Master Series 2004
AMATURO, Broward Center for the Performing Arts
March 11 – March 14, 2004

March 11, 2004

7:00 PM

Film by Bruno Monsaingeon
Gennadi Roshdestvensky "Conductor, Conjuror"

8:15 PM

”Apap is a violinist of a different breed . . . One discovered. . . . at the side of his 'godfather' Yehudi Menuhin, a violinist unlike any other, mixing folk, pop, jazz and classical as he pleases.  Eric Ferrand N’Kaoua, is a superb pianist that shares the same concept of making music.  Sometimes, classical music becomes bored with itself. One needs authentic artists like Gilles Apap to wake things up, even if that chagrins some pretty wits out on a Sunday afternoon and troubles those obsessed by habit. Its a good bet that the facetious Mozart would have loved hearing his work played thus.” --André Peyregne

BRAHMS Sonata in f minor for viola and piano
SHOSTAKOVITCH 2 Waltzes for 2 violins and piano
DE FALLA-KOCHANSKY Spanish Suite 6 Popular Songs
RAVEL Sonata for violin and piano (Blues: Moderato)
RAVEL Alborada del Gracioso (Miroirs)
ENESCO Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano in a minor, op. 25

March 12, 2004

7:00 PM

Bruno Monsaingeon will be joined on stage by Gilles Apap to discuss the making of the film
"The Unknown Fiddler of Santa Barbara"

8:15 PM

Konstantin Lifschitz (Ukraine)

“…Liking or disliking a genius such as Lifschitz is a pointless exercise; he is irrefutably there, like Callas or  Glenn Gould, and you just have to deal with it.” Richard Dyer, Boston Globe

SCHUBERT Wanderer Fantasie
LISZT Six Grandes Etudes de Paganini
BORIS YOFFE Sonata ricercata
MARTINU "The Butterflies and the Birds of Paradise"
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 29 in Bb, Op.106 (Hammerklavier)

March 13, 2004

7:00 PM

Film and comments by Bruno Monsaingeon
"The Pianist of the Impossible" featuring Francesco Libetta

8:15 PM

“An Evening  of  Romantic Piano Duos”

“When Libetta and Itin joined forces for the "Suite No. 1 - Fantasie Tableaux for Two Pianos", Opus 5 by Rachmaninoff, the music making was unforgettable.  While there was plenty of dazzling virtuosity in the performance, Libetta and Itin brought real depth and insight to Rachmaninoff's music”    

Larry Budmen, Coral Gables Gazette

RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances
RIMSKI-KORSAKOV-LIBETTA Scheherezade

Featuring

ILYA ITIN (Russia)
FRANCESCO LIBETTA  (Italy)

March 14 , 2004

 Lecture by Frank Cooper         

Monsters & Marvels –More Tales on Music's Prodigies
In 45 minutes packed with examples and illustrations, Frank Cooper will trace the history of the immense childhood talents of many musicians past and present, and will consider the successes and failures of their careers - all extraordinary.   

“PRODIGIES & MASTERS OF TOMORROW”

“PRODIGIES & MASTERS OF TOMORROW”

Featuring
Kit Armstrong (12 year old pianist)
Eldar Djangirov (16 year old jazz marvel)

7:00 PM

Lecture by Mark Malkovitch

Behind the Scenes at the Newport Festival

CLARA SCHUMANN: from the "Soireés musicales" pieces, op. 6, no.2 , 4 and 5
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6
SCRIABIN: 3 Etudes, op. 65
BRAHMS: Fantasien, op. 116