Founded in 1964 Volume 27, Issue 1, Winter/Spring 2011

AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN LISZT SOCIETY, INC.

2010 Los Angeles International Liszt TABLE OF CONTENTS Competition Announces Winners

1 2010 Los Angeles International The eleventh biennial Los Angeles International Liszt Competition for Pianists and Liszt Competition Vocalists was held November 20-21, 2010. Two hundred nine contestants came from six countries and thirteen states to perform only the music of Liszt. 2 President’s Message Judges for the competition were primarily members of the American Liszt Society 3 Letter from the Editor and came from two countries and eleven states. Piano judges were Alan Chow, Northwestern University; Alexandre Dossin, University of Oregon; Jay Hershberger, 4 Member News Concordia College; Yun Ha Hwang, Seoul National University and President of the Korean Liszt Society; Thomas Mastroianni, Catholic University and President of the 7 Chapter News American Liszt Society; Jay Mauchley, University of Idaho; Sandy Mauchley, University 8 Announcements of Idaho; Ksenia Nosikova, University of Iowa; Robert Roux, Rice University; Jeffrey Shumway, Brigham Young University; Steven Spooner, University of Kansas; and 9 News of General Interest Richard Zimdars, University of Georgia. Voice judges were Gary Glaze, University Budapest Airport Renamed in of Southern California; Deborah Erftenbeck, San Dimas, CA; and Juliana Gondek, Honor of University of California, Los Angeles. Upcoming ALS Festivals First place winners in each of the ten divisions included:

10 Jonathan Kregor Named Division I (ages 12 and under) – Sean Tang-Wang, student of Jenny Shin New Editor of JALS Division II (ages 13-14) – Calvin Lee, student of Jenny Shin In Memoriam Division III (ages 15-16) – Danli Liang, student of Tao Chang Division IV (ages 17-20) – Shuo Vincent Yang, student of Stewart Gordon 11 ALS Directory Updates Division V (ages 21-35) – Jinyoung Kim, student of Roza Yoder 13 "New" Membership Secretary Division VI (Longer Works) – Pèter Tòth, student of Tamás Ungár Division VII (Concerto) – Hunter Noack, student of John Perry Competition Honors Franz Liszt Division VIII (Voice all ages) – I-Chun Cheng Radio Program Features Liszt Division IX (NY Concert - Voice) – Renée Rulon Cortez, student of Newsletter Deadline Elizabeth Pehlivanian (Budapest Concert - Piano) – Pèter Tòth, student of Tamás Ungár 14 Great Romantics Festival 2010 NEC Hosts Liszt Summer Piano The first-place winners were presented in concert on November 21, 2010. DVDs Institute and CDs of this concert are available for $20.00 each from Geraldine Keeling, 8260 Liszt-Garrison Festival and Youngdale Street, San Gabriel, CA 91775. Every contestant received Volume II of International Competition Alan Walker’s Liszt biography and the Liszt portrait by Pál Paulovits. Each division 2011 ALS Conference Thanks was allowed to have 1st - 5th place winners plus honorable mentions recognized, so many awards were presented at the First-Place Winners’ Concert. Over $13,000 in cash, CDs, books, and plaques were presented at the concert. (continued on page 9) Perpetuating the ideas of Franz Liszt through excellence in music performance and scholarship PRESIDENT President’s Message Thomas Mastroianni* The Catholic University of America School of Music Washington D.C. 20064 [email protected]

PRESIDENT EMERITUS Fernando Laires

VICE PRESIDENT Jay Hershberger* Concordia College Music Department Moorhead, MN 56562 [email protected]

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Justin Kolb* 1136 Hog Mountain Road Fleischmanns, NY 12430 [email protected] We can look with pride at the impact of our recent festival celebrating MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY "Liszt and the Future" at the University of Georgia. Richard Barbara Mellon Kolb* Zimdars must be congratulated for his imaginative work and effective 1136 Hog Mountain Road Fleischmanns, NY 12430 planning, which brought several exceptional projects together to [email protected] commemorate the 200th anniversary of Liszt’s birth. We aptly designated this festival as Liszt and the Future: two hundred years is TREASURER Nancy Roldán* not an end point for us, but in many ways is a beginning as well. PO 1707 For many of us, ALS was founded to address the unfortunate Owens Mills, MD [email protected] neglect of a great genius. Contemporary evidence points largely to the vindication of the strong beliefs and efforts of the early founders ALS JOURNAL Jonathan Kregor, Editor of the many Liszt Societies in existence today. Liszt is now generally Mary Emery Hall Room 4240 recognized for his true worth historically, and his music is appreciated Cincinnati College-Conservatory PO Box 210003 and performed widely. Cincinnati OH 45221-0003 Nevertheless, his significance for the future has only grown [email protected] stronger with this widespread acceptance. Liszt’s lance into the future ALS NEWSLETTER is more evident and more potent than ever. Never before has there Edward Rath been a greater need for the music community to put aside self-serving 2603 Copper Tree Road Champaign, IL 61822-7518 attitudes and instead exercise mutual support in the effort to create a [email protected] climate of lofty musical and human values. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Liszt’s philosophy reflects responsibility on the part of those Paul Barnes gifted toward humanity. On a more subtle aesthetic level, it offers Luiz de Moura Castro Alexandre Dossin transcendence of the human spirit in the face of despair. These Gila Goldstein concepts address issues looming globally in our future. Jay A. Hershberger Can Liszt transform the future? My friends, the lance is in our Geraldine Keeling Jonathan Kregor hands. Barbara Mellon Kolb Justin Kolb Elyse J. Mach Thomas Mastroianni Thomas Mastroianni Ksenia Nosikova Edward Rath President, American Liszt Society Nancy Roldán 1420 Chilton Dr. Boaz Sharon Steven Spooner Silver Spring, MD 20904 Helen Smith Tarchalski Alan Walker William Wellborn Richard Zimdars

