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2024

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 12
Isler's Insights
Donald Isler
Recital by Martín García García
July 11
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Quynh Nguyen and Friends
July 10
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Recital by Alon Goldstein
July 10
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
25 Mesmeric Minutes
July 10
New York Classical Review
George Grella
Goldstein delivers pure pleasures at International Keyboard Festival
July 9
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Recital by Dudana Mazmanishvili
July 8
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Recital by Jerome Rose - 26th International Keyboard Institute & Festival
July 8
Concerto.Net.com
Harry Rolnick
Mid-Romantic Thunder

2023

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 13
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Reed Tetzloff
July 12
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
Color From The Caucasus
July 12
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Nicolas Namoradze
July 10
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
Transcendent Power

2022

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 17
New York Concert Review Inc.
Donald Isler
IKIF presents Martín García García in Review

2019

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
James Harrington
Best Deal in New York
October 15
PIANIST
Mario-Felix Vogt
Piano Summer in Manhattan
July 29
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Ilya Yakushev, piano Thomas Mesa, cello
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Vladimir Rumyantsev
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 24
ConcertoNet.com
Joseph Patrych
A Young Pianist Highly Worth Attention - Yi-Nuo Wang
July 24
New York Classical Review
George Grella
Keyboard rarities highlight Burleson's IKIF program
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Vadym Kholodenko - IKIF
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Mao Fujita
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Interview of Alan Walker by Jerome Rose
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Ann Schein
July 19
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
Fingers More Than Feelings - Mao Fujita
July 19
New York Classical Review
George Grella
Kholodenko offers mixed rewards at International Keyboard Festival
July 16
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
Prometheus and the Poet - George Li
July 15
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose

2018

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
James Harrington
A Summer Nirvana
September 1
The New Criterion
Jay Nordlinger
New York chronicle
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Reed Tetzloff
July 26
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Geoffrey Burleson
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 20
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alon Goldstein and the Fine Arts Quartet with Andrew Sommer, Bass
July 19
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Tomoki Sakata
July 17
PIANYC
Victor Levy
Maturity of Emotion: Claire Huangci at the IKIF
July 16
New York Classical Review
David Wright
Jerome Rose opens International Keyboard Festival with a night of fantasy
July 15
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose

2017

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
James Harrington
Two Weeks of Annual Piano Heaven
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Dmitry Rachmanov
July 27
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Geoffrey Burleson
July 24
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Jeffrey Swann: The Interpretive Extremes of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations
July 23
ConcertoNet
Harry Rolnick
Vladimir Feltsman: Spirits and Ghosts of an Alien Universe
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Vladimir Rumyantsev
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alon Goldstein
July 17
New York Classical Review
Bruce Hodges
Keyboard Festival Founder Rose sets the pace with Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt
July 16
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose

2016

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 31
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alexander Kobrin
July 30
piaNYC
Victor Levy
A Thrilling Revelation of Multiple Perspectives: Xiayin Wang at The Kaye Playhouse
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
George Li
July 26
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
A Century of Musical Culture in New York
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jeffrey Swann
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Magdalena Baczewska
April 29
Pianist Magazine
Inge Kjemtrup
Bright lights, big festival

2015

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 29
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Arnaldo Cohen
July 27
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Faculty Concert
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
David Dubal Lecture - Richter and Wild
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jeffrey Swann
July 20
The New York Times
Zachary Woolfe
Marc-André Hamelin Connects Past and Present
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Marc-André Hamelin

2014

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 24
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Akiko Ebi
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alexandre Moutouzkine
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
David Dubal Lecture - Great Performances
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng
July 22
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
A Youthful Vigor, Flowing Through to His Fingertips
July 22
The New York Times
Vivien Schweitzer
Chaotic Yet Pensive, Pounding the Keys
July 21
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
David Dubal Lecture: Great American Pianists
July 21
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
The Recorded Legacy of Vladimir Horowitz
July 17
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Recitals That Linger...Alexander Schimpf and Alon Goldstein
July 16
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alexander Schimpf

2013

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 1
CityArts
Jay Nordlinger
Key Krazy: Notes from a Piano Extravaganza
July 29
The New York Times
Steve Smith
A Pianist With 176 Keys to Play With
July 27
The New York Times
James Oestreich
Full Range of Heat at Summer Festival
July 26
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati Recital
July 23
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
David Dubal Lecture - Verdi and Wagner: The Operatic Piano
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Program in Honor of David Dubal
July 20
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Jed Distler Lecture
July 19
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Mykola Suk Recital
July 18
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng Recital
July 17
The New York Times
Zachary Woolfe
2 Pianists, One Low-Key, One Fiery
July 17
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Nikolai Demidenko Recital
July 15
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose Recital

2012

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 1
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF
July 26
Monotonous Forest
Bruce Hodges
Heroic Hamelin
July 26
CityArts
Jay Nordlinger
Notes from a Palooza
July 26
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Rabotkina and Hamelin
July 25
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng Recital
July 24
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
Showing Spirit and Restraint in Equal Measure
July 23
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
David Dubal Program on Claude Debussy
July 23
Monotonous Forest
Bruce Hodges
Speed and Sulfur - Dmitri Levkovich
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
David Dubal Program on Arthur Rubinstein
July 18
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Inna Faliks and Akiko Ebi
July 16
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Getting the Audience's Attention, and Keeping It<br/>Cyprien Katsaris and Alexander Schimpf
July 16
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Cyprien Katsaris

2011

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 2
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
Brahms in a New Light, Resembling the Weightier Liszt
August 1
The New York Times
James R. Oestreich
Romantic Temperament Applied to Monuments
July 31
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Friday Night at the IKIF - Rabinovich and Hamelin
July 30
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
A Pianist's Pensive and Fanciful Sides
July 29
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
A Russian Who Ignores Those Old Stereotypes
July 28
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Dmitri Alexeev Recital - IKIF
July 27
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
HaeSun Paik Recital - IKIF
July 26
Gramophone
Jed Distler
We've got a little Liszt
July 23
The New York Times
Vivien Schweitzer
King of Virtuosos Is Weary Of His Crown
July 23
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
For Liszt, Experimentation Was a Form of Greatness
July 22
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng Recital - IKIF
July 22
Gramophone
Jed Distler
More from the International Keyboard Institute & Festival
July 22
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Improvisation, as Well as Intensity
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Cyprien Katsaris Recital - IKIF
July 21
CityArts
Jay Nordlinger
Music Old Yet New
July 19
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
David Dubal Program on Liszt - IKIF
July 19
Gramophone
Jed Distler
Everything's coming up Rose
July 17
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF

