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The Distinguished Artists Concert Series 5 artist’s biography Ilya Kaler Ilya Kaler is one of the most outstanding personalities competitions, including the Tchaikovsky International of the today, with a career ranging from that Competition in , , the of soloist and recording artist to chamber musician International Violin Competition, the Henri Marteau and professor. He is the only violinist in the world International Violin Competition in , the to win the Gold Medal at three of the world’s most International Music Competition Harbin (IMCH), the prestigious international violin competitions: the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, and Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1986), the the Karol Lipinski International Violin Competition in Sibelius Competition in (1985), and the Torun, . in (1981). Kaler records for Naxos Records and Ongaku Records. Praised by Gramophone magazine as “the magician, His highly acclaimed include Sonatas by bewitching our ears,” Kaler has earned rave reviews Schumann and Brahms, by Paganini, for his solo appearances with distinguished orches- Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Schumann, tras such as the Leningrad, Moscow, and Dresden Dvorák, Glazunov, Szymanowski, and Karlowicz, as Philharmonic Orchestras, the Montreal Symphony, the well as the Taneyev Concert Suite, J.S. Bach’s Sonatas Danish and Radio Orchestras, the Moscow and and Partitas for Solo Violin, Ysaÿe’s Six Sonatas for Solo Zurich Chamber Orchestras, and most major American Violin, and an of works for solo violin. orchestras. He has collaborated with a number of out- standing conductors, including Valery Gergiev, Dmitri Kitayenko, Mariss Jansons, and Jerzy Semkow. Kaler’s solo recitals have also taken him to five continents, where he received enthusiastic reviews.

Kaler performs across the globe as a member of The Tempest Trio with cellist Amit Peled and pianist Alon Goldstein, a constellation of internationally acclaimed soloists. The trio recently released their debut album for Naxos Records, featuring the complete set of trios by Antonin Dvorák. His musical versatility extends to the symphony orchestra, as well, and he has appeared as guest Concertmaster with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore Symphonies, and on tour with the World Orchestra for Peace under Valery Gergiev. Kaler also held the Concertmaster position with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in New York.

As one of the most sought-after teachers in the world, Kaler was recently invited to join the violin faculty at the distinguished Cleveland Institute of Music, where he will begin teaching full-time in the Fall of 2018. He has also held professorships at the in Rochester, NY, the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington, IN, and at the DePaul University School of Music in , IL. Kaler reg- ularly serves as a jury member at international violin

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Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) ______Violin sonata no. 2 in A major RV 31 (1709) I. Preludio a Capriccio II. Corrente III. Giga (1770-1827) ______Violin sonata no. 9 in A major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer” (1803) I - Adagio sostenuto - Presto II - Andante con variazioni III - Presto

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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) ______Scherzo in c minor from the F.A.E sonata for violin & piano (1853)

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) ______“The Masque” from Symphony no. 2 (1948-9)

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) ______Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice Op. 6 for solo violin (1911)

______Berceuse Romantique Op. 9 (1916)

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8 4.5Aptos”w x Community 1.75”h Foundation artist’s biography Alon Goldstein

