Sunday
September 30, 2007
7:00 P.M.
Kicking off the series on September 30 are the Hamann Sisters in a program for two pianos, featuring the music of W.F. Bach, Schubert, Mozart/Grieg, Beethoven and Liszt.
Local residents
Amy and Sara Hamann are the first American piano duo to win the Absolute
First Prize in the Fryderyk Chopin Concorso Pianistico Internazionale,
held in Rome Italy, and the First Prize winners of the International
Grieg Competition, held in Oslo, Norway. They are also the youngest
First Prize winners in the history of the National Federation of Music
Ellis Competition for Duo Pianists, and were the recipients of the
2005-06 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Performing Musicians administered
by Mac Phail Center for Music. Under the tutelage of Alexander Braginsky,
the sisters have enjoyed a busy season of concertizing and recording,
and during Sommerfest 2007 they joined Maestro Osmo Vänskä and the
Minnesota Orchestra for the premiere of Haydn’s Concerto for Two Pianos.
Having released their first CD, Jeux d’enfants and Other Piano
Works, the sisters look forward to a season including a classical music
video project, as well as touring throughout the United States and
Europe.
Sunday, September 30, 2007, 7 p.m.
HAMANN SISTERS
Amy & Sara Hamann, Piano
BACH, W.F. Sonata in F major
SCHUBERT Fantasia in F Minor
MOZART/GRIEG Fantasy in C minor
BEETHOVEN Grosse Fuge
LISZT Reminiscences de Don Juan
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