Piano Six Artist Biographies and versatile chamber player, she has partnered such celebrated musicians as violinistsJoshua Bell and Choliang Lin, pianist janina fialkowska, the Diaz Trio http://www.pianosix.com/bios.html
Extractions: write your message in the message window, and send! Janina Fialkowska Third Piano Concerto (opus posthumous) with the Chicago Symphony, a standard-setting performance which won her rave reviews and considerable attention in the international media. Recent engagements include a tour of England with the Royal Philharmonic of London and a major North American tour with Polands Cracow Philharmonic that took her to Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Toronto, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Ms. Fialkowskas recent recordings, all warmly received, feature a recital of solo piano works by Liszt (CBC Records); music for piano and orchestra by Chopin, Moszkowski and Koprowski (CBC Records); solo piano music of Szymanowski (Opening Day, 1997 Juno Award nomination); two recitals of lieder by Schubert, Brahms, and Schumann with baritone Daniel Lichti (Opening Day); a recital of virtuoso salon pieces and encores (CBC Records, 1998 Juno Award nomination); the complete Chopin
CBC Radio Two In Performance, February 2001 Listings R. Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks. February 21. From Glenn GouldStudio in Toronto, Soprano Joanne Kolomyjec and pianist janina fialkowska. http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/inperformance/01Feb/01Feb_listing.htm
Extractions: "A Millenium of Music" Part I: Medieval and Renaissance music Five conversations with some of the best musical minds of our time about the major eras in the development of western music. Host Eric Friesen is joined by Professor Leo Treitler, author of Music and the Historical Imagination ; Benjamin Bagby, co-founder of the medieval performing group Sequentia ; and Paul ODette, leading Renaissance lutenist. Jascha Heifetz One of the greatest violinists of the 20 th century is remembered in music and conversation on the 100 th anniversary of his birth. Books about Heifetz: Ayke Agus, Heifetz As I knew Him . Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 2001. Herbert R. Axelrod, Ed. Heifetz . Neptune City, N.J.: Paganiniana Publications, 1976. Sherry Kloss. Jascha Heifetz Through My Eyes. Muncie, IN: Kloss Classic, 2000. Weschler-Vered, Artur. Jascha Heifetz . London: Robert Hale, 1986. Find the play list of tonight's programme. From the National Arts Centre young artists Debut series, violinist Anita Dusevic and pianist Adrienne Park From Trinity St Pauls Centre in Toronto, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra with guest director Paul ODette
CBC Radio Music -- In Performance -- Detailed Listings For October 2001 The Toronto Symphony Orchestra. with pianist/conductor Murray Perahia. The VancouverSymphony Orchestra Sergio Comissiona, conductor janina fialkowska, piano. http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/inperformance/01Oct/01Oct_listing.html
Press Releases : Mount Allison University 20 22 - Tuesday, November 14, 2000 at 085243 (AST) Internationally-renowned pianist,janina fialkowska to present recital SACKVILLE, NB On Monday, Nov. http://www.mta.ca/publications/university/new/old/TuesdayNovember142000at085243.
