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Yukiko Sekino, piano
2011 Mu Phi Epsilon International Competition Winner
In cooperation with the DC Alumni Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon
Saturday, June 8, 2013
8 pm
Westmoreland Congregational
UCC Church
1 Westmoreland Circle
Bethesda, MD
Free (donations welcome)
Program
Sonata in f minor, Op. 2, No.1....Bethoven
Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 ("Black Mass")....Scriabin
Etude No. 29: Roll Your Own....Rakowski
Prelude No. 16: Mind the Gap....Rakowski
Etude No. 30: A Gliss is Just a Gliss....Rakowski
Intermission
Pictures at an Exhibition....Mussorgsky
Friday, June 7 at 7 pm
Piano Master Class with Yukiko Sekino
Washington Conservatory at Glen Echo Park
7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, MD
Directions
Ms. Sekino has performed as a soloist and a chamber musician in the United States, Europe, and Japan. She made her debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at age sixteen, and has since appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the New World Symphony, Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra, Merrimack Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, Nova Vista Symphony, and Lakeside Symphony.
Gold Medalist of the 2006 International Russian Music Piano Competition, Ms. Sekino also received the Public Prize through audience vote for her final round performance of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto. In 2010, she was a winner of the S&R Washington Award, which recognizes exceptional artists in the fields of music, fine arts, photography, film, and dance. As the winner of the 2011 Mu Phi Epsilon International Music Competition, she is currently giving recitals, concerto performances, and masterclasses throughout the United States. Other honors include the Jackson Prize at Tanglewood Music Center, JAA Music Award, and an Emerging Artist Award from St. Botolph Club Foundation.
Recent recital engagements include Dame Myra Hess Concerts in Chicago, Tri-County Concerts Association in Pennsylvania, Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City, Harvard Club of New York City, Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, Colby College, UMass Lowell, Slippery Rock University, and Ithaca College. Her performances have been broadcast on WFMT (Chicago) and WQXR (New York) radio stations.
An avid chamber musician, Ms. Sekino has been invited to Tanglewood, Kneisel Hall, Music Academy of the West, and Thy (Denmark) festivals. Between 2005-2008, she served as a pianist of New World Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. Having a significant interest in new music, she has premiered numerous chamber works in New York, Boston, Miami, and at Tanglewood.
Ms. Sekino is a graduate of Harvard University and the Juilliard School, and holds a doctoral degree from State University of New York at Stony Brook. Her teachers include Gilbert Kalish, Seymour Lipkin, Robert Levin, and Eda Shlyam. She is currently an Affiliate Artist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and teaches piano at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School.
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 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
for piano students & piano teachers
A 5-day intensive for advanced teens, college students or adult pianists.
The Piano: Beautiful Music through Efficient Movement
Lydia Frumkin
Professor Emeritus, Oberlin Conservatory
July 22 - 26, 2013
Semi-private lesson sessions:
3 students per session $520 per person
Choice of one:
Morning session: 9:30 am - 12 pm
Afternoon session: 1:30 - 4 pm
Evening session: 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Washington Conservatory of Music at Glen Echo Park
7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD
For information and registration (MC or Visa):
301-320-2770 (10 am - 6 pm, M - F)
For out-of-town students, a list of area hotels provided upon request
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 Pianists occasionally fall into counterproductive habits that cause hand, neck, shoulder or back pain. These physical habits also keep pianists from producing a broad pallet of sounds and from moving freely around the keyboard. Too often, it is our physical habits that hold us back musically.
In a 5-day intensive, three students will share a daily two-and-one-half hour lesson, with Lydia Frumkin, Professor Emeritus of Oberlin Conservatory. Students may choose to enroll in one of three daily lesson sessions. (Sessions are not interchangeable.)
During her 38-year career as Professor of Piano at Oberlin Conservatory, Lydia Frumkin attracted students from throughout the world who wished to learn not only her musical approach but the physical method (which she refined) passed down to her through direct lineage from the legendary Anna A. Schmidt-Schklovskaya, a pupil of Felix Blumenfeld (1863 - 1931) in whose master class was renowned pianist Vladimir Horowitz.
This method deals with correcting physical problems that arise from inefficient movements at the piano, that may lead to lack of control, discomfort and even physical pain during playing. In extreme, such habits may cause more severe long-term problems. During this hands-on intensive, students will learn ways to develop a "singing string sound" and a more natural approach at the keyboard that will prevent repetitive strain injuries and help to master pianistic skills that free the body, so the pianist is free to explore and express the music.
Please note: pianists will not be coached on personal repertoire during these sessions. |
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The Washington Conservatory is a nationally accredited community music school serving the greater Bethesda, MD and Washington, DC area since 1984.
NOW ENROLLING
Serving students of all ages - kids, teens, and adults - beginners to advanced. No audition.
301-320-2770
Two locations:
Westmoreland Circle,
Bethesda &
Glen Echo Park
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