2010

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 1
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF
July 31
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
A Teacher’s Legacy, Celebrated at the Piano
July 31
NJ Star-Ledger
Ronni Reich
New York event pays tribute to Leonard Shure
July 30
The New York Times
Vivien Schweitzer
Athleticism and Warmth at the Keyboard
July 30
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Recital by Students of Leonard Shure - IKIF
July 29
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
HaeSun Paik Recital - IKIF
July 27
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Sontraud Speidel Recital - IKIF
July 23
The New York Times
Vivien Schweitzer
The Left Hand’s Chance at the Right Hand’s Spotlight
July 22
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Joaquín Achúcarro Recital - IKIF
July 20
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
David Dubal Program on Chopin and Schumann - IKIF

2009

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 3
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
IKIF: Stars of the Festival
July 29
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
Demonstrating the Power of the Piano,<br/>First Thunderous, Then More Subtle
July 24
New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Two Pianists: A Virtuoso and a Philosophizer

2008

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
September 2
Aspire! Piano & Fine Arts
Canaan Parker
Summer Arts Highlight
September 1
The New Criterion
Jay Nordlinger
New York Chronicle
July 25
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
From a Veteran at the Keyboard, a Mozart Staple<br/>and a Finger-Busting Ravel
July 24
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng, Piano Recital
July 19
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
A Time to Play and a Time to Talk
July 15
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
Thunder and Lightning on the Keys,<br/>With Some Intermittent Sunshine

2007

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 30
New York Times
Steve Smith
Festival’s King of Keys Kicks Off With Haydn
July 23
New York Times
Steve Smith
From Russia With Buzz: A Pianist Inspires Passion
July 19
New York Times
Bernard Holland
Composers by the Sextet From a Pianist at a Festival

2006

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 31
New York Times
Bernard Holland
The Pianist Marc-André Hamelin Goes Beyond Technical Wizardry in Pieces Rare and Familiar
July 27
New York Times
Bernard Holland
Fou Ts’ong Brings His Relaxed Precision to the International Keyboard Festival
July 21
New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Steven Mayer Channels Art Tatum, but Adds His Own Flourishes at Keyboard Festival
July 18
New York Times
Allan Kozinn
With Contagious Romanticism, Jerome Rose Opens Mannes Keyboard Festival
July 18
New York Sun
Fred Kirshnit
Our Last Romantic

2024

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 12
Isler's Insights
Donald Isler
Recital by Martín García García
July 11
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Quynh Nguyen and Friends
July 10
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Recital by Alon Goldstein
July 10
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
25 Mesmeric Minutes
July 10
New York Classical Review
George Grella
Goldstein delivers pure pleasures at International Keyboard Festival
July 9
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Recital by Dudana Mazmanishvili
July 8
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Recital by Jerome Rose - 26th International Keyboard Institute & Festival
July 8
Concerto.Net.com
Harry Rolnick
Mid-Romantic Thunder

2023

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 13
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Reed Tetzloff
July 12
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
Color From The Caucasus
July 12
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Nicolas Namoradze
July 10
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
Transcendent Power

2022

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 17
New York Concert Review Inc.
Donald Isler
IKIF presents Martín García García in Review

2019

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
James Harrington
Best Deal in New York
October 15
PIANIST
Mario-Felix Vogt
Piano Summer in Manhattan
July 29
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Ilya Yakushev, piano Thomas Mesa, cello
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Vladimir Rumyantsev
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 24
ConcertoNet.com
Joseph Patrych
A Young Pianist Highly Worth Attention - Yi-Nuo Wang
July 24
New York Classical Review
George Grella
Keyboard rarities highlight Burleson's IKIF program
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Vadym Kholodenko - IKIF
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Mao Fujita
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Interview of Alan Walker by Jerome Rose
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Ann Schein
July 19
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
Fingers More Than Feelings - Mao Fujita
July 19
New York Classical Review
George Grella
Kholodenko offers mixed rewards at International Keyboard Festival
July 16
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
Prometheus and the Poet - George Li
July 15
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose

2018

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
James Harrington
A Summer Nirvana
September 1
The New Criterion
Jay Nordlinger
New York chronicle
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Reed Tetzloff
July 26
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Geoffrey Burleson
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 20
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alon Goldstein and the Fine Arts Quartet with Andrew Sommer, Bass
July 19
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Tomoki Sakata
July 17
PIANYC
Victor Levy
Maturity of Emotion: Claire Huangci at the IKIF
July 16
New York Classical Review
David Wright
Jerome Rose opens International Keyboard Festival with a night of fantasy
July 15
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose

2017

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
James Harrington
Two Weeks of Annual Piano Heaven
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Dmitry Rachmanov
July 27
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Geoffrey Burleson
July 24
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Jeffrey Swann: The Interpretive Extremes of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations
July 23
ConcertoNet
Harry Rolnick
Vladimir Feltsman: Spirits and Ghosts of an Alien Universe
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Vladimir Rumyantsev
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alon Goldstein
July 17
New York Classical Review
Bruce Hodges
Keyboard Festival Founder Rose sets the pace with Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt
July 16
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose

2016

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 31
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alexander Kobrin
July 30
piaNYC
Victor Levy
A Thrilling Revelation of Multiple Perspectives: Xiayin Wang at The Kaye Playhouse
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
George Li
July 26
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
A Century of Musical Culture in New York
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jeffrey Swann
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Magdalena Baczewska
April 29
Pianist Magazine
Inge Kjemtrup
Bright lights, big festival

2015

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 29
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Arnaldo Cohen
July 27
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Faculty Concert
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
David Dubal Lecture - Richter and Wild
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jeffrey Swann
July 20
The New York Times
Zachary Woolfe
Marc-André Hamelin Connects Past and Present
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Marc-André Hamelin

2014

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 24
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Akiko Ebi
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alexandre Moutouzkine
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
David Dubal Lecture - Great Performances
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng
July 22
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
A Youthful Vigor, Flowing Through to His Fingertips
July 22
The New York Times
Vivien Schweitzer
Chaotic Yet Pensive, Pounding the Keys
July 21
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
David Dubal Lecture: Great American Pianists
July 21
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
The Recorded Legacy of Vladimir Horowitz
July 17
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Recitals That Linger...Alexander Schimpf and Alon Goldstein
July 16
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alexander Schimpf

2013

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 1
CityArts
Jay Nordlinger
Key Krazy: Notes from a Piano Extravaganza
July 29
The New York Times
Steve Smith
A Pianist With 176 Keys to Play With
July 27
The New York Times
James Oestreich
Full Range of Heat at Summer Festival
July 26
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati Recital
July 23
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
David Dubal Lecture - Verdi and Wagner: The Operatic Piano
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Program in Honor of David Dubal
July 20
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Jed Distler Lecture
July 19
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Mykola Suk Recital
July 18
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng Recital
July 17
The New York Times
Zachary Woolfe
2 Pianists, One Low-Key, One Fiery
July 17
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Nikolai Demidenko Recital
July 15
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose Recital

