Oct 1, 2013 ... ensembles from around the world in a concert hall famous for its near-perfect
acoustics ... Original version for 2 solo pianos by the composer.
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center Announces
* 2013-14 TUESDAY MATINEES * Featuring Paul Huang, violin; Ariel Quartet; Lysander Piano Trio; MultiPiano; ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra); Kristin Lee, violin & Steven Lin, piano Merkin Concert Hall’s long-running Tuesday Matinees series presents some of today’s brightest young classical stars well on their way to international renown. The recipients of an impressive array of major prizes, they have performed on the stages of the world’s most prestigious concert halls. At Merkin Concert Hall, audiences get to know acclaimed classical soloists and ensembles from around the world in a concert hall famous for its near-perfect acoustics and intimate connection between performer and audience.
Tue, Oct 1, 2013, 2 pm
MultiPiano Bach-Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Keyboards in a minor, Bwv 1065 Version for 2 solo pianos in 8 hands Mozart-Grieg: Sonata in C K. 545 (2nd piano part by E. Grieg) For 2 pianos in 4 hands Rachmaninoff: “Romance” & “Waltz” (1895) For one piano in 6 hands Smetana: Sonata in E minor Rondo in C For 2 pianos in 8 hands Ravel: "Frontispiece" For 2 pianos in 5 hands Poulenc: Concerto for two pianos in d minor Original version for 2 solo pianos by the composer Rossini: Fantasy on the “Barber of Seville” For one piano in 6 hands (arr. D. Krug) Aryeh Levanon: "Land of Four Languages" (2012) For 2 pianos in 8 hands Im HaShachar (Jewish-Yemenite song) – Oyfen Weg (Yiddish Song) Povereta Muchachica (Ladino Song) – Debka Rafiach (Arab Song) “The MultiPiano project brings together some of Israel’s most brilliant and promising pianists of today,” says Zubin Mehta, Music Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. MultiPiano is a unique keyboard spectacle, presenting Israel’s future generation of virtuoso pianists in a celebration of pianos in ever-changing combinations – in one and two pianos, with four, six
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and eight hands. Its repertoire ranges from fully-fledged original masterworks to dazzling virtuoso arrangements and showpieces. Featuring Tomer Lev, Berenika Glixman, Daniel Borovitzky and Nimrod Meiry-Haftel. Highlights include transcriptions of several masterpieces originally written for orchestra, including the Bach-Vivaldo Concerto for Four Keyboards in a minor and Poulenc’s whimsical Concerto for Two Pianos in d minor, influenced by the gamelan music he heard at the 1931 Exposition Coloniale de Paris.
Tue, Nov 12, 2013, 2 pm
Steven Lin, piano Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 59 1, 2 & 3 Schumann: Sonata No. 3 Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 31, No. 3 Liszt: Reminiscences of Don Juan A victory at the 2012 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition is the latest in a growing list of awards for Steven Lin, an immediately engaging and imaginative young Taiwanese-American pianist. Also in 2012, he was a prizewinner at the William Kapell International Competition and The Juilliard School’s Gina Bachauer Piano Competition, and claimed an unprecedented three honors at the 2012 International Hilton Head Piano Competition. The Baltimore Sun declared his recent performance as soloist in Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Baltimore Symphony “elegantly refined.”
Tue, Dec 3, 2013, 2 pm
Kristin Lee, violin J.S. Bach: Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Keyboard BWV 1014 Karol Szymanowski: Myths, Op. 30 Richard Wagner: Albumblatt (arr. by Wilhelmj) Charles Ives: Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano "Children's Day at Camp Meeting" Richard Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 18 Korean-American violinist Kristin Lee has been praised by The Strad for her “rare stylistic aptness” and “mastery of tone and rare mood in a performer of any age.” A violinist of remarkable versatility and impeccable technique, Ms. Lee is a winner of Astral Artists’ 2010 National Auditions and a top prizewinner of the 2012 Walter W. Naumburg Competition. An accomplished chamber musician, Ms. Lee is a member of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, following her completion of a three-year residency as a CMS Two artist. The pairing of Richard Strauss’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 18 with Charles Ives’s Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano in this program shows the evolution of a sonata from the peak of Romanticism into the 20th century, when the rules were often turned upside down.
