“When is a Piano Not a Piano?”: Daniel Shapiro in Concert

Please join us on Friday, November 16 at 1:00 pm in Winifred Smith Hall for a piano recital by Daniel Shapiro entitled:

 “WHEN IS A PIANO NOT A PIANO?”

 The concert is free and open to the public.

DANIEL SHAPIRO continues to gain recognition as a leading interpreter of Schubert, Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, and Beethoven—whose thirty-two sonata cycle he has twice performed, and whose live performances of all the sonatas can be found on youtube.com—and as a teacher and coach at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He has given critically acclaimed performances across the United States, in Brazil, Britain, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Korea, China, at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.  His DVDs of all of Schubert's major piano sonatas and CD of Beethoven’s “Diabelli” Variations have received enthusiastic reviews.

As a chamber musician, Shapiro has performed regularly with members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony and Cleveland Orchestras.  He has also performed with the Cavani, Mirò, and Linden Quartets, and has released chamber music CDs on the Harmonia Mundi and ASV labels. Also to be found on youtube.com are Beethoven sonata collaborations with violinist Jaime Laredo.

His musical scope has also included the study of conducting: he studied with Daniel Lewis, Victor Yampolsky, Fritz Zweig, and Gustav Meier. He made his conducting debut at sixteen at Tanglewood, and has conducted Mozart’s Don Giovanni with the Akron Lyric Opera.

His musicianship has also been enhanced and deepened by extensive collaboration with singers: listening to and working with them has been a source of tremendous inspiration. He studied art song with Gwendolyn Koldofsky and opera with Natalie Limonick, and was an opera and art song coach at UCLA.

A native of southern California, Shapiro began the study of piano at the age of six.  His teachers have included Leon Fleisher, John Perry, Russell Sherman, Joanna Graudan, and Reginald Stewart. He studied at the University of Southern California and at the Peabody Conservatory, where he received his doctorate.

More information, including links to purchase the Schubert and Beethoven performances, can be found at www.danielshapiropianist.com.

Program

Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14, No. 1,   Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Four Préludes , Claude Debussy (1862-1918)                                              

            Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir…

            Les collines d’Anacapri

            Des pas sur la neige

            Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest

Interval

Arabesque, Op. 18,  Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

 Symphonic Études, Op. 13