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Hungarian Pianist Jeno Jando Recital
Hungarian Pianist Jeno Jando
To Perform at Piedmont Piano Company in Oakland
World-renowned Hungarian pianist Jeno Jando will make his much-anticipated return to the Bay Area to present a recital at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 18, 2010 at the newly-renovated Piedmont Piano Company in Oakland, located at 1728 San Pablo Avenue. .
The program will include: Chopin, Shumann,Beethoven and Liszt. The recital is presented by the Corvinus Hungarian Cultural Group and The Renaissance School.
Jeno Jando was born in 1952 in Pcs, South Hungary, where he began his piano studies at the age of seven. His most influential teacher was Pl Kadossa at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest.
Jeno Jands recordings include works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Bartok, Brahms, Dohnanyi, Gershwin, Grieg, Kodaly, Liszt, Schubert, Schumann, Rachmaninov, and Tsajkovskij. His recording of Bartoks Violin Sonatas received a Grammy nomination for Best Chamber Music Recording of 1995. In 1995 he also received a platinum disc to mark worldwide sales in excess of 1.5 million for his recordings on the Naxos label. Within the last four years, Mr. Jand has received the Bartok-Pasztory Award, the Kossuth Award, and the International Liszt Society Award.
"Jando's performance of the Bartok Suite set the tone to the entire recital: unrelenting technical perfectly met, at the highest degree of expressive integrity." - Ottava citizen, 1996.
The Corvinus Hungarian Cultural Group was established ten years ago with the goal of sharing the cultural wealth of Hungary with Bay Area audiences by promoting cultural events featuring Hungarian artists, musicians, singers, and actors. For information call: 510.336.1105 . email: corvinus@mindspring.com.
The Renaissance School is a multicultural and multilingual community with a particular dedication to arts. The Renaissance School is based on the philosophies of Dr. Maria Montessori and Zoltan Kodly. Founded in 1992 by Leslie Hites, the school has grown over the past 18 years into a warm and supportive community of students, families, and educators committed to giving their students a world-class education.
Ticket prices are: $50.00. Please note that space is limited.
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LocationPiedmont Piano Company
1728 San Pablo Ave.
Oakland, CA 94612
United States
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