6@6 at Yamaha Solo Piano Series presents Frank Levy in concert on Tuesday, March 7 @ 6:00 PM, as the first program of their 2017 performance series, curated by Mirian Conti, at Yamaha Artists Piano Salon, 689 Fifth Avenue (entrance on 54th street), 3rd floor in Manhattan.
Repertoire will be masterworks by Scarlatti, Mozart, Chopin, Bach/Marcello and Rachmaninov.
Admission to the event is $6.00. Tickets are available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2875510. For more information, call 516-586-3433 or visit www.facebook.com/6-at-6-at-Yamaha-638687656304338/. For transportation information, visit www.mta.info/ and www.oslmusic.org/dimenna-center/dmc-faq/directions-parking.
Pianist Frank Levy has been hailed by audiences and critics alike as an artist of rare poetic insight and communicative powers. A semi-finalist in the Leeds and Clara Haskil international piano competitions, Frank Levy has an international career as a recitalist performing on many of the world's great stages, including the Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York City, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Gusman Hall in Miami, Royce Hall in Los Angeles, The Gardner Hall in Salt Lake City, Teatro Municipal in Santiago, Chile and the Stadthaussaal in Winterthur. Mr. Levy is recording the complete piano works of Schubert and Brahms for the Canadian label, Palexa. Visit him at www.franklevy.com/home.html.
6 @ 6 at Yamaha, a solo piano performance series in its third season, curated by internationally renowned pianist Mirian Conti, has announced dates and performers for Spring 2017 at Yamaha Artists Piano Salon, on the 3rd floor of 689 Fifth Avenue (entrance on 54th street), in New York, New York. The series was formerly known as 5 @ 5 at DiMenna.
These recital programs will feature world-class international pianists exploring an array of solo piano works from the last 400 years.
Other Spring 2017 dates and performers are:
Tuesday, March 28 - Jose Ramon Mendez
Wednesday, April 12 - Inna Faliks
Tuesday, April 25 - Beatrice Long
Tuesday, May 9 - Julian Jacobson
Tuesday, May 23 - Michael Lewin
For more information, call 516-586-3433 or visit www.facebook.com/events/135552003572290. For transportation information, visit www.yamaha.com/yasi/Contact.html?cat_id=5207541&tab=contact.
Argentine/American pianist, Yamaha artist, and series curator Mirian Conti, based in New York City, is a musician whose performances combine technical brilliance with striking originality and artistic insight. Stylistically assured in a wide range of repertoire, Ms. Conti's prolific recording output and international concerts have garnered praise and awards. In recognition of her extraordinary talent, a scholarship honoring Mirian Conti was established at The Juilliard School by the Edwin Bachman Estate. In addition, she was selected as one of the "100 Outstanding Alumni" to celebrate The Juilliard School's Centennial in 2005-6.
Her latest CD, Children's World, recorded at Yamaha Salon in NYC, has been released recently on the Albany label (Troy 1642). The Steinway & Sons label has released her recordings of the complete Chopin Mazurkas (CD 3003), Nostalgias Argentinas (CD 30010) and Panorama Argentino (CD 30023). She has also recorded for Parnassus, Koch International Classics, XLNT and Toccata Classics. Much more about her at www.mirianconti.com.
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