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Alexander Beridze, Piano
Alexander Beridze, piano New York Piano Festival, Bechstein Centre, New York, NY June 14, 2009 As the finale of the New York Piano Festival, Alexander Beridze, founder and artistic director of the budding series, performed his own demanding solo recital. Not surprisingly, he is up to the task of wearing numerous hats, having earned degrees…
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New York Piano Festival
Alexander Beridze (Founder and Artistic Director), Ilya Kazantsev, Ilya Yakushev, and Mai Kagaya,Pianists Theo Lebow, tenor Bechstein Centre June 7, 2009 New York has a new piano consortium. It is called New York Piano Festival and was founded by Alexander Beridze, a pianist eager to expand the city’s concert life. When the Bechstein Company offered…
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Mendelssohn 200th Anniversary Gala
Rutgers University May 26, 2009 Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall To honor the bicentenary of Felix Mendelssohn’s birth, the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University’s Boyd Foundation (under the direction of piano Professor Min Kwon) mounted an extravaganza presenting practically all of the composer’s Songs Without Words as played by the piano…
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2009 CONCERT SEASON
If there is a general complaint about manyof today’s performers, it is that they reverse the ancient dictum “Nothing to excess” by doingeverything to excess. Tempi keep getting faster, dynamics louder and softer, contrasts more violent; brass and percussion dominate the orchestral texture and ruin the balance. Nevertheless, there was much to enjoy and admire…
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ETHICS, the Perfect ANTIDOTE for Competitions in Question
It takes a lifetime of experience to feel secure when preparing an article, short story, or commentary on a particular subject that could be interpreted as controversial, or possibly vindictive. We feel, however, that these adjectives do not apply to our particular argument. As pianists, educators, composers, directors of a highly successful school of the…
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Income Tax Service
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Piano Instruction
If you want to reach the level of a grand concert stage and feel absolutely secure during your performance,call Temuri Akhobadze, concert pianist, Steinway artist, (212) 663-3498, Temuri@verizon.net. First meeting is free.