Tue, Jan 14, 2014, 2 pm
Lysander Piano Trio Mozart: Trio Ben Haim: Variations Turina: Circulo, Op. 91 (“The Circle”: Dawn - Midday - Dusk) Piece TBA by Kaufman Music Center student Ravel: Trio The winner of the 2012 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, this dynamic piano trio has also been awarded top honors at the 2010 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the 2011 Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition
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(Grand Prize) and the 2011 J. C. Arriaga Chamber Music Competition (First Prize). Since its founding in 2009, the ensemble has enjoyed performances at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and David Rubenstein Atrium, Merkin Concert Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Featuring Itamar Zorman, violin; Michael Katz, cello and Liza Stepanova, piano. A program highlight is Ravel’s richly textured Trio for piano, violin and cello, a technical masterpiece that demands a high level of virtuosity and colorful playing from all instruments.
Tue, Feb 11, 2014, 2 pm
ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra) Mozart: Divertimento in B Flat K. 137 David Ludwig: Premiere Satie: Gymnopedie or Gnossienne Judd Greenstein: Four on the Floor Gesualdo: Motet or Madrigal Ravel: String Quartet in F Major Hear music spanning six centuries – from Renaissance madrigals to contemporary music – performed by one of America’s most exciting self-conducted chamber orchestras. ECCO is a dynamic collective that combines the strength and power of a great orchestra with the personal involvement and sensitivity of a superb chamber ensemble. Debuts in venues such as New York’s Town Hall and Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center have confirmed ECCO’s position as one of the most exceptional ensembles of today’s generation, whose fresh interpretations, coupled with passionate and joyous playing, earn them standing ovations and re-engagements. ECCO is comprised of soloists, chamber musicians, members of major American orchestras and Grammy award winners.
Tue, Mar 11, 2014, 2:15 pm, FREE
Henry Schneider Scholarship Concert Featuring talented young students from Kaufman Music Center’s Lucy Moses School, New York’s largest community arts school. Preceded by the Annual Scholarship Luncheon.
Tue, Apr 8, 2014, 2 pm
Paul Huang, violin Vivaldi: Sonata in D Major, RV10 (arr. Respighi) Respighi: Sonata in b minor for Violin and Piano Stravinsky: Duo Concertante Glazunov: Grand Adagio Shostakovich: Preludes No. 12,17, 18, 19, 20 & 21 Szymanowski: Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28 Titled “Italian and Slavic Influences,” this program pairs the beautiful and lush Respighi Violin Sonata and the insightful and thought-provoking Stravinsky Duo Concertante and explores the Italian and Russian/Slavic influences on both these composers and how they applied their masterful orchestration skills to more intimate works for violin and piano. First Prize Winner of the 2011 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the 2009 International Violin Competition Sion-Valais in Switzerland, 22-year-old Taiwanese-American violinist Paul Huang is already recognized for his eloquent musicianship, effortless virtuosity and compelling stage presence. Recipient of the 2012 Helen Armstrong Violin Fellowship of YCA, Mr. Huang has performed as soloist in Hungary with the Budapest Dohnányi Symphony, with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional in Mexico City and the Taipei Symphony in Taiwan.
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Ariel Quartet Beethoven: Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5 Britten: Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36 Schubert: Quartet in G Major, D. 887 Characterized by its youth, brilliant playing and soulful interpretations, the Ariel Quartet has quickly earned a glowing international reputation. In January 2012 the Quartet was named quartet-in-residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, an astonishing accomplishment for such a young ensemble. The quartet has won Grand Prize at the 2006 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, First Prize at the international Franz Schubert competition in Graz, Austria (2003) and the Székely Prize for their performance of Bartók, as well as the overall Third Prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2007. Featuring Alexandra Kazovsky and Gershon Gerchikov, violin; Jan Grüning, viola and Amit Even-Tov, cello.
Programs are subject to change.
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Kaufm man Music Centerr presentations in Merkin Concert Hall are made po ossible, in part, w with institutional su upport from: A.D D. Philanthropic Fund, Bloomberg Philanthropies, BMI Foundation Inc., Th he Edward T. Con ne Foundation, Th he Aaron Coplan d Fund for Musicc, The Gladys Krie eble Delmas Foundation, The Friars Foundation, Ann and Gordon Gettty Foundation, The T Rodgers and Hammerstein Fou undation, The Ja anis and Alan Menken Foundation n, The Johnny Mercer Foundation, Th he Fan Fox and Le eslie R. Samuels Foundation, The Ted Snowdon Fooundation, TD Ch haritable Foundation, and Warburrg Pincus Found dation. Presen ntations in Merkin n Concert Hall are e supported, in pa art, by public funds from the New York City Departtment of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Counccil, and from the New N York City Co ouncil through the e good offices of Councilmember Gale Brewer. Kau ufman Music Cen nter presentationss in Merkin Conce ert Hall are made possible by the New N York State Council C on the Artts with the supporrt of Governor An ndrew Cuomo and d the New York S State Legislature.
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