Los Alamos Preliminary
September 21 - 23, 2007
Friday
5:30 pm
LANB Reception at Fuller Lodge
7:00 pm
Vetrinskaya & Wiseman Piano Duo
(See Benefit Concerts)
Saturday
12:00 - 6:00 pm
Competition Performances
7:00 pm
Baron & Premezzi Piano Duo
(See Benefit Concerts)
Sunday
12:00 - 6:00 pm
Competition Performances
VETRINSKAYA –WISEMAN
PIANO DUO
Friday, September 21, 2007
7:00 pm
Fuller Lodge Hall
Los Alamos
Dr. Tatiana Vetrinskay from Russia has been teaching and performing in the United States since 1995. She received her Bachelor and Masters in Piano Performance from the National Conservatory of Turkmenistan and her Doctoral Degree from Gnesia Academy of Music, Moscow. She also holds a Masters in Piano Performance from the University of New Mexico. She is an active solo and collaborative performer.
Steven Wiseman, concert pianist and teacher of piano, finished his ealy studies with William Spencer Johnson who was assistant to Carl Reinecke of the Leipiz Conservatorium. Wiseman went on to graduate with honors from Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he also became a Conservatory and College faculty member representing the Conservatory student body. At that time he was elected President of the Oberlin Conservatory Board. He has also held teaching appointments at Truman State University, the University of Wyoming, and the University of Kansas. Wiseman currently serves as Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at The New Mexico School of Music Music where he is a faculty member and teacher of piano. He continues to perform in the Vetrinskaya-Wiseman Piano Duo.
PROGRAM
Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 35……………………Camille Saint-Saëns
(1835-1921)
Sonate ……………………………………………………….Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
I. Prologue
II. Allegro molto
III. Andante lyrico
IV. Epilogue
Intermission
Suite No. 2, Op. 17 ………………………………………… Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
I. Introduction
II. Waltz
III. Romance
IV. Tarantella
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BARON-PREMEZZI
PIANO DUO
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
7:00 pm
Fuller Lodge Hall
Los Alamos
An award-winning concert pianist, Michael Baron performs more than fifty concerts each year throughout the United States and Europe. Equally at home as a recitalist, a soloist with orchestra, and a chamber musician, Baron commands a diverse repertoire, ranging from Baroque compositions to world premieres of contemporary pieces. His virtuosity and musicianship regularly garner the highest critical acclaim. Baron received his doctorate in Piano Performance from The Ohio State University where he studied with the legendary American pianist Earl Wild. He also worked extensively in Italy with the renowned pianist Orazio Frugoni.
Dr. Baron is currently Associate Professor of Music and Head of Piano Studies at the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers, Florida. A distinguished educator, Baron has presented masterclasses and workshops at schools, festivals, and universities across the United States and Europe. He was formerly Artist-in-Residence, Head of Keyboard Studies, and a tenured Associate Professor of Music at Mesa State College. He regularly serves as a jurist on regional, national, and international piano competitions. An acclaimed master teacher, Dr. Baron's students are frequently competition prizewinners. He is a popular teacher and presenter for teacher groups. Baron co-directs with Renato Premezzi the Corsi Internazionali di Musica summer music festival at the University of Urbino, Italy (www.urbino.beadlam.us) and is Artistic Director of the Rocky Mountain Music Alliance Concert Series in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Renato Premezzi, Professor of Music at Beloit College was born in New York City. His teachers included Isidor Philipp, Orazio Frugoni, Beveridge Webster and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Awarded scholarships at the Eastman and Juilliard Schools, he received the Bachelor and Master of Science degrees at Juilliard, where he also taught for two years in the Pre-College Division. Among other honors and awards, Mr. Premezzi won a Fulbright Scholarship (and renewal) to Italy. Besides giving many concerts and recitals throughout the United States, Europe, and The People's Republic of China, Renato Premezzi has made numerous appearances on radio and television. He has performed as soloist with major symphony orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, the St. Louis Symphony, the Santa Cecilia Orchestra of Rome, the San Carlo Orchestra of Naples, the Teatro Comunale Orchestra of Bologna, the Palazzo Pitti Orchestra of Florence, and many others, collaborating with conductors such as Arthur Fiedler, Morton Gould, Leonard Slatkin, and Ferdinand Leitner.
He has presented masterclasses at many colleges and universities, as well as at conservatories in Paris, London, Salzburg, and in the People's Republic of China. He has given International Piano Courses in Arezzo, Modena, Cortona, Chiusi and Urbino, Italy. His students have won many prizes in competitions, as well as awards and scholarships, and they frequently perform internationally in recital and as soloists with orchestra.
PROGRAM
Fantasy in F minor, D. 940, Op. 103 Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
Jeux denfants, Georges Bizet
(1838-1875)
I. Reverie - Lescarpolete
II. Impromptu - La toupie
III. Berceuse - La poupe
IV. Scherzo - Les chevaux de bois
V. Fantaisie - Le volant
VI. Marche - Trompette et tambour
VII. Rondino - Les bulles de savon
VIII. Esquisse - Les quatre coins
IX. Nocturne - Colin-Maillard
X. Caprice - Saute-mouton
XI. Duo - Petit man, petite femme
XII. Galop - Le bal
INTERMISSION
Three Hungarian Dances Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897)
I. D Minor
II. D-flat Major
III. F-sharp minor
Ma Mere lOye (Mother Goose Suite) Maurice Ravel
(1875-1937)
I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
II. Petit Poucet
III.Laideronnette, Impratrice des pagodes
IV.Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bte -
V. Le jardin feerique
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Franz Liszt
(1811-1886)
