Poetry and Music Unite!
August 15, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – BIOGRAPHY PETER MEINKE, Florida Poet Laureate, will be speaking about his work and giving readings from a selection of his poetry at one of the year’s most unusual cultural events in Naples – a very special fusion of literature and music. SW Florida composer, William Dawson, Jr., who has become an aficionado & friend of […]
Mike Lee
June 20, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – BIOGRAPHY Awarded Second Prize and Audience Prize at the 2011 Westfield International Fortepiano Competition by a jury that included Robert Levin and the late Christopher Hogwood, New Zealand (forte)pianist Mike Cheng-Yu Lee’s performances have been described as “portraying integrity, purity, complexity and truth… with balance and control that are breathtaking.” Peter Jacobi of the Bloomington […]
Henry Kramer
April 10, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – BIOGRAPHY Praised by The Cleveland Classical Review for his “astonishingly confident technique” and The New York Times for “thrilling [and] triumphant” performances, pianist Henry Kramer is developing a reputation as a musician of rare sensitivity who combines stylish programming with insightful and exuberant interpretations. In 2016, he garnered international recognition with a Second Prize win […]
Anna Han
March 17, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – BIOGRAPHY Hailed by the Washington Post as “prodigiously gifted… a display of imagination, taste and pianistic firepower far beyond her years,” ANNA HAN strives to deliver heartfelt performances through a variety of classical piano repertoire. She has given solo, concerto, and chamber performances in such venues as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing […]
Drew Petersen
February 13, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – BIOGRAPHY Acclaimed young American pianist Drew Petersen is a sought-after soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician in the United States, Europe and Asia. He’s been praised for his commanding and poetic performances of repertoire ranging from Bach to Zaimont, and is the recipient of the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant, 2017 American Pianists Award, and the […]
Vassily Primakov
January 9, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – BIOGRAPHY Vassily Primakov was born in Moscow in 1979. His first piano studies were with his mother, Marina Primakova. He entered Moscow’s Central Special Music School at the age of eleven as a pupil of Vera Gornostaeva, and at 17 came to New York to pursue studies at the Juilliard School with the noted pianist, […]
Rachel Naomi Kudo
December 1, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – BIOGRAPHY Winner of the Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig, American pianist Rachel Naomi Kudo is captivating audiences with her “heartfelt, courageous and perfect playing” (Lübecker Nachrichten) and as a “thrilling” artist with “the highest artistic claim who demonstrates a perfection of technique and precision down to the smallest motivic detail” (Die Rheinpfalz). Born in Washington, D.C., […]
Francesco Libetta
July 11, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – BIOGRAPHY Italian pianist, composer, writer, entrepreneur and conductor Francesco Libetta was born in Salento — the “heel” of Italy. Libetta’s name began circulating among the piano cognoscenti after his astonishing traversal of Godowsky’s fifty-three studies based on Chopin’s Études; Libetta was the very first to play them all live (Milan, Florence, Naples), even in a […]
Steven Beck
June 27, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – BIOGRAPHY Pianist Steven Beck continues to gather acclaim for his performances and recordings. Recent career highlights include performances of Beethoven’s variations and bagatelles at Bargemusic, where he first performed the Beethoven sonata cycle. Steven Beck is an experienced performer of new music, having worked with Elliott Carter, Pierre Boulez, Henri Dutilleux, Charles Wuorinen, George Crumb, […]
Lindsay Garritson
June 21, 2016 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – BIOGRAPHY Dr. Lindsay Garritson has performed throughout the United States and abroad since the age of four. She has appeared on stages such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Place des Arts (Montreal), and has been featured as soloist with the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, […]