Alon Goldstein is one of the most original and Other highlights of the 2014-15 season include sensitive pianists of his generation, admired for a recital tour in Spain, performing in Madrid, A his musical intelligence, dynamic personality, ar- Coruña and Zaragoza’s “Cycle of Grand Soloists”; tistic vision and innovative programming. He has a return to the Baltimore Symphony under Günther played with the , London, Radio , and Herbig; debut with the New Jersey Symphony un- Philharmonic orchestras as well as the der Michael Stern and concerts with the Ars Viva Philadelphia, San Francisco, Baltimore, St. Louis, Orchestra Chicago, the “George Enescu” Philhar- Dallas, Houston, and Vancouver symphonies under monic in Bucharest etc. such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Herbert Blomst- edt, Vladimir Jurowski, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, In the fall of 2013, Mr. Goldstein released a record- Leon Fleisher, Peter Oundjian, Yoel Levi and others. ing of Mendelssohn Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 with the Israel Chamber Orchestra conducted by Yoav He opened the 2014-15 season with a recital tour Talmi. This collaboration scored a major success on in South America including concerts at the Philhar- a 17-concert Latin American tour that included con- monic societies of Lima, Arequipa (Peru) and Val- certs in Teatro Colon, Palacio des Bellas Artes and paraiso (Chile) among others. He also opened the Teatro Nacional. In the spring of 2014 another CD season of the Harrisburg Symphony as well as the of Alon was released featuring Dvorak Trios with his Tel Aviv Soloists, one of the concerts being broad- Tempest Trio for the Naxos Label. cast live over the internet worldwide. Other recent highlights include debut with the Toronto Symphony, performances with the Tokyo Quartet in their final tour, two world premieres of concerti that were written for Mr. Goldstein – Lost Souls by Avner Dorman with the Kansas City Sym- phony under Michael Stern, and Ornaments by Mark Kopytman with the Jerusalem Camerata, and performances at Carnegie Hall with the New York String Orchestra under Jaime Laredo. Solo recitals include concerts in Beijing (Forbidden City), Mos- cow (Kremlin), New York (Town Hall), Chicago, Gua- temala City, Kent (UK), Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv.

Alon has performed at the Gilmore, Santa Fe, Tan- glewood, Ravinia, Marlboro, Seattle, Verbier, Prus- sia Cove and Jerusalem music festivals. Over the past several years he has also taught and played at the Steans Institute of the Ravinia Festival, New York’s International Keyboard Festival and “Tel Hai” international piano master classes held in Israel.

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The Distinguished Artists Concert Series 11 artist’s biography Peter Toth

Hungarian pianist Peter Toth is one of the most recog- Academy of Music (major teachers include Gyorgy nized artists of his generation. He has concertized in Nador, Balazs Reti, and Laszlo Bihary) and the Bela most countries in , including , , Bartok Music Conservatory (major teacher: Jozsef , Germany, Russia, France, Holland, Spain, Csontos) in his native Hungary. His scholarly activities , and Switzerland. In addition, he performed in have included the investigation of the progressive , South , Peru, Costa Rica, , Australia, harmonic language of ’s piano music. His and the . scientific work, “Symmetrical Pitch Constructions in Liszt’s Piano Music”, was published in the Spring of As a competitor, Mr. Toth has won top prizes at 2016. numerous piano competitions, such as the American Paderewski Piano Competition (2013), the Franz Liszt In spite of being a strong advocate of Franz Liszt’s International Piano and Voice Competition in Los music, Mr. Toth has a wide and diverse repertoire, Angeles (2010), and the Franz Liszt International Piano ranging from J.S. Bach to contemporary music, with Competitions in Budapest (2001) and Weimar (2000). a particular focus on the piano music of the 19th cen- His first released CD recording won the Grand Prize tury. He is an enthusiastic interpreter of the works of of the Hungarian Liszt Society (2006). He also won a Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, and Brahms. special award for the best performance of a major romantic work by his outstanding interpretation of Mr. Toth is a piano faculty member at Rutgers, The Brahms’s First Piano Sonata at the Southern Highland State University of New Jersey, and he also teaches International Piano Competition in Australia (2011). In piano at Fairleigh Dickinson University (Madison, New 2013, he retired from competing, dedicating himself Jersey). entirely to the concert stage.

Mr. Toth is a regular guest artist at various piano fes- tivals, such as the Festival de Musique au Château d’ Excideuil and the Festival Musique en Vallée du Tarn in France. In addition, he was invited to serve on the jury panel of the Franz Liszt International Piano and Voice Competition in Los Angeles (2014) and the Liszt- Garrison International Piano Competition in Baltimore (2015). He has been member of the American Liszt Society since 2011.

