Colin Jacobsen, violin"he shows a remarkable sense of intimacy with his instrument"  Austin American-Statesman
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2003-2004 Tour Schedule

(AUGUST 2003 - JULY 2004)

Please note: this schedule is kept as up-to-date as possible. Performances, and especially repertoire, may change. Please contact venues directly for tickets.

DATE/TIME
CITY/STATE
COUNTRY
EVENT/
VENUE
PERFORMERS
REPERTOIRE
Aug. 31 Bolzano, Italy Chamber Music Festival at Castello Presule    
Sept. 10 New York, NY Benefit Concert at Merkin Concert Hall for Doctors Without Borders and the Iraqi Symphony Orchestra Including:
Guarneri, Juilliard, and Shanghai Quartets, and Musique Sans Frontieres
 
Sept. 18- 21
7:30pm except Sunday (4:00pm)
New York, NY Bargemusic
Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn
[ticket info]
Steven Beck, piano
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Ayano Ninomiya, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Eric Jacobsen, cello 
Including works by Schubert, Mozart, Schnittke, Harbison, Part and Dvorák
Sept. 24, 8pm New York, NY Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Opening night at Alice Tully Hall    
Sept. 25-Oct. 3 Charlottesville, VA Music Festival    
Oct. 9,
7pm
New York, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert
(broadcast live by WQXR)
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Edward Arron, cello
Nicholas Cords, viola
Ayano Ninomiya, violin
Andrew Armstrong, piano
Works by Schubert, Gubaidulina, and Mozart
Oct. 12,
8pm
Shippensburg, PA Shippensburg University
Concert on Chapel Music Series
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Ara Gregorian, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Works by Schubert, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich
Oct. 23,
6:45pm
New York, NY Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Rose Studio
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Judith Ingolfssohn, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola
Mark Kosower, cello
Pei-Yao Wang, piano
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet
Oct. 26, 1:00pm & 3:00pm New York, NY Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Family Concert
Merkin Hall
   
Oct. 27-Nov. 3 Macau, China   Tan Dun, composer Tan Dun: Water Passion
Nov. 11,
8:00pm
Roslyn, NY Temple Sinai   Recital
Nov. 14 Philadelphia, PA   Colin Jacobsen, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano
Haydn: Jacob’s Dream
Dvorák: F Minor Piano Trio
Dec. 1 New York, NY Carnegie Hall
Special birthday concert for James Wolfensohn
   
Dec. 4 Washington, D.C. Kennedy Center
Special birthday concert for James Wolfensohn
   
Dec. 9,
7:30pm
New York, NY Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
David Shifrin, clarinet
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Orion Weiss, piano
Adrian Brendel, cello
Tchaikovsky: Trio
Bartók: Contrasts
Dec. 10, 10:15 am New York, NY Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Family Concert
Merkin Hall
   
Dec. 11, 11:30am New York, NY Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Family Concert
Merkin Hall
   
Dec. 14,
7:30pm
New York, NY Benefit for Doctors without Borders
Garden City Unitarian Church
   
Dec. 31,
7:00pm
New York, NY Bargemusic
Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn
[schedule] [ticket info]
Susan Palma-Nidel, flute
Susan Rotholz, flute
David Chan, violin
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Mark Peskanov, violin
Ronald Arron, viola
Edward Arron, cello
Kurt Muroki, bass
Brian McWhorter, trumpet
Steven Beck, piano
Bach:   Branderburg Concerti 2, 4, 5
Double Concerto for Violin and Oboe
Triple Concerto for Flute, Violin, Keyboards and Orchestra
Jan. 4-14 Boston, Charleston, Miami Silk Road Project Tour
[schedule]
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Wu Man, pipa
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Jonathan Gandelsman, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Including works by Tan Dun, Franghiz-Ali Zade, Kayhan Kalhor
Feb. 3 New York, NY Benefit concert at Makor, affiliated with the 92nd Street Y Colin Jacobsen, violin
Eric Jacobsen, cello
Judith Gordon, piano
American music including works by George Gershwin, Lukas Foss, Mark O’Connor,
John Cage, Chick Corea
Feb. 11 New York, NY Omega Ensemble at Polish Consulate    
Feb. 12,
7:30pm
Feb. 13,
7:30pm
New York, NY Bargemusic
Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn
[schedule] [ticket info]
Mark Peskanov, violin
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Eric Jacobsen, cello
Steven Beck, piano
Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet in e-flat minor No. 2, Op. 26
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in g minor, Op. 57
Feb. 15 New York, NY Si-Yo Music Society at Merkin Hall Performers include Timothy Eddy, cello
Colin Jacobsen, violin
 
