The year 2010 makes me very proud for a number of reasons. I am proud of the caliber and offering of programs we presented this year; proud range of the new board members who joined our ranks. And I am especially proud of the support we have received from so many of you who are reading this. A heartfelt thank you to all. Along with the addition of a number of new lovers of music to our board we are very pleased that Rise Kern has joined our Artistic Advisory Board. Rise brings decades of experience as an artist to our organization and we are delighted to have her join us. This year Dranoff winning artists entertained more than 2,000 people. They appeared all over the city at venues like The Adrienne Arsht Center, University of Miami's Gusman Hall, Miami's Design District and the Lincoln Theater. They partnered with the New World Symphony and The Bergonzi String Quartet. The same artists have performed at the Carnegie Hall, in Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Asia and Russia. Piano Slam, a program where rap poetry meets music, was also a huge success in 2010. We worked with 28 Miami Dade PUblic middle and high schools all over the county and received over 1,200 poems from participating students. Over three hundred Dranoff 100 members and new Foundation patrons met out artists and enjoyed private concerts in Dranoff Salons this year. One of the most exciting projects that we have taken on this year is the booking of a Latin American Tour for the 2011/2012 Season. Dranoff artists will play in Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Guatemala and Mexico in the countries' premier concert halls.
The close of 2010 is also the perfect spot to look forward to 2011 and beyond: next year begins the 18 month cycle leading up to the 2012 Competition. This is a gargantuan effort which starts with our relationship with over 350 conservatories worldwide and culminates in the weeklong competition in May of 2012. It is the source of new music and new artists at the highest level of musicanship.
It is also drama, athleticism, beauty, electricity, innovation, vitality, and hope! I invite you to become involved with this effort to ensure the future of the mission and the music of the Dranoff.
Gabriele Fiorentino
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SEASON OF OUR FRIENDS...read
CONCERTS....read
LISTEN ....and enjoy
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 2010/2011 DRANOFF SEASON
OCTOBER 23 at 7:30pm
Percussion and Two Pianos, Duo Stephanie & Saar (New York) with the New World Symphony, Lincoln Theater, Miami Beach.
OCTOBER 30 at 5pm
Laureates Duo Hesse and Pauna play as part of the Weltklassik Goes Grand Piano series, Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church, 160 Harbor Drive, Key Biscayne. Note: this concert was cancelled due to illness by one of the duo members.
NOVEMBER 4 at 7:30pm
"New Music for Hammer & Strings" with Duo Seo and Kato (Japan) with the Bergonzi Quartet, 4141 Buliding, Design District, Miami.
NOVEMBER 19 at 7:30pm
Steinway Gallery in Coral Gables presents a special concert by the Duo Smolina & Mogilevsky. Steinway Gallery, 4104 Ponce de Leon, Coral Gables.
Maxim and Svetlana are just returning from a tour in Russia where they played as duo and as solo pianists. They offered this concert as gift of appreciation to our Dranoff family.
Steinway Gallery
FEBRUARY 16 at 7:30pm
"Mostly Schubert" with Duo d'Accord (Germany) and Frank Levy. University of Miami Gusmann Hall, Coral Gables.
 
The first half of the concert will present the Duo d'Accord, Lucia Huang and Sebastian Euler (Germany), and in the second half the Julliard scholar and Schubert specialist, Frank Levy in an evening of romantic music.
VIP reception following. The artists will be present.
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MAY 4 at 7:30pm
"Piano Slam Vol 3", Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts, Miami.
This third issue of Piano Slam will bring the Duo Stephanie and Saar back to Miami, to play with a DJ, spoken word artists, and public school poets in a production directed by Teo Castellanos. VIP reception following. The Artists will be present.
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For the Dranoff 100 members: there will be 2 more Salon concerts. Please look for your email updates. If you are not a Dranoff 100 member but are interested, you can find out more on our website .Specific dates, times and places are available also by calling the office at 305 572 9900. |
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THE SEASON OF OUR FRIENDS
Saint Martha Concert Series
All concerts take place at St. Martha in the Shores, 9301 Biscayne Blvd, Miami Shores, at 3pm
November 14 - Santiago Rodriguez. Rachmaninoff,
Soler, Lecuona, Albeniz, Moskowski, Chopin.
