The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that DMA pianist Quynh Nguyen was named as the second prize winner of The American Prize Lorin Hollander Award, as well as the second prize winner in the Solo Piano Professional Division of The American Prize 2017-18 competition. Praised by the Boston Globe as “a musical and expressive player,” pianist Quynh Nguyen has […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that pianist and alumna Mirna Lekić was named as a winner in the The American Prize 2017-18 Competition, in the solo piano performance professional division. Mirna Lekić is a Bosnian-American pianist active as a recitalist, chamber musician and educator. Praised for her “intelligent and sincere pianism” (Examiner), and “natural inventiveness and […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that pianist and alumnus Ran Dank’s performance of Fred Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated! this past April was listed as one of the top ten classical concerts in Chicago in 2017 by the Chicago Classical Review. Dank’s performance was described as follows: “When the pianist who was originally […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that alumni Olivier Fluchaire and Yoojin Oh are featured in the November 2017 issue of the prestigious Korean music magazine “Piano Music,” discussing their perspectives as partners on stage and in life! Images of the article are included below. For more information about Olivier Fluchaire, see http://www.olivierfluchaire.com/. For more information […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that on December 2nd, 2017, the GC will be hosting a Leonard Bernstein Marathon in the Elebash Recital Hall! This event will be a monumental eight-hour concert featuring performances of Leonard Bernstein’s most beloved works and some hidden gems. World premieres of new works by contemporary […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that the work of composition professor Tania León and her new opera on the Little Rock Nine were featured in a New York Times article on October 2nd, 2017, following excerpts from the work being performed at the University of Central Arkansas. For the complete New […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that on September 22nd, 2017, Longleash trio, comprised of GC D.M.A. violinist Pala Garcia, GC D.M.A. cellist John Popham and pianist Renate Rohlfing, released their debut album with New Focus recordings titled “Passage.” The album features the first commercial recordings of innovative piano trios, written by […]
The Graduate Center is pleased to congratulate D.M.A. pianist Leann Osterkamp on her upcoming album release, featuring the complete solo piano works of Leonard Bernstein! Osterkamp will be playing a CD release concert at Steinway Hall on September 25, 2017, at 7pm. The concert is an invite-only event; For more information contact Leann at contact@leannosterkamp.com. […]
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that GC alumnus Olivier Fluchaire (violin) is currently performing in a number of concerts in South Korea for The Concert House and the Gumi International Music Festival (August 30 – September 15, 2017). Upcoming performances are as follows: September 9, 2017: Masterclass in Gumi (South Korea), presented by […]
As is customary, the GC’s Ethnomusicology Program had an impressive presence at the 2019 SEM Annual Conference in Indianapolis in November. Seven students presented papers, and two others participated in panels. Prof. Peter Manuel also presented a paper, and Prof. Sugarman participated in a roundtable. The papers were as follows: Brian Bond: “Performing Pain: Emotion […]
Josh Katz-Rosene, after completing his doctorate at the GC and teaching for a year at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, has accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
The Graduate Center Music Program is pleased to share that D.M.A. pianist Juan Carlos Fernández-Nieto will be making his debut at Carnegie Hall this coming Thursday, June 8th, 2017 at 7:30pm. He will be performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271, “Jeunehomme” with the Chamber Orchestra of New York, under the baton of Music Director […]
