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Join Postcards Records E-Mail List: Name: E-Mail Address: ARKADIA JAZZ POSTCARDS CHANSONS EDU. SONG ... E-MAIL US Search Arkadia! Keywords American Ballads: Press Release POSTCARDS RECORDS RELEASES PIANIST LARA DOWNES' AMERICAN BALLADS Postcards Records is pleased to announce the release of classical pianist Lara Downes' second release, American Ballads , the follow up to the critically acclaimed Invitation to the Dance . This time around, Lara takes a look at American composers that have been influenced by the aural landscape that surrounded them, namely popular song, jazz, and folk music. American Ballads features compositions by Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Charles Ives and others, but one of the highlights of the CD is the world premiere recording of jazz saxophonist/composer Benny Golson's On Gossamer Wings , which Lara will debut at Lincoln Center in March 2001. American Ballads comes on the heels of Lara's whirlwind schedule last year. Her debut recording was received with open arms in the classical community. With many concerts around the United States and Italy completed, some of Lara's shows in 2001 are at Lincoln Center in March, the EdgeWise contemporary music festival in May, which includes Philip Glass, Kronos and Steve Reich. Lara will also perform selections from American Ballads at museums around the country for the Smithsonian American Art Museum's touring exhibit "Scenes of American Life". Currently an artist in residence at the University of California at Davis, Lara's heavy performance schedule is augmented with a four-part series of concerts entitled "Perspectives".

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LARA DOWNES Young American pianist Lara Downes was born in San Francisco, where she began her piano studies at age five at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She subsequently studied with Adolph Baller and Reah Sadowsky, and pursued her advanced studies in Europe at the Hochschule for Music in Vienna with Hans Graf and in the Concert Class of Rudolf Buchbinder at the Music Academy in Basel. She has also studied with John Perry in Los Angeles and Lilian Kallir and Jerome Lowenthal in New York. She has participated in summer master classes at the Tanglewood Institute, the Salzburg Mozarteum, and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena. Since making her London debut in 1988 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Ms. Downes has performed frequently throughout Europe, appearing as soloist with the Vienna Chamber orchestra and in recital in concert series and festivals in France, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland. She has recorded for Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt. Ms. Downes made her New York debut at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall in March of 1995. Her recent appearances have included recitals at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, the French Library in Boston, the French Embassy in Washington D.C., and the La Gesse Festival in France. She has been heard on WFMT Chicago, and has recorded for the Helicon label. Her upcoming activities include performances of the Clara and Robert Schumann concertos with the Hartford Symphony, solo and chamber recitals throughout the United States, and tours of South America, India and South East Asia.

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HOME Search Yesterday's Concert Pianists Chronological Alphabetical Today's Top Concert Pianists Other Contemporary Classical Pianists THE MONTHLY PAGE New This Month Just For Teachers Editorial Musings Letters to the Editor ... E-Mail Editor THE MONTHLY PAGE August, 2001 Letters to the Editor [Advertisements] Archives Subj: tracing a pianist Date: 7/4/01 From: linda...@...demon.co.uk To: PianoWomenEditor Dear Ed, I am trying to find info on a concert pianist from Germany named Ellie Nye (not sure of spelling) , can you help? Have you heard of her? Many thanks Linda Subj: re: tracing a pianist Date: 7/5/01 From: PianoWomenEditor To: linda...@...demon.co.uk Hello Linda, I think you may be referring to: Elly Ney (b. Dusseldorf, Sept. 27, 1882; d. Tuteing, Mar. 31, 1968). She is listed in my page of "Yesterday's Concert Pianists" but without any links, so I haven't found a page of biographical material already on the web to link her to. She is listed in all of the important music biographical dictionaries: Baker, Groves, Riemann, Thompson, etc., and there was an article about her published in FANFARE, Vol. 5, 1982.

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Join Postcards Records E-Mail List: Name: E-Mail Address: ARKADIA JAZZ POSTCARDS CHANSONS EDU. SONG ... E-MAIL US Search Arkadia! Keywords REVIEWS OF LARA DOWNES What Critics Say About American Ballads Special mention to the 10:24 minute world premiere of Golson’s composition, ”On Gossamer Wings”, featuring the gifted pianist, Lara Downes on solo piano ”On Gossamer Wings” is a classic of its kind, and it will find many followers who enjoy good music blessed with much feeling, sensitivity, style, in-depth meanings, and mood Lee Prosser, Jazzreview.com- March 2001 What Critics Say About Invitation to the Dance Lynnda Greene, Fanfare Magazine - November/December 2000

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Join Postcards Records E-Mail List: Name: E-Mail Address: ARKADIA JAZZ POSTCARDS CHANSONS EDU. SONG ... E-MAIL US Search Arkadia! Keywords NEWS RELEASE POSTCARDS RECORDS RELEASES LARA DOWNES' INVITATION TO THE DANCE Postcards Records is pleased to announce the release of classical pianist Lara Downes' debut CD, Invitation to the Dance , a collection of solo classical pieces by 19th and 20th century Masters such as Liszt, Weber, Ravel, Chopin and Barber. All the pieces on the CD relate to popular dances of their time; it is a fascinating recap of where we've been on the dance floor over the last 200 years. Invitation to the Dance is the first classical release on the Postcards label since the Arkadia Entertainment Group acquired it in 1999. Under the leadership of Arkadia founder Bob Karcy, the acclaimed electro-acoustic avant-garde jazz label expanded its horizons to include classical and world music. Lara.Downes is the first artist to premiere a recording and the first classical artist as well. "Not many people have what Lara has," says Karcy. "She's an incredible virtuoso, she's funny, sophisticated, intelligent and she looks great too. She could be the next big thing in the classical world." Lara Downes has been hailed as one of the most promising young pianist today, and her choice of repertoire runs from the traditional to the avant-garde. Her recent projects include a Copeland Centennial recital, a newly discovered piano concerto by Clara Schumann, and a four-part recital series entitled This American Century. "I have been intrigued by the interdependence between music and dance" Lara says, "Dance, after all, is music in motion, the physical embodiment of sound." It seems only natural then that she would want to take on a project that tied together the two things she loves most.