2012

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 1
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF
July 26
Monotonous Forest
Bruce Hodges
Heroic Hamelin
July 26
CityArts
Jay Nordlinger
Notes from a Palooza
July 26
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Rabotkina and Hamelin
July 25
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng Recital
July 24
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
Showing Spirit and Restraint in Equal Measure
July 23
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
David Dubal Program on Claude Debussy
July 23
Monotonous Forest
Bruce Hodges
Speed and Sulfur - Dmitri Levkovich
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
David Dubal Program on Arthur Rubinstein
July 18
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Inna Faliks and Akiko Ebi
July 16
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Getting the Audience's Attention, and Keeping It<br/>Cyprien Katsaris and Alexander Schimpf
July 16
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Cyprien Katsaris

2011

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 2
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
Brahms in a New Light, Resembling the Weightier Liszt
August 1
The New York Times
James R. Oestreich
Romantic Temperament Applied to Monuments
July 31
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Friday Night at the IKIF - Rabinovich and Hamelin
July 30
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
A Pianist's Pensive and Fanciful Sides
July 29
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
A Russian Who Ignores Those Old Stereotypes
July 28
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Dmitri Alexeev Recital - IKIF
July 27
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
HaeSun Paik Recital - IKIF
July 26
Gramophone
Jed Distler
We've got a little Liszt
July 23
The New York Times
Vivien Schweitzer
King of Virtuosos Is Weary Of His Crown
July 23
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
For Liszt, Experimentation Was a Form of Greatness
July 22
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng Recital - IKIF
July 22
Gramophone
Jed Distler
More from the International Keyboard Institute & Festival
July 22
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Improvisation, as Well as Intensity
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Cyprien Katsaris Recital - IKIF
July 21
CityArts
Jay Nordlinger
Music Old Yet New
July 19
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
David Dubal Program on Liszt - IKIF
July 19
Gramophone
Jed Distler
Everything's coming up Rose
July 17
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF

2010

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 1
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF
July 31
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
A Teacher’s Legacy, Celebrated at the Piano
July 31
NJ Star-Ledger
Ronni Reich
New York event pays tribute to Leonard Shure
July 30
The New York Times
Vivien Schweitzer
Athleticism and Warmth at the Keyboard
July 30
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Recital by Students of Leonard Shure - IKIF
July 29
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
HaeSun Paik Recital - IKIF
July 27
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Sontraud Speidel Recital - IKIF
July 23
The New York Times
Vivien Schweitzer
The Left Hand’s Chance at the Right Hand’s Spotlight
July 22
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Joaquín Achúcarro Recital - IKIF
July 20
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
David Dubal Program on Chopin and Schumann - IKIF

2009

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 3
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
IKIF: Stars of the Festival
July 29
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
Demonstrating the Power of the Piano,<br/>First Thunderous, Then More Subtle
July 24
New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Two Pianists: A Virtuoso and a Philosophizer

2008

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
September 2
Aspire! Piano & Fine Arts
Canaan Parker
Summer Arts Highlight
September 1
The New Criterion
Jay Nordlinger
New York Chronicle
July 25
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
From a Veteran at the Keyboard, a Mozart Staple<br/>and a Finger-Busting Ravel
July 24
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng, Piano Recital
July 19
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
A Time to Play and a Time to Talk
July 15
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
Thunder and Lightning on the Keys,<br/>With Some Intermittent Sunshine

2007

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 30
New York Times
Steve Smith
Festival’s King of Keys Kicks Off With Haydn
July 23
New York Times
Steve Smith
From Russia With Buzz: A Pianist Inspires Passion
July 19
New York Times
Bernard Holland
Composers by the Sextet From a Pianist at a Festival

2006

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 31
New York Times
Bernard Holland
The Pianist Marc-André Hamelin Goes Beyond Technical Wizardry in Pieces Rare and Familiar
July 27
New York Times
Bernard Holland
Fou Ts’ong Brings His Relaxed Precision to the International Keyboard Festival
July 21
New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Steven Mayer Channels Art Tatum, but Adds His Own Flourishes at Keyboard Festival
July 18
New York Times
Allan Kozinn
With Contagious Romanticism, Jerome Rose Opens Mannes Keyboard Festival
July 18
New York Sun
Fred Kirshnit
Our Last Romantic

2024

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 12
Isler's Insights
Donald Isler
Recital by Martín García García
July 11
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Quynh Nguyen and Friends
July 10
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Recital by Alon Goldstein
July 10
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
25 Mesmeric Minutes
July 10
New York Classical Review
George Grella
Goldstein delivers pure pleasures at International Keyboard Festival
July 9
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Recital by Dudana Mazmanishvili
July 8
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Recital by Jerome Rose - 26th International Keyboard Institute & Festival
July 8
Concerto.Net.com
Harry Rolnick
Mid-Romantic Thunder

2023

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 13
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Reed Tetzloff
July 12
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
Color From The Caucasus
July 12
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Nicolas Namoradze
July 10
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
Transcendent Power

2022

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 17
New York Concert Review Inc.
Donald Isler
IKIF presents Martín García García in Review

2019

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
James Harrington
Best Deal in New York
October 15
PIANIST
Mario-Felix Vogt
Piano Summer in Manhattan
July 29
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Ilya Yakushev, piano Thomas Mesa, cello
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Vladimir Rumyantsev
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 24
ConcertoNet.com
Joseph Patrych
A Young Pianist Highly Worth Attention - Yi-Nuo Wang
July 24
New York Classical Review
George Grella
Keyboard rarities highlight Burleson's IKIF program
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Vadym Kholodenko - IKIF
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Mao Fujita
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Interview of Alan Walker by Jerome Rose
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Ann Schein
July 19
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
Fingers More Than Feelings - Mao Fujita
July 19
New York Classical Review
George Grella
Kholodenko offers mixed rewards at International Keyboard Festival
July 16
ConcertoNet.com
Harry Rolnick
Prometheus and the Poet - George Li
July 15
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose

2018

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
James Harrington
A Summer Nirvana
September 1
The New Criterion
Jay Nordlinger
New York chronicle
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Reed Tetzloff
July 26
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Geoffrey Burleson
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 20
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alon Goldstein and the Fine Arts Quartet with Andrew Sommer, Bass
July 19
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Tomoki Sakata
July 17
PIANYC
Victor Levy
Maturity of Emotion: Claire Huangci at the IKIF
July 16
New York Classical Review
David Wright
Jerome Rose opens International Keyboard Festival with a night of fantasy
July 15
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose

2017

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
James Harrington
Two Weeks of Annual Piano Heaven
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Dmitry Rachmanov
July 27
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Geoffrey Burleson
July 24
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Jeffrey Swann: The Interpretive Extremes of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations
July 23
ConcertoNet
Harry Rolnick
Vladimir Feltsman: Spirits and Ghosts of an Alien Universe
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Vladimir Rumyantsev
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alon Goldstein
July 17
New York Classical Review
Bruce Hodges
Keyboard Festival Founder Rose sets the pace with Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt
July 16
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose

2016

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 31
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alexander Kobrin
July 30
piaNYC
Victor Levy
A Thrilling Revelation of Multiple Perspectives: Xiayin Wang at The Kaye Playhouse
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
George Li
July 26
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
A Century of Musical Culture in New York
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jeffrey Swann
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Magdalena Baczewska
April 29
Pianist Magazine
Inge Kjemtrup
Bright lights, big festival

2015

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 29
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Arnaldo Cohen
July 27
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Faculty Concert
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
David Dubal Lecture - Richter and Wild
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Jeffrey Swann
July 20
The New York Times
Zachary Woolfe
Marc-André Hamelin Connects Past and Present
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Marc-André Hamelin

2014

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 24
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Akiko Ebi
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alexandre Moutouzkine
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
David Dubal Lecture - Great Performances
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng
July 22
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
A Youthful Vigor, Flowing Through to His Fingertips
July 22
The New York Times
Vivien Schweitzer
Chaotic Yet Pensive, Pounding the Keys
July 21
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
David Dubal Lecture: Great American Pianists
July 21
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
The Recorded Legacy of Vladimir Horowitz
July 17
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Recitals That Linger...Alexander Schimpf and Alon Goldstein
July 16
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Alexander Schimpf

2013

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 1
CityArts
Jay Nordlinger
Key Krazy: Notes from a Piano Extravaganza
July 29
The New York Times
Steve Smith
A Pianist With 176 Keys to Play With
July 27
The New York Times
James Oestreich
Full Range of Heat at Summer Festival
July 26
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Massimiliano Ferrati Recital
July 23
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
David Dubal Lecture - Verdi and Wagner: The Operatic Piano
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Program in Honor of David Dubal
July 20
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Jed Distler Lecture
July 19
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Mykola Suk Recital
July 18
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng Recital
July 17
The New York Times
Zachary Woolfe
2 Pianists, One Low-Key, One Fiery
July 17
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Nikolai Demidenko Recital
July 15
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose Recital

2012

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 1
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF
July 26
Monotonous Forest
Bruce Hodges
Heroic Hamelin
July 26
CityArts
Jay Nordlinger
Notes from a Palooza
July 26
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Rabotkina and Hamelin
July 25
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng Recital
July 24
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
Showing Spirit and Restraint in Equal Measure
July 23
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
David Dubal Program on Claude Debussy
July 23
Monotonous Forest
Bruce Hodges
Speed and Sulfur - Dmitri Levkovich
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
David Dubal Program on Arthur Rubinstein
July 18
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Inna Faliks and Akiko Ebi
July 16
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Getting the Audience's Attention, and Keeping It<br/>Cyprien Katsaris and Alexander Schimpf
July 16
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Cyprien Katsaris

2011

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 2
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
Brahms in a New Light, Resembling the Weightier Liszt
August 1
The New York Times
James R. Oestreich
Romantic Temperament Applied to Monuments
July 31
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Friday Night at the IKIF - Rabinovich and Hamelin
July 30
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
A Pianist's Pensive and Fanciful Sides
July 29
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
A Russian Who Ignores Those Old Stereotypes
July 28
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Dmitri Alexeev Recital - IKIF
July 27
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
HaeSun Paik Recital - IKIF
July 26
Gramophone
Jed Distler
We've got a little Liszt
July 23
The New York Times
Vivien Schweitzer
King of Virtuosos Is Weary Of His Crown
July 23
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
For Liszt, Experimentation Was a Form of Greatness
July 22
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng Recital - IKIF
July 22
Gramophone
Jed Distler
More from the International Keyboard Institute & Festival
July 22
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Improvisation, as Well as Intensity
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Cyprien Katsaris Recital - IKIF
July 21
CityArts
Jay Nordlinger
Music Old Yet New
July 19
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
David Dubal Program on Liszt - IKIF
July 19
Gramophone
Jed Distler
Everything's coming up Rose
July 17
Classical Music Guide Forum
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF

2010

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 1
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF
July 31
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
A Teacher’s Legacy, Celebrated at the Piano
July 31
NJ Star-Ledger
Ronni Reich
New York event pays tribute to Leonard Shure
July 30
The New York Times
Vivien Schweitzer
Athleticism and Warmth at the Keyboard
July 30
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Recital by Students of Leonard Shure - IKIF
July 29
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
HaeSun Paik Recital - IKIF
July 27
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Sontraud Speidel Recital - IKIF
July 23
The New York Times
Vivien Schweitzer
The Left Hand’s Chance at the Right Hand’s Spotlight
July 22
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
Joaquín Achúcarro Recital - IKIF
July 20
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
David Dubal Program on Chopin and Schumann - IKIF

2009

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
August 3
Classical Music Guide Forums
Donald Isler
IKIF: Stars of the Festival
July 29
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
Demonstrating the Power of the Piano,<br/>First Thunderous, Then More Subtle
July 24
New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Two Pianists: A Virtuoso and a Philosophizer

2008

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
September 2
Aspire! Piano & Fine Arts
Canaan Parker
Summer Arts Highlight
September 1
The New Criterion
Jay Nordlinger
New York Chronicle
July 25
The New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
From a Veteran at the Keyboard, a Mozart Staple<br/>and a Finger-Busting Ravel
July 24
Classical Music Guide
Donald Isler
Yuan Sheng, Piano Recital
July 19
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
A Time to Play and a Time to Talk
July 15
The New York Times
Allan Kozinn
Thunder and Lightning on the Keys,<br/>With Some Intermittent Sunshine

2007

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 30
New York Times
Steve Smith
Festival’s King of Keys Kicks Off With Haydn
July 23
New York Times
Steve Smith
From Russia With Buzz: A Pianist Inspires Passion
July 19
New York Times
Bernard Holland
Composers by the Sextet From a Pianist at a Festival

2006

Date
Publication
Writer
Title
July 31
New York Times
Bernard Holland
The Pianist Marc-André Hamelin Goes Beyond Technical Wizardry in Pieces Rare and Familiar
July 27
New York Times
Bernard Holland
Fou Ts’ong Brings His Relaxed Precision to the International Keyboard Festival
July 21
New York Times
Anthony Tommasini
Steven Mayer Channels Art Tatum, but Adds His Own Flourishes at Keyboard Festival
July 18
New York Times
Allan Kozinn
With Contagious Romanticism, Jerome Rose Opens Mannes Keyboard Festival
July 18
New York Sun
Fred Kirshnit
Our Last Romantic

2024

Date
Publication
Title
July 12
Isler's Insights
Recital by Martín García García
July 11
Classical Music Guide
Quynh Nguyen and Friends
July 10
Classical Music Guide
Recital by Alon Goldstein
July 10
ConcertoNet.com
25 Mesmeric Minutes
July 10
New York Classical Review
Goldstein delivers pure pleasures at International Keyboard Festival
July 9
Classical Music Guide
Recital by Dudana Mazmanishvili
July 8
Classical Music Guide
Recital by Jerome Rose - 26th International Keyboard Institute & Festival
July 8
Concerto.Net.com
Mid-Romantic Thunder

2023

Date
Publication
Title
July 13
Classical Music Guide
Reed Tetzloff
July 12
ConcertoNet.com
Color From The Caucasus
July 12
Classical Music Guide
Nicolas Namoradze
July 10
ConcertoNet.com
Transcendent Power

2022

Date
Publication
Title
July 17
New York Concert Review Inc.
IKIF presents Martín García García in Review

2019

Date
Publication
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
Best Deal in New York
October 15
PIANIST
Piano Summer in Manhattan
July 29
Classical Music Guide
Ilya Yakushev, piano Thomas Mesa, cello
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Vladimir Rumyantsev
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 24
ConcertoNet.com
A Young Pianist Highly Worth Attention - Yi-Nuo Wang
July 24
New York Classical Review
Keyboard rarities highlight Burleson's IKIF program
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Yuan Sheng
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Vadym Kholodenko - IKIF
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Mao Fujita
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Interview of Alan Walker by Jerome Rose
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Ann Schein
July 19
ConcertoNet.com
Fingers More Than Feelings - Mao Fujita
July 19
New York Classical Review
Kholodenko offers mixed rewards at International Keyboard Festival
July 16
ConcertoNet.com
Prometheus and the Poet - George Li
July 15
Classical Music Guide
Jerome Rose

2018

Date
Publication
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
A Summer Nirvana
September 1
The New Criterion
New York chronicle
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Reed Tetzloff
July 26
Classical Music Guide
Geoffrey Burleson
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 20
The New York Times
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Alon Goldstein and the Fine Arts Quartet with Andrew Sommer, Bass
July 19
Classical Music Guide
Tomoki Sakata
July 17
PIANYC
Maturity of Emotion: Claire Huangci at the IKIF
July 16
New York Classical Review
Jerome Rose opens International Keyboard Festival with a night of fantasy
July 15
Classical Music Guide
Jerome Rose

2017

Date
Publication
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
Two Weeks of Annual Piano Heaven
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Dmitry Rachmanov
July 27
Classical Music Guide
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Geoffrey Burleson
July 24
The New Yorker
Jeffrey Swann: The Interpretive Extremes of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations
July 23
ConcertoNet
Vladimir Feltsman: Spirits and Ghosts of an Alien Universe
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Vladimir Rumyantsev
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Alon Goldstein
July 17
New York Classical Review
Keyboard Festival Founder Rose sets the pace with Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt
July 16
Classical Music Guide
Jerome Rose

2016

Date
Publication
Title
July 31
Classical Music Guide
Alexander Kobrin
July 30
piaNYC
A Thrilling Revelation of Multiple Perspectives: Xiayin Wang at The Kaye Playhouse
July 28
Classical Music Guide
George Li
July 26
Classical Music Guide
A Century of Musical Culture in New York
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Jeffrey Swann
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Magdalena Baczewska
April 29
Pianist Magazine
Bright lights, big festival

2015

Date
Publication
Title
July 29
Classical Music Guide
Arnaldo Cohen
July 27
Classical Music Guide
Faculty Concert
July 25
Classical Music Guide
David Dubal Lecture - Richter and Wild
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Jeffrey Swann
July 20
The New York Times
Marc-André Hamelin Connects Past and Present
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Marc-André Hamelin

2014

Date
Publication
Title
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 24
Classical Music Guide
Akiko Ebi
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Alexandre Moutouzkine
July 22
Classical Music Guide
David Dubal Lecture - Great Performances
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Yuan Sheng
July 22
The New York Times
A Youthful Vigor, Flowing Through to His Fingertips
July 22
The New York Times
Chaotic Yet Pensive, Pounding the Keys
July 21
Classical Music Guide
David Dubal Lecture: Great American Pianists
July 21
Classical Music Guide
The Recorded Legacy of Vladimir Horowitz
July 17
The New York Times
Recitals That Linger...Alexander Schimpf and Alon Goldstein
July 16
Classical Music Guide
Alexander Schimpf

2013

Date
Publication
Title
August 1
CityArts
Key Krazy: Notes from a Piano Extravaganza
July 29
The New York Times
A Pianist With 176 Keys to Play With
July 27
The New York Times
Full Range of Heat at Summer Festival
July 26
Classical Music Guide Forum
Massimiliano Ferrati Recital
July 23
Classical Music Guide Forums
David Dubal Lecture - Verdi and Wagner: The Operatic Piano
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forum
Program in Honor of David Dubal
July 20
Classical Music Guide Forum
Jed Distler Lecture
July 19
Classical Music Guide Forum
Mykola Suk Recital
July 18
Classical Music Guide Forum
Yuan Sheng Recital
July 17
The New York Times
2 Pianists, One Low-Key, One Fiery
July 17
Classical Music Guide Forums
Nikolai Demidenko Recital
July 15
Classical Music Guide Forums
Jerome Rose Recital

2012

Date
Publication
Title
August 1
Classical Music Guide Forums
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF
July 26
Monotonous Forest
Heroic Hamelin
July 26
CityArts
Notes from a Palooza
July 26
Classical Music Guide Forums
Rabotkina and Hamelin
July 25
Classical Music Guide Forums
Yuan Sheng Recital
July 24
The New York Times
Showing Spirit and Restraint in Equal Measure
July 23
Classical Music Guide Forums
David Dubal Program on Claude Debussy
July 23
Monotonous Forest
Speed and Sulfur - Dmitri Levkovich
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forums
David Dubal Program on Arthur Rubinstein
July 18
Classical Music Guide Forums
Inna Faliks and Akiko Ebi
July 16
The New York Times
Getting the Audience's Attention, and Keeping It<br/>Cyprien Katsaris and Alexander Schimpf
July 16
Classical Music Guide Forums
Cyprien Katsaris

2011

Date
Publication
Title
August 2
The New York Times
Brahms in a New Light, Resembling the Weightier Liszt
August 1
The New York Times
Romantic Temperament Applied to Monuments
July 31
Classical Music Guide Forum
Friday Night at the IKIF - Rabinovich and Hamelin
July 30
The New York Times
A Pianist's Pensive and Fanciful Sides
July 29
The New York Times
A Russian Who Ignores Those Old Stereotypes
July 28
Classical Music Guide Forum
Dmitri Alexeev Recital - IKIF
July 27
Classical Music Guide Forum
HaeSun Paik Recital - IKIF
July 26
Gramophone
We've got a little Liszt
July 23
The New York Times
King of Virtuosos Is Weary Of His Crown
July 23
The New York Times
For Liszt, Experimentation Was a Form of Greatness
July 22
Classical Music Guide Forum
Yuan Sheng Recital - IKIF
July 22
Gramophone
More from the International Keyboard Institute & Festival
July 22
The New York Times
Improvisation, as Well as Intensity
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forum
Cyprien Katsaris Recital - IKIF
July 21
CityArts
Music Old Yet New
July 19
Classical Music Guide Forum
David Dubal Program on Liszt - IKIF
July 19
Gramophone
Everything's coming up Rose
July 17
Classical Music Guide Forum
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF

2010

Date
Publication
Title
August 1
Classical Music Guide Forums
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF
July 31
The New York Times
A Teacher’s Legacy, Celebrated at the Piano
July 31
NJ Star-Ledger
New York event pays tribute to Leonard Shure
July 30
The New York Times
Athleticism and Warmth at the Keyboard
July 30
Classical Music Guide Forums
Recital by Students of Leonard Shure - IKIF
July 29
Classical Music Guide Forums
HaeSun Paik Recital - IKIF
July 27
Classical Music Guide Forums
Sontraud Speidel Recital - IKIF
July 23
The New York Times
The Left Hand’s Chance at the Right Hand’s Spotlight
July 22
Classical Music Guide Forums
Joaquín Achúcarro Recital - IKIF
July 20
Classical Music Guide Forums
David Dubal Program on Chopin and Schumann - IKIF

2009

Date
Publication
Title
August 3
Classical Music Guide Forums
IKIF: Stars of the Festival
July 29
The New York Times
Demonstrating the Power of the Piano,<br/>First Thunderous, Then More Subtle
July 24
New York Times
Two Pianists: A Virtuoso and a Philosophizer

2008

Date
Publication
Title
September 2
Aspire! Piano & Fine Arts
Summer Arts Highlight
September 1
The New Criterion
New York Chronicle
July 25
The New York Times
From a Veteran at the Keyboard, a Mozart Staple<br/>and a Finger-Busting Ravel
July 24
Classical Music Guide
Yuan Sheng, Piano Recital
July 19
The New York Times
A Time to Play and a Time to Talk
July 15
The New York Times
Thunder and Lightning on the Keys,<br/>With Some Intermittent Sunshine

2007

Date
Publication
Title
July 30
New York Times
Festival’s King of Keys Kicks Off With Haydn
July 23
New York Times
From Russia With Buzz: A Pianist Inspires Passion
July 19
New York Times
Composers by the Sextet From a Pianist at a Festival

2006

Date
Publication
Title
July 31
New York Times
The Pianist Marc-André Hamelin Goes Beyond Technical Wizardry in Pieces Rare and Familiar
July 27
New York Times
Fou Ts’ong Brings His Relaxed Precision to the International Keyboard Festival
July 21
New York Times
Steven Mayer Channels Art Tatum, but Adds His Own Flourishes at Keyboard Festival
July 18
New York Times
With Contagious Romanticism, Jerome Rose Opens Mannes Keyboard Festival
July 18
New York Sun
Our Last Romantic

2024

Date
Publication
Title
July 12
Isler's Insights
Recital by Martín García García
July 11
Classical Music Guide
Quynh Nguyen and Friends
July 10
Classical Music Guide
Recital by Alon Goldstein
July 10
ConcertoNet.com
25 Mesmeric Minutes
July 10
New York Classical Review
Goldstein delivers pure pleasures at International Keyboard Festival
July 9
Classical Music Guide
Recital by Dudana Mazmanishvili
July 8
Classical Music Guide
Recital by Jerome Rose - 26th International Keyboard Institute & Festival
July 8
Concerto.Net.com
Mid-Romantic Thunder

2023

Date
Publication
Title
July 13
Classical Music Guide
Reed Tetzloff
July 12
ConcertoNet.com
Color From The Caucasus
July 12
Classical Music Guide
Nicolas Namoradze
July 10
ConcertoNet.com
Transcendent Power

2022

Date
Publication
Title
July 17
New York Concert Review Inc.
IKIF presents Martín García García in Review

2019

Date
Publication
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
Best Deal in New York
October 15
PIANIST
Piano Summer in Manhattan
July 29
Classical Music Guide
Ilya Yakushev, piano Thomas Mesa, cello
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Vladimir Rumyantsev
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 24
ConcertoNet.com
A Young Pianist Highly Worth Attention - Yi-Nuo Wang
July 24
New York Classical Review
Keyboard rarities highlight Burleson's IKIF program
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Yuan Sheng
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Vadym Kholodenko - IKIF
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Mao Fujita
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Interview of Alan Walker by Jerome Rose
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Ann Schein
July 19
ConcertoNet.com
Fingers More Than Feelings - Mao Fujita
July 19
New York Classical Review
Kholodenko offers mixed rewards at International Keyboard Festival
July 16
ConcertoNet.com
Prometheus and the Poet - George Li
July 15
Classical Music Guide
Jerome Rose

2018

Date
Publication
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
A Summer Nirvana
September 1
The New Criterion
New York chronicle
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Reed Tetzloff
July 26
Classical Music Guide
Geoffrey Burleson
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 20
The New York Times
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Alon Goldstein and the Fine Arts Quartet with Andrew Sommer, Bass
July 19
Classical Music Guide
Tomoki Sakata
July 17
PIANYC
Maturity of Emotion: Claire Huangci at the IKIF
July 16
New York Classical Review
Jerome Rose opens International Keyboard Festival with a night of fantasy
July 15
Classical Music Guide
Jerome Rose

2017

Date
Publication
Title
November 1
American Record Guide
Two Weeks of Annual Piano Heaven
July 28
Classical Music Guide
Dmitry Rachmanov
July 27
Classical Music Guide
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Geoffrey Burleson
July 24
The New Yorker
Jeffrey Swann: The Interpretive Extremes of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations
July 23
ConcertoNet
Vladimir Feltsman: Spirits and Ghosts of an Alien Universe
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Vladimir Rumyantsev
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Alon Goldstein
July 17
New York Classical Review
Keyboard Festival Founder Rose sets the pace with Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt
July 16
Classical Music Guide
Jerome Rose

2016

Date
Publication
Title
July 31
Classical Music Guide
Alexander Kobrin
July 30
piaNYC
A Thrilling Revelation of Multiple Perspectives: Xiayin Wang at The Kaye Playhouse
July 28
Classical Music Guide
George Li
July 26
Classical Music Guide
A Century of Musical Culture in New York
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Jeffrey Swann
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Magdalena Baczewska
April 29
Pianist Magazine
Bright lights, big festival

2015

Date
Publication
Title
July 29
Classical Music Guide
Arnaldo Cohen
July 27
Classical Music Guide
Faculty Concert
July 25
Classical Music Guide
David Dubal Lecture - Richter and Wild
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Jeffrey Swann
July 20
The New York Times
Marc-André Hamelin Connects Past and Present
July 20
Classical Music Guide
Marc-André Hamelin

2014

Date
Publication
Title
July 25
Classical Music Guide
Massimiliano Ferrati
July 24
Classical Music Guide
Akiko Ebi
July 23
Classical Music Guide
Alexandre Moutouzkine
July 22
Classical Music Guide
David Dubal Lecture - Great Performances
July 22
Classical Music Guide
Yuan Sheng
July 22
The New York Times
A Youthful Vigor, Flowing Through to His Fingertips
July 22
The New York Times
Chaotic Yet Pensive, Pounding the Keys
July 21
Classical Music Guide
David Dubal Lecture: Great American Pianists
July 21
Classical Music Guide
The Recorded Legacy of Vladimir Horowitz
July 17
The New York Times
Recitals That Linger...Alexander Schimpf and Alon Goldstein
July 16
Classical Music Guide
Alexander Schimpf

