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A NOTE FROM JEROME ROSE
The International Keyboard Institute & Festival is now preparing for its 12th season
to take place July 18-August 1, 2010 at Mannes College. In 2010 we will continue
to present 28 concert events, including the young artist Prestige Series and the
evening Masters Series concerts. Close to 100 video clips of past Festival events
are posted on YouTube, and IKIF now has a Facebook page. Both the YouTube clips
and Facebook page can be accessed directly or through links on our website at www.ikif.org.
The Prestige Series at 6:00 pm will feature accomplished young artists from around
the world, each just at the beginning of an international career, many of them recent
winners of major international competitions including Busoni, Beethoven, Kapell,
Honens, E-Competition, Santander, and Top of the World. The Masters Series at 8:30
pm will feature Guest Artists and Faculty.
This year the Guest Artist Faculty includes distinguished pianists Joaquín Achúcarro,
Akiko Ebi, Alexander Kobrin and Olga Kern, all of whom will be giving masterclasses
and performing a recital on the Masters Series. Founder/Director Jerome Rose will
perform the opening concert.
Guest artists making Festival concert debuts on the Masters Series are: Alexander
Gavrylyuk and Sontraud Speidel. Returning to the Festival to give a recital and
masterclasses are Jeffrey Swann, Alon Goldstein and HaeSun Paik. Eduard Zilberkant,
in addition to his masterclasses, will be performing a chamber music concert with
members of The Knights Ensemble. David Dubal returns to give a lecture with live
performance during the first week of the Festival. Gary Graffman joins David Dubal
at the mid-point of the Festival for “An Afternoon with Gary Graffman”, an event
that will be Free to the public. The special event “Tribute to Leonard Shure” will
feature former students of this great pianist and teacher including Jerome Rose,
Ursula Oppens, Victor Rosenbaum and others in a day of lecture and performance dedicated
to this pianist.
Since 1999 the Festival has attracted students from around the world who have the
opportunity to attend the Festival to study with Faculty Artists, participate in
masterclasses, and attend concerts and lectures given by some of the world’s best-known
pianists and scholars.
Last season we offered over 50 scholarships to participants of merit worldwide who
seek out IKIF for an intensive two weeks of masterclasses, concerts, and lectures
on the art of the piano. We are committed to keeping tuition and ticket prices low
in order to serve the community. As a non-profit 501(c) 3 publicly funded charity,
IKIF can continue only if it is supported by the general public. We invite you to
support IKIF with your donation to support our mission. In these difficult financial
times your contribution, in any amount, is very much appreciated and is tax deductible
to the full extent of the law. If you would like to become a Festival Friend, please
make your donation by check payable to INTERNATIONAL KEYBOARD INSTITUTE & FESTIVAL
and mail to the address below. All contributions will be acknowledged and posted
on our website.
We look forward to seeing you at this year's Festival, and thank you for your support.
Cordially,
Jerome Rose
Founder and Director
International Keyboard Institute & Festival
229 West 97th Street, Suite 1B
New York, NY 10025
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