Chamber Music Society of San Francisco
“Out of the Night”
Concert
Feb. 2
Chamber Music Society of SF
Feb. 2
The Chamber Music Society of San Francisco returns for its second concert at the Piedmont Center for the Arts on Sunday, February 2, at 4 p.m. with a performance of Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, op. 11, and Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), op. 4.
Titled Out of the Night, the concert will be performed by Chamber Music Society founding members Natasha Makhijani, Jory Fankuchen, Clio Tilton and Samsun van Loon, together with guest artists, French cellist Jean-Michel Fonteneau, and violist Joy Fellows.
Tickets are $25 online, $30 at the door; students $10 online, and $15 at the door. Advance tickets will be available on eventbrite.com.
GUEST MUSICIANS
Jean-Michel Fonteneau, Cello
The eminent French cellist Jean-Michel Fonteneau has performed and taught around the world. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has appeared throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America. He has served as a professor of cello and chamber music at the San Francisco Conservatory for the past two decades, in addition to performing and teaching annually at Yellow Barn. Jean-Michel is a founding member of the Quatuor Ravel which received top prizes at the Evian International String Quartet Competition in 1989 and won the Victoire de la Musique Classique in 1994.
A passionate and dedicated teacher, Jean-Michel previously served on the faculty of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Lyon, France before coming to San Francisco. In addition to his annual residence at Yellow Barn, he has taught at Domaine Forget, the Casalmaggiore International Music Festival, and the Morges Summer Academy in Switzerland.
Joy Fellows, Viola
Violist Joy Fellows joined the San Francisco Opera in 2008 and was recently appointed Assistant Principal of the San Francisco Ballet. Previously, she was Associate Principal Viola of the Indianapolis Symphony, and has also been a member of both the St. Louis Symphony, and the New World Symphony in Miami. While growing up in Oklahoma, she began her orchestral career at the age of 14 with the Oklahoma Sinfonia, and later the Oklahoma City Philharmonic.
Joy has been a resident chamber musician at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Italy and was also selected to participate in the Juilliard String Quartet seminar. She has also participated in the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, Central City Opera (Colorado), Pacific Music Festival (Japan), and has participated and taught at the Bowdoin International Music Festival. Joy has performed as chamber musician and as a soloist across the US, Europe and Asia.
Chamber Music Society of SF
Founded in the spring of 2013 by Natasha Makhijani, Jory Fankuchen, Clio Tilton and Samsun van Loon, the Chamber Music Society of San Francisco was born out of a collective desire to perform the great chamber music repertoire. Dedicated to bringing these masterworks to diverse audiences, typically with one or two guest musicians, CMS of SF is passionate about concertizing in intimate settings, creating close connections between performers and listeners.
MUSCIAN PROFILES
Jory Fankuchen, Violin & Viola
Jory Fankuchen has built a reputation as an engaging performer of many genres, as well as a passionate pedagogue. In response to this versatility, the San Francisco Examiner recently raved, Mr. Fankuchen’s “flamboyant” performance “created the illusion that Eugene Ysaye had been born in Argentina, possibly in a bed next to Jean Sibelius.” His ensembles include the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, the Magik Magik Orchestra, Squid Ink, the Musical Art Quintet, the Chamber Music Society of San Francisco, and he appears as a regular guest with the New Century Chamber Orchestra. Jory has appeared as soloist with the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, the Berkeley Symphony, at the Tanglewood Music Center, and has the distinction of performing on Jascha Heifetz’s Guarneri del Gesu violin at the Legion of Honor.
Chamber music has always been the driving force behind Jory’s passion for music. He has performed in concert with artists such as Robert Mann, Joseph Silverstein, Joel Krosnick, Bonnie Hampton, Mark Sokol, and Ian Swensen. As first violinist of the Kailas String Quartet, he performed throughout North America, winning first prize in the Chamber Music International Competition, and silver at the National Fischoff Competition. Jory serves on the faculty of the Crowden Music Center, the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, and most recently as a visiting lecturer at Cornell University. He holds a B.M. from the San Francisco Conservatory, and an M.M. from the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Ian Swensen and Lucy Chapman, respectively.