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SUMMARY:Vijay Venkatesh
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nHailed by the Herald-Tribune for his “dazzling pianism 
 verging on the impossible\, effortless technical command and authority wit
 h a sense of poetry and refinement that belies his years\,” Indian-Ameri
 can pianist Vijay Venkatesh has been recognized on three continents as a p
 ianist with profound musicianship\, sparkling pianism and an innate sense 
 of partnership. Vijay has rapidly established a major international reputa
 tion as top prizewinner in the San Jose\, Seattle\, Zimmerli\, World Piano
 \, and Waring International Piano Competitions. He has also been named a D
 avidson Fellow Laureate at the Library of Congress\, USC Thornton's Discov
 ery Scholar\, Grand Prize Winner of the Los Angeles Music Center’s Spotl
 ight Awards and featured on NPR’s “From the Top” with host Christoph
 er O'Riley.     Highlights of Mr. Venkatesh's upcoming seasons include d
 ebuts with the Columbus Symphony with Erina Yashima in Saint-Saëns Concer
 to No.2\, Rogue Valley Symphony with Martin Majkut in Clara Schumann’s P
 iano Concerto\, the LaGrange Symphony with Richard Prior in Beethoven’s 
 Concerto No. 5 and at the Le Salon Musiques with Chopin’s Concerto No.1.
  Venkatesh will also return to the Redlands Bowl with the Hollywood Chambe
 r Orchestra with conductor Roger Kalia in Beethoven Concerto No. 5. Additi
 onally\, Venkatesh has solo recitals and chamber music with the Vieness Pi
 ano Duo at the Naples Grand Piano Series\, Covington Recital Series\, Lanc
 aster Performing Arts Center\, L’ermitage Foundation\, the Music Guild\,
  Sarasota Artists Series\, Second City Chamber Series\, Summer Stars Serie
 s and a concert tour of the Midwest through Allied Concert Services and a 
 recital tour of India through the South Asian Symphony Foundation.     A
 n immersive and versatile soloist\, Mr. Venkatesh has performed extensivel
 y across the United States and Europe as a soloist with the symphony orche
 stras of Seattle\, Vienna\, Sarasota\, Redlands\, Roanoke\, Eastern Connec
 ticut\, YMF Debut\, USC Thornton\, IU Jacobs\, UC Irvine\, Pasadena\, Rio 
 Hondo\, South Coast\, Transylvania\, and the Brevard Music Center. He has 
 collaborated with preeminent conductors such as Jeffrey Kahane\, Ludovic M
 orlot\, David Lockington\, David Stewart Wiley\, Toshiyuki Shimada\, Ken L
 am\, Michael Repper\, Frank Fetta\, and more. Mr. Venkatesh has performed 
 at Merkin Hall in New York\, Chicago’s Dame Myra Hess series\, and at th
 e Aspen\, Brevard\, Banff\, Newport\, Redlands Bowl\, Sarasota\, and Vienn
 a Music Festivals. As a recipient of the inaugural Parnassus Society Prize
 \, he performed in recital at the Soka Performing Arts Center.     An ac
 tive chamber musician\, Venkatesh has appeared eight times on Le Salon de 
 Musiques at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles and tours as the 
 Vieness Piano Duo with his wife and pianist\, Eva Schaumkell. Together\, t
 hey’ve performed over 40 recitals such as the InConcert Series\, the Tri
 nity Concert Series\, Le Salon de Musiques\, L’ermitage Foundation\, Mas
 ters in the Chapel Series\, Waring Gala\, and the Kultur unter'm Dach seri
 es in Germany. As a pianist in the Aristeia Trio\, Gold Medalists of the F
 rances Walton International Chamber Music Competition\, they embarked on a
  30-concert tour of Washington\, appeared twice on KING-FM 89.1 FM\, and h
 ave been featured on the Camerata Musica recital series and at the Irvine 
 Performing Arts Center.     Originally from California\, Mr. Venkatesh i
 s an Artist Diploma candidate at the Colburn School in Los Angeles with Fa
 bio Bidini. He holds degrees from USC Thornton and IU Jacobs School of Mus
 ic\, where he was a recipient of the Barbara and David Jacobs Fellowship u
 nder the tutelage of Norman Krieger and André Watts. Venkatesh previously
  studied with Jeffrey Kahane and has received artistic guidance from Jean-
 Yves Thibaudet\, Menahem Pressler\, and Murray Perahia.   He is represent
 ed worldwide by Colburn Artists.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\nBeethov
 en: Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major\, Op. 27 No. 1\, "Quasi una fantasia" 
  Beethoven: Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor\, Op. 27\, No. 2 "Moonlight"
 \nBeethoven: Sonata No. 15 in D major 'Pastorale'\, Op. 28\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 \n\nGet Tickets\n\n
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