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New Yorkers Introduced to Young Romanian Composers and Musicians
New Yorkers were introduced to the works of nine young Romanian composers on a free concert on November 11, performed by young Romanian musicians and presented by the Romanian Cultural Institute.
The rapt audience at the Merkin Concert Hall heard a program of 10 premieres: works written for piano solo, violin, cello and voice.
Bucharest-based composer Mihai Maniceanu flew into New York for the U.S. premieres of two of his works: the virtuosic The Living for solo piano, which received a riveting reading by pianist Matei Varga, and the ironically amusing crowd-pleaser Cadenza for Cello and Piano, performed by Varga and cellist Laura Buruiana. Violinist and composer Vlad Maistorovici travelled to the concert from London, where he currently lives and studies, to perform two works, Ioana Tiberian’s lyrical Sonata for Violin and Piano (with pianist Bogdan Dulu), as well as his own catchy and sonorous composition, Monument. Prélude à L’unison – Tribute to Enescu, which ended the recital.
This was the third concert this month featuring pianist Matei Varga, who is quickly establishing himself as one of this generation’s most promising artists: New Yorkers also experienced his acclaimed New York debut at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, as well as an all-Enesco concert at Mannes College (his all-Enesco recording will be released by Naxos in 2009).
The striking Romanian cellist Laura Buruiana was an audience favorite; her interpretations displayed drama and flair, as well as emotional intensity in Sabina Ulubeanu’s harrowing Sonata for Cello and Piano (with Matei Varga accompanying).
The concert began with a poetic start: pianist Bogdan Dulu, currently a studying for his Masters of Music at Mannes College, performed Ciprian Costin’s hauntingly beautiful Romanian Fairy Tales, as well as Ana Szilágyi’s memorable work for solo piano, the ringing, bell-like Sonorities. The youngest of the composers, Iasi-born Costin will head to Boston’s Berklee School of Music next year, to study film scoring. American mezzo-soprano Annie Rosen, who recently graduated from Yale College and currently is a student at Mannes, was the only non-Romanian musician on the program. She deftly performed the Transylvanian composer Serban Marcu’s emotionally charged Art Songs for mezzo-soprano & piano, with lyrics by poet Lucian Blaga (pianist Andrei Licaret accompanied). Licaret, a student of the legendary Leon Fleisher at Baltimore’s prestigious Peabody Conservatory, also performed Diana Rotaru’s atmospheric Prélude Parisien no 1. Debumessquisse, as well as Diana Iulia Simon’s multi-layered Mosaic. This overview of emerging Romanian new music was the felicitous result of a long process which began in May 2008, when 24 young Romanian-born composers submitted works to the Romanian Cultural Institute for consideration. While virtually unknown in the U.S., the selected composers have well-established careers in Europe, having been awarded commissions and a wide range of prizes at national and international competitions during the past several years.
The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York (RCINY) aims to promote Romanian culture to the public in both the U.S. and internationally, and to build sustainable connections and collaborations between American and Romanian cultural organizations. The RCINY portfolio of projects includes, among others: the first US retrospective of Romanian film organized in partnership with the Film Society at Lincoln Center, support to Romanian visual artists presented at MOMA or at the Armory show, collaborations with the PEN World Voices and an array of academic lectures and events hosted by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University. www.icrny.org
Contact Rachelle Schlosser or Stefania Ferchedau for More Information on These Young Composers and Musicians.
LIVE CONCERT RECORDING AND IMAGES ARE AVAILABLE.
Press Contacts:
Rachelle Schlosser Public Relations 718-268-8829 / rspr@mindspring.com
Stefania Ferchedau / Romanian Cultural Institute in New York 212-687-0180 / stefania@icrny.org
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The rapt audience at the Merkin Concert Hall heard a program of 10 premieres: works written for piano solo, violin, cello and voice.
Bucharest-based composer Mihai Maniceanu flew into New York for the U.S. premieres of two of his works: the virtuosic The Living for solo piano, which received a riveting reading by pianist Matei Varga, and the ironically amusing crowd-pleaser Cadenza for Cello and Piano, performed by Varga and cellist Laura Buruiana. Violinist and composer Vlad Maistorovici travelled to the concert from London, where he currently lives and studies, to perform two works, Ioana Tiberian’s lyrical Sonata for Violin and Piano (with pianist Bogdan Dulu), as well as his own catchy and sonorous composition, Monument. Prélude à L’unison – Tribute to Enescu, which ended the recital.
This was the third concert this month featuring pianist Matei Varga, who is quickly establishing himself as one of this generation’s most promising artists: New Yorkers also experienced his acclaimed New York debut at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, as well as an all-Enesco concert at Mannes College (his all-Enesco recording will be released by Naxos in 2009).
The striking Romanian cellist Laura Buruiana was an audience favorite; her interpretations displayed drama and flair, as well as emotional intensity in Sabina Ulubeanu’s harrowing Sonata for Cello and Piano (with Matei Varga accompanying).
The concert began with a poetic start: pianist Bogdan Dulu, currently a studying for his Masters of Music at Mannes College, performed Ciprian Costin’s hauntingly beautiful Romanian Fairy Tales, as well as Ana Szilágyi’s memorable work for solo piano, the ringing, bell-like Sonorities. The youngest of the composers, Iasi-born Costin will head to Boston’s Berklee School of Music next year, to study film scoring. American mezzo-soprano Annie Rosen, who recently graduated from Yale College and currently is a student at Mannes, was the only non-Romanian musician on the program. She deftly performed the Transylvanian composer Serban Marcu’s emotionally charged Art Songs for mezzo-soprano & piano, with lyrics by poet Lucian Blaga (pianist Andrei Licaret accompanied). Licaret, a student of the legendary Leon Fleisher at Baltimore’s prestigious Peabody Conservatory, also performed Diana Rotaru’s atmospheric Prélude Parisien no 1. Debumessquisse, as well as Diana Iulia Simon’s multi-layered Mosaic. This overview of emerging Romanian new music was the felicitous result of a long process which began in May 2008, when 24 young Romanian-born composers submitted works to the Romanian Cultural Institute for consideration. While virtually unknown in the U.S., the selected composers have well-established careers in Europe, having been awarded commissions and a wide range of prizes at national and international competitions during the past several years.
The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York (RCINY) aims to promote Romanian culture to the public in both the U.S. and internationally, and to build sustainable connections and collaborations between American and Romanian cultural organizations. The RCINY portfolio of projects includes, among others: the first US retrospective of Romanian film organized in partnership with the Film Society at Lincoln Center, support to Romanian visual artists presented at MOMA or at the Armory show, collaborations with the PEN World Voices and an array of academic lectures and events hosted by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University. www.icrny.org
Contact Rachelle Schlosser or Stefania Ferchedau for More Information on These Young Composers and Musicians.
LIVE CONCERT RECORDING AND IMAGES ARE AVAILABLE.
Press Contacts:
Rachelle Schlosser Public Relations 718-268-8829 / rspr@mindspring.com
Stefania Ferchedau / Romanian Cultural Institute in New York 212-687-0180 / stefania@icrny.org
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