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HOME Search Yesterday's Concert Pianists Chronological Alphabetical Today's Top Concert Pianists Other Contemporary Classical Pianists ... E-Mail Editor Letters to the Editor INDEX April and May 2003 June and July 2003 August and September 2003 April 2003 A reply to previous request about Juliana Markova , several new submissions, along with a variety of questions for the readers. September 2002 New names, new sites, as well as mention of old artists. May 2002 This page includes many letters in search of people, none of whom could the editor find information on. Maybe a reader will know some of the answers. There are also quite a few suggestions for new names to be added to the site. April 2002 Seven more pianists are suggested as additions to the site with some interesting, historical biographies as well as websites of living artists. March 2002 Readers offer suggestions; solicit help for information on Eileen Joyce ; as well as look for a copy of George Kehler's The Piano in Concert in order to reprint this important resource book. February 2002 Over a dozen letters in December and January pose questions for the editor and readers, present several new, young artists and prompt corrections of existing data.

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17. Choice Classical CDs 2003 Daniel Gortler is a faculty member of the Rubin Music Academy at TelAvivUniversity. pianist lara downes presents reform on Azica Records. http://www.angelfire.com/music4/mclub/clcd03.html

Choice Classical CDs 2003... Classical: Instrumental Violinist Nikolaj Znaider¹s second CD as an exclusive RCA Red Seal recording artist. Mr. Znaider calls the CD Bravo! Virtuoso and Romantic Encores for Violin More than merely a compilation of encore works that demand the utmost virtuosity from the violinist, this new CD Bravo! Virtuoso and Romantic Encores for Violin traces the historical legacy and the subtle cross-influences of legendary violinists of the past, many of whom wrote works for the violin. Several of these pieces refer to the style of other violin virtuosos while pushing the instrument to the extremes of technique. For example, Fritz Kreisler, in his Recitativo and Scherzo Caprice, pays homage to Eugène Ysaÿe, whose distinct style and influence can be heard in the orations and rich chordal outbursts. Mr. Znaider is accompanied by pianist Daniel Gortler. Israeli pianist Daniel Gortler started his piano studies with Naomi Hacohen. He graduated from the Rubin Music Academy in Tel-Aviv and later from the Musikhochschule in Hanover, where he studied with Professor Arie Vardi. In addition, he has taken classes with Christoph Eschenbach. Daniel Gortler has won many competitions, including first prizes in both the Viña del Mar International Competition in Chile (1987) and the Bremen International Piano Competition (1991), second prize at the Munich International Piano Competition, and, when he was only 19 years old, third prize at the Geneva International Piano Competition. He has also won the Gina Bachauer Award in Jerusalem (1989) and the Salon de Virtuosi annual award in New-York. Daniel Gortler is a faculty member of the Rubin Music Academy at Tel-Aviv University.

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19. Capital Public Radio Arts Reviews And Features May 24, 8 pm pianist lara downes gives a recital Monday night focusing on one ofthe greatest – and most scandalous – of the Romantic keyboard artists. http://www.csus.edu/npr/artsreviews.htm

Listen to Previews, Reviews and Features on the Arts Requires Realplayer THEATRE MUSIC / DANCE / LITERATURE / PLUS Fat Sam's Band Sacramento Jazz Jubilee Sunday, May 30 This weekend, along with traditional Dixieland jazz, there will be plenty of Jump-jive, swing bands at the Jazz Jubilee. But 19 years ago, there was just one: Fat Sam's Band website The Underpants B Street Theatre through July 11 B Street Theatre website Art Delta King Theatre, the Riverboat Delta King, Old Sacramento through June 27th Delta King Theatre website Blues Boy Wonder, Shane Tiller Slider Abandon Productions through June 5th Local Pianist Salutes Dave Brubeck with New CD Joe Gilman Trio With the release of his new CD, Time Again: Brubeck Revisited (Sunnyside), pianist and educator Joe Gilman is earning accolades from the legendary composer himself. Steve Milne reports. The Boxcar Children Children's Theatre of California at the B Street Theatre through June 13 B Street Theatre website Music Highlights from NPR Theatre Websites Music and Dance Websites Mondavi Center Sacramento Theatre Company B Street Theatre River Stage ... Sacramento Choral Society MEET THE CPR ARTS TEAM Steve Milne Elaine Hesse Jeff Hudson

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search CSUS website main news page news releases ... campus tour s news services staff directory submit news feedback October 18, 2002 Festival Schedule Festival of New American Music celebrates 25th year The Festival of New American Music Festival at California State University, Sacramento celebrates its silver anniversary this year with free concerts, workshops and more, Nov. 6-17. Events will be held on campus and at local public schools, as well as at the Sterling Hotel, the Crocker Art Museum and the Crest Theater. The festival features artists of international stature joining with CSUS faculty and students, and local musicians to present the best in contemporary music to the Capital Region. Now in its 25th year, the festival is one of the longest running festivals in the nation dedicated solely to contemporary American music. "FeNAM provides audiences in the Sacramento Region a fantastic opportunity to hear the wonderful, fresh, exciting music being written today," says Ernie Hills, chair of the CSUS music department. "If you're willing to try new things, willing to have an open mind and open ears, the festival is for you."

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