Mr. Toth has lived in the United States since 2009. He has recently earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a student of Anton Nel (2012-2015). He also completed an artist diploma program at Texas Christian University under the tutelage of Tamas Ungar (2009-2012). Prior to moving to the United States, he had studied at the Franz Liszt

12 Aptos Community Foundation Sunday,Program November 3rd, 42pm Peace United Church of Christ, Santa Cruz Peter Toth pianist

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) ______Chaconne in G, HWV 435

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) ______Sonata in D, K. 311 I. Allegro con spirito II. Andante con espressione III. Rondeau (allegro)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) ______Impromptu in F minor, Op. 142 No. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) ______7 Variations on “God Save the King”, WoO 78

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Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) ______Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22

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The Distinguished Artists Concert Series 15 artist’s biography Oxana Yablonskaya

Oxana Yablonskaya is one of a number of hugely Mussorgsky, and Prokofiev. The Liszt recording was talented expatriate Russian pianists to have emerged awarded a Grand Prix du Disque by the International from the post-World War II era. Yablonskaya possesses Liszt Society. an all-encompassing technique and vast repertory that takes in works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, From 1983 Yablonskaya has served on the faculty Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, at Juilliard. In 1990 she created a near-sensation in Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and many others. She has her former homeland, giving several sold-out con- made numerous recordings throughout her career, certs and master classes at the Moscow including for , Naxos, Connoisseur Society, Conservatory. With the appearance in 1995 of volume and Classical Records. one of the piano music of Tchaikovsky, Yablonskaya launched a series of highly successful recordings for Yablonskaya was born in Moscow, Russia, on December the Naxos label. 6, 1938. A gifted child pianist, she studied at the with Alexander Goldenweiser. In 2004, Yamaha engaged Yablonskaya to serve as an She had later studies with Tatiana Nikolayeva. In the artistic advisor for master classes in New York and to 1960s Yablonskaya captured prizes at three major conduct yearly master classes in Paris. Yablonskaya competitions: the Jacques Long-Thibaud (1963), the established her own piano institute in 2008 at Rio de Janeiro (1965), and the Vienna Beethoven Castelnuove di Garfagnana in Tuscany, Italy. (1969). Despite numerous concert invitations from abroad, however, the Soviet government forbade her from performing outside Eastern Bloc borders. Frustrated in her career, Yablonskaya applied for a U.S. visa in 1975 and was subsequently stripped of her professorship at the Moscow Conservatory and denied all concert engagements. In 1977, thanks in great part to a petition signed by , Stephen Sondheim, Richard Rodgers, Katharine Hepburn, and other notables, Yablonskaya emigrated to the United States with her father and son, Dmitry. Her son would become the renowned conductor and cellist , with whom she would make several recordings.

Later on in 1977 Yablonskaya gave critically acclaimed concerts at Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall before capacity crowds. She regularly concertized thereafter, appearing in both recitals and as a soloist with major symphony orchestras across the U.S. and Europe. She soon began making recordings in the U.S., producing three highly praised albums for the Connoisseur Society label that featured music of Beethoven, Liszt,

16 Aptos Community Foundation Sunday,Program December 8th, 43pm Peace United Church of Christ, Santa Cruz Oxana Yablonskaya pianist

Christoph Gluck (1714-1787) ______Melody / Orfeo ed Euridice

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) ______Sonata op 31 number 2, Tempest I. Largo-Allegro II. Adagio (B flat major) III. Allegretto (1833-1897) ______Rhapsodies op 79 I. b minor II. g minor

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Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) ______Nocturnes I. Op. 9 No. 1 in b flat minor II. Op. 37 No. 2 in G major III. Op. 32 No.1 in B major

______Mazurkas I. Op. 6 No. 2 in c sharp minor II. Op. 17 No. 4 in a minor

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22 Aptos Community Foundation artist’s biography Lucille Chung

