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Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center October 2013 Concert Calendar Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center October 2013 Concert Calendar 129 West 67th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam) New York, NY 10023 Tickets at 212 501 3330 or KaufmanMusicCenter.org/MCH Please note individual press contacts for each event. Kaufman Music Center Presentations at Merkin Concert Hall Tue, Oct 1, 2 pm Tuesday Matinees: MultiPiano Tomer Lev, Berenika Glixman, Daniel Borovitzky and Nimrod Meiry-Haftel Bach/Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Keyboards in A minor, BWV 1065 (Version for 2 solo pianos in 8 hands) Shostakovich: Concertino for 2 Pianos (For 2 pianos in 4 hands) Rachmaninoff: Romance and Waltz (For 1 piano in 6 hands) Smetana: Sonata in E minor; Rondo in C (For 2 pianos in 8 hands) Ravel: Frontispiece (For 2 pianos in 5 hands) Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor Rossini: Fantasy on the “Barber of Seville” (For one piano in 6 hands) Aryeh Levanon: Land of Four Languages (For 2 pianos in 8 hands) Tickets: $18 Press contact: Joan Jastrebski, 212 501 3386, [email protected] Mon, Oct 7, 7:30 pm Broadway Close Up: Bound for Broadway with Liz Callaway For more than a decade, Bound for Broadway has been giving audiences a sneak peek at the best new shows being developed for the Great White Way! Broadway Close Up audiences were some of the first to hear songs and stories from shows like Next to Normal, Avenue Q and The Drowsy Chaperone. This year, Tony nominee and Emmy Award winner Liz Callaway will interview the writers of five new shows including My Life is a Musical by Lucille Lortel Award nominee Adam Overett; Nine Wives by the award-winning author Dan Elish and Drama Desk Award nominee Douglas J. Cohen; and Drive by Andy Monroe, composer of the musical adaptation of Dan Savage’s The Kid. Tickets: $45 Press contact: Joan Jastrebski, 212 501 3386, [email protected] Tue, Oct 15, 8 pm Israeli Chamber Project Tibi Cziger, clarinet; David McCarroll, violin; Michal Korman, cello; Sivan Magen, harp and Assaff Weisman, piano Ibert: Trio for violin, cello and harp Mordecai Seter: Trio for clarinet, cello and piano Ravel: Sonata for violin and cello Philippe Hersant: Choral for cello and harp Bartók: Contrasts Tickets: $30, 20 Press contact: Joan Jastrebski, 212 501 3386, [email protected] Mon, Oct 28, 7:30 pm Broadway Close Up: A Party With Amanda Green With Music Director Matt Gallagher. So far Tony-nominated composer-lyricist Amanda Green has been represented on Broadway three times with High Fidelity and two of last season’s shows, the exuberant Bring it On: The Musical and the pioneering Hands on a Hardbody. She also happens to be the daughter of legendary lyricist Adolph Green and actress Phyllis Newman. Find out what it’s like to be a young composer-lyricist on Broadway today, and how Amanda’s generation is changing the musical. She will perform some of her songs and discuss her collaborations with Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, Pulitzer Prize winners Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife) and Tom Kitt (Next to Normal). Tickets: $45 Press contact: Joan Jastrebski, 212 501 3386, [email protected] Guest Presentations at Merkin Concert Hall Please note individual press contacts for each event. Tue, Oct 1, 7:30 pm George-Emmanuel Lazaridis, piano and composer Presented by The Hellenic-American Cultural Foundation and the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) G.E. Lazaridis: Excerpts from the “Trojan Cycle” Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy in C, D. 760, Op. 1 Liszt: Sonata in B minor, S. 178 Tickets: FREE but reservations are required; call the Box Office at 212 501 3386. Press contact: Robert Shaw, 212 535 0147 Wed, Oct 9, 7 pm Classical Fall Concerto: A Benefit by Mara Society Alexandru Tomescu, violin; Matei Varga, piano; Vlad Iftinca, piano and Jesus Rodolfo Rodriguez, viola Works by Bartók, Brahms, Enescu, Ravel, Saint-Saëns and Schumann Tickets: $45, 75, 150 Press contact: Raluca Gold, 917 328 9101 2 Sun, Oct 13, 5 pm Gracieux Trio: 10th Anniversary Celebration Gloria Shih, piano; Ryoko Arai, violin and Yuiko Arai, cello Haydn: Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV:5 “Gypsy” Sheila Silver: To the Spirit Unconquered Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 “Dumky” Tickets: $25, 30 Press contact: Gloria Shih, 917 379 9566 Tue, Oct 16, 6:45 pm Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates: Break Up the Big Banks Rethink your point of view with Intelligence Squared U.S., Oxford-style debates live from New York City. For: Richard Fisher, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Simon Johnson, Professor of Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management Against: Douglas Elliott, Fellow in Economic Studies, Brookings Institution TBA Tickets: $40 Press contact: Clea Conner Chang, 212 303 4375 Sat, Oct 19, 7:30 pm Manhattan Chorale: Poets and Pioneers Craig Arnold, artistic director Charles Anthony Silvestri, lyrics; Ola Gjeilo, composer-in-residence/piano; Paige Armstrong, guest conductor Special Guests: Members of the NYC Chamber Orchestra Program to be selected from: Frank Ticheli: There Will be Rest Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque and Leonardo and His Flying Machine Ola Gjeilo: Across the Vast Eternal Sky and Tundra René Clausen: Crying for a Dream; Three Whitman Settings Libby Larsen: The Settling Years Stephen Paulus: Pilgrim's Hymn Tickets: $18, 40 Press contact: Michelle McCarthy, 212 239 1923 Sun, Oct 20, 3 pm New York Philharmonic Ensembles Joo Young Oh, Kuan Cheng Lu, Yulia Ziskel, violin; Rémi Pelletier and Robert Rinehart, viola; Patrick Jee, Qiang Tu and Alexei Yupanqui Gonzalez, cello; Hélène Jeanney and Alexander Kobrin, piano 3 Mozart: Flute Quartet in C major Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Tickets: $34 Press contact: Ed Yim, 212 875 5925 Mon, Oct 21, 7:30 pm Joy In Singing: Hyo Na Kim, mezzo-soprano Bretton Brown, piano Works by Schumann, Rorem, Ravel, Medtner and Poulenc Tickets: $30 Press contact: Doreen Marshall, 212 362 1046 Fri, Oct 25, 7:30 am 25th Annual NY Mental Health Research Symposium: Innovative Brain Research The Mental Health Research Symposium in New York is one of the educational programs offered by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation for people affected by mental illness, their families and friends, and other interested members of the general public. Tickets: FREE, but pre-registration is required. Call XXX Press contact: Laura Wells, 800 829 8289 Sat, Oct 26, 7:30 pm Malek Jandali – Live in New York: The Freedom Tour Selections from composer-pianist Malek Jandali’s latest album, Emessa - Homs, which is based on and inspired by the people of Syria in their noble quest for freedom. Tickets: $25, 35, 45, 50 Press contact: Debbie Smith, 678 333 3913 Wed, Oct 30, 6:45 pm Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates: Let Anyone Take a Job Anywhere Rethink your point of view with Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US), Oxford-style debates live from New York City. For: Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics, George Mason University Vivek Wadhwa, Vice President of Academics and Innovation, Singularity University Against: Ron Unz, Publisher, The American Conservative TBA Tickets: $40 Press contact: Clea Conner Chang, 212 303 4375 4 Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center 129 West 67th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam) New York, NY 10023 Ticket Information Tickets at 212 501 3330 or KaufmanMusicCenter.org/MCH Press contact for Kaufman Music Center presentations in Merkin Concert Hall: Joan Jastrebski 212 501 3386 [email protected] Kaufman Music Center is New York’s go-to place for music education and performance. It’s where music lovers, from curious fans to renowned performers, come together to explore their musical passions. Founded in 1952 as a community school for pre-conservatory music training, today's Kaufman Music Center is one of the city’s most vibrant cultural organizations, combining world-class teaching with electrifying performances featuring rising young classical stars, Broadway icons and cutting-edge performer/composers who are re-defining contemporary music. Kaufman Music Center is home to Merkin Concert Hall; Lucy Moses School, New York’s largest community arts school; and Special Music School, New York’s only K-12 public school for musically gifted children. 5 .
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