TOC presents David Rothman, concert pianist
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- David Rothman, piano
Claude Debussy — Estampes, L. 100
Johannes Brahms — Four Pieces for Piano (Intermezzi), Op. 119
Frédéric Chopin — Études, Op. 25
Pianist David Rothman has previously delighted TOC audiences with performances of the entire Schubert Cycle, Mozart Cycle, and all of Chopin's solo piano pieces. With Michael Barnes on the organ, Rothman has also played the Rachmaninoff Third and Brahms Second Piano Concerto at TOC. As a child Rothman attended the Yehudi Menuhin School, then attended the Curtis Institute of Music.
About David Rothman, piano
David Rothman was born in Toronto, Canada in 1962. When he was two, his family moved to Los Angeles. At six, Mr. Rothman began to study piano, and at ten, he was accepted into the Menuhin School in England. Nadia Boulanger was among the panel who accepted Mr. Rothman into the school. At seventeen, he was accepted into the Curtis Institute where he studied with Mieczyslaw Horszowski.
Before leaving the Menuhin School, he played a Beethoven Sonata at Wigmore Hall in conjunction with the school and he played at Curtis Hall in December of 1981. With accompanist, Michael Barnes, he has played twelve concertos, including the Brahms Concerto No. 2 and Schumann Concerto in A minor. David Rothman presently lives in Portland, Oregon and is a frequent guest artist on TOC Portland's Lunchtime Concert Series.
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