P R N F M C E S E N T S PREVIOUS YOUNG ARTIST WINNERS

1981 BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 1999 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI VIOLIN: Ralph Evans, NY PIANO: Inna Faliks, MD WOMAN’S VOICE: Brenda Rucker-Smith, OH CELLIST: Clancy Newman, NY MAN’S VOICE: Gary Lakes, WA WOMAN’S VOICE: Mary Wilson MAN’S VOICE: Daniel Weeks, KY 1983 COLUMBUS, OHIO ELLIS DUO PIANO: Amy and Sara Hamann, MN PIANO: David Allen Wehr, CA VIOLIN: Ming-Feng Hsin, PA 2001 ATLANTA, GEORGIA MAN’S VOICE: Richard Lalli, CT PIANO: David Shimoni, NY 2 015 VIOLIN: Carrie Kennedy, CA 1985 WICHITA, KANSAS PIANO: Jody (Gelbogis) DeSalvo, CT 2003 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE YOUNG ARTIST WOMAN’S VOICE: Donna Zapola, PA PIANO: Zarina Melik -Stepanova, NY MAN’S VOICE: William Doyle Riley, NJ VIOLIN: Christina Castelli, NY WOMAN’S VOICE: Amy Grable MO NICHOLAS SUSI 1987 MIAMI, FLORIDA MAN’S VOICE: Woodrow Bynum, AR PIANO: Thomas Otten, CA ELLIS DUO PIANO: Roo Duo: Janet Fetterman and VIOLIN: Michael Ludwig,PA Nathan Smith, MO WOMAN’S VOICE: Kitt Foss, WI MAN’S VOICE: John M. Koch, OH 2005 AUSTIN, TEXAS PIANO: Dr. Christopher Atzinger, MI – Piano – 1989 FORT WORTH, TEXAS WOMAN’S VOICE: Mela Dailey, TX PIANO: Andrew Cooperstock, AR ELLIS DUO PIANO: Pas De Duo: Naomi Sanchez - VIOLIN: Alexander Kerr, VA Stephen Varney, CA WOMAN’S VOICE: Linda Keith, OH 2007 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 1991 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA PIANO: Nathan Knutson, MN PIANO: Richard Glazier, IN VIOLIN: Joo Young Oh, NY CELLO: Zuill Bailey, VA WOMAN’S VOICE: Rayanne Gonzales, VA MAN’S VOICE: Steven R ushing, LA MAN’S VOICE: Jesse Blumberg, OH ELLIS PIANO DUO: Thomas Hecht and Sandra Shapiro, OH 2009 ORLANDO, FLORIDA PIANO: James Cockman III, KS 1993 BUFFALO, NEW YORK CELLO: Angela Park, PA PIANO: Andrew Armstrong, CT WOMAN’S VOICE: Kay Welch, IL VIOLIN: Emil Israel Chudnovsky, NY MAN’S VOICE: Daniel Seigel, AL WOMAN’S VOICE: Lorie Gratis, PA ELLIS DUO PIANO: 88 Squared: Drs Jeffrey and MAN’S VOICE: Anthony Turner, OH Karen Savage, WA

