Family Piano Co. of Waukegan, IL, invited me to their piano showroom to perform on their featured Sauter grand piano as part of their Joplin Java Concert Series. My great love for the exquisite Sauter pianos dates back to my student days in Paris where I had an opportunity to discover their unique tonal palette. The lecture-recital will consisted of a discussion and performance of the twentieth- and twenty-firts century piano music, including the performance my new piano work, Concealments, a collaboration with the artist, Haley Nagy. The event took place on January 31 at 4 pm at Family Pianos in Waukegen.

Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Clair de lune, from ‘Suite bergamasque’
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Wood Lark, from ‘Catalog of Birds’
Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964), Cathedral Waterfall-Homage to Olivier Messiaen
Somei Satoh (b. 1947), A Gate Into The Stars
[intermission]
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935), For Alina
John Cage (1912-1992), In a Landscape
Valentin Silvestrov (b. 1937), The Messenger
Zvonimir Nagy (b. 1978), Concealments