The Catskill Mountain Foundation’s Piano Performance Museum
presents
The Academy of Fortepiano Performance
International Fortepiano Salon Series
Past events:
Salon #1: Saturday, January 30 2021, 8 pm EST
Hosts: Yiheng Yang and Maria Rose
"Meet my Piano"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU_NVCHmXew
Salon #2: Saturday, February 27, 2 pm EST
Guest host: Matthew Bengtson from Ann Arbor, Michigan
"From Ann Arbor to Florence and Vienna"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyThM-Ol4nw
Salon #3: Saturday, March 27, 3 pm EDT
Host: Pierre Goy, Geneva, Switzerland
"Beethoven according to Moscheles: Legato playing, pedalling and piano traditions in the 19th century"
CLICK HERE to watch it again on YouTube!
Salon #4: Saturday, April 24, 2 pm EDT
"Women composers: the Salonnière and the piano in the 18th-19th century."
Guest host: Patricia Garcia Gil
From the Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence, Italy
CLICK HERE to watch it again on YouTube!
Salon #5: Saturday, May 22, 9 pm EDT
Pioneers: Fortepianos in China
Hosts: Audrey Axinn, Yuan Sheng, Yuehan Wang; Tianjin/Beijing, China
Watch it again on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vUfKQcuyO8
Salon #6: Saturday, June 26, 8 pm EDT
Why Cristofori Matters
Host: Andrew Willis, Greensboro, North Carolina
Watch it again on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqR2J7vUUjM
Salon #7: Saturday, October 30, 8 pm EDT
"Highlights from the 2021 AFP Workshop"
Co-Hosts: Audrey Axinn, Maria Rose, and Yiheng Yang
Watch it again on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nejG7xB1pjM
Salon #8: Saturday, January 29, 2 pm, EST
"Improvisation in Historical Styles: Reviving a Lost Practice"
with guest artists John Mortensen, Nicola Canzano, Julian Jenson, and Gili Loftus
To watch it again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oOx7Lvy324
Salon #9: Saturday, March 19, 3 pm, EDT
"Beethoven and Freedom of Speech"
This salon, hosted from the couple's home in Schiedam (NL) will present a talk by Bart van Oort on the role of speech patterns in Classical Performance Practice; as well as a performance of Beethoven's sonata, op. 27 no. 2 ("Moonlight") by Petra Somlai, and a performance by Maciej Skrzeczkowski of movements from a sonata by Polish composer Franciszek Lessel (1780-1838).
To watch the salon again on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sjNJuj-AoI
Salon #10: Saturday, April 23, 8 pm, EDT
"The fortepiano connection: From Amsterdam to Japan and Boston"
With guests Sylvia Berry and Chie Hirai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Odhpk6hXc
Salon #11: Sunday. October, 2 pm, EDT
Historical Improvisation: The next generation
With Nathan Mondry and Suren Barry
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KGs3jrJUlWs
Salon #12 on Saturday, November 19, 2022
An American Fortepiano builder in the Czech Republic:
The Workshop of Paul McNulty and Pianist Viviana Sofronitsky
Hosted by Maria Rose and Guest Host Audrey Axinn
Paul McNulty settled in Divisov, Czechia, in 1995 following his training in the U.S. and building fortepianos in Amsterdam. He is known as the most prolific modern fortepiano builder and his instruments are found all over the world, where they are universally valued and used in performance by artists of the highest stature. He has built replicas of at least 12 types of historical pianos, dating from 1750 to 1860.
We will visit his workshop and enjoy performances of works by C.P.E. Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, and Brahms by his wife, Russian pianist Viviana Sofronitsky, on an array of instruments. Viviana has a busy career as performer at concerts and festivals as soloist and in chamber music.
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Thank you!