*Member, Executive Committee www.americanlisztsociety.net

2 The American Liszt Society Letter from the Editor - More Reminiscences

Dear Fellow Lisztians! I cannot remember a time when music was not a part of my life. As the first child of a father who was a weekend "trap-set drummer" but should have been a full-time professional musician, and a mother who loved to sing and play the piano, music was part of my daily life in post-World War II Chicago. My mother taught me to read music at the age of four by putting a cardboard keyboard image behind the black keys of our upright piano, and oney of m first accomplishments was to pick out "Ghost Riders in the Sky," at the time made famous by Vaughn Monroe. We also had a Beckwith pump organ that captured my imagination, but it was another keyboard instrument that loomed ominously in my future - the accordion! At the height of the Dick Contino craze in the late '40s and early '50s, the accordion had captured the American imagination as the guitar would later do. So my little brother Billy and I were presented with small accordions - emblazoned with our names in shiny silver letters, and the de rigueur lessons followed. I hated - no, I detested the accordion, even though an aunt had bought me a 120-bass instrument that I still have, and I was encouraged by the family to practice and play. It just wasn’t my "shtick." So I abandoned studies that could have been channeled more productively into piano, but were not. My mother’s aunt Edna had quite a talent for the piano, to the extent that she was to have gone to Europe to study with Theodor Leschetizky, only to have the outbreak of World War I in 1914 put an end to such plans. Aunt Ned's piano eventually ended up in our living room. My mother was raised by her grandparents (Ned's parents), and her grandfather was said to have spent time listening to the early MET broadcasts in his car in the 30's and 40's. So with all this music in my veins, it was not surprising that among our Benny Goodman, Art Tatum, and Dorsey brothers’ records one would find the Horowitz/Toscanini recording of the Tchaikowsky Concerto No. 1, the Rachmaninov/ Stokowski recording of the Rachmaninov Second Concerto, Paderewski playing the Beethoven "Moonlight" Sonata and his own Menuet à l’Antique, and Tchaikowsky’s Nutcracker Suite, "war horses" among others on which I cut my musical teeth. A move to Oklahoma City eventually allowed me the good fortune of having some wonderful classroom music instruction, especially in fourth grade, where we learned to sight read at the piano and took down simple melodic dictation. My father took me to hear Ruth Slenczynska play the Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (I immediately asked my grandmother back in Chicago to buy the score for me, at the then-munificent cost of $3.00!!) with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, and later to hear Victor Borge - his punctuation routine still resounds in my ears! The American Liszt Society But it was unquestionably Liberace who had the greatest influence on me at the time. PRESIDENT Thomas Mastroianni His weekly television show was broadcast after my bedtime, but many times I would sneak down the hallway to hear this marvelously talented fellow play and sing. Eventually NEWSLETTER EDITOR my mother relented and allowed me to stay up late to see and hear the tails-bedecked man Edward Rath at the huge piano, candelabra and all. My mother sewed crepe-paper "tails" on a black 2603 Copper Tree Road Champaign, IL 61822-7518 suit jacket when I portrayed Liberace - candelabra included - at the Cub Scout "Blue and tel: (217) 377-3441 Gold" Banquet, playing the first movement of the "Moonlight" Sonata. I was unafraid [email protected] to write him and ask for any old music he might have had lying around; all I got was a Christmas card, but I was hooked on the piano for good. And I started serious piano Submit change of address information to: study with an accountant cum organist, who had a master’s degree in piano from Eastman. MEMBERSHIP SECRTARY An unexpected move to Milwaukee - the boyhood home of Liberace! - began a Barbara Mellon Kolb significant chapter in my musical life when I was able to meet some of the world’s 1136 Hog Mountain Road greatest pianists and conductors, came under the guidance of a tremendously talented Fleischmanns, NY 12430 teacher, developed my love of organ music, and . . . well, you will have to wait until the [email protected] next issue to find out!!

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Member News Michele Campanella, President of the Alexandre Dossin writes that he hopes Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, Italian Chapter of the American Liszt you are all having a great Liszt year! United Kingdom, Thailand, Australia, Society, will be the featured soloist with "I have been busy performing several and Austria. the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in all-Liszt recitals and working on two Last May and June, Enrico taught performances of Liszt"s Concerto No. 1 recordings. The first one (Liebesträume several master classes in South Korea in E-Flat Major. The concerts will take and , a recording/score at Keimyung University, Yeungnam place September 30, October 1, and package published by Hal Leonard as University, Catholic University, all October 4. Ricardo Muti will conduct. a Schirmer Performance Edition) is in Daegu, plus the Pusan National The concerts will mark Michele's debut already available online, and Liszt in University in Pusan. with the CSO. The concert is a repeat Russia, a project for Naxos’ Liszt Series, In July, he took part in the 2nd of the program performed by the CSO is in the production phase. Grumo Festival, in Grumo Appula to mark the 100th anniversary of Liszt's "I just returned from a recital in (Bari), Italy. Immediately after, a new birth in 1911. Those who heard Alan Virginia (James Madison University) project created in collaboration with Walker's excellent presentation at the and was highly impressed with their the Associazione Umbria Classica and 2011 ALS Conference in February will new facilities (less than one year old), Arioso Artist Management came about: recall his fascinating inquiry into what wonderful pianos, and energetic piano SUMMERITALIA at Norcia (Umbria): questions people might have asked in faculty: Lori Piitz, Gabriel Dobner, Eric Performance Opportunities and Master 1911 at a Liszt centennial conference, Ruple, and Paulo Steinberg. They were Classes in Italy. Enrico brought 13 and it is interesting that the CSO has very excited about my all-Liszt recital, students (from China, the US, South chosen to go back to 1911, too. In which was accompanied by a mini- Korea, and Malaysia) to Italy for a week addition to the concerto, the orchestra lecture on Liszt." of master classes, and organized three will present the Huldigungsmarsch by concerts on the students’ behalf. More Wagner and the monumental "Faust" Enrico Elisi has been the president of information is available at http://www. Symphony by Liszt. Individual tickets the Pennsylvania Chapter of ALS since summeritalia.enricoelisi.com. go on sale August 12. See http:// its inception in 2010. With the newly- In late August, Enrico performed cso.org/TicketsAndEvents/EventDetails. formed Chihara Trio, he commissioned Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in aspx?eid=4230 for details. and premiered Japanese-American E-Flat ("Emperor") with the Bay composer Paul Chihara's Images (trio Atlantic Symphony in Avalon, NJ, Andrew Cooperstock will be teaching for clarinet, viola, and piano) at Weill maestro Jed Gaylin conducting. in the Young Artist Seminar at the Hall at Carnegie Hall (March 2010), on Enrico has joined the piano faculty Rocky Ridge Music Center for the which recital another commissioned of the Eastman School of Music as an month of July. Andrew writes, "Rocky piece by Korean composer Kye Ryung associate professor of music, where he Ridge is an intimate (about 75 students Park was premiered, along with music will begin his duties in fall 2011. at a time) camp held in a beautiful part by Mozart and Schumann. of the Rockies, about 20 minutes from With help from an agent in Italy Gila Goldstein reports that she heard Estes Park. It provides a serious, yet (and somewhat following Liszt's a concert in Alice Tully Hall presented fun opportunity to study music, play foot-prints), Enrico established the by Louis Lortie playing all three books chamber music, and perform, in a Arioso Musica Domani Prize, a of Années de Pèlerinage. She reports that friendly, supportive atmosphere." For composition competition for solo piano Alan Walker was heard to say that the more information, please go to http:// in collaboration with Arioso Artists concert was "monumental - truly not www.rockyridge.org/. Management. The competition offers enough words to describe." (As an the following opportunities to young encore, Lortie played the "Gondoliera" Alexander Djordjevic was awarded the composers up to age 45: three prizes in from Venice and Napoli). Gila went on Hungarian Liszt Society's 35th Annual cash, live performances, and recordings to say that "It was a unique musical Franz Liszt International Grand Prix of the winners’ compositions. The new journey, almost like being in a trance. du Disque for his recent CD recording, competition has already attracted It's remarkable what he is able to do Gray Clouds: Piano Music of Franz Liszt. an international artistic committee of with the instrument, especially in terms Mr. Djordjevic follows an esteemed list composers: Richard Danielpour and of sounds/colors and pedaling, and his of notable pianists who have received Paul Chihara (Honorary President) creativity in dealing with the complex this honor for their Liszt recordings, have joined the Board of Directors. scores. It sounded as if he orchestrated including Vladimir Horowitz, Claudio An international jury includes the entire cycle. His programming of Arrau, Alfred Brendel, and Andre composers from the Paris the works was interesting: he played Watts, among others. Djordjevic Conservatoire, Eastman School of the first book followed by the first four received the award and performed a Music, University of California at San pieces from the third book, and thus recital on the 199th anniversary of Diego, University of Aveiro, (Portugal), ended the first half with Jeux d'eaux Liszt's birth, October 22, 2010, at UCLA, and the University of Nevada at de Villa d’Este. After intermission he the Old Liszt Academy of Music in Las Vegas. Sixty-one competitors have played the last three pieces from the Budapest. submitted their scores from countries third book, followed by the second such as the United States, Mexico, Italy, book, ending with the "Dante" Sonata. Hungary, Canada, Korea, China, Japan, Alan interviewed him on stage after Taiwan, Greece, Turkey, France, Israel, the concert, acknowledged him for Germany, Australia, South Africa, all he deserved, and there was a great conversation between the two."

