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Gramophone Blog - July 2010
Written by Jed Distler

For piano connoisseurs, July in New York means the International Keyboard Institute & Festival. Its 12th season opens July 18 and runs through August 1 at the Mannes College...This event always offers opportunitites to hear talented emerging artists back-to-back with more established artists, many of whom do not often get to play recitals in New York...Ten 6pm Prestige Series recitals are respectively given over to young up-and-comers....the 8:30pm Masters Series features festival founder and artistic director Jerome Rose on opening night...The July 24/25 weeekend stands as the Festival's epicenter...an all-day centenary tribute to Leonard Shure...and a summit meeting of former Shure pupils...On Sunday the 25th, festival mainstay pianist/writer/radio host David Dubal celebrates the late, great Earl Wild (a long time IKIF favorite)...followed by an interview with Gary Graffman...as if these events weren't enough, two concerts at 6 and 8:30pm showcase a whole slew of IKIF faculty members.

Gramophone Blog - July 2010
Written by Jed Distler

For piano connoisseurs, July in New York means the International Keyboard Institute & Festival. Its 12th season opens July 18 and runs through August 1 at the Mannes College...This event always offers opportunitites to hear talented emerging artists back-to-back with more established artists, many of whom do not often get to play recitals in New York...Ten 6pm Prestige Series recitals are respectively given over to young up-and-comers....the 8:30pm Masters Series features festival founder and artistic director Jerome Rose on opening night...The July 24/25 weeekend stands as the Festival's epicenter...an all-day centenary tribute to Leonard Shure...and a summit meeting of former Shure pupils...On Sunday the 25th, festival mainstay pianist/writer/radio host David Dubal celebrates the late, great Earl Wild (a long time IKIF favorite)...followed by an interview with Gary Graffman...as if these events weren't enough, two concerts at 6 and 8:30pm showcase a whole slew of IKIF faculty members.

Gramophone Blog
July 2010
Written by Jed Distler

For piano connoisseurs, July in New York means the International Keyboard Institute & Festival. Its 12th season opens July 18 and runs through August 1 at the Mannes College...This event always offers opportunitites to hear talented emerging artists back-to-back with more established artists, many of whom do not often get to play recitals in New York...Ten 6pm Prestige Series recitals are respectively given over to young up-and-comers....the 8:30pm Masters Series features festival founder and artistic director Jerome Rose on opening night...The July 24/25 weeekend stands as the Festival's epicenter...an all-day centenary tribute to Leonard Shure...and a summit meeting of former Shure pupils...On Sunday the 25th, festival mainstay pianist/writer/radio host David Dubal celebrates the late, great Earl Wild (a long time IKIF favorite)...followed by an interview with Gary Graffman...as if these events weren't enough, two concerts at 6 and 8:30pm showcase a whole slew of IKIF faculty members.


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publicly supported 501(c)(3) organization. Any contribution will be
greatly appreciated and is tax deductible to the full extent of the law.

The International Keyboard Institute & Festival is a publicly supported 501(c)(3) organization. Any contribution will be greatly appreciated and is tax deductible to the full extent of the law.