What a month this has been!

Dranoff Bronze Medal winners Svetlana Smolina and Maxim Mogilevsky had a commitment on Florida's West Coast - Svetlana participated in the Chopin Project in Sarasota - and offered to our friends and supporters a concert in Miami. Steinway is hosting them on November 19th with a mostly Russian program which promises to be gorgeous.  Further,  Steinway will offer a private sale of select pianos,  available only to concert goers and registered Steinway customers.  It will benefit the Dranoff. Please contact Steinway of Coral Gables!  A heartfelt thank you!

The concert of Stephanie Ho and Saar Ahuvia with the New World Percussion Consort was spectacular, although too outre  for some.

Dacra invited us to do our contemporary concert in The Atrium in  the Design District concert.  Duo Seo & Kato and the Bergonzi String Quartet offered a program that showcased 6 entirely different composers from 5 different countries:  German Zimmerman, Italian Berio,  French Ravel, Americans Moross and Bernstein, and Estonian Part.  It really was a tribute to the synthesizing power of music. Added into the mix was  the generous support of the restaurant Fratelli Lyon for offering a special dinner for concertgoers and for sponsoring the reception afterwards.  It was a fantastic evening.

Duo Hesse and Pauna were scheduled to play as part of the German Weltklassik Goes Grand Piano series on Key Biscayne. Unfortunately, their concert was cancelled due to illness.  We hope to see them back in Miami in the Spring.

Gabriele Fiorentino