October 15, 2009 — Coral Gables — Festival Miami 2009 features a diverse line up of 20 concerts over the course of this month grouped into four themed categories: Great Performances, Creative American Music, Music of the Americas, and Jazz and Beyond.
The Great Performances concerts during Festival Miami 2009 include seven classical music concerts featuring homegrown talent and big-name visiting artists. Artistic Director of Festival Miami, Dean Shelton G. “Shelly” Berg said, "We’re excited to feature the first-class artistry of Frost School faculty and students alongside acclaimed guest artists during Festival Miami 2009."
On Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at 8:00PM, Chopin International Competition Winner pianist Kevin Kenner will perform works by Chopin and composers who were inspired by his genius. Recognized at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw at the age of 17, American pianist Kevin Kenner was awarded 10 prizes and a special jury prize for his gifted talent. Just 10 years later he went on to win the top prize – the People’s Prize and the Polonaise Prize in Warsaw. Winning the bronze medal at the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition the same year made him the only American to have received prizes in both competitions.
Kenner began to perform as a soloist with orchestras including the Berlin Symphony; Warsaw Philharmonic; NHK Symphony of Japan; and U.S. orchestras of San Francisco, New Jersey, Rochester, Baltimore, among others. He has also been invited to perform chamber music with renowned ensembles such as the Belcea, Tokyo, and Panocha String Quartets, among many others.
For the past five years, Kenner has been giving classes at the International Summer Music Academy in Krakow, Poland. He has worked as a professor of piano at the Royal College of Music in London since 2001.
Featured Chopin works will include: Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1; Mazurka in E minor, Op. 17, No. 2; Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53; Berceuse in D-flat, Op. 57; Waltz in E minor; Mazurka in C, Op. 56, No. 2; Prelude No.14 in D-sharp minor, Op. 28; Etude in A-flat, Op. 25, No.1; Nocturne in D-flat, Op. 27, No.2; Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. 66; Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op. 52; Etude in C minor, Op.10, No.12. The program will also feature Mily Balakierev's Nocturne No. 2 in B minor, Bill Evans' "The Peace Piece", Karol Szymanowski's Mazurka, Op. 50, No. 2, Debussy's Etude No.11 “pour les Arpèges composés”, George Crumb's "Dream Images (Love-Death Music)", and Alexander Scriabin's Etude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No.12.
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The Festival Miami Advance Ticket Sales Office phone number is (305) 284-4940. Hours are Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For a complete listing of concerts and to order tickets online visit http://www.festivalmiami.com or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for additional information. Gusman Concert Hall is located at the Frost School of Music, 1314 Miller Drive, on the University of Miami’s Coral Gables Campus. Clarke Recital Hall is located a short walk from Gusman Concert Hall along shore of Lake Osceola. For more information on the Frost School of Music, visit http://www.music.miami.edu.
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The Frost School of Music, one of two schools created in 1926 when the University of Miami was founded, is one of the largest and best music schools located in a private university in the U.S., and one of the most comprehensive in all of higher education. The naming gift from Dr. Phillip and Patricia Frost was one of the historic highlights in the life of the School. Building on its foundation as a Conservatory of Music, the Frost School has pioneered new curricula and was the first in the nation to offer professionally accredited bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Music Business and Music Engineering Technology. The Frost School was also among the first to offer degrees in Studio Music and Jazz, Music Therapy, and Accompanying and Chamber Music. In addition, the Frost School was the first in a major university to develop a student-run label, ‘Cane Records, and a publishing company, Category Five. The School’s innovative programs, combined with its traditional areas of concentration, offer its students one of the widest choices of career programs of any music school in the nation. The Frost School continues to lead, having recently established a new songwriting degree; the “Bruce Hornsby Creative American Music Program.” Also, the world-renowned Henry Mancini Institute has relocated from Los Angeles to the Frost School.