Born in Montréal, Canadian pianist Lucille Chung has been to further her studies in London with Maria Curcio-Diamand, acclaimed for her “stylish and refined performances” by Schnabel’s last student, at the “Mozarteum” in Salzburg Gramophone magazine, “combining vigor and suppleness with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling and received the Konzertexam with natural eloquence and elegance” (Le Soir). Diplom from the Hochschule “Franz Liszt” in Weimar, where she worked with the late Lazar Berman. She also gradu- She made her debut at the age of ten with the Montréal ated from the Accademia Pianistica in Imola, Italy with the Symphony Orchestra and Charles Dutoit subsequently honorary title of “Master” and most recently from the SMU invited her to be a featured soloist during the MSO Asian Meadows School of the Arts under Joaquín Achúcarro, Tour in 1989. Since then, she has performed an extensive where she is now on the faculty. Ms. Chung is the recipient of repertoire with over 60 leading orchestras such as the prestigious Honors Diploma at the Accademia Chigiana the Philadelphia Orchestra, Moscow Virtuosi, BBC National in Siena, Italy. Orchestra of Wales, Flemish Radio Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerífe, Staatskapelle Weimar, Philharmonie Lucille Chung has been hailed as “a considerable artist, admi- de Lorraine, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Belgrade rable for her bold choice of music” by the Sunday Times for Philharmonic, the Seoul Philharmonic, KBS Orchestra, her recordings of the complete piano works by György Ligeti New Jersey Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, UNAM on the Dynamic label. Lucille is fluent in French, English, Philharmonic (), Israel Chamber Orchestra as well as all Korean, Italian, German, and Russian. She and husband, the major Canadian orchestras, including Montreal, Toronto, pianist Alessio Bax make their home in New York City and are Vancouver, National Arts Centre (Ottawa), Calgary, Winnipeg artistic co-directors of the Dallas-based Joaquín Achúcarro and Metropolitain, among others. She has appeared with Foundation. conductors such as , Vladimir Spivakov, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Peter Oundjian, Vasily Petrenko, Gerd Albrecht, and Charles Dutoit.

As a recitalist she has performed in over 30 countries in prestigious venues such as the Wigmore Hall in London, New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center and Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., the Dame Myra Hess Series in Chicago, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional, the Great Hall of the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, and the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.

In 1989, she was recognized on the international scene as the First Prize winner at the Stravinsky International Piano Competition. She won Second Prize at the 1992 Montreal International Music Competition, at which she also won a Special Prize for the best interpretation of the unpublished work. In 1993, she received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Governor General of Canada and in 1994 won the Second Prize at the First International Franz Liszt Competition in Weimar. In 1999, she was awarded the presti- gious Virginia Parker Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts.

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24 Aptos Community Foundation artist’s biography Alessio Bax

