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As directors of the fourth Texas State International Piano Festival
festival, we are delighted to welcome you to San Marcos and to
Texas State University.
The third festival was an overwhelming success. Not only did we surpass
our already high standard for participants, we were also extremely
fortunate and proud to host a new faculty member from University
of South Carolina, Dr. Marina Lomazov. This year, we are proud to
have Dr. Anton Nel, Dr. Sohyoung Park and Dr. Joseph Rackers join
our faculty along with presentations by Dr. Ludim Pedroza and Dr. So
Young Yoon. Further, we are equally delighted to host NPR’s famed
program “From the Top” with host Christopher O’Riley.
We are delighted to host 38 young artists and college students
representing all corners of this world. During the next eight days, you
all will be immersed in an array of artistic events of the highest quality,
combined with extracurricular activities that will enable you to grow
musically while developing lifelong friends and colleagues in music.
We are as always equally proud to host a terrific group of auditors
comprised of some of the finest pianists and music teachers in the state
of Texas. Thank you for your indefatigable support of the students.
We hope you will all enjoy everything that the festival has to offer.
We believe it will foster your artistic development while helping you
create a national and an international network of piano lovers from
varied backgrounds.
Our faculty and staff look forward to sharing unforgettable moments
with you as well as establishing friendships that will last a lifetime.
Sincerely,
Dr. Washington García
Festival Director
Communication
Dr. Jason Kwak
Festival Associate Director
The Texas State University System Board of Regents
Donna N. Williams, Chairman, Arlington • Ron Mitchell, Vice Chairman, Horseshoe Bay • Charlie Amato,
San Antonio • Dr. Jaime R. Garza, San Antonio • Kevin J. Lilly, Houston • David Montagne, Beaumont
• Vernon Reaser III, Bellaire • Rossanna Salazar, Austin • William F. Scott, Nederland • Matthew Russell,
Student Regent, San Marcos • Dr. Brian McCall, Chancellor
From the President
To all participants and guests of the International Piano Festival:
Welcome to Texas State University! We are a diverse university
committed to excellence in the arts. We are proud of the vibrant
and growing international perspective and range of activities
that we offer our students and the community. We applaud
Professors Washington García and Jason Kwak for their vision
in establishing an annual International Piano Festival, and we
are delighted to host the festival.
The School of Music at Texas State University is an exciting
place where students feel at home and are motivated to reach
their full potential. You will be immersed in a unique musical
environment to create art, develop your talents, and make
lifelong friends.
The entire university community is looking forward to a
weeklong festival filled with beautiful piano music performed
by students and artists from around the world. The community
also looks forward to the teaching and presentations by
distinguished faculty gathered from across the country.
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I know that I speak for the entire campus as I wish you all the
best in your musical achievements.
Sincerely,
Dr. Denise M. Trauth
President
May 31– June 8, 2014
For more information, visit:
www.music.txstate.edu/piano/txipf
From the Mayor
On behalf of the City of San Marcos, welcome to our beautiful
community for the fourth annual Texas State International
Piano Festival!
Our citizens are honored to have distinguished musicians from
around the nation and around the world perform at our great
university. This prestigious event is providing an outstanding
symposium for talented piano students, competition and
instruction, along with faculty members from Juilliard,
Peabody, Rice, University of Texas, South Carolina, and Texas
State University.
We want to express our sincere thanks to Dr. Washington
García and Dr. Jason Kwak, members of the Texas State music
faculty, who are coordinating this significant event.
The San Marcos community is delighted to serve as the host
community for such a wonderful festival. While you are here,
we invite you to enjoy the many amenities of San Marcos
including the spectacular Texas Hill Country, our beautiful
spring-fed river, our historic downtown, our own homegrown
music ventures and the best shopping opportunities in the
Southwestern United States!
You have our best wishes for a wonderful stay in San Marcos and
success at the Texas State University International Piano Festival.
Sincerely,
Daniel Guerrero
Mayor of San Marcos
Communication
From the Dean
On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students in the College of
Fine Arts and Communication, I am pleased to welcome you
to the Texas State International Piano Festival., The artistry of
Dr. Washington Garcia and Dr. Jason Kwak, coupled with an
outstanding array of performers and lecturers ensure that this
year’s festival will exceed your highest expectations.
We want you to enjoy your week in San Marcos. Tube the river,
visit the library, art galleries, theatre and recital halls on the Texas
State campus, enjoy the pizza party and your free time to simply
“kick back” and enjoy the fantastic Central Texas weather. Most
of all, gain new insights and develop new skills through the
master classes, presentations, recitals, and interactions with
other festival participants.