4 The American Liszt Society More Member News Gila also reported on another all- class in a series entitled, "Robert "Puzzi," has been the source of Liszt concert presented by Jean Yves Schumann: A Celebration of his Life." numerous programs performed Thibaudet at Carnegie. "Such great The series was conceived and produced performed by Justin during 2011. playing, and great understanding of by Mr. Hord. The purpose of the Justin expresses his thanks to the Liszt. It was sheer pleasure. The series was to honor, and tell of, the many Lisztians who have helped make program was so beautiful; the emphasis life of Robert Schumann. In addition these concerts possible, especially those was on Liszt's gentleness and lyricism, to performing, Mr. Hord provided who have assisted him in the effort of with some bravura. St. Paul Preaching narratives throughout the series, giving tracking down, as it the were, elusive to the Birds was the best I've ever heard. the audience biographical insight as well piano scores of "Puzzi." One could truly hear the birds. Isolda's as affording the opportunity to discover "I acknowledge and thank the Liebestod was ravishing. The Tarantella who and what influenced Schumann. author and liturgical musician, was stunning. The entire program was The performances were given in the Professor Richard Cross, my friend just mesmerizing: the sound/touch, Recital Hall of Fresno City College, and collaborator in this project, for his the flowing line and lyrical, free spirit, Fresno, CA. Mr. Hord expresses in-depth scholarship focused on the the orchestral/operatic aspects, great "inestimable gratitude" to ALS member Discalced (barefoot) Carmelite, Father virtuosity, and more." Ksenia Nosikova, who performed Hermann Cohen. Richard initiated This coming summer, Gila will be the entirety of the third recital and my search for piano scores composed joining fellow ALS Board member conducted a master class to the delight by this complex and spiritual mystic Boaz Sharon on the faculty of of all. nicknamed ‘Puzzi’ by Karl Czerny. the Boston University Tanglewood "Additionally, I am grateful to the Institute. The two three-week sessions Geraldine Keeling recently presented musicologist, Dr. Luciano Chiappari, of lessons, coachings, and concerts a paper on "Liszt and the Érard Family: who tirelessly journeyed and followed will take place July 3 - 23, and July A Musical Friendship" at a conference whispered leads on possible sources of 24 - August 13. Gila and Boaz will on "Franz Liszt et la France" held at the piano scores in convents, monasteries, be featured in the first session, while Cité de la musique in Paris. After two and libraries. "However it was Canada’s Boaz will be joined by Prof. Hyoung days in Paris, the conference continued Pauline Pocknell, a loyal friend, who Joon Chang from Seoul, Korea for the for three days in Villecroze, France and after four years located previously second session. then two days in Brussels. Over 40 unknown compositions - some in Liszt scholars were invited to present manuscript. Ian Hobson performed three recitals papers, which will be published soon "From inner urban Paris to Yonkers, in the Krannert Center for the in a book of conference proceedings. NY, the search has taken six years. The Performing Arts at the University of The members of the scientific direction pilgrimage continues. It is Richard Illinois, featuring the music of Liszt and of the conference were Rena Charnin Cross I ‘blame’ for instilling in me this works by other composers who were Mueller, Rossana Dalmonte, Nicolas compelling academic ‘itch’ to obtain, related to Liszt in one way or another. Dufetel, Mária Eckardt, Malou Haine, complete, and record the oeuvre of The Illinois Summer Piano Institute, and Thierry Maniguet. Father Hermann. founded by Hobson, will include a "Along the way, the following series of four recitals June 15-18, 2011 Geraldine Keeling and Deborah Lisztians pointed me in many directions with ALS Board Member Boaz Sharon Erftenbeck are presenting two all-Liszt to discover heretofore unknown performing on June 17, and Hobson piano four-hand concerts in honor of resources. Often, they would warn me performing on June 18. Liszt’s 200th birthday. The concerts when they were aware of ‘dead ends’ Hobson is retiring at the end of the will be in California; the first one not worth pursuing. current academic year from full-time took place in April, and the next will "This is dangerous territory, as I teaching at Illinois, but will continue be in September. Their program will am bound to unintentionally ignore his studio part time on campus. He include the following works: L’Hymne or forget someone deserving to be will also continue to serve as Music du Pape; Fantaisie sur des motifs favoris de included in this list of colleagues and Director and Conductor of Sinfonia l’opera La Sonnambula de Bellini; À la friends: Nancy Bacchus, David da Camera, which will present Liszt's Chapelle Sixtine: Miserere d’Allegri et Ave Coppen, Mária Eckhardt, Monsignor "Dante" Symphony on October 22, Liszt's Verum Corpus de Mozart; Rákóczy Marsch; Peter Schmidt Eppendorf, Rossana 200th birthday, at the Krannert Center. Weihnachtsbaum (Ungarisch and Polnisch); Dalmonte, Julia Grella O’Connell, Hobson is also preparing a series of Les Préludes; and . Klára Hamburger, Miranda Jackson, 10 concerts for the 2011-2012 concert Joseph Kolb, Gerry Keeling, season in Smith Memorial Hall on the Justin Kolb addressed and performed Fernando Laires, Greg Legaz, UI campus, focusing on the complete for the Liszt Society of Hungary on Elyse Mach, Mary Madigan, Tom piano music of Robert Schumann. Wednesday evening, March 30, 2011 Mastroianni, Susanna Margolis, Rena at the Liszt Museum in Budapest. Mueller, Cristiano Ostinelli, Louis During the months of September, The program was titled, "Liszt and Nagel, Dolores Pesce, Michael October, and November 2010, ALS the Barefoot Carmelite: Music of Saffle, William Wright, Alan Walker, member John S. Hord and friends Franz Liszt and his Protégé Hermann Richard Zimdars, members of the presented four recitals and one master Cohen." Cohen, fondly known as Carmelite order and - sadly, the late Charles Suttoni."