Extractions: SACKVILLE, NB On Monday, Nov. 20, at 8:00 p.m. in Brunton Auditorium, the Department of Music will present a recital by internationally-renowned pianist, Janina Fialkowska. The program will include works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, and Canadian composer, John Burge. Ms. Fialkowska will also be giving a masterclass on Tuesday, Nov. 21, from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in Brunton Auditorium. The public is cordially invited to both events for which there is no admission charge. A protégé of the late keyboard giant Artur Rubinstein, Janina Fialkowska is regarded as one of the leading pianists of her generation. She is celebrated for her commanding and eloquent interpretations of the Classical and Romantic repertoires, most notably for the works of Chopin and Liszt. A top prize winner in the 1974 Artur Rubinstein International Piano Competition, she routinely wins accolades for her performances with the worlds great orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras of London, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, and all the major Canadian ensembles. Janina Fialkowskas recital and masterclass are made possible by a generous gift to the Department of Music from Mrs. Pauline Spatz in memory of her husband, Dr. Albert G. Spatz, who had a profound love of classical music. The Piano Six Project is coordinated by Colwell Arts Management and is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Media RelationsNorthwestern Observer 17 with Montrealborn pianist janina fialkowska, who is of Polish descent and isparticularly distinguished as an interpreter of the piano works of Chopin and http://www.northwestern.edu/univ-relations/media/observer/category/1998-99/fine-
Extractions: By Judy Moore The strains of the mazurka, polonaise and krakowiak will mingle with symphonic, chamber and opera works when the School of Music commemorates the 80th anniversary of Poland's independence with an eight-day festival featuring that country's rich musical heritage. This is believed to be the largest presentation of Polish music in this country to date. The Nov. 17-24 festival will present nine concerts and much of the music contains patriotic and political references. There will be compositions by Chopin, Lutoslawski and Penderecki as well as less known masterworks and traditional folk songs and dances. Additional festival events include pre-concert Informances lectures on Polish history, music, art and culture designed to expand knowledge and enrich listening experiences. Seven of the concerts will be held at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall and two at Lutkin Hall. School of Music faculty member Mariusz Smolij, the festival's artistic coordinator and a native of Poland, will conduct the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra and co-conduct the Philharmonia and Contemporary Music Ensemble. Other faculty members participating in the festival include conductors Stephen Alltop and Don Owens, and violinist Blair Milton, violist Peter Slowik, and saxophonist Frederick L. Hemke. Brochures publicizing the event were bilingual written in both English and Polish.
Media RelationsNews Releases Performers include pianist janina fialkowska; violinists Andrzej Grabiec andBlair Milton; violist Peter Slowik; and saxophonist Frederick L. Hemke. http://www.northwestern.edu/univ-relations/media/news-releases/1998-99/*finarts/
Extractions: CONTACT: Judy Moore at (847) 491-4819 or by e-mail at jkm229@nwu.edu FOR RELEASE: Immediate Music The Northwestern University School of Music has scheduled a variety of international musical events during the fall quarter for the 1998-99 school year. Among the highlights in November are the second annual Halloween performance by the Newberry Consort, a joint performance by the Amores Percussion Trio of Spain and the Percussion Art Quartet of Germany, the Polish Music Festival, organist Frank Ferko's 900th anniversary tribute to Hildegard von Bingen, and the Fall Opera "American Dreams." November will also feature a variety of choral events, band and orchestra concerts, jazz and contemporary music performances, faculty recitals, and several exciting guest artists. The following performances will take place at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 1977 S. Campus Drive on the Arts Circle, Evanston Campus, unless otherwise noted. Cahn Auditorium is at 600 Emerson St. Lutkin Hall is at 700 University Place. Regenstein Recital Hall is at 1965 S. Campus Drive. Alice Millar Chapel is at 1870 Sheridan Road. The Josephine Louis Theater is part of the Theatre and Interpretation Center, 1979 S. Campus Drive. Welsh-Ryan Arena is at 2705 Ashland Ave. All are located on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University and are accessible to the disabled. To order tickets by phone, call (847) 467-4000. For information, call (847) 491-5441. For a recorded listing of upcoming performances, call the Concert Hotline: (847) 467-PICK (7425). The Pick-Staiger Web site is
Argosy.ca On Thursday, September 27 at 700 pm in Convocation Hall, Symphony Nova Scotia performedwith conductor Simon Streatfield and guest pianist janina fialkowska. http://www.argosy.ca/argosy01-02/10.04.01/19.html
Extractions: Back to contents The 2001-2002 Performing Arts Series at Mount Allison University is off to a grand start this year. On Thursday, September 27 at 7:00 pm in Convocation Hall, Symphony Nova Scotia performed with conductor Simon Streatfield and guest pianist Janina Fialkowska. This performance was a rare treat for Sackville audiences: a chance to hear a professional symphony orchestra performing live. Symphony Nova Scotia is a Maritime cultural treasure - the only fully professional symphony orchestra east of Québec City. This season, Symphony Nova Scotia welcomes Simon Streatfield in his second year as principal guest conductor and artistic advisor. Mr. Streatfield was born and educated in England. He began his career in music as a violist, performing with such noted ensembles as the Academy of St. Martins-in theFields, of which he was a founding member. He has conducted orchestras throughout Canada, Europe and Korea. Symphony Nova Scotia's concert in Sackville will feature the dazzling Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska, already familiar to Sackville audiences from her brilliant solo recital in Brunton Auditorium last year. Miss Fialkowska is a member of Piano Six, a group of internationally renowned Canadian pianists who bring recitals to areas in Canada where classical music performances are a rarity. With Symphony Nova Scotia she performed the Brahms D Minor Piano Concerto. The program also included Beethoven's 7th Symphony.
