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Anton NelUniversity of Texas at Austin

Washington GarcíaFestival Founder and DirectorTexas State University

Boris SlutskyThe Peabody Institute

Julian MartinThe Juilliard School

Marina LomazovUniversity of South Carolina

Jason KwakFestival Associate DirectorTexas State University

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Welcome

As directors of the fourth Texas State International Piano Festival festival, we are delighted to welcome you to San Marcos and to Texas State University.

Th e third festival was an overwhelming success. Not only did we surpass our already high standard for participants, we were also extremely fortunate and proud to host a new faculty member from University of South Carolina, Dr. Marina Lomazov. Th is year, we are proud to have Dr. Anton Nel, Dr. Sohyoung Park and Dr. Joseph Rackers join our faculty along with presentations by Dr. Ludim Pedroza and Dr. So Young Yoon. Further, we are equally delighted to host NPR’s famed program “From the Top” with host Christopher O’Riley.

We are delighted to host 38 young artists and college students representing all corners of this world. During the next eight days, you all will be immersed in an array of artistic events of the highest quality, combined with extracurricular activities that will enable you to grow musically while developing lifelong friends and colleagues in music. We are as always equally proud to host a terrifi c group of auditors comprised of some of the fi nest pianists and music teachers in the state of Texas. Th ank you for your indefatigable support of the students.

We hope you will all enjoy everything that the festival has to off er. We believe it will foster your artistic development while helping you create a national and an international network of piano lovers from varied backgrounds.

Our faculty and staff look forward to sharing unforgettable moments with you as well as establishing friendships that will last a lifetime.

Sincerely,

The Texas State University System Board of Regents

Donna N. Williams, Chairman, Arlington • Ron Mitchell, Vice Chairman, Horseshoe Bay • Charlie Amato, San Antonio • Dr. Jaime R. Garza, San Antonio • Kevin J. Lilly, Houston • David Montagne, Beaumont • Vernon Reaser III, Bellaire • Rossanna Salazar, Austin • William F. Scott, Nederland • Matthew Russell, Student Regent, San Marcos • Dr. Brian McCall, Chancellor

Dr. Washington GarcíaFestival Director

Dr. Jason KwakFestival Associate Director


From the PresidentTo all participants and guests of the International Piano Festival:

Welcome to Texas State University! We are a diverse university committed to excellence in the arts. We are proud of the vibrant and growing international perspective and range of activities that we off er our students and the community. We applaud Professors Washington García and Jason Kwak for their vision in establishing an annual International Piano Festival, and we are delighted to host the festival.

Th e School of Music at Texas State University is an exciting place where students feel at home and are motivated to reach their full potential. You will be immersed in a unique musical environment to create art, develop your talents, and make lifelong friends.

Th e entire university community is looking forward to a weeklong festival fi lled with beautiful piano music performed by students and artists from around the world. Th e community also looks forward to the teaching and presentations by distinguished faculty gathered from across the country.

I know that I speak for the entire campus as I wish you all the best in your musical achievements.

Sincerely,Dr. Denise M. TrauthPresident


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From the MayorOn behalf of the City of San Marcos, welcome to our beautiful community for the fourth annual Texas State International Piano Festival!

Our citizens are honored to have distinguished musicians from around the nation and around the world perform at our great university. Th is prestigious event is providing an outstanding symposium for talented piano students, competition and instruction, along with faculty members from Juilliard, Peabody, Rice, University of Texas, South Carolina, and Texas State University.

We want to express our sincere thanks to Dr. Washington García and Dr. Jason Kwak, members of the Texas State music faculty, who are coordinating this signifi cant event.

Th e San Marcos community is delighted to serve as the host community for such a wonderful festival. While you are here, we invite you to enjoy the many amenities of San Marcos including the spectacular Texas Hill Country, our beautiful spring-fed river, our historic downtown, our own homegrown music ventures and the best shopping opportunities in the Southwestern United States!

You have our best wishes for a wonderful stay in San Marcos and success at the Texas State University International Piano Festival.

Sincerely,Daniel GuerreroMayor of San Marcos


From the DeanOn behalf of the faculty, staff , and students in the College of Fine Arts and Communication, I am pleased to welcome you to the Texas State International Piano Festival., Th e artistry of Dr. Washington Garcia and Dr. Jason Kwak, coupled with an outstanding array of performers and lecturers ensure that this year’s festival will exceed your highest expectations.