Over the next few days you all will experience an unforgettable
festival as you join students from around the world.
Piano Department
Degrees Offered
• Bachelor of Arts in Music
• Bachelor of Music in Performance, Jazz Studies,
and all-level Teacher Certification
• Master of Music in Performance
• Master of Music with emphasis in Piano Pedagogy
• Master of Music in Music Education
Auditions
• Dates for 2014-15
2/1/2014 3/1/2014
3/22/2014
Thank you for being here.
Sincerely,
Dr. Timothy Mottet
Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication
Prospective piano students unable to audition in person due
to geographic distances may choose to submit a recent DVD
recording meeting the audition repertoire requirements.
Scholarships are awarded on a merit basis. Out-of-state waivers are also
available for those applying outside of Texas. Graduate students may also
apply for an assistantship depending on availability and qualifications.
For more information please, visit: www.music.txstate.edu/piano
Texas State International
Piano Festival Staff
Dr. Washington García – Founder and Director
Dr. Jason Kwak – Associate Director
Valeria Aguilar – Program Coordinator, South America Contact
YuCi Liao – Asia Contact
Cindy Hessong – Head Counselor and Residence Hall Coordinator
Rebecca Garia – Counselor
Ely Ocampo – Counselor
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Festival Faculty
Washington García
Ecuadorian-American pianist Dr. Washington García began his
musical studies at the age of 6. Among his teachers have been
Genoveva Granja, Toshko Stoyanov, Ann Schein, Yoheved
Kaplinsky, and Julian Martin. Dr. García holds a bachelor of
music from the National Conservatory of Music in Ecuador, and
master’s and doctoral degrees from the Peabody Institute of the
Johns Hopkins University, where he graduated at the age of 25
as the youngest Latin American to have received a doctoral degree in piano performance
from that prestigious university.
Since his debut with the Ecuadorian National Symphony Orchestra at the age of 15,
Dr. García has been an active recitalist, soloist, and lecturer in prestigious venues in Italy,
Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Hungary, Canada, Israel, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador,
Colombia, Japan, China, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States. In the
United States, he has offered solo recitals and master classes in almost 30 states.
Dr. García has performed with orchestras in South America, the Middle East, and the
United States, including a last-minute invitation to perform Mozart’s Double Piano
Concerto with the Green Valley Chamber Orchestra in Las Vegas. He also toured Italy
with the Texas State University Chamber Orchestra, performing Beethoven’s Triple
Concerto. Most recently, Garcia was featured as guest soloist with the Austin Symphony
Orchestra under the baton of maestro Peter Bay.
Dr. García served on the faculty of the Peabody Preparatory of the Johns Hopkins
University and is currently associate professor of piano and assistant director of the
School of Music at Texas State University, where he is also the coordinator of the piano
department. Additionally, he is the founder and director of the Texas State International
Piano Festival, and faculty member at the InterHarmony International Music Festival
in Tuscany, Italy.
Jason Kwak
Pianist Dr. Jason Kwak has already enjoyed a successful career,
both as an artist and as a pedagogue. He has earned his degrees
in piano performance from the Eastman School of Music and
the University of Texas at Austin. His principal piano teachers
include David Watkins, Barry Snyder and Nancy Garrett.
Dr. Kwak is currently an associate professor of piano at Texas
State University. Previously, he held teaching positions at Texas
A&M University-Kingsville, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Texas
Extension Program, and the Austin Chamber Music Center. He is consistently in high
demand for performances, master classes, lectures and adjudications on a state, national
and international level.
F UNDING
Dr. Kwak has received top prize in many piano competitions, including the Atlanta
Steinway Society Competition, Handok Piano Competition, Southern Keyboard
Competition, Atlanta Music Club, and the Clara Wells Piano Competition. He has
made numerous national and international appearances as a solo pianist, including
performances with the Victoria Symphony, Jeju Philharmonic Orchestra, the University
of Texas Wind Ensemble, the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rocky Ridge
Orchestra. Recent international engagements have taken Dr. Kwak all over the world,
including stops in England, Turkey, Malaysia, Taiwan and South Korea.
