Caramoor Presents Turns of the Centuries: Piano Panoply 2010 Great Artists in the Music Room

Feb. 11, 2010 - PRLog -- WHO:
Sarah Cahill, Joel Fan, Benjamin Hochman, Ieva Jokubaviciute, Andrius Zlabys, pianos

WHEN:  Sunday, March 28, 2010, 4:00 p.m.

WHERE:  Rosen House Music Room | Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
 
PROGRAM:  
Solo piano works by:  Haydn, Beethoven, Schoenberg, Berg, Debussy, Janacek, Scriabin, Ingram Marshall, Terry Riley, Annea Lockwood, and a world premiere of a work by Annie Gosfield.

TICKETS: $40.  To purchase tickets, call the Caramoor Box Office at 914.232.1252, or visit www.caramoor.org

PRESS TICKETS:  Whitney Holden, 917.339.7188, wholden@cohndutcher.com

Katonah, New York - On Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts presents the first installment of this spring's Great Artists in the Music Room Series.  Turns of the Centuries: Piano  Panoply presents a vast array of works for solo piano, written at the turns of the last three centuries, that represent dramatic and influential shifts from Classicism to Romanticism and from the last days of tonality to the new musical languages of the first decade of the 20th century, as well as works written in the last ten years that suggest the creative impulses and possibilities of contemporary composition. Included in this panoply of works, contemporary music specialist Sarah Cahill will give the world premiere performance of Annie Gosfield's newest work for piano solo. At the forefront of their generation, these five pianists - Sarah Cahill, Joel Fan, Benjamin Hochman, Ieva Jokubaviciute and Andrius Zlabys - bring the music to life with powerfully original and highly sensitive and nuanced interpretations of this stunning diversity of repertoire.  

Great Artists in the Music Room: Turns of the Centuries
Where we find significant social, political and cultural shifts throughout history, we also find important music. Turns of the Centuries presents music of transitional importance, written at the turns of the 18th into the 19th, the 19th into the 20th, and the 20th into the 21st centuries, performed by some of today's most extraordinary artists.  Each program explores influential music written at the time of seminal historical shifts, whether it be the movement away from the Classical style towards Romanticism of the late Haydn and middle period Beethoven, or the development of new musical languages in response to the loosening of tonality during the first decade of the 20th Century, or the entirely new world of our contemporary musical culture(s).  Turns of the Centuries is curated by Christopher Zimmerman, Artistic Administrator for the Caramoor Center.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Sarah Cahill was recently praised in the Village Voice for "her phenomenal technique, her instinctive command of recent aesthetics, and quite possibly the most interesting repertoire of any pianist around." She specializes in new American music, as well as the American experimental tradition, and has commissioned, premiered and recorded numerous compositions for solo piano.  

Joel Fan began his performing career with the New York Philharmonic at age 11, as a winner of the Philharmonic's Young People's Concert Auditions, and has since appeared in recital and with orchestras throughout the world.  Mr. Fan's eclectic repertoire spans traditional piano classics and concertos, his own piano transcriptions and cadenzas, and newly commissioned works.

Benjamin Hochman has achieved widespread acclaim for his performances as orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician on some of the world's greatest concert stages and festivals. After his successful recital debut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he became a presence in New York through concerts with the New York Philharmonic and the American Symphony Orchestra, his Carnegie Hall debut with the Israel Philharmonic, and appearances at the 92nd Street Y.

Ieva Jokubaviciute is known for her deep musical and emotional commitment to a wide range of repertoire.  She performs regularly in the US and Europe, where critics have described her as possessing "razor-sharp intelligence and wit"' (The Washington Post) and as "elegant and engaging" (The Wall Street Journal).

Andrius Zlabys has appeared widely throughout the world as soloist and chamber musician. A prizewinner at the 2003 Cleveland International Piano Competition, he performed as soloist with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony and Cleveland Orchestra.

ABOUT CARAMOOR
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts - a performing arts center located on a unique 90-acre setting of Italianate architecture and gardens in Westchester County, NY - enriches the lives of its audiences through innovative and diverse musical performances of the highest quality.  Its mission also includes mentoring young professional musicians and providing educational programs for young children centered around music.  For more information, go to Caramoor.org, or call (914) 232-5035.

Tickets:
$40.00.  To purchase tickets, call the Caramoor Box Office at 914.232.1252, or visit www.caramoor.org
Subscription Series Price: Trio (any 3 concerts and lecture/dramatization) $105.00 (SAVE 12.5%)

For Press Tickets:
Contact Whitney Holden, Cohn Dutcher Associates | 917.339.7188 | wholden@cohndutcher.com

PROGRAM
GREAT ARTISTS IN THE MUSIC ROOM
TURNS OF THE CENTURIES: PIANO PANOPLY
SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2010, 4:00 P.M.
ROSEN HOUSE MUSIC ROOM
Sarah Cahill, piano
Joel Fan, piano
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano
Andrius Zlabys, piano

Solo piano works by:  Haydn, Beethoven, Schoenberg, Berg, Debussy, Janacek, Scriabin, Ingram Marshall, Terry Riley, Annea Lockwood, and a world premiere of a work by Annie Gosfield.

CARAMOOR CENTER FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS IS LOCATED AT 149 GIRDLE RIDGE ROAD, KATONAH, NEW YORK

This performance is made possible, in part, by ArtsWestchester with funds from Westchester County Government.
This performance is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

The Spring 2010 Indoors season is made possible, in part, through generous funding from Floy and Amos Kaminski.

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With its outstanding summer music festival & indoors concerts, arts-in-education programming and beautiful grounds, Caramoor is a cornerstone of the cultural life of Westchester County, NY.