CHOPIN FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. Officers & Directors Krzysztof Penderecki - Honorary Chairman Blanka A. Rosenstiel - Founder & President Olga Melin - Vice President Richard Lubman - Treasurer SPRING 2016 Rebecca Baez - Secretary Volume XXV / Number 2 Directors Agustin Anievas, Roberta O. Chaplin, Rosa-Rita Gonzalez, Dr. William J. Hipp, Renate Ryan, Lorraine Sonnabend TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Director Message from the Founder and President .................................... 2 Jadwiga Viga Gewert Artistic Consultants Chopin Foundation Donors and Contributors ............................... 3 Dr. Adam Aleksander, Agustin Anievas, Kevin Kenner & Margarita Shevchenko Message from the Executive Director ........................................... 4 Regional Councils Highlights from 2015-16 Season ................................................. 5 Mack McCray - San Francisco Chopin Council Allan Park - Northwest Chopin Council Winners of the XVII Int’l Chopin Competition ................................ 6 Christopher Onzol - Southwest Chopin Council Robert Joskowiak - Virginia Chopin Council Winners’ Impressions ............................................................6 & 7 Scholarship Committee 2016-17 Concert Season ............................................................. 8 Dr. Adam Aleksander, Agustin Anievas, Dr. Hanna Cyba Advisory Board Sponsor Spotlight: Isa & Marvin Leibowitz ................................... 9 Bonnie Barrett - Yamaha Artist Services Joel Harrison - American Pianists Association Visit to Warsaw .......................................................................... 10 Gary Ingle - Music Teachers National Association Ron Losby - Steinway & Sons Valuable Pleyel Piano Finds Its Home ........................................ 11 International Artistic Advisory Council Chopin Foundation Council of San Francisco ............................. 12 Agustin Anievas, Martha Argerich, Emanuel Ax, Jeffrey N. Babcock, John Bayless, Luiz Fernando Benedini, John Corigliano, Ivan Davis, Christopher Chopin Foundation Council of the Northwest ............................ 13 T. Dunworth, Charles Dutoit, Nelson Freire, Bruno Leonardo Gelber, Gary Graffman, Horacio Gutierrez, Marta Istomin, Byron Janis, James Judd, Cyprien Katsaris, Zoltan Koscis, Garrick Ohlsson, Paloma O’Shea, Daniel Chopin Foundation Council of Virginia ...................................... 14 Pollack, Maurizio Pollini, Abbey Simon, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Michael Tilson Thomas, Charles Wadsworth, Susan Wadsworth, Krystian Zimerman Scholarship Program for Young Pianists .................................... 15 Editorial Our Sponsors ........................................................................... 16 Polonaise is published semi-annually by the Chopin Foundation of the USA 1440 79th Street Causeway, Suite 117, Miami, FL 33141 Contributions ............................................................................ 17 Editorial Office: 305-868-0624 • 305-865-5150 (Fax) E-mail: [email protected] • Website: www.chopin.org Publisher: Lady Blanka A. Rosenstiel Executive Editor: Jadwiga Viga Gewert Editor: Barbara Muze, Marketing/Development Manager Cover photo: Chopin’s last piano, on which he composed during the last two Contributors: Mack McCray, Allan Park, Robert Joskowiak, years of his life. Photo courtesy of the Chopin Museum in Warsaw, Poland [M/87]. Beata Paszyc, Lynne Schaefer Design: Rick Tuckerman, Zoom IQ Copyright © Chopin Foundation of the United States, Inc. All rights reserved. Message from the Founder “T his will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” Leonard Bernstein Blanka A. Rosenstiel Founder and President he year 2015 was filled with many wonderful events, starting We will continue to add new recordings of current and future with our National Chopin Piano Competition. Our winners went performances so please visit often. What a great opportunity for us to on to Warsaw last October – and came back with prizes! We relive these glorious concerts! Tare very proud of Eric Lu and of Kate Liu as well as all of the others who were able to enrich their musical experiences by participating in such a All of our programs will be continued for the upcoming 2016-17 and prestigious event. beyond. Many more young talented artists will come to South Florida to perform for us in the Southern Wine and Spirit’s Chopin for All Now we look forward to the next Chopin Competition, which is only four Free Concert Series, and master musicians will play at our Chopin years ahead! We will continue to encourage young American pianists to Salon Concerts. In collaboration with other national and international perfect their interpretations of