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Solo performances have taken Dr. Kwak to many notable venues and festivals, including
performances at Seoul Arts Center, San Antonio Convention Center, Jeju National
Museum, Bundy Arts Center in Waitsfield, Vermont, and Fox Theatre in Atlanta-as
well as performances at more than 40 college campuses. He is a founding member of
Trio 488, a chamber group that has performed in prestigious venues, including five
international conferences. An advocate of modern chamber music, Trio 488 has already
commissioned and premiered several new pieces and has begun their first CD project,
due out this year.
As an educator, Dr. Kwak is a dedicated teacher who has been recognized numerous
times for teaching excellence. In 2011, he received the Presidential Award for Excellence
in Teaching from Texas State University. In 2004, Dr. Kwak received the Presidential
Award for Excellence in Teaching from Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
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Marina Lomazov
Praised by critics as “a diva of the piano” (Salt Lake City Tribune),
“a mesmerizing risk taker” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and “simply
spectacular” (International Music Foundation, Chicago),
Ukrainian-American pianist Dr. Marina Lomazov has established
herself as one of the most passionate and charismatic performers
on the concert scene today. Following prizes in the Cleveland,
William Kapell, Gina Bachauer and Hilton Head international
piano competitions, she has performed throughout North and South America, England,
France, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Japan and in most of the 50 United
States. In 2009, Lomazov was named to the International Roster of Steinway Artists.
Recognized by The New York Times for her virtuosity and wit, Dr. Lomazov’s recent
seasons include solo debut concerts in New York (Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall), Chicago
(Dame Myra Hess Concert Series), Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
and Boston (Steinart Hall). As orchestral soloist, she has performed with the Boston
Pops Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic (New York), South Carolina Philharmonic,
Charleston Symphony (South Carolina), Missouri Chamber Orchestra, Ohio Chamber
Orchestra, Graz Höchschulorchester (Austria), Bollington Festival Orchestra (England)
and Chernigoff Symphony Orchestra (Ukraine).
She holds degrees from the Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music, the
latter granting her the highly coveted artist’s certificate — an honor the institution had
not bestowed upon a pianist for nearly two decades. Her principal teachers include
Natalya Antonova, Barry Snyder and Jerome Lowenthal. She has recorded for Albany
Records, Arizona University Recordings, Centaur Records and Innova Recordings.
In July 2009, Centaur released her recording of works by Rodion Shchedrin, hailed
by American Record Guide for its “breathtaking virtuosity.” She has been featured on
the Bravo cable channel, and her performances are broadcast regularly on National
Public Radio’s “Performance Today,” Chicago’s “Live from WFMT,” Boston’s “Live from
Fraser” (WGBH) and New York’s “Young Artist Showcase” (WQXR), among others.
Julian Martin
Pianist Dr. Julian Martin first came to international attention
as winner of the Montevideo International Competition in
1975. He also received major prizes in the Casadeus/Ravel (now
Cleveland International), Kapell and Bachauer competitions.
In 1982, he was awarded the Jury’s Collaborative Prize at the
Tchaikovsky International Competition. He has since served as
juror for major competitions, including the Iowa International,
Montreal, American Pianists Association and Virtuosi of the Year 2000.
Dr. Martin was among the original selection committee of the Gilmore Foundation in
Kalamazoo. Since 1999, he has been faculty a member of the Bowdoin International
Music Festival, and a guest faculty member of the Glenn Gould Professional School
(Canada), the Conservatoire Tibor Varga (Switzerland) and the Banff Centre (Canada).
He has presented master classes in Great Britain, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Korea,
Switzerland, Taiwan, Venezuela and Israel. Dr. Martin’s teachers include Dr. Leon
Fleisher, Dr. Guido Agosti and Nadia Boulanger. He has taught at Oberlin Conservatory,
the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and has been a member of the
piano faculty of the Juilliard School since 1999.
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Anton Nel
Winner of the first prize in the 1987 Naumburg International
Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall, Dr. Anton Nel enjoys
a remarkable and multifaceted career that has taken him to
North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Following
an auspicious debut at the age of 12 with Beethoven’s C Major
Concerto after only two years of study, the Johannesburg native
captured first prizes in all the major South African competitions
while still in his teens.
A student of Dr. Adolph Hallis, he made his European debut in France in 1982,
and graduated the same year with highest distinction from the University of the
Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He came to the United States in 1983 to attend the
University of Cincinnati, where he pursued his master’s and doctor of musical arts
degrees under Dr. Bela Siki and Dr. Frank Weinstock.
