Monday, March 18, 2013

Piano Project: 3/9/13

Bloomingdale's sixth annual Piano Project took place on March 9th, 2013. The Piano Project features students and faculty playing together on three concerts celebrating a particular musical theme. The 2013 topic was: Music from Russia: Past and Present. Over 50 students combined with eleven faculty members to perform music by a diverse range of composers including Kabalevsky, Liadov, Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovsky, among others.

Faculty member Roberto Hidalgo performed works by Mussorgsky and Rachmaninov

Bathsheba Marcus, faculty member and artistic coordinator of the project, was joined by faculty member
Tania Tachkova in Rachmaninov's Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos.

Adam Spielvogel performed March from Children's Notebook, Op. 69, No. 1 by Shostakovich

Solange Sylvain and Ada Carlston played Gretchaninov's March of the Toy Soldiers, Op. 98, No. 3.

Odelya Bergner-Phillips performed two selections by Kabalevsky.

No comments:

Post a Comment