We want you to enjoy your week in San Marcos. Tube the river, visit the library, art galleries, theatre and recital halls on the Texas State campus, enjoy the pizza party and your free time to simply “kick back” and enjoy the fantastic Central Texas weather. Most of all, gain new insights and develop new skills through the master classes, presentations, recitals, and interactions with other festival participants.

Over the next few days you all will experience an unforgettable festival as you join students from around the world.

Th ank you for being here.

Sincerely,Dr. Timothy Mottet Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication

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Piano Department

Degrees Offered

• Bachelor of Arts in Music

• Bachelor of Music in Performance, Jazz Studies,

and all-level Teacher Certifi cation

• Master of Music in Performance

• Master of Music with emphasis in Piano Pedagogy

• Master of Music in Music Education

Auditions

• Dates for 2014-15

2/1/2014 3/1/2014 3/22/2014

Prospective piano students unable to audition in person due

to geographic distances may choose to submit a recent DVD

recording meeting the audition repertoire requirements.

Scholarships are awarded on a merit basis. Out-of-state waivers are also

available for those applying outside of Texas. Graduate students may also

apply for an assistantship depending on availability and qualifi cations.

For more information please, visit: www.music.txstate.edu/piano


Texas State International

Piano Festival Staff

Dr. Washington García – Founder and Director

Dr. Jason Kwak – Associate Director

Valeria Aguilar – Program Coordinator, South America Contact

YuCi Liao – Asia Contact

Cindy Hessong – Head Counselor and Residence Hall Coordinator

Rebecca Garia – Counselor

Ely Ocampo – Counselor

Spencer Perkins – Counselor

John Sessions - Counselor

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Festival FacultyWashington García

Ecuadorian-American pianist Dr. Washington García began his musical studies at the age of 6. Among his teachers have been Genoveva Granja, Toshko Stoyanov, Ann Schein, Yoheved Kaplinsky, and Julian Martin. Dr. García holds a bachelor of music from the National Conservatory of Music in Ecuador, and master’s and doctoral degrees from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where he graduated at the age of 25

as the youngest Latin American to have received a doctoral degree in piano performance from that prestigious university.

Since his debut with the Ecuadorian National Symphony Orchestra at the age of 15, Dr. García has been an active recitalist, soloist, and lecturer in prestigious venues in Italy, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Hungary, Canada, Israel, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Japan, China, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States. In the United States, he has off ered solo recitals and master classes in almost 30 states.

Dr. García has performed with orchestras in South America, the Middle East, and the United States, including a last-minute invitation to perform Mozart’s Double Piano Concerto with the Green Valley Chamber Orchestra in Las Vegas. He also toured Italy with the Texas State University Chamber Orchestra, performing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. Most recently, Garcia was featured as guest soloist with the Austin Symphony Orchestra under the baton of maestro Peter Bay.

Dr. García served on the faculty of the Peabody Preparatory of the Johns Hopkins University and is currently associate professor of piano and assistant director of the School of Music at Texas State University, where he is also the coordinator of the piano department. Additionally, he is the founder and director of the Texas State International Piano Festival, and faculty member at the InterHarmony International Music Festival in Tuscany, Italy.

Jason Kwak

Pianist Dr. Jason Kwak has already enjoyed a successful career, both as an artist and as a pedagogue. He has earned his degrees in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Texas at Austin. His principal piano teachers include David Watkins, Barry Snyder and Nancy Garrett. Dr. Kwak is currently an associate professor of piano at Texas State University. Previously, he held teaching positions at Texas

A&M University-Kingsville, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Texas Extension Program, and the Austin Chamber Music Center. He is consistently in high demand for performances, master classes, lectures and adjudications on a state, national and international level.


Dr. Kwak has received top prize in many piano competitions, including the Atlanta Steinway Society Competition, Handok Piano Competition, Southern Keyboard Competition, Atlanta Music Club, and the Clara Wells Piano Competition. He has made numerous national and international appearances as a solo pianist, including performances with the Victoria Symphony, Jeju Philharmonic Orchestra, the University of Texas Wind Ensemble, the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rocky Ridge Orchestra. Recent international engagements have taken Dr. Kwak all over the world, including stops in England, Turkey, Malaysia, Taiwan and South Korea.

