[FAC] 2009-2010 Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concerts

[Anreas Werz]

PHILIP LORENZ MEMORIAL KEYBOARD CONCERTS 

2009 - 2010 

38th Season 
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1 NAREH ARGHAMANYAN 

MENDELSSOHN 
Variations sérieuses, Op.54 
SCHUMANN 
Carnaval, Op.9 
TCHAIKOVSKY/PLETNEV 
Concert Suite from “The Nutcracker” 
RACHMANINOFF 
Sonata in B-flat Minor, Op.36 

First prize winner of the 2008 Montreal International Music Competition, Nareh Arghamanyan “is destined to have a major international career” (The Salt Lake Tribune). A graduate of the esteemed Vienna Music Conservatory and recipient of the prestigious Herbert von Karajan Scholarship, this twenty-year-old Armenian artist has already appeared in major venues in the United States, Russia, Germany, France, and Switzerland. 
Co-sponsored with the CSUF Armenian Studies Program. 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 ● 8 PM 



2 HAOCHEN ZHANG 

BEETHOVEN 
Sonata in A-flat Major, Op.110 
RAVEL 
Gaspard de la nuit 
BATES 
White Lies for Lomax (2007) 
BRAHMS 
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Händel, Op.24 
LISZT 
Spanish Rhapsody 

GOLD MEDALLIST 
2009 VAN CLIBURN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION 
and winner of the 2007 China International Piano Competition, nineteen-year-old Haochen Zhang is following the footsteps of Lang Lang and Yundi Li as one of today’s most gifted Chinese virtuoso pianists demonstrating “sophisticated musicality and spiky brilliance” (The Dallas Morning News). 
Co-sponsored with the Central California Chinese Cultural Association, the Fresno Chinese Chorus, the Fresno Chinese Sports Club, and the Fresno State Chinese American Faculty Association. 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009 ● 8 PM 



3 GARRICK OHLSSON 

BEETHOVEN 
Sonata in E-flat Major, Op.27 No.1 
LISZT 
Sonata in B Minor 
CHOPIN 
24 Preludes, Op.28 

Since his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, pianist Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. Although he has long been regarded as one of the world's leading exponents of the music of Frédéric Chopin, Garrick Ohlsson commands an enormously wide and eclectic repertoire that spans from Haydn and Mozart to works of the 21st century and includes over 80 concerti for piano and orchestra. 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009 ● 8 PM 



4 ARNALDO COHEN 

BEETHOVEN 
Sonata in C Minor, Op.13 “Pathétique” 
NEPOMUCENO 
Air from Suite Antigua, Op.11 
GNATTALI 
Valsa No.7 
LEVY 
Valsa No.4 
BRAGA 
Corrupio (Valsa Capriccio) 
NAZARETH 
Odeon 
Apanhei-te, Cavaquinho 
CHOPIN 
The Four Scherzi 

First prize winner of the 1972 Busoni International Piano Competition, the Brazilian-born pianist Arnaldo Cohen “has everything that makes a great virtuoso” (Le Figaro, Paris) and “nothing to fear from any rival pianist today” (CD Review Magazine). His playing of white-hot intensity, intellectual probity, and glittering bravura technique bordering on sheer wizardry have led to collaborations with such acclaimed conductors as Kurt Masur, Klaus Tennstedt, Kurt Sanderling, and Yehudi Menuhin. 

S UNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2010 ● 3 PM 



5 MIKHAIL RUDY 

SCRIABIN 
Eight Etudes, Op.42 
STRAVINSKY 
Trois mouvements de Petrouchka 
JANÁCEK 
In the Mist 
MUSSORGSKY 
Pictures at an Exhibition 

Born in Russia and a graduate of the famed Moscow Conservatory, Mikhail Rudy made his debut in the West with a performance of Beethoven's “Triple Concerto” together with Mstislav Rostropovich and Isaac Stern. His honors as a concert and recording artist are numerous and include a Prix de l’Academie du Disque Francais and a Grand Prix Liszt. First prize winner at the Marguerite Long Competition, Mikhail Rudy is praised for his charismatic virtuosity and “playing of the highest order of imagination" (Gramophone Magazine). 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010 ● 8 PM 



6 HORACIO GUTIÉRREZ 

BERG 
Sonata, Op.1 
SCHUMANN 
Fantasy in C Major, Op.17 
CHOPIN 
24 Preludes, Op.28 

Considered one of the great pianists of our time, Horacio Gutiérrez is consistently praised by critics and audiences alike for the poetic insight and technical mastery he brings to a diverse repertoire. Since his professional debut in 1970 with Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he has appeared regularly with the world’s greatest orchestras and on its major recital series. Horacio Gutiérrez is a winner of an Emmy Award and has also been welcomed three times by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show. 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2010 ● 8 PM 



7 CAROLE TERRY (Organ) 

BUXTEHUDE 
Toccata in F Major, BuxWV 156 
SWEELINCK 
Est-ce Mars 
J.S. BACH 
An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653 
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 664 
Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 550 
SCHEIDEMANN 
Canzona in G Major 
PACHELBEL 
Chaconne in F Minor 
MENDELSSOHN 
Sonata in B-flat Major, Op.65 No.4 

A graduate of Stanford University, Carole Terry is “a musician's musician who plays with great elegance, but also, when needed, with fire" (The American Organist). She has appeared at such distinguished American universities as Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley, UCLA, and Cornell and such notable churches as Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.. Her European tours have included performances in Germany, Switzerland, Spain, and Austria. 
Co-sponsored with the San Joaquin Valley Chapter, American Guild of Organists. 

SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2010 ● 3 PM 



8 STEPHEN HOUGH 

J.S. BACH/CORTOT/HOUGH 
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor 
FAURÉ 
Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op.63 
Impromptu in F-sharp Minor, Op.102 
Barcarolle in F-sharp Minor, Op.66 
FRANCK 
Prélude, Chorale et Fugue 
CHOPIN 
Nocturne in B Major, Op.62 No.1 
Sonata in B Minor, Op.58 

With a singular artistic vision that transcends musical fashions and trends, this British artist is widely regarded as one of the most important and distinctive pianists of his generation. Recipient of a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2001, he is praised as "a virtuoso who begins where others leave off" (The Washington Post). Stephen Hough has appeared with most of the major European and American orchestras and plays recitals regularly in the most prominent halls and concert series around the world. 

FRIDAY, April 30, 2010 ● 8 PM 




All concerts to be held in the 
Concert Hall in the East Music Building on the campus of 
California State University, Fresno. 

Free Parking will be available in Lot C. 
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Season Ticket Prices: 

$ 115.00 general 
$ 85.00 seniors 
$ 30.00 students 

Individual Ticket Prices: 

$ 18 general 
$ 12 seniors 
$ 5 students 

Tickets may be purchased by sending a check to: 

Keyboard Concerts 
P.O. Box 14162 
Fresno, CA 93650 

For more information, please call 278-2337 or visit www.keyboardconcerts.com. 

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