Concert in the Virginia Commonwealth University

School of the Arts

Department of Music

Faculty and Guest Artist Recital

Rex Richardson, trumpet

with

José Cháfer Mompó, trumpet

Ksenia Leletkina, piano

8:00 p.m.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall

Virginia Commonwealth University

W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts

Richmond, VA

Program

Rhapsody for Flugelhorn or Trumpet............Andre Waignein (b. 1942)

Concerto in D Major………………………Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770)

Allegro Maestoso

Adagio

Allegro Giocoso

Tournament……………………………………..…...John Stevens (2007)

Jousting

Wine and Song

Revelry

Hydra Concerto for Trumpet and Piano………..Ferrer Ferran (b. 1966)

Heracles y Yolao

El Sueno del monstruo

La Hydra

Trumpet Concerto no. 2, “Rextreme”……James Stephenson III (2010)

Vivo

Slow

Allegro Vivace

Les Noces del Manyà ……………José R. Pascual-Vilaplana (b. 1971)

About the artists:

José Cháfer Mompó was born in l'Olleria. He began his studies at

the Musical Society oTolis town and continued at the Conservatorio

Profesional of Onteniente, where received the title of Professor of

Trumpet and Honors. His trumpet teachers have included Jose

Maria Ortí, Angel Millan, Pierre Thibaud, Claude Vasse, Thomas

Stevens, Vicente Campos, Mario Guarneri, Otto Sauter, Gabrielle

Cassone and Ole Edvard Antonsen. In 1998, he finished his higher

studies at the Conservatory of Music "Manuel Massotti Littel" de

Murcia with the highest ratings.

Mr. Mompó has been invited to perform with the Symphony

Orchestras of Madrid and Barcelona. He has also worked extensively

with the Symphony Orchestra of Murcia as solo trumpet, recording

live for RNE on numerous occasions.

He has been invited by Spanish Brass Lüür Metalls to perform

concerts in the Canary Islands and Barcelona. He was also invited to

present a recital in the First Cycle of Young Interpreters of the

Spanish Brass Festival in Alzira, as well as to play with the Faculty

Brass Ensemble.

In October 2003, he was a semifinalist in the 5th International

Trumpet Maurice Andre Competition in Paris.

Mr. Mompó has been Professor of Trumpet of the 8 editions of

the International Course of Music "Vila de L'Ollería" (CIMVO),

conducted since 2004 with Eric Aubier, Uwe Koeller, Gabriele

Cassone, Manu Mellaerts, Ruben Marques and Rex Richardson, and

for which he has been Artistic Director since 2005. He has also been

invited to present master classes throughout Europe: in Spain

(Granada, Vitoria, Almeria), Belgium (Brussels), and Switzerland

(Geneva).

In 2007, Mr. Mompó served as a juror for the Trumpet Contest

of Benidorm,with Maurice Andre and other major personalities from

the world of the trumpet. He is a member of Collage Brass Ensemble

and Solo Trumpet with the Symphony Orchestra of the

Teatro Chapí de Villena.

Since 2002, he has served on the Faculty of Music and Performing

Arts; and since 2004 he has taught at the High Conservatory of Music

"Manuel Massotti Littel" to Murcia.

Hailed as “An artiste with an exceptional talent who has made a name

for himself as one of the finest trumpet players in the world today,”

(4barsrest.com) and “one of the world’s most engaging and

astonishingly versatile trumpeters,” (Style Weekly) Yamaha

Performing Artist Rex Richardson was named the 2008 Brass Herald

Personality of the Year. A veteran of the acclaimed chamber

ensemble Rhythm & Brass, jazz legend Joe Henderson’s Quintet and

Sextet, William Russo’s Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and the Brass Band

of Battle Creek, known as the world’s “Rolls Royce of Brass Bands”

(Brass Band World), he stays busy as a headline artist at international

brass and jazz festivals and as a soloist with orchestras, concert

bands, brass bands and jazz ensembles on five continents.

Since the early 90s he has worked with countless celebrity

artists in multiple genres, developing a unique reputation in the

trumpet world for his combination of singular virtuosity, a highly

personal style, and an emphasis on improvisation in classical as well

as jazz idioms.

A tireless champion of new music, Richardson presented the

premiere performances of concertos by Dana Wilson, Doug Richards

and Peter Meechan on four continents between 2006 and 2010. In the

2010-2011 season he presented the Australian, Brazilian, Swedish,

English, Scottish and U.S. premieres of James Stephenson’s Trumpet

Concerto no. 2, “Rextreme.”

Richardson has taught at VCU since 2002 and served as Artist

in Residence for London’s Trinity College of Music Brass Experience

from 2006-2009. He has been appointed Artist-in-Residence for the

Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England for spring of

2012.

In 2009 he was presented with the VCU School of the Arts

highest honor, the Award of Excellence, and he has just been

awarded the 2011 Theresa Pollack Prize for Excellence in the Arts.

Richmond Magazine, covering the awards, printed “Rex Richardson

stands at the vanguard of jazz, classical and contemporary American

music. As his star has risen internationally, he’s maintained a clear

commitment to education at VCU. He is an extraordinary musician.”

(October, 2011)

His five solo recordings, including the 2010 release “Magnum

Opus: 21st Century Trumpet Concertos” (featuring the work of VCU

Music Professors Daniel Myssyk, Doug Richards and Dmitri

Shteinberg), are all released on Summit Records. Referring to

“Magnum Opus,” the International Trumpet Guild Journal printed “This

album, without a doubt, puts Rex Richardson among the very best

trumpet soloists in the world today.” (January, 2011)

Russian born pianist Ksenia Leletkina started attending music school

at age six. While a student at the Vladivostok Music College, Ms.

Leletkina gave numerous recitals in her native city, around the region

and in South Korea. She received a prestigious Scholarship of the

Governor of Far East Region of Russia.

As a prizewinner of several competitions including Minnesota

Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, Skokie Valley Symphony

Orchestra Concerto Competition and the International Competition for

Young Musicians in Russia, she has appeared as a soloist with the

Pacific Symphony Orchestra; the Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra;

and the Grand Valley State University Orchestra. Other performances

include appearance with the chamber orchestra at Grand Rapids

Bach Festival and performance at the AmerKlavier Festival in

Chicago.

Active as a collaborator Ms. Leletkina has performed with such

artists as John Aley, Vince DiMartino, Steven Hendrickson, Tom

Hooten, Dylana Jensen, David Kirk, Jens Lindeman, Rex Richardson,

Ronald Romm, Richard Stoelzel, and many others. Her debut CD “A

Mild Fantasie” with trumpeter Richard Stoelzel was released in

January 2009 on Albany Records.

Ksenia Leletkina holds a Master’s Degree in piano

performance and collaborative piano from Cleveland Institute of Music

where she studied with Antonio Pompa-Baldi and Anita Pontremoli.

Currently Ms. Leletkina is working at her Doctorate Degree at the

Eastman School of Music, studying with Jean Barr.