Solo performances have taken Dr. Kwak to many notable venues and festivals, including performances at Seoul Arts Center, San Antonio Convention Center, Jeju National Museum, Bundy Arts Center in Waitsfi eld, Vermont, and Fox Th eatre in Atlanta-as well as performances at more than 40 college campuses. He is a founding member of Trio 488, a chamber group that has performed in prestigious venues, including fi ve international conferences. An advocate of modern chamber music, Trio 488 has already commissioned and premiered several new pieces and has begun their fi rst CD project, due out this year.

As an educator, Dr. Kwak is a dedicated teacher who has been recognized numerous times for teaching excellence. In 2011, he received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching from Texas State University. In 2004, Dr. Kwak received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching from Texas A&M University-Kingsville.


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Marina Lomazov

Praised by critics as “a diva of the piano” (Salt Lake City Tribune), “a mesmerizing risk taker” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and “simply spectacular” (International Music Foundation, Chicago), Ukrainian-American pianist Dr. Marina Lomazov has established herself as one of the most passionate and charismatic performers on the concert scene today. Following prizes in the Cleveland, William Kapell, Gina Bachauer and Hilton Head international

piano competitions, she has performed throughout North and South America, England, France, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Japan and in most of the 50 United States. In 2009, Lomazov was named to the International Roster of Steinway Artists.

Recognized by Th e New York Times for her virtuosity and wit, Dr. Lomazov’s recent seasons include solo debut concerts in New York (Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall), Chicago (Dame Myra Hess Concert Series), Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) and Boston (Steinart Hall). As orchestral soloist, she has performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic (New York), South Carolina Philharmonic, Charleston Symphony (South Carolina), Missouri Chamber Orchestra, Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Graz Höchschulorchester (Austria), Bollington Festival Orchestra (England) and Chernigoff Symphony Orchestra (Ukraine).

She holds degrees from the Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music, the latter granting her the highly coveted artist’s certifi cate — an honor the institution had not bestowed upon a pianist for nearly two decades. Her principal teachers include Natalya Antonova, Barry Snyder and Jerome Lowenthal. She has recorded for Albany Records, Arizona University Recordings, Centaur Records and Innova Recordings. In July 2009, Centaur released her recording of works by Rodion Shchedrin, hailed by American Record Guide for its “breathtaking virtuosity.” She has been featured on the Bravo cable channel, and her performances are broadcast regularly on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today,” Chicago’s “Live from WFMT,” Boston’s “Live from Fraser” (WGBH) and New York’s “Young Artist Showcase” (WQXR), among others.

Julian Martin

Pianist Dr. Julian Martin fi rst came to international attention as winner of the Montevideo International Competition in 1975. He also received major prizes in the Casadeus/Ravel (now Cleveland International), Kapell and Bachauer competitions. In 1982, he was awarded the Jury’s Collaborative Prize at the Tchaikovsky International Competition. He has since served as juror for major competitions, including the Iowa International,

Montreal, American Pianists Association and Virtuosi of the Year 2000.


Dr. Martin was among the original selection committee of the Gilmore Foundation in Kalamazoo. Since 1999, he has been faculty a member of the Bowdoin International Music Festival, and a guest faculty member of the Glenn Gould Professional School (Canada), the Conservatoire Tibor Varga (Switzerland) and the Banff Centre (Canada).

He has presented master classes in Great Britain, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Venezuela and Israel. Dr. Martin’s teachers include Dr. Leon Fleisher, Dr. Guido Agosti and Nadia Boulanger. He has taught at Oberlin Conservatory, the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and has been a member of the piano faculty of the Juilliard School since 1999.

Anton Nel

Winner of the fi rst prize in the 1987 Naumburg International Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall, Dr. Anton Nel enjoys a remarkable and multifaceted career that has taken him to North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Following an auspicious debut at the age of 12 with Beethoven’s C Major Concerto after only two years of study, the Johannesburg native captured fi rst prizes in all the major South African competitions

while still in his teens.

