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The 2026 University of Utah Liszt Festival, sponsored by the American Liszt Society, opens with a recital by acclaimed pianist Dr. Dmitry Rachmanov, titled Romantics and Mystics.Dr. Rachmanov, Chair of Keyboard Studies at California State University, Northridge, has appeared at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and London's Barbican and South Bank Centres. A founding member and President of the Scriabin Society of America, he is celebrated as one of the foremost interpreters of Scriabin's music. Fanfare magazine wrote that he "may be considered alongside the great Scriabin interpreters."
PROGRAM
Beethoven: Sonata in F-sharp Major, Op. 78
Gaigerova: Four Sketches (1926)
Chopin: Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34 No. 2
Chopin: Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38
Filz: An Ancient Tale
Filz: Carpathian Novelette
Scriabin: Poème-Nocturne, Op. 61
Scriabin: Poem in F-sharp Major, Op. 32 No. 1
Scriabin: Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 42 No. 5
Rachmaninoff: Elegie, Op. 3 No. 1
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in E-flat Major, Op. 23 No. 6
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in B-flat Major, Op. 23 No. 2
Admission is free and open to the public.
The festival continues on November 2 and 3 with masterclasses by Dr. Dmitry Rachmanov, Dr. Kori Bond, and Dr. Vedrana Subotić, a lecture recital on Scriabin by Dr. Rachmanov, and the Liszt Competition finals concerts, all in Libby Gardner Concert Hall.
Presented by the University of Utah School of Music with the support of a College of Fine Arts FAF Grant.
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