Volume 27, Issue 1, Winter/Spring 2011 5 Even More Member News (continued from page 5)

Elyse Mach, ALS Board Member, projections of Giovanni Bonaventura Direction," featured Beethoven’s author, and pedagogue, received the Genelli’s paintings on Dante’s Divine Variations in F Major, Op. 34; Berg's Medal of the American Liszt Society Comedy, which art works Liszt had Sonata; Mozart's Sonata in B-Flat Major, at the Friday evening concert of the ordered for himself and wished to K 281; and Schumann's Symphonic Great Romantics Festival In Hamilton, project, but never did. Etudes. The second concert, Ontario in October. Ms. Mitsopoulou studied with Paul "An Informal Evening: Bach to the Dr. Mach has published 10 books Badura-Skoda in Vienna and Professor Future," included the music of J.S. and more than 100 articles in the course Luiz de Moura Castro in Summer Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-flat; Chromatic of her career, many of them dealing Master Classes in Óbidos-Portugal. Fantasie and Fugue; and the "Italian" with aspects of the life and work of She recently completed her Ph.D. at Concerto. Franz Liszt. the Department of Music Science ALS President Thomas Mastroianni & Art, University of Macedonia in Roberta Rust recently presented made the presentation and said, "It is Thessaloniki, Greece, with a dissertation two programs in honor of the Liszt both a privilege and a pleasure to name subject, "Dante as Source of Inspiration Bicentennial. The first, March 20, was Dr. Elyse Mach as a recipient of the for Franz Liszt: ‘Dante’ Symphony and entitled, "In Love with Liszt: from Medal of the American Liszt Society its Pianistic Transcriptions." She holds the Piano Studio of Roberta Rust," for 2010. the position of piano teacher at the presented in the Amarnick-Goldstein "The American Liszt Society Medal Music High School in Thessaloniki, has Concert Hall at the Conservatory is the highest honor that the Society performed as a soloist, has presented of Music at Lynn University in Boca can bestow, and it is rarely offered. piano recitals in the Netherlands and Raton, FL. The concert featured some Previous recipients have included in Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and of Dr. Rust’s students performing pianists Alfred Brendel, Claudio Arrau, Greece, and has won many prizes in works by Liszt, as well as works by Jorge Bolet, and Egon Petri. Among piano competitions. During the 2010- other composers who inspired him and scholars the Medal has been awarded 2011 academic year, she continued as those he later influenced. On to Harold Schonberg, Dezsö Legány, a Fulbright Artist Scholar at Virginia March 24, Roberta gave a lecture and Alan Walker. The roll-call is Tech, Blacksburg, VA, where she entitled, "In Love with Liszt," at the distinguished, and it reflects our wish undertook post-doctoral research with Lifelong Learning Community Institute that the legacy of any recipient should Prof. Dr. Michael Saffle. at the Delray Beach Public Library, also reach not only the inner circle of Liszt in Florida. enthusiasts, who frequently address only Ernest Ragogini, Vice-President of one another, but also the general public, the Baltimore-Washington Chapter, Dr. Vanessa Sheldon, concert harpist who may perhaps know little about initiated a project entitled, "Hearts and professor of music, was just named Liszt’s significance to the wider world for Art’s Sake," conceived as an to the Cambridge Who's Who. She has of music. outreach program to present concerts prepared a special program in honor "It calls for a special literary gift at Villa Assumpta, the motherhouse of Liszt's bicentennial that recalls the to present Liszt to the world as the and infirmary of the School Sisters subject of her dissertation, "Franz Liszt important and attractive personality that of Notre Dame in Baltimore. (The and the Harp," and features her original he was - a gift that Dr. Mach possesses College of Notre Dame of Maryland transcriptions of Liszt's solo piano in abundance, and has been able to hosts the Liszt-Garrison Festival and works that have never before been demonstrate through her writings, International Competition, which played on harp, as well as masterpieces through her personal presentations, and Ragogini and Nancy Roldán co-direct.) by the harpists with whom Liszt through her work in film biography. Within weeks, the series of nine associated. She will be touring with this "By the authority vested in me by the presentations, which includes dramatic concert, also presentable as a lecture- Board of Directors of the American readings and lectures as well as music, recital, and will be recording a CD Liszt Society, I ask Elyse Mach to was booked. All events are held in the featuring these selections to be released accept the Medal with our thanks and beautiful chapel at the Villa and are next year. Please visit www.gold2ivory.com warmest congratulations." televised in each room of the infirmary. for more information. (Editor's note: The ALS membership Ragogini will present a recital, as joins President Mastroianni in will Nancy Roldán and José Cueto, William Wellborn will lead the congratulating Dr. Mach on this well- artists well known to Lisztians here LisztTour 2011 from July 8 - 23. deserved honor.) and abroad. Other performers include The tour will visit France (Lyon, members of the Notre Dame faculty Chamonix), Switzerland (Fribourg, On January 26, 2011 in Performance and staff, as well as those from the Brunnen, Altdorf), Austria (Raiding), Hall of the Covington Center at Baltimore-Washington community. The and Hungary (Sopron, Esztergom, and Radford University in Radford, VA, the series will run through the summer, Budapest), and will feature concerts, Greek pianist Evangelia Mitsopoulou "depending on the goodwill of artists lectures, and excursions to locations made her American debut and gave the who are willing to share their talents." of importance in the life of Liszt. first known American performance of Included in future plans are cultural Wellborn also returns this summer the "Dante" Symphony in a transcription presentations at two area hospitals. to teach at the Austrian International for solo piano by Carl Tausig. For the This spring, Ragogini presented two Piano Seminar and Festival in performance there were simultaneous recitals. The first, "An Uncommon Ebenfurth, Austria (July 24 - August 8). The program offers lessons, master (continued on page 10)