A student of Dr. Adolph Hallis, he made his European debut in France in 1982, and graduated the same year with highest distinction from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He came to the United States in 1983 to attend the University of Cincinnati, where he pursued his master’s and doctor of musical arts degrees under Dr. Bela Siki and Dr. Frank Weinstock.

Highlights of Dr. Nel’s nearly four decades of concertizing include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra and the symphonies of Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit and London, among many others. Two noteworthy world premieres of works by living composers include “Virtuoso Alice” by David Del Tredici (dedicated to and performed by Dr. Nel at his Lincoln Center debut in 1988) as well as Stephen Paulus’s Piano Concerto, also written for Dr. Nel. Th e acclaimed world premiere took place in New York in 2003.

As a recitalist, he has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum and the Frick Collection in New York, at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, Davies Hall in San Francisco, and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. He has performed recitals in major concert halls in Canada, England, France, Holland, Japan, Korea and South Africa.

Dr. Nel joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in his early 20s, followed by professorships at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan. In September 2000, he was appointed as the Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor of Piano and Chamber music at the University of Texas at Austin, where he now heads


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the Division of Keyboard Studies. In January 2010, he became the fi rst holder of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Piano.

Sohyoung Park

Pianist Dr. Sohyoung Park, born in Seoul, Korea, is an active soloist and chamber musician. She has performed throughout Europe, the United States and Korea.

Her performances include appearances at the Salle de Cortot in Paris, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Lübeck, Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Auditorium del Museo Revoltella in Trieste, Amalfi Music Festival in Vietri sul Mare, Mozart

Museum in Prague, the Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, various venues for a series of the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas in Lancing, and Duncan Recital Hall and Moore Opera House in Houston. Dr. Park has also appeared as a soloist with the Rice Chamber Orchestra at the Stude Concert Hall in Houston, and with the Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra in Bulgaria. She was the pianist of the Sam Houston Piano Trio at Sam Houston State University.

Dr. Park received her doctoral degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, her master’s degree from the University of Michigan and her bachelor’s degree at the Seoul National University. She also received a diploma of merit from Accademia Musicale di Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and attended the International Chamber Music School of the Trio di Trieste in Italy. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has studied with and has been coached by renowned artists and pedagogues such as Robert Roux, Michele Campanella, Paul Badura-Skoda, Dario De Rosa, John Perry, Russell Sherman, Menahem Pressler, Jean-Yves Th ibaudet, Phillippe Entremont, Lazar Berman, James Tocco, Louis Nagel and Martin Katz.

Dr. Park joined the faculty at Rice University in 2005. Prior to that she was on the faculty of Sam Houston State University. Her students have been among winners of competitions and auditions at the local, states and national levels. Th e Houston Music Teachers Association recognized her as the “2012 Teacher of the Year.”

Ludim Rebeca Pedroza

A native of Venezuela, Dr. Ludim Rebeca Pedroza teaches courses in the history of Latin American music, general music history, and piano techniques at Texas State University. She studied piano at the Vicente Emilio Sojo Conservatory in the city of Barquisimeto from the age of 6 until her graduation from high school. She earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in music from


Antillean College (Puerto Rico) and West Texas A&M University, and a Ph.D. in fi ne arts from Texas Tech University, where she held teaching assistant duties in both the school of music and the philosophy department.

Dr. Pedroza’s research focuses on the historical and cultural formation of performative and institutional ideologies of music, and on the junction between “academic” and “popular” musical cultures. Among her publications and presentations are “Music as Communitas: Franz Liszt, Clara Schumann, and the Musical Work” (Journal of Musicological Research 29:4, 2010), “Folk Dance in the Latin American Art Tradition: An Overview of the Venezuelan Joropo at the Piano” (CMS National 2008), and “Priestess at the Piano: Th e Mind/Body Confl ict in Clara Schumann’s Performative Persona” (Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities 2007). Her forthcoming publications engage with the historical and philosophical context of El Sistema, a prominent Venezuelan program of orchestral performance and education.

Dr. Pedroza’s performance interests gravitate toward the exploration of Latin American and non-canonical repertoire. Her recent performances have concentrated on works by Osvaldo Lacerda, José Clemente Laya, Moisés Moleiro and Juan Vicente Lecuna.

