MANNES COLLEGE OF MUSIC ANNOUNCES
2004 INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD INSTITUTE & FESTIVAL
JULY 11 - 25, 2004

(New York, NY - June 15, 2004) Mannes College of Music of New School University announces that the 6th Annual International Keyboard Institute & Festival will take place this summer from July 11-25, 2004 at Mannes, 150 West 85th Street, NYC. The festival, conceived by founder and director Jerome Rose, who performs the opening concert on Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 8:00 p.m., attracts some 100 pianists from around the world who come to participate in two weeks of intensive master classes, lectures and concerts led by the festival faculty.

For more information on the International Keyboard Institute and Festival, call (212) 580-0210, ext. 336, e-mail: [email protected] or visit the Web site at www.mannes.edu/iki/. Evening events are $20; Master Classes are $15; and a Daily Pass is $50. (Transportation: Take the #1 train to 86th Street or #104 bus.)

Guest artists and faculty will include such distinguished pianists as Alicia De Larrocha, Marc-André Hamelin, Jerome Rose, Victor Rosenbaum, Earl Wild, among others.

Other highlights include an opening concert with founder/director Jerome Rose; recitals by Earl Wild, Marc-André Hamelin, Peter Frankl, Pavlina Dokovska, Jeffrey Swann, Fabio Bidini; a centennial celebration of Nadia Reisenberg hosted by Robert Sherman; a lecture by David Dubal on "The Noble Rachmaninoff"; an evening master class with Alicia de Larrocha; a performance of Schubert's "Die Winterreise" by tenor Jon Frederic West with pianist Jerome Rose; a lecture and recital by Michael Oelbaum on Beethoven's last three sonatas; and a performance by the Beaux Arts Trio with Menahem Pressler.

This year's 2004 Festival will be taped for broadcast and aired over the WFMT Radio Network, beginning in January 2005.

2004 INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD INSTITUTE & FESTIVAL
CONCERT SCHEDULE

Sunday, July 11, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Jerome Rose, piano

Schubert: Sonata in G Major, D. 894
Brahms: Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5

Monday, July 12, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Fabio Bidini, piano

Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, Images I & II
Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 101
Chopin: Polonaises, Op. 44 and 53

Tuesday, July 13, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Pavlina Dokovska, piano

Schumann: Kinderscenen, Op. 15, Faschingschwank aus Wien, Op. 26, and Fantasie, Op. 17

Wednesday, July 14, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Celebration of the Centennial of Nadia Reisenberg, hosted by Robert Sherman

Thursday, July 15, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Concert and lecture: Jeffrey Swann

The Beethoven Sonatas
Sonata in E Minor, Op. 90
Sonata in A Major, Op 101
Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 106

Friday, July 16, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Marc-Andr� Hamelin, piano

Schumann: Papillons
Liszt: Dante Sonata
Dukas: Sonata

Saturday, July 17, 2004, 3:00 p.m.
Concert and lecture: Jay Gottlieb
Piano Music of the 21st Century

Saturday, July 17, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Concert: Earl Wild, piano

Haydn: Sonata in D
Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat, Op. 31, No. 3
Liszt: Ballade No. 2 in B Minor
D'Albert: Scherzo Op. 16, No. 2
Resphighi: Notturno
Moszkowski: Etincelles Op. 36, No. 6

Sunday, July 18, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Concert: Faculty Artists

Pedro Carbone, Vladislav Kovalsky, Steven Mayer, Irina Morozova, Dimitry Rachmanov, Victor Rosenbaum, Jose Ramos Santana, Vladimir Shakin, Mordecai Shehori, Mykola Suk, and Eduard Zilberkant

Monday, July 19, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Lecture: David Dubal
"The Noble Sergei Rachmaninoff"
(1873-1943) His place in History

Tuesday, July 20, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Master Class with Alicia De Larrocha

Wednesday, July 21, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Concert: Peter Frankl, piano

Mozart: Sonata in A Minor, K. 310
Schubert: Sonata in C Minor, D. 958
Schumann: Waldszenen, Op 82
Chopin: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op. 22

Thursday, July 22, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Concert: Jon Frederic West, tenor, with Jerome Rose, piano

Schubert: "Die Winterreise"

Friday, July 23, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Concert and lecture: Michael Oelbaum
Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas

Saturday, July 24, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Concert: Beaux Arts Trio with Menahem Pressler

Debussy: Estampes (solo piano)
Faure: Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano
Beethoven: Sonata in A Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 69
Schubert: Notturno for Piano Trio

Sunday, July 25, 2004, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Dorothy MacKenzie Awards

Evening events and concerts are $20; master classes are $15; and individual all-day passes are $50. For tickets to the International Keyboard Institute and Festival, call (212) 580-0210, ext. 336 or e-mail: [email protected].

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Mannes College of Music, founded in 1916, is one of the world's major conservatories of music. A division of New School University, Mannes offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well as a Professional Studies Diploma program. Notable alumni from Mannes include soprano Frederica von Stade, pianists Murray Perahia and Richard Goode, and conductors Semyon Bychkov, Myung-Whun Chung, JoAnn Falletta and Julius Rudel. Joel Lester is Dean of the College. For further information on Mannes, call (212) 580-0210 or go to the Web site at www.mannes.edu.