The Department of Music proudly presents FAU Piano Faculty Heather Coltman Irena Kofman Krisztina Kover Anne Louise-Turgeon Leonid Treer Edward Turgeon Saturday, October 27, 8 p.m. University Theatre FAU Boca Raton FAD So-IOOL OF THE ARTS Dorothy F. Sdlmidt College 01 Arts and Lett"" Florida Atlantic University FAU Piano Faculty, October 27, 2007 Program KlovierstUcke, Op. 1 18 Johannes Brahms Intermezzo (1833-1897) Etude de Sonorite No. 2 Fran~ois Morel (b. 1926) Edword Turgeon Three Impromptus, op. 90, D. 899 Franz Schubert No.2 in E flot moior, Allegro (1770-1828) No.3 in G flat major; Andante No. 4 in A flot mojor; Alfegretlo Irena Kofman Allegro vivace Fanny Hensel (1805- 1847) Soirees Musicales, op. 6 Clara Wieck-Schumann Notlurno (1819-1896) Tocco/ina Four Sketches, Op. 15 Amy Beoch Dreaming (1867-1944) Virtuoso I Jeonn~ Zaidel-Rudolph (b. 1948) Heather Coltman INTERMISSION Rumanian Christmas Carols, First Series Belp eortcw Allegro barbara (I 8~.,j 9;,'B) Krisztina Kover Mazurka, Op. 30 No.2 Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) The Seasons, Op.37b Peter lIyich Tchoikovsky April ("Snowdrop") (1840- 1893) Leonid Treer Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 Robert Schumann Andante (1810-1856) Vor. I; Un poco piu vivo Vor. 1/ Etude 11/; Vivoce Vor. III Vor. IV: Sscherzondo Vor. V: Agitoto Vor. VI; Allegro malta Vor. VII: Sempre morcotissimo Etude IX; Presto possibile Vor. VfII; Sempre can energio Var. IX; Can espressione Finale; Allegro brilfanle Anne louise-Turgeon FAU Piano Faculty, October 27, 2007 Participating Artists Canadian pianist Edward Turgeon earned a bachelor of music degree in piano performance from his hometown University of Toronto in 1989, along with the coveted Forsyth Memorial Scholarship for top graduating pianist. That same year, he began a three year appointment as keyboard faculty member and choir of the music deportment at Algoma University College in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Graduate studies brought Turgeon to the United States, where he has lived since 1991, earning master of music (1993), Master of Musical Arts (1994) and doctor of musical arts (2000) degrees in piano performance from Yale University School of Music, along with the Philip Nelson and Catherine Winchell Memorial Scholarships awarded to "an outstanding solo piano performance major," and Yale's special prize for best chamber music ensemble. Turgeon's summer studies included a chamber music fellowship at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, masterclasses at the Holland Music Sessions, intensive chamber music studies with members of the Bavarian Radio Orchestra at the Jeunesses Musicales International Chamber Music Festival and Workshop in Weikersheim, Germany, and annual piano masterclasses at Banff Centre for Music and Sound from 1986 to 1990. His teachers included James Anagnoson, Peter Frankl, Claude Frank, Marek Jablonski, Karl Ulrich Schnabel and Peter Serkin. As a chamber musician, Turgeon has performed and/or toured with noted musicians of our time including Sidney Harth, James Campbell, CheeYun, David Jolley, Ivan Chan, Keith Robinson, Michael Rusinek, Michael Webster, Ransom Wilson and Laura Gilbert. As a member of the piano duo "Duo Turgeon," with his wife Anne louise-Turgeon, Edward has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, and many well known chamber music festivals. The duo has taken first prize and numerous additional special prizes at major international competitions for piano duos, including the Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition (Miami) and Schubert International Competition for Piano Duos (Czech Republic). Six recordings on the Vanguard Classics, Marquis Classics, Marquis/EMI, Dranoff Foundation and ClassXdiscs labels have been hailed by numerous critics and included among several classical top ten lists. Turgeon's recordings have consistently received the highest possible ratings from classical music periodicals and CD rating guides such as La Scena Musicale, les Grandes Pianistes et Ie Piano, Wholenote Magazine, Musicweb, Soundstage, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's "Sound Advice." He has given world premiere performances of works by such 20th century luminaries as Alex Pauk, Aaron Copland and John Corigliano. The noted French music critic Stephan Villemin recently named the Duo Turgeon as "among the top four or five world class piano duos of our time." Turgeon's performances have been heard in radio broadcasts worldwide, including several appearances on National Public Radio's "Performance Today." He is a featured pianist in the NPR television documentary "Two Pianos - One Passion." Turgeon was recently honored with an invitation to join the international roster of Steinway artists. Turgeon's upcoming recording projects include works for