Joseph Rackers

Hailed as an “American virtuoso,” pianist Dr. Joseph Rackers has performed for enthusiastic audiences at venues across Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Ukraine and extensively throughout the United States. Gramophone writes, “Th e results are consistently compelling…as if Dr. Rackers’ response were primarily to his relationship with the composer as some sort of kindred spirit.”

Dr. Rackers is an International Steinway Artist and has given recent concerts at the Infi orata di Genzano in Italy, Sulzbach-Rosenberg International Music Festival in Germany, Burgos International Music Festival in Spain, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Piccolo Spoleto Festival, among others. He has recorded for the MSR Classics and Beauport Classical labels and his performances have been broadcast on WFMT Chicago, Radio Libera Tutti in Italy and on NPR affi liate stations throughout the United States.

Dr. Rackers is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he earned the doctor of musical arts and master of music degrees and was awarded the Performer’s Certifi cate. His principal teachers were Natalya Antonova and Raymond Herbert with additional study or masterclasses with Julian Martin, Misha Dichter and Blanca Uribe. Also active as a chamber musician, he has performed widely as a member of the Lomazov/Rackers Piano Duo. Th e duo garnered signifi cant attention as the Second Prize Winners of the Sixth Ellis Competition for Duo Pianists, the only national duo piano competition in the United States at that time.


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Joseph ChoiJune 8, 2013, 2 p.m. at Recital Hall

Program

Impromptus, Op. 142 Franz Schubert(1797 – 1828)

No. 1 in F minorNo. 2 in A-fl at majorNo. 3 in B-fl at major

Selections from Preludes, Book I Claude Debussy(1862 – 1918)

VIII. La fi lle aux cheveux de linX. La cathédrale engloutieXII. Minstrels

Intermission

Sonata in C major, Op. 53 Ludwig van Beethoven(1770 - 1827)

Allegro con brioIntroduzione. Adagio moltoRondo. Allegretto moderato — Prestissimo

Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli Franz Liszt(1811 - 1886)

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Dr. Rackers is associate professor of piano at the University of South Carolina School of Music.

A devoted teacher, Dr. Rackers has taught at the Eastman School of Music and was awarded the school’s annual prize for Excellence in Teaching. He has been invited to residencies at the Sichuan Conservatory and Yantai International Music Festival in China and has given masterclasses at major universities and colleges across the United States.

Boris Slutsky

Boris Slutsky stormed onto the international music scene when he captured not only the fi rst prize, but also the audience prize and the Wilhelm Backhaus Award at the 1981 William Kapell (University of Maryland) International Piano Competition. His long list of awards includes fi rst prizes at Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition and San Antonio International Keyboard Competition as well as major prizes at the International Bach

Competition in Memory of Glenn Gould, Busoni, Rina Sala Gallo and Ettore Pozzoli international piano competitions.

He made his orchestral debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Youth Symphony in 1980. Since then he has appeared on nearly every continent as a soloist and recitalist, collaborating with such eminent conductors as Dmitri Kitaenko, Andrew Davis and Valery Gergiev.

Slutsky’s more than two decades of chamber music collaborations have included performances with renowned artists, as well as a critically acclaimed recording with violinist Ilya Kaler of Schumann’s “Sonatas for Violin and Piano.” He joined the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in 1993 and serves as the Piano Department chair.

So Young Yoon

A native of South Korea, Dr. So Young Yoon received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance from Hanyang University, where she was a student of Dr. Chung Yoon Park. She came to the U.S. in 2000 to continue her studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where she received her doctoral of musical arts degree in 2003 as a student of Dr. Anton Nel. In 2008, she received her artist diploma degree from University of

Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Frank Weinstock. She has participated in masterclasses with renowned artists, most notably Herbert Stessin, Leon Fleisher, Margo Garrett, Gilbert Kalish, James Tocco, Guarneri String Quartet, Amerson Quartet, Miro String Quartet and Midori.


Dr. Yoon is the recipient of top prizes in several national and international competitions including the Texas Young Artist Competition, the UTSO Concerto Competition, the Russian International Piano Competition, the CCM Concerto Competition, the Artist International Competition, the International Chamber Music Competition, the Iowa Piano Competition, the Missouri Southern Competition, the Hankook Newspaper Competition and the Korea Piano Association Competition.

