Piano Cantabile: “Trip the Light Fantastic”: An Evening of Dances for Piano
Ernst C. Stiefel Concert Hall

Curated by Inessa Zaretsky

The Piano Cantabile Series is part of the Mannes Sounds Festival which was founded in 1999 by Pavlina Dokovska, chair of the Mannes Piano department. The festival presents more than 20 concerts annually performed by young artists from Mannes, the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and the School of Drama as well as master classes and lectures by distinguished faculty members and renowned guest artists and is one of the outstanding components of Mannes’ performance program. The events are held at various prestigious New York City concert venues and cultural institutions.

Program:

J.S. Bach: Selection from French Suite No.2
Frédéric Chopin: Selected Mazurkas
Frédéric Chopin: Two Waltzes
Darius Milhaud: Trois Rags
Alexander Scriabin: Mazurkas, Op. 25
William Bolcom: Ghost Rag
Béla Bartók: Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm
Aaron Copland: Four Piano Blues
Alberto Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas
Scott Joplin: A Concert Waltz

Presented by the College of Performing Arts ‘s Mannes Sounds Festival.