Show 1998 9 meets Pavarotti Logan Where Lawrence: Cynthia Love of music grandparents draws soprano's grace to valley By Jared Thayns Cache editor Tha 1 Twenty and counting Cynthia Lawrence was once described as Luciano Pavarotti’s “soprano du jour" because of the number of times she has appeared with the globe’s most recognizable tenor in performances throughout the world His appreciation of her talent even warranted mention in his book Pavarotti: My World Earlier thia month the same promoter that brought Pavarotti Plirido Domingo and Josd Carreras together as ’The Three Tfcnors" announced that in September Lawrence will join Kallen Esperian and Kathlyn Cassello aa "The Three Sopranos” A world tour CDs and video tapea — just in time for the holidays — were also announced In January Lawrence made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus Later this year and early next ahe’ll debut at The Royal Opera as Muset-ta in La Boheme and at L'Opera National de Paris as Vitellia in La Clemeza di Tito And she's tubed the Logan canal Loves Cache Valley cheese too In fact says Lawrence “Logan has always held very very dear arid wonderful memories for me” But the real reason Lawrence is going to temporarily list of commitments to push aside her with others on May 6 at the Kent Concert Halt on the Utah State University campus has to do with her grandparents for whom a new muaic scholarship at USU has been named Long-tim- e Logan residenta George A and Ivalou Lawrence always taught their granddaughter that she could do anything she aspired to that with preparation and diligence "the sky wu the limit” Her career now is proof that a girl picking peaches and apricots "and of course canning everything under the sun" during summer visits to Logan she believed them So when the chance came to further honor the memory of her grandfather who died last December and that of her grandmother who preceded him in death almoat 20 ever-growi- per-for- m u Sec LAWRENCE on Page 7 Ctaynu Robison baaa Soprano Cynthia Lawranco will help honor her grandparents in Logan May 6 Chamber Music Society welcomes Lincoln Center artists On Tuesday April 23 the Chamber Music Society of Logan in its dosing conceit of the season will present members from the preeminent chamber muaic organization in America: The Chamber Musk Society of Lincoln Center Featured will be guest artists guitarist Manuel Barrueco end violist Kim Kashkashiaa accompanied by four regular members of the society: Ani Kavafian (violin) Ronald Thomas (cello) Lee Luvisi (piano) and Ransom Wil- son (flute) The concert is at 8 pm in the Harrison Auditorium of the Eccles Conference Center oa the Utah State University campus Oa i abltvf((pnw Music tickets are avail- (Smith O&fikMKW&fJtXh-b- obtained downtown at Sun Rise Cyclery 138 N 100 East Tickets are $13 for adults and $3 for students Children under 8 are not admitted This concert is sponsored ia part by the Utah Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts A free lecture will be at 7 pm in room 203 of the Eccles pre-conc- Conference Center The Chamber Musk Society of Lincoln Center ie grateful to cellist Ronald Thomas who on very short notice is replacing Fred Sheiry ia these performances Sherry was forced to cancel due to illness The program remains the same Ronald Thomas sustains one of the most ective and varied careen in today’s musk world as performer teacher and artistic administrator His solo appear ance with orchestras indude the BahunoisSymphoay Philadel-- i phAtoretostr the Seattle Sym-- ua as well as numerous concerts in Europe and Asia In great demand as a chamber music collaborates Ronald Thomas ia also and artistic director of the Boston Chamber Music Society with which he appears regularly and has produced a number of highly acclaimed recordings Guitarist Manuel Barrueco's versatility extends from his performances of die works of Bach Mozart and the romantk Spanish masters to the works or jazz greats Chick Corea Keith Jurett and premieres of contemporary composers such as Toni Tuemis-t- u and Roberto Sierra Bora ia Bamieco began playing popular musk by ear on the guitar at die age of eight and attended the Eataban Salas Conservatory ia Santiago After emigrating to the United Slates with his family in 1967 he studied with Juan Mcreadal in Miami Rey de la Torre ia New York and Aaron Shearer at the Peabody Latin-Americ- Conservatory in Baltimore where he is currently on the ulty fac- orchestras in New York Berlin Vienna London Munich and Tbkyo An advocate of contemporary musk Kashkashian has commissioned and premiered works by Brehm Kolb Gubaidulina Penderecki and Schnittke including the US premiere of the Penderecki Concerto with the Minnesota Orchestra under Stanislaw Skrowaczewsld Violinist Anl Kavafian has performed as soloist with virtually all of America’s leading orchestral including the Qeve-lan- d Orchestra New York Phil- harmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra She recently gave the world premiere performances of Tod Mac ho vers Concerto for Hyper Violin and Orchestra with the St Paul Chamber (Orchestra and Henri Lazarof b Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra wjtfi the American Composed Orchestra Born ia Louisville Kentucky Lee LavM studied with Rudolf Kim Kaskkaskian has Setkin and Mieczytlaw appeared aa soloist with major Horsxowski at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music Upon graduation he became the youngest faculty member in the history of that institution His performance activities through the yean have included an array of major engagements across die United States Canada Mexico Europe and Australia Raaaum Wilson has u distin- both an instrguished himself umentalist and conductor As a flutist he has collaborated with Janies Galway Jessye Norman Jean-PierRampal and Frederica von Stade as well as the Emerson and Tbkyo Quartets He has performed nationally and internationally most notably on two worldwide touts with the Israel Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein In 1981 Wilson founded the dumber orchestra Solisti New York and became musk director and principal conductor He serves as artistk director of the OK Mozart Festival in Bartlesville Oklahoma where he also conducts oe |