1995 WICHITA, KANSAS 2011 MCLEAN, VIRGINIA PIANO: Mia Kim, NY PIANO: Kwan Yi, MD WOMAN’S VOICE: Jane Ohmes, MO CELLO: Matthew Allen, OH MAN’S VOICE: Allen Henderson, TN WOMAN’S VOICE: Maria McDaniel, GA MAN’S VOICE: Nicholas Pallesen, VA 1997 MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN PIANO: Marina Lomazov, NY 2013 GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA VIOLIN: Linda Wang, NY PIANO: Olga Krayterman, NY WOMAN’S VOICE: Mary Kania, PA CELLO: Tavi Ungerleider, MA MAN’S VOICE: Kenneth Robertson, IL WOMAN’s VOICE: Courtney Miller, WI ELLIS PIANO DUO: Beatrice and Christina Long, MEN’S VOICE: Mark Gardner, MI Taiwan NATIONAL FEDERATION of MUSIC CLUBS 1646 West Smith Valley Road // Greenwood, IN 46142 // 317-882-4003 email: [email protected] // www.nfmc-music.org NICHOLAS SUSI 2015 REPERTOIRE SAMPLE PROGRAMS Première année de pèlerinage: Suisse, S. 160 La chapelle de Guillaume Tell “Music of ” Au lac de Wallenstadt YOUNG ARTIST Pastorale Three Movements from “The Firebird” Au bord d’une source I. Danse infernale – Orage II. Berceuse – Les cloches de Genève: Nocturne NICHOLAS SUSI III. Finale Franz Liszt Stravinsky/Agosti HALF PROGRAMS Transcendental etude no. 11 “Harmonies du soir” Franz Liszt “All Liszt” Songbook (selections) Fantasy on Motives from Rienzi, S. 439 George Gershwin Liszt/Wagner Preludes, Book I 1. “…Danseuses de Delphes” – Piano – Die Loreley, S. 532 Current NFMC Young Artist, pianist NICHOLAS SUSI has performed 2. “…Voiles” Les jeux d’eaux a la Villa d’Este, S. 163/4 3. “…Le vent danse la plaine” Scherzo and March, S. 177 extensively as recitalist, soloist, and accompanist across the United States and 4. “…Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir” Franz Liszt Europe. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, he continued his piano studies at the 5. “…Les collines de Anacapri” 6. “…Des pas sur la neige” “Variations” University of Kansas (B.M. Piano, minor in German), the University of Michigan 7. “…Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest” 8. “…La fille aux cheveux de lin” (M.M. Piano), and at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln as a two-time Air and Variations “The Harmonious Blacksmith” 9. “…La sérénade interrompue” DAAD grantee. Primary teachers include Zena Ilyashov, Jack Winerock, Zitta 10. “…La cathédrale engloutie” 11. “…La danse de Puck” Piano Variations, op. 34 Zohar, Arthur Greene, and Nina Tichman. 12. “…Minstrels” Ludwig van Beethoven Recent highlights from the past year include two concerts for the Princess Metamorphosis II (1988) “Beethoven, and those he inspired” von Hohenzollern at her castle in Namedy, Germany, his performance at the Philip Glass Piano Sonata, op. 78 TivoliVrendenburg in Utrecht, The Netherlands during the semifinals of the “Largo al factotum” from The Barber of Seville I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo Rossini/Ginzburg 2014 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, and 2nd place at the 2014 II. Allegro vivace Mu Phi Epsilon International Competition. Past recognitions also include 1st Ludwig van Beethoven CONCERTI prize at the international 2013 Klavierfestival Rösrath competition, 2nd prize Transcendental etude no. 7 “Eroica” Transcendental etude no. 2 in A minor Beethoven Choral Fantasy, op. 80 at the 2009 King Award for Young Artists Competition, 1st prize in the 2008 Transcendental etude no. 10 “Appassionata” Piano Concerto no. 4 Spire Piano Competition, 1st prize in the University of Kansas’s Mary O. Franz Liszt Brahms Piano Concerto no. 1 Fearing Competition, and numerous scholarships and grants for musical study. Fantasia on an ostinato (1985) Nicholas was the 2009 winner of the Eleanor B. Weiler & Mildred B. Frame John Corigliano Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue grant from the Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation, which funded his travel, study, and Piano Sonata, op. 28 “Pastorale” Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor I. Allegro performance of Debussy’s piano music at the Cité Universitaire de Paris. Other II. Andante Liszt Piano Concerto no. 1 noteworthy appearances include Klavierfestival Ruhr, a concert tour of the III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace Piano Concerto no. 2 IV. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo Totentanz Niederrhein region of Germany, concerto solos with the Taneycomo Festival Ludwig van Beethoven Mendelssohn Piano Concerto no. 1 Orchestra, Orchester der Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Omaha “At home and in foreign lands” Symphony, Wiener Residenz Orchester, St. Louis Chamber Orchestra, and Mozart Piano Concerto K. 271 “Jeunehomme” North American Ballads (1978-79) Piano Concerto K. 449 in E-flat the Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City, as well as masterclasses with Leon Dreadful Memories Piano Concerto K. 466 in D minor Fleisher, Richard Goode, and Vladimir Feltsman. Summer music festivals have Down By the Riverside Piano Concerto K. 467 in C major Frederic Rzewski enabled him to study and perform in Canada, , Italy, and . Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Wichita Vortex Sutra (1988) Philip Glass Ravel Concerto en sol Nicholas is based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he is studying with Arthur White Lies for Lomax (2007) Concerto pour le main gauche Greene as he works on his doctorate at the University of Michigan. He is Mason Bates Images, Book II Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor currently managed by NFMC. I. Les cloches a travers les feuilles II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut Shostakovich Concerto no. 1 for Piano, Trumpet, and III. Poissons d’or Strings For all bookings please visit www.nfmc-music.org. Claude Debussy Piano Concerto no. 2

Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Winds