BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:100@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231109T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231109T170000 DTSTAMP:20240226T190537Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/online-lecture-magdalena-baczewska -on-chopin-liszt/ SUMMARY:Online Lecture: Magdalena Baczewska on Chopin & Liszt DESCRIPTION:Chopin and Liszt were contemporaries known for their virtuosity at the piano - this is where the similarities end. Their lifestyles and m usical visions varied greatly\, and their pianistic approaches remain unmi stakable. In this pre-concert talk\, Magdalena Baczewska (concert pianist and harpsichordist\; Director of the Music Performance Program at Columbia University) returns to the Grand Piano Series to discuss the relationship between the two artists and the unique musical worlds they created.\n\n\n \nHailed by the press as “One of the most innovative\, even radical clas sical keyboardists in the U.S.” and described as “Columbia University professor by day\, musical sorceress by night\,” pianist and harpsichord ist Magdalena Baczewska [ba-CHEV-ska] enjoys a multifaceted career as a co ncert artist\, educator\, and speaker. Having made her solo debut with the Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra at age 12 in her native Poland\, Baczewsk a performed internationally with the world’s leading orchestras: Philade lphia Orchestra\, San Francisco Symphony\, China National Symphony\, Vanco uver Symphony\, among others. She has been praised for her "magnificent\, unique voice that stylistically never falters" (Classical Music Guide)\, “world-class playing” by the American Record Guide\, and hailed as “ eloquent and technically flawless” by The Washington Post.\n\nThe first pianist to play J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations twice in one evening--fi rst on the harpsichord\, then on piano--since Rosalyn Tureck’s 1977 doub le-bill Carnegie Hall performance\, Baczewska has toured Europe and the U. S with double performances of the Variations\, having also recorded them a long with Strauss’ Sonata Op. 5 for her critically-acclaimed album A Tri bute to Glenn Gould.\n\nBaczewska collaborates extensively with the Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer Tan Dun\, performing his music internati onally. Performance highlights include a debut at the Tanglewood Music Fes tival\, soloist appearances with the San Francisco Symphony\, Philadelphia Orchestra\, China National Symphony\, and a Canadian premiere of Tan Dun' s Piano Concerto with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. At the invitation of the composer\, Baczewska also recorded his chamber music and the Sonata for Piano Solo in Shanghai’s famous Water Heavens Hall.\n\nBaczewska is a professor of music and Director of the Music Performance Program at Col umbia University. She is a recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage\, Bogdan Zdrojew ski\, for promoting Polish culture abroad.\n\nThe Palm Beach Arts Paper wr ites "Baczewska enlightens.” As an avid educator\, she has given master classes and lectures around the world: Beijing Central Conservatory\, New York University\, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts\, Manhattan School of Music\, International Keyboard Institute\, to name a few. As a Yamaha Artist\, Baczewska has used the technology pioneered by Yamaha Disklavier\ , to give remote master classes at the Microsoft School of the Future\, El on University\, and Hartt School of Music. In her spare time she volunteer s through Selfhelp\, Inc.\, teaching music appreciation online at the Virt ual Senior Center. During the COVID-19 pandemic Baczewska produced a video series Bach@Home\, available on YouTube\, containing piano and harpsichor d performances and analysis of works by J.S. Bach\, and other composers. W hile in lockdown she partnered with the Grand Piano Series in Florida\, an d the Chopin Society of Atlanta\, designing and delivering an interactive series of online music appreciation lectures and discussions for seniors\, and separately for small children\, under the title "The Enjoyment of Mus ic." Her musical mission\, in addition to sharing the timeless beauty of t he music itself\, is to educate her audiences in each performance\, by giv ing them tools to enjoy music more profoundly.\n\nBaczewska’s discograph y encompasses a variety of styles\, ranging from classical to hip-hop. Tog ether with composer/DJ Gene Pritsker\, Baczewska released an album for the harpsichord and samplestra Hip-Hopsichord. She also collaborated with Pri tsker on a remix of Music for Dreams - a crossover between classical style and chillhop. Baczewska has also collaborated with the BlueSleep medical team specialized in research and treatment of sleep disorders. Among her r eleases are three best-selling albums Music for Dreams\, and music for Met roNaps’ EnergyPod®\, popularized by Google.\n\nBaczewska holds Bachelor ’s and Master’s degrees from Mannes College The New School for Music\, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Manhattan School of Music. Her d octoral dissertation\, In Search of Bach’s Cantabile: The Role and Aspec ts of Oratory and Singing in Keyboard Interpretation was published by Lamb ert Academic Publishing.\n\nFor more information and discography\, visit M agdalenaNYC.com\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/10/MB-2-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:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR