The Harriman-Jewell Series will present global-star
pianist Lang Lang to open
its 45th anniversary season at
7:30
p.m. Tuesday,
September 15, at the Folly Theater (12th and Central
Sts.) in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Last on the Harriman-Jewell
Series in 2004, the
27-year-old phenomenon is certain to dazzle and delight.
The music Lang Lang has selected for the evening includes Beethoven's Piano
Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2; Beethoven's Piano
Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" Op. 57; Albéniz's Iberia
Book I; and Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No.
7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83.
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complete program and bio
Heralded as the “hottest
artist on the classical music planet” by the New
York Times, Lang Lang [pronounced lahng lahng] has
played sold-out recitals and concerts in every major city
in the world. In 2008, over 5 billion people viewed Lang
Lang’s performance
in Beijing’s
opening ceremony for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad where
he was seen as a symbol of the youth and future of China.
Lang Lang has made it his mission to share classical music around
the world, with an emphasis on training children and young musicians
through education and outreach programs. To that effect, in October
2008 he launched the Lang Lang International Music Foundation in
New York with the support of the Grammy’s and UNICEF. Remaining tickets for the Lang Lang piano recital are priced
$40, $55, and $70. Select your seats online at hjseries.org or
call 816-415-5025 for assistance.
The Curry Family Foundation
sponsors this performance.
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In addition to the recital, Lang Lang will lead a free
piano master class with young and talented students
preselected from the Kansas City area on the Folly Theater
stage. The class is designed to be enjoyed by audience observers;
the public is invited to attend this free event from 11
a.m. to noon, on Wednesday, September 16 (the morning
after his recital at the Folly).
Reservations
are not necessary. The master class is a Lang Lang International
Music Foundation event. Call 816-415-5025 or email info@hjseries.org for
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Master Class Program
Paganini Variations, Op. 35, Book 1 Johannes
Brahms (1833-1897)
Student: Alec Tauscher
Teacher: Dr. Jack Winerock,
Professor of Piano, University of Kansas
Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82
“Allegro moderato”
Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Student: Chung Man Kim
Teachers: Dr. Jack Winerock, Professor of Piano, University
of Kansas, and Wha In Lee
Islamey
Mili Balakirev (1837-1910)
Student: Christopher McKiggan
Teacher: Dr. Robert Weirich, Jack Stranberg Missouri Endowed Chair
in Piano, University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory of Music
Special thanks to Dr. Calvin Permenter,
Robert H. McKee Professor
of Music,
William Jewell College
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