Artists
2012 Musicians
The 2012 Rubin Institute featured four public concerts from Oberlin’s esteemed Artist Recital Series by acclaimed musicians from the solo, chamber, and orchestral stages. The Student Fellows, a hand-selected group of Oberlin student writers, reviewed the performances. A panel of highly esteemed national music critics and journalists critiqued the fellows' work during private workshops and public sessions each day following the concerts.
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
January 18, 2012, 8 p.m.
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Established in 1918, the Cleveland Orchestra is one of the most sought-after performing ensembles in the world. Led by its seventh conductor, Franz Welser-Möst, the orchestra tours worldwide while maintaining its winter home at Severance Hall.
Jeremy Denk ’90, piano
January 19, 2012, 8 p.m.
The American pianist and avid chamber musician released his first solo recording in 2010, Jeremy Denk Plays Ives, on which he plays Charles Ives’s Piano Sonatas 1 & 2 (“Concord”).
Apollo’s Fire
January 20, 2012, 8 p.m.
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Apollo’s Fire is a collection of creative musical artists who share founder and harpsichord player Jeannette Sorrell’s passion for drama and rhetoric. It is one of the nation’s leading period-instrument ensembles.
International Contemporary Ensemble
January 21, 2012, 8 p.m.
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In an era of radical change, the International Contemporary Ensemble redefines concert music as it brings together new work and new listeners. The group is dedicated to reshaping the way music is created and experienced.