VOICES

Pianist Eliza Garth returns to Merkin Hall with “Voices,” an evening of radiant, emergent works. The program includes premieres of works she commissioned from NOMI EPSTEIN and SHEREE CLEMENT; the New York premiere of JUDITH WEIR’s Piano Concerto (conducted by James Baker); and two masterpieces by MARIO DAVIDOVSKY: Synchronisms No. 6 (winner of the Pulitzer Prize) and Chacona.

Garth’s commissions reveal her adventurous and imaginative spirit. In For Eliza, Epstein uses the prepared piano to create colorful, complex sonorities, explored in slow motion. Garth makes her theatrical debut in Clement’s Teeth, playing the role of a disintegrating pianist during the pandemic of 2020, haunted by her thoughts and musical memories in fixed media.

As described in the NY Times, “Ms. Garth…has an exquisite ear for piano sound. One can think of no one better qualified to play this intricate, shining music.”

Ms. Garth is a graduate of the Juilliard School.

JUDITH WEIR – The Art of Touching the Keyboard

NOMI EPSTEIN – For Eliza (New York Premiere)

MARIO DAVIDOVSKY – Synchronisms No. 6

SHEREE CLEMENT – Teeth (World Premiere)

MARIO DAVIDOVSKY – Chacona

JUDITH WEIR – Piano Concerto (New York Premiere)

This concert is sponsored by the League of Composers / ISCM, US Section.

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