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Janos Starker: A 75th Birthday Celebration pays homage to the internationally acclaimed cellist, distinguished lecturer and Grammy award-winner whose impressive career has spanned nearly five decades. Renowned violin virtuoso Joshua Bell (Short Trip Home) is host for the program that features students, friends and family in a birthday tribute to this legendary musician. (Stereo; Rating: G)
Program Release
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Former students, friends, family,
and great cellists gathered to celebrate the 75th birthday of legendary
cellist Janos Starker in the way they know best—a concert. That gala
event is presented on Janos Starker: A 75th Birthday Celebration,
with world renowned violinist Joshua Bell as host.
The 1999 concert was at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where
Starker teaches. It features Starker, playing with his son-in-law, William
Preucil, who is Cleveland Orchestra concertmaster. The program also includes
performances by former Starker students who are international touring
artists: Gary Hoffman, Maria Kliegel, and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. Also appearing
in the 90-minute version of the program are his daughter Gwen Starker-Preucil,
violin; and his granddaughter, Alexandra Preucil, violin.
Mstislav Rostropovich conducts the Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra,
and Emilio Colón, a former Starker student, conducts a mass cello
ensemble of 153 current and former Indiana students. The repertoire for
the evening’s performance includes Bruch’s Kol Nidrei, Popper’s
Hungarian Rhapsody, Dvorak’s Rondo, and Brahms’ Double Concerto.
In an interview included in the program, Starker talks
with Bell about his cello sound, his career, and his plans for the future.
Janos Starker and Mstislav Rostropovich, two of the world’s greatest
living cellists in the latter half of the 20th century, had never before
appeared on the same stage or performed together.
Starker, a world-renowned cellist and 1997 Grammy Award-winner, was born
in Budapest, Hungary and detained in a Nazi work camp before coming to
the United States in 1946. Currently a Distinguished Professor of Music
at Indiana, where he has taught since 1958, Starker was formerly a principal
cellist with the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago, and Dallas Symphony orchestras.
Today he continues to perform as soloist and recitalist on all continents,
and gives master classes worldwide. His discography includes over 100
recordings.
Rostropovich has recorded virtually the entire cello repertoire and has
inspired works by many of this century’s finest composers. Formerly
music director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C.
for 17 seasons, he has conducted nearly every major orchestra on three
continents.
More than 1,400 students from throughout the United States and from 35
countries study with 140 teachers and scholars at the Indiana University
School of Music, which has been ranked as the nation’s top music
program four times. The school’s annual performance schedule of nearly
1,000 different public programs includes recitals by students and faculty,
ensembles, and full-scale productions of opera and ballet. The Opera Theater
has given more than 1,000 performances of 250 different operas.
Janos Starker: A 75th Birthday Celebration is a production of WTIU, Indiana University Television; Nancy Callaway, producer.
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Janos Starker: A 75th Birthday Celebration is distributed by American Public Television. (Listed in APT catalog under "Music/Entertainment.")
Documentary Genre:
Music & Entertainment
NOLA: JSBC
Supplier: WTIU
Rights: 4RL/2YR, Simulcast
Offered: Fall '00
Contract: 9/9/019/8/03
Remarks: Exchange.
Content: 60-minute version concert content .
90-minute version concert content. The 90-minute version features additional music and Joshua Bell interviewing Janos Starker.
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Janos Starker and Mstislav Rostropovich on stage
Janos Starker in performance
Janos Starker in performance with Rostropovich and Preucil
Joshua Bell
William Preucil
Mstislav Rostropovich
Emilio Colón
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi
Video Clips
The following clips can be viewed using a free player like RealPlayer 8 Basic (the link for the free Basic version is farther down the RealPlayer page). Use the links below to view.
Janos Starker biography: http://strvid1.iu.edu:8080/ramgen/radiotv/starker1l.rm
Joshua Bell interviewing Janos Starker: http://strvid1.iu.edu:8080/ramgen/radiotv/starker2l.rm
Brahms concerto: http://strvid1.iu.edu:8080/ramgen/radiotv/starker3l.rm
Download an .RTF file of the following biography by using this link: .RTF file.
The IU School of Music's Janos Starker biography:
http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/ejmccf/cellodept/cellofac/starkerbio.html
Indiana University
Indiana University: http://www.indiana.edu
Indiana University School of Music: http://www.music.indiana.edu
Eva Janzer Memorial Cello Center: http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/ejmccf
Other Artists Appearing in the Program
Joshua Bell (host): http://www.joshuabell.com
Emilio Colón: http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/ejmccf/cellodept/cellofac/colon.html
Gary Hoffman: http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/ejmccf/1999/hoffmanbio.html
Maria Kliegel: http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/ejmccf/1999/kliegelbio.html
William Preucil: http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/ejmccf/1999/preucilbio.html
Mstislav Rostropovich: http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/ejmccf/1999/rostropovich.html
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi: http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/ejmccf/cellodept/cellofac/tsutsumi.html
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