Downeast Chamber Orchestra

427 Main Street,Winter Harbor ME 04693

01 April, 2022

Description

The Downeast Chamber Orchestra, will present a concert featuring Haydn’s Symphony #104 in D major and Mozart’s Symphony #25 in G minor. The Downeast Chamber Orchestra, Downeast Maine’s newest classical music ensemble, will present a concert featuring Haydn’s Symphony #104 in D major (the “London” symphony) and Mozart’s Symphony #25 in G minor, K. 183. The DCO will be led by violinist and conductor Anatole Wieck. Founded in 2020, the Downeast Chamber Orchestra is the new resident ensemble for the Winter Harbor Music Festival. The DCO will be featured in concert performances throughout the year, and will also form the core of the orchestra for WHMF Community Opera. For April’s concert the DCO will be joined by students from the University of Maine School of Performing Arts orchestra at Orono. For more information on the Downeast Chamber Orchestra or to get involved, contact Artistic Director and Orchestra Manager Deirdre McArdle via email at [email protected]. Born in Latvia, Anatole Wieck received his first musical education in Riga and Moscow. In 1973, he studied violin and viola at the Juilliard School of Music in NYC, where he completed his Doctorate inMusical Arts; later, he studied baroque interpretation at Boston University. He plays baroque viola,viola d’amore and baroque violin. Dr. Wieck teaches upper strings at the University of Maine and conducts the University of Maine Orchestra. He has performed and conducted in Europe, North and South America, and has participated in chamber music festivals across the world. Dr. Wieck performed for Baroque Chamber Music festivals in Spain, has traveled to Guatemala as a Fulbright Senior Specialist, has toured Israel as a member of the Ad Libitum Ensemble, performed at Carnegie Recital Hall in NY City, has traveled 5 times to Mexico to teach, perform, and conduct, and has taught and performed in Japan. He performs regularly with the Baroque Orchestra of Maine and is director of the String Program at Maine Summer Youth Music at the University of Maine. In 2010, Dr.Wieck co-founded the Chamber Music Institute (CMI) with a Juilliard classmate. Winter Harbor Music Festival is a two-week chamber music and vocal workshop located on the Schoodic Peninsula featuring world-class musicians and talented students and amateurs performing together.