Brahms, Shostakovich and Schubert: David Finckel and Wu Han

The return of Co-Artistic Directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han, joined by violinist Benjamin Beilman.

Brahms: Scherzo, from “F-A-E” Sonata for Violin and Piano (1853)
Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 in E minor for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 67 (1944)
Schubert: Trio No. 2 in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, and Cello, D. 929, Op. 100 (1827)

About David Finckel
Co-Artistic Director of CMS since 2004, cellist David Finckel’sdynamic musical career has includedperformances on the world’s stages in the roles of recitalist, chamber artist, and orchestral soloist. Thefirst American student of Mstislav Rostropovich, he joined the Emerson String Quartet in 1979, and during34 seasons garnered nine Grammy Awards and the Avery Fisher Prize. His quartet performances andrecordings include quartet cycles of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Dvorák,Brahms, Bartók, and Shostakovich, as well as collaborative masterpieces and commissioned works. In1997, he and pianist Wu Han founded ArtistLed, the first internet-based, artist-controlled classicalrecording label. ArtistLed’s catalog of more than 20 releases includes the standard literature for cello andpiano, plus works composed for the duo by George Tsontakis, Gabriela Lena Frank, Bruce Adolphe, LeraAuerbach, Edwin Finckel, Augusta Read Thomas, and Pierre Jalbert. In 2022, Music@Menlo, aninnovative summer chamber music festival in Silicon Valley founded and directedby David and Wu Han,celebrated its 20th season. As a young student, David was winner of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s juniorand senior divisions, resulting in two performances with the orchestra. Having taught extensively with thelate Isaac Stern in America, Israel, and Japan, he is currently a professor at both the Juilliard School andStony Brook University, and oversees both CMS’s Bowers Program and Music@Menlo’s Chamber MusicInstitute. David’s 100 onlineCello Talks, lessons on cello technique, are viewed by an internationalaudience of musicians. Along with Wu Han, he was the recipient ofMusical America’s 2012 Musicians of the Year Award.

About Wu Han
Pianist Wu Han, recipient ofMusical America’s Musician of the Year Award, enjoys a multi-facetedmusical life that encompasses artistic direction, performing, and recording at the highest levels. Co-Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 2004 as well as Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Silicon Valley’s innovative chamber music festival Music@Menlo since 2002, she alsoserves as Artistic Advisor for Wolf Trap’s Chamber Music at the Barns series and Palm Beach’s Society ofthe Four Arts, and as Artistic Director for La Musica in Sarasota, Florida. Her recent concert activitieshave taken her from New York’s Lincoln Center stages to the most important concert halls in the UnitedStates, Europe, and Asia. In addition to countless performances of virtually the entire chamber repertoire,her concerto performances include appearances withthe Philadelphia Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony,and the Aspen Festival Orchestra. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of ArtistLed, classical music’sfirst artist-directed, internet-based recording label, which has released her performances of the staples ofthe cello-piano duo repertoire with cellist David Finckel. Her more than 80 releases on ArtistLed,CMSLive, and Music@MenloLIVEinclude masterworks of the chamber repertoire with numerousdistinguished musicians. Wu Han’s educational activitiesinclude overseeing CMS’s Bowers Program andthe Chamber Music Institute at Music@Menlo. A recipient of the prestigious Andrew Wolf Award, she wasmentored by some of the greatest pianists of our time, including Lilian Kallir, Rudolf Serkin, and MenahemPressler. Married to cellist David Finckel since 1985, Wu Han divides her time between concert touringand residences in New York City and Westchester County.