She has performed extensively as recitalist and collaborative artist in her native country, including performances at the National Art Center, Seoul Arts Center, Keumho Art Center and Sejong Art Center, and as a guest artist in the U.S. including a performance at Carnegie Hall. Dr. Yoon’s orchestral engagements include performances with Nova Vista Symphony, CCM Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyoungki Philharmonic Orchestra, Sungnam City Philharmonic Orchestra, Kangrung City Philharmonic Orchestra, Guri City Orchestra, Seoul Symphony Orchestra, Rumania Bacau Orchestra, Moldova National Orchestra and Rumania Timishuara Orchestra.

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Giuseppe MentucciaJune 5, 2013, 4:30 p.m. at Evans Auditorium

Program

Partita in E minor, No. 6, BWV 830 Johann Sebastian Bach(1685 – 1750)

ToccataAllemandaCorrenteAirSarabandeTempo di GavottaGigue

Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face Th omas Adès(b. 1971)

Intermission

Sonata Divertimento in A major, Hob. XVI: 12 Franz Joseph Haydn(1732 – 1809)

Impromptu in F-sharp major Frédéric Chopin(1810 – 1849)

Etude in B minor, Op. 25, No. 10 Nocturne, Op. 62, No. 1 Rondo a la Mazur, Op. 5

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Reiko TsuchidaJune 2, 2013, 4:30 p.m. at Evans Auditorium

Program

Sonata No. 15 in F major, K. 533/494 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(1756 – 1791)

AllegroAndanteRondo

Miroirs Maurice Ravel(1875 – 1937)

II. Oiseaux tristesIII. Une barque sur l’océanIV. Alborada del gracioso

Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 Frédéric Chopin(1810 – 1849)

Variations in B-fl at minor, Op. 3 Karol Szymanowski(1882 – 1937)

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Marina Lomazov & Joseph Rackers Piano DuoJune 1, 2013, 7 p.m. at Evans Auditorium

Program

Fantasia in F minor, D. 940 Franz Schubert

(1797 – 1828)Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers

Etude Fantasy (1974) John Corigliano(b.1938)

I. For the Left Hand AloneII. LegatoIII. Fifths to Th irdsIV. OrnamentsV. Melody

Joseph Rackers

Intermission

Preludes, Op. 11 Alexander Scriabin(1872 – 1915)

No. 1 in C majorNo. 4 in E minorNo. 10 in C-Sharp minorNo. 14 in E-fl at minor

Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 42, No. 5 Etude in D-sharp minor, 0p. 8, No. 12

Marina Lomazov

Th ree Movements from Petrushka Igor Stravinsky(1882 – 1971)

I. Russian DanceII. Petrushka’s RoomIII. Th e Shrovetide Fair

Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers

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So Young YoonJune 4, 2013, 7 p.m. at Evans Auditorium

Program

6 Preludes, Op. 6 Robert Muczynski(1929 – 2010)

VivaceLentoAllegro giocosoAllegretto meno mosso – Allegro con motoModeratoAllegro marcato

Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 5 Muzio Clementi(1752 – 1832)

Piuttosto allegro con espressioneLento e pateticoPresto

Partita No. 1, BWV 825 Johann Sebastian Bach(1685 – 1750)

AllemandeCorrenteSarabandeMinuet IMinuet IIGigue

Intermission

Sonata No. 2 in B-fl at minor, Op. 36 (revised version) Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)

Allegro agitatoNon allegro — LentoL’istesso tempo — Allegro molto

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Mentuccia has given numerous recitals in Italy: National Academy of Santa Cecilia (Rome), Teatro Carignano (Turin), Chigiana Academy (Siena), Palazzo Barberini (Rome), La Sapienza University (Rome), Teatro Comunale di Todi, Cesi Festival (Acquasparta) and Associazione Concertistica Citta’ di Noto. In the United States, Giuseppe has been guest artist of the Orlando Chamber Orchestra (Florida), where he was a featured soloist in concertos of Mozart and Beethoven under the direction of the conductor Pasquale Valerio.

