Greetings!
Please join us this Saturday for an exciting All-Liszt concert by pianist Alexander Paley, and post-concert reception. (Please click below to see see him on YouTube.)
On January 30, we will present a unique concert: sitar artist Alif Laila (accompanied by tabla) at the Washington Conservatory at Glen Echo Park.
Happy Musical New Year!
Kathy Judd
Executive & Artistic Director |
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Alexander Paley, Piano
An Evening of Franz Liszt
Saturday, January 8, 2011
 8:00 PM
Washington Conservatory of Music
Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church
One Westmoreland Circle
Bethesda, MD 20816
YOU ARE INVITED!
Meet the Artist Post-Concert Reception
Church Social Hall
Wine and Dessert
ALL ARE WELCOME!
 Alexander Paley, a winner of the 2006 "French Grammy," Les Victoires de la Musique Classique, returns to the Washington Conservatory for his 11th performance this Saturday. Widely recognized for his exceptionally broad and extensive repertoire of concerti and solo piano works, his January 8 all-Liszt concert will showcase his dazzling technical prowess and his convincing, personal interpretations.
PROGRAM
Miserere du Trovatore, S. 433 (Verdi/Liszt) Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 2, 11, & 10 Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto, S. 434 (Verdi/Liszt) - intermission - Two Sets from Années de Pèlerinage: (1) Venezia e Napoli (Gondoliera, Canzone, Tarantella) (2) Three Sonetti del Petrarca: No. 104, 123, 47 Grand galop chromatique
The Washington Post called Paley's 1991 debut with the National Symphony a "flawless performance," and since then he has continued to earn similar accolades as an active recitalist and soloist with major orchestras throughout eastern and western Europe and North and South America.
Born in Kishiniev, Moldova, Mr. Paley began playing the piano when he was six, gave his first recital at the age of thirteen, and at sixteen won the National Music Competition of Moldova. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory and won major awards, including First Prize at the Leipzig International Bach Competition in 1984, the Bösendorfer Prize in 1986, and the Grand Prix at the First International Pancho Vladigerov Competition in Bulgaria.
As a chamber musician, Mr. Paley has partnered with eminent artists such as the late Mstislav Rostropovich and ensembles including the Vermeer, Ysaye, and the Fine Arts string quartets. Mr. Paley lives in Paris and New York City.
YouTube videos from Paley's recent recital at the Bechstein Centrum in Hamburg, Germany (Nov. 12, 2010):
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Alif Laila, sitar  Saturday, January 30 3:00 PM Washington Conservatory at Glen Echo Park
New Washington Conservatory faculty member Alif Laila will present "Wondrous World Music: Sitar and Tabla" on Saturday, January 30 at 3:00 PM at the Washington Conservatory of Music's Glen Echo Park location. The concert is free (pay as you can) and no tickets are required.
Ms. Laila has performed at the Smithsonian Institution, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Detroit Museum of Arts, Virginia Museum of Arts, Penn State University (Erie, PA), National Museum of Bangladesh, Kerala Fine Arts Society (India), and in festivals throughout the US. She has recorded with leading tabla (Indian percussion) virtuosos Anindo Chatterjee and Taari Khan, and released six CDs and two DVDs. Her DVD Hrydayaragam was featured in Women's History Month 2008. |
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2010-11 Washington Conservatory Concerts & Master Classes
at Westmoreland Circle
and Glen Echo Park
 Sunday, October 24, 20103:00 PM at Westmoreland CircleJosé Ramos-Santana, pianoMusic of Albéniz & Chopin
 Tuesday, November 9, 20107:00 PM at Westmoreland CircleEmanuel Ax, pianoMaster Class * co-sponsored by WPAS  Saturday, November 20, 20107:30 PM at Westmoreland CircleWashington Conservatory FacultyA Celebration of Music
 Saturday, December 4, 20108:00 PM at Westmoreland CircleMichael Adcock, pianoA Keyboard Potpourri - Short & Excerpted Piano Masterworks
Saturday, January 8, 20118:00 PM at Westmoreland CircleAlexander Paley, piano An Evening of Franz Liszt Sunday, January 30, 20113:00 PM at Glen Echo ParkAlif Laila, sitar Wonderful World Music - Sitar and Tabla  Saturday, February 26, 2011
7:30 PM at Westmoreland Circle
James Stern, violin
The Complete Solo Sonatas & Partitas
of JS Bach
 Sunday, March 27, 2011
3:00 PM at Westmoreland Circle
Christopher Sala, cornet &
Jeffery Watson, piano
The Golden Age of Cornet
 Friday, April 8, 2011
6:00 PM at Westmoreland Circle
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Master Class
* co-sponsored by WPAS
 Sunday, April 10, 20113:00 PM at Westmoreland CircleAlexej Gorlatch, pianoLeeds Competition prize winner* co-sponsored by the Washington
Group Cultural Fund
 Sunday, May 1, 20113:00 PM at Glen Echo ParkDrew Owen, celloJeffery Watson, piano
Cello Strings 'Round the May Pole
 Saturday, May 7, 20118:00 PMHaskell Small, pianoMe & Them - Small, Bach, Hovhaness, & Ives
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JANUARY 13:
Free Open Rehearsal!
Encore Chorale
of Washington Conservatory at
Glen Echo Park 
Over 55? Like to sing?
Join us for a free open rehearsal: Thursday January 13, 2011 (2:00-3:30 PM).
Location: South Arcade bldg. at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Bethesda, MD
For more information, contact director Jeanne Kelley. |
The Washington Conservatory of Music is a nationally accredited community music school that serves the greater metropolitan DC and Bethesda, MD area from two locations: Westmoreland Circle (at the border of the District and Maryland) and at Glen Echo Park.At WCM, students of all ages and ability levels study without audition under the guidance of the Conservatory's exceptional international artist faculty. The teaching and rehearsal spaces at the Conservatory include 7 virtual acoustic sound isolation recording rooms.For more information, please call us at (301) 320-2770 or visit the Conservatory web site.
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Paley performing Liszt's La Campanella
