Thursday, May 8th
7:00 p.m. - FREE LECTURE - "Why Pianists Need to Listen to Great Singers"  Ivan Davis, Pianist-in-Residence, University of Miami Frost School of Music

8:15 p.m. – Jorge Luis Prats (Cuba) A journey into the music of Spain, Brazil and Cuba by an awe-inspiring performer.
Granados: Goyescas
Villalobos: Bachianas
Farinas: Altagracia (tango)
Liszt/Prats  Spanish Raphsody

Friday, May 9th
7:00 p.m. – Free Lecture: "The Genius of Horowitz: A Look Behind the Scenes of his Recordings."  Thomas Frost, Grammy Award winning producer of artists such as Horowitz, Stern, Abado, Volodos & Levine.

8:15 p.m. – Gulsin Onay (Turkey)
South Florida debut follows performances with Vladimir Ashkenazy & Vienna Symphony
Bach Bussoni: Two Chorals ● Schuman: Abegg Variations, Op.1
Mendelssohn: Variations serieuses, Op. 54 ● Elgar: Smyrna
Saygun: 6 Preludes in Aksak Rhythms, Op. 45 ● Chopin: Ballade No. 3 & Variations Op 12
Liszt: March for Sultan Abdul Mejcid-Khan

Saturday, May 10th
2:00 p.m. – Prodigies & Masters of Tomorrow
Sijing Ye (China) 15 year old virtuosa
Beethoven - Thirty-two Variations in C minor, Op. W 80
Beethoven - Sonata No.26 in E-flat Major, Op.81a
Szymanowski - Variations in B-minor
Liebermann - “Gargoyles”
Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Schumann
Chopin - Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.6

7:00 p.m. – Free Lecture: "From the Silly to the Sublime:  The Alchemny of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations" Stuart Isacoff,   pianist, composer, writer and founding editor of Piano Today magazine.

8:15 p.m. – Aleksandar Madzar (Serbia)
“An artist whose horizons are far wider that those of many of his peers . . .” The Guardian
Beethoven: Diabelli-Variations (Opus 120)
Szymanowski: Piano Sonata No 2
Chopin:  Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante Opus 23

Sunday, May 11th
Concerto Night!

7:00 p.m. – Free Lecture: "Piano vs. Orchestra: The Concerto As Battlefield."   Stuart Isacoff, pianist, composer, writer and founding editor of Piano Today magazine.

8:15 p.m. The Miami International Piano Festival Orchestra, William Noll, Conductor
Gulsin Onay  (Turkey) – Chopin Concerto # 2
Pietro de Maria (Italy) – Tchaikovsky Concerto #1

 

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