Queens New Music Festival 2018
Saturday, May 19, 2018, 5pm
Saturday, May 19, 2018, 5pm
“a master pianist,” Andrew Porter, The New Yorker
“the Horowitz of modern music,” Jerry Kuderna, The San Francisco Classical Voice
“the Horowitz of modern music,” Jerry Kuderna, The San Francisco Classical Voice
David Holzman, Piano
General/Student/12 and under: $20.00/$15.00/Free
Tickets available here or at the door.
Festival passes available here.
Tickets available here or at the door.
Festival passes available here.
David Holzman
Prize-winning pianist and Queens resident David Holzman has received international acclaim for his performances, recordings, and writings. He has recorded eleven cd’s which feature many of the 20th and 21st Century’s greatest keyboard masterpieces. The McDonald, Ricci, Potes and Bland will be released in 2018 and 2019. Holzman has won acclaim for his writings. His cd on the Bridge label featuring music of Stefan Wolpe won awards both for the pianism and the notes. His essay The Battle of the Senses, which deals with Holzman’s struggles with hearing loss, was just published in Sonus. His upcoming essay Balancing Act deals with his struggles with epilepsy and the pianistic challenges which arose from medication. More information on David Holzman can be found at www.battlemusic.com
Program
John McDonald: Variants on Jim Wilson’s Lanterne Melody, Monet’s Anguish, You Don’t Love Me, Forthright Wednesday Poem After Hearing Wolpe’s Palestinian Notebook
Stefan Wolpe: Waltz for Merle
James Ricci: Waltz
James Ricci: Sonata (World premiere)
George Perle: Lyric Piece with Franklin Verbsky, in memorium George Perle
Joan Dawidziak: Summer Song with Joan Dawidziak
Alba Potes: El Jardín de tómas
William Bland: Sonata #17 (New York premiere)
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