6 The American Liszt Society Chapter News San Francisco Chapter New York/New Jersey Chapter Indiana Chapter The Chapter began its 2010-2011 The NY/NJ Chapter (Gila Goldstein, David Cartledge reports that on season with Chapter President William Founding President, and David Thursday, March 24, members Wellborn performing an all-Liszt Whitten, Vice President) hosted and guests of the Indiana Chapter concert on October 22, 2010 at the Filipino pianist Jovianney Emanuel presented their annual concert, this home of ALS member Donna Kline. Cruz in its fall concert on October 7, year celebrating Liszt’s 200th birthday. Other events for 2011 included the 2010, at the Yamaha Piano Salon. Cruz, The concert took place in Recital Hall 8th annual "Young Pianists play Liszt" who is one of the most prominent at the Indiana University Jacobs School concert on Saturday April 16 at 2:00 pianists in the Philippines and an of Music, and was organized by chapter at the San Francisco Conservatory alumnus of the Manhattan School President, Karen Shaw. "Luke Norell of Music, featuring pianists from the of Music, played a wonderful, well- presented a virtuosic tour-de-force in preparatory and collegiate divisions attended recital featuring works by the "Eroica," the Transcendental Étude of the Conservatory, and the "Liszt Haydn, Albéniz, Chopin, and Copland, In E-Flat Major. The Consolation No. 3 Bicentennial Gala" concert, which will and the formidable Liszt Sonata. was performed with soulful aplomb feature pianists from the Bay Area and In honor of the 200th Anniversary by Mark De Zwaan. Tenor Marco beyond, to be held at 3:00 on Sunday of the Year of Liszt's Birth, the NY/ Stefani, accompanied by Davis Hart, October 23, 2011 at the Old First NJ Chapter and the John J. Cali School sang the Sonetti del Petrarca Nos. 123 Church in San Francisco of Music presented a "Franz Liszt and 104 with beautiful color and a (www.oldfirstconcerts.org). Birthday Bash." The evening’s concert mournful longing. Garnet Ungar, The Chapter will co-host an included piano students of the Cali with dazzling octaves, was stunning exciting event with pianist Gwendolyn School of Music and featured music in Funérailles, followed by a pensive Mok and San Jose State University of Liszt, and also music by composers Lugubre Gondola No. 2, performed on Monday October 17, 2011. The who were influenced by him, including by Matt Cataldi. Chapter treasurer concert, entitled "Liszt and his Circle," Chopin, Schumann, Felix and Fanny Matthew Gianforte "sang" in turn, will feature music by Liszt, Thalberg, Mendelssohn, and Scriabin. with the Schumann/Liszt Frühlingsnacht Kalkbrenner, Czerny, Dohler, Henselt, The chapter also hosted the piano and Widmung. Maxim Bernard Mendelssohn, and Chopin, performed students at Montclair State University closed the program with a moving by pianists Michael Boyd, Richard (MSU) in an all-Liszt concert at MSU and bittersweet performance of the Cionco, Gwendolyn Mok, and William on Wednesday April 6, 2011 at the J. Wagner/Liszt Isolde’s Liebestod. The Wellborn on the University’s collection Cali School of Music. concert was attended by a mixture of of 19th-century Érard pianos. On Wednesday May 25, 2011 at 7:00 Jacobs students and faculty, together The Firehouse Arts Center in pm, the Chapter hosted the renowned with members of the Bloomington Pleasanton will present a "Liszt pianist Cyprien Ktsaris in recital at community. The concert was reviewed Festival Day" on Sunday, November the Yamaha Piano Salon. The pianist in the Bloomington Herald-Times, 20, 2011, in Pleasanton, CA. The performed works by Chopin and Liszt. providing an opportunity for outreach event is being organized by SF chapter Mr. Katsaris' concert was co-hosted by for our chapter." member Dominique Piana. Chapter the International Cziffra Society. president William Wellborn will give Next year's schedule is taking shape, Want to start a new chapter of the the opening lecture-recital and serve as with an October 4 concert by Nadejda American Liszt Society?? emcee for the festival. The day-long Vlaeva and a December 15 concert event will also feature a program of by Alexandre Dossin, both presented According to the Bylaws, "Chapters young artists, a collaborative concert at the Yamaha Piano Salon, 689 Fifth may be established at college campuses, including Liszt songs, and an evening Ave., on the NE corner of 54th Street, communities, museums, or as part recital by guest artist Jerome Rose. 3rd floor. For more information and of concert series organizations." tickets, contact Gila (GilaGoldstein@aol. (See http://americanlisztsociety.net/ com) or e-mail [email protected]. BYLAWS1991.pdf.) Boston Chapter If you are a member of the The Italian Chapter of the American Liszt Society, or wish to ALS Board Member Paul Barnes American Liszt Society (Michele become one and start a chapter to presented a new chapter for approval Campanella, President) continues further the purposes and philosophy by the Board when it met prior to its series of marathon concerts of the American Liszt Society, we the February annual conference at featuring the piano compositions of welcome your interest!! the University of Georgia in Athens. Franz Liszt!! The series takes place ALS Board Member Paul Barnes The Boston Chapter was accepted at the National Academy of Santa is the Chair of the Committee on by the Board. Tish Kilgore is the Cecilia in Rome. Each concert day Chapters, and he may be reached by Chapter President. The Chapter's includes performances in the morning, e-mail at [email protected]. website is americanlisztsocietyboston.org. afternoon, and evening. For more Membership in the Society is required Congratulations and welcome!! information about the concert series, go before starting a chapter; contact to the website www.lisztsocieta.it. Barbara Mellon Kolb (mellon@catskill. net) for details on joining. (continued on next page)

Volume 27, Issue 1, Winter/Spring 2011 7 Chapter News (continued from page 7) Announcements

The Florida International University The evening was devoted to an Daniel Pollack will present master Chapter (Dr. José R. López, organ recital presented by UI faculty classes at the International Summer President), celebrated its inauguration member Gregory Hand, performing Academy at the Mozarteum in with a series of three concerts. The works by Bach and Liszt. Salzburg, July 18 - 30, 2011. For more first two programs were presented Saturday morning started with a information, please see the Mozarteum in the Wertheim Concert Hall of lecture on "Liszt and the Beethoven website at http://www.moz.ac.at. the campus Performing Arts Center. Symphony Transcriptions," presented On October 27, 2010, there was an by the world renowned Liszt scholar, Tibor Szász has written an extensive evening of solo, chamber, and vocal Alan Walker. The afternoon recital article on the Liszt Sonata in B Minor, works written by Franz Liszt and his focused on numerous transcriptions both in English and German. You contemporaries (Wagner, Berlioz, by Liszt. Performers included by may read these publications by Chopin, Tausig, Wieniawski, and guest artists Scott Dunn (Associate going to the American Liszt Society Alkan), performed by faculty members Conductor of the Hollywood website and clicking on the link to of the FIU School of Music. On Bowl Orchestra), Daniel Rieppel Szász: Liszt Sonata in B Minor found October 28, the concert featured (Southwest Minnesota State in the left navigation bar. (You might Artist-in-Residence Kemal Gekic University), Nicholas Roth (Drake want to reduce the image size for in solo works, plus Liszt’s University), and UI faculty Alan more convenient reading!!) Szász and the Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Huckleberry, Réne Lecuona, contributed "Liszt’s Symbols for major. The FIU Symphony Orchestra and Uriel Tsachor. The Festival the Divine and Diabolical: Their was under the direction of Maestro concluded with "The Transcendental Revelation of a Program in the Grzegorz Nowak. On November 19, Piano," a recital by Michael Gurt, B-minor Sonata" to the Journal of the the "Living Artist Concert Series" at including Liszt's Benediction de Dieu American Liszt Society, Vol. 15 (June the Deering Estate featured the Estate's dans la solitude, Reger's Variations and 1984). Chamber Ensemble performing works Fugue on a Theme of Bach, and ending by Liszt and his Circle: Chopin, Liszt, with the Sonata in B Minor of Liszt. The second annual New Orleans Schumann, and Alkan. International Piano Competition Dr. Lopez reports that "The mission The Baltimore-Washington will take place July 24 - 31, 2011. For of our new chapter focuses on the Chapter (Dr. Nancy Roldán, more information, please go to the dissemination of Liszt’s compositional President, and Dr. Ernest Ragogini, website at http://masno.org/. and artistic legacy to the entire South Vice President) presented its popular Florida region through concerts, "Noche de Tango" on May 21. The The Piano Texas International lectures, and special events, not only enthralling night of music, song, and Festival will take place May 18 - June at FIU’s main campuses, but also at dance, "Noche de Tango" brings to 28. Under the direction of ALS other local venues. Please visit our its audience "evocative and seductive member Tamás Ungár, the Festival new website at www.lisztfiuchapter.org for tales told through the phenomenal will feature ALS members Nelita information on the Chapter’s music and dance that has taken True and Robert Roux, among activities. the world by storm." Performers others, and the great American pianist "Don’t feel left out, join the Liszt!" included Raúl Jaurena, Grammy- Leon Fleischer. For more information, Award winner and one of the go to the Festival website at The Iowa Chapter of ALS (Dr. world's most prominent bandoneón http://www.pianotexas.org/. Ksenia Nosikova, President) co- players; violinist José Cueto; Laura sponsored a Liszt Festival with the Rúas, double bass; award-winning Dr. Alan Walker has announced University of Iowa April 21 - 23. The Argentina Tango dancers Ana Padrón that the next Great Romantics event opened with an all-Liszt piano and Diego Blanco; vocalist Gabriella Festival will take place in fall 2012. recital presented by UI students, Cavallero; and actor Shawn Carter Please make note of this in your followed by an evening concert that Peterson. The entire production was long-term planning, and be sure to was broadcast live on Iowa NPR and under the artistic direction of pianist attend this wonderful series of musical featuring the UI Symphony playing Nancy Roldán. events!! works by Liszt and Beethoven, ending The chapter is now working busily with a performance of the Liszt on the upcoming Liszt-Garrison Dr. Rena Charnin Mueller, Totentanz with Ksenia Nosikova as Festival and International Piano former Editor of the Journal of the soloist. Competition, to take place October American Liszt Society, will be awarded Friday began with a master class 12 - 16 on the campus of the College the Medal of the ALS at a future given by Michael Gurt, Distinguished of Notre Dame of Maryland. This date. She was to have received the Professor of Piano at LSU. After event has grown into a fabulous series award at the February ALS Festival in lunch, ALS President Thomas of concerts. Visit the Festival website Athens, but was unable to attend due Mastroianni presented a lecture recital at http://lisztgarrisoncompetition.org/. to the death of her husband David on "Liszt, Religion, and Death." (See article on page 14.) Cannata's mother in New Zealand. The membership of ALS extends its condolences to David and Rena.

