Jeffrey Biegel in Concert – Sixth 5 @ 5 at DiMenna Solo Piano Performance on May 30 at DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York, New York

For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Art Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net

American pianist Jeffrey Biegel will be in concert on Saturday, May 30 presenting Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Gershwin as the sixth program of 5 @ 5 at DiMenna, a solo piano performance series curated by Mirian Conti, at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street in Manhattan.

Biegel will perform Bach’s French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV816. Beethoven’s Sonata in f minor, No. 23 Opus 57, Chopin’s Ballade No.1, Op 23 g minor and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue for solo piano (edition by Dr. Alicia Zizzo).

Admission to the concert is $5.00. Tickets are available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1586374. For more information, call 516-586-3433 or visit http://www.mirianconti.com/5--5-at-dimenna.html or https://www.facebook.com/pages/5-at-5-at-DiMenna/321605638021535?fref=ts. For transportation information, visit http://www.oslmusic.org/dimenna-center/dmc-faq/directions-parking.

Jeffrey Biegel enjoys a career as a pianist, composer and arranger. His most recent venture is the creation of the Dicterow-DeMaine-Biegel piano trio, joined by violinist Glenn Dicterow and cellist Robert DeMaine. Known for his performances of the standard repertoire, Mr. Biegel also performs new music, and recently performed two premieres during the 2013-14 season: Lucas Richman's Piano Concerto with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and, Jake Runestad's Dreams of the Fallen with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphony Chorus of New Orleans at the National WWII Museum on Veterans Day 2013. Also a specialist in the music of George Gershwin, Mr. Biegel is a new member of the touring ensemble for the staged extravaganza, Here To Stay: The Gershwin Experience with Sylvia McNair, Ryan VanDenBoom and David Snyder, taking the show to symphony orchestras worldwide.

In January 2014, GPR Records released Mr. Biegel's all-Chopin recording, Life According to Chopin, distributed worldwide via Naxos. His recent recordings include A Grand Romance (2013), A Steinway Christmas Album (2011) and, Bach On A Steinway (2010) for the Steinway & Sons label; Leroy Anderson's Concerto in C, conducted by Leonard Slatkin with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Millennium Fantasy and Peanuts Gallery, a solo CD of Vivaldi's Four Seasons for Naxos; Classical Carols for Koch and the Complete Sonatas by Mozart on the E1 label. More about him at http://www.jeffreybiegel.com.

5 @ 5 at DiMenna recital programs will feature world-class international pianists exploring an array of solo piano works from the last 400 years. Other 2015 dates and programs are:

June 20 - Enrique Graf - Uruguay and Russia and Others
September 12 - Douglas Humpherys - Sonatas from 1750s to 1950s
October 10 - Discovery Debut - TBA- Winner of the Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition
October 17 - Jose Garcia –Leon - Earl Wild, Poulenc, Debussy, Surinach
October 24 - Lisa Yu - Dussek, Franck, Debussy, Mussorgsky

5 @ 5 at DiMenna is a Fractured Atlas sponsored project.

For photos, press inquiries or more information about Jeffrey Biegel or 5 @ 5 at DiMenna, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.

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