2013

Date
Publication
Title
August 1
CityArts
Key Krazy: Notes from a Piano Extravaganza
July 29
The New York Times
A Pianist With 176 Keys to Play With
July 27
The New York Times
Full Range of Heat at Summer Festival
July 26
Classical Music Guide Forum
Massimiliano Ferrati Recital
July 23
Classical Music Guide Forums
David Dubal Lecture - Verdi and Wagner: The Operatic Piano
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forum
Program in Honor of David Dubal
July 20
Classical Music Guide Forum
Jed Distler Lecture
July 19
Classical Music Guide Forum
Mykola Suk Recital
July 18
Classical Music Guide Forum
Yuan Sheng Recital
July 17
The New York Times
2 Pianists, One Low-Key, One Fiery
July 17
Classical Music Guide Forums
Nikolai Demidenko Recital
July 15
Classical Music Guide Forums
Jerome Rose Recital

2012

Date
Publication
Title
August 1
Classical Music Guide Forums
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF
July 26
Monotonous Forest
Heroic Hamelin
July 26
CityArts
Notes from a Palooza
July 26
Classical Music Guide Forums
Rabotkina and Hamelin
July 25
Classical Music Guide Forums
Yuan Sheng Recital
July 24
The New York Times
Showing Spirit and Restraint in Equal Measure
July 23
Classical Music Guide Forums
David Dubal Program on Claude Debussy
July 23
Monotonous Forest
Speed and Sulfur - Dmitri Levkovich
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forums
David Dubal Program on Arthur Rubinstein
July 18
Classical Music Guide Forums
Inna Faliks and Akiko Ebi
July 16
The New York Times
Getting the Audience's Attention, and Keeping It<br/>Cyprien Katsaris and Alexander Schimpf
July 16
Classical Music Guide Forums
Cyprien Katsaris

2011

Date
Publication
Title
August 2
The New York Times
Brahms in a New Light, Resembling the Weightier Liszt
August 1
The New York Times
Romantic Temperament Applied to Monuments
July 31
Classical Music Guide Forum
Friday Night at the IKIF - Rabinovich and Hamelin
July 30
The New York Times
A Pianist's Pensive and Fanciful Sides
July 29
The New York Times
A Russian Who Ignores Those Old Stereotypes
July 28
Classical Music Guide Forum
Dmitri Alexeev Recital - IKIF
July 27
Classical Music Guide Forum
HaeSun Paik Recital - IKIF
July 26
Gramophone
We've got a little Liszt
July 23
The New York Times
King of Virtuosos Is Weary Of His Crown
July 23
The New York Times
For Liszt, Experimentation Was a Form of Greatness
July 22
Classical Music Guide Forum
Yuan Sheng Recital - IKIF
July 22
Gramophone
More from the International Keyboard Institute & Festival
July 22
The New York Times
Improvisation, as Well as Intensity
July 21
Classical Music Guide Forum
Cyprien Katsaris Recital - IKIF
July 21
CityArts
Music Old Yet New
July 19
Classical Music Guide Forum
David Dubal Program on Liszt - IKIF
July 19
Gramophone
Everything's coming up Rose
July 17
Classical Music Guide Forum
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF

2010

Date
Publication
Title
August 1
Classical Music Guide Forums
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF
July 31
The New York Times
A Teacher’s Legacy, Celebrated at the Piano
July 31
NJ Star-Ledger
New York event pays tribute to Leonard Shure
July 30
The New York Times
Athleticism and Warmth at the Keyboard
July 30
Classical Music Guide Forums
Recital by Students of Leonard Shure - IKIF
July 29
Classical Music Guide Forums
HaeSun Paik Recital - IKIF
July 27
Classical Music Guide Forums
Sontraud Speidel Recital - IKIF
July 23
The New York Times
The Left Hand’s Chance at the Right Hand’s Spotlight
July 22
Classical Music Guide Forums
Joaquín Achúcarro Recital - IKIF
July 20
Classical Music Guide Forums
David Dubal Program on Chopin and Schumann - IKIF

2009

Date
Publication
Title
August 3
Classical Music Guide Forums
IKIF: Stars of the Festival
July 29
The New York Times
Demonstrating the Power of the Piano,<br/>First Thunderous, Then More Subtle
July 24
New York Times
Two Pianists: A Virtuoso and a Philosophizer

2008

Date
Publication
Title
September 2
Aspire! Piano & Fine Arts
Summer Arts Highlight
September 1
The New Criterion
New York Chronicle
July 25
The New York Times
From a Veteran at the Keyboard, a Mozart Staple<br/>and a Finger-Busting Ravel
July 24
Classical Music Guide
Yuan Sheng, Piano Recital
July 19
The New York Times
A Time to Play and a Time to Talk
July 15
The New York Times
Thunder and Lightning on the Keys,<br/>With Some Intermittent Sunshine

2007

Date
Publication
Title
July 30
New York Times
Festival’s King of Keys Kicks Off With Haydn
July 23
New York Times
From Russia With Buzz: A Pianist Inspires Passion
July 19
New York Times
Composers by the Sextet From a Pianist at a Festival

2006

Date
Publication
Title
July 31
New York Times
The Pianist Marc-André Hamelin Goes Beyond Technical Wizardry in Pieces Rare and Familiar
July 27
New York Times
Fou Ts’ong Brings His Relaxed Precision to the International Keyboard Festival
July 21
New York Times
Steven Mayer Channels Art Tatum, but Adds His Own Flourishes at Keyboard Festival
July 18
New York Times
With Contagious Romanticism, Jerome Rose Opens Mannes Keyboard Festival
July 18
New York Sun
Our Last Romantic

2024

Date
Title
7/12
Recital by Martín García García
7/11
Quynh Nguyen and Friends
7/10
Recital by Alon Goldstein
7/10
25 Mesmeric Minutes
7/10
Goldstein delivers pure pleasures at International Keyboard Festival
7/09
Recital by Dudana Mazmanishvili
7/08
Recital by Jerome Rose - 26th International Keyboard Institute & Festival
7/08
Mid-Romantic Thunder

2023

Date
Title
7/13
Reed Tetzloff
7/12
Color From The Caucasus
7/12
Nicolas Namoradze
7/10
Transcendent Power