June 8, 2013
7:30 pm in Evans Auditorium
$35 Reserved Seat | $25 General Admission | $15 Student Admission
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From the Top, in collaboration with the 4th Annual Texas
State International Piano Festival, will feature participants from
the Young Artist Division of the festival to be part of a live
performance on National Public Radio.
Highlights of Dr. Nel’s nearly four decades of concertizing include performances with
the Cleveland Orchestra and the symphonies of Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit
and London, among many others. Two noteworthy world premieres of works by living
composers include “Virtuoso Alice” by David Del Tredici (dedicated to and performed by
Dr. Nel at his Lincoln Center debut in 1988) as well as Stephen Paulus’s Piano Concerto,
also written for Dr. Nel. The acclaimed world premiere took place in New York in 2003.
As a recitalist, he has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan
Museum and the Frick Collection in New York, at the Ambassador Auditorium in
Pasadena, Davies Hall in San Francisco, and the Library of Congress in Washington,
D.C. He has performed recitals in major concert halls in Canada, England, France,
Holland, Japan, Korea and South Africa.
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Dr. Nel joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in his early 20s, followed
by professorships at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan. In
September 2000, he was appointed as the Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor of
Piano and Chamber music at the University of Texas at Austin, where he now heads
the Division of Keyboard Studies. In January 2010, he became the first holder of the
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Piano.
Sohyoung Park
Pianist Dr. Sohyoung Park, born in Seoul, Korea, is an active
soloist and chamber musician. She has performed throughout
Europe, the United States and Korea.
Her performances include appearances at the Salle de Cortot in
Paris, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Lübeck, Accademia
Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Auditorium del Museo Revoltella
in Trieste, Amalfi Music Festival in Vietri sul Mare, Mozart
Museum in Prague, the Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, various venues for a series of the
complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas in Lancing, and Duncan Recital Hall and Moore
Opera House in Houston. Dr. Park has also appeared as a soloist with the Rice Chamber
Orchestra at the Stude Concert Hall in Houston, and with the Ruse Philharmonic
Orchestra in Bulgaria. She was the pianist of the Sam Houston Piano Trio at Sam
Houston State University.
Dr. Park received her doctoral degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice
University, her master’s degree from the University of Michigan and her bachelor’s degree
at the Seoul National University. She also received a diploma of merit from Accademia
Musicale di Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and attended the International Chamber Music
School of the Trio di Trieste in Italy. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has studied
with and has been coached by renowned artists and pedagogues such as Robert Roux,
Michele Campanella, Paul Badura-Skoda, Dario De Rosa, John Perry, Russell Sherman,
Menahem Pressler, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Phillippe Entremont, Lazar Berman, James
Tocco, Louis Nagel and Martin Katz.
Dr. Park joined the faculty at Rice University in 2005. Prior to that she was on the
faculty of Sam Houston State University. Her students have been among winners of
competitions and auditions at the local, states and national levels. The Houston Music
Teachers Association recognized her as the “2012 Teacher of the Year.”
Ludim Rebeca Pedroza
A native of Venezuela, Dr. Ludim Rebeca Pedroza teaches
courses in the history of Latin American music, general music
history, and piano techniques at Texas State University. She
studied piano at the Vicente Emilio Sojo Conservatory in the
city of Barquisimeto from the age of 6 until her graduation from
high school. She earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in music from
Antillean College (Puerto Rico) and West Texas A&M University, and a Ph.D. in fine
arts from Texas Tech University, where she held teaching assistant duties in both the
school of music and the philosophy department.
Dr. Pedroza’s research focuses on the historical and cultural formation of performative
and institutional ideologies of music, and on the junction between “academic” and
“popular” musical cultures. Among her publications and presentations are “Music
as Communitas: Franz Liszt, Clara Schumann, and the Musical Work” (Journal of
Musicological Research 29:4, 2010), “Folk Dance in the Latin American Art Tradition:
An Overview of the Venezuelan Joropo at the Piano” (CMS National 2008), and
“Priestess at the Piano: The Mind/Body Conflict in Clara Schumann’s Performative
Persona” (Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities 2007). Her
forthcoming publications engage with the historical and philosophical context of El
Sistema, a prominent Venezuelan program of orchestral performance and education.
Where Texas endows talent
Dr. Pedroza’s performance interests gravitate toward the exploration of Latin American
and non-canonical repertoire. Her recent performances have concentrated on works
by Osvaldo Lacerda, José Clemente Laya, Moisés Moleiro and Juan Vicente Lecuna.
