Arizona Friends of Chamber Music: Michael Stephen Brown, piano
In person: $45 ($12 student)
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- Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Claude Debussy — Hommage à Haydn
Maurice Ravel — Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
Michael Stephen Brown — Etude-Fantasy on the name of Haydn
Maurice Ravel — Miroirs
Delphine von Schauroth — 6 Lieder ohne Worte ("6 Songs Without Words"), Op. 18
Felix Mendelssohn — Fantasy in F-sharp minor, Op. 28 "Sonate écossaise" ("Scottish Sonata")
Michael Stephen Brown — Breakup Etude for Right Hand Alone
Felix Mendelssohn — A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 ("Scherzo" arr. Sergei Rachmaninoff; & "Wedding March" arr. Franz Liszt, Vladimir Horowitz, & Michael Stephen Brown)
The internationally lauded American pianist Michael Stephen Brown, hailed by The New York Times as "one of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performer-composers," will be presented by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music in a solo piano recital on Wednesday evening, November 8, 2023 at 7:30pm Mountain, at the Leo Rich Theater.
The concert, part of Arizona Friends of Chamber Music's Evening Series, will feature Mr. Brown performing works by Haydn, Debussy, Ravel, Von Schauroth, Mendelssohn; the program will also include two of Mr. Brown's own compositions: Etude-Fantasy on the name of Haydn and Breakup Etude for Right Hand.
Praised for his "fearless performances," by The New York Times and “exceptionally beautiful” compositions by The Washington Post, pianist and composer Michael Stephen Brown has also been called “one of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performer-composers” by the New York Times. A frequent performer of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center series, Mr. Brown, whose artistry is shaped by his creative voice as a pianist and composer, will be featured in the Society 2023-24 season with a solo recital at Alice Tully Hall. A native New Yorker, he lives there with his two 19th-century Steinway Ds, Octavia and Daria.
About Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Praised for his "fearless performances," by The New York Times and "exceptionally beautiful" compositions by The Washington Post, pianist and composer Michael Stephen Brown is a frequent performer of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center series. Mr. Brown, whose artistry is shaped by his creative voice as a pianist and composer, will be featured in the Society 2023-24 season with a solo recital at Alice Tully Hall. A native New Yorker, he lives there with his two 19th-century Steinway Ds, Octavia and Daria.
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