Contacts:
Gloria Gottschalk, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 239
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Lauren Erlichman, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 215
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Patricia A. Neely, Mannes College of Music,
212/580-0210, ext. 228
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MANNES COLLEGE OF MUSIC PRESENTS
THE SCHUMANNS AND THEIR CIRCLE
FINAL FESTIVAL EVENT AT WEILL RECITAL HALL
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19 AT 8PM
(New York, NY - November 15, 2001) On Wednesday, December 19,
2001 at 8pm, Mannes College of Music, a division of New School University,
will be holding the culminating concert of the year-long festival The
Schumanns and Their Circle. The concert will be held at the Weill Recital
Hall at Carnegie Hall (154 West 57th Street). Tickets are $25. For tickets please
call 212-580-0210 x280, or Carnegie Charge at 212-247-7800. For information,
call the Mannes Schumann concert line at 212/580-0210, ext. 280 or visit www.mannes.edu.
The Schumanns and Their Circle was organized by Artistic
Director and Mannes’s Piano Department Chair, Pavlina Dokovska. The festival
concerts featured the works of Robert and Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Fanny
and Felix Mendelssohn, Frederic Chopin and Franz Schubert. Soloists and chamber
groups are made up of Mannes students and special guest artists.
The evening performance at Weill Recital Hall will feature:
Johannes Brahms - Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann,
Op. 23
(for piano four hands)
Julia Dusman and Asya Tadjuri, Piano
Robert Schumann - Excerpts from Phantasiestücke, Op. 12
Ieva Jokubaviciute, Piano
Clara Schumann - Four songs:
Erica Row, Soprano
Julia Dusman, Piano
Robert Schumann - Toccata, Op. 7
Daria Rabotkina, Piano
Johannes Brahms - From Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121
Kreshnik Zhabjaku, Baritone
Julia Dusman, Piano
Robert Schumann - Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
Benjamin Hochman, Piano
Funda Cizmecioglu, Violin
Scott Lee, Viola
Jia-Nan Zhao, Cello
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Mannes College of Music, a division of New School University,
was founded in 1916. It is one of the world’s major conservatories of music.
Mannes offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well as a Professional
Studies Diploma program. Joel Lester is Dean of the College. For further information
on Mannes College of Music, call 212-580-0210 or go to the Web site at www.mannes.edu
New School University, with 7,000 matriculated students
and 25,000 continuing education students, is comprised of seven academic divisions:
The New School, the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, Parsons
School of Design, Eugene Lang College, Mannes College of Music, the Robert J.
Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, and the Actors Studio
Drama School, as well as the University's B.F.A. in Jazz and Contemporary Music.
New School Online University offers one of the largest selections of online
courses in the nation. For further information about admission to New School
University, call 877-528-3321 or go to the Web site at www.newschool.edu