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Doris Lederer, Viola
Jane Coop, Piano

April 29, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Christ and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
120 West 69th Street (East of Broadway), New York City

Admission: New York Viola Society members: Free
General Admission: $15, Seniors: $10, Students: $5
More information: (212) 592-7785

Program

Piano courtesy of Yamaha Pianos

About the Artists:

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Doris Lederer has performed with the Marlboro Music Festival and toured with Music From Marlboro. She has appeared as soloist with the Seattle Symphony, the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Sinfonietta, and the Albuquerque Chamber Orchestra, among others.

Ms. Lederer has been a jury member of the Coleman Chamber Music Competition and represented the United States as a jury member at the Eighth Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2004.

Ms. Lederer is currently on the faculty at the Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA, Kneisel Hall in Blue Hill, Maine, the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program in Idyllwild, California, and the Chautauqua Institution in New York. She has also served on the faculties of The International Festival at Round Top, Texas and The Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, as well as the annual Audubon Quartet's Intensive String Quartet Seminars.

As a member of the Audubon Quartet since 1976, Ms. Lederer has performed extensively throughout the world and given master classes at the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Eastman School of Music, the Oberlin Conservatory, the Shanghai and Beijing Conservatories, the Yale School of Music, The Chautauqua Institute, as well as the Audubon Quartet's annual String Quartet Seminar.

Born in Istanbul to European parents, Ms. Lederer grew up in Seattle, Washington, where she began her study of the viola at age nine with Vilem Sokol. She studied with Georges Janzer at Indiana University and subsequently attended the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Michael Tree, Karen Tuttle, Felix Galimir and Mischa Schneider.

Ms. Lederer's four solo CD albums, entitled An English Fantasy for Viola and Harp, Music of Arnold Bax and York Bowen, The Passion of Bliss, Bowen and Bridge and Music by York Bowen, which features the Bowen Viola Concerto have been released by Centaur Records. She can also be heard on disc as a member of the Audubon Quartet on the RCA, Telarc, Centaur, Orion and Opus One labels.

Jane Coop is one of the most in demand and established pianists Canada has ever produced. With performances in halls around the world, she consistently engages audiences with her inspired performances and exhilarating programming. She has toured extensively throughout North America, Britain, Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, China and Japan. Her recitals have graced the international stages in cities like New York, London, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, Prague, Beijing and Tokyo.

As a concerto soloist, Ms. Coop has worked with such eminent conductors as John Eliot Gardiner, Andrew Davis, and Rudolf Barshai. She has also appeared with the Royal Philharmonic, Seattle and Oregon Symphonies, Hong Kong Philharmonic, National Taiwan Symphony, Bavarian Radio Orchestra and every major orchestra in Canada. With Maestro Mario Bernardi, Jane has recorded two full CDs of concertos. Her first recording was with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and her second concerto disc, with the CBC Radio Orchestra. Next season sees Ms. Coop performing with such orchestras as the Toronto Symphony and Scotia Symphony.

An active recording artist with a current discography of thirteen titles on both Skylark Records and CBC Records, Ms. Coopís recordings have received multiple Juno nominations [Canada's highest recording honour] and continue to garner such praises as ìone of the finest Chopin discs of the decadeî [InTune Magazine] and ìCoop is totally convincing through-out, with an ear for beautiful phrasing and delicate texture amidst the vigorous bravura displays.î [Wholenote Magazine]

Equally at home in chamber repertoire, she has collaborated with many of Canadaís leading instrumentalists and is frequently invited to perform at chamber festivals throughout North America. With violinist Andrew Dawes, the two have recorded and performed the complete Beethoven Sonata Cycle throughout Canada. Jane is a regular guest artist and teacher at the prestigious Kneisel Hall Festival in Blue Hill, Maine. This season will see Ms. Coop continue her performances throughout Canada with highlights including recital tours of British Columbia and Ontario.

Ms. Coopís major teachers were Anton Kuerti and Leon Fleisher. She currently resides in Vancouver, where she is Professor of Piano and Chamber Music at the University of British Columbia.

Jane Coop is a Steinway Artist.