Illuminations: Chelsea Randall & Francesca Khalifa, pianists
$25 in advance online, $20 suggested donation at the door.
- Chelsea Randall, piano
- Francesca Khalifa, piano
Miguel del Águila — Selected works
Franz Liszt — Selected works
Dorothy Rudd Moore — Dream and Variations
Grace Coberly — Prima Respira
Hannah Sobel — A Nocturne
Acclaimed pianists and New York's EXTENSITY Concert Series co-founders Chelsea Randall and Francesca Khalifa will perform a stimulating duo-recital of contemporary and overlooked solo piano works by Black and Latin composers including Regina Harris Baiocchi, George Walker, Alfredo Diez Nieto, and Miguel del Águila. The program will also highlight West Coast Premieres of solo piano pieces by talented young composers Grace Coberly and Hannah Sobel, in partnership with Wildflower Composers. A festive reception and artist meet and greet will follow.
Illuminations will launch EXTENSITY's new EXT Pop-Ups series – short-form concerts spotlighting emerging composers.
About Chelsea Randall, piano
NY-based pianist Chelsea Randall is a multifaceted artist who seeks to create fresh dialogues between the old, new and undiscovered as a performer. Recent appearances include a series of livestream recitals featuring seldom heard works by Robert Palmer, supported in part by a grant from Live From our Living Rooms, and solo recitals in California, New York and the Tri State Area. As a soloist, Chelsea has concertized at venues from Weill Recital Hall and Alice Tully Hall to Clare College at Cambridge University, and is the recipient of research and performance grants from Conservatoire de Paris and McGill University among others. She is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of EXTENSITY, a concert series in NY which aims to promote underrepresented and new voices in music. Chelsea received her musical education from NYU, The Royal College of Music and Juilliard.
https://www.chelsearandall.com/About Francesca Khalifa, piano
Francesca is the founder and artistic director of the Beethoven Fest New York City, a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her mentors are the Cuban pianist and pedagogue German Diez (1924-2014) and pianist Ena Bronstein-Barton, both former pupils of Claudio Arrau. Her research on German Diez is at the base of the documentary Piano Lessons, directed by Antongiulio Panizzi and produced by Moving Garden. The movie has obtained the official endorsement of the American Liszt Society, which premiered the documentary at the ALS Festival at the University of Michigan in October 2021. The film was also selected at the Silicon Beach Film Festival 2021 and will be presented in a tour of concerts and talks in 2022 through Spain, Italy, Chile, Cuba, Brazil, New Zealand and Australia. Francesca's first album, Legado, will be released in January for Sheva Collection.
https://www.francescakhalifa.com/