2011-2012 Season Overview
Full concert details coming soon!
October 9th, 2011-Soyeon Lee (*concert at 7pm)
First Prize, 2010 Naumberg Competition, Soloist- Cleveland, London, Daejeon Korea,
Sinfornia National, Dominican Republic orchestras. Recitals- Carnegie Recital, Alice Tully Hall,
Kennedy Ctr., Ravinia Festival. “...lively imagination and firm sense of style”..New York Times.
November 13, 2011-James Tocco
First Prize, ARD International Music Competition, Germany. International career:
North and South America, Europe, Soviet Union, Japan, Australia, and Middle East. Soloist
with Cleveland, Minnesota, London, Chicago, Pittsburgh , Berlin orchestras. “…a big technique
and expansive temperament..gave a knockout performance”..New York Times.
February 26, 2012- Matthew Bengtson
Prix de la Ville Fontainebleau, 2002. Performances in festivals in Toulouse France,
Verona Italy, Carnegie Recital Hall. …”Bengtson is a remarkable artist..big boned pianism, rich
tonal colors, dazzling technique..only Horowitz and Richter can compare to what Bengtson
achieves on this disk”..Lawrence Budman, American Record Guide on Bengtson’s Scriabin
Sonatas recording, 2005.
March 18, 2012 Ursula Oppens
2009 Grammy nomination for best classical album. One of the very first artists to
grasp the importance of programming traditional and contemporary works in equal measure.
Critically acclaimed performances at Symphony Space, Ravinia, Tanglewood, Merkin Hall.
…”Oppens has always excelled in densely packed music that would make most pianists
cower..she applied equal amounts of energy and subtlety finding the muscle and poetic heart
in the music as she sailed through the keyboard extremities…”Cleveland Plain Dealer.
April 15, 2012 Sergey Schepkin
Recently called “ a Romantic firebrand” by the New York Times, his many prizes
include First and Chopin Prizes in 1999 at the New Orleans International Piano Competition.
New York appearances at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bargemusic. Recitals in Newport
Chamber Music festival, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kennedy Center, Grand Philharmonic
Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia. “…an artist of uncommon, almost singular capability and integrity
..who synthesizes the most diverse approaches and insights..absolutelyphenomenal”…Boston Globe.
Full details on 2011-2012 Concert Season coming soon!
Full concert details coming soon!
October 9th, 2011-Soyeon Lee (*concert at 7pm)
First Prize, 2010 Naumberg Competition, Soloist- Cleveland, London, Daejeon Korea,
Sinfornia National, Dominican Republic orchestras. Recitals- Carnegie Recital, Alice Tully Hall,
Kennedy Ctr., Ravinia Festival. “...lively imagination and firm sense of style”..New York Times.
November 13, 2011-James Tocco
First Prize, ARD International Music Competition, Germany. International career:
North and South America, Europe, Soviet Union, Japan, Australia, and Middle East. Soloist
with Cleveland, Minnesota, London, Chicago, Pittsburgh , Berlin orchestras. “…a big technique
and expansive temperament..gave a knockout performance”..New York Times.
February 26, 2012- Matthew Bengtson
Prix de la Ville Fontainebleau, 2002. Performances in festivals in Toulouse France,
Verona Italy, Carnegie Recital Hall. …”Bengtson is a remarkable artist..big boned pianism, rich
tonal colors, dazzling technique..only Horowitz and Richter can compare to what Bengtson
achieves on this disk”..Lawrence Budman, American Record Guide on Bengtson’s Scriabin
Sonatas recording, 2005.
March 18, 2012 Ursula Oppens
2009 Grammy nomination for best classical album. One of the very first artists to
grasp the importance of programming traditional and contemporary works in equal measure.
Critically acclaimed performances at Symphony Space, Ravinia, Tanglewood, Merkin Hall.
…”Oppens has always excelled in densely packed music that would make most pianists
cower..she applied equal amounts of energy and subtlety finding the muscle and poetic heart
in the music as she sailed through the keyboard extremities…”Cleveland Plain Dealer.
April 15, 2012 Sergey Schepkin
Recently called “ a Romantic firebrand” by the New York Times, his many prizes
include First and Chopin Prizes in 1999 at the New Orleans International Piano Competition.
New York appearances at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bargemusic. Recitals in Newport
Chamber Music festival, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kennedy Center, Grand Philharmonic
Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia. “…an artist of uncommon, almost singular capability and integrity
..who synthesizes the most diverse approaches and insights..absolutelyphenomenal”…Boston Globe.
Full details on 2011-2012 Concert Season coming soon!