Feb. 20 New York, NY Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall
[schedule & ticket info]
Ransom Wilson, flute
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Ani Kavafian, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola
Fred Sherry, cello
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Kent Tritle, harpsichord
Bach: Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Prokofiev: Sonata in D major for Flute and Piano, Op. 94
Randall Woolf: Everything is Green
Aaron Jay Kernis: Air for Flute and Piano
Vivaldi: Piccolo Concerto in C major, RV 443
Feb. 21-23 California Concertante Chamber Players    
Feb. 29 New York, NY Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music Colin Jacobsen, violin
Jonathan Gandelsman, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Purcell Fantasias
Britten 2nd String quartet
Beethoven Op. 132
Mar. 4,
7:00pm
New York, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
[schedule & ticket info]
Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert including:
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Edward Arron, cello
Boccherini: String Quintet in F Minor, Opus 11, No. 4
Chen Yi: Sound of the Five for Solo Cello and String Quartet (1998)
Mozart: String Quintet in E flat Major, K. 614
Mar. 14 Great Neck, NY  Great Neck Library Colin Jacobsen, violin
Marija Stroke, piano
“Fantasies” recital
Mozart: Fantasy for piano
Schoenberg: Fantasy for violin and piano
Telemann: Fantasias for solo violin
C.P.E Bach: Fantasy for piano and violin
Schubert: Fantasy for violin and piano
Mar. 17 New York, NY Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Rose Studio
  “Inside Chamber Music”- with Bruce Adolphe
lecture on Stravinsky’s Duo Concertante
Mar. 21 New York, NY Garden City Unitarian Church “Elastic Band”  
Mar. 23-29 Utica, NY Residency at Munson Williams Proctor University    
Mar. 28,
2:30pm
Utica, NY Residency at Munson Williams Proctor University
Museum of Art Auditorium
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Marija Stroke, piano
“Fantasies” recital
Mozart: Fantasy for piano
Schoenberg: Fantasy for violin and piano
Telemann: Fantasias for solo violin
C.P.E Bach: Fantasy for piano and violin
Schubert: Fantasy for violin and piano
Apr. 2,
7:00pm
Meredith, NH New Hampshire Music Festival
Inter-Lakes Community Auditorium
[schedule & ticket info]
RPM String Quartet
Jonathan Gandelsman, violin
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Selections from the Classical and Romantic string quartet repertoire
Apr. 17  Katonah, NY Caramoor Performers include:
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Edward Arron, cello
Nicholas Cords, viola
Max Mandel, viola
Program TBA
Apr. 22,
7:00pm
New York, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
[schedule & ticket info]
Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert including:
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Max Mandel, viola
Edward Arron, cello
Richard Strauss: Four Pieces for Piano Quartet
Franghize Ali-Zadeh: Quintet for Piano and String Quartet, “Apsheron” (2001)
Mozart: String Quintet in C Major, K. 515
Apr. 22 - May 2 Greenville, NC Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival of Eastern North Carolina
[ticket info]
   
May 8, 7:30pm New York, NY Tenri Cultural Institute
43A West 13th St, bet. 5th & 6th Aves.
[schedule] [ticket info]
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Marija Stroke, piano
Rubin Kodheli, cello
Ayelen Liberona, dance
Fantasia: An Evening of Fantasy in Music and Dance
Mozart: Fantasie for solo piano in C minor, k.475
Schoenberg: Phantasy for violin and piano, Op. 47
Kodheli / Jacobsen / Liberona: Kalimtar (Fantasy on Sephardic and Albanian Themes) for violin, cello and dance
C.P.E Bach: Phantasie-Sonate 1787 for piano and violin
Schubert: Fantasie in C Major, Op. posthumous for violin and piano
May 9 (Mother's Day), 7:00pm New York, NY Tenri Cultural Institute
43A West 13th St, bet. 5th & 6th Aves.
[schedule] [ticket info]
Members of the Silk Road Ensemble collaborating with Syrian-born Armenian artist Kevork Mourad
Gevorg Dabaghyan, duduk
Kevork Mourad, live visuals
Jonathan Gandelsman, violin
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Eric Jacobsen, cello
An Evening of the Spiritual in Music and Art from Armenia, Czechoslovakia, England, Azerbaijan and America
Komitas: Armenian Folk Songs
Purcell: Fantasia upon one note
*Sharafian: Piece for duduk and strings
Ali-Zadeh: Mugam Sayagi
Dvorak: "American" quartet
*American premiere
May 17, 7:00pm New York, NY Angel Orensanz Center for the Arts Kayhan Kalhor, kemanche
Siamak Aghaei, santur
Siamak Jahangiri, ney
Kevork Mourad, visual art
Jonathan Gandelsman, violin
Colin Jacobsen, violin
John Marcus, violin
Jessie Mills, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Max Mandel, viola
Eric Jacobsen, cello
Rubin Kodheli, cello
Max Treitler, cello
Mark Dresser, bass
Biber: Battalia
Golijov: The Last Round
Adams: Shaker Loops
Kalhor: Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur
May 27-28,
7:30pm
New York, NY Bargemusic
Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn
[ticket info]
Vera Beths, violin
Colin Jacobsen, violin, viola
Jonathan Gandelsman, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Eric Jacobsen, cello
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Works by Cherubini, Boccherini, Schubert and Schoenberg
Jun. 16-26 Singapore, China
Korea
Taiwan
Silk Road Project Tour Yo-Yo Ma, artistic director Program TBA
Jul. 13 (near) Cortona, Italy Castello di Montegualandro   Program TBA
Jul. 16-25 Vail, CO Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
[ticket info] [schedule]
Manhattan Virtuosi Program TBA
Jul. 26 - Aug. 1 Bridgehampton, NY (Long Island) Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival
[schedule & tickets]
Marya Martin, artistic director Program TBA
   

Please note: this schedule is kept as up-to-date as possible. Performances, and especially repertoire, may change. Please contact venues directly for tickets.