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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Poiema Artists series is excited to present Sean Kennard (Piano) and Nicholas Tavani (Violin) in concert on Saturday, April 22nd at 7:30pm. Come out for a beautiful concert that will feature musice of Prokofiev, Bryant, and Faur\u00e9.<\/p>\n
Date: April 22nd. 2017 (Saturday)
\nTime: 7:30pm
\nDoors open at 7pm. Free Admission.<\/p>\n
Venue: Central Presbyterian Church
\n593 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065
\n(at the corner of E64th Street and Park Avenue)<\/p>\n
Bio:
\nSean Kennard<\/p>\n
Sean Kennard, half Japanese, has won top prizes in the Queen Elisabeth Competition (Belgium), the International Music Competition of Vi\u00f1a del Mar (Chile), the Vendome International Piano Competition (Portugal), the Sendai International Music Competition (Japan), the Hilton Head International Piano Competition (USA), the National Chopin Competition, the Iowa Piano Competition, the American Pianists Association, and the International Chopin Competition of the Pacific.<\/p>\n
The Washington Post praised Kennard\u2019s \u201cpowerful and involved music making,\u201d describing him as \u201ca strong luminous pianist.\u201d His 2011 debut album received a rave review in American Record Guide, which pronounced it \u201ca hidden gem,\u201d attesting to its \u201cperfect blend of lyricism and romantic passion,\u201d \u201chuge romantic sound, and bold melodic vision.\u201d It proclaimed that he \u201cplays the dickens out of the Stravinsky [Three Movements from Petrushka]\u201d and \u201cplays Chopin\u2019s Preludes with more poise and vision than most pianists who have recorded them.\u201d Fanfare affirmed the enthusiastic reception, naming the album \u201ca very desirable disc\u201d and citing \u201cKennard\u2019s mastery of Chopin\u2019s idiom,\u201d its \u201cimpression of complete effortlessness\u201d and \u201cemotional responsiveness.\u201d The review characterized his playing as \u201cfull of life and sparkle,\u201d summing up: \u201cwhile I wouldn’t necessarily say that Kennard outclasses Ashkenazy, Rubinstein, Moravec, Ohlsson\u2026in this repertoire, he surely equals them.\u201d His most recent disc featuring sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti was released by Naxos in 2017.<\/p>\n
Kennard has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as the Prague Radio Symphony, NHK Chamber Orchestra (Japan), Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Osaka Symphony Orchestra, Yamagata Symphony Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic, Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre Royal de Chambre (Belgium), Chamber Orchestra of Frankfurt (Germany), Orchestre Philharmonique du Maroc (Morocco), Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile, Orquesta Filarm\u00f3nica de Montevideo, Orquesta Sinfonica Regional (Uruguay), Sinfonia Perugina (Italy), Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional (Dominican Republic), New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and the orchestras of Charleston, Sioux City, Hilton Head, and Honolulu.<\/p>\n
He has appeared in recital and chamber music in such venues as Carnegie Hall\u2019s Stern Auditorium, Lincoln Center\u2019s Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Salle Cortot (Paris), Palais des Beaux-arts and Theatre Royal de la Monnaie (Brussels), Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon), Chopin Society (Warsaw), Teatro Caio Melisso (Spoleto), Sala dei Notari (Perugia), Tokyo Opera City Hall, Yomiuri Otemachi Hall (Tokyo), Yamaha Hall (Tokyo), Seoul Arts Center, Hong Kong City Hall, Mohamed V Theater (Morocco), and Teatro del Lago (Chile).<\/p>\n
Recent and upcoming engagements include: solo appearances with the Prague Radio Symphony (Rachmaninoff\u2019s Concerto No. 2), Dominican Republic\u2019s National Symphony (Tchaikovsky\u2019s Concerto No. 1), Montevideo Philharmonic (Rachmaninoff\u2019s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) and the Hawaii Symphony (Liszt\u2019s Concerto in E-flat major), recitals and master classes in Japan, Uruguay, California, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, and Nevada.<\/p>\n
Sean\u2019s first teacher was Ellen Masaki. He received a Bachelor of Music from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2004. In his final year at Curtis he won the institute\u2019s Sergei Rachmaninoff Award, given to one graduating pianist each year. After subsequent work with pianist Enrique Graf he received a Master of Music from the Juilliard School (studios of Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald) and spent the following two years in the studio of Richard Goode. In 2016 he completed the residential portion of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree program at Yale University working with Boris Berman and joined the faculty at Stetson University in 2017.<\/p>\n
Nicholas Tavani<\/p>\n
Lauded by the Washington Post for his \u201cbrilliant musicianship,\u201d violinist Nicholas Tavani debuted in Washington, D.C.\u2019s Gaston Hall at the age of eight. As a chamber musician, recitalist, and concerto soloist, Mr. Tavani has performed extensively to critical acclaim in the United States and around the world. As first violinist of the Aeolus Quartet, he was a winner of the 2011 Plowman International Chamber Music Competition, the 2011 Yellow Springs Chamber Music competition, and the 2009 Coleman International Chamber Music Competition. He is also a laureate of the Postacchini and Kingsville International Violin Competitions.<\/p>\n
A passionate advocate of new music, Mr. Tavani has premiered and recorded several works by living composers, including Samuel Adler, Alexandra Bryant, Christopher Theofanidis, and Dan Visconti. His discography includes two albums with the Aeolus Quartet in wide release on the Longhorn\/Naxos label. Performances with orchestra include the Aspen Festival Orchestra, Prince William Symphony, Little River Symphony, Masterworks Festival Orchestra, Austin Chamber Music Festival Orchestra, CIM Chamber Orchestra, and many others. Collaborations include Peter Salaff, Ieva Jokubaviciute, Daxun Zhang, and Michael Tree.<\/p>\n
Mr. Tavani\u2019s current season includes sonata performances at the Phillips Collection in Washington DC and WCR Concert Hall in New York, concertos in Virginia and Massachusetts, extensive touring across the US and Canada with the Aeolus Quartet, and serving as teaching assistant to the Juilliard Quartet at the Juilliard School, where the Aeolus Quartet is currently Graduate Quartet in Residence. An alumnus of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Nicholas studied violin with William Preucil and chamber music with Peter Salaff and the Cavani Quartet. In addition to a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from CIM, Nicholas also studied mathematical physics at Case Western Reserve University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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