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Monday, December 05, 2005
The Complete Piano Etudes of Gyorgy Ligeti, December 14th, 2005 at 8PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
New York, NY, December 5, 2005
Contact: Scott Taylor, Concert Manager: (212)-242-4770
Greenwich House presents a piano recital featuring the critically acclaimed pianist, Taka Kigawa, performing The Complete Piano Etudes by Gyorgy Ligeti: Books 1, 2 and the recently released Book 3 - Volume 1. This concert takes place on Wednesday, December 14th, 2005 at 8PM, at Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street (between Seventh Avenue South and Bedford Street), New York, NY 10014. The nearest subway station is Christopher Street, Line 1. Admission for this event is $10 general. Doors open at 7:30pm. SEATS ARE LIMITED, PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY.
The New York Times hails Taka Kigawa as "Poetry, Intense and Spontaneous," "Talented and adventurous young pianist." The New Yorker also acclaimed him as "The pianist, admired for his command of the most formidable contemporary works."
Pianist Taka Kigawa has earned such outstanding recognition for his starry piano performance. He possesses a broad spectrum of repertoire ranging from the baroque period to music of today. He has been especially acclaimed for his execution of post romantic and contemporary music, such as the works of Claude Debussy, Harrison Birtwistle, John Cage and Pierre Boulez.
Mr. Kigawa has performed extensively as a recitalist and soloist with orchestra after winning first prize in The Japan Musical Education and Culture Promotion Society Competition at Tokyo in 1990. He received his Bachelor's degree from Shinsyu University and his Master of Arts degree from Tokyo Gakugei (Liberal Arts) University. Throughout his undergraduate and graduate training, He also studied composition and conducting for which he received honors as well. Mr. Kigawa continued his studies in the United States at The Juilliard School in New York City, where he was the recipient of the Alexander Siloti Scholarship. He holds a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School. In 1998, he was awarded the Diploma Prize at Coucurs Internacional Maria Canals De Barcelona in Spain.
Taka Kigawa has performed in many prestigious venues including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Kosciuszko Foundation, Salle Gaveau in Paris and Plau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona.
Program: THE COMPLETE PIANO ETUDES OF GYORGY LIGETI
Etudes for Piano, Book I
Desordre
Cordes a vide
Touches bloquees
Fanfares
Arc-en-ciel
Automne a Varsovie
Etudes for Piano, Book II
Galamb Borong
Fem
Vertige
Der Zauberlehrlling
En Suspens
Entrelacs
L'escalier du diable
Coloana infinita
Etudes for Piano, Book III - Volume 1
White on White
Pour Irina
A bout de souffle
Canon
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ZANKEL HALL (NYC) DECEMBER 10, 2005 at 7:30 PM
CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS:
THE JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET PERFORMING "The Loss and the Silence"
a new work by EZEQUIEL VIÑAO
Read about this Juilliard Centennial Commission at:
http://www.juilliard.edu/update/journal/j_articles659.html
OTHER SELECTED PERFORMANCES OF "THE LOSS AND THE SILENCE":
Alice Tully Hall (NYC) October 20, 2005
Jordan Hall (Boston) November 12, 2005
Mozart-Saal Kongresshalle Liederhalle (Stuttgart, Germany) January 19, 2006
Muziekcentrum Eindhoven Grote zaal (Holland) January 25, 2006
Muziekcentrum Enschede Concertzaal (Holland) January 26, 2006
Cal State Laxson Auditorium (Chico, California) March 24, 2006
San Francisco State University, McKenna Theatre, March 26, 2006
Perimeter Institute (Waterloo, ON, Canada) March 30, 2006
Pennsylvania Convention Center (Philadelphia) March 31, 2006
Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium (Washington, DC) April 7, 2006
St. Croix Concert Series (Stillwater, MN) April 21, 2006
Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, IL) June 27, 2006
Ozawa Hall (Tanglewood, MA) June 30, 2006
ABOUT THE NEW WORK:
Viñao’s second string quartet is a synthesis of the composer’s work to date. It incorporates the four main threads that run through all of his music: the structural use of rhythmic cycles; the unfolding of long melismae (spun mainly from Mozarabic chant); the concept of re-interpretation, and an interest in Medieval thought and traditions."The Loss and the Silence" –Tolkien’s phrase– was originally the title of the second movement of the quartet. In Tolkien’s story, an immortal, ageless maiden chooses mortality in order to be with the mortal man she loves. After many years of dwelling together in bliss, the man, at last, feels that his life draws to an end. She is overborne by grief and a keen sense of the mortality that she has taken upon her. The story’s substance relates to the early Christian symbols of “Mortality" and "Fall". “Mortality,” understood as “the gift of the One to Men,” and “Fall,” as the result of a rebellion against this gift, leading to a desire for power and the corrupted use of man’s inner talents with the “object of bull-dozing the real world, of coercing other wills". Other aspects of this multi-faceted work include the use of deconstructed dance forms, such as the "Cadenero" movement. From the Spanish for 'chain', 'cadenero' is a slang that refers to a horse that is fastened to a vehicle with chains for the purpose of pulling it when the road is difficult. In Tango parlance, the expression 'fueye cadenero' refers to a bandoneon that leads an orchestra (the word 'fueye' stands for a pleated windbag.)
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Ezequiel Viñao was born in 1960 in Argentina. Early on, he developed an interest in music technology and in rhythmic cycles, both of which were later to become significant features of his music. In works from the 1980s such as La Noche de las Noches for string quartet and electronics, or in the solo tape piece Voices of Silence, his style is already distinctive. Having moved to New York in 1980, Viñao attended the Juilliard School. In 1987 he was invited to Avignon to work with the late Olivier Messiaen in a series of televised masterclasses, an experience that had a profound influence on Viñao’s style and found its musical expression in a work entitled "The Conference of the Birds". Together with his first book of "Études" for solo piano, it was these works which brought Ezequiel Viñao wider recognition on the international musical scene. Viñao's music is often described as "timeless", ‘powerful’ and ‘compelling’, and he has received various awards and distinctions in recognition of its qualities. Apart from a Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, Viñao has also received prizes from the San Antonio Festival, the Argentinian Academy of Fine Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the International Music Council in Paris and the International Society for Contemporary Music. Viñao is currently working on a large piece for Chanticleer's "Orchestra of Voices". A new recording -Arcanum/BIS Records- is now available in stores worldwide.
www.tloneditions.com
The Juilliard String Quartet, now in its 59 season as a resident teaching and performing ensemble at The Juilliard School, has established and maintained a reputation as one of the world’s great chamber ensembles. The Quartet is widely admired for its seminal influence on aspiring string players around the world and continues to play an important role in the formation of new American ensembles. The Quartet was instrumental in the formation of the Alexander, American, Concord, Emerson, La Salle, New World, Mendelssohn, Tokyo, Brentano, Lark, St. Lawrence and Colorado string quartets. The ensemble’s recordings have been released by Sony Classical since 1949. The Quartet’s 2005-06 season takes them to Europe this fall where they are joined by oboist Heinz Holliger for performances in Italy, Holland, Warsaw, and Paris. In a second concert in Paris, the Quartet makes a special appearance to play its own arrangement of Bach’s “Art of the Fugue.” The Quartet returns to Europe in the second half of the season to Germany, Spain, Estonia, and Austria where they celebrate the 250 th Mozart birthday at the Musikverien in Vienna, a January 27 th concert with Emanuel Ax. Further touring in the United States includes their annual concerts in Boston, Washington, Detroit, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, as well as performances in the Midwest, Canada, and New England.
www.juilliardstringquartet.org
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