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Jun. 10 2016

6-11-16 Music In Maryland Alexander Shtarkman

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Music In Maryland | Comments Off on 6-11-16 Music In Maryland Alexander Shtarkman

This week Music in Maryland presents a recital featuring pianist Alexander Shtarkman.  Our concert was recorded on November 10, 2015 and was a Sylvia Adalman Chamber Series recital.  On the program: Brahms Three Intermezzi op. 117, Ravel Sonatine and Mussorgsky’s Pictures At An Exhibition.

Alexander Shtarkman

Piano

Alexander Shtarkman’s debut recitals in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City prompted strong words of praise from audiences and critics alike. Martin Bernheimer, Los Angeles Times, wrote “Alexander Shtarkman. Remember the name… He plays the piano with all the strength, flash and eagerness that his age would suggest. He also plays with the sensitivity and mellow refinement one associates with certain grand old men of the keyboard, most of them Russian.” James Keller of The New Yorker staff wrote of Mr. Shtarkman’s 92nd Street Y appearance: “Shtarkman’s was a debut recital of importance. In fact, debuts just don’t come much better than this. Of the young pianists currently entering the international spotlight, Shtarkman is unquestionably among the most musicianly.”

Recital appearances in the United States include the Ambassador Foundation, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Tisch Center for the Performing Arts, Ravinia Festival’s Rising Stars Series, San Francisco Performances, Regional Arts Foundation at the Kravis Center, The Peace Center and Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Orchestral appearances include the Dallas Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta at Orchestra Hall, Northwood Festival Orchestra, Marin Symphony and the Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque.

In August 1995, Mr. Shtarkman was awarded the First Prize of the Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy. As a result of this prize, he has been offered over sixty recitals and orchestral engagements in Europe within the next few seasons.

In addition to the Busoni Prize, Mr. Shtarkman is a major prizewinner of the 1989 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the 1994 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition. He also won the First Prize of the First Taipei International Piano Competition and was engaged for numerous concerts throughout Asia.

Mr. Shtarkman performs and gives master classes in Europe, Asia, South and North Americas, and in Russia where he is a frequent guest performer at the prestigious Great and Small Halls of the Moscow Conservatory.

Since 2002 Mr. Shtarkman has been serving as a member of the Piano Faculty at the Peabody Conservatory.

After the recital we filled with the following pieces.

PLAY DATE: Sat, 06/11/2016
7:03 PM            47628
Jonathan Leshnoff             Violin Concerto                         Naxos      559398
COND Markand Thakar
ORCH Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
SOLO Charles Wetherbee, violin
25:13    C  1 1-5
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7:28 PM            11372
Leonard Bernstein             Fancy Free Ballet                       London     452916
COND David Zinman                  David  ZIHN mihn
ORCH Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
27:47    C  1 12-20
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