8 The American Liszt Society News Items of General Interest Los Angeles Int'l Liszt Cecil Lytle, Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of California - San Diego and Former Provost at Thurgood Marshall College, has undertaken a fascinating study of Liszt, entitled "The Naked Liszt." This is "an intimate look at Competition (continued from page 1) the life, love, and music of celebrated Hungarian composer Franz Liszt." Pianist Lytle "performs a selection of the composer's favorite pieces-with a twist. Each The winners are now being presented piece of music is introduced by readings of letters to, from, or about Liszt and in many concerts here and abroad. Pèter his music, creating a vibrant multimedia image of the life of the influential 19th Tòth, the Budapest Concert winner, century musician." (Taken from a UCSD-TV website, http://www.ucsd.tv/search- is giving full concerts at the Liszt details.aspx?showID=20646.) Professor Lytle is aiming for a fall 2011 completion Museum in Budapest; the Hungarian date of a documentary film, Liszt in the World. Cultural Center in London, England; the Hungarian Embassy in Washington, D.C.; Barbara Alex is the author of a book entitled, Words from a Master, a collection and the Hungarian House in Los Angeles. of observations made during master classes presented for many years by the late Renée Rulon Cortez, the New York Hungarian pianist and pedagogue, György Sebök. Alex attended virtually all Concert winner is giving full concerts at the master classes, sponsored by Linfield College in Oregon, and has arranged the Hungarian Consulate in New York quotations according to such chapters as "Change," "Freedom," etc. The book is City and for the American Institute of available only on line at sebokbook.com. Fine Arts in Los Angeles. Hunter Noack, Concerto winner, will be performing William Brown is the author of a book about pianist Menahem Pressler. the Totentanz with the Pasadena Summer Artistry in Piano Teaching provides lessons on 23 piano works by a variety of Youth Chamber Orchestra. Selected composers, plus recollections from former students with whom Pressler has groups of winners will be giving concerts worked during his 50-plus year teaching career. Published by Indiana University at Trinity United Methodist Church and Press (Pressler continues to teach at IU as Distinguished Professor of Piano), the the Nixon Library in the Los Angeles book is available on line at Amazon.com. area. The Los Angeles International Liszt Jonathan Kregor is the author of a new book, Liszt as Transcriber. The 314- Competition was founded in 1990 by page book is published by Cambridge University Press, whose website states that Geraldine Keeling and is co-directed "Franz Liszt's colleagues considered him to be one of the most accomplished by her and Judith Neslény. The next and innovative practitioners in the field of musical reproduction, a reputation for competition will be in November, 2013. which he is still admired today. Yet, while his transcriptions are widely performed, (Editor's note: this event is one of few studies have investigated the role that transcriptions played in Liszt's artistry, four major ALS-related events of huge to say nothing of the impact they had on the music-making experience of his magnitude. The membership should be day. Using a host of interdisciplinary methods and primary source materials, very proud of what Gerry and Judith have this book provides a comprehensive survey of Liszt's lifelong involvement with done and continue to do!!!) the transcription, in which he assumed the roles of composer, collaborator, propagandist, commemorator, philosopher, and artist while simultaneously disseminating – often critically – the music of Beethoven, Berlioz, Schubert, Wagner, and other eighteenth- and nineteenth-century composers. By recognizing transcription as an extraordinarily flexible tool for Liszt and his contemporaries, Upcoming Liszt as Transcriber provides numerous musical, cultural, and historical contexts for this fundamentally important practice of the period." The book won the ALS Festivals inaugural Alan Walker Book Prize, presented at the 2011 ALS conference at the University of Georgia. In presenting the Award, Alan Walker cited the value of 2012 - May 17-19 Kregor's scholarship in discussing truly new material about Liszt. Author Kregor University of Oregon was recently named Editor of the Journal of the American Liszt Society. (See story on Alexandre Dossin, Coordinator page 10 for additional information.) "Liszt: Teacher, Friend, Humanitarian" 2013 San Francisco Conservatory Budapest Airport Renamed in William Wellborn, Coordinator If you are interested in hosting an ALS Honor of Franz Liszt Festival beyond 2013, please contact ALS President Thomas Mastroianni. As you Alan Walker reports that in March the Hungarian government re-named can see, the reservation of a location Budapest Ferihegy Airport "Liszt Ferenc Airport" to mark the bicentennial needs to be planned two or three years anniversary of the composer's birth! Currently, you may go to the website of the in advance. President Mastroianni will Budapest Tourist Guide at http://www.budapest-tourist-guide.com/skycourt-budapest.html visit your campus or other location to to learn more about the facility, and you may also see the announcement concerning work with you in making preparations the renaming at http://airlineworld.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/budapest-airport-skycourt/. adequately in advance of the event!!! As Alan notified the ALS Board about this happening, he observed, "That's progress!", and indeed it is!!

