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Summer Piano Festival

26th–28th June 2014www.ram.ac.uk/pianofest

Welcome to the Academy’s new Festival, celebrating the creative range of repertoire played by our pianists and curated by Joanna MacGregor OBE, the Academy’s Head of Piano. Dip in and out of as many free events as you like.

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Thursday 26th June 10.30–11.30am

Good Morning: Early Keyboards

Museum Piano Gallery Martyna Kazmierczak introduces and performs music by JC Bach, CPE Bach and Clementi on square pianos, Leopold Koželuch on the fortepiano and William Byrd on the virginals.

Thursday 26th June 12.00 noon–2.30pm

ViSuaLiSe! Museum Piano Gallery

A video and piano installation curated by Belle Chen. 12.00 noon Multimedia installation 1.00pm Live collaboration between Marios Panteliadis and Félix Ardanaz with visual artists, in music by Ravel and Carl Vine.

Thursday 26th June 12.00 noon–7.15pm

Inside Out PianistsConcert Room

Metronomes, toy pianos and surprises all day, curated by Christina McMaster.

12.00noon–1.00pm Inside Out PianistsMusic for piano, toy piano, metronome, synthesiser and more by Stephen Montague, Cowell, Harrison Birtwistle, Ligeti, Erik Griswold, Satie, Philip Glass and Cage. Performed by Chiao Yu Wu, Christina McMaster, Jessica Tan, Kendszi Tanaka, Aretas Boyutrius, Kei Takumi, Fuyue Lan, Karolina Kubalek and Carmen Ching.

2.00–3.15pm Imagine Peace Film by Yoko Ono/Cage; music by Cage, Thomas Adès, Ligeti, Maurice Ohana, Takemitsu, Messiaen and Benjamin Yusupov. Performed by Alexandra Myslek, Fuyue Lan, Mengyuan Xun, Kei Takumi, Karolina Kubalek, Anna Dmytrenko and Chendi Zhang (violin).

4.00–5.00pm After IvesIntroduced by composer Stephen Montague. Performed by Lena Napradean, Man Minnie Ho, Christina McMaster, the Halcyon Quartet and André Filipe Soares Camacho (percussion)

6.00pm Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano Cage’s iconic work, introduced by Joanna MacGregor and performed by Yuko Sano, Thomas Ang, Belle Chen, Christina McMaster and Susana Gomez.

Thursday 26th June 1.05pm

Childhood, Fire Sermon, TroutDuke’s Hall

Georg Michael Grau, Man Minnie Ho and Yuko Sano pianoMembers of Vuillaume Quartet with Andrew Vickers double bass

Lera Auerbach Images from ChildhoodEinojuhani Rautavaara Sonata no.2, ‘The Fire Sermon’Schubert Piano Quintet, D.667, ‘Trout’

Thursday 26th June 2.30–6.00pm

Piano RollsDuke’s Hall

A rolling programme of music:

2.30pm Americana: Two PianosJoseph Havlat and Thomas Ang piano:Bernstein West Side Story DancesJohn Adams Hallelujah Junction

3.30pm Melusine Piano Trio: Bella Tang piano, Laura Rickard violin and Carolyn Ronning cello:Beethoven Piano Trio in G, op.1 no.2

4.00pm Daniel Lebhardt piano and Mark Lee violinFranck Violin Sonata

4.30pm Cristian Sandrin piano/director,Stella Quartet with Ben Daniel-Greep double bass:Mozart Piano Concerto in E flat, K449

5.15pm Invocations, ImprovisationsNaji Hakim Variations sur ‘Auprès de ma blonde’ Jehan Alain Ecce Ancilla Domini Liszt Fantasie über Themen aus den Opern von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Hochzeit des Figaro und Don Giovanni, S. 697 – completed, edited and performed by Chiyan Wong

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Thursday 26th June 3.00–4.00pm

Viennese MastersMuseum Piano Gallery Costanza Principe introduces and performs Schubert’s Sonata in E flat D568 on the Piano Gallery’s fortepiano and Beethoven‘s Waldstein Sonata op.53 on the Broadwood piano.

Thursday 26th June 4.30–6.00pm

ViSuaLiSe!Museum Piano Gallery

A video and piano installation curated by Belle Chen. 4.30pm Live collaboration between Academy pianists and visual artists: music by Ravel and Carl Vine. 5.00pm Multimedia installation.

