BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:74@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20221025T193000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20221025T210000 DTSTAMP:20230731T003528Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/beethoven-fest-cheli-williamson-le one/ SUMMARY:Beethoven Fest: Cheli/Williamson/Leone DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nDominic Cheli’s playing has been described as “spon taneous yet perfect\, the best of how a young person can play.” (Symphon y Magazine). His rapidly advancing career included his Walt Disney Concert Hall Debut where Dominic was described as “mesmerizing\, (he) transfixe d the audience…his fingers were one with each key.” (LA Times). He gav e his Carnegie Hall Recital Debut in 2019 with a return appearance in Janu ary 2023.\n\n\n\n\nHe recently recorded his 2nd CD on the Naxos label of t he music of Liszt/Schubert and has enjoyed his role as performer\, produce r and music editor for an upcoming all-Schulhoff CD on the Delos label sch eduled for a Fall 2022 release. This album features a special collaboratio n on Schulhoff’s Piano Concerto No.2 with Maestro James Conlon. He also recently completed work as a composer on the documentary Defying Gravity ( 2021).\n\nWith a fascination and appreciation for the benefits of technolo gy especially in our new virtual age\, Dominic was appointed Live Director of Tonebase Piano. As a result\, he is the host and presenter of numerous virtual events each month to the 4\,000+ subscribers on the platform.  A s an educator\, Dominic is on faculty of the Colburn Community Music Schoo l and strives for his students to be imaginative\, and knowledgeable and h ave healthy relationships with their instruments. In his spare time\, Domi nic enjoys cooking and training for Ironman triathlons.\n\nNamed one of CB C Music's "30 under 30" Canadian classical musicians\, Paul Williamson is a first prize winner of the piano category of the Canadian national music festival (2014)\, the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers' Association n ational piano competition (2017)\, and a prizewinner of the WMC McLellan C ompetition (2020) and the Shean Piano Competition (2022). As a soloist\, h e has appeared with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. the University of Man itoba Symphony Orchestra\, and the Fraser Valley Symphony Orchestra. He ha s performed alongside Julian Pellicano\, Alexander Mickelthwate\, Aiyun Hu ang\, Orli Shaham\, and Jim Walker. He has appeared at Morningside Music B ridge\, Orford\, Kneisel Hall\, Aspen\, Hornby\, Scotia\, Agassiz\, and ha s held residency at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute.\n\nPaul holds a Bach elor of Music degree from the University of Manitoba and a Master of Music degree from the Colburn Conservatory of Music\, where he continues to stu dy with Fabio Bidini in the Artist Diploma program. Most recently\, Paul r eturned to the University of Manitoba to serve on the faculty as a piano i nstructor for the 2022 Winter term. His other musical influences include D avid Moroz and Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Paul is grateful for the support of th e BC Arts Council.\n\nOne of the most insightful and brilliant pianists of his generation\, Italian-born pianist Rodolfo Leone was the first-prize w inner of the 2017 International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna. Descri bed as “a true sound philosopher” (Oberösterreichische Nachrichten)\, Rodolfo released his debut all-Beethoven album on the Austrian label Gram ola in May 2018. A second album comprised of Capriccios and Sonatas by Muz io Clementi released by Naxos in 2022 prompted one reviewer to write that “The Italian pianist plays […] in such a charming\, fresh and crystall ine way that refines the simplest of Clementi’s ideas” (Pianonews).\n\ nRodolfo has performed under the baton of conductors such as James Conlon\ , Michael Francis\, Sascha Goetzel\, Xian Zhang and Stéphane Denève.  H is performances have brought him to such venues as the Musikverein  (Gold ener Saal and Brahms Saal) in Vienna\, Steinway Hall in London\, the Music Hall of the NCPA in Beijing\, the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa\, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. An avid chamber musician\, he has collaborated with musicians such as Lynn Harrell\, Clive Greensmith\, Dem arre McGill\, Oliver Herbert and the Viano String Quartet. Rodolfo is curr ently based in Los Angeles where he holds a faculty position at the Colbur n Music Academy. He previously studied with Fabio Bidini at the Colburn Sc hool of Music\, where he was awarded a Master of Music degree and an Artis t Diploma. Rodolfo is a recipient of the Amron-Sutherland Fund for Young P ianists.\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeethoven: Sonata No.8 in c minor Op.13 “Pathetique” (16’)\nBeethoven: Sonata No.14 in c-sharp minor Op.27 No.2 “Moonlight” (17’)\nBeethoven: Sonata No.21 in C Major Op. 53 “Waldstein” (26’)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/02/10-25-2022.webp?fit=2550%2C1700&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Easter X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Easter BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220910T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:-05 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR