Evento

Peter Serkin & Julia Hsu - Piano, Four Hands - Salon Piano Series

Peter Serkin & Julia Hsu perform at Farley's House of Pianos as part of the Salon Piano Series. Karlos Moser will give an introduction before the concert.

The distinguished American pianist Peter Serkin has performed with the world's major symphony orchestras with such conductors as Seiji Ozawa, Pierre Boulez, and Alexander Schneider. A dedicated chamber musician, Mr. Serkin has collaborated with artists including Pamela Frank and Yo-Yo Ma. An avid exponent of the music of many contemporary composers, Mr. Serkin has brought to life the music of Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Wolpe, and others for audiences around the world. He has performed many world premieres written specifically for him, in particular, works by Toru Takemitsu, Oliver Knussen, and Peter Lieberson. Mr. Serkin currently teaches at Bard College Conservatory of Music and the Longy School of Music.

Originally from Taiwan, Julia Hsu received music scholarships to study at The Purcell School for young musicians at the age of 14. She continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London, where she completed her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Piano Performance. Julia also studied with Matti Raekallio at the Hannover Hochschule für Musik und Theatre, Germany. Julia has collaborated with conductors Fabio Panisello, Lutz Koeler and cellist Ivan Moniguetti. She was a Festival Fellow at Bowdoin Music Festival, and a scholar at the Banff Centre, Canada before she became a Piano Fellow at Bard College Conservatory of Music in 2013.

Six Etudes in the form of Canons for Pedal-Piano, Op. 56
R. Schumann (Arr. G. Bizet) 1845 (c. 1873)
1. Nicht zu schnell
2. Mit innigem Ausdruck
3. Andantino
4. Innig
5. Nicht zu schnell
6. Adagio

Three Pieces from Jeux d'Enfants
G. Bizet 1871
Trumpet and Drum - March
Soap Bubbles - Rondino
The Top - Impromptu

Sonata in B flat Major, K.358
W. A. Mozart 1773-4
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Molto Presto

Intermission

Allegro ma non troppo in a Minor (Lebenssturme), D.947
F. Schubert 1825

Rondo in A Major, D.951
F. Schubert 1828

Four Hungarian Dances
J. Brahms 1869
No.8 in a minor
No.9 in e minor
No.11 in a minor
No.18 in D Major