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CityArts - May 2011
Written by Jay Nordlinger
On the Upper West Side, Mannes College will host the International Keyboard Institute & Festival, presided over by Jerome Rose, a pianist and teacher, and his executive director, Julie Kedersha. The festival will last two weeks, from July 17 to July 31. There will be a slew of piano recitals—something like 25. Some names are familiar (e.g., Marc-André Hamelin). Many names are not. Maybe those names deserve to be familiar.
Among the lesser-known pianists is Koji Attwood, a talented guy in the Lisztian mold: He’s the type to compose his own transcriptions. A veteran, wizardly pianist is in the lineup: Cyprien Katsaris. He has more technique than five average pianists put together, and plenty of musicianship, too.
The festival gives you a chance to hear many pianists, yes. But I’ll tell you what I especially appreciate about it: It gives you a chance to hear much piano music, a great deal of repertoire. Recitals are becoming fewer and fewer, even as opera, chamber music and some other things are flourishing. (The death-of-classical-music people don’t want you to know that, but it’s true.)
CityArts - May 2011
Written by Jay Nordlinger
On the Upper West Side, Mannes College will host the International Keyboard Institute & Festival, presided over by Jerome Rose, a pianist and teacher, and his executive director, Julie Kedersha. The festival will last two weeks, from July 17 to July 31. There will be a slew of piano recitals—something like 25. Some names are familiar (e.g., Marc-André Hamelin). Many names are not. Maybe those names deserve to be familiar.
Among the lesser-known pianists is Koji Attwood, a talented guy in the Lisztian mold: He’s the type to compose his own transcriptions. A veteran, wizardly pianist is in the lineup: Cyprien Katsaris. He has more technique than five average pianists put together, and plenty of musicianship, too.
The festival gives you a chance to hear many pianists, yes. But I’ll tell you what I especially appreciate about it: It gives you a chance to hear much piano music, a great deal of repertoire. Recitals are becoming fewer and fewer, even as opera, chamber music and some other things are flourishing. (The death-of-classical-music people don’t want you to know that, but it’s true.)
CityArts
May 2011
Written by Jay Nordlinger
On the Upper West Side, Mannes College will host the International Keyboard Institute & Festival, presided over by Jerome Rose, a pianist and teacher, and his executive director, Julie Kedersha. The festival will last two weeks, from July 17 to July 31. There will be a slew of piano recitals—something like 25. Some names are familiar (e.g., Marc-André Hamelin). Many names are not. Maybe those names deserve to be familiar.
Among the lesser-known pianists is Koji Attwood, a talented guy in the Lisztian mold: He’s the type to compose his own transcriptions. A veteran, wizardly pianist is in the lineup: Cyprien Katsaris. He has more technique than five average pianists put together, and plenty of musicianship, too.
The festival gives you a chance to hear many pianists, yes. But I’ll tell you what I especially appreciate about it: It gives you a chance to hear much piano music, a great deal of repertoire. Recitals are becoming fewer and fewer, even as opera, chamber music and some other things are flourishing. (The death-of-classical-music people don’t want you to know that, but it’s true.)
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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.
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.