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The
Taubman Approach:
``A
straightforward yet subtle approach to piano technique
that
provides all of the instrumental tools the pianist
needs to express his or her artistic vision."
Nina
Tichman, recording artist
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This year's Festival, July 8-20, 2002, was a great success!
 
At this year's International Piano Festival world class artists
of exceptional talent performed spellbinding music in one of America's
most exquisite concert halls.
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The Williamstown Gala
Opening Night, July 8th, celebrated the new season and our
commitment to the Community
All
proceeds were donated to the new Elementary School towards
the purchase of a Yamaha grand piano
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Monday
July 8
Mei Ting Sun
China
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“Breath-taking promise of
youthful artistry”
—PRO PIANO COMPETITION
| Scarlatti: |
Six Sonatas
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| Brahms: |
Paganini Variations |
| Chopin: |
Etudes, Op. 10 |
SPONSORED BY YAMAHA |
Tuesday
July 9
Ilya Itin
Russia
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“A great master, his style
combine sample technique,
maturity , lyric fantasy and liberty.”
—LE MONDE
| Grieg: |
Lyric Pieces
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| Prokofiev: |
Sonata No. 6 |
| Bach-Kempf: |
Transcriptions |
SPONSORED BY THE ORCHARDS
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Wednesday
July 10
Roberto Plano
Italy
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“Mr. Plano demonstrated competition-honed
virtuosity as well as musical depth. And his boyish, self-effacing
stage manner should only help him win over audiences.”
— ANTHONY TOMMASSINI, THE
NEW YORK TIMES
| Scarlatti: |
Six Sonatas |
| Brahms: |
Intermezzi, Op. 117 |
| Liszt: |
Two Ballades
Two Légendes |
SPONSORED BY WILLIAMS COLLEGE
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Thursday
July 11
Arnaldo Cohen
Brazil
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“Cohen is an extraordinary pianist”
— PHILADELPHIA
INQUIRER
| Villa-Lobos: |
Alma Brasileira |
| Fernandez: |
Three Studies in Sonatina form |
| Nazareth: |
Odeon |
| Nepomuceno: |
Air, from Suite Antiga |
| Liszt: |
Vallée d’Obermann
Funerailles
Spanish Rhapsody |
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Friday
July 12
Paul Maillet
United States
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"Maillet remains a fluent technician who
boasts a particularly lovely quality of sound and who excels
in subtetly of voicing. Most of all he has something to
say, feelings to express and thoughts to communicate."
—RICHARD DYER, BOSTON GLOBE
| Bach: |
Italian Concerto |
| Chopin: |
Polonaise in F Minor, Op. 44 |
| Messiaen: |
Regard du Silence |
| Rachmaninov: |
Sonata No. 2 in B Minor |
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Saturday
July 13
Konstantin
Lifschitz
Ukraine
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“He has a formidable pianistic
gift by nature….and his gifts are at the service of a remarkable,
questioning, and
original musical mind…”
—RICHARD DYER, BOSTON GLOBE
| Schumann: |
Humoresque, Op. 20 |
| Brahms: |
Klavierstücke, Op. 118 |
| Schumann: |
Kreislerianna, Op. 16 |
| Brahms: |
Ballades, Op. 10 |
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