Joseph Rackers
Hailed as an “American virtuoso,” pianist Dr. Joseph Rackers has
performed for enthusiastic audiences at venues across Canada,
China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Ukraine and
extensively throughout the United States. Gramophone writes,
“The results are consistently compelling…as if Dr. Rackers’
response were primarily to his relationship with the composer
as some sort of kindred spirit.”
Dr. Rackers is an International Steinway Artist and has given recent concerts at the
Infiorata di Genzano in Italy, Sulzbach-Rosenberg International Music Festival in
Germany, Burgos International Music Festival in Spain, Cincinnati Conservatory
of Music and Piccolo Spoleto Festival, among others. He has recorded for the MSR
Classics and Beauport Classical labels and his performances have been broadcast on
WFMT Chicago, Radio Libera Tutti in Italy and on NPR affiliate stations throughout
the United States.
Dr. Rackers is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he earned the doctor
of musical arts and master of music degrees and was awarded the Performer’s Certificate.
His principal teachers were Natalya Antonova and Raymond Herbert with additional
study or masterclasses with Julian Martin, Misha Dichter and Blanca Uribe. Also active
as a chamber musician, he has performed widely as a member of the Lomazov/Rackers
Piano Duo. The duo garnered significant attention as the Second Prize Winners of the
Sixth Ellis Competition for Duo Pianists, the only national duo piano competition in
the United States at that time.
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Dr. Rackers is associate professor of piano at the University of South Carolina School
of Music.
Joseph Choi
June 8, 2013, 2 p.m. at Recital Hall
A devoted teacher, Dr. Rackers has taught at the Eastman School of Music and was
awarded the school’s annual prize for Excellence in Teaching. He has been invited to
residencies at the Sichuan Conservatory and Yantai International Music Festival in China
and has given masterclasses at major universities and colleges across the United States.
Program
Impromptus, Op. 142
Franz Schubert
(1797 – 1828)
No. 1 in F minor
No. 2 in A-flat major
No. 3 in B-flat major
Selections from Preludes, Book I
Claude Debussy
(1862 – 1918)
VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin
X. La cathédrale engloutie
XII. Minstrels
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770 - 1827)
Allegro con brio
Introduzione. Adagio molto
Rondo. Allegretto moderato — Prestissimo
Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli
Boris Slutsky stormed onto the international music scene when
he captured not only the first prize, but also the audience prize
and the Wilhelm Backhaus Award at the 1981 William Kapell
(University of Maryland) International Piano Competition. His
long list of awards includes first prizes at Kosciuszko Foundation
Chopin Competition and San Antonio International Keyboard
Competition as well as major prizes at the International Bach
Competition in Memory of Glenn Gould, Busoni, Rina Sala Gallo and Ettore Pozzoli
international piano competitions.
He made his orchestral debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Youth Symphony in
1980. Since then he has appeared on nearly every continent as a soloist and recitalist,
collaborating with such eminent conductors as Dmitri Kitaenko, Andrew Davis and
Valery Gergiev.
Intermission
Sonata in C major, Op. 53
Boris Slutsky
Franz Liszt
(1811 - 1886)
Slutsky’s more than two decades of chamber music collaborations have included
performances with renowned artists, as well as a critically acclaimed recording with violinist
Ilya Kaler of Schumann’s “Sonatas for Violin and Piano.” He joined the faculty of the
Peabody Conservatory of Music in 1993 and serves as the Piano Department chair.
So Young Yoon
A native of South Korea, Dr. So Young Yoon received her
bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance from
Hanyang University, where she was a student of Dr. Chung Yoon
Park. She came to the U.S. in 2000 to continue her studies at the
University of Texas at Austin, where she received her doctoral
of musical arts degree in 2003 as a student of Dr. Anton Nel. In
2008, she received her artist diploma degree from University of
Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Frank Weinstock. She
has participated in masterclasses with renowned artists, most notably Herbert Stessin,
Leon Fleisher, Margo Garrett, Gilbert Kalish, James Tocco, Guarneri String Quartet,
Amerson Quartet, Miro String Quartet and Midori.
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Dr. Yoon is the recipient of top prizes in several national and international competitions
including the Texas Young Artist Competition, the UTSO Concerto Competition, the
Russian International Piano Competition, the CCM Concerto Competition, the Artist
International Competition, the International Chamber Music Competition, the Iowa
Piano Competition, the Missouri Southern Competition, the Hankook Newspaper
Competition and the Korea Piano Association Competition.
She has performed extensively as recitalist and collaborative artist in her native country,
including performances at the National Art Center, Seoul Arts Center, Keumho Art
Center and Sejong Art Center, and as a guest artist in the U.S. including a performance
at Carnegie Hall. Dr. Yoon’s orchestral engagements include performances with Nova
Vista Symphony, CCM Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyoungki Philharmonic Orchestra,
Sungnam City Philharmonic Orchestra, Kangrung City Philharmonic Orchestra, Guri
City Orchestra, Seoul Symphony Orchestra, Rumania Bacau Orchestra, Moldova
National Orchestra and Rumania Timishuara Orchestra.
Dr. Yoon is currently on the piano faculty at Hanyang University and is the artistic
director of WE Soloists in South Korea.
Giuseppe Mentuccia
June 5, 2013, 4:30 p.m. at Evans Auditorium
Program
Partita in E minor, No. 6, BWV 830
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 – 1750)
Toccata
Allemanda
Corrente
Air
Sarabande
Tempo di Gavotta
Gigue
Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face
Thomas Adès
(b. 1971)
Intermission
Sonata Divertimento in A major, Hob. XVI: 12
Impromptu in F-sharp major
Franz Joseph Haydn
(1732 – 1809)
Frédéric Chopin
(1810 – 1849)
Etude in B minor, Op. 25, No. 10
Nocturne, Op. 62, No. 1
Rondo a la Mazur, Op. 5
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Rising Star Series
Guest Artist Series
Reiko Tsuchida
June 2, 2013, 4:30 p.m. at Evans Auditorium
Marina Lomazov & Joseph Rackers Piano Duo
June 1, 2013, 7 p.m. at Evans Auditorium
Program
Sonata No. 15 in F major, K. 533/494
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756 – 1791)
Franz Schubert
(1797 – 1828)
Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers
Allegro
Andante
Rondo
Miroirs
Fantasia in F minor, D. 940
Etude Fantasy (1974)
Maurice Ravel
(1875 – 1937)
II. Oiseaux tristes
III. Une barque sur l’océan
IV. Alborada del gracioso
Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Frédéric Chopin
(1810 – 1849)
Variations in B-flat minor, Op. 3
Karol Szymanowski
(1882 – 1937)
John Corigliano
(b.1938)
I. For the Left Hand Alone
II. Legato
III. Fifths to Thirds
IV. Ornaments
V. Melody
Joseph Rackers
Intermission
Preludes, Op. 11
Alexander Scriabin
(1872 – 1915)
No. 1 in C major
No. 4 in E minor
No. 10 in C-Sharp minor
No. 14 in E-flat minor
Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 42, No. 5
Etude in D-sharp minor, 0p. 8, No. 12
Marina Lomazov
Three Movements from Petrushka
Igor Stravinsky
(1882 – 1971)
I. Russian Dance
II. Petrushka’s Room
III. The Shrovetide Fair
Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers
Guest Artist Series
So Young Yoon
Program
6 Preludes, Op. 6
Robert Muczynski
(1929 – 2010)
Vivace
Lento
Allegro giocoso
Allegretto meno mosso – Allegro con moto
Moderato
Allegro marcato
Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 5
Muzio Clementi
(1752 – 1832)
Piuttosto allegro con espressione
Lento e patetico
Presto
Partita No. 1, BWV 825
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685 – 1750)
Allemande
Corrente
Sarabande
Minuet I
Minuet II
Gigue
Intermission
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (revised version) Sergei Rachmaninoff
(1873 – 1943)
Allegro agitato
Non allegro — Lento
L’istesso tempo — Allegro molto
Mentuccia has given numerous recitals in Italy: National Academy of Santa Cecilia
(Rome), Teatro Carignano (Turin), Chigiana Academy (Siena), Palazzo Barberini
(Rome), La Sapienza University (Rome), Teatro Comunale di Todi, Cesi Festival
(Acquasparta) and Associazione Concertistica Citta’ di Noto. In the United States,
Giuseppe has been guest artist of the Orlando Chamber Orchestra (Florida), where he
was a featured soloist in concertos of Mozart and Beethoven under the direction of the
conductor Pasquale Valerio.
In September 2011, Mentuccia entered the master’s program in piano performance at
the Juilliard School under the guidance of Jerome Lowenthal. Currently completing
his degree as a student of Julian Martin, he received a full tuition scholarship under
the auspices of Celia and Joseph Ascher and Rosalind Carter. Continuing his interest
in the works of living composers, he was recently selected as a member of the New
Juilliard Ensemble under the direction of Joel Sachs. This event marks Mentuccia’s first
professional appearance in Texas.
