Name: French Masterworks in Revised Couture
Start: 2016-04-17T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2016-04-17T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Upper West Side

French Masterworks in Revised Couture

A one-of-a-kind, intimate and enlightening series of Classical music salons in NYC's Upper West Side (upper 90s), followed by a food-and-wine reception with the guest Artist(s).

Grinberg Classical Salon Series

FRENCH MASTERWORKS IN REVISED COUTURE
Sunday, April 17th, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
 
Jerome Lowenthal, piano
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Dear Friends!
 
I am delighted to invite you to an intimate home salon on the Upper West Side on Sunday, April 17th, at 6:30 p.m., in which I will have the honor of welcoming back Maestro JEROME LOWENTHAL for his second guest appearance at the <A HREF="http://yelenagrinberg.com/grinberg-salon-series/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Grinberg Classical Salon Series</A>. Mr. Lowenthal is a legendary American pianist who made his Philadelphia Orchestra debut at age 13 in 1945 and was a pupil of William Kappell, Eduard Steuermann, and Alfred Cortot. He is an international prize winner, judge of international piano competitions, and a renowned piano professor of The Juilliard School with whom I had the great privilege of studying while being a Doctoral student at Juilliard. This evening, he will present a colorful French-themed program, in part, in celebration of Ferrucio Busoni's 150th birthday: Poulenc's Aubade (1929) - a charming blend of piano concerto, ballet, and chamber salon piece - arranged  by Poulenc for solo piano, Busoni's bold and brilliant Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen (1920), and Faure's tender and evocative Dolly Suite, op. 56 (1893-94) in Alfred Cortot's masterful arrangement for solo piano (1899). Mr. Lowenthal's special program, French Masterworks, is surely NOT to be missed!!!
 
Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday, April 17th!
 
 
Best,
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Dr. Yelena Grinberg, founder and artistic director of the<A HREF="http://yelenagrinberg.com/grinberg-classical-salon-series/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Grinberg Classical Salon Series</A>
 
When: Sunday, April 17th, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
          Doors will open at 6:00 pm            Food-and-wine reception with Mr. Lowenthal to follow the salon
Where: Private residence on the Upper West Side (West 90s)
          You will get the exact home address after you register through this website
Admission: $25.00
          Admission price includes the wine-and-hors d'oeuvres reception           Limited to just 22 seats!!
          Note: Advance ticket purchase through this site is required.                     NO tickets will be sold at the door.
Contact: Dr. Yelena Grinberg (ygpiano@gmail.com)
Program: 
French Masterworks in Revised Couture - 
POULENC - Aubade, arranged for solo piano by Poulenc (1929) BUSONI - Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen (1920) FAURE - Dolly Suite, op. 56 (1893-94), arr. for solo piano by Alfred Cortot (1899)
 
BIOGRAPHY:
The American pianist, Jerome Lowenthal, studied with <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Samaroff-Olga.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Olga Samaroff</A>-Stokowski in his native Philadelphia, William Kapell and Eduard Steuermann at the Juilliard School in New York, and <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Cortot-Alfred.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alfred Cortot</A> at the École Normale de Musique de Paris in Paris, France. Meanwhile he travelled annually to Los Angeles for coachings with Artur Rubinstein.
After winning prizes in three international competitions (Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy in 1957; Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels in 1960; and Darmstadt International Chopin Piano Competition), he moved to Jerusalem where, for three years, he played, taught and lectured.   Jerome Lowenthal made his debut at 13 with the <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Philadelphia-Orchestra.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Philadelphia Orchestra</A>. Returning to the USA from Jerusalem in 1963, he made his debut with the <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/NYPO.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">New York Philharmonic Orchestra</A>, playing <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Bartok-Bela.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Béla Bartók</A>'s Piano Concerto No. 2.
Since then, he has performed more-or-less everywhere, from the Aleutians to Zagreb. Conductors with whom he has appeared as soloist include <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Barenboim-Daniel.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Daniel Barenboim</A>, <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Ozawa-Seiji.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Seiji Ozawa</A>, <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Thomas-Michael-Tilson.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Michael Tilson Thomas</A>, Yuri Temirkanov, and <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Slatkin-Leonard.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Leonard Slatkin</A>, as well as such giants of the past as <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Bernstein-Leonard.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Leonard Bernstein</A>, <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Ormandy-Eugene.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Eugene Ormandy</A>, <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Monteux-Pierre.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Pierre Monteux</A> and <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Stokowski-Leopold.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Leopold Stokowski</A>. He has performed in a large number of chamber music festivals and collaborated in concerts with violinist <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Perlman-Itzhak.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Itzhak Perlman</A> (playing sonatas), cellist Nathaniel Rosen, and pianists Ronit Amir (his late wife), Ursula Oppens, and Carmel Lowenthal (his daughter), as well as quintets with the Lark Quartet, Avalon Quartet, and Shanghai Quartet.   Jerome Lowenthal is recognized as a specialist of <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Liszt-Franz.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Franz Liszt</A>, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Bartok-Bela.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Béla Bartók</A>, and more generally of virtuoso and late romantic music. His recordings include piano concertos by <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Liszt-Franz.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">F. Liszt</A> with the <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Vancouver-Symphony.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Vancouver Symphony Orchestra</A> and the complete Tchaikovsky concerto cycle with the <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/LSO.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">London Symphony Orchestra</A>.
He has an extensive repertoire, including 63 performed piano concerti, and is the dedicatee of many new works and has unearthed some rare romantic piano works, such as the <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Liszt-Franz.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">F. Liszt</A>’s Third Piano Concerto edited by his former student Jay Rosenblatt. He continues to fascinate audiences, who find in his playing a youthful intensity and an eloquence born of life-experience. He is a virtuoso of the fingers and the emotions.   Jerome Lowenthal has recorded for numerous record labels, including RCA, Columbia, and Arabesque, and is in the process of recording the complete Années de Pèlerinage of <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Liszt-Franz.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">F. Liszt</A> for Bridge Records. He has recently recorded the Beethoven Fourth Concerto with cadenzas by eleven different composers. His other recordings include concerti by Tschaikovsky and <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Liszt-Franz.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">F. Liszt</A>, solo works by Sinding and <A HREF="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Bartok-Bela.htm" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">B. Bartók</A>, and chamber-music by Arensky and Taneyev.  
Jerome Lowenthal is a professor of piano at the Juilliard School in New York since 1991, where he was also chair of the piano department. Additionally, Lowenthal is on the faculty at Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California since 1970. He has worked with an extraordinary number of gifted pianists, whom he encourages to understand the music they play in a wide aesthetic and cultural perspective and to project it with the freedom which that perspective allows. Beside, he gives master-classes in North America, Europe, and Asia, He is a frequent judge in international piano competitions, such as the Cliburn, Tschaikowsky, Rubinstein, Horowitz, and Bachauer piano competitions, to name a few. Lowenthal recently received an honorary doctorate from the Cleveland Institute of Music.
 
To read a recent interview with Mr. Jerome Lowenthal, click <A HREF="http://www.examiner.com/article/interview-with-pianist-jerome-lowenthal-complete" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</A>.
 
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