27th Season of the International Keyboard Institute & Festival takes place July 7-12 in Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center

Concerts are planned for the 27^th Season of the International Keyboard Institute & Festival, taking place at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center July 7 – 12.  The IKIF Masters Series will present a showcase of six pianists in recital.  All concerts take place at 8:00pm.  Masterclasses will be held July 7-12 from 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm at Klavierhaus.   

Founder/Director Jerome Rose performs the opening concert of Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt on Monday, July 7.  

Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner, gifted young American pianist is a Gilmore Young Artist and Concert Artist Guild winner with international credentials, performs on Tuesday, July 8.

Julian Pflugmann, German/Chinese pianist, studied in both China and Germany, as well as the US where he was a student of Jerome Rose at Mannes.  Mr. Pflugmann performs Wednesday, July 9.

Pablo Rossi, based in Brazil, performed worldwide for the Keyboard Trust, is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky  Conservatory guided by Elisso Virsaladze and a former student of Jerome Rose at Mannes. He performs on Thursday, July 10.

Massimiliano Ferrati, Italian pianist, performs and gives masterclasses worldwide.  A student of Sergio Perticaroli at S. Cecilia in Rome, he is currently Piano Professor at the Conservatory in Verona.  He performs Friday, July 11.  

Martín García García, First Prize at the 2021 Cleveland Competition, Third Prize at the 2021 Chopin Competition in Warsaw with a Special Award for Best Concerto performance, and IKIF 2018 Competition First Prize winner, performs extensively worldwide and returns to IKIF in recital on Saturday, July 12.

Highlights of the Festival Concerts at 8:00pm July 7-12 include:  

Opening Concert in Merkin Hall July 7: Founder/Director Jerome Rose performs Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata, Schumann’s Fantasiestücke and Three Petrarch Sonnets of Liszt  

Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner on July 8 performs Haydn C Major Sonata, Hob. XVI: 50, Schumann’s Humoreske, Beethoven Sonata Op. 101 and Stravinsky’s Firebird, arr. Agosti

Julian Pflugmann on July 9 performs Three Sonatas of Brahms

Pablo Rossi on July 10 performs Schubert Impromptus, Op. 90, works by Gomes and Villa-Lobos, Three Schubert/Liszt Song Transcriptions, and the Schubert Wanderer Fantasy

Massimiliano Ferrati on July 11 performs Scarlatti Sonata in F minor, K. 466, Haydn Variations in F minor, Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata, and Chopin’s Sonata No. 3 in B minor

Martín García García on July 12 performs Six Moments Musicaux of Schubert, Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales, four Études-Tableaux and Six Moments Musicaux of Rachmaninoff

Since 1999 the Festival has attracted students from around the world who have the opportunity to attend the Festival and study with Faculty Artists, participate in masterclasses, and attend concerts and lectures given by some of the world’s best-known pianists and scholars.  Over 290 video clips of past Festival events are posted on YouTube, and IKIF has a Facebook page.  See:  www.ikif.org

For a Schedule of Concerts, please see our website at: www.ikif.org.   All Festival events are held at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center. Masterclasses will be held at Klavierhaus, 790 11^th Avenue. No tickets are required to attend the Masterclasses, but seating is limited.

Concert tickets for Merkin Hall events can be purchased through the Merkin Hall box office at 129 West 67^th Street (Between Broadway and Amsterdam) in person, by phone at 212-501-3330 or online www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org

Box office is open:  Sun-Thu: 12pm – 7pm; Friday: 12pm-5pm.  Closed Saturday.

In July box office hours are:  Monday-Friday 12pm – 5pm; closed Saturday and Sunday.

In July tickets may be picked up during summer Box office hours or starting two hours before each performance.

Merkin Hall Masters Series tickets: $20 

Student and Senior tickets with ID: $10 

The 27^th Season of the International Keyboard Institute & Festival is made possible by Sandy Greenberg & Peter H. Baker

Concerts by Jerome Rose and Martín García García are made possible by The Straus Family

For press information please contact Julie Kedersha, Festival Director at 212-665-2446 or info@ikif.org

JUNE 2025