News and Resources from R. KASSMAN
The
deafening applause and cheers resounding throughout the
valley late Sunday afternoon were not prompted by a
celebration of runaway offense on the ESPN telecast of
football’s annual Pro Bowl. Rather, the clamor and
spontaneous noisy acclaim came at the conclusion of a
decidedly brilliant, sweeping performance of Tchaikovsky’s
celebrated First Piano Concerto by electrifying Pianist
Valentina Lisitsa and a vibrant Napa Valley Symphony
Orchestra at Yountville’s Lincoln Theater. Not only did this
radiant young soloist with flowing blonde tresses and
lightning-speed hands provide a rapt symphony crowd with a
robustly romantic performance of the vastly popular
Tchaikovsky piano concerto, for an encore she knocked off a
lovely, often dizzying reading of Liszt’s “Hungarian
Rhapsody No. 2.”....
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World renowned pianist Leif Ove
Andsnes ends prestigious Festival del Sole on High Note
Festival del Sole 2009 ended on a high note Saturday with
the bold stamp of the imperious Ludwig van Beethoven as
interpreted by the award-winning 39-year-old Norwegian
pianist, Leif Ove Andsnes... One of the most compelling
artists on the world’s concert stage, Andsnes made his
festival debut a week ago with a majestic reading of
Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.” He stuck around to
wow a late Saturday afternoon crowd with a personal, highly
attractive performance of Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 3
in CMinor.” The brilliant Steingraeber piano provided by R.
KASSMAN.....
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Pianist
Barbara Nissman in Recital March 21st, Masterclass March
22nd
Romantic repertoire specialist Barbara Nissman
(http://www.barbaranissman.com/ ) will give a benefit piano
recital and masterclass at R. Kassman Piano Recital Hall in
Berkeley. Proceeds will benefit the Robert James Frascino
AIDS Foundation (www.concertedeffort.org).
The benefit recital will be given Saturday, March 21, at
7:30 p.m. with reception to follow. The masterclass,
featuring some of the Bay Area’s finest young pianists from
the San Francisco Conservatory, California Piano Institute
and the Crowden School, will be given Sunday, March 22, at 2
p.m. and is free of charge.
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Gospel Piano Legend Andrae Crouch In Dedication Recital April 26
Gospel pianist and eight-time Grammy Award winner Andraé Crouch, who has
for four decades broadened the popularity of the art form, will perform a
dedication recital Saturday, April 26 from 3-4 p.m. at Valley Baptist Church,
301 Raymond Avenue, San Francisco. Read Full Article >>
88 Keys To New Design
Everybody is familiar with the black fluegel or wing silhouette of a classic
grand piano, an iconic shape of concert stages, hotel lobbies and cultured
homescapes for generations. And up until now, using a piano in interior design
has been as simple as “insert six-foot grand here.” But in the past few years,
collaborations between leading designers and piano manufacturers are resulting
in instruments that are musically top of the line and aesthetically pleasing,
important works of furniture art. Read Full Article >>
How to Buy a Piano
The Piano Book, now in its Fourth Edition, has
been the standard consumer reference in the piano business
in the United States and Canada since 1987, and is the only
book of its kind. The Author, Larry Fine, is a technician
who has taken the mystery out of buying a piano. We highly
recommend this book to the novice and professional alike.
Link to Piano Book website>>
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