Classical Pianist Jon Kimura Parker - Announcements hails from British Columbia. Piano Six. Piano Six is a project conceivedby Canadian pianist janina fialkowska. The six Canadian http://www.kimura.com/announce.html
Extractions: The Fourth Season of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival was a great success! It featured a children's concert, and performances were presented twice to satisfy the demand for tickets. In addition to the Orcas Center, the Eastsound Episcopal Church was chosen again as a second performance venue. The participating artists were Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann, Martin Friedmann, and Jeanne Preucil Rose (violin/viola), William Preucil, Gwen Starker Preucil and Stephen Rose (violin), Desmond Hoebig and Toby Saks (cello), Owen Kotler (clarinet), Jon Kimura Parker and Jamie Parker (piano). If you would like to be placed on our mailing list to obtain info on Season Five, please call (360) 376-6636. If you would like to order the live recording of the FIRST SEASON of the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival on CD , please email the webmaster Ingrid Verhamme at: iverham@yahoo.com to have your order processed! Send a cheque or money order for USD 24.95 (this includes tax and shipping/handling costs), made out to "Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival", to the following address:
Extractions: Violinist Annalee Patipatanakoon, cellist Roman Borys and my brother Jamie Parker at the keyboard, formed the Gryphon Trio in 1993. In addition to keeping up a hectic touring schedule, they also hold teaching positions and are committed to bringing music to young people. Interests: Trek and X-Files, cars and Canadian hockey, Belgian beer, wine and dogs! - even if they're a little rambunctious and jump right through basement doors and window screens, right Jamie ;) Gene, Chuck, Ron, Dave and Jens, A.K.A. the Canadian Brass , share my opinion that having fun and being serious about aspiring high quality in music performance can go hand in hand. Proof: they have dedicated fans who log 3850 miles/year driving to attend every Brass concert within their reach! These guys are fancy dressers, too, check out the footwear in their welcome page, and their CD covers... Founder Janina Fialkowska likes to call Piano Six Cellist Bion Tsang 's sidekick on his tours is named "Screechy", a Giovanni Bianchi cello made in Florence, Italy in 1746. Golfer, websurfer and Miami Dolphins fan, he is also the artistic director of the 1999 Laurel Festival of the Arts . The artist line-up features an exquisite selection of musicians, among whom his wife, cellist Amy Levine Tsang, a member of the
A Pianist's Diary Hough and Zoltan Kocsis, janina fialkowska and Cecile Ousset. This is one of thebooks that belongs on the shelves of every serious pianist, piano teacher or http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/5505/F010205.html
Extractions: Great Book of Interviews Sunday, February 4, 2001 These titles are available through Dover Publications which is a significant source of important material for musical and cultural enrichment. This latest book is no exception. It's full of great quotable material. Great Contemporary Pianists Speak For Themselves Elyse Mach This book would ordinarily follow a reading of Great Pianists on Piano Playing by James Francis Cooke, also available from Dover, which I reviewed here last year. For one thing this is a far more contemporary book than Cooke's and the pianists interviewed are a mix of some of the older greats with some of the newer talents. Conspicuously missing but far from forgotten is Arthur Rubinstein. He is remembered largely through his protege, Janina Fialkowska. The portraits of some of the pianists one will actually meet inside are from top left to bottom right, Vladimir Horowitz, Claudio Arrau, Andre Watts, Alicia de Larrocha, Glenn Gould, Emil Gilells, Rosalyn Tureck and Jorge Bolet. Each has quite different stories to tell of how they came to be concert pianists. In this book, one will hear one of the few instances where a pianist goes into some depth concerning pianos themselves; It is true that you transport your own piano for the concerts you play?
