France Rocks Recommends Mikhail Rudy at the Morgan Library

In addition to his active performing schedule, Mr. Rudy founded the Festival de St. Riquier in France where he was the Artistic Director for twenty years. He is also a respected television broadcaster (including participation in a BBC television documentary on the life and music of Tchaikovsky), creator of a series of radio projects for France-Musique illuminating the life and works of Scriabin, Brahms, Szymanowski and Janácek, and active in experimental video-filming and writing.

This concert features two 35 minute animated films with synchronized piano accompaniment performed by the Russian-French pianist and filmmaker Mikhail Rudy. The New York Premiere of Chagall: The Sound of Colors (2013) depicts Chagall's sketches for the ceiling of the Opera Garnier as Rudy performs the music of Gluck, Mozart, Wagner, Debussy, and Ravel-the composers represented in the painting. Pictures at an Exhibition (2010) features Kandinsky's watercolor drawings for the Art Total Exposition at the Bauhaus in 1928 and Mussorgsky's magnificent piano suite.

Mikhail Rudy piano
The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue, NY

Friday, January 27, 7:30 pm
Tickets: $35; $25 for members
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