December 12 - Soprano Sara Wolfson and Tenor Noah Stewart, with Paul Posnak. Broadway and Holiday classics.
February 12 - A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra. Saint Martha
Friends of Chamber Music
All concerts take place at the Gusmann Hall, University of Miami, 1314 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, and start at 8pm
November 30 - Anton Kuerti. Beethoven.
December 8 - The Diaz Trio with Santiago Rodriguez (piano); Schubert, Dvorak.
January 3 - The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. Beethoven, Ravel, Mendelssohn.
January 13 - Paul Posnak with the Euclid Quartet. Friends of Chamber Music
Weltklassik
All concerts take place in the Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church at 5pm on the last Saturday each month.
December 18 - Tanya Gabrielian, Viennese Classical and Romanticism
January 29 - Benjamin Laude and Peter Dugan, Vienna Inside and Out
February 26 - Or Re em, Elements of Style in Bach and Chopin
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Alejandra Von Hartz Gallery
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CONCERTS
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It is our mission to broaden interest in this ensemble music form, therefore we include in this calendar not only to Dranoff artists. Of course, we focus on the careers of Dranoff winners, even if they perform as soloists.
United StatesDecember 19 - New York City, Faust Harrison Pianos, at 6:30. Frank Levy. A musical journey of themes and transfigurations by Schubert and Liszt.ItalyDecember 16 & 17 - Artisiti Per Telethon 2011. Bergamo, Palacreberg. Duo Trivella. Trivella websiteFranceDecember 4 - Valberg. Concert for two pianos and two pianos 8 hands. The Concert was organized by the "5ème concours international de piano à quatre mains de Valberg, directed by Mark-Sole-Leris and Frédéric Chauvel. Program included Olivier Messiaen, Smetana, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky (Overture Fantasy Romeo et Juliette par 2 pianos, A.N. Schaeffer. Duo De Stefano and Duo Olga et Tatiana Tatievskaya. Valberg websiteJapanDecember 27 - Tokyo, Metropolitan Festival Hall, Premiere of Piano duet by Shinichiro Kato. Seo & Kato
January 10 - Tokushima. Master Class & Concert. Duo Deu'or (Yoshie & Takashi)
January 17 - Oguchi Gakki. Concert. Duo Deu'or
January 17 - Nagano. Concert. Duo Deu'or
January 26 - PTNA Piano Competition. Website.
February 3 - Tsuru University. Concert. Duo Deu'or
February 4 - Tokyo, Opera City, Concierto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra by Poulenc, with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Seo & Kato
February 12 - Osaka, Hilton Plaza. Concert. Duo Deu'or.
February 14 - Osaka, Muramatsu Recital Hall. Concert. Duo Deu'or.
RussiaNovember 6 - Moscow, XVIII Festival Art-November, Zvetaeva Museum. Irina Silivanova and Maxim Puryzhinskiy are the IM Piano DuoJanuary 21 - Moscow, Glinka Museum. IM Piano Duo.March 16 - 28, Ivanovo Music Festival. IM Piano Duo.
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Irina Silivanova and Maxim Puryzhinskiy are the IM Piano Duo.
They are playing the Overture to Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a two piano arrangement by Ferruccio Busoni.
Winners of the second Dranoff International Two Piano Competition in 1989, the brothers Hans Peter and Volker Stenzl not only are acclaimed performers, but also sought-after teachers for the duo piano genre. Here, they play Johannes Brahms' Symphonie No 4, op. 98, Allegro non assai
Seo & Kato's performance of Bela Bartok's Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion, 1st movement.
And a short film about Genova & Dimitrov, the Artistic Directors to the 12th Dranoff International Two Piano Competition:Classic in Images.
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About the Dranoff
The Dranoff was founded in 1987 with the mission to advance two piano music and its artists. Since then, we have contributed 11 new compositions to the literature, and have been a career stepping stone for dozens of piano duos worldwide.
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