Glenn Gould Studio September/October 2000 Schedule Music Director Nurhan Arman will lead Sinfonia Toronto on its first concertof the new season featuring brilliant Canadian pianist janina fialkowska. http://glenngouldstudio.cbc.ca/0009-10.html
Extractions: A Night of Bel Canto Join us for an evening of vocal tributes to the world's greatest composers with excerpts from operas and Italian songs. Baritone Giuseppe Pastorello ("the greatest passionate Italian singer of Bel Canto" ), tenor Colin Yip ( "a miraculously beautiful voice" ), and soprano Mary Liu ( "a sensational soaring voice" ) are joined by pianist William Shookhoff in songs by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Tosti, Denza, Giordano and more. Admission: $30, $20 Saturday, September 16
Glenn Gould Studio On Stage Season 8 Tuesday, February 12/02 at 8 pm janina fialkowska, piano Unfortunately, this concerthas Tonight, the famous French jazz pianist makes his first appearance at http://glenngouldstudio.cbc.ca/onstage8.html
Extractions: Closer than you've ever been! and Glenn Gould Studio "Where concert halls are concerned, small is beautiful and in Toronto there isn't a more beautiful small concert hall, acoustically speaking, than the Canadian Broadcasting Centre's Glenn Gould Studio." William Littler, Music Critic, The Toronto Star This page contains our OnStage "Season at a Glance" schedule, information for all our concerts. Use this link to find out ticketing information and print out a series subscription form that can be faxed or mailed with your concert series choices. Click below for information about each specific concert series. Classics
Canadian Pianists generosity and risktaking; individuality - what else does a pianist need as an obsessionwith wolves would probably have given janina fialkowska that extra http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm5-6/CanadianPianists-en.htm
Extractions: (music critic, The Gazette, Montreal) Past: Were there pianists of substance before Glenn Gould? The discography is silent on this subject. There were some prodigiesEllen Ballon in Montreal and Mona Bates in Torontowho turned into patrons or pedagogues. André Mathieu, alas, became a drunk. It is interesting to note that the multi talented Sir Ernest MacMillan, who trained as an organist and busied himself mainly as a conductor, visited Rudolf Serkin in Vermont and was told by the master that he played piano "like a very good pianist who hasn't kept up his practice." Still, Gould is obviously in a league of his own. I like his interpretations of Scriabin, which sound emotionally spontaneous as well as brilliant in the usual Gould ways. Present: Of the many fine students of Yvonne Hubert
Parker Piano Preview training (his younger brother James Parker, also a pianist, will be a group of Canadianpianists including MarcAndré Hemelin, janina fialkowska, Angela Hewitt http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm2-8/parker.html
Extractions: I n 1984 young Japanese-Canadian pianist Jon Kimura Parker shot into the spotlight taking the top prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in Britain. As a laureate of the Leeds Competition he joined the impressive fraternity of past winners which includes Radu Lupu and Murray Perahia. I first heard Parker live about ten years ago in concert with the Edmonton Symphony at the Jubilee Auditorium. Parker has a virile stage presence that immediately commands attention. His performance of Prokofiev's daunting Piano Concerto No 3 was unforgettable. With a rich, round piano tone he communicated both the lyricism and the sometimes furious excitement of the work. He did not hide behind the bravura notes but rather made the music his own and conveyed a genuine understanding of the piece. Since that memorable concerto I have heard Parker once more live with the Edmonton Symphony and several more times on CBC radio. At each hearing my initial impressions are confirmed: here is an artist truly in touch with his musical ideas, expressing them with conviction, ample technical ability and discipline.
