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VASSILY PRIMAKOV PIANIST Saturday, November 5, 2011 7:00 PM First Congregational Church 14 Brookside Road Darien, CT Our chapter is thrilled to present world-famous pianist VASSILY PRIMAKOV in recital on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 7:00 PM. First Congregational Church, Darien, CT. Tickets are only $15/adults and $5/students. Discount for students of our chapter members: $12/adults and $2/students. For tickets, please email Rena Kerimova.
For more information, visit our FACEBOOK event page: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=265323400167236. In recent years, Vassily Primakov has been hailed as a pianist of world class importance. Gramophone wrote that "Primakov's empathy with Chopin's spirit could hardly be more complete," and the American Record Guide stated: "Since Gilels, how many pianists have the right touch? In Chopin, no one currently playing sounds as good as this! This is a great Chopin pianist." Music Web-International called Primakov's Chopin concertos CD "one of the great Chopin recordings of recent times. These are performances of extraordinary power and beauty." In 1999, as a teen-aged prizewinner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition, Primakov was praised by Donald Rosenberg of the Cleveland Plain Dealer: "How many pianists can make a line sing as the 19-year-old Moscow native did on this occasion? Every poignant phrase took ethereal wing. Elsewhere the music soared with all of the turbulence and poetic vibrancy it possesses. We will be hearing much from this remarkable musician."
His first piano studies were with his mother, Marina Primakova. He entered Moscow's Central Special Music School at the age of eleven as a pupil of Vera Gornostaeva, and at 17 came to New York to pursue studies at the Juilliard School with the noted pianist, Jerome Lowenthal. At Juilliard Mr. Primakov won the William Petschek Piano Recital Award, which presented his debut recital at Alice Tully Hall, and while at Juilliard, aided by a Susan W. Rose Career Grant, he won both the Silver Medal and the Audience Prize in the 2002 Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition. Later that year Primakov won First Prize in the 2002 Young Concert Artists (YCA) International Auditions. In 2007 he was named the Classical Recording Foundation's "Young Artist of the Year." In 2009, Primakov's Chopin Mazurkas recording was named "Best of the Year" by National Public Radio and that same year he began recording the 27 Mozart piano concertos in Denmark. BBC Music Magazine (November, 2010) praised the first volume of Primakov's Mozart concertos: "The piano playing is of exceptional quality: refined, multi-coloured, elegant of phrase and immaculately balanced, both in itself and in relation to the effortlessly stylish orchestra. The rhythm is both shapely and dynamic, the articulation a model of subtlety. By almost every objective criterion, Vassily Primakov is a Mozartian to the manner born, fit to stand as a role model to a new generation. Discography on Bridge Records:
Mozart. Piano Concertos 24-27 (2 CD set)
Beethoven. Sonatas op.57 “Appassionata”; op.14-1 and op.111 Schubert. Impromptus and Dances Schumann. Carnaval; Kreisleriana; Arabeske Chopin. Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Chopin. 21 Mazurkas Dvorak. Piano Concerto op.33; Poetic Tone Pictures op.85 Tchaikovsky. The Seasons op.37-bis and Grand Sonata op.37 Live in Concert: Schubert, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff DVD: Vassily Primakov plays Chopin, Brahms and Scriabin Member News: Student Activities:
Student recitals are listed under "Festivals, Competitions and Recitals." Please click on link at the top of this page. News from Music Teachers National Association: Discussion Boards on the MTNA Website Are you looking for a way to connect to your colleagues in MTNA? Through the Discussion Boards on the MTNA website, you can link instantly to other teachers throughout the United States. Post your questions or information and hear how others have addressed those same issues or questions. These discussion boards will be moderated by the Board Directors and national staff, and if there are questions that can or need to be addressed by MTNA. There are currently Discussion Boards for: Arts Awareness and Advocacy Ellen Flint, moderator College Faculty Forum Celinda Hallbauer, NCTM, moderator Collegiate Chapters Forum Debra Florian, NCTM, moderator Collaborative Arts Forum Fay Adams, NCTM, moderator Independent Music Teachers Forum Lezlee Bishop, NCTM, moderator Local Association Forum Karen Thickstun, NCTM, moderator Wellness Forum Thomas Ediger, NCTM, moderator National Group Piano and Piano Pedagogy Forum (GP3) The moderators are here to help facilitate dialogue in each of these areas, so don't be afraid to share your thoughts with them. These discussion boards provide an interface with MTNA members so you can get your discussions going! To get started, visit http://www.mtna.org/ and select "Discussion Boards" from the Quick Links. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Scholarships available to certified teachers The Piano Technicians Guild (PTG) is dedicated to providing continuing education for piano technicians. Their commitment to continuing education also includes the credentialed professional piano-teaching community. MTNA is pleased to announce the continued PTG sponsorship of two scholarships available to MTNA certified members.
Any piano teacher who has earned MTNA Professional Certification and uses a Registered Piano Technician (RPT) can apply for one of two $750 scholarships from the Piano Technicians Guild. One of these annual scholarships is to be used specifically for Recreational Music Making (RMM) training, as presented by MTNA, and the other for furthering one's teaching skills through continued education and/or performance study. For more information about becoming certified or applying for the PTG Scholarships visit www.mtnacertification.org ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
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