BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:105@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240420T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240420T120000 DTSTAMP:20240708T210243Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/online-lecture-magdalena-baczewska -on-schubert-liszt-beethoven/ SUMMARY:Online Lecture: Magdalena Baczewska on Schubert\, Liszt\, & Beethov en DESCRIPTION:What makes the instrumental idiom unique? How have composers ov er many centuries gone about finding the suitable language for each instru ment? What is required to make them shine separately\, and dazzle together ? Join our season finale pre-concert talk\, led by Magdalena Baczewska (co ncert pianist and harpsichordist\; Director of the Music Performance Progr am at Columbia University).\n\n\n\nHailed by the press as “One of the mo st innovative\, even radical classical keyboardists in the U.S.” and des cribed as “Columbia University professor by day\, musical sorceress by n ight\,” pianist and harpsichordist Magdalena Baczewska [ba-CHEV-ska] enj oys a multifaceted career as a concert artist\, educator\, and speaker. Ha ving made her solo debut with the Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra at age 1 2 in her native Poland\, Baczewska performed internationally with the worl d’s leading orchestras: Philadelphia Orchestra\, San Francisco Symphony\ , China National Symphony\, Vancouver Symphony\, among others. She has bee n praised for her "magnificent\, unique voice that stylistically never fal ters" (Classical Music Guide)\, “world-class playing” by the American Record Guide\, and hailed as “eloquent and technically flawless” by Th e Washington Post.\n\nThe first pianist to play J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Var iations twice in one evening--first on the harpsichord\, then on piano--si nce Rosalyn Tureck’s 1977 double-bill Carnegie Hall performance\, Baczew ska has toured Europe and the U.S with double performances of the Variatio ns\, having also recorded them along with Strauss’ Sonata Op. 5 for her critically-acclaimed album A Tribute to Glenn Gould.\n\nBaczewska collabor ates extensively with the Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer Tan Dun\ , performing his music internationally. Performance highlights include a d ebut at the Tanglewood Music Festival\, soloist appearances with the San F rancisco Symphony\, Philadelphia Orchestra\, China National Symphony\, and a Canadian premiere of Tan Dun's Piano Concerto with the Vancouver Sympho ny Orchestra. At the invitation of the composer\, Baczewska also recorded his chamber music and the Sonata for Piano Solo in Shanghai’s famous Wat er Heavens Hall.\n\nBaczewska is a professor of music and Director of the Music Performance Program at Columbia University. She is a recipient of th e Outstanding Achievement Award from the Polish Minister of Culture and Na tional Heritage\, Bogdan Zdrojewski\, for promoting Polish culture abroad. \n\nThe Palm Beach Arts Paper writes "Baczewska enlightens.” As an avid educator\, she has given master classes and lectures around the world: Bei jing Central Conservatory\, New York University\, Hong Kong Academy for Pe rforming Arts\, Manhattan School of Music\, International Keyboard Institu te\, to name a few. As a Yamaha Artist\, Baczewska has used the technology pioneered by Yamaha Disklavier\, to give remote master classes at the Mic rosoft School of the Future\, Elon University\, and Hartt School of Music. In her spare time she volunteers through Selfhelp\, Inc.\, teaching music appreciation online at the Virtual Senior Center. During the COVID-19 pan demic Baczewska produced a video series Bach@Home\, available on YouTube\, containing piano and harpsichord performances and analysis of works by J. S. Bach\, and other composers. While in lockdown she partnered with the Gr and Piano Series in Florida\, and the Chopin Society of Atlanta\, designin g and delivering an interactive series of online music appreciation lectur es and discussions for seniors\, and separately for small children\, under the title "The Enjoyment of Music." Her musical mission\, in addition to sharing the timeless beauty of the music itself\, is to educate her audien ces in each performance\, by giving them tools to enjoy music more profoun dly.\n\nBaczewska’s discography encompasses a variety of styles\, rangin g from classical to hip-hop. Together with composer/DJ Gene Pritsker\, Bac zewska released an album for the harpsichord and samplestra Hip-Hopsichord . She also collaborated with Pritsker on a remix of Music for Dreams - a c rossover between classical style and chillhop. Baczewska has also collabor ated with the BlueSleep medical team specialized in research and treatment of sleep disorders. Among her releases are three best-selling albums Musi c for Dreams\, and music for MetroNaps’ EnergyPod®\, popularized by Goo gle.\n\nBaczewska holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Mannes Co llege The New School for Music\, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Manhattan School of Music. Her doctoral dissertation\, In Search of Bach ’s Cantabile: The Role and Aspects of Oratory and Singing in Keyboard In terpretation was published by Lambert Academic Publishing.\n\nFor more inf ormation and discography\, visit MagdalenaNYC.com\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