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SUMMARY:Rachel Naomi Kudo (St Leo) 1/11 - 7:30 PM
DESCRIPTION:\n\nWinner of the Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig\
 , American pianist Rachel Naomi Kudo is captivating audiences with her "h
 eartfelt\, courageous and perfect playing” (Lübecker Nachrichten) and a
 s a “thrilling” artist with “the highest artistic claim who demonstr
 ates a perfection of technique and precision down to the smallest motivic 
 detail” (Die Rheinpfalz).\n\nBorn in Washington\, D.C.\, to Japanese-Kor
 ean parents\, Rachel began her studies with Emilio del Rosario at the Musi
 c Institute of Chicago. Shortly following her debut with the Chicago and F
 ort Worth Symphony Orchestras\, she was a finalist of the 15th Internation
 al Chopin Competition in Warsaw and winner of the Gilmore Young Artist Awa
 rd.\n\nRachel received the Arthur Rubinstein Prize and Chopin Prize under 
 the tutelage of Yoheved Kaplinsky and Joseph Kalichstein at The Juilliard 
 School\, and continued her studies with Richard Goode at Mannes College\, 
 Gilbert Kalish at Stony Brook University\, and Leon Fleisher at the Peabod
 y Institute. She received guidance from Robert Levin\, and Emanuel Ax and 
 Sir András Schiff at Carnegie Hall's Professional Training Workshops.\n\n
 Most recently\, Rachel was engaged as a live stream host for the 18th Inte
 rnational Chopin Competition in Warsaw\, and presented the world premiere 
 of Marc-André Hamelin’s Suite à l'ancienne\, which she commissioned wi
 th her funding from the Gilmore Piano Festival.\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n
 \n\n\n\n\n\nBach French Suite No.2 in C minor BWV813\n\nBrahms 16 Waltzes 
 Op.39\n\nBach Partita No.1 in B-flat major BWV825\n\n~ Intermission ~\n\nS
 chumann Papillons Op.2\n\nSchumann Carnival Op.9\n\nAs a recent winner of 
 the 21st J.S. Bach Competition in Leipzig\, Germany\, Rachel lends her uni
 que musicianship to the exploration of the great master's Baroque dance su
 ites as contrasted by the delightful waltzes of J. Brahms. The program cul
 minates with the quintessence of German Romanticism: Schumann's Carnival.\
 n\nFor help purchasing tickets\, please call 469-333-3231.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\
 n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n
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