Close Encounters | Beloved Trios of Dvorak and Beethoven

Close Encounters, Heights Arts' signature Sunday afternoon chamber music series, returns for the fourth concert of our 18th season of this music program, featuring the timeless works of Antonín Dvorák and Ludwig van Beethoven. This enchanting program offers music that is not only charming and engaging but full of delightful surprises.

Join us for an afternoon of captivating performances by Yaron Kohlberg (piano), Amy Lee (violin), and Dane Johansen (cello), as they bring these masterworks to life. Additionally, a special set of solo works, preform by Yaron Kohlberg, will be announced from the stage.

These intimate Sunday afternoon concerts, curated by Cleveland Orchestra cellist Dane Johansen, are performed by some of the world's most renowned musicians. Held in unique venues and local residences, they offer a rare opportunity for audiences to experience chamber music as it was meant to be heard—up close and personal.

Set of solo works to be announced from the stage.

Yaron Kohlberg, piano

Antonín Leopold Dvorák (1841-1904)

Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 (1891)

I. Lento maestoso — Allegro quasi doppio movimento

II. Poco adagio — Vivace non troppo — Vivace

III. Andante — Vivace non troppo — Allegretto

IV. Andante moderato — Allegretto scherzando — Quasi tempo di marcia

V. Allegro

VI. Lento maestoso

- intermission -

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 (1811)

I. Allegro moderato

II. Scherzo (Allegro)

III.Andante cantabile, ma però con moto

IV. Allegro moderato

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A performer without an audience is like a tree that falls in the forest with no one to hear. In both cases, the essence of the experience—the sound of the falling tree or the energy of the performance—depends on the presence of witnesses.

Your Impact: When you purchase a ticket or RSVP and show up to our event, you’re not just filling a seat—your presence gives our performers the energy and excitement that fuels their performance. But without a full and engaged audience, their efforts won’t shine as brightly.

Please RSVP only if you’re certain you can attend. Of course, we know that sometimes unexpected issues might prevent you from coming. If you realize you or your guest(s) can’t make it, please let us know as soon as possible. This will allow us to give the open spot to someone else. There’s nothing more disappointing for us than turning people away because of a sold-out event only to find that we could have placed them. You get it, right? We know you do.

The Reward: Your commitment to attending means a lot to Heights Arts, even more to those who are taking the stage, and most importantly to YOU. We have no doubt you will be inspired by our featured talent. When you attend, you will even get a little extra something as a thank you from us in celebration of our 25th anniversary.

Thanks for your understanding. We’ll see you soon!

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Steinway Artist Yaron Kohlberg, born in Jerusalem, is President of Piano Cleveland and a presenter of the Cleveland International Piano Competition, in which he was the silver medalist in 2007. He played in major halls in forty countries over five continents and has won many international prizes. Kohlberg has performed as soloist at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Kremlin in Moscow, the UN Hall in Geneva, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Asa hi hall in Tokyo, and in other major halls in cities around the world. He has also played at the Israel Parliament (Knesset) and the residence of the Israeli President. His performances have been broadcast on major TV stations in China, Korea and Japan. Kohlberg has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Copenhagen philharmonic orchestra, the Bei jing symphony orchestra, the Oslo radio orchestra and the Palermo orchestra in Italy. He also played with all the leading Israeli orchestras, including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel Camerata, Haifa Symphony or chestra, Tel Aviv Soloist Ensemble and others. Kohlberg holds a graduate degree (with distinction) from the Buchmann-Mehta school of music of Tel Aviv University and is a student of the late Luisa Yoffe as well as Eitan Globerson and Arie Vardi.

Violinist Amy Lee oined the Cleveland Orchestra as Associate Concertmaster in 2008. She has appeared as soloist several times, most recently in Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto in a 2019 concert at the Blossom Music Center and Fratres by Arvo Pärt released on The Cleve land Orchestra’s Adella streaming platform in 2021. A native of Seoul, Korea, Lee made her solo debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of 15 and enrolled at The Curtis Institute of Music when she was 16. After completing her bachelor’s degree there she went to The Juilliard School where she earned her master’s degree. She has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras in Europe and across the United States and took first prize at the 2004 Irving M. Klein International String Competition and the 2005 Corpus Christi International Competition for piano and strings. An active chamber musician, she is a member of the Omni Quartet and Ensemble HD, and performs at the Marlboro Music Festival. Lee is a former member of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two. In great demand as a teacher, Lee has been appointed to the Oberlin Conservatory faculty as associate professor of violin as of the fall 2024. She also currently coaches chamber music at the Cleveland Institute of Music and, for a decade, served as violin professor at Kent State University in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music. She spends her summers as a faculty member at the Kent Blossom Music Festival, the Ascent Music festival and the Marlboro Music Festival. She lives in Beachwood with her husband Frank Rosenwein (principal oboe of the Cleveland Orchestra) and her three sons Joshua, Julian, and Benji and dog Rosie

Dane Johansen joined The Cleveland Orchestra in 2016. He was formerly the cellist of the Escher String Quartet, and was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, a recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Martin Segal Award from Lincoln Center. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician around the world. Mr. Johansen made his Lincoln Center debut in a performance of Elliott Carter’s Cello Concerto under the direction of James Levine in celebra tion of the composer’s centennial. He made his Carnegie Hall debut as first winner of the Juilliard Leo Ruiz Memorial Award and, in 2016, performing William Walton’s Cello Concerto, made his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. For many years, Dane Johansen has dedicated time and energy exploring Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Suites for Solo Cello. He performed them at New York’s Alice Tully Hall in 2010 and also throughout his 580-mile pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago in Northern Spain in 2014; the story of his adventure on the Camino with Bach was made into a documentary film called Strangers on the Earth. A native of Fairbanks, Alaska, Dane Johansen studied with Richard Aaron at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Michel Strauss at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, and with Joel Krosnick at the Juilliard School, where he earned his artist diploma. He studied with Bernard Greenhouse for the last five years of the legendary cellist’s life, fostering a connec tion through him to the legacies of Pablo Casals, Emanuel Feuermann, and the Beaux Arts Trio

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Heights Theater, 2781 Euclid Heights Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, United States