In September 2011, Mentuccia entered the master’s program in piano performance at the Juilliard School under the guidance of Jerome Lowenthal. Currently completing his degree as a student of Julian Martin, he received a full tuition scholarship under the auspices of Celia and Joseph Ascher and Rosalind Carter. Continuing his interest in the works of living composers, he was recently selected as a member of the New Juilliard Ensemble under the direction of Joel Sachs. Th is event marks Mentuccia’s fi rst professional appearance in Texas.

Joseph Choi

One of America’s most brilliant young artists, Joseph Choi is a graduate of the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. Choi was born in Hawaii. After moving to Austin, Texas, with his family, he became a student of the great piano artist and pedagogue Anton Nel at the age of 15.

Choi began his piano studies at the age of 6 under the tutelage of Ellen Masaki and made his debut at the age of 10 with the

Honolulu Symphony, where he played Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C major. He has competed in several competitions, winning his fi rst prize at the age of 7 in the HMTA Piano Competition.

As a high school student, he won the Austin Symphony Young Artists Competition and subsequently performed Saint-Saen’s Concerto in G minor with the Austin Symphony. More recently, he won second prize in the San Antonio Tuesday Musical Club Competition. Th is year, Choi was the winner of the University of Texas Concerto Competition.

Choi has performed the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-fl at major with the UT Symphony Orchestra and has participated at summer festivals in Europe as well as at the Aspen Music Festival, the International Institute for Young Musicians, and the Prague International Piano Master Classes. He recently was selected as Artist Fellow in Residence by the Classical Artists Development Foundation and has been accepted at Julliard, where he will pursue a master’s degree.


Rising Star ArtistsRieko Tsuchida

Pianist Rieko Tsuchida, 18, was born in Japan and began her piano studies at age 3. Since giving her fi rst public performance that same year, Ms. Tsuchida has performed across the United States and in Japan, Switzerland, England and the Netherlands as a soloist and chamber musician.

In 2011, Ms. Tsuchida made her professional debut with the California Symphony at a sold-out concert, performing

Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Th at same year she was one of eight pianists chosen from around the world to participate in the Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland. She has performed with the Rochester Philharmonic, the California Youth Symphony, the El Camino Youth Symphony and the San Domenico Orchestra. In 2009, she made her Carnegie Hall debut as fi rst-prize winner of the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition.

Ms. Tsuchida has won numerous other awards. In 2012, she won the Avanti Award, a generous grant awarded to artists of any age pursuing a career in the visual or performing arts. She was named a fellow of the YoungArts 2012 program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, which granted her the opportunity to perform at the New World Center in Miami. In 2003, Ms. Tsuchida was the youngest prizewinner in the Chopin International Piano Competition in Asia.

After relocating to San Francisco from Japan in 1999, Ms. Tsuchida studied in the Preparatory Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as a scholarship student of John McCarthy. She has appeared in a joint program with opera stars Placido Domingo at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Frederica Von Stade at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Annual Gala. In August, she will perform Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at the Perugia Music Fest in Italy.

Giuseppe Mentuccia

Italian pianist Giuseppe Mentuccia began his piano studies at age 5. He fi rst worked with Almerindo d’Amato and Elisabetta Pacelli at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome and with Sergio Perticaroli at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, graduating with highest honors. He has performed in master classes of Alfred Brendel, Jerome Rose, Nikolai Demidenko and Sandro De Palma.

Mentuccia has received numerous prizes including the Vittoria Prize as best 2006 graduate of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia and the diploma d’onore at Torneo Internazionale di Musica. In December 2011, he won the Stravinsky Concerto Competition at the Juilliard School and in February 2012 he won the Prix Chevrolet-Sogel at Pontoise Piano Competition (France).


Anton NelJune 6, 2013, 7 p.m. at Evans Auditorium

Program

Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI: 32 Franz Joseph Haydn(1732 – 1809)

Allegro moderatoMenuetFinale: Presto

Estampes Claude Debussy(1862 – 1918)

PagodesLa soirée dans GrenadeJardins sous la pluie

Allegro de Concierto Enrique Granados(1867 – 1916)

Intermission

Sonata in B-fl at major, D. 960 Franz Schubert(1797 – 1828)

Molto moderatoAndante sostenutoScherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezzaAllegro ma non troppo

Guest Artist Series


Festival Schedule

Sat. June 12–3:30 p.m.

