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Legato Arts presents Amir Farid, piano in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, May 29, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Legato Arts will present Amir Farid, piano at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall on Wednesday evening, May 29, 2024 at 7:00 PM. He will perform the United States premiere of Stuart Greenbaum’s Ice Man, along with Robert Paterson’s Joy Ride and works by Schubert, Prokofiev and Mozart.
Tickets are on sale now for the May 29th 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 the Artist
Winner of the 2006 Australian National Piano Award, US born Iranian-Australian pianist Amir Farid has been described as “a highly creative musician – a pianist of great intelligence and integrity”.
Residing in both Melbourne and New York City, Amir has performed as a solo recitalist, concerto soloist and collaborative artist in concert halls and festivals internationally, including Carnegie Hall New York, St. Martin in the Fields London, Mostly Mozart festival at Lincoln Center New York, Al-Hashemi-II Kuwait, MONA FOMA Festival Hobart, Sidney Myer Music Bowl Melbourne, Coriole Festival SA, Huntington Festival NSW, as well as other venues in Canada, Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand and China.
Recital collaborations include tenor Ian Bostridge, saxophonist Claude Delangle, violinists Arabella Steinbacher and Nikki Chooi, violist Lise Berthaud, cellists Mats Lidström, Alexander Baillie and Martin Loveday, sopranos Greta Bradman and Siobhan Stagg, baritone Wolfgang Holzmair, flautist Michel Bellavance and clarinetist Philippe Cuper. As a chamber musician, Amir is pianist of the Benaud Trio, winning the Piano Trio prize at the 2005 Australian Chamber Music Competition, as well as pianist with the Exponential Ensemble in NYC. He is also a recorded artist on the Steinway & Sons Spirio catalogue, as part of the piano manufacturer’s revolutionary player-piano system.
The Program
Mozart, Adagio in B minor, K. 540
Paterson, Joy Ride
Greenbaum, Ice Man
Prokofiev, Toccata in D minor, Op. 11
Schubert, Piano Sonta in B-flat Major, D. 960
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