Sunday, December 18, 2011
2:00 p.m.
Javor Bračić, pianist
RCMS is pleased to present award-winning Croatian pianist Javor Bracic on Sunday afternoon, December 18, from 2 - 4 p.m. in an intimate setting in the home of Christina and Ron Hirsch in Rhinebeck.
Mr. Bračić is a graduate of the Mozarteum University
in Salzburg, where he studied the piano under Karl-Heinz Kämmerling
and has been attending the graduate program of the Mannes College in
New York since 2009 under Pavlina Dokovska. During his music
studies, he attended master-classes delivered by distinguished
artists and teachers such as Dag Achatz, Peter Eicher, Diane
Andersen, Albert Portugheisa, and several classes delivered by
Karl-Heinz Kämmerling. He has won a number of significant awards in
Croatia, Italy, and Belgium, including the first prize at the
following competitions: Etudes and Scales (1998), Luigi Stramesi
(2001), Les Rencontres des Jeunes Pianistes (2001), Zlatko Grgošević
Competition (2002), Rassegna Internazionale per giovani pianisti
(2001), EMCY chamber music competition (2002).
Mr. Bračić attended in two EPTA conferences (Norway
1999, Hungary 2000), participated in the 7th International
“Music. Youth. Hope” Festival in Petrozavodsk in Russia 2002, and at
the Darko Lukić Memorial in Osijek. He has performed with I
Solisti di Zagreb,
and has held recitals in Croatia, Norway, Hungary, France, Germany,
and Russia. His performing activities intensified with his move to
New York where he performed in famous stages, such as the Steinway
Hall, Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Museum, Ana Tzarev Gallery, and
New York Historical Society. He organized a successful music lecture
series Javor Bračić & Friends at the International House New York.
Javor Bračić has released an album titled “Tribute to
Haydn”. He is also an active chamber musician, and his collaboration
with violinist Antonia Loges and pianist Justine Verdier has earned
him numerous awards from chamber music competitions.
Program
| Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:50 | Franz Joseph Haydn | |
| Tributes to Haydn | Ravel, Debussy, Benjamin | |
| Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 | Ludwig van Beethoven | |
| Selection of Preludes from Op. 11 | Alexander Scriabin | |
| Etudes de Rhythme: Ile de Feu I | Olivier Messiaen | |
| Dazzle | Peter Klatzow | |
| Scherzo No. 2 in B Flat minor/D Flat Major, Op. 31 | Frederic Chopin | |
Tickets are $30 and may be purchased by clicking here or by check in advance, payable to RCMS, and mailed to RCMS, P.O. Box 465, Rhinebeck, NY 12572. Space restraints limit us to the first 35 people to reply. Once you place your ticket order you will receive the address of the Hirsch residence.
Refreshments will be served after the concert.
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