Volume 27, Issue 1, Winter/Spring 2011 9 Jonathan Kregor In Memoriam Member News (continued from page 6) Named New It is with sadness that ALS learned of classes, and performance opportunities the recent death of Brenda Sandberg. for advanced pianists from age 13 and Editor of the The vibrant and articulate Brenda served up. The program is also open to non- in a number of capacities over the years performing auditors. For a brochure ALS Journal at McMaster University in Hamilton, and more information, contact William home of the Great Romantics Festival. Wellborn at [email protected] or visit the Cincinnati College- As Alan Walker’s "number two," her website (www.williamwellborn.com). Conservatory Professor is also talents served ALS well. Walker himself Wellborn also played an all-Liszt winner of the first Alan Walker commented, "For many years Brenda program in San Francisco on the Old was the irreplaceable coordinator of the First Concerts Series this past January, Book Award Great Romantics Festival, and a highly and last November in Rio de Janeiro. valued colleague on whom I came to rely In spring he presented Liszt programs Jonathan Kregor, Assistant Professor utterly." on the Noontime Concert Series of Musicology at the Cincinnati Justin Kolb wrote of Ms. Sandberg, (March 1) and the Chancellor's Series at College-Conservatory of Music, has "Her responsibilities included crisis UCSF (May 26), both in San Francisco. been named the new Editor of the management, fire department, safety Journal of the American Liszt Society. officer, keeper of the keys, printing David Whitten, Vice President of Kregor, who made an excellent and copying, ticket master and security the NY/NJ Chapter of ALS, has just presentation at the recent American chief, and much more. Her energy and released a CD of Piano Music of Nikolai Liszt Society Conference in Athens, enthusiasm were infectious. She was Tcherepnin (Toccata Classics, TOCC- Georgia, also received the first Alan usually the first face seen by the festival 0117. "Russian-born Tcherepnin Walker Book Prize, presented by Dr. delegates when reporting for registration, (1873–1945) was a student of Rimsky- Walker himself. Kregor's book, Liszt or for practice room assignments. The Korsakov and teacher of Prokofiev. as Transcriber, was cited by Walker as declaration, 'Go ask Brenda!' was a Tcherepnin was a composer and an excellent example of truly original constant sonic. Sadly, we miss her." conductor, and the first of his family’s material concerning Liszt and the art of musical dynasty. transcription. Katinka Scipiades Daniel passed away "His piano music reveals a diversity "Dr. Kregor received his Ph.D. from in Santa Barbara, CA, on December of influences. The Three Pieces (from Harvard University with a dissertation 11, 2010. Katinka’s husband, Dr. Ernö about the 1890s) have echoes of on Franz Liszt’s piano transcriptions, Daniel, was President of the American Chopin and Rachmaninov; the Fourteen and a B.M. in piano performance and Liszt Society 1973-1976. Sketches on Pictures from the Russian composition from the University of Born in Hungary, he emigrated to Alphabet (1908) are miniature tone North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has the United States in 1947 and became poems inspired by Alexander Benois’ published articles and reviews in The Professor of Piano at the University beautifully illustrated alphabet book for Journal of Musicology, Nineteenth-Century of California at Santa Barbara, and children; and The Fisherman and the Fish Music Review, Journal of the American Liszt conductor of the Santa Barbara (c. 1914) is a vivid musical depiction Society, and Notes, and given papers on Symphony. Katinka and their two of this Pushkin poem, complete with Liszt and Clara Wieck-Schumann at children were not able to emigrate to the watery splashes!" numerous national and international U.S. until 1960. One may read more and audition conferences. He is a recipient of Katinka pioneered the Kodály samples of the CD by going to fellowships from the German Method in the United States. As a the Toccata Classics website at Historical Institute and the Stiftung lecturer, she trained hundreds of http://www.toccataclassics.com/cddetail. Weimarer Klassik. Research interests music educators at many colleges and php?CN=TOCC0117, from which the include musical reproduction, especially universities in the United States and quoted material above was excerpted, in the long nineteenth century; music Canada. Katinka was also a champion with slight editorial changes. and memory in the early Romantic of the music of Liszt. From the very period; and confluences of virtuosity beginning, she believed in and supported Want to see your name in the next and gender from the eighteenth century the Los Angeles International Liszt edition of the ALS Newsletter? Simply to the present." (Courtesy of the CCM Competition. She always donated the send an e-mail message to Editor website.) $1000 Grand Prize for the Budapest Edward Rath with the subject line (Editor's note: The next issue of the Concert winner in memory of her reading ALS Newsletter - nothing American Liszt Society Newsletter will husband. She came to every competition more, nothing less, please. Include include more information on and also hosted several recitals of the text of your information in the Dr. Jonathan Kregor and his plans for winners in her home. body of the e-mail, or send it as an the future of JALS. We welcome him In 1993 Katinka was honored with e-mail attachment in MSWord. Do to the ALS Board. We also take this the Golden Cross of Merit of the not send pdf's or hard copy. Your opportunity to extend our sincerest Republic of Hungary. The "Katinka e-mails should be sent to Ed at e.rath@ gratitude to Dr. Rena Charnin Scipiades Daniel" recital hall at the comcast.net. Please note: this is a NEW Mueller, Jonathan's predecessor as University of California at Santa Barbara address!! Editor of JALS, for her many years of is named in her honor. service!)

10 The American Liszt Society ALS Directory Updates

NEW LIFE MEMBER: Walter Cosand Elizabeth Perten Rebecca Plummer CURRENT MEMBERS TO Philip Powell LIFE MEMBERS: Jeremy Rafal Alan Reese J. Thomas Alves Myron Romanul Richard C. Davis, M.D. Nicholas Roth John B. Hartley Annette & Bernardo Rozencwaig Dr. William J. Newbrough Roberta Rust Caroline Ryn NEW MEMBERS: Jeremy Samolesky Christopher Sarzynski Eugene Alcalay Mykola Suk Dr. Nathan Birkholz Anthony Tam Carol Chapman Ralph Sanitoro Travner J. Delcamp Michael S. Toth Victoria Fischer Faw Pèter Tòth Carol FerrellTimothy Gaylard Donna Bowen Vince Mark Hadden Liz Han THANKS to those who made Gregory Hand donations to ALS above and Sujeeva Hapugalle beyond their normal dues: Dr. Leon Harshenin Carl DiDonato David Horger Slawomir Dobrzanski Robert HorvathAntonio Iturrioz Patricia & Cooper Graham John Krebs John R. Hitchings Lisa Lanza William Hughes LaWayne Leno Marilyn Li Please help us to keep the Jeff Manchur Membership Directory up to date Jura Margulis and accurate. Sunheiy Min If you notice an error, for which Patrick Nefzger we apologize in advance, please Eric Peppe send your corrections to the Membership Secretary, Barbara Mellon Kolb.

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12 The American Liszt Society More Updates Competition Radio Program Honors Features Franz Liszt! Franz Liszt