The Italian pianist, Alessio Bax, graduated with top honors at Alessio Bax’ recording for Warner Classics, “Baroque the record age of 14 from the Conservatory of his home town, Reflections” received rave reviews by the international press Bari under Angela Montemurro. He studied in France with and was selected as “Editor’s Choice” by Gramophone François-Joël Thiollier and attended the Chigiana Academy in magazine and “Best Buy” by Classical FM Magazine. In Siena under Joaquín Achúcarro. In 1994 he moved to Dallas January 2005, Alessio Bax was selected to play the Fugue to further his studies with Mr. Achúcarro at the Meadows of L.v. Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata for Maestro Daniel School of the Arts where he is now on the teaching faculty. Barenboim in “Barenboim on Beethoven”. The documentary He has won various international competitions including, at was produced by Channel 13/PBS, in conjunction with the age of 19, the First Prize at the Hamamatsu International Bel Air Media, BBC and NHK Japan. It will be broadcast Piano Competition in Japan. In 2000 he won First Prize at the worldwide and will also be released as a DVD box set in universally acknowledged Leeds International Pianoforte late 2006 under the EMI label. In 2003, Bax recorded with Competition. his wife, Lucille Chung, the complete works for two and piano four hands of György Ligeti (Dynamic). Most Alessio Bax has already established himself as an accom- recently, they recorded Camille Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the plished performer throughout the world. Praised by the Animals with conductor Miguel Hart-Bedoya and the Fort international press, his performances have been described Worth Symphony Orchestra. The disc was released at the as “ real music-making that makes its own world on stage end of 2005. Previously, he recorded the complete works and invites the audience in as guests ” (The Independent), for piano and organ of Marcel Dupré (Naxos) and Johannes and “ successfully combining authority and poetry ” (The Brahms Piano Concerto No.1, live with the New Japan Daily Telegraph). Festival appearances include London Philharmonic (Fontec). His second release for Fontec was ‘s International Piano Series (Queen Elizabeth Hall), the a live recording of L.v. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 Verbier Festival in Switzerland , the Aldeburgh and Bath and with the Hamamatsu Symphony Orchestra and a recital. His Festivals in , the Ruhr Klavierfestival, Mecklenburg- performances are often broadcast live on BBC Radio, BBC Vorpommern, BeethovenFest and Musikfestspiele Saar in 2 TV, CBC (Canada), RAI (Italy), RTVE (Spain), NHK (Japan), Germany. As a recitalist, he has been seen regularly at the WDR, NDR and Bayerische Rundfunk (Germany), Hungarian main music halls in Rome, Milan, Madrid, Paris, London, Tel Radio Television and Serbian RTE among others. Aviv, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, New York, Washington and Mexico City.

Alessio Bax’ extensive concerto repertoire has lead him to appear with over 70 orchestras including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE, Rome Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra. He has worked with a number of esteemed conductors such as Marin Alsop, Petr Altrichter, Sergiu Commissiona, Alexander Dimitriev, Jonathan Nott, Vernon Handley, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Owain Arwel Hughes, Ken-ichiro Kobayashi, Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Sir Simon Rattle. As an active cham- ber musician, he has collaborated with the likes of Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis and Nobuko Imai, among others.

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The Aizuri Quartet Miho Saegusa & Emma Frucht Ayane Kozasa, viola Karen Ouzounian,

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) ______Cypresses (three selections)

Lembit Beecher (b. 1980) ______These Memories May Be True I. Old Folk Song II. The Legend of the Last Ship III. Estonian Grandmother Superhero IV. Variations on a Somewhat Old Folk Song

Komitas (1869– 1935) ______Armenian Folk Songs

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Rhiannon Giddens (b. 1977) ______At the Purchaser’s Option

Lembit Beecher (1865-1957) ______String Quartet in D minor Op. 56, “Voces Intimae”

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The Distinguished Artists Concert Series 29 Emma Frucht, Miho Saegusa, Ayane Kozasa & Karen Ouzounian

30 Aptos Community Foundation artists’ biography The Aizuri Quartet

Miho Saegusa, Emma Frucht violins; Ayane Kozasa, viola; Karen Ouzounian, cello

Grand Prize/CAG Management Prize, 2018 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition First Prize, 2017 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition

Praised by The Washington Post for “captivating” per- of the 2014 Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute; and, formances that draw from its notable “meld of intellect, from 2014-2016, the String Quartet-in-Residence at the technique and emotions,” the Aizuri Quartet was awarded Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. the Grand Prize and the CAG Management Prize at the 2018 The Quartet has performed extensively throughout North M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition, along with top prizes at America, as well as in Europe, Japan, Mexico, Chile, Costa the 2017 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition Rica, and Abu Dhabi, and has commissioned and premiered in Japan, and the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String new works by Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw, Lembit Quartet Competition in London. The Quartet’s debut album, Beecher, Paul Wiancko, Yevgeniy Sharlat, Gabriella Smith, Blueprinting, featuring new works written for the Aizuri Rene Orth, Michi Wiancko, and Alyssa Weinberg. Its critically Quartet by five American composers, was released by New acclaimed debut album, Blueprinting, which showcased Amsterdam Records and nominated for a 2019 GRAMMY many of these new pieces, was nominated for a 2019 Award. GRAMMY award in the category of “Best Chamber Music/ Small Ensemble Performance.” Through its engaging and thought-provoking programs, branded by The New York Times as “genuinely exciting” and Formed in 2012 and combining four distinctive musical “imaginative,” the Quartet has garnered critical acclaim for personalities into a unique collective, the Aizuri Quartet bringing “a technical bravado and emotional power” to bold draws its name from “aizuri-e,” a style of predominantly blue new commissions, and for its “flawless” (San Diego Union- Japanese woodblock printing that is noted for its vibrancy Tribune) performances of the great masterpieces of the past. and incredible detail. In the 2019-20 season the group will tour extensively across North America giving both debut appearances at Lincoln Center and at Carnegie Hall as part of CAG Winner’s Series.