Friday 27th June 10.00am–12.30pm

Masterclass with Stephen Kovacevich

Duke’s Hall

Alexandra Vaduva and Florian Mitrea pianoTom Lee and Paul Stoneman percussion

Bartók Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

Acclaimed international soloist Stephen Kovacevich makes a welcome return to the Academy to work with piano and percussion students on Bartók’s magnificent Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.

Friday 27th June 11.00am–5.00pm

ViSuaLiSe!Museum Piano Gallery

Academy pianists and art students continue their cross-platform collaborative work — including a discussion at 1.00pm with Belle Chen, artists and musicians.

Friday 27th June 12.00 noon–1.15pm

War Song: Lieder 1910–20Henry Wood Room

Charlotte Schoeters sopranoNicholas Beever baritoneJohan Barnoin and Frederick Brown piano

Head of Piano Accompaniment Michael Dussek introduces songs by Ravel, Debussy, Gurney and Ireland, and Butterworth’s A Shropshire Lad.

Friday 27th June 12.00 noon–6.30pm

Theatres of ResonanceConcert Room

A day of live piano music and visuals curated by Christina McMaster and Belle Chen.

12.00noon–1.00pm A Theatre of Resonance Piano works, some with video or tape, by Satie, Arvo Pärt, Freya Waley-Cohen, Hye Kyung Lee, Bofan Ma, Nico Muhly and Richard Bullen. Performed by Daniela Rodo, Yulia Mamet’eva, Karolina Kubalek, John Bogdan, Man Minnie Ho, Christina McMaster and Zhenwei Shi (viola).

3.30–4.30pm Viaggio Italiano Umberto Jacopo Laureti performs piano music inspired by Italy – from Frescobaldi and Liszt to Nino Rota – with imagery.

5.00–6.30pm David Gray improvises to the silent film spectacular Nosferatu. Introduced by Neil Brand.

Friday 27th June 2.00–3.00pm

Jacob Barnes Prize Winners’ ConcertDuke’s Hall

Jørgensen Trio:Olga Jørgensen pianoAntonia Kesel violinCecilia Bignall cello

Piazzolla Seasons in Buenos Aires: Spring, Summer Ravel Piano TrioPiazzolla Seasons in Buenos Aires: Autumn, Winter

All events except 28th June are free — no tickets required

Friday 27th June 3.30–4.30pm

Modern TimesHenry Wood Room

A symposium on the role of young pianists today, with Head of Piano Joanna MacGregor and Nicki Wenham, artistic manager, founder and director of Young People in the Arts.

Friday 27th June 7.00–8.00pm

Strange Meeting: Echoes and Responses from the Western Front Duke’s Hall

Students from Drama Centre LondonPatrick Rafter violinEmily Mitchell trumpetSusana Gómez Vázquez, Aretas Botyrius, Joseph Havlat and Thomas Ang piano

Music, songs, poetry and prose from both sides of No Man’s Land, directed by Richard Williams. This event complements the Museum’s exhibition, War Music: Notes from the First World War.

Saturday 28th June 7.30pm

Academy at Kings PlaceKings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AGTickets £9.50, £12.50, £14.50 and £19.50 from Kings Place Box Office: www.kingsplace.co.uk, telephone 020 7520 1490

Simon Wright conductorDame Harriet Walter narratorAlexandra Vaduva and Florian Mitrea pianoTom Lee and Paul Stoneman percussion

Bartók Seven Pieces from MikrokosmosBartók Sonata for Two Pianos and PercussionStravinsky L’histoire du soldat

As two of the most prominent and influential composers of the twentieth century, Bartók and Stravinsky took music in new directions. The works performed this evening are linked by rhythm, wit and folk tales, and written by composers living through revolutionary political and economic crises in their homelands.

Bartók’s innovative Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos precedes his magnificent Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, written just before his tragic exile from Hungary. Stravinsky’s dark Faustian drama, The Soldier’s Tale, tells of a deserting soldier and the Devil who eventually possesses his soul, exhibiting themes of abstinence, loss, crushing desperation, regret and resolve. It will feature esteemed British actress Dame Harriet Walter as narrator.

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