Rochester, NY — Late last month, Eastman piano student Sergio Monteiro left for Buenos Aires, Argentina, hoping to have a crack at placing in the second Martha Argerich International Piano Competition. Not only did the 29-year old doctoral student of Professor Nelita True walk away with the First Prize of $10,000, but he also shared…
ROCHESTER, NY — It’s carnival season in France, 1675. Ridicule and liberties abound, everyone is in disguise and nothing is as it appears. To celebrate this joyous season of masquerades, the incomparable composer Jean-Baptiste Lully from the court of Louis XIV is premiering Le Carnaval Mascarade, an entertaining musical theater pastiche from several of his…
ROCHESTER, NY — Zarina Melik-Stepanova, a 26-year old piano student of Natalya Antonova at the Eastman School of Music, has just played her way into a $10,000 first prize win and two years of professional career management through the Young Artists Auditions of the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC). A native of Baku in…
ROCHESTER, NY — Mr. Xin Jia, “a poised and polished pianist” (Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY) from Shenyang, China, has taken first prize in the seventh annual Eastman School of Music Young Artists International Piano Competition, with second and third prizes going to two 17-year olds: Todd Yaniw from Waterloo, Ontario (Canada), and Evan Shinners…
ROCHESTER, NY — At the birth of America’s Roaring ’20s, a small group of visionary civic leaders in a mid-sized Western New York city came together with the dream of forming a world-class school of music. The story of how, in 1921, Rochester industrialist, entrepreneur and philanthropist George Eastman founded the Eastman School of Music,…
ROCHESTER, NY — For the second consecutive year, the world’s best-known brass quintet — the Canadian Brass — pays a visit to Rochester this summer for a special weekend residency at the Eastman School of Music. The highlight of the visit is a concert at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, July 12, in Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs…
ROCHESTER, NY — It’s six weeks of outstanding music this summer, as the Eastman School of Music presents nearly 50 concerts and performances as part of its annual Summer Session (June 29-August 7). This year’s featured performers include the Community Education Division (CED) and collegiate faculty, special guest artists, and summer program participants. A complete…
ROCHESTER, NY — The Eastman School of Music has plenty to crow about this spring, as a bumper crop of its talented students recently have won or are entering some of the world’s most prestigious instrumental music competitions. Pianist Thomas Rosenkranz Wins American Pianists Association Award Thomas Rosenkranz, a 26-year old doctoral student of Nelita…
ROCHESTER, NY — Down Beat, one of the country’s most respected jazz magazines, has selected pianist Harold Danko, chair of the Eastman School of Music’s Jazz and Contemporary Media department, as one of only three recipients of its 12th annual "Down Beat Achievement Awards for Jazz Education." The honor is announced in the June issue…