BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:138@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T170000 DTSTAMP:20250422T124725Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/magdalena-on-all-things-chopin/ SUMMARY:Magdalena on All Things Chopin DESCRIPTION:"The Chopiniana"\n\nIn the final pre-concert talk of the season \, the Grand Piano Series lecturer in residence Magdalena Baczewska explor es the timelessness\, universality\, and enduring relevance of Chopin’s music. Magdalena will talk about how Chopin’s Mazurkas and Polonaises be came a symbol of resistance and national identity\, and how his harmonic l anguage\, a unique blend of lyricism and emotional depth paved the way for future generations of composers.\n\n\n\nMagdalena Stern-Baczewska [pronou nced ba-CHEV-ska] is a concert pianist\, harpsichordist\, recording artist \, producer\, speaker\, academic leader and educator. She is the Director of the Music Performance Program and Senior Lecturer in Music at Columbia University. She has appeared as a soloist with prestigious orchestras worl dwide\, including the San Francisco Symphony\, Philadelphia Orchestra\, an d China National Symphony. She has collaborated with Oscar and Grammy Awar d-winning artists like Joshua Bell\, Charles Fox\, and Tan Dun\, performin g at the Tanglewood Music Festival\, Guangzhou Opera House\, Beijing Natio nal Center for Performing Arts\, Davies Symphony Hall\, and Philadelphia ’s Kimmel Center.\n\nBaczewska’s repertoire spans many centuries\, inc luding works for the harpsichord - she has earned acclaim for her double-b ill performances of Bach’s Goldberg Variations\, on the harpsichord and the piano - and music by women and underrepresented composers. Her discogr aphy encompasses various genres\, from Baroque and Romantic solo music to collaborations with techno and hip-hop artists. Baczewska has produced the bestselling series of albums\, "Music for Dreams\," in collaboration with the Bluesleep medical team that researches and treats sleep disorders.\n\ nBaczewska has given talks and master classes around the world: Beijing Ce ntral Conservatory\, New York University\, International Keyboard Institut e\, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts\, Manhattan School of Music. As a Yamaha Artist\, she is among the pioneers of long-distance teaching usin g the cutting edge Yamaha Disklavier technology. At Columbia\, Baczewska e mbraces her dual role of an educator and academic leader: aside from teach ing\, she mentors the members of the Music Performance Program and members and the elite Columbia-Juilliard Exchange.\n\nAs an avid advocate of equa l access to musical enrichment\, Baczewska is committed to outreach\, brin ging music to wider audiences. During the pandemic\, she produced “Bach@ Home\,” a YouTube series of public-facing lecture performances. She also designed and taught “Enjoyment of Music\,” an online music appreciati on sequence for the Grand Piano Series where she is now the Lecturer in Re sidence. Baczewska is a teaching artist on Tonebase\, a digital platform d emocratizing access to high-level music education. She also regularly appe ars as guest lecturer in various concert series. She serves as a Grandment or for Musical Mentors Collaborative - a nonprofit that provides free musi c instruction to students who would not otherwise have access to private l essons\, addressing structural inequities in music education.\n\nBorn in P oland\, she is a recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the P olish Minister of Culture and National Heritage for promoting Polish cultu re abroad.\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/10/MB-4-hi-res-web.jpg?fit=680%2C385&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR