Pianist Zlata Chochieva performs at the MIPF Aventura Series.

F. Chopin
‍Etudes Op. 25, No. 1

1. A-flat major
2. F minor
3. F major
4. A minor
5. E minor
6. G-sharp minor
7. C-sharp minor
8. D-flat major
9. G-flat major
10. B minor
11. A minor
12. C minor

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FRANK/BAUER
‍Prelude, fugue, et Variation, Op 18

‍W.A. MOZART
‍Sonata in IN D Major, K 311
‍Allegro con spirito
Andantino con espressione
Rondeau (Allegro)

N. MEDTNER
‍Fairy tales, Op. 48
I. Dance tale
II. Tale of the Elves

F. CHOPIN
‍Polonaise Fantasie, Op. 61

R. SCHUMANN

Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17
Quite fantastic and passionately delivered, In the tone of a legend.
Moderate. Quite energetic
Taken slowly. Keep quiet throughout.

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Jazz prodigy Brandon Goldber performs at the MIPF Academy Series in Dobbiaco, northern Italy, un July, 2024.

Russian pianist Ilya Itin performs a selection of Aleksandr Medtner's Forgotten Melodies in this MIPFA exclusive production, recorded in 2020 at NYC

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DIRECT MUSICAL REFERENCES ASSOCIATED WITH MEDTNER FORGOTTEN MELODIES:

Sometimes when searching for the right feeling, timing, sounds in a musical gesture, I have discovered specific repertoire associations that can make the musical material suddenly click.  I find that in these examples below, the connection in my mind allowed me to feel greater physical comfort as well as more precision in the sound I was seeking in specific passages in this repertoire. I share them here as another possible pathway for your own discoveries of any piece of music, and not because they are prescriptive in any way.

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Danza Festiva: (Medtner)   FM - Schumann Concerto: movement  III.  

Ilya Itin: “When I told myself: ‘No, I am playing Schumann concerto. Now it works physically and the timing…..’  

Danza Graziosa  (Medtner) - Grieg Norwegian Dance, No.2. H264  

Canzona Fluviala  (Medtner, #4) - Dvorak:  Slavonic Dance No. 10      

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Nikolai Medtner

Forgotten Melodies, Op. 38

1. Sonata Reminiscenza (Соната-воспоминание)
2. Danza Graziosa (Грациозный танец)
3. Danza Festiva (Праздничный танец)
4. Canzona Fluviala (Песнь на реке)
5. Danza Rustica (Сельский танец)
6. Canzona Serenata (Вечерния песня)
7. Danza silvestra (Лесной танец)
8. Alla Reminiscenza (Как бы воспоминание)

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Croatian-born American concert pianist Kemal Gekic performed this masterpiece in the Concerto Night event of 2021 at Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, together with the MIPF Symphony Orchestra and Javier José Mendoza as conductor.

Kemal Gekic, piano

Javier José Mendoza, conductor

MIPF Symphony Orchestra

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F. Chopin
Concerto for piano and orchestra n. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

I Allegro maestoso
II Romanze - Larghetto
III Rondo - Vivace

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Italian pianist Pietro de Maria performed this masterpiece in the Concerto Night event of 2021 at Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, together with the MIPF Symphony Orchestra and Javier José Mendoza as conductor.

Pietro de Maria, piano

Javier José Mendoza, conductor

MIPF Symphony Orchestra

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W.A. Mozart
Concerto for piano and orchestra n. 21 in C Major, K. 467

I Allegro maestoso
II Andante
III Allegro vivace assai

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Spanish-American pianist Josu De Solaun performed this masterpiece in the Concerto Night event of 2021 at Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, together with the MIPF Symphony Orchestra and Javier José Mendoza as conductor.

Josu De Solaun, piano

Javier José Mendoza, conductor

MIPF Symphony Orchestra

L. van BEETHOVEN
Concerto for piano and orchestra n. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

I. Allegro con brio
II. Largo
III. Rondó: molto allegro

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American pianist Jacob Mason made his appearance the classical music scene in 2013, when he performed Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto no. 1 with the New World Symphony alongside conductor Joshua Gersen. Since then, he has built a performing career that has taken him to countries including Switzerland, Italy, Spain. He has been invited to play at the Miami International Piano Festival, Kaleidoscope MusArt, Escape2Create, and the Birmingham New Music Festival.