Joseph Choi
One of America’s most brilliant young artists, Joseph Choi is a
graduate of the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas
at Austin. Choi was born in Hawaii. After moving to Austin,
Texas, with his family, he became a student of the great piano
artist and pedagogue Anton Nel at the age of 15.
Choi began his piano studies at the age of 6 under the tutelage
of Ellen Masaki and made his debut at the age of 10 with the
Honolulu Symphony, where he played Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C major. He has
competed in several competitions, winning his first prize at the age of 7 in the HMTA
Piano Competition.
As a high school student, he won the Austin Symphony Young Artists Competition
and subsequently performed Saint-Saen’s Concerto in G minor with the Austin
Symphony. More recently, he won second prize in the San Antonio Tuesday Musical
Club Competition. This year, Choi was the winner of the University of Texas Concerto
Competition.
Choi has performed the Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major with the UT
Symphony Orchestra and has participated at summer festivals in Europe as well as
at the Aspen Music Festival, the International Institute for Young Musicians, and the
Prague International Piano Master Classes. He recently was selected as Artist Fellow in
Residence by the Classical Artists Development Foundation and has been accepted at
Julliard, where he will pursue a master’s degree.
Guest Artist Series
Rising Star Artists
Rieko Tsuchida
Anton Nel
Pianist Rieko Tsuchida, 18, was born in Japan and began her
piano studies at age 3. Since giving her first public performance
that same year, Ms. Tsuchida has performed across the United
States and in Japan, Switzerland, England and the Netherlands
as a soloist and chamber musician.
In 2011, Ms. Tsuchida made her professional debut with
the California Symphony at a sold-out concert, performing
Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. That same year she was one of eight pianists chosen
from around the world to participate in the Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland.
She has performed with the Rochester Philharmonic, the California Youth Symphony,
the El Camino Youth Symphony and the San Domenico Orchestra. In 2009, she made
her Carnegie Hall debut as first-prize winner of the Bradshaw and Buono International
Piano Competition.
Ms. Tsuchida has won numerous other awards. In 2012, she won the Avanti Award, a
generous grant awarded to artists of any age pursuing a career in the visual or performing
arts. She was named a fellow of the YoungArts 2012 program of the National Foundation
for Advancement in the Arts, which granted her the opportunity to perform at the New
World Center in Miami. In 2003, Ms. Tsuchida was the youngest prizewinner in the
Chopin International Piano Competition in Asia.
After relocating to San Francisco from Japan in 1999, Ms. Tsuchida studied in the
Preparatory Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as a scholarship
student of John McCarthy. She has appeared in a joint program with opera stars Placido
Domingo at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
and Frederica Von Stade at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Annual Gala. In
August, she will perform Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at the Perugia Music Fest in Italy.
Giuseppe Mentuccia
Italian pianist Giuseppe Mentuccia began his piano studies at age
5. He first worked with Almerindo d’Amato and Elisabetta Pacelli
at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome and with Sergio
Perticaroli at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, graduating
with highest honors. He has performed in master classes of Alfred
Brendel, Jerome Rose, Nikolai Demidenko and Sandro De Palma.
Program
Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI: 32
Franz Joseph Haydn
(1732 – 1809)
Allegro moderato
Menuet
Finale: Presto
Estampes
Claude Debussy
(1862 – 1918)
Pagodes
La soirée dans Grenade
Jardins sous la pluie
Allegro de Concierto
Enrique Granados
(1867 – 1916)
Intermission
Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960
Franz Schubert
(1797 – 1828)
Molto moderato
Andante sostenuto
Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza
Allegro ma non troppo
Mentuccia has received numerous prizes including the Vittoria
Prize as best 2006 graduate of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia and the diploma
d’onore at Torneo Internazionale di Musica. In December 2011, he won the Stravinsky
Concerto Competition at the Juilliard School and in February 2012 he won the Prix
Chevrolet-Sogel at Pontoise Piano Competition (France).
Festival Schedule
Sat. June 1
2–3:30 p.m.
Check in and move in
San Jacinto Hall
4–5 p.m.
Orientation meeting
and pictures
Recital Hall
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Inaugural reception
Flowers Hall 230
7–8:30 p.m.
Recital:
Marina Lomazov and
Joseph Rackers
Evans Auditorium
10 p.m.
Lights out
Sun. June 2
8–8:45 a.m.
Breakfast
8:45 a.m.
