Stravinsky’s Petrouchka and Firebird with Piano Duo (4 hands one piano)Stravinsky’s Petrouchka and Firebird with Piano Duo (4 hands one piano)http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/222871BMC Goodhart Music Room2013-03-02T19:00:002013-03-02T22:00:00
March 2, 7:00PM
BMC Goodhart Music Room
Featuring pianists Stanislava Varshavski and Diana Shapiro
Description
Prior to the premiere of the ballet Petrouchka, Stravinsky and several other pianists used a four hands on one piano version for the rehearsals. We will enjoy this version, along with The Firebird, Stravinsky’s "breakthrough" piece.
The Coleman Sisters Learning to Listen Series was established in memory of Elizabeth Coleman Mooney '48 and in honor of Susan Norton Coleman '45, who wanted future generations of students to derive the same great pleasure from music that they did. The series features virtuosic musicians in a salon-like atmosphere with tasty refreshments and informative conversation.
All Listening to Learn Events are free of charge, with refreshments served.
ABOUT THE VARSHAVSKI-SHAPIRO PIANO DUO The Varshavski-Shapiro Piano Duo is comprised of pianists Stanislava Varshavski and Diana Shapiro, who began playing together in 1998. Since then, the duo has gone on to capture the top prize at numerous national and international competitions, including the most prestigious competition for piano duos – the Murray Dranoff International Piano Competition in Miami, Florida. A winner of Astral Artists’ 2012 National Auditions, the duo also won First Prize at Italy’s XV Piano Competition “Rome 2004,” Jerusalem’s Kol HaMusica Young Artists Competition, the Israel Chamber Music Competition, the XIII Schubert Competition in the Czech Republic, Jerusalem’s Sharon Tabor-Fintz Competition, and the I International Piano Duo Competition in Bialystok, Poland, where they were also awarded two of the competition’s special prizes. Their prizes have included two CD recordings as well as numerous concert tours throughout the world. The Varshavski-Shapiro Piano Duo has participated in many international festivals and has performed recitals in such distinguished venues as the HKAPA Concert Hall in Hong Kong, the Henry Crown Symphony Hall in Jerusalem, the Teatro Valle in Rome, and the Lincoln Theater in Miami. They have appeared with the Radio Orchestra in Munich, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, and Miami’s New World Symphony, and have recorded for Bavarian Radio, Radio 4 of Hong Kong, and Israeli National Radio. Both Ms. Varshavski and Ms. Shapiro hold Bachelor and Master’s degrees from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where they studied with legendary Israeli duo Alexander Tamir–Bracha Eden. They continued their education under renowned American pianist Victor Rosenbaum, and in 2011 both pianists completed Doctoral degree studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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