Luis Urbina was born in Caracas, Venezuela . He began his musical studies at the age of 9 on the piano and at age 10 with the cello. He was considered a prodigy in his middle school and high school music programs, where he served as a musical leader and role model for other students. He feels privileged to be part of the Miami International Piano Festival family that provides the opportunity not only to work with Giselle Brodsky, but also the artists of her festival that reside in and out of Miami. He has had the opportunity to study with Frank Cooper, Misha Dacic, Jorge Luis Prats, Ilya Itin, and Kemal Gekic, all of whom he considers close mentors. Luis attended Florida International University in the Spring of 2011 to study with Kemal Gekic. Urbina is currently performing regularly as a solo and collaborative pianist.

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G. Frescobaldi
Toccata Prima del primo libro di toccate e partite d’intavolatura

‍A. Scarlatti
Partite sull’aria della Folia

‍M. Ravel
Sonatine

I Modéré
II Mouvt de Menuet
III Animé

‍C. Debussy
‍Images Book II

M. Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition

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“Pianist Flamboyant, daring, provocative, exciting, seductive and sensitive“  are some of the words used to describe one of today’s most formidable pianists, Kemal Gekic, whose playing has been acclaimed worldwide by public and critics alike. His daring approach to tone and form, marked him as a maverick in the musical world, a distinction he welcomes: the very strength of his artistry challenges, provokes, intrigues. Performing worldwide from a vast repertoire,  Kemal Gekic  presents fascinating, uncompromising and ever-changing interpretations, always generating  frenzied audience enthusiasm.

As a recording artist, Kemal Gekic has won accolades in Europe, America and Japan for insightful, original views of the music. His outstanding Rossini-Liszt transcriptions (Naxos) won “The Rosette” of The Penguin Guide for Music, while his recording of Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes (JVC) is generally considered to be the best recording of a set in history.

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F. Liszt

Consolations No. 1,2,3

Funerailles

Deux Legendes

Rhapsodie Hongroise No. 11

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F. Chopin

Nocturne op. 48, No. 2

Ballade op. 23, No. 1

Etudes op. 25, No. 2, No. 11

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In 2021, Ariel won third prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition, and was a prize winner in the inaugural Young Classical Artists Trust and Concert Artists Guild International Auditions. Over the last year Ariel has made his debut at Wigmore Hall and participated in the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont, alongside renowned artists such as Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss.

His recording of music by Schubert for Linn Records was released, and he gave live concerts for the Vancouver Recital Society in Canada and the Banco de la República in Colombia. As soloist he performed Brahms Concerto No.2 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and Beethoven’s Concerto No.2 at the Royal Academy of Music.

This project was recorded at the iconic Musikbrauerei in Berlin by Culiner Creative Circle, and includes comments by the artist.

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R. Schumann
‍Allegro in B minor, op. 8

R. Schumann
‍Kinderszenen, op. 15 (excerpts)

I. Albéniz
‍Iberia, Book III

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“Everything he does sounds true, with great economy of gestures, cristal-clear limpidity and intense expression.” - Süddeutsche ZeitungAlthough he declined to participate in the usual round of international competitions, pianist Julien Libeer gained widespread attention.Libeer was born in the Brussels area in 1987. Around age four, he heard Leonard Bernstein's recording of his musical West Side Story, and, he asks rhetorically, "Is it possible to see Bernstein at work and not believe that making music is the greatest thing on earth?" Libeer took up the piano at six, studying first with Jean Fassina and then with Maria João Pires at Brussels' Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. His career grew to international dimensions with appearances at such prestigious venues as the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Palau de Musica in Barcelona, and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg as well as the top Belgian Halls. Libeer has hosted his own program, about musical storytelling, on Belgian television, and he has hosted a concert series at the Bruges Concertgebouw, where he invites another musician and a speaker to explore a particular theme.

J.S. BachPrelude & Fugue in CL.v. BeethovenBagatelle in c minorJ.S. BachPrelude & Fugue in A flatF. ChopinMazurka in C# minor op. 53/3J.S. BachPrelude & Fugue in A, in B flat & B majorF. SchubertSonata in B flat major, D. 960Julien Libeer, piano

72:01 min 2023

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