Tradition
Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 4:00PM
Piedmont Center for the Arts 801 Magnolia Ave, Piedmont, CA 94611Roman Fukshansky, program curator
Dan Flanagan, violin
Evan Kahn, cello
Rufus David Olivier, bassoon
Elizabeth Dorman, piano
Roman Fukshansky, clarinet
Few music lovers are unfamiliar with the seminal “Tradition!” song from the famous Fiddler on the Roof musical. There’s a reason why the concept of tradition plays such a pivotal role in music. Throughout time, music has always evolved alongside culture and society. The intermingling of culture and music has led to the development of clear cultural traditions, of which music is almost always a significant aspect. Musicologists often refer to music as a “mirror,” as it reflects society while simultaneously impacting society’s own cultural evolution. In this program, we will explore some examples of established traditions, and how those traditions impacted the development of music that came out of those cultures.
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
MIKHAIL GLINKA
Trio Pathétique in D minor
SRUL IRVING GLICK
The Klezmer’s Wedding
About the Artists
Roman Fukshansky
Roman Fukshansky serves as the principal clarinetist of the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Napa Valley, and is a member of the Sun Valley Music Festival Orchestra in Idaho. He appears regularly as a guest musician with the San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and has performed with virtually all of the professional orchestras throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Roman has toured with the San Francisco Symphony under the direction of MTT, appeared as principal clarinet with the Verbier Chamber Orchestra, and participated in the festivals of Sarasota, Idyllwild, Attergau, AIMS in Graz, and the White Nights Music Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia.
As an educator, Fukshansky has held faculty positions at UC Santa Cruz, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Jose State University, and CSU Stanislaus. In addition to his formal teaching appointments, Fukshansky has continuously maintained a small and highly selective private studio. Many of his former students have gained admission to some of the nation’s best collegiate and graduate music programs, as well as having won highly esteemed orchestral positions throughout the country.
An avid chamber musician, Fukshansky is the original co-founder of the music consortium Ensemble San Francisco, and performs regularly as a chamber musician and recitalist with many of the Bay Area institutions. Roman received his education from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, and the Manhattan School of Music. His principal teachers were Yehuda Gilad, Mark Nuccio, David Neuman, and Luis Baez.