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SUMMARY:Grace Farms Lectures with Concert | Dr. Miroslav Volf
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Miroslav Volf\, one of the most significant religious thinkers of our time\, as he creates the opportunity to pause and consider one key aspect of a life that is worthy of our humanity: the practice of forgiveness. \nHe will show why we cannot dispense with it in our conflict-ridden world\, how systems of interaction on which we depend falter when forgiveness is absent\, and how we ourselves are diminished without it. Why is forgiveness at once so hard and one of the most creative and hopeful things we humans are capable of doing? \nVolf is the author of more than 20 books\, including Exclusion & Embrace — which was named one of the best 100 religious books of the twentieth century. \nHis talk will be followed by a moving chamber music concert featuring some of today’s most celebrated musicians: Adrian Anantawan & Lun Li\, violins; Celia Hatton\, viola; and Arlen Hlusko\, cello. This string quartet will perform a musical program responding to Volf’s body of work\, with pieces deeply rooted in spirituality. The program is curated by Grace Farms Artist-in-Residence\, Arlen Hlusko.  \n\nSchedule: \n3 – 3:45 pm\nDr. Miroslav Volf delivers Grace Farms Lecture \n3:45 – 4 pm\nTea & Coffee Break \n4 – 5 pm\nChamber Music Performance \n\nBegin your Grace Farms Lecture experience with a Life Worth Living Workshop\, led by Drew Collins\, Associate Research Scholar from the Yale Center for Faith & Culture\, from 1 – 2:30 pm on Saturday\, February 7th. Register separately. \n  \nAbout Dr. Miroslav Volf\n \nProfessor Volf is the founding Director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture. His books include Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity\, Otherness\, and Reconciliation (1996; revised edition\, 2019)\, winner of the Grawemeyer Award in Religion and named one of Christianity Today’s 100 most important religious books of the 20th Century; Flourishing: Why We Need Religion in a Globalized World (2016); The Home of God: A Brief Story of Everything (2022)\, co-authored with Ryan McAnnally-Linz; and\, most recently\, co-authored with Matthew Croasmun and Ryan McAnnally-Linz\, Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most (2023). \nA member of the Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. and the Evangelical Church in Croatia\, Professor Volf has been involved in international ecumenical dialogues (for instance\, with the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity) and interfaith dialogues (including the Muslim and Christian “A Common Word” initiative)\, as well as a participant in the Global Agenda Council on Values of the World Economic Forum. A native of Croatia\, he regularly teaches and lectures in Central and Eastern Europe\, Asia\, and across North America. Amongst his many invited lectureships\, he has given the Dudleian Lecture at Harvard University; the Chavasse Lectures at Oxford University; the Waldenstroem Lectures at Stockholm School of Theology; the Gray Lectures at Duke University; the Stob Lectures at Calvin University; and the Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham. In May 2025\, he will deliver the Gifford Lectures in Aberdeen\, UK. \n  \n\nabout the musicians\n\n								\n									\n								\n								Arlen Hlusko\, cello\n								Hailed for her “sublime cello prowess” (Take Effect)\, “absorbing originality” (Gramophone)\, and “mesmerizing beauty” (NY Music Daily)\, internationally acclaimed Canadian cellist Arlen Husk is a dynamic\, versatile artist who has performed extensively as soloist and chamber musician across North & South Americas\, Asia\, and Europe. She is “capable of playing with great delicacy but also fearlessness; regardless of the character of the material\, she executes it with authority and conviction […] and open-hearted expression is present throughout” (Textura). Arlen has performed solo recitals from Tippet Rise to Carnegie Hall to Toronto’s Summer Music in the Gardens to the Guangzhou Opera House and beyond\, and is the cellist of the Bang on a Can All-Stars sextet (extolled by the New York Times for “combining the power and punch of a rock band with the precision and clarity of a chamber ensemble”). She regularly performs with ensembles including The Knights\, Dolce Suono Ensemble\, and the Manhattan Chamber Players; is a member of the Harry Chapin Band; and recent alumna of the Curtis Institute of Music and Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect. She is currently the Artist-in-Residence at Grace Farms in New