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International Keyboard Institute and Festival at Mannes College The New School For
Music
150 West 85th Street New York, NY 10024
Tel: (212) 580-0210 Extension 4858
Fax: (212) 580-1738
Web: www.ikif.org
Email: info@ikif.org
Website Design:
Asaf Blasberg
Co-Designer:
Quynh Nguyen
The International Keyboard Institute & Festival is a publicly supported 501(c)(3)
organization. Any contribution will be greatly appreciated and is tax deductible
to the full extent of the law.
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Complete Institute & Festival: July 18-August 1
Session I: July 18-24 – Session II: July 25-August 1
Non-credit Tuition: $950 both sessions or $590 per session
Tuition for U.S. College Credit: $1921 both sessions (2 credits) or $972 per session (1 credit)
Auditors: $500 both sessions or $250 per session.
Auditor attendance per day: $50
Online application and $50 (non-refundable) fee due April 15. Full tuition due May
15. Audition recording required: 30 min. Free choice of repertoire.
Music lovers, Professionals, College & High School Students
welcome.
Private lessons available on request. Scholarships and Dorms available.
Participants may compete for $10,000 USD in the Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Recognition
Scholarship Awards.
MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
International Keyboard Institute & Festival
150 West 85 St., New York, NY 10024
Tel: 212-580-0210 ext. 4858 Fax: 212-580-1738
www.ikif.org
info@ikif.org
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Faculty Bios
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JOAQUIN ACHUCARRO: Faculty Southern Methodist Univ., Chigiana Acad. Siena, Italy – Gold Medal Geneva Comp. – Berlin, London, NY Phil.- Abbado, Rattle, Mehta, Chailly - Sony, BMG-RCA
HINRICH ALPERS: 1st prizes Beethoven Bonn, Oslo; Honens Laureate - Perf. in NYC (Zankel), Berlin, Toronto, Munich, Hamburg, Warsaw - Studies w/ Goetzke (Hannover) and Lowenthal (Juilliard)
MAGDALENA BACZEWSKA: Former faculty Montclair State Univ - Studies with J. Rose/Mannes College, C. Keene/Manhattan School of Music – Kosciuszko Found. & MacKenzie Award– Recitals US & Europe
ASAF BLASBERG: Studies: J. Rose/Mannes; J. Lowenthal/Juilliard; Concerts – Last Three Sonatas of Schubert; Complete Sonatas of Schumann; Complete Sonatas of Brahms; All Liszt Program
ALEXANDER BRAGINSKY: Faculty Univ. of Minnesota; Founding Pres./Artistic Dir. Int. Piano e-Competition - Moscow Cons. grad, Goldenweiser student - Concerts: USSR, Israel, Europe, China
DAVID DUBAL: Faculty Juilliard – pianist, teacher, writer, lecturer – Broadcaster/Reflections from the Keyboard/WQXR; DVD/Golden Age of the Piano; Books/Essential Canon, The Art of the Piano
AKIKO EBI: Prizes-Chopin, Long compet.- Two Gold Discs - Concerts worldwide – Duo piano w/ M. Argerich - Perf. Gewandhaus, Colon, Suntory - Edited all Ravel piano-solo works - Dir. Yokohama Piano Festival
YING FENG: Silver Medal Kapell, Prizewinner Long-Thibaud - Studies w/ Ciccolini, Dokovska, Svetlanova – Alice Tully, Carnegie Hall, Salle Pleyel, Cite de la Music – Perf. w/ Orch. Nationale de France, Baltimore Sym
ALEXANDER GAVRYLYUK: 1st Prizes Rubinstein, Hamamatsu – Perf. w/Concertgebouw, NY Phil, LA Phil, RNO, RNFO, Israel Phil, NHK, Rotterdam Phil - Perf. w/Ashkenazy, Lazarev, Pletnev, Spivakov, Blomstedt
ALON GOLDSTEIN: Perf. Philadelphia Orch., San Francisco, Baltimore, Houston, Dallas, St. Louis; LA & Israel Phil. w/Mehta, Blomstedt, Oundjian, de Burgos - Student & asst. of Fleisher - Perf. Carnegie Hall
GARY GRAFFMAN: Former Dir. Curtis; Curtis Faculty – Perf. w. orch. of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago – Conductors: Bernstein, Ormandy, Szell - Major left-hand concerto & recital repertoire
OLGA KERN: Gold Medal 2001 Van Cliburn Competition – Carnegie Hall recital – Chicago Sym/Eschenbach, Conlon; LA Phil; Kirov Orch/Gergiev; Warsaw Phil; Casals Festival – Harmonia Mundi Recordings
THE KNIGHTS: NY-based orchestra - collaborated w/Dawn Upshaw, Gil Shaham, Jan Vogler - Perf. Carnegie Hall, Le Poisson Rouge, Dresden Musikfestspiele, Dublin's National Gallery - Recordings on SONY Classical
ALEXANDER KOBRIN: Gold Medal 2005 Van Cliburn/1999 Busoni; Prizewinner Hamamatsu and Chopin – Moscow Cons./Naumov - Faculty Gnessin Acad. - NY Phil., Moscow State & Tokyo Sym. - Harmonia Mundi
EMANUEL KRASOVSKY: Faculty Tel Aviv Univ. – Studies at Juilliard – Perf. Israel Phil./Bernstein – Dir. Tel Hai Piano Masterclass – Juries: Rubinstein, Leeds – Classes: Juilliard, Madrid, Paris, Berlin, Finland
NINA LELCHUK: Faculty Queens College – Prizes: Chopin, M. Long, Cliburn competitions - Orch:
Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Moscow, Leningrad – Classes at Toho, Holland, Univ. of Michigan - Telarc & EMS
MICHAIL LIFITS: First Prize Busoni, Hilton Head, Rina Sala Gallo Competitions – Studies in Imola w/ Petrushansky; Hannover w/Goetzke – Recitals Italy, Paris, Germany, Poland, New York – German TV-ZDF
STEVEN MAYER: Complete Ives and Tatum for Naxos – Prof., Univ. of Denver; Manhattan School – Orchs: Gewandhaus, Minnesota, San Francisco, Rotterdam; De Waart, Blomstedt, Conlon, Slatkin
IRINA MOROZOVA: Faculty: Mannes College, Special Music School of America - St. Petersburg Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music grad – Berlin Radio Sym – Recitals: US, Russia, Europe
ALEXANDER MOUTOUZKINE: Study w/Krainev, Mikowsky – Prizes: Cleveland, Montreal, Tivoli, “Iturbi” Valencia, New Orleans, Shanghai Compet.– Berlin Symphony, RTV Spain, - Zankel, Wigmore Halls
QUYNH NGUYEN: Faculty Hunter College – Studies: J. Rose/Mannes; Davidovich/Juilliard; Canin/
DMA CUNY – Musical America 2004 “Star of Tomorrow”- Recitals: US, Europe, Asia – Laureate IKIF
MICHAEL OELBAUM: Faculty Mannes - Teaching Oxford, Sibelius Acad., Juilliard - Reisenberg/Mannes; Serkin/Marlboro – NJ, Nashville, San Jose Sym., Vienna Cham. Orch. – Diabelli Variations/Bridge Records
HAESUN PAIK: Gold Medal Kapell, Silver Queen Elisabeth, Bronze Tchaikovsky - Faculty Seoul National Univ.- Graduate New England Cons. - Soloist: Boston & London Sym., Munich Phil. - EMI records
JEROME ROSE: Founder/Dir. IKIF - Faculty Mannes College, Mozarteum Salzburg - Gold Medal Busoni - Berlin Phil.; Chicago Sym./Solti; Sawallisch/Vienna - Recordings Medici – Liszt Grand Prix du Disque
VICTOR ROSENBAUM: Faculty New England Cons., Mannes, Longy (Former Dir & Pres) - Studies Lhevinne, Shure – Tanglewood - Recitals/classes: Russia, Japan, China, Israel, Europe - Bridge/Fleur de Son
JOSÉ RAMOS SANTANA: Faculty Catholic Univ. - Juilliard grad - Bachauer prizewinner – Studies: Marcus, Fleisher - NY Phil., Detroit Sym. - Tours Japan & China - Recording: Fleur de Son /Royal Phil. Orch
MINSOO SOHN: First Laureate Honens; Prizes Rubinstein, Cleveland, Busoni, Hilton Head, Queen Elisabeth, Santander – Perf. w/ Boston Sym., Israel Phil., at Jordan, Carnegie Halls, - Studies w/ R. Sherman, W. Byun
SONTRAUD SPEIDEL: Studies w/ Yvonne Loriod, Geza Anda – First Prize Bach Comp. Wash. DC – Concerts, Masterclasses worldwide – 22 CDs including works of Fanny Hensel – Prof. of Piano Karlsruhe, Germany
MYKOLA SUK: Faculty Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas – Gold Medal Liszt-Bartok Comp.– Studies Moscow Cons./Lev Vlasenko – Russian National Sym./Pletnev - Vienna, Toronto – Melodiya, Hungaraton
JEFFREY SWANN: Gold Medal Queen Elisabeth, First Prize Dino Ciani, Prizewinner Cliburn – Cincinnati, Pittsburgh Sym., Rotterdam Phil. – Salonen, Abbado, Chailly – Beethoven Cycle Italy - DG, RCA, Agora
ALESSANDRO TAVERNA: First prize Minnesota E-Competition; Prizes London, Leeds – Studies at Imola w/Scala, Margarius; Santa Cecilia w/Perticaroli – Perf. Maggio Musicale, Berlin, London, Chicago, New York
MARIANGELA VACATELLO: First Prize Top of the World Competition, Norway; Prizewinner Cliburn, Busoni, Queen Elisabeth, I.Yun Tongyeon – Studies: Imola w/Scala; London at RAM w/Elton; Paris w/Merlet
JUE WANG: First Prize & Gold Medal Santander, Maria Canals; Prize Richter Compet. Moscow – World concert & recital tours – Perf. Zankel & Wigmore – Study at Shanghai Cons. & Manhattan School of Music
DI WU: Prizes Van Cliburn, Vendome Compet. – Perf. Phila. Orch., National, Pittsburgh, NJ Sym., Beijing Phil., NY Pops (Carnegie Hall) – Worldwide tours – Studies w/Graffman, Kaplinsky, Kalichstein, McDonald
ILYA YAKUSHEV: 1st prize World Piano Competition 2005 – Studies: Mannes w/Feltsman - San Francisco Sym/M.T. Thomas, Arkansas, Las Vegas Sym. - Perf. New York, Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Seoul
EINAV YARDEN: Prizes in Beethoven Intl. Comp. Bonn, E-Competition, Honens – Studies w/Fleisher at Peabody – Perf. w/Israel Phil., Minn. Orch., Calgary Phil, Jerusalem Sym. – Conductors: Marriner, Botstein
EDUARD ZILBERKANT: Faculty Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks – Prizewinner Santander - Music Dir. & Conductor Fairbanks Sym.– Studies/Rose, Margulis, Fleisher – Atlanta Sym/Shaw – Recitals: Phila., Warsaw
ASAF ZOHAR: Studies at Rubin Academy, Indiana Univ. w/Vardi, Pressler – Prizes in Israel, Cleveland, Sydney – Perf. with Israel Phil.; concerts Europe, Asia, US –Faculty Jerusalem Acad.; Jerusalem Music Center
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