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David McGrory
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Belfast born pianist David McGrory began his studies at the age of four. During his career he has performed in London, Belfast, Edinburgh, Dublin, Munich, Brussels, Galway, Glasgow, Oxford, Leeds, San Antonio and Boston. In January 1999, he made his debut with the Ulster Orchestra at the Ulster Hall in Belfast.
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Gianluca Luisi
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Gianluca Luisi studied with Franco Scala at the Academy of Music in the Italian city of Imola. He has won many national and international piano competitions, including the Casella International Competition in Italy, and the J.S. Bach International Piano Competition in Saarbrüucken. He has given many solo performances in some of the greatest concert halls and leading international music festivals, including the Carnegie Hall, New York, the Musikverein, Vienna, and the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, Hamburg. He has played also with famous orchestras. He has a very wide and interesting repertoire, which includes the complete cycle of The Well-Tempered Clavier of J.S. Bach. He recently played in Neuhardenberg, Berlin, the complete cycle of the nine Beethoven Symphonies in the Liszt transcription for two and four hands, with the pianist Konstantin Scherbakov.
Gianluca Luisi is a Naxos recording artist and a Bösendorfer artist.
Visit Gianluca Luisi on NAXOS
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Hyun-Mi Chung
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The first woman in the world to have recorded the entire works of Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Miss Chung’s performances include solo concerts in Paris and Nice, France, and concerto performances with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at Sejong Cultural Center, and with the National Orchestra at Seoul National Theatre.
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Eun Joo Chung
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Leon Fleisher describes her musical gifts as "striking and impressive, a power of concentration that is most unusual." Maestro Gerard Schwarz praised her as, “A most remarkable artist. Technically, she is extraordinary and with a beautiful sound and superb musicianship.” The famed Viennese teacher Badura-Skoda described Ms. Chung as, "extraordinarily talented,” and as, “one of the best students I ever taught." Béla Siki expressed his view that Ms. Chung is, "one of the most gifted pianists in her generation."
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Aglaia Koras
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"An Excellent Pianist - A Fine Musician -- Rudolf Serkin"
Aglaia has been reengaged for the fifth consecutive season at CARNEGIE HALL'S WEILL RECITAL HALL for two concerts during the 2009-2010 season
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Rodolfo Ritter
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Emerging as one of the most remarkable young musicians from Latin America and known for his profound artistic poetry, flawless technique and charismatic performances, Rodolfo Ritter has performed to critical and audiences acclaim in three continents.
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Jonathan Oshry
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Jonathan’s numerous prizes in South African competitions include first prize in the 1995 Oude Meester Music Competition, first prize (piano and overall categories) in the 1996 ATKV Forte Competition, third prize in the 1996 Adolph Hallis Competition and second prize in the 1998 UNISA National Piano Competition. Jonathan has won many more prizes in several other locations and competitions.
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Alexandre Pirojenko
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Pianist ALEXANDRE PIROJENKO has the technical skills to do anything he wants with a piano; better yet, what he wants to do is sensitive, original, and brilliant," wrote The Washington Post after Mr. Pirojenko's Washington, DC debut at the Kennedy Center.
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Juana Zayas
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The lilting lyricism and impassioned power of pianist Juana Zayas's playing is born of life experience.
Ms. Zayas has performed throughout Europe, South America and the U.S. Known for her exquisite performances of Chopin, she performed this music at Newport Music Festival, 2000 World Piano Pedagogy Conference in Las Vegas, and at Piano Festival Northwest 2003 in Portland.
The critical acclaim that Juana Zayas has consistently received over the years has touched on virtually every facet of music-making.
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Svetlana Belsky
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Dr. Belsky has won prizes in numerous national and international piano competitions, including the Frinna Awerbuch and the AMSA World Piano Competition. Her playing has been critically acclaimed as "passionate," "impressive," "hypnotic" and ". . . (possessing) a high degree of musical maturity and sensitivity." Ms. Belsky heads the piano program at the University of Chicago and has recently published an annotated translation of Busoni as Pianist by the renowned Russian musicologist Grigori Kogan published by the University of Rochester Press.
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Svetlana's CD Baby site
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