UMBC: Pianorama
$15 ($10 senior, $5 student; UMBC music major/faculty/staff free)
- Audrey Andrist, piano
- Hui-Chuan Chen, piano
- Daniel Pesca, piano
George Walker — Selected works
John Adams — Selected works
Samuel Barber — Selected works
Witold Lutosławski — Selected works
The Department of Music presents Pianorama! UMBC piano faculty Audrey Andrist, Hui-Chuan Chen, and Daniel Pesca join forces with student performers Nicole Johnson and Dave Warshaw to present an evening of dynamic 20th-century music for two pianos and piano four hands. The program features works by Aaron Copland, George Walker, John Adams, Samuel Barber, and Witold Lutosławski.
About Audrey Andrist, piano
Hailed as a “stunning pianist with incredible dexterity”, Canadian pianist Audrey Andrist has thrilled audiences around the globe, from North America to Japan, China and Germany with her “passionate abandon” and “great intelligence.” Ms. Andrist grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan, and while in high school traveled three hours one-way for lessons with William Moore, himself a former student of famed musicians Cécile Genhart and Rosina Lhévinne. She completed Masters and Doctoral degrees at the Juilliard School with Herbert Stessin, and garnered first prizes at the Mozart International, San Antonio International, Eckhardt-Gramatté, and Juilliard Concerto Competitions. She is a member of the Stern/Andrist Duo with her husband, James Stern, Strata, a trio with Stern and clarinetist Nathan Williams, and the Andrist-Stern-Honigberg Trio with Stern and cellist Steve Honigberg. She lives in the Washington, DC area, where she teaches at the Washington Conservatory and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.
http://www.audreyandrist.com