Yamaha Piano Salon Announces 'Celebrating Franz Liszt,' 2/29

Celebrating Franz Liszt: Solo and Seldom Heard Four Hand Music will take place on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 7:30 PM at Yamaha Piano Salon, 689 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, in New York City.

This concert, featuring pianists Inna Faliks, Tanya Gabrielian, and Emma Tahmiziàn, is co-hosted by Pro Musicis and Yamaha Artist Services and will include Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes, transcriptions of symphonic poems, and the Dante Sonata. Tickets are $25 at the door for the concert and a post show reception. Reservations can be made by contacting Pro Musicis at 212-787-0993 or yasi@yamaha.com. This concert will be webcast live at http://www.yamaha.com/yasi/multimedia.html.

Called “adventurous” and “passionate” by The New Yorker and “poetic” by Time Out New York, Ukrainian-born pianist, Inna Faliks (www.innafaliks.com), has established herself as one of the most committed, exciting and poetic artists of her generation. “Sound of Verse,” her MSR Classics release of Boris Pasternak, Rachmaninoff and Ravel, garnered rave reviews. Winner of the 2005 Pro Musicis International Award, Ms. Faliks is also a Yamaha artist.

Hailed by the London Times as “a pianist of powerful physical and imaginative muscle,” Tanya Gabrielian combines emotional vulnerability with thoughtful artistry, captivating audiences with her gripping performances. Winner of the 2008 Pro Musicis International Award, Ms. Gabrielian was awarded the 2011 McGraw-Hill Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach. www.tanyagabrielian.com.

Emma Tahmiziàn, a Bulgarian pianist of Armenian descent launched her international career after wining the grand prize at the 1977 Robert Schumann International Competition and went on to win prizes in the Tchaikovsky, Leeds, Van Cliburn, Montreal and Pro Musicis competitions. She has recorded for New World, Koch International, Balkanton, Premier and Concord Classics labels. www.promusicis.org.

Program:

• Bach-Liszt, Prelude and Fugue for Organ in A Minor
• Gounod-Liszt, Waltz from Faust
• Orpheus (from Symphonic Poems, trans. Liszt for piano 4 hands)
• From the Transcendental Etudes: Numbers 10 and 9
• Chopin-Liszt, Maiden’s Wish
• La Campanella (From Six Grand Etudes after Paganini, # 3)
• Prometheus (from Symphonic Poems, trans. Liszt for piano 4 hands)
• Apres une Lecture de Dante -Fantasia quasi Sonata
• Les Preludes (from Symphonic Poems, trans. Liszt for piano 4 hands)