About this Event
Praised by The New York Times, “his immense technique and ability qualify him eminently for success”, Michael Lewin was the winner of the Franz Liszt Center Piano Competition and also received a Grammy Award in 2014. He is currently the Head of the Piano Department at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
Mr. Lewin will be performing a solo program for the first half. In the second half, PYPA Artistic Director, Ching-Yun Hu will be joining the concert with Brahm's Piano Four Hand - 4 Hungarian Dances. Also, some talented young pianists are invited to perform piano four hands with Mr. Lewin.
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Program
Arvo Pärt(b. 1935)
Für Alina
Haydn
Sonata in D Major, Hob. XV1/37
I. Allegro con brio
II. Largo e sostenuto
III. Finale: Presto ma non troppo
Schubert
Fantasy in C, D.760 (Wanderer Fantasy)
Debussy
Two Préludes:
La Fille aux cheveux de lin (Book 1)
La Puerta del vino (Book 2)
Moszkowski
Caprice espagnole, Op. 37
Intermission
Poulenc
Sonata for Piano Four Hands
I. Prelude
II. Rustique
III. Final
Primo: Feitai Zhao
Secondo: Michael Lewin
Debussy
Petite Suites (Two movements):
En Baueau(Sailing)
Ballet
Primo: Michael Lewin
Secondo: TBD
Copland
Variations on a Shaker Theme (from “Appalachian Spring)
Primo: Michael Lewin
Secondo: Yinghan Hannah Wang
Brahms
Four Hungarian Dances
No. 5 in F-sharp minor
No. 1 in G minor
No. 2 in D minor
No. 6 in D-flat Major
Primo: Ching-Yun Hu
Secondo: Michael Lewin
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Michael Lewin
Michael Lewin is one of America’s foremost concert pianists, winning over audiences in 30 countries with playing of “majestic power and searing emotion.” (The London Times). His career was launched with top prizes in the Franz Liszt International Competition, the American Pianists Association Award and the William Kapell (University of Maryland) International Piano Competition. His recordings have won a Grammy Award and a Roundglass Music Award.
He has appeared as orchestral soloist with the Netherlands Philharmonic, Cairo Symphony, China National Radio Orchestra, Bucharest Philharmonic, Youth Orchestra of the Americas, State Symphony of Greece, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Boston Pops, and the Phoenix, Indianapolis, Miami, North Carolina, West Virginia, Nevada, New Orleans, Colorado, Guadalajara, and Puerto Rico Symphonies. Solo appearances include New York’s Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Taiwan’s National Concert Hall, Hong Kong’s City Hall Theatre, Holland’s Muziekcentrum, Moscow’s Great Hall, the Athens Megaron, the National Gallery of Art, the Newport, Ravinia and Spoleto Festivals and PBS Television. His extensive repertoire includes over 40 piano concertos, with particular interest in the music of Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy and a host of American and Latin American composers.
Mr. Lewin’s award-winning discography on Sono Luminus, Naxos and Centaur includes a pair of acclaimed Debussy recordings entitled “Beau Soir” and “Starry Night”, the complete piano music of Charles T. Griffes and Scarlatti Sonatas for Naxos, “Michael Lewin plays Liszt,” “A Russian Piano Recital”, “Bamboula!” piano music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk, “Piano Phantoms,” “If I Were a Bird” and the 4 Violin Sonatas by William Bolcom with Irina Muresanu.
Michael Lewin is Professor and Head of Piano at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Classical Music Director for Ethos Music in China. He gives master classes worldwide, directs the Boston Conservatory Piano Masters Series and has taught many prize-winning and successful pianists. He is a Juilliard School graduate and a Steinway Artist. His teachers included Leon Fleisher, Yvonne Lefebure, Adele Marcus and Irwin Freundlich. Please visit www.michaellewin.com for more information.
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About PYPA Piano Festival
2023 PYPA Piano Festival is coming back to Philadelphia in summer of 2023! We have prepared 9 days of in-person events, including concerts, masterclasses, lectures, and Philadelphia International Competition, July 29-August 6, 2023!
PYPA Summer Piano Festival was founded in 2013. For the first five years, the festival took place at the Curtis Institute of Music, and since 2018, it has been in residence at the historic Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.
Each summer, the piano festival offers an intensive nine-day program that encompasses master classes, lectures, and concerts performed by international renowned pianists, as well as PYPA young artists. The Summer Piano Festival also presents the annual Philadelphia International Piano Competition.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Academy of Vocal Arts, 1920 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, United States
USD 28.00