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Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: Chopin and Liszt, at Scandinavia House (Site)
Tuesday March 19, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
$20 – $25
Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns this fall for his ever-popular Keyboard Conversations® series at Scandinavia House. Each evening comprises an informal commentary on the music and its composers, a full performance of each work, and a short Q & A session. The engaging format both makes friends of classical music and enriches the listening experience for avid music lovers.
In tonight’s performance, Siegel performs gorgeous melodies with exhilarating virtuosity — Frédéric Chopin’s beloved “Etude in E Major (Op. 10, No. 3)” and “Grande Polonaise (Op. 22)” and Franz Liszt’s uplifting “Consolation in D Flat Major” and colorful “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13.”
About Jeffrey Siegel
Jeffrey Siegel has been soloist with the world’s great orchestras. Abroad, these have included the Berlin Philharmonic; London Symphony; Royal Philharmonic; the Philharmonia; BBC Orchestra; Moscow State Symphony; Munich’s Bayerischer Rundfunk; Amsterdam’s Concertgebow; Oslo Philharmonic; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic; Tokyo’s NHK Symphony Orchestra; and Milan’s Orchestra of La Scala. In the United States, engagements have included the New York Philharmonic; Los Angeles Philharmonic; The Philadelphia Orchestra; The Cleveland Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Siegel has collaborated in concerts with many of the preeminent conductors of our time, as well as legendary maestros of the past, including Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Sir Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit, Neeme Järvi, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Slatkin, Sir Georg Solti, William Steinberg, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Klaus Tennstedt, Michael Tilson Thomas, and David Zinman.
A passionate communicator as well as performer, Mr. Siegel also presents ongoing series of his celebrated Keyboard Conversations® in major cities across the United States, including New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Phoenix, Palm Springs, Denver, Dallas, and Washington, D. C.
Born into a musical family, Siegel has studied with Rudolf Ganz in his native Chicago, with the legendary Rosina Lhévinne at the Juilliard School and, as a Fulbright Scholar, with Ilona Kabos in London. He and his wife live in New York City.