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International Keyboard Institute & Festival Comes to Hunter College: July 18 to August 2

Concerts, Lectures and Masterclasses are planned as part of the 2015 Seventeenth Season of the International Keyboard Institute & Festival, which will take place at Hunter College from July 18 – August 2.  Fifteen concerts featuring Guest Artists and Faculty will take place at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College each evening at 8:00 pm.  Daily featured Masterclasses and weekend special events will take place in Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College. In addition, IKIF will live stream the evening concerts, pre-concert lectures and interviews from The Kaye Playhouse during the Festival each night starting at 7pm July 18.

This year the Guest Artist Faculty includes distinguished pianists Marc-André Hamelin, Alessio Bax, and Arnaldo Cohen, for selected masterclasses and recitals.  Founder/Director Jerome Rose will perform the opening concert.  Making Festival concert debuts are two Hunter College Faculty members Geoffrey Burleson (Director of Piano Studies at Hunter College), and Quynh Nguyen. Returning to give a recital and masterclasses are Magdalena Baczewska (performing Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” on both harpsichord and piano), Jeffrey Swann, Xiayin Wang, Alon Goldstein, Nina Tichman, Arnaldo Cohen, Victor Rosenbaum, and Alexander Kobrin.

Starting this year, IKIF will present a concerto evening featuring the Jäger Meisters Chamber Orchestra with conductor Eduard Zilberkant and concerto soloists Massimiliano Ferrati, Matei Varga, and Claire Huangci. In addition, IKIF will present a Gala Prestige Concert featuring three young artists presented on our Prestige Series in past years:  Mei-Ting Sun, Adam Golka, and Stanislav Khristenko.  Throughout the series, David Dubal will present Pre-Concert Program Notes each evening at 7:15pm in the Kaye.

Lectures in Lang Recital Hall will be held at 4:00pm on selected Saturdays and Sundays during the Festival.  Topics will include a lecture by Stuart Isacoff: “Van Cliburn – The Price of Success”; a lecture by David Dubal celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Sviatoslav Richter and Earl Wild; plus “Homage to Alexander Scriabin”, with Dmitry Rachmanov and David Dubal. These three weekend events will be Free to the public.

The Dorothy MacKenzie Artists Recognition Scholarship Award Finals will be held on the final Sunday of the Festival in Lang Recital Hall from 11am – 1pm and from 2 – 4pm.

Highlights of the two-week Festival include:

  • Opening Concert: Founder/Director Jerome Rose performing Brahms, Liebermann, Schubert, Schumann and Liszt
  • Recitals in the Kaye:  Marc-André Hamelin, Geoffrey Burleson & Quynh Nguyen, Magdalena Baczewska, Alessio Bax, Jeffrey Swann, Xiayin Wang, Alon Goldstein, Nina Tichman, Arnaldo Cohen, Victor Rosenbaum, Alexander Kobrin, Mei-Ting Sun, Adam Golka, Stanislav Khristenko
  • Jäger Meisters Chamber Orchestra with conductor Eduard Zilberkant and concerto soloists Massimiliano Ferrati, Matei Varga, and Claire Huangci
  • Pre-Concert Program Notes by  David Dubal in the Kaye Playhouse
  • Three Free lectures in Lang Recital Hall:  Stuart Isacoff on “Van Cliburn – The Price of Success”; David Dubal on the 100th Anniversary of Sviatoslav Richter & Earl Wild;  plus an “Homage to Alexander Scriabin” with Dmitry Rachmanov and David Dubal
  • Dorothy MacKenzie Prize Finals Concert

Faculty Artists who will teach and perform include Emanuel Krasovsky, Nina Lelchuk, Mykola Suk, Steven Mayer, Yuan Sheng, José Ramos Santana, Michael Oelbaum, Gabriele Leporatti, Gesa Luecker, and Asaf Blasberg.
 
Since 1999 the Festival has attracted students from around the world who have the opportunity to attend the Festival to study with Faculty Artists, participate in masterclasses, and attend concerts and lectures given by some of the world’s best-known pianists and scholars.  Participants who attend the Festival for two weeks are eligible to compete for $10,000 in the Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Recognition Scholarship Awards.  This year, IKIF will also award a performance opportunity at the Accademia Europea Villa Bossi (Italy) and a recording for the Sheva Collection label.
 
Over 165 video clips of past Festival events are posted on YouTube, and IKIF has a Facebook page. 
Access these through links on our website at www.ikif.org
 
For a Schedule of Concerts, Lectures, and featured Masterclasses, please see our website at: www.ikif.org.  
 
All Festival events are held at Hunter College. 
Single concert tickets and concert passes can be purchased through The Kaye Playhouse Box Office at Hunter College (East 68th Street between Park & Lexington Avenues) either in person, by phone at 212-772-4448, or online www.hunter.cuny.edu/kayeplayhouse
 
Single concert tickets: $20
Festival Concert Pass is $200 (includes 15 events 7/18 - 8/1).
Week I Concert Pass is $100 (includes 8 concert events 7/18 - 7/25).
Week II Concert Pass is $100 (includes 7 concert events, 7/26 - 8/1).
Concert Passes are not valid for Masterclasses.  Special Discounts will be available for Hunter College students.  Additional Student and Senior Discounts will be available at the box office.

Closest Subway is 68th Street stop of No. 6. Closest buses are Lexington M101, 102, 103 or crosstown M66.
 
Kaye Playhouse entrance:  East 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues.
Box Office Hours:  12pm – 6pm Mon – Sat. or one hour before event
Lang Recital Hall entrance:  East 69th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues (4th floor)
 
Hunter College mailing address: 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065
For press information please contact Julie Kedersha, Festival Director at 212-665-2446 or at info@ikif.org
 
For information about Hunter College, please contact Christopher Browne, Chief Communications Officer,

at:  212-396-6533 or cb1246@hunter.cuny.edu

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