Mark Kaplan has established himself as one of the leading violinists of his generation. His consummate artistry has resulted in engagements with nearly every major American orchestra, including the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras, the Chicago and National Symphony Orchestras, and the symphony orchestras of St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Minnesota, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. He has collaborated with many of the world's foremost conductors, among them Ormandy, Tennstedt, Maazel, Masur, Dutoit, Bychkov, Comissiona, Conlon, Foster, Gatti, Miller, Rattle, Robertson, Salonen, Semkov, Skrowaczewski, Slatkin and Zinman; and has appeared regularly at festivals such as Aspen, Blossom, Chautauqua, Grant Park, Ravinia, Saratoga and Wolf Trap.
In addition to his solo music-making, Mr. Kaplan is also devoted to chamber music. From 1982 to 2000, he performed and recorded extensively with cellist Colin Carr and the late pianist David Golub, as the Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio. Now, together with pianist Yael Weiss and cellist Clancy Newman, Mr. Kaplan is continuing that distinguished tradition with the Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Trio.
Mr. Kaplan has a wide range of repertoire currently available on compact disc Recently released from Koch International Classics are concerti of Berg and Stravinsky, the Lalo Symphonie Espagnol and the Concierto Espagnol of Joan Manen, all under the baton of Lawrence Foster. Other recordings include violin concerti of Bartók, Dohnanyi, Paganini, Wieniawski and Viotti;; Spanish Dances of Sarasate; a Bartók CD with Bruno Canino, Schumann sonatas with Anton Kuerti; the solo violin works of J.S. Bach; and trios of Brahms, Debussy, Dvorak, Fauré, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saens, Schubert, Smetana and Tchaikowsky.
Since 2005, Mark Kaplan has been Professor of Violin at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, and prior to that he served as Professor with Distinction at UCLA. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where he was a student of Dorothy DeLay and recipient of the Fritz Kreisler Memorial Scholarship. Mark Kaplan plays a violin made by Antonio Stradivari in 1685, known as the Marquis.
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A captivating presence on the concert scene is pianist Yael Weiss, hailed by many of today's greatest musicians and critics for visionary interpretations of surpassing depth, immediacy and communicative power. Following a recent recital, the Washington Post portrayed her as “a pianist who delves deeply and tellingly into that cloudy area where fantasy morphs into improvisation, inventiveness being common to both.”
Ms. Weiss has performed across the United States, Europe, Japan and South America at such venues as the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall. Her New York recital debut, presented by the Metropolitan Museum, was acclaimed by the New York Times as, "remarkably powerful and intense . . . fine technique and musicianship in the service of an arresting array of music." A frequent soloist with major orchestras, Ms. Weiss has appeared with the symphony orchestras of Seattle, Chautauqua Festival, Prague, Jerusalem, Augusta, Jacksonville, the Israel Chamber Orchestra and the Brazil National Symphony, among others.
This season sees the release of two new solo CD’s on Koch International Classis – one is devoted to works of Robert Schumann, while the other explores the theme of Joy.
Ms. Weiss is also devoted to chamber music, and tours worldwide with her piano trio, Sequenza, with violinist Mark Kaplan and cellist Clancy Newman. She is a regular favorite at international music festivals including Marlboro, Ravinia, City of London, Caramoor and Banff.
Ms. Weiss has been honored with distinguished prizes from the 2002 Naumburg International Piano Competition and the Kosciusko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, and has been a recipient of the Presser Award as well as grants from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. She has presented Master classes for Universities throughout the United States and in Europe, and currently serves on the faculty of the Indiana University School of Music. She studied with Richard Goode and Edward Aldwell at the Mannes College of Music and with Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory.
Her website at www.yaelweiss.com offers further information as well as a personal visit with the artist.
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