The Music Institute of Chicago and From Kathy Gronau of Creative Public the Chicago Duo Piano Festival are Radio, we learn that their client, LA pleased to announce a very special Theatre Works, has created a radio show Our "New" piano competition in celebration of that can be used by stations for the Franz Liszt's 200th birthday: the "Liszt 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Franz Membership 200 Chicago" International Duo Piano Liszt. The program is called "Odyssey Competition. of Love." Secretary This competition takes place "Lucy Parham has compiled Liszt's on Liszt's 200th birthday weekend, correspondence with two of his long- Barbara Mellon Kolb, who has worked tirelessly for many years in support of October 21-23, 2011, at the Music time lovers and others, and presents the Society, has been named officially by Institute of Chicago's historic landmark them as interludes to some of his the Board of Directors as Membership building in Evanston, IL. Piano duos greatest piano music. The show stars Secretary. whose members are aged 16 - 35 are Rosalind Ayres, Martin Jarvis, and Lucy Justin Kolb remains Executive invited to compete. Parham. It also includes a feature on Secretary, and both Barbara and Justin In addition to the Grand Prize Liszt's legendary concerts and the rise are now members of the Board of "Liszt 200," additional prizes will be of ',' with Robert Winter, Directors and its Executive Committee. awarded including a special "Norman Professor of Performance Practice Changes in addresses and other such Pellegrini Schubert Prize" for the best at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of information should be sent to Barbara performance of a work by Schubert. Music, and Presidential Chair in Music by e-mail at [email protected], or by Significant prize monies of at least and Interactive Arts." postal mail at 1136 Hog Mountain $10,000 will be awarded. Road, Fleischmanns, NY 12430. All duos must prepare a recital Available: PRX [http://r20.rs6.net/ (Editor's note: On behalf of the program of 45-60' duration, which tn.jsp?llr=tuwj9sbab&t=ohoikreab.0 American Liszt Society, thank you must include a significant work or .0.tuwj9sbab.0&id=preview&ts=S05 Barbara and Justin for your many hours, transcription by Liszt or his pupils, 82&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prx. weeks, months, and years of dedicated and two contrasting movements of org%2Fpieces%2F58965-odyssey-of- service to ALS and the music of Franz a Mozart sonata. The remainder of love] (590 pts). FTP [mailto:info@ Liszt!) the program is free choice repertoire. creativepr.org] (email for info) At least three composers should be represented. Performers may play all Listen:http://www.scpr.org/programs/ two-piano, all four-hand, or a mixture la-theatre-works/2011/02/12/odyssey- of repertoire. of-love/ Application deadline: Length: 01:57:58 (Can be played as two September 1, 2011. one-hour programs) Contestants are strongly encouraged to apply early. Please note: If you go to the American For complete details, including Liszt Society website at http://www. downloadable poster, online application americanlisztsociety.net, you will find the form, and updates regarding the live links that are shown above. Simply Chicago Liszt 200 Competition, please double click on the links on the ALS visit www.chicagoduopianofestival.org website, and you will be redirected to Please address questions in writing the various addresses listed above. This to: Ralph Neiweem, Music Institute of information would be useful to your Chicago, Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 local NPR stations. Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201. Here is a "modern" way to get the word about Liszt to a wider audience. If you have any success in getting support for a broadcast of this program, please Deadline for let Editor Edward Rath know by e-mail Next Newsletter at [email protected]. Please check the ALS website (http:// www.americanlisztsociety.net) for upcoming deadlines and publication dates. Click on Newsletters, and you will be able to obtain the information you need!!!

Volume 27, Issue 1, Winter/Spring 2011 13 Great Romantics Festival 2010 Liszt-Garrison "Ovations" - A Brief Review by Jacqui Muir Festival and We are delighted to report that the 2010 Great Romantics Festival was another resounding success! We were extremely gratified at the exemplary level of International performance and the warm, appreciative audiences at this Festival. From the superb piano, duo, organ, and lieder recitals, through the chamber Competition music afternoon, and culminating in the traditional Piano Gala – an afternoon The 2011 Liszt-Garrison Festival and of extraordinary performances by an outstanding and accomplished company of International Competition will take renowned pianists – our artists provided audiences with unique and memorable place October 12 - 16 on the campus interpretations. Interspersed with the performances, lecturers Mark Ainley, of the College of Notre Dame of William Aide, and Donald Manildi gave detailed, fascinating insights into the Maryland. Judges for this year's event composers who were the nucleus of this year’s Festival, Schumann and Chopin, include José Miguel Cueto, Leslie whilst our session hosts provided scholarly but cordial introductions. De’Ath, Andrew Cooperstock, It was a particular pleasure to welcome once again the Hilton Head Piano Alexandre Dossin, Enrico Elisi, Competition organizers, Dr. John and Mrs. Gene Griz, accompanied by this Daniel Glover, Gila Goldstein, Yong- year’s first prize-winner, Lukas Vondracek, who graciously performed for us at Hi Moon, Ksenia Nosikova, Janet McMaster’s Convocation Hall. Obermeyer, José Ramos-Santana, An especially noteworthy event of this year’s Festival was the Hamilton David Searle, Dmitry Shteinberg, Place Concert, in which the GRF joined with The Brott Music Festival’s superb Steven Spooner, and Richard National Academy Orchestra under Maestro Boris Brott. The capacity audience Zimdars. Guest artists and presenters was treated to a rousing evening of Schumann, Liszt, and Chopin, with pianist include Alan Walker, Honorary Valerie Tryon as soloist. During the evening Dr. Thomas Mastroianni Chair, and Michael Adcock, Thomas presented the ALS medal to distinguished author Dr. Elyse Mach – a moving Mastroianni, Donald Manildi, and and significant occasion which made the entire event particularly noteworthy and Joshua Russell. Additional participants distinctive. will be announced, and updates for the The 2010 GRF concluded with a lavish banquet at the Hamilton Convention event may be found at the Festival's Centre. Artists, organizers, and loyal supporters converged in charming very thorough and attractive website at surroundings to eat, drink, and be merry, at the end of an exhilarating three days http://www.lisztgarrisoncompetition.org/. of music making. Results of the L-GFIC will be included on the ALS and Festival websites soon after the announcements are made, and they will also be available in the next edition of the ALS NEC to host Newsletter. (Editor's note: This is one of four ALS-related events that takes "Franz Liszt and His Circle" a tremendous amount of work, The New England Conservatory of Music will again offer its Summer Piano dedication, and talent on the part Institute, and in 2011 the focus will be on "Franz Liszt and his Circle." The event of many people. To all, the ALS membership extends our thanks, will take place Friday, July 8 – Sunday, July 10. especially to and Faculty for the event include Donald Berman, Tufts University; Marilyn Roth, Nancy Roldán Ernest Ragogini!!) NEC; Steve Drury, NEC; Dana Gooley, Brown University; Kenneth Hamilton, University of Birmingham; Veronica Jochum, NEC; Steven Mayer, University of Denver; and John McDonald, Tufts University. From the NEC website (http://necmusic.edu/ce/piano-institute), one learns that 2011 ALS "The SPI began in 2007, focusing on the piano music of Schumann and Brahms, followed yearly with the music of Chopin in 2008, Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn Conference - in 2009, and Clara and Robert Schumann in 2010. The institute brings together pianists, piano teachers, and musicologists interested in synthesizing new Congratulations scholarship, historical performance practice, and historical recordings to inform their playing, teaching, and interpretation. The composer-immersion format and Thanks provides a forum for professionals, teachers, adult students, and advanced To all who made the 2011 Bicentennial high-school students. There will be opportunities for close study, practice and Year ALS Conference such a huge exposure to the entire range of music by Liszt and his followers. Faculty will give success, THANK YOU!!! Richard presentations on various aspects of the works of Liszt and the musicians in his Zimdars outdid his usual outstanding circle, including performance traditions, historical interpretive approaches, and job of organization. We hope soon analysis of early recordings of performers from the Golden Age. Sessions will to post the fabulous program book stress current topics in recent Liszt scholarship and their relevance for the pianist on the ALS website as a pdf for all to and piano teacher. The weekend culminates with a recital by the participants." read. We look forward to next year's conference at the University of Oregon!

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