Based in New York City, the Aizuri Quartet was the 2017-2018 MetLiveArts String Quartet-in-Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they presented five unique programs throughout the season, leading The New York Times to applaud them as “a quartet of expert collaborators, who cogently traverse a range of repertoire staples and modern works.” Previous residency engagements include: the 2015-2016 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts; resident ensemble

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32 Aptos Community Foundation Saturday,Program April 18th, 7:30 6pm Peace United Church of Christ, Santa Cruz

Gabriele Baldocci pianist

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) ______Impromptu op. 29

______Impromptu op. 36

______Impromptu op. 51

______Fantaisie-Impromptu op. 66

______Ballade n. 4 op. 52

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Lizst / Beethoven (1770-1827) ______Symphony n. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 I. Allegro con brio II. Andante con moto III. Scherzo. Allegro IV. Allegro

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The Distinguished Artists Concert Series 33 artist’s biography Gabriele Baldocci

Gabriele Baldocci, pianist and professor at the Trinity piano. His performances are regularly broadcasted Laban Conservatoire of Music in London, performed in on TV and radios internationally and he was featured prestigious musical centres such as Tonhalle in Zurich, in a very successful documentary produced by “Sky Parco della Musica in Rome, Teatro Colon in Buenos Classica”. Aires, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, Ceramic Crystal Hall in Seoul, Sala Verdi Eclectic and nonconformist, Gabriele developed var- in Milan, Teatro Ghione in Rome, Teatro Rossetti in ious events where he successfully blends traditional Trieste, Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, Parnassos Hall in classical repertoire with live improvisations (often gen- Athens, Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Poisson Rouge in New erated by ideas proposed by the audience) where he York and many others, often as part of some of the puts together classical, jazz and rock elements, as well most important musical festivals in the world. as introducing very often new contemporary works.

Among his successful recordings, a live recital in Baldocci is official Ambassador of the Martha Argerich duo with Martha Argerich, Nino Rota’s complete Presents Project and he is a keen chamber musician. works for piano and violin and piano and viola with Known worldwide for his piano duo with Martha Marco Fornaciari, Chopin’s Complete Ballades and Argerich, he also regularly plays in duo with the Impromptus. He is currently working on the complete Argentinean pianist Daniel Rivera and he collaborates Beethoven Symphonies transcribed by Liszt for solo with several actors.

A child prodigy of the piano, he started giving public concerts at the age of nine, and he maintained a suc- cessful career since then, winning prizes in numerous piano competitions such as the Casagrande in Italy and the Martha Argerich Competition in Buenos Aires. After his studies at Imola with Franco Scala, he studied at the prestigious International Piano Foundation “Theo and Petra Lieven” and at the International Lake Como Piano Academy with William Grant Naboré, Lèon Fleisher, Alicia De Larrocha, Dmitri Bashkirov, Fou Ts’Ong, Charles Rosen, Andreas Staier and Claude Frank. He finally finished his studies at the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome with Sergio Perticaroli.

A very active educator, Gabriele is often invited to give Masterclasses at some of the most important universities and academies and he is often a jury member in various international piano competitions.

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