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SUMMARY:Magdalena on Expressing Emotions Through Music
DESCRIPTION:"Sense and Sensibility"\n\nGrand Piano Series Lecturer-in-Resid
 ence Magdalena Baczewska returns for a pre-concert talk on the diverse way
 s of expressing emotions through music. Magdalena will focus on composers 
 as individuals\, artists\, and products of their time\, examining personal
  and cultural influences shaping the composers’ emotional expression. Ho
 w do they reflect the spirit of the era while maintaining their distinct a
 rtistic voice?\n\n\n\nMagdalena Stern-Baczewska [pronounced ba-CHEV-ska] i
 s a concert pianist\, harpsichordist\, recording artist\, producer\, speak
 er\, academic leader and educator. She is the Director of the Music Perfor
 mance Program and Senior Lecturer in Music at Columbia University. She has
  appeared as a soloist with prestigious orchestras worldwide\, including t
 he San Francisco Symphony\, Philadelphia Orchestra\, and China National Sy
 mphony. She has collaborated with Oscar and Grammy Award-winning artists l
 ike Joshua Bell\, Charles Fox\, and Tan Dun\, performing at the Tanglewood
  Music Festival\, Guangzhou Opera House\, Beijing National Center for Perf
 orming Arts\, Davies Symphony Hall\, and Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center.\n
 \nBaczewska’s repertoire spans many centuries\, including works for the 
 harpsichord - she has earned acclaim for her double-bill performances of B
 ach’s Goldberg Variations\, on the harpsichord and the piano - and music
  by women and underrepresented composers. Her discography encompasses vari
 ous genres\, from Baroque and Romantic solo music to collaborations with t
 echno and hip-hop artists. Baczewska has produced the bestselling series o
 f albums\, "Music for Dreams\," in collaboration with the Bluesleep medica
 l team that researches and treats sleep disorders.\n\nBaczewska has given 
 talks and master classes around the world: Beijing Central Conservatory\, 
 New York University\, International Keyboard Institute\, Hong Kong Academy
  for Performing Arts\, Manhattan School of Music. As a Yamaha Artist\, she
  is among the pioneers of long-distance teaching using the cutting edge Ya
 maha Disklavier technology. At Columbia\, Baczewska embraces her dual role
  of an educator and academic leader: aside from teaching\, she mentors the
  members of the Music Performance Program and members and the elite Columb
 ia-Juilliard Exchange.\n\nAs an avid advocate of equal access to musical e
 nrichment\, Baczewska is committed to outreach\, bringing music to wider a
 udiences. During the pandemic\, she produced “Bach@Home\,” a YouTube s
 eries of public-facing lecture performances. She also designed and taught 
 “Enjoyment of Music\,” an online music appreciation sequence for the G
 rand Piano Series where she is now the Lecturer in Residence. Baczewska is
  a teaching artist on Tonebase\, a digital platform democratizing access t
 o high-level music education. She also regularly appears as guest lecturer
  in various concert series. She serves as a Grandmentor for Musical Mentor
 s Collaborative - a nonprofit that provides free music instruction to stud
 ents who would not otherwise have access to private lessons\, addressing s
 tructural inequities in music education.\n\nBorn in Poland\, she is a reci
 pient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Polish Minister of Cul
 ture and National Heritage for promoting Polish culture abroad.\n\n\nGet T
 ickets\n\n
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