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The Chopin Foundation in collaboration with the Frost School of Music and Frost Music Live! Signature Series presentsThe National Chopin Piano Competition Golden Anniversary Gala Concert and Dinner
Featuring pianists Kevin Kenner & Avery Gagliano
Concert at the Gusman Concert Hall
Post-concert Dinner at the Hormel Music Innovation Stage
As part of the Chopin Foundation’s PRELUDE to the 2025 National Chopin Piano Competition, this gala event is the only public fundraising event to raise funds and awareness for the Competition. Since 1975, the Competition has brought the best young American pianists to Miami to compete for cash prizes and the opportunity to represent the US at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. This exciting gala performance features TWO excellent artists: the winner of the 2020 US Competition, Avery Gagliano, and the winner of the 1990 Warsaw Competition, Kevin Kenner
Join us in celebrating the golden anniversary of the National Chopin Piano Competition and in honoring Founder and President, Lady Blanka Rosenstiel.
Program
Avery Gagliano
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 55 No. 2
Mazurkas, Op. 30
Robert Schumann
Novelletten Op. 21 No. 8 in F-sharp minor
Romanze Op. 28 no. 2
Avery Gagliano & Kevin Kenner
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata K. 545 C major
INTERMISSION
Kevin Kenner & Quintet
Frédéric Chopin
Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22
Krakowiak, Op. 14
Variations on Mozart’s “La ci darem la mano”, Op. 2
Since his victory at the XII International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, pianist Kevin Kenner has received critical acclaim for his performances on the concert stage and for his extensive discography. He currently serves on the faculty at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music and has recently performed in Europe, North America, and Asia. He is also the Artistic Director and Founder of the Frost Chopin Academy.
Avery Gagliano, who first rose to international acclaim as the winner of the First Prize and Best Concerto Prize at the 2020 National Chopin Piano Competition, has performed in prominent venues, including Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, the Louis Vuitton Foundation, Salle Cortot, Luxembourg Philharmonie, Ehrbar Saal in Vienna, and La Grange au Lac in Évian.
General Admission: $50
Concert Ticket + Post-concert Dinner: $200
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Maurice Gusman Concert Hall at Frost School UM, 1314 Miller Rd, Coral Gables, FL 33146-2311, United States,Coral Gables, Florida
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