Friday, March 1st at 7:00PM
Cost: FREE, but donations are accepted
They will be playing works by Beethoven and Chopin.
Where:
The Randolph Performing Arts Center
The Music Den
1030 Route 10 West
Randolph, New Jersey 07869
973-927-5800
Artist Information:
Frank Pavese
FRANK PAVESE is originally from Ramsey, New Jersey. He is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan and the William Paterson University of New Jersey where he is a faculty member. He credits his studies with Bulgarian pianist Elka Gurova Kirkpatrick as having had the greatest influence upon him. His professional debut was at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York. The New York Times described him as a pianist with "Energy and Commitment" and called his playing "persuasive and especially sonorous." He first came to the attention of the European musical world after acclaimed concerts at London's Wigmore Hall and the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. The press and public followed his career with great interest as he gave his Viennese debut in the Brahms-Saal of the Musikverein in 1990 and toured Hungary.
The following years have included return engagements to Vienna, a third tour of Hungary presented by the National Philharmonic, tours of France and Poland and appearances on Hungarian State Radio and Polish National Television. Orchestral appearances have included a tour of Poland where he performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Olsztyn Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Piotr Borkowski.
As founder and director of the Hindemithon festival (now in it's 10th season) at WPUNJ, celebrating the life and works of composer Paul Hindemith, Pavese received high critical acclaim for his performance of Ludus Tonalis. Classical New Jersey wrote- "Pavese played the enormous work with an ease which was in itself awesome, given the obvious difficulties of the music. Because the composer wrote fugue subjects which were easily identified through their contours and character, the pianist went for the music and not the didacticism, understanding well that there was no need to underline the obvious. Technical and musical difficulties abound in the course of the hour, and Pavese met them all with a full understanding of the score and what Hindemith had set out to accomplish. It was one of the most impressive solo piano performances of a single work I have heard in a long time."
In 2010, Pavese performed recitals of the works of Samuel Barber on tour in honor of the composer's centennial celebration. He concertizes every year in Europe and this year makes his first Pacific tour performing in Guam and Japan.
Alan Weinstein
Alan Weinstein, Assistant Professor of Cello and Bass at Virginia Tech, holds degrees in music performance from the New England Conservatory of Music and the Eastman School of Music. His principal teachers include Steven Doane, Robert Sylvester, Timothy Eddy and chamber music studies with the Cleveland Quartet, Menachem Pressler, Walter Trampler, and Eugene Lehner.
Mr. Weinstein is a founding member of the Kandinsky Trio, winner of national awards such as the Chamber Music America Residency Award. Mr. Weinstein has performed throughout North America and Europe in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Miller Theatre, Spivey Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Edinbrough Fringe Festival and the Arnoff Center. He frequently collaborates with internationally acclaimed artists including Dawn Upshaw, Ida Kavafian, Theodore Bikel and Gunther Schuller.
He has appeared on television and radio broadcasts throughout the United States and Canada, including the McNeil/Lehrer Report, WNYC, and Performance Today on National Public Radio. Mr. Weinstein has served as a faculty member at the Hindemith Institute in Blonay, Switzerland, InterHarmony International Music Festival in Arcidosso, Italy, and has given over 200 master classes at institutions including Penn State, the Interlochen Arts Academy, and Vanderbilt University. He has performed with the Portland String Quartet, the Rochester Philharmonic and served as principal cellist of the Eastman/Dryden Orchestra.
His dedication to new music has led him to premiere compositions by artists such as Mike Reid (“Tales of Appalachia” performed in over 150 cities), John D'Earth, Gunther Schuller, and Richard Danielpour. Along with the Kandinsky Trio, he is the recipient of an NEA Meet the Composer Award. His jazz collaborations have included performances with Larry Coryell, Kurt Rosenwinkle, Dave Samuels, and as a harmonica player with Ray Charles.
Virginia Tech has awarded Mr. Weinstein the Alumni Teaching Award and inducted him into the Academy of Teaching Excellence. He has also been the recipient of the Sturm Award for Faculty Excellence in the Creative Arts and the Certificate of Teaching Excellence Award. He has recorded for Arabesque Records, OmniTone and the Brioso labels and plays a cello attributed to Albani circa 1680.
