Story, Dr. Zhivago and South Pacific...and musical theater favorites from Gershwin and Cole Porter.  Pops singer Susannah Mars will be joined by three-time Emmy award winning musical score writer and saxophonist James Di Pasquale to create an evening of memorable music.

Sponsored by: Capstone Wealth Management Group, Karnopp Peeterson LLP and John & Mimi Fettig

Friday
August 21 7:30 PM 

Classical Concert III

Tower Theatre - Bend

Cherubini        Concert Overture            
Bach                Suite #2 in b minor for Flute, Strings, and continuo

                                  Adam Kuenzel, flute
      
Mendelssohn   Overture to  “The Wedding of Camacho,” op. 10 Mozart             Overture to “Don Giovanni,” K. 527, (arr. Busoni)
Haydn:            Symphony #93 in D            

  
Sponsored by:

Saturday
August 22 7:30 PM 

Classical Concert IV

Tower Theatre - Bend
 

Hummel            Concerto in E for Trumpet & Orchestra  
 

                                Jeffrey Work, trumpet

Mozart                Serenade #11 in E-flat for Eight Winds, K. 375 Mendelssohn      Symphony #4 in A (Italian)


Sponsored by:

Sunday
August 30 2:00 PM 

South Century Bridge

KAYAK KANTATA

“Float from the South Century Bridge to the backyard oasis
of Stuart and Sandy Young.”

Deschutes River

Accompanied by live music, float from the South Century Bridge over the Deschutes River down to Stuart & Sandy Young’s backyard oasis. You may choose to float in your own craft, ride on a party boat or just come for a delicious dinner catered by Tate & Tate in a beautiful garden atmosphere on the river.

Make your reservations early for this fun fundraiser
as there are limited seats available.