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FREDERIC CHIU
A frequent guest artist at concert venues in Europe, South America, and throughout the United States, Frederic Chiu is devoted to enhancing the live concert experience for diverse audiences. Chiu has created many innovative programs, often showcasing transcriptions and rarely-programmed repertoire. Also a skilled collaborator, he has performed with many friends in Classical music such as Joshua Bell, Pierre Amoyal, Gary Hoffman, the St Lawrence String Quartet; as well as with artists in other genres including the jazz pianist Bob James, writer/storyteller David Gonzalez, actor Brian Bedford, and the clown Buffo.
Frederic Chiu has released over 20 CDs, many available on the Harmonia Mundi USA label, including the complete piano works of Prokofiev, as well as works of Chopin, Liszt, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Rossini and Grieg. His most recent recordings include the Beethoven/Liszt Symphony No. 5, and the solo piano version of Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals with David Gonzalez as the narrator of verse penned with todays young audiences in mind. In addition, he is a frequent presence on popular radio shows such as St. Paul Sunday Morning, Performance Today, and WNYCs Greene Space.
Through his Deeper Piano Studies a philosophic and holistic training program Chiu brings together advanced concert pianists, promising students, high-level amateurs and piano teachers from around the world for workshops that develop a Body/Mind/Heart approach to piano-playing and music-making. He has taught at the Juilliard School, Indiana Universitys Jacob School of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, the New England Conservatory and the BanffCentre, among others.
Frederic Chius website, www.FredericChiu.com, contains up-to-date information about his upcoming concerts and DPS workshops, as well as links to recordings and videos.
Mr. Chiu is a Yamaha Artist.
PROGRAM:Classical Smackdown
Johann Sebastian Bach vs. Philip Glass
PROGRAM
Round 1
Bach (1685 1750)Prelude and Fugue in A-flat Major, Well-Tempered Clavier Book II
Glass (b. 1937) Etude No. 5
Round 2
GlassMetamorphosis One
Bach Partita No. 2, in C Minor, BWV 826: Sinfonia
GlassMetamorphosis Four
BachPartita No. 2, in C Minor, BWV 826: Capriccio
Round 3
Bach Erbarme dich from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
(transcribed by F. Chiu)
Glass Mad Rush
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LocationDiMenna Center for Classical Music (View)
450 West 37th Street
New York, NY 10018
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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