2022

Date
Title
7/17
IKIF presents Martín García García in Review

2019

Date
Title
11/01
Best Deal in New York
10/15
Piano Summer in Manhattan
7/29
Ilya Yakushev, piano Thomas Mesa, cello
7/28
Vladimir Rumyantsev
7/28
Massimiliano Ferrati
7/24
A Young Pianist Highly Worth Attention - Yi-Nuo Wang
7/24
Keyboard rarities highlight Burleson's IKIF program
7/23
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel
7/23
Yuan Sheng
7/22
Vadym Kholodenko - IKIF
7/22
Mao Fujita
7/22
Interview of Alan Walker by Jerome Rose
7/22
Ann Schein
7/19
Fingers More Than Feelings - Mao Fujita
7/19
Kholodenko offers mixed rewards at International Keyboard Festival
7/16
Prometheus and the Poet - George Li
7/15
Jerome Rose

2018

Date
Title
11/01
A Summer Nirvana
9/01
New York chronicle
7/28
Reed Tetzloff
7/26
Geoffrey Burleson
7/25
Massimiliano Ferrati
7/20
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
7/20
Alon Goldstein and the Fine Arts Quartet with Andrew Sommer, Bass
7/19
Tomoki Sakata
7/17
Maturity of Emotion: Claire Huangci at the IKIF
7/16
Jerome Rose opens International Keyboard Festival with a night of fantasy
7/15
Jerome Rose

2017

Date
Title
11/01
Two Weeks of Annual Piano Heaven
7/28
Dmitry Rachmanov
7/27
Massimiliano Ferrati
7/25
Geoffrey Burleson
7/24
Jeffrey Swann: The Interpretive Extremes of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations
7/23
Vladimir Feltsman: Spirits and Ghosts of an Alien Universe
7/22
Vladimir Rumyantsev
7/20
Alon Goldstein
7/17
Keyboard Festival Founder Rose sets the pace with Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt
7/16
Jerome Rose

2016

Date
Title
7/31
Alexander Kobrin
7/30
A Thrilling Revelation of Multiple Perspectives: Xiayin Wang at The Kaye Playhouse
7/28
George Li
7/26
A Century of Musical Culture in New York
7/25
Jeffrey Swann
7/22
Magdalena Baczewska
4/29
Bright lights, big festival

2015

Date
Title
7/29
Arnaldo Cohen
7/27
Faculty Concert
7/25
David Dubal Lecture - Richter and Wild
7/23
Jeffrey Swann
7/20
Marc-André Hamelin Connects Past and Present
7/20
Marc-André Hamelin

2014

Date
Title
7/25
Massimiliano Ferrati
7/24
Akiko Ebi
7/23
Alexandre Moutouzkine
7/22
David Dubal Lecture - Great Performances
7/22
Yuan Sheng
7/22
A Youthful Vigor, Flowing Through to His Fingertips
7/22
Chaotic Yet Pensive, Pounding the Keys
7/21
David Dubal Lecture: Great American Pianists
7/21
The Recorded Legacy of Vladimir Horowitz
7/17
Recitals That Linger...Alexander Schimpf and Alon Goldstein
7/16
Alexander Schimpf

2013

Date
Title
8/01
Key Krazy: Notes from a Piano Extravaganza
7/29
A Pianist With 176 Keys to Play With
7/27
Full Range of Heat at Summer Festival
7/26
Massimiliano Ferrati Recital
7/23
David Dubal Lecture - Verdi and Wagner: The Operatic Piano
7/21
Program in Honor of David Dubal
7/20
Jed Distler Lecture
7/19
Mykola Suk Recital
7/18
Yuan Sheng Recital
7/17
2 Pianists, One Low-Key, One Fiery
7/17
Nikolai Demidenko Recital
7/15
Jerome Rose Recital

2012

Date
Title
8/01
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF
7/26
Heroic Hamelin
7/26
Notes from a Palooza
7/26
Rabotkina and Hamelin
7/25
Yuan Sheng Recital
7/24
Showing Spirit and Restraint in Equal Measure
7/23
David Dubal Program on Claude Debussy
7/23
Speed and Sulfur - Dmitri Levkovich
7/21
David Dubal Program on Arthur Rubinstein
7/18
Inna Faliks and Akiko Ebi
7/16
Getting the Audience's Attention, and Keeping It<br/>Cyprien Katsaris and Alexander Schimpf
7/16
Cyprien Katsaris

2011

Date
Title
8/02
Brahms in a New Light, Resembling the Weightier Liszt
8/01
Romantic Temperament Applied to Monuments
7/31
Friday Night at the IKIF - Rabinovich and Hamelin
7/30
A Pianist's Pensive and Fanciful Sides
7/29
A Russian Who Ignores Those Old Stereotypes
7/28
Dmitri Alexeev Recital - IKIF
7/27
HaeSun Paik Recital - IKIF
7/26
We've got a little Liszt
7/23
King of Virtuosos Is Weary Of His Crown
7/23
For Liszt, Experimentation Was a Form of Greatness
7/22
Yuan Sheng Recital - IKIF
7/22
More from the International Keyboard Institute & Festival
7/22
Improvisation, as Well as Intensity
7/21
Cyprien Katsaris Recital - IKIF
7/21
Music Old Yet New
7/19
David Dubal Program on Liszt - IKIF
7/19
Everything's coming up Rose
7/17
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF

2010

Date
Title
8/01
Jerome Rose Recital - IKIF
7/31
A Teacher’s Legacy, Celebrated at the Piano
7/31
New York event pays tribute to Leonard Shure
7/30
Athleticism and Warmth at the Keyboard
7/30
Recital by Students of Leonard Shure - IKIF
7/29
HaeSun Paik Recital - IKIF
7/27
Sontraud Speidel Recital - IKIF
7/23
The Left Hand’s Chance at the Right Hand’s Spotlight
7/22
Joaquín Achúcarro Recital - IKIF
7/20
David Dubal Program on Chopin and Schumann - IKIF

2009

Date
Title
8/03
IKIF: Stars of the Festival
7/29
Demonstrating the Power of the Piano,<br/>First Thunderous, Then More Subtle
7/24
Two Pianists: A Virtuoso and a Philosophizer

2008

Date
Title
9/02
Summer Arts Highlight
9/01
New York Chronicle
7/25
From a Veteran at the Keyboard, a Mozart Staple<br/>and a Finger-Busting Ravel
7/24
Yuan Sheng, Piano Recital
7/19
A Time to Play and a Time to Talk
7/15
Thunder and Lightning on the Keys,<br/>With Some Intermittent Sunshine

2007

Date
Title
7/30
Festival’s King of Keys Kicks Off With Haydn
7/23
From Russia With Buzz: A Pianist Inspires Passion
7/19
Composers by the Sextet From a Pianist at a Festival

2006

Date
Title
7/31
The Pianist Marc-André Hamelin Goes Beyond Technical Wizardry in Pieces Rare and Familiar
7/27
Fou Ts’ong Brings His Relaxed Precision to the International Keyboard Festival
7/21
Steven Mayer Channels Art Tatum, but Adds His Own Flourishes at Keyboard Festival
7/18
With Contagious Romanticism, Jerome Rose Opens Mannes Keyboard Festival
7/18
Our Last Romantic


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publicly supported 501(c)(3) organization. Any contribution will be
greatly appreciated and is tax deductible to the full extent of the law.

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.