two pianos by Johannes Brahms, works for two pianos by Spanish composers, and a two-CD set of works for two pianos and one piano, four-hands, by Max Reger. FAU Piano Faculty, October 27, 2007 Participating Artists Turgeon appears frequently as a competition iudge, most recently at the Murray DronoH International Two Piano Competition, and the national finals of the Canadian Music Competition. Turgeon is currently a member of the keyboard faculty, at Florida Atlantic University's Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and letters, School of the Arts. He is also a senior member of the Royal Conservatory of Music's College of Examiners. In 2006, Turgeon accepted on invitation to be artistic director of the Murray DrenoH Foundation and Internotional Two Piano Competition. Russian-American pianist Irena Kofman holds a master of music degree awarded by the Moscow State Conservatory and a doctorate of musical arts from the University of Miami. Kofman is currently a member of the piano faculty at FAU. At age seven she won first prize in a regional piano competition, and a few years later took first place at the Russian State Piano competition held in Belgorod. Her many other awards while in the Soviet Union include first prize at the 1985 Concerto Competition in Moscow, a special prize at the 1986 Rachmaninov Competition in Tambov, first prize at the 1988 International Chamber Music Competition in Riga (latvia) and an Outstanding Teacher Award at the Special Preparatory School for Gifted Children in Voronezh in 1991. Before leaving the Soviet Union, she enjoyed a growing reputation by touring extensively as a soloist and chamber artist. After settling in the U.S., Kofman pursued her doctorate at the University of Miami while holding teaching positions there and at FAU. Rosalina Sackstein, the distinguished Cuban pianist and former student of Claudio Arrau, was her mentor at the University of Miami, where Kofman wrote a dissertation on the Russian school of pianism. As an outstanding doctoral student at the University of Miami, Kofman was invited to perform in different venues at Salzburg during its prestigious Summer Festival. Her personal career thus resumed and she was heard in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France and Italy. As on inaugural member of the Arcangelo Piano Quartet, a distinguished American chamber ensemble, she has toured Guatemala, Chino and the U.S., all to rove reviews. In the words of critic lawrence Budmen, "Kofman's finely manicured articulation of the piano line was wonderfully limpid and c1ear....the entire performance had a unique sense of deeply felt, highly personal.music making." Regarding the Arcangelo's performance of Schumann's piano quartet, critic Jeffrey Rossman wrote, "As a pianist-composer, Schumann wrote on especially virtuosic port for the keyboard. Kofman was brilliant in her phrasing and control...it became apparent that this is indeed a world-class ensemble." In addition to her highly acclaimed piano studio, Kofman recently formed a duo with the eminent Belgian pianist Andre De Groote. Their concerts, given in Europe and the U.S., have already met with critical acclaim and more especially with the enthusiasm and genuine emotional involvement of their audiences. In 2006, this duo performed Beethoven's complete works for piano duet, among many other programs. Their new collaboration on a recording of Russian composers will be FAU Piano Faculty, October 27, 2007 Participating Artists released on the FAU Hoot/Wisdom recording label. Kofman's solo recordings are available on the loconto Artists label. American pianist Heather Cohman is widely acclaimed across three continents as a solo and chamber musician. She has given recitals and performed with orchestras and on radio broadcasts throughout the United Stotes and in Canoda, Mexico, Switzerland, France, Germany, Spain, Greece and South Africa. She maintains an active performance schedule as a soloist and chamber musician. Renowned as a teacher, many of her piano students are distinguished performers and educators throughout the Americas and in Europe. Coltman first performed in public at the age of five in her native country of Zambia. Her early piano studies with her mother continued after the family emigrated to the United States in 1966. As a recipient of the Austin Symphony Youth Award, Coltman mode her debut with the Austin Symphony at the age of 16. She has received many awards, including top placement in the Geza Anda International Piano Competition, the Missouri Southern International Piano Competition and the Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition. Other prizes include the Outstanding Accompanist Award at both the Emanuel Feuermann Memorial International Cello Competition and the Corpus Christi Young Artists Competition. Coltman holds a doctor of