Check in and move inSan Jacinto Hall

4–5 p.m.Orientation meeting and picturesRecital Hall

5:30–6:30 p.m. Inaugural receptionFlowers Hall 230

7–8:30 p.m.Recital:Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers Evans Auditorium

10 p.m. Lights out

Sun. June 28–8:45 a.m.

Breakfast8:45 a.m.

Morning meeting9–10:30 a.m.

Auditions10:30–12:30 p.m.

Master Class withBoris SlutskyEvans Auditorium

10:30–12:30 p.m. Master Class withJason KwakRecital Hall

12:30–1:30 p.m.Lunch

1:30–2 p.m.Warm up

2–4 p.m. Master Class withJason KwakRecital Hall

2–4 p.m. Master Class withBoris SlutskyEvans Auditorium

4:30–5:30 p.m.Recital: Reiko TsuchidaEvans Auditorium

5:30–6:30 p.m.Dinner

7–8 p.m.Presentation byLudim PedrozaRecital Hall

10 p.m. Lights out

Mon. June 38–8:45 a.m.

Breakfast8:45 a.m.

Morning meeting9–10:30 a.m.

Practice/Lessons10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Q/A withBoris SlutskyEvans Auditorium

12:30–1:30 p.m.Lunch


2–4 p.m.Master Class withJoseph RackersEvans Auditorium

4–5:30 p.m.Free time/“From the Top” Rehearsal


10 p.m.Lights out

Tue. June 48–8:45 a.m.

Breakfast8:45 a.m.

Morning meeting 9–10:30 a.m.

Practice/Lessons

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.Master Class withJulian MartinEvans Auditorium

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.Master Class withWashington GarcíaRoom 222

12:30–1:30 p.m.Lunch


2–4 p.m.Master Class withWashington GarcíaRecital Hall

2 –4 p.m.Master Class withJulian MartinEvans Auditorium

4–6:30 p.m.Dinner at the River

7–8:30 p.m.Recital: So Young YoonEvans Auditorium

10 p.m.Lights out

Wed. June 58–8:45 a.m.

Breakfast8:45 a.m. Morning

meeting 9–10:30 a.m.


Q/A withJulian MartinEvans Auditorium

12:30–1:30 p.m.Lunch


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2–4 p.m. Master Class withAnton NelEvans Auditorium

2–4 p.m. Master Class withMarina LomazovRoom 222

4:30–5:30 p.m.Recital: Giuseppe MentucciaEvans Auditorium


7–8 p.m.Presentation bySohyoung ParkRecital Hall

10 p.m. Lights out

Th u. June 68–8:45 a.m.

Breakfast8:45 a.m.



Master Class withMarina LomazovRoom 222

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Master Class withAnton NelEvans Auditorium

12:30–1:30 p.m.Lunch


2–4 p.m.Master Class withSohyoung ParkEvans Auditorium

4 p.m.Trip to Outlet Mall and Dinner

7–8:30 p.m.Recital:Anton NelEvans Auditorium

10 p.m.Lights out

Fri. June 78–8:45 a.m.

Breakfast8:45 a.m.



Q/A withAnton NelRecitalHall

12:30–1:30 p.m.Lunch


2–3 p.m.Festival Students’Recital IEvans Auditorium

3–3:30 p.m. Reception3:30–5 p.m.

Festival Students’Recital IIEvans Auditorium

5–5:30 p.m. Reception5:30–6:30 p.m.

Dinner 6:30–7 p.m.

Warm up 7–8:30 p.m.

Festival Students’Recital IIIEvans Auditorium

8:30–9 p.m. Reception10 p.m.

Lights out

Sat. June 88–8:45 a.m.

Breakfast8:45 a.m.


Practice/Warm up for Recital

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Community Recital IMariposa Apartment Homes

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Community Recital IIFirst Presbyterian Church of San Marcos

12:30–1:30 p.m.Lunch

2–3 p.m.Recital:Joseph ChoiRecital Hall


6:30–7 p.m.“From the Top” LectureEvans Auditorium

7:30–9p.m.“From the Top”

10 p.m. Lights out

Sun. June 9 8–8:45 a.m.Breakfast

9–11 a.m.Check outSan Jacinto Hall

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Documents

13-404 International Piano Festival Program 13