International Keyboard Institute & Festival: Martín García García at Merkin Hall, New York on Sunday 17th July 2022

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International Keyboard Institute & Festival: Martín García García

Add to my Calendar 17-07-2022 16:00 17-07-2022 18:00 36 International Keyboard Institute & Festival: Martín García García Spanish pianist Martín García García, who took First Prize at the 2021 Cleveland International Piano Competition, has been invited to conclude the International Keyboard Institute & Festival’s (IKIF) Masters Series Concerts with a solo recital on Sunday afternoon, July 17, 2022, 4:00 PM. The concert will take place at New York City’s Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center (129 W. 67th St.). The program includes Mozart’s Piano Sonata in C minor, K 457 as well as various works by Liszt and Chopin.   This recital is made possible by The Straus Family. The International Keyboard Institute & Festival is made possible by Sandy Greenberg in honor of Peter H. Baker. For more information about IKIF and the 2022 Masters Series Concerts, visit the IKIF website. Concert tickets can be purchased on the Merkin Hall website.   The outstanding young Spanish pianist Martín García García, lauded for his compelling interpretive skills, has recently been invited to tour as soloist with orchestras and in recital throughout Poland, Japan, Germany, and his native Spain.    In 2021 he won First Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition. Zachary Lewis, reviewing the Cleveland Competition for the Plain Dealer (August 2021) wrote: “Four finalists took home rare, hard-won awards, and one of them earned the contest’s top prize. At the peak of one of the world’s most elite musical fields emerged the youngest of the four finalists in 2021, Spanish pianist Martín García García.” “The 24-year old gave a moving performance of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Cleveland Orchestra under conductor Jahja Ling,” praised International Piano (August 2021). “García’s pedigree…is about as good as it could be,” was the verdict of Musical America, which named him “New Artist of the Month” in September 2021.   As soloist with orchestra, Mr. García García is already much in demand. Last November, he toured with Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2; a highlight was the performance with the Warsaw Philharmonic at EXPO 2020 in Dubai under the baton of Andrey Boreyko. In February of this year he was soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto  No. 3 with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra in Poznań, Poland; the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in March with Sinfonia Varsovia at Teatr Wielki under the baton of Alexandr Markovic; Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in Japan at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater with the 21st Century Orchestra conducted by Yukio Kitahara in June; and Mozart’s Piano Concerto KV488 in A major with Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra in June led by Sebastian Weigle at Suntory Hall.   This summer Mr. García García is performing Chopin and Albeniz at the prestigious Martha Argerich Festival in Hamburg; Mozart and Chopin at the Societé Chopin Festival in the Orangerie of the Parc de Bagatelle, Paris; and Liszt, Mozart, and Chopin at the Ateneo de Madrid, in Madrid, Spain.   In October 2022, he makes his recital debut at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, with works by Chopin, Schubert, and Rachmaninoff, under the auspices of the Cleveland International Piano Competition. Later that month he makes his debut with the Barcelona City Orchestra (OBC) in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 led by Roderick Cox. November takes him once again to Japan, where he will be playing both the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 and Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto with the Tokyo Philharmonic conducted by Shuntaro Sato. Also in November, he has been invited, as one of the youngest pianists to date, to give a solo recital at Suntory Hall, Japan.   Mr. García García has won prizes in several additional competitions, including, most recently, Third Prize and Special Award for Best Concerto at the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland. He is the recipient of the 2022 Jeffrey Tate Prize from the Hamburg Symphony. In 2018, he won First Prize at the International Keyboard Institute & Festival Competition.   Mr. García García received his Master’s degree in Piano Performance under the tutelage of internationally acclaimed pianist Jerome Rose from the Mannes School of Music in New York. Mr. Rose called him “one of the greatest talents I’ve seen in my career.” He is also a graduate of the esteemed Reina Sofía School of Music   in Madrid, where for ten years he studied with one of the major proponents of the Russian School of piano playing, Galina Eguiazarova, and was awarded the highest honors, including the Best Student prize by Her Majesty the Queen Sofía of Spain. For several decades, Ms. Eguiazarova, whose students included, among others, Radu Lupu and Arkady Volodos, taught alongside legendary Russian pianist Dimitri Bashkirov.   Born in Gijón, Spain, Mr. García García began his musical studies at age five; his early teachers were Natalia Mazoun and Ilyà Goldfarb. He currently divides his time between Madrid and New York City.   The International Keyboard Institute and Festival is a summer piano festival that offers two weeks of concerts, masterclasses and lectures in New York City, and is open to participant students as well as the public. Founded in 1999 by pianist Jerome Rose, the Festival has attracted students from around the world who have the opportunity to attend the Festival to study with international Faculty and Artists, participate in master-classes, and attend nightly concerts and special weekend lectures and events given by some of the world’s best-known pianists and scholars, including Menahem Pressler, Earl Wild, Claude Frank, Peter Frankl, Sergei Babayan, and Marc-André Hamelin. Students receive three lessons per week and can observe other lessons throughout the day. The Festival has grown from a base of 30 participants to well over 100 each season. Participants who attend the Festival for two weeks are eligible to compete for $10,000 in the IKIF Artist Recognition Scholarship Awards.   For further information, please contact Hemsing Associates at (212) 772-1132 or visit www.hemsingpr.com.###   Merkin Hall, New York DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Merkin Hall
129 West 67th Street
Manhatten
New York
New York
10023
United States

