Online Lecture: Magdalena Baczewska on Chopin & Liszt
November 9, 2023 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Chopin and Liszt were contemporaries known for their virtuosity at the piano – this is where the similarities end. Their lifestyles and musical visions varied greatly, and their pianistic approaches remain unmistakable. In this pre-concert talk, Magdalena Baczewska (concert pianist and harpsichordist; Director of the Music Performance Program at Columbia University) returns to the Grand […]
Mackenzie Melemed
September 25, 2023 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Winner of the Jade Medal at the 2019 China International Music Competition and recipient of The Juilliard School’s 2019 Leo B. Ruiz Carnegie Hall Recital Prize and 2018 Arthur Rubinstein Piano Prize, 25-year-old American pianist Mackenzie Melemed’s international career continues to flourish. Praised by the New York Times as an “excellent young pianist” he has […]
ChamberFest: Balourdet Quartet & Fabio Bidini (St Leo) 4/21 – 3 PM
April 21, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – The Balourdet Quartet, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is currently in residence at the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program. The quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition as well as the top prize awarded in the 2021 Premio Paolo Borciani in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The group also […]
ChamberFest: Ying Li (Moorings) 4/20 – 7:30 PM
April 20, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Twenty-four-year-old Chinese pianist Ying Li was the First Prize winner of the 2021 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, as well as The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Prize and the Tri-I Noon Recitals Prize. She has received top awards in numerous national and international competitions, including the Antonio Mormone International Prize, Sarasota Artist Series Piano […]
ChamberFest: Lee/Fullana/Strezeva (St Leo) 4/19 – 7:30 PM
April 19, 2023 @ 7:30 pm – Spanish-born violinist Francisco Fullana, winner of the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant, has been hailed as an “amazing talent” (Gustavo Dudamel) and “frighteningly awesome” (Buffalo News). His latest album on Orchid Classics, Bach’s Long Shadow, was named BBC Music Magazine’s Instrumental Choice of the Month. Its five-star review stated: ‘Fullana manages to combine Itzhak Perlman’s […]
ChamberFest: Mike Cheng-Yu Lee (Trinity) 4/18 – 3 PM
April 18, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Mike Cheng-Yu Lee is one of a new generation of pianists who is at home performing on pianos that span the early 18th to the late 20th centuries. 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, his performances have garnered attention […]
Lecture: Mike Lee on Fortepianos (Trinity)
April 15, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm – Mike Cheng-Yu Lee is one of a new generation of pianists who is at home performing on pianos that span the early 18th to the late 20th centuries. 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, his performances have garnered attention […]
Dominic Cheli (Gulf)
March 26, 2023 @ 4:00 pm – Dominic Cheli’s playing has been described as “spontaneous yet perfect, the best of how a young person can play.” (Symphony Magazine). His rapidly advancing career included his Walt Disney Concert Hall Debut where Dominic was described as “mesmerizing, (he) transfixed the audience…his fingers were one with each key.” (LA Times). He gave his Carnegie Hall […]
Dominic Cheli at Opera Naples “Festival Under the Stars”
March 25, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Dominic Cheli’s playing has been described as “spontaneous yet perfect, the best of how a young person can play.” (Symphony Magazine). His rapidly advancing career included his Walt Disney Concert Hall Debut where Dominic was described as “mesmerizing, (he) transfixed the audience…his fingers were one with each key.” (LA Times). He gave his Carnegie Hall Recital […]
Online Pre-Concert Talk: Magdalena Baczewska on Opera Transriptions
March 18, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm – Hailed by the press as “One of the most innovative, even radical classical keyboardists in the U.S.” and described as “Columbia University professor by day, musical sorceress by night,” pianist and harpsichordist Magdalena Baczewska [ba-CHEV-ska] enjoys a multifaceted career as a concert artist, educator, and speaker. Having made her solo debut with the Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra […]