Chopin’s music and to work hard to get organizations we can extend the reach of Chopin’s music and introduce ready for the year 2020. Our Chopin Scholarship Program has helped more artists to our audiences. We will simply follow the advice of the great many young pianists to continue their musical education, and we are eager Leonard Bernstein – we will make beautiful music accessible to all. to reach many more! With the help of our generous supporters – current and future – we will do Our 2015 competition’s performances were recorded and made available what we can to help fight the violence and unite people with the beauty to all. Just visit our new Video Channel available on our website www. of the music. Thank you, friends and members of the Chopin Foundation chopin.org and listen to all of those who played during the Miami and all of you who assist us in carrying our mission forward. Competition in February 2015. 2 // POLONAISE SPRING 2016 Chopin Foundation Donors and Contributors We extend our to those whose vision and support have helped us this year with our mission: to develop the next generation of great musicians! May we continue to add to this deepest thanks esteemed roster others who would join us in support of our mission. FOUNDER PATRONS Leda Kwiatek Jacqueline Tuozzolo Marta Kozolchyk Olchyk Lady Blanka A. Rosenstiel Keiko Alexander Dr. Steven Lagerberg Hedwig Van De Kreeke Patricia Laland Rosenstiel Foundation Hilda Andrews Sonia & Barbara Laguna Migdania Vega Barbara Levy Lynn Atkinson Barbara Landegger Jon Verbalis Stephen Lipster GRAND BENEFACTORS Phillip Balbi Norman & Margaretha Leathers Gerrit & Tatiana Verburg Teresa Mestre The Beveridge Family Foundation Jewel Bertman Little Keswick Foundation Jerry Wang Marlon Migala Harvey & Roberta Chaplin Charles Block Joseph Lavinio Jean Warner Cheng Mitch The City of Coral Gables Sheila Brauchler Christopher & Barbara Lunding Hadley Williams Li Chiung Moyant Brenda Bruce Fountain Linda Brumagin Bruce Mencher Julie & Bob Williamson Patricia Navajas Funding Arts Network Andrzej Bytnar Miami Foundation Shelby Dennis Winstead David Niemiec Florman Family Foundation S. Peter Capua, Esq. Diwaldo Morales & Lawrence Wong Yolaine Numa Marvin & Isabel Leibowitz Kay Carpenter & B G Carter Julia Benavides Raul Recasens Ann E. Leibowitz Fund Buddy & Diane Cohen Avis Neiman FRIENDS Marcel Ritter Richard & Theresa Lubman Lucette Comer Bac Hai Nguyen & David Adler Lulu Rosen Olga & David Melin Carmen Cuenca Bao-Tran Doan Sari Agatston Eugene Ross Miami-Dade County Sophie Dabrowska Sabrina Noto Sonia Alcazar Leonard Sanginario The Sascha Gorodnitzki Foundation Eldris De La Torre Packman, Neuwahl & Rosenberg Marian Alperstein Isolina Santiago Dr. Joy Segal Dr. Carlos & Carmen Dominguez Dr. & Mrs. Jose Perez-Rivas Robert Arnebeck Leslie Silverman The State of Florida Norman Edelcup Palisades Contractors - in memory Naomi Barrettara Audrey Skopp Stephen & Lorraine Sonnabend Wendy Erickson of Paul Roth Allan Behm Suzanne Southwell Southern Wine & Spirits of America Olga Figueras Marie Parkanyi Julia Benavides Monica Sprouse Joseph & Ligia Wiegand Florence Fowlkes Elizabeth & Ralph Piotrovsky James Butt Peter Steeger Family Foundation Edith Friedheim Luis Pujol James Campbell Peter Steinberg Roberto & Marie Friedman Daisy Richardson Jack Cohen Dean Taylor BENEFACTORS Margarita Garcia Hedwig Ringger & Jolanta Bak Raymond Copell Arlene Terrinoni Agustin & Carol Anievas Ariel Garcia Dr. Miriam Rodriguez Ann Marie Crawford Anthony Traveis American Council for Polish Culture Pamela Jo Garrison Carole Romer & William Nigh Dory Cruz Richard Vaz Audrey Love Charitable Foundation Lenore Gaynor Carol Sadowski Rosemarie Curasi Carol Warsawer Manuel & Rebecca Baez Gabriel Gerzvolf Adele Sandberg Grecia Falcon Maria Wiesmann George Berberian Marcia Green Alicja Schoonover Marina Garrett Chopin Vodka Olga Gulinsky Dolores Seidon Chuck Greif The Garvin Family Foundation Clifford & Norma Hall Peter & Lisa Seite Candido Font Rosa-Rita Gonzalez Sybille Holder Fred & Dora Seltzer Jean Fraser Keith & Agnes Gray Helene Houge Inga Senis Nancy Hanna Greater Miami Convention & Christopher Humberstone & Margaret Seroppian Pedro Hernandez Visitors Bureau Luisa Ruffin Daniel & Ilanit Setton Petrina Hurlbert Jadwiga Henderson William Hutchinson Yuri Shadrin Sandra Ivy Dr. William & Frankie Hipp IBM Sandra Simon Yasmin Jacob Maestro William Noll Dr. Kurien Jacob Clara Sredni Claire Jacobson Maestro Grzegorz Nowak Dr. Alma Kadragic Barbara Stephens Jessica Jetley Renate Ryan & Charles Falk Michael & Susan Kaufman Duane & Liliana Treeman Gary Johnson POLONAISE SPRING 2016 // 3 Executive Director’s Message ince the last issue of the Together we had a great time, not only during our lengthy breakfasts at Polonaise,