IAMA Newsletter Nov '96 - Piano Six Brought together in 1994 by Montrealborn pianist janina fialkowska, this extraordinarynot-for-profit 'musical partnership' has dedicated itself to an http://www.iamaworld.com/news/newsletter/nl04f.htm
Extractions: The Piano Six Piano Six artists to schools and concert halls in small or isolated communities throughout Canada. During the ten-year life of this project, each artist has pledged to take time out from his or her busy international career to tour solo for ten days each year for Piano Six , performing in a different region each year. In order to give as many communities as possible a chance to participate in these extraordinary tours, the artists offer their services to the project for a fraction of their recital fees. Says Piano Six founder Janina Fialkowska, "we're especially anxious to reach out to those communities who think - quite wrongly -that they're too small or too far away to attract a major concert artist". One of the project's special features is that artists are made available to host communities for not only a public recital but also some form of educational out-reach event, such as a school mini-concert, a masterclass for area piano students or a teachers' workshop. Fialkowska admits thatthetoursinvolve "unbelievable amounts of work - some of us go out for ten days and give twenty-two performances". As mentally and physically challenging as these tours can be, however, she and her colleagues feel strongly that their efforts are repaid by the enjoyment and satisfaction that they derive from their personal encounters with music lovers all across the country. Indeed, for the members of this extraordinary sextet
Piano Instruments ( 323 Human Selected Links ) 18731951) -Berman, Boris -Bohdan Bubak czech pianist -Brautigam, Ronald Diana -Ffrench,Alexis Alexander (b.1970) -fialkowska, janina -Fiorentino, Sergio (1927 http://www.cbel.com/piano_instruments/
Piano Instruments ( 323 Human Selected Links ) Caramiello, Francesco (b. 1964) Bohdan Bubak czech pianist -Bates, Leon 1965) -Huang,Eileen -Fischer, Edwin (1886-1960) -fialkowska, janina -Corral, Alfredo. http://www.cbel.com/piano_instruments/?order=alpha
Extractions: September 19, 2001 Mount Allison University Announces First Recital Of 2001-2002 Season The Mount Allison University department of music will present its first recital of the 2001-2002 season on Sunday, Sept. 23 at 3 p.m. in Brunton Auditorium on campus. The recital will feature Belinda Code (oboe and English horn), James Code (horn), Lynn Johnson (piano) and a jazz quintet of faculty and students. Works on the program will be Domenico Cimarosa's Concerto for oboe, James Grant Code's Sonata for horn and piano, Gordon Jacob's Rhapsody for English horn, Code's Encounters II for oboe, horn and piano, and a set of jazz standards. Performers in the jazz quintet will be James Code on horn, James Mark on saxophone, Brian Ellard on piano, Andrew Tang on bass and Andrew Chandler on drums. James and Belinda Code have been on faculty at Mount Allison since 1969 and have performed frequently in the Maritime provinces with Symphony New Brunswick and the Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra. Lynn Johnson is well known as a collaborative pianist and teacher in the Moncton vicinity and around the Maritimes.
CMC: Buhr, Dr. Glenn [E] (1954 ) Picture, biography, selected works, and CDs, from the Canadian Music Centre.Category Arts Music Composition Composers Contemporary B including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Penderecki String Quartet, the DetroitContemporary Chamber Ensemble, pianist janina fialkowska, the Toronto http://www.musiccentre.ca/CMC/dac_rca/eng/a_/Buhr_Dr._Glenn.html
Extractions: Glenn Buhr's works have been performed by chamber ensembles, soloists and orchestras all over the world. He became well known in Canada as co-founder with Bramwell Tovey of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's New Music Festival. He was composer-in-residence with the WSO and curator of the New Music Festival from 1990 to 1996. In March 1996, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra created the position of Artist Laureate for Dr. Buhr. He is associate professor of music composition at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, and is also active as a guest conductor having conducted concerts with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Recently, he was music director of the St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre and artistic director of the Music in the Ruins festival in Manitoba. He has received several composition awards, including first prize in the prestigious Italian Pro Loco Corciano Competition for Epigrams, a work for wind orchestra. In 1998 he was named University Research Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, the first time that honour had been given to a creative artist. He has also received a large number of commissions from many important performers and ensembles including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Penderecki String Quartet, the Detroit Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, pianist Janina Fialkowska, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Children's Chorus. His music has been performed by such diverse ensembles as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, pianist Louis Lortie, soprano Tracy Dahl and many