Morning meeting
9–10:30 a.m.
Auditions
10:30–12:30 p.m.
Class with
★ Master
Boris Slutsky
Evans Auditorium
10:30–12:30 p.m.
Class with
✦ Master
Jason Kwak
Recital Hall
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30–2 p.m.
Warm up
2–4 p.m.
Class with
★ Master
Jason Kwak
Recital Hall
2–4 p.m.
✦ Master Class with
Boris Slutsky
Evans Auditorium
4:30–5:30 p.m.
Recital:
Reiko Tsuchida
Evans Auditorium
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Dinner
7–8 p.m.
Presentation by
Ludim Pedroza
Recital Hall
10 p.m.
Lights out
Mon. June 3
8–8:45 a.m.
Breakfast
8:45 a.m.
Morning meeting
9–10:30 a.m.
Practice/Lessons
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
✱ Q/A with
Boris Slutsky
Evans Auditorium
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30–2 p.m.
Warm up
2–4 p.m.
Class with
✱ Master
Joseph Rackers
Evans Auditorium
4–5:30 p.m.
Free time/“From the
Top” Rehearsal
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Dinner
10 p.m.
Lights out
Tue. June 4
8–8:45 a.m.
Breakfast
8:45 a.m.
Morning meeting
9–10:30 a.m.
Practice/Lessons
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Class with
★ Master
Julian Martin
Evans Auditorium
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Class with
✦ Master
Washington García
Room 222
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30–2 p.m.
Warm up
2–4 p.m.
Class with
★ Master
Washington García
Recital Hall
2 –4 p.m.
Class with
✦ Master
Julian Martin
Evans Auditorium
4–6:30 p.m.
Dinner at the River
7–8:30 p.m.
Recital:
So Young Yoon
Evans Auditorium
10 p.m.
Lights out
Wed. June 5
8–8:45 a.m.
Breakfast
8:45 a.m. Morning
meeting
9–10:30 a.m.
Practice/Lessons
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
with
✱ Q/A
Julian Martin
Evans Auditorium
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30–2 p.m.
Warm up
2–4 p.m.
Class with
★ Master
Anton Nel
Evans Auditorium
2–4 p.m.
Class with
✦ Master
Marina Lomazov
Room 222
4:30–5:30 p.m.
Recital:
Giuseppe Mentuccia
Evans Auditorium
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Dinner
7–8 p.m.
Presentation by
Sohyoung Park
Recital Hall
10 p.m.
Lights out
Thu. June 6
8–8:45 a.m.
Breakfast
8:45 a.m.
Morning meeting
9–10:30 a.m.
Practice/Lessons
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Class with
★ Master
Marina Lomazov
Room 222
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Class with
✦ Master
Anton Nel
Evans Auditorium
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30–2 p.m.
Warm up
2–4 p.m.
Class with
✱ Master
Sohyoung Park
Evans Auditorium
4 p.m.
Trip to Outlet Mall
and Dinner
7–8:30 p.m.
Recital:
Anton Nel
Evans Auditorium
10 p.m.
Lights out
Fri. June 7
8–8:45 a.m.
Breakfast
8:45 a.m.
Morning meeting
9–10:30 a.m.
Practice/Lessons
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
with
✱ Q/A
Anton Nel
RecitalHall
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30–2 p.m.
Warm up
2–3 p.m.
Festival Students’
Recital I
Evans Auditorium
3–3:30 p.m. Reception
3:30–5 p.m.
Recital II
Evans Auditorium
5–5:30 p.m. Reception
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Dinner
6:30–7 p.m.
Warm up
7–8:30 p.m.
Recital III
Evans Auditorium
8:30–9 p.m. Reception
10 p.m.
Lights out
Sat. June 8
8–8:45 a.m.
Breakfast
8:45 a.m.
Morning meeting
9–10:30 a.m.
Practice/Warm up
for Recital
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Community Recital I
Mariposa Apartment
Homes
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Community Recital II
First Presbyterian
Church of San Marcos
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Lunch
2–3 p.m.
Recital:
Joseph Choi
Recital Hall
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Dinner
6:30–7 p.m.
“From the Top”
Lecture
Evans Auditorium
7:30–9p.m.
“From the Top”
10 p.m. Lights out
Sun. June 9
8–8:45 a.m.
Breakfast
9–11 a.m.
Check out
San Jacinto Hall
★ Young Artist
✦ College Division
✱ All

Texas State International Piano Festival

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