Canaan\, CT\, where she is performing regularly as both soloist and chamber musician\, as well as curating chamber music performances and musical community experiences\, and directing the musical half of their brand new Lecture-Concert series. \n								\n									\n								\n								Adrian Anantawan\, violin\n								Adrian Anantawan holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music\, Yale University and Harvard Graduate School of Education. As a violinist\, he has studied with Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman\, and Anne-Sophie Mutter; his academic work in education was supervised by Howard Gardner. Memorable moments include performances at the White House\, the Opening Ceremonies of the Athens and Vancouver Olympic Games and the United Nations. Adrian helped to create the Virtual Chamber Music Initiative at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab Centre. The cross-collaborative project brings researchers\, musicians\, doctors and educators together to develop adaptive musical instruments capable of being played by a young person with disabilities within a chamber music setting. He is also the founder of the Music Inclusion Program\, aimed at having children with disabilities learn instrumental music with their typical peers. He is the current Chair of Music at Milton Academy\, the Artistic Director of Shelter Music Boston and is on faculty at Berklee College of Music. Throughout the year\, Adrian continues to perform\, speak and teach around the world as an advocate for disability and the arts. \n								\n									\n								\n								Lun Li\, violin\n								Violinist Lun Li is committed to creating thought-provoking\, boundary-pushing concert experiences for contemporary audiences. A native of Shanghai\, he won the 2021 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions\, along with the Paul A. Fish Memorial Prize\, the Buffalo Chamber Music Society Prize\, and was named John French Violin Chair at YCA.\n\nHe has appeared as concerto soloist with the Bangor Symphony\, Kennett Square Symphony\, Colgate University Orchestra\, Chamber Orchestra of the Springs\, Meridian Symphony\, Salina Symphony\, and McCall Summer Festival Orchestra\, as well as with the Brevard Philharmonic\, Aiken Symphony\, University of South Carolina Symphony\, Salisbury Symphony\, and the Riverside Symphony at Alice Tully Hall. Upcoming concerto appearances include the Kyoto and Osaka Symphonies.\n\nLun made his New York recital debut at Merkin Hall and his Washington\, D.C. debut at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater\, both presented by Young Concert Artists. He has since appeared at The Morgan Library & Museum\, Caramoor\, Brookings Chamber Music Society\, Brooklyn Chamber Music Society\, Bay Chamber Concerts\, Tippet Rise Art Center\, and with the Jupiter Chamber Players. He also collaborated with Pulitzer Prize–winning composer and performer Du Yun at the Asia Society in New York Internationally\, he has also performed at Konzerthaus Berlin\, Wiener Konzerthaus\, and Kulturpalast Dresden.\n\nThis season\, Lun was featured on the opening night of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Alice Tully Hall. A member of CMS’s Bowers Program\, he has toured extensively with the Society\, including in China.\n\nLun holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School\, where he completed an Artist Diploma as teaching assistant to Catherine Cho. He performs on the 1735 “Samazeuilh” Stradivarius\, generously on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation. \n								\n									\n								\n								Celia Hatton\, viola\n								Celia Hatton\, NYC-based violist\, has performed across Asia\, Australia\, Europe\, South America\, and the US. Her playing can be heard on several Grammy-winning works\, including as Principal Violist on Experiential Orchestra’s album The Prison and Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds. She is a member of A Far Cry\, Principal Viola of Sphinx Virtuosi\, and Co-Principal of Chamber Orchestra of New York. Hatton has performed with ECCO\, The Knights\,  the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra\, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra\, and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. An Adjunct Professor at Adelphi University\, she has given masterclasses at Colburn Music Academy\, New York University\, and Vanderbilt University. Hatton holds a Bachelor’s Degree from New England Conservatory\, where she studied with Kim Kashkashian\, and a Master’s Degree from Manhattan School of Music with Karen Dreyfus.
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