Low near 65F. By submitting your email to receive this newsletter, you agree to our. "When we're talking about breaking barriers, that's what we want to encouragefor people to feel free to respond to it however they want. Born in Venezuela, Montero started her piano studies at age four with Lyl Tiempo, making her concerto debut at age eight in her hometown of Caracas. ", She emphasized the strong connection between flow of the music and the flow of nature, calling to mind images of wind and water. Susan Zhang, Piano, 2018 April 22. The Concert Truck performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at R. House, 301 W. 29th St. and 7:30 p.m. Friday at Ynot Lot, North Avenue and Charles Street. "We wanted a way to give people who are not part of this niche more access, to let them know it's not reserved for a certain kind of person.". special prize for the best interpretation of Bach and Canton Symphony Orchestra Prize), First Prize at the Robert Schumann Piano Competition in Dusseldorf, Second Prize and the Press Award at the Cliburn Junior International Piano Competition, Grand Prix and special prize for best Chopin interpretation at the Chicago International Music Competition, and First Prize at the Jeune Chopin International Piano Competition in Martigny. (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media forNJ.com), Musician Wang Junling, left, speaks with concert-goers after the performance. Critics rave at her emotional eloquence and impeccable technique combined with all the important features of a mature master (ICMA): 18-year old Armenian pianist Eva Gevorgyan has quickly established herself as one of the most promising talents in the pianistic world. Dazzling was found on April 2018 by Susan Zhang. They did a lot of the main structural modifications to the truck that was donated to us, Luby explains, noting that they also assisted with the initial prototype. specialcollections@lists.jhu.edu Eva has appeared with such conductors as Vladimir Spivakov, Lawrence Foster, Vasily Petrenko, Valery Gergiev, Alexander Sladkovsky, Roberto Beltran-Zavala, Eduard Topchjan, Dimitris Botinis, Piotr Gribanov, Tigran Hakhnazaryan, Ruth Reinhardt, Anatoly Levin, Ilmar Lapinsh, and others. specialcollections@lists.jhu.edu Susan Chang, founder/director of Music from China, speaks to the audience during the show. Additional highlights include a planned European tour with the City of Birmingham Symphony and Mirga Grainyt-Tyla; a second tour with the cutting edge Scottish Ensemble, this time with Monteros latest composition Babel as the centrepiece of the programme; her long-awaited return to Warsaw for the Chopin in Europe Festival, marking 23 years since her prize win at the International Chopin Piano Competition; and return invitations to work with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony, Jaime Martin and the Orquestra de Cadaqus for concerts in Madrid and Barcelona, and Alexander Shelley and the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada. Both Susan and Nick are prize-winning performers and passionate music educators. . Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). Wang Junling plays a zheng, also known as a Chinese zither, an instrument which dates back to the time the Great Wall of China was built more than 2,500 years ago. Box Office: (970) 879-5056 ext.105 Join us Wednesday mornings from 10:00 to 10:45. We are committed to correcting and contextualizing these records as we identify them, and we invite you to contact us at specialcollections@lists.jhu.edu if you encounter harmful language in our finding aids or collections. Joining Music From China as Artistic Director in 1996 and also maintaining a solo career, Wang Guowei has appeared with such artists as the Shanghai Quartet, Amelia Piano Trio, Continuum, Four Nations Ensemble, Virginia Symphony, Post Classical Symphony, Ornette Coleman, Butch Morris, Yo-Yo Ma. 92 . Get Susan Zhang's email address (s*****@wisintl.com) and phone number at RocketReach. Audiences can expect a colorful variety of virtuosic piano pieces by Chopin, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff and contemporary Russian composer Nikolai Kapustin, known for his vivid jazz-influenced style. At one recent performance, the pair rolled up to an elementary school in Raleigh, North Carolina, accompanied by the North Carolina Symphony. Matt Grinke (Alumnus - student of Susan Evans 1999 - 2009) New York State of Mind . He is a student of Hung-Kuan Chen and Tema Blackstone . Baltimore, Maryland 21202 USA, John Work Garrett Library (Evergreen Museum and Library) The Concert Truck launched in April 2016, giving eight performances in five days throughout the city of Columbia, SC. Pianists Susan Zhang and Nick Luby Bring The Concert Truck to the Southeastern Piano Festival 88 (Keys) Per Hour By Kyle Petersen Jun 12, 2019 Updated Jun 13, 2019 Let us help you find. Anthony Tommasini remarked in The New York Times that Monteros playing had everything: crackling rhythmic brio, subtle shadings, steely powersoulful lyricismunsentimental expressivity.. She has performed with Music From China since 2002. Join Facebook to connect with Susan Chang and others you may know. She enjoys performance so much, and especially like to participate in competitions. Taking classical music on the road and performing for diverse audiences and passersby has energized the Concert Truck pianists. Sign Up for the Piano The University of South Carolinas Southeastern Piano Festival, an internationally renowned celebration of some of the finest musicians in the world today, tends to be a fairly austere event, even if the music practically crackles with intensity. See a *? Some people think classical music is elitist and hyper-intellectual, but I think anyone can appreciate a great performance and be moved. Arthur Friedheim Library Haochen Zhang, piano ? Get the latest updates right in your inbox. Montero made her formal debut as a composer with Ex Patria, a tone poem designed to illustrate and protest Venezuelas descent into lawlessness, corruption, and violence. He won ten international prizes and serves regularly on juries of international competitions worldwide. (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media forNJ.com). No fancy curtain to draw; just open up the truck's side and start playing. Peabody Institute Since then, The Concert Truck has presented concerts across the country in city streets, music and arts festivals, schools, neighborhoods, parks anywhere you can think to park a truck. specialcollections@lists.jhu.edu In this week's to-do list, the SC State Museum hosts First Sunday at the Museum and Jesus Christ Superstar hits the Koger Center. Contact peabodyarchives@lists.jhu.edu for more information. Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. Impassioned by their love for music and belief in its emotional power, pianists Nick Luby and Susan Zhang converted a 16-foot box truck into a fully functioning mobile concert hall, complete with lights, sound system, and piano. https://aspace.library.jhu.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/184032 Accessed March 01, 2023. Rice Music lent them a piano for a while before they were able to purchase one, and they leaned on a variety of collaborators, including School of Music alum Alex Davis and John Hunsinger, stage manager for the South Carolina Philharmonic, for technical assistance and know-how. She was named an Honorary Consul by Amnesty International in 2015, and recognised with Outstanding Work in the Field of Human Rights by the Human Rights Foundation for her ongoing commitment to human rights advocacy in Venezuela. Pleased with the direction and achievements of the group, the Palm Beach Symphony's board of directors . John Zion serves as the Managing Director of MKI Artists, one of the leading classical music management agencies in the United States where he directs the careers of a prestigious roster of artists, ensembles, and composers. "What we're doing is being guests in other people's space. Her band, The Beatnik Playboys, have been playing and creating music together for over 15 years. 1. Special Collections July 27, 2022 by Mike Telin by Mike Telin When award-winning pianists Nick Luby and Susan Zhang were searching for a way to use their musical training to give back to the community, an interesting question arose: does a mobile concert hall exist? It was bizarre and beautiful to me, says Susan. The Sheridan Libraries Peabody Institute sound and video recordings, PIRG-13-01. They just go to wherever they want to play. specialcollections@lists.jhu.edu (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com), One of the featured musicians was Wang Guowei on erhu. June 29 through August 17. "People were connecting to music through head phones," Luby says, "not live music. Recordings of Conservatory student degree recitals, including junior recitals and capstone projects. We want to spend some time on the road and get to know the country in ways that we havent been able to before.. Recipient of the prestigious 2018 Heidelberger Frhling Music Prize, Monteros recent and forthcoming highlights include debuts with the New World Symphony (Michael Tilson Thomas), Yomiuri Nippon Symphony in Tokyo (Aziz Shokhakimov), Orquesta de Valencia (Pablo Heras-Casado), and the Bournemouth Symphony (Carlos Miguel Prieto), the latter of which featured her as Artist-in-Residence for the 2019-2020 season. Wang Guowei studied at the Shanghai Conservatory and was concertmaster and soloist with the Shanghai Traditional Orchestra. Susan Zhang, Piano, 2018 April 22. Peabody Institute All concerts take place at the Yampa River Botanic Park (1000 Pamela Lane, Steamboat Springs). GPTQ: Accurate Quantization for Generative Pre-trained Transformers Can quantize GPT models w/ 175B params in ~4 GPU hours, reducing the bitwidth down to 3 or 4 bits per weight, with negligible accuracy degradation relative to the uncompressed baseline. Peabody Institute sound and video recordings, PIRG-13-01. It engages diverse communities and audiences nationwide with thoughtful, timely programming, and works with arts organizations of all sizes to build a critical presence in their communities. After being in conservatory life for a long time, I started to feel like when I would speak with people who were not musicians, there was this perception that I was out of touch, she continues. As in her own work, she encourages her students to explore their own backgrounds and fosters empowerment through deep authenticity. You have permission to edit this article. The Warnock Foundation is excited to launch our new blog. Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Free Times arts, culture and music coverage is provided courtesy of a Knight Foundation grant. But we are never really able to do that, says Zhang, an alumnus of the festival. As teachers danced in the background and students clapped to the beat, Luby and Zhang executed detailed choreography as they played an arrangement of Libertango by Astor Piazzolla. Peabody Archives. In 2008, she also received a Grammy nomination for her album Baroque, and in 2010 she released Solatino, a recording inspired by her Venezuelan homeland and devoted to works by Latin American composers. Wenhao Zhang, Piano Intermission LUDWIG VAN Symphony No. Susan has 5 jobs listed on their profile. Hear concert pianists and Concert Truck co-directors Nick Luby and Susan Zhang with storyteller and djembefola (djembe master), Dr. David Fakunle. A master teacher whose students have won international competitions, Dr. Susan Chan serves as Professor of Piano and Piano Area Coordinator at Portland State University, and offers masterclasses worldwide. A graduate and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London, Montero is also a frequent recitalist and chamber musician, having given concerts at such distinguished venues as the Wigmore Hall, Kennedy Center, Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonie, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Cologne Philharmonie, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Munich Herkulessaal, Sydney Opera House, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Luxembourg Philharmonie, Lisbon Gulbenkian Museum, Manchester Bridgewater Hall, Seouls LG Arts Centre, Hong Kong City Hall, the National Concert Hall in Taipei, and at the Barbicans Sound Unbound, Edinburgh, Salzburg, SettembreMusica in Milan and Turin, Lucerne, Ravinia, Gstaad, Saint-Denis, Violon sur le Sable, Aldeburgh, Cheltenham, Rheingau, Ruhr, Trondheim, Bergen, and Lugano festivals. 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