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Pianist Sean Botkin in Solo Recital at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall
Legato Arts presents Sean Botkin, pianist, in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall
Wednesday, February 24, 2016, at 8:00 PM
Legato Arts is pleased to present the return of pianist Sean Botkin to the stage of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, this time as solo pianist. After appearing in the past two seasons as collaborative pianist with flautist Margaret Cornils in Weill Recital Hall, Mr. Botkin will make this solo performance one of audience favorites including Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. Botkin has been a consistent winner of international solo piano competitions and this concert will bear that out.
Botkin is well known for his performances of Rachmaninoff piano repertoire, having recorded the Piano Sonata No. 1, and having been sponsored by Alexander Rachmaninoff and the Rachmaninoff Foundation in a series of concerts throughout Europe and Rachmaninoff’s Fourth Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony at Ravinia Legato Arts is excited to present him in this performance.
Tickets are on sale now for the February 24th concert and are available through CarnegieCharge (212-247-7800), online at www.carnegiehall.org and at the Carnegie Hall box office located at 57th St. and 7th Ave. in New York City.
About Sean Botkin
Pianist Sean Botkin began studying the piano at age five with his mother, making his first orchestral appearance four years later with the Honolulu Symphony. He went on to study privately with Neal O’Doan at the University of Washington and, under his direction, performed with the Seattle Symphony, Spokane Symphony, and Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra. He has garnered prizes in international competitions, including Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Busoni International Piano Competition, Cleveland International Piano Competition, World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, Dong-A International Music Competition of Korea, International Music Competition of Japan, and the Washington (D.C.) International Competition. A graduate of Stanford University, The Juilliard School, and Indiana University at South Bend, Sean has studied with Adolph Baller, Martin Canin, and Alexander Toradze. He has performed extensively in the United States, Europe, Central and South America, Asia, and Russia. He made his New York debut at Alice Tully Hall in 1993 performing Bartók’s Concerto No. 2 with The Juilliard Symphony. He completed a series of concerts in Tbilisi, Georgia as part of the Easter to Ascension Festival.
Equally active in chamber music, Sean has performed with such artists as William Bennett, Helen Callus, Anibal Dos Santos, Mark Votapek, members of the Maia Quartet and his most recent performance as duo-pianist with Dimitri Vorobiev. He is currently Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Northern Iowa and Co-Artistic Director of the Midwest International Piano Competition.
The Program
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 1 Beethoven: Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1 Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54 Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28
Contact: Norman Dunfee 917-592-8317 Press@legatoarts.com
7 Park Ave., Suite 33 ? New York, NY 10016 ? 917-513-3080 ? MollyWaymire@LegatoArts.com
Legato Arts is pleased to present the return of pianist Sean Botkin to the stage of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, this time as solo pianist. After appearing in the past two seasons as collaborative pianist with flautist Margaret Cornils in Weill Recital Hall, Mr. Botkin will make this solo performance one of audience favorites including Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. Botkin has been a consistent winner of international solo piano competitions and this concert will bear that out.
Botkin is well known for his performances of Rachmaninoff piano repertoire, having recorded the Piano Sonata No. 1, and having been sponsored by Alexander Rachmaninoff and the Rachmaninoff Foundation in a series of concerts throughout Europe and Rachmaninoff’s Fourth Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony at Ravinia Legato Arts is excited to present him in this performance.
Tickets are on sale now for the February 24th concert and are available through CarnegieCharge (212-247-7800), online at www.carnegiehall.org and at the Carnegie Hall box office located at 57th St. and 7th Ave. in New York City.
About Sean Botkin
Pianist Sean Botkin began studying the piano at age five with his mother, making his first orchestral appearance four years later with the Honolulu Symphony. He went on to study privately with Neal O’Doan at the University of Washington and, under his direction, performed with the Seattle Symphony, Spokane Symphony, and Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra. He has garnered prizes in international competitions, including Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Busoni International Piano Competition, Cleveland International Piano Competition, World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, Dong-A International Music Competition of Korea, International Music Competition of Japan, and the Washington (D.C.) International Competition. A graduate of Stanford University, The Juilliard School, and Indiana University at South Bend, Sean has studied with Adolph Baller, Martin Canin, and Alexander Toradze. He has performed extensively in the United States, Europe, Central and South America, Asia, and Russia. He made his New York debut at Alice Tully Hall in 1993 performing Bartók’s Concerto No. 2 with The Juilliard Symphony. He completed a series of concerts in Tbilisi, Georgia as part of the Easter to Ascension Festival.
Equally active in chamber music, Sean has performed with such artists as William Bennett, Helen Callus, Anibal Dos Santos, Mark Votapek, members of the Maia Quartet and his most recent performance as duo-pianist with Dimitri Vorobiev. He is currently Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Northern Iowa and Co-Artistic Director of the Midwest International Piano Competition.
The Program
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 1 Beethoven: Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1 Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54 Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28
Contact: Norman Dunfee 917-592-8317 Press@legatoarts.com
7 Park Ave., Suite 33 ? New York, NY 10016 ? 917-513-3080 ? MollyWaymire@LegatoArts.com
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