International Stretto Piano Festival Presents
Celebrating Stretto pianists Donna Weng Friedman and Julia Furlan (New York), Elizabeth Wolff (NYC/Twin Cities), Anna Arazi (Boston), Julia Siciliano (Chicago), plus their collaborators including The River Road String Quartet, narrator Diana Solomon-Glover, violist Jesscia Thompson, pianist Luba Slepoi, flautist DarienFrench-Owen, and clarinetist Alan Schaffer, the Fourth International Stretto Piano Festival is delighted to present music by great classical and contemporary composers including Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Gubaidalina, Florence Price, Stefania DeKenessey, and Valerie Coleman.
Most or all of the pianists will be playing on a Stretto piano with a 5.9 inch octave.
Our diverse artists of various ages and backgrounds are exploring and enjoying stretto pianos like never before. Some are new to them and some have played on them for years, earning university degrees, winning competitions, and exploring hard-to-reach repertoire as often as possible. It’s time for these wonderful instruments to be known and played everywhere by artists of all genres. The Festival and Stretto Piano Concerts hope that this event can be a springboard for more year-round global events featuring international artists that gain publicity and new followers, and create opportunities for composers and performers everywhere.
Program:
Johannes Brahms: 4 Klavierstücke, Op.119
Florence Price: Piano Quintet in A minor
I. Allegro non troppo
Sofia Gubaidalina: Chaconne
Stefania DeKenessey: Microvids
Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2
Intermission
Valerie Coleman: Portraits of Langston
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Sonata in G Minor, op. 19, for viola and piano
PRICES |Advance $25-$50
Member $25-$45
Student (with valid I.D) $20-$50
Child $10-$50
Expected Run Time is 120 minutes
For Tickets, HERE
