BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:140@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T170000 DTSTAMP:20240930T130338Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/magdalena-on-piano-transcriptions/ SUMMARY:Magdalena on Piano Transcriptions DESCRIPTION:"The Art of Transcription"\n\nIn this pre-concert talk\, the Gr and Piano Series Lecturer-in-Residence Magdalena Baczewska delves into the history\, function\, and social significance of adapting music for solo p iano. Magdalena will discuss how composers and performers have transformed orchestral\, vocal\, and instrumental works into piano pieces\, providing an insight into the technical challenges and creative decisions involved. \n\n\n\nMagdalena Stern-Baczewska [pronounced ba-CHEV-ska] is a concert pi anist\, 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 worldwide\, including the San Francis co Symphony\, Philadelphia Orchestra\, and China National Symphony. She ha s collaborated with Oscar and Grammy Award-winning artists like Joshua Bel l\, Charles Fox\, and Tan Dun\, performing at the Tanglewood Music Festiva l\, Guangzhou Opera House\, Beijing National Center for Performing 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 Bach’s Goldbe rg Variations\, on the harpsichord and the piano - and music by women and underrepresented composers. Her discography encompasses various genres\, f rom Baroque and Romantic solo music to collaborations with techno and hip- hop artists. Baczewska has produced the bestselling series of albums\, "Mu sic for Dreams\," in collaboration with the Bluesleep medical team that re searches and treats sleep disorders.\n\nBaczewska has given talks and mast er classes around the world: Beijing Central Conservatory\, New York Unive rsity\, International Keyboard Institute\, Hong Kong Academy for Performin g Arts\, Manhattan School of Music. As a Yamaha Artist\, she is among the pioneers of long-distance teaching using the cutting edge Yamaha Disklavie r technology. At Columbia\, Baczewska embraces her dual role of an educato r and academic leader: aside from teaching\, she mentors the members of th e Music Performance Program and members and the elite Columbia-Juilliard E xchange.\n\nAs an avid advocate of equal access to musical enrichment\, Ba czewska is committed to outreach\, bringing music to wider audiences. Duri ng the pandemic\, she produced “Bach@Home\,” a YouTube series of publi c-facing lecture performances. She also designed and taught “Enjoyment o f Music\,” an online music appreciation sequence for the Grand Piano Ser ies where she is now the Lecturer in Residence. Baczewska is a teaching ar tist on Tonebase\, a digital platform democratizing access to high-level m usic education. She also regularly appears as guest lecturer in various co ncert series. She serves as a Grandmentor for Musical Mentors Collaborativ e - a nonprofit that provides free music instruction to students who would not otherwise have access to private lessons\, addressing structural ineq uities in music education.\n\nBorn in Poland\, she is a recipient of the O utstanding Achievement Award from the Polish Minister of Culture and Natio nal Heritage for promoting Polish culture abroad.\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/10/MB-7-hi-res-web.jpg?fit=680%2C385&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR