Accent On Line Page 4 he Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition took place last June in Fort Worth, TX, where pianist jon nakamatsu was named the Gold Medalist. http://www.yamaha.com/publications/accent/Accent497/pg4.html
Extractions: CLIBURN AND BUSONI PIANO COMPETITIONS ANNOUNCE WINNERS he Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition took place last June in Fort Worth, TX, where pianist Jon Nakamatsu was named the Gold Medalist. Among the prizes he was awarded are two years of international concert engagements and career management, a solo recording to be released on the harmonia mundi label and distributed worldwide this fall, and a Carnegie Hall recital debut scheduled for the 1998-99 concert season. The Competition featured the new Yamaha CFIIIS concert grand piano as one of three instrument choices available for this year's competitors. As recently as one month following his Cliburn triumph, the 28-year-old California native received rave reviews at the South Shore Summer Festival in Norwalk, CT. Nakamatsu's standing room only recital was performed on a Yamaha CFIIIS concert grand piano andwas described as "radiantly alive," "absolutely in command," or as another critic put it, "just plain great." Canadian pianist Naida Cole captured top honors for performances of the commissioned work and chamber music (see story on page 5) Across the globe, another gifted pianist walked away with top honors, this time at the
News - Willamette University - Salem, Oregon 11, 2003 The Distinguished Artist Series continues at Willamette University with pianist jon nakamatsu Wednesday, April 2, at 8 pm in Hudson Hall. http://www.willamette.edu/news/144.htm
Extractions: Feb. 11, 2003 The Distinguished Artist Series continues at Willamette University with pianist Jon Nakamatsu Wednesday, April 2, at 8 p.m. in Hudson Hall. The program will include works by Scubert, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Debussy and Liszt. Nakamatsu will also lead a master class for pianists on Thursday, April 3, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Hudson Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are available at all Safeway FASTIXX Centers and are $20 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. He has performed at Tanglewood with the Boston Pops, the Klavier Festival Ruhr in Germany and the Montellier Festival in France.
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Extractions: Google News about your search term A pianist is a person who plays the piano A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an orchestra or smaller ensemble , or accompany one or more singer s or solo instrumentalists. A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very young age, some as early as three years old. Many well-known classical composer s were able pianists themselves; for example, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig van Beethoven Franz Liszt Frederic Chopin ... Robert Schumann , and Sergei Rachmaninov were all virtuoso pianists. Some pianists have special preferences as to which composer's music they play. Most western forms of music can make use of the piano. Consequently, pianists have a wide variety of forms and styles to choose from, including jazz classical music , and all sorts of popular music Well-known or influential classical pianists: Martha Argerich Claudio Arrau Vladimir Ashkenazy Gina Bachauer Wilhelm Backhaus Paul Badura-Skoda Daniel Barenboim Simon Barere Bart Berman Boris Berman Idil Biret Jorge Bolet Alfred Brendel Ferrucio Busoni Bruno Canino Robert Casadesus Shura Cherkassky Dino Ciani Aldo Ciccolini Van Cliburn Harriet Cohen Jean-Philippe Collard Alfred Cortot Clifford Curzon Georges Cziffra Bella Davidovich Alicia de Larrocha Vasso Devetsi Peter Donohoe Barry Douglas Hans Eijsackers Vladimir Feltsmann Annie Fischer Edwin Fischer Leon Fleischer Ignaz Friedman Ossip Gabrilowitsch Walter Gieseking Emil Gilels
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Artsopolis - Events Winner jon nakamatsu for two performances of the majestic Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1. nakamatsu, who is an enormously popular local pianist who has http://www.artsopolis.com/index.php?app=eventDetail&id=2171
Classical Concerts 2003-2004 Season pianist jon nakamatsu continues to win major acclaim. Dynamic exciting joyous abandon! say the critics of his remarkable style. http://www.elcamino.edu/centerforthearts/ARCHIVES/Fall2003/classical_f03.html
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Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival On June 28 conductor Jeff Tyzik will lead the orchestra in a favorite pops program Ragtime with pianist jon nakamatsu. Acclaimed http://www.vailmusicfestival.org/press.cfm?id=48
RONDO-Archiv: Rachmaninow, Klavierkonzert Nr. 3, Nakamatsu Translate this page gewesen, lesen wir im Lebenslauf des pianisten jon nakamatsu. nakamatsu gewann 1997 den Van-Cliburn-Wettbewerb in dessen Endrunde jeder pianist Rachmaninows d http://www.rondomagazin.de/klassik/r/rachmaninow/sr11.htm
Extractions: (65 Min., aufgenommen 9/00) Früher sei er Deutschlehrer an der High School gewesen, lesen wir im Lebenslauf des Pianisten Jon Nakamatsu. Wer diese Aufnahme hört, wird begrüßen, dass er den Beruf gewechselt hat. Nakamatsu gewann 1997 den Van-Cliburn-Wettbewerb, in dessen Endrunde jeder Pianist Rachmaninows d-Moll-Konzert zu bewältigen hat. Aber von wettbewerbsgemäßer Schaustellung von Virtuosentum ist dieses Klavierspiel weit entfernt. In ihrer sorgfältigen Unterwerfung unter Rachmaninows sehr konzise Notation ist dies die selbstloseste, uneitelste Interpretation des Werkes, die ich jemals gehört habe. Doch wirkt dieses Spiel nicht unpersönlich oder kühl, es übt einen eigentümlichen Sog aus: immer gefesselter hört man, wie dieser Pianist Details zum Leben und Sprechen bringt, die bisher nur als Verpackungsmaterial mitgeschleppt wurden. Nakamatsu macht die allgegenwärtige Vielstimmigkeit und ihre Bewegunskräfte und Reibungen hinreißend nachverfolgbar. Gerade in den von Halbwissenden als formal weich abgekanzelten Überleitunssequenzen, etwa den oft gekürzten Episoden der Finale-Durchführung, hören wir motivische Prozesse, deren kontrapunktische Eindringlichkeit in diesen häufig uninspiriert abgewickelten Passagen uns staunen lässt. Höhepunkt ist der zweite Satz, oft bloß larmoyante Klage, gehüllt in die Draperien allzu vieler wallender Noten.
RONDO-Archiv: Joseph Wölfl, Klaviersonaten Op. 25 U. 33 Translate this page Zu seiner Zeit war Joseph Wölfl ein in ganz Europa gefeierter pianist und Komponist, heute kennt Womit wir bei der Aufnahme von jon nakamatsu angelangt wären http://www.rondomagazin.de/klassik/w/woelfl/jw01.htm
Extractions: (69 Min., aufgenommen 08/2002) Tja, so ändern sich die Gewohnheiten. Zu seiner Zeit war Joseph Wölfl ein in ganz Europa gefeierter Pianist und Komponist, heute kennt ihn nicht einmal der Papst, und der kennt, als Vertreter des lieben Gottes auf Erden, eigentlich alle. Sei es, Wölfl lebte von 1773 bis 1812, darf also mit Fug und Recht als ein Zeitgenosse Beethovens gelten. Musikunterricht erhielt er bei Leopold Mozart und Michael Haydn, dem Bruder des großen Joseph. Mit dem Komponieren begann er mozartisch früh, in der Hauptsache Klaviersonaten, und lernte den Meister selbst auch kennen. Wölfls bewundertes Vorbild aber wurde Beethoven, mit dem er sich sogar einmal duellierte - wenngleich nur an den Tasten zweier Pianoforti. Beethoven soll das Spiel übrigens knapp gewonnen haben. Womit wir bei der Aufnahme von Jon Nakamatsu angelangt wären. Beethoven stand gewiss Pate bei der Entstehung dieser Klaviersonaten, und Mozart im Nebenzimmer. An beide reicht Wölfls Kunst nicht heran. Das beginnt schon mit der Grundidee jeder Sonate: Sie zündet nicht, wirkt irgendwie hilflos; melodisch wie harmonisch ist da keine Raffinesse, und von der Durcharbeitung eines Beethoven ist Wölfl nun gar Lichtjahre entfernt. Dem Interpreten fällt dazu auch nicht das Allermeiste ein; einige Glanzlichter, gut, sonst aber viel Staub, viel Wirbel, viel unnütze Kraft. Mit Kafka gesprochen: Bei Wölfl gewesen, Sonaten hören. Nicht berührt. Rasch zum Plattenschrank. Beethoven aufgelegt.
Feature Article jon nakamatsu, for example, knew he wanted to be a concert pianist at age 4, but he studied German and ended up becoming a German teacher because he knew http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_11_1/feature-interview-jonathan-biss-2-200
Extractions: At the age of 23, Jonathan Biss is already considered one of Americas finest young pianists. This year alone sees the Curtis Institute graduate paired with Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskapelle in Carnegie Hall, James Levine and the Munich Philharmonic, Sir Roger Norrington and the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Sir Neville Marriner and the San Francisco Symphony, and Lorin Maazel and New York Philharmonic. Add in the imminent release of Biss first Beethoven disc for EMI, an Avery Fisher Career Grant (1999) and Wolf Trap's Shouse Debut Artist Award (1997), and performances with conductors Kurt Masur, Marin Alsop, and Pinchas Zukerman, and you have some indication of the mans talent. Jonathan Biss and I spoke at length in August 2003, shortly before he was to perform with the Hartford Symphony. Hearing Biss perform live six months later with the San Francisco Symphony only confirmed the truth of this assessment from the Washington Post: "That Biss is deeply musical, interpretively principled and technically secure (never ostentatious) makes him an exceptional pianist for any age group.
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Heidelberg College News Release Melville was commenting on jon nakamatsu, a popular American pianist, who will perform a free recital March 25 at 815 pm in the Ohl Concert Hall of Brenneman http://www.heidelberg.edu/publications/releases/2003/0203-nakamatsu.html
Extractions: Contact: Ericka Daniels Office of College Relations, (419) 448-2171 "It's the equivalent of the best quarterback in America coming to campus," said Nikki Melville, assistant professor of piano at Heidelberg. "That's how good this guy is." Melville was commenting on Jon Nakamatsu, a popular American pianist, who will perform a free recital March 25 at 8:15 p.m. in the Ohl Concert Hall of Brenneman Music Hall at Heidelberg College. The performance is part of Heidelberg's guest artist series. Originally a high school German teacher, Nakamatsu's life changed forever when in 1997 he was named the Gold Medalist of the 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the only American to win the award since 1981. After claiming his place in the international music scene, Nakamatsu has performed with the Evian Music Festival in France, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Boston Pops, the Klavier Festival Ruhr in Germany, the Montpellier Festival in France and numerous others. He has also performed as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The New World Symphony and among others, the orchestras of Detroit, New Mexico, San Francisco, Seattle, Utah and Toledo. Abroad, Nakamatsu has been heard as a soloist with Italy's Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Santo Domingo's Orquestra Sinfonica Nacional.
PreviewCT: The Poet Of The Piano seem a case of overnight success, jon nakamatsu s 1997 instant For readers who follow nakamatsu to the concert who was actually considered the better pianist. http://previewct.com/gbase/Music/content.html?oid=oid:27548
The Citizen, Auburn NY - Features Features. Life on the keys. By Lauren Ober / The Citizen As a child, internationally renowned pianist jon nakamatsu was not that much different than his peers. http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2004/04/25/features/feat01.txt
Extractions: News Home News Obituaries ... World News Services Classifieds Place Classified Ad Wheels For You Circulation ... Links Features Life on the keys By Lauren Ober / The Citizen As a child, internationally renowned pianist Jon Nakamatsu was not that much different than his peers. But that small investment paid off for the 35-year-old concert pianist, winner of both the 1995 United States Chopin Piano Competition and the 1997 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He became the first American in 16 years to win the Cliburn competition. Nakamatsu, who has been studying the piano since he was 6, stunned his parents with his understanding of music at such a young age. After receiving the organ, the youngster immediately began playing songs. "I played around on the organ without any instruction. I did things on my own," said Nakamatsu. "Then my parents thought 'Yeah, he's pretty serious." They found their son a piano teacher in Marina Derryberry. From the second lesson, Derryberry knew there was something special about her young student. At age 7, Nakamatsu knew it as well. That was when he first knew that he wanted to play the piano for the rest of his life. "Talent is one thing, but it means nothing if you have no one to guide and nurture you. It takes a special person to do that," he said. "From my very first lesson, (Derryberry) guided my career. She was invaluable. I owe her everything."
German Pianist Aims For Next Rung On Ladder Of Success Before American jon nakamatsu won this year s Van Cliburn Competition, for example, he A similar thing happened to Fazil Say, a Turkish pianist who performed a http://arizonachambermusic.org/Pawlik.htm
Extractions: The Arizona Daily Star You've probably never heard of Markus Pawlik. But he's doing his best to change that - and against unbelievable odds. The German pianist, who tomorrow performs at the Leo Rich Theatre, belongs to an ever-increasing pool of talented recitalists for whom just surviving in music is an accomplishment. At 31, Pawlik faces an all-too-typical challenge: how to sustain a career beyond the initial momentum supplied by a couple of big competition wins. It is a daunting task. ``What do you do?'' Pawlik said. ``You try to get as many supporters as possible. It's always up and down.'' Specifically, you (or your management) pester presenters, conductors - anyone with the clout to give you a chance. Maybe, an influential teacher might put a word in for you. Piano and Friends, designed expressly to expose young and emerging talent, routinely relies on recommendations of established pianists such as Russell Sherman, a New England Conservatory professor who taught at the University of Arizona in the 1960s.
On The Job With John Nakamatsu Every so often jon nakamatsu has to pinch himself. Is he really a concert pianist touring the globe and performing at Carnegie Hall? http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1998/novdec/lsjournal/onthejob.html
Extractions: Every so often Jon Nakamatsu has to pinch himself. Is he really a concert pianist touring the globe and performing at Carnegie Hall? An artist whose work has been described by a New York Times in company with a story on James Michener? Nakamatsu says he was stunned by the standing ovations he received during the two-week competition in Texas. Fans gave him a toy armadillo for luck. Fort Worth Star-Telegram The prize opened doors. Besides winning $20,000 in cash and a $10,000 wardrobe allowance, Cliburn medalists are sent on a two-year concert tour in the United States and Europe. They play with orchestras and chamber groups and give solo recitals, capped by a date at Carnegie Hall. Chicago Tribune
Champion Pianist Champion pianist. First events. Last Sunday, America sand Asian America sgreat hope was 28year-old jon nakamatsu of Sunnyvale, Calif. http://www.asianweek.com/061397/newsmaker.html
Extractions: June 5-13, 1997 First APA to win Van Cliburn competition Nakamatsu: "If they choose to market me as a role model for the Asian community, I would be very happy." by Sam Chu Lin Many of the spectators in the concert hall in Fort Worth, Texas, applauded and chanted "U.S.A! U.S.A.!" as the emcee was about to announce the winner of the 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, one of the music world's premier events. Last Sunday, America'sand Asian America'sgreat hope was 28-year-old Jon Nakamatsu of Sunnyvale, Calif. In a popular victory, Nakamatsu was indeed named the first-place winner, beating out five finalists from Russia, Italy, Israel, and Germany. He is the first American in 16 years to win the competition (which has been held every four years, with one exception) and the first Asian Pacific American to win since its inception in 1962. "It was an incredible evening," Nakamatsu exclaimed. "That night, it seemed that everything with the orchestra clicked, and I had a great time out there with the conductor. The ovation was tremendous. I don't think I'll ever forget that." Many people, including legendary pianist and competition founder Van Cliburn, thought Nakamatsu had performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with relative ease and with a unique flair.