Sunday 17th July 2022
4:00 PM

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Sonata in F Major, K.332: 1st movement
Franz Liszt – Funérailles, S.173 no.7
Franz Liszt – Années de Pèlerinage III: Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este
Franz Liszt – Valse-Impromptu, S.213
Frédéric Chopin – Waltzes, Op.34
Frédéric Chopin – Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, Op.58

Performers

Martín García García – piano

Programme Note

Spanish pianist Martín García García, who took First Prize at the 2021 Cleveland International Piano Competition, has been invited to conclude the International Keyboard Institute & Festival’s (IKIF) Masters Series Concerts with a solo recital on Sunday afternoon, July 17, 2022, 4:00 PM. The concert will take place at New York City’s Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center (129 W. 67th St.). The program includes Mozart’s Piano Sonata in C minor, K 457 as well as various works by Liszt and Chopin.

This recital is made possible by The Straus Family. The International Keyboard Institute & Festival is made possible by Sandy Greenberg in honor of Peter H. Baker. For more information about IKIF and the 2022 Masters Series Concerts, visit the IKIF website. Concert tickets can be purchased on the Merkin Hall website.

The outstanding young Spanish pianist Martín García García, lauded for his compelling interpretive skills, has recently been invited to tour as soloist with orchestras and in recital throughout Poland, Japan, Germany, and his native Spain.

In 2021 he won First Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition. Zachary Lewis, reviewing the Cleveland Competition for the Plain Dealer (August 2021) wrote: “Four finalists took home rare, hard-won awards, and one of them earned the contest’s top prize. At the peak of one of the world’s most elite musical fields emerged the youngest of the four finalists in 2021, Spanish pianist Martín García García.” “The 24-year old gave a moving performance of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Cleveland Orchestra under conductor Jahja Ling,” praised International Piano (August 2021). “García’s pedigree…is about as good as it could be,” was the verdict of Musical America, which named him “New Artist of the Month” in September 2021.

As soloist with orchestra, Mr. García García is already much in demand. Last November, he toured with Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2; a highlight was the performance with the Warsaw Philharmonic at EXPO 2020 in Dubai under the baton of Andrey Boreyko. In February of this year he was soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra in Poznań, Poland; the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in March with Sinfonia Varsovia at Teatr Wielki under the baton of Alexandr Markovic; Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in Japan at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater with the 21st Century Orchestra conducted by Yukio Kitahara in June; and Mozart’s Piano Concerto KV488 in A major with Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra in June led by Sebastian Weigle at Suntory Hall.

This summer Mr. García García is performing Chopin and Albeniz at the prestigious Martha Argerich Festival in Hamburg; Mozart and Chopin at the Societé Chopin Festival in the Orangerie of the Parc de Bagatelle, Paris; and Liszt, Mozart, and Chopin at the Ateneo de Madrid, in Madrid, Spain.

In October 2022, he makes his recital debut at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, with works by Chopin, Schubert, and Rachmaninoff, under the auspices of the Cleveland International Piano Competition. Later that month he makes his debut with the Barcelona City Orchestra (OBC) in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 led by Roderick Cox. November takes him once again to Japan, where he will be playing both the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 and Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto with the Tokyo Philharmonic conducted by Shuntaro Sato. Also in November, he has been invited, as one of the youngest pianists to date, to give a solo recital at Suntory Hall, Japan.

Mr. García García has won prizes in several additional competitions, including, most recently, Third Prize and Special Award for Best Concerto at the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland. He is the recipient of the 2022 Jeffrey Tate Prize from the Hamburg Symphony. In 2018, he won First Prize at the International Keyboard Institute & Festival Competition.

Mr. García García received his Master’s degree in Piano Performance under the tutelage of internationally acclaimed pianist Jerome Rose from the Mannes School of Music in New York. Mr. Rose called him “one of the greatest talents I’ve seen in my career.” He is also a graduate of the esteemed Reina Sofía School of Music

in Madrid, where for ten years he studied with one of the major proponents of the Russian School of piano playing, Galina Eguiazarova, and was awarded the highest honors, including the Best Student prize by Her Majesty the Queen Sofía of Spain. For several decades, Ms. Eguiazarova, whose students included, among others, Radu Lupu and Arkady Volodos, taught alongside legendary Russian pianist Dimitri Bashkirov.

Born in Gijón, Spain, Mr. García García began his musical studies at age five; his early teachers were Natalia Mazoun and Ilyà Goldfarb. He currently divides his time between Madrid and New York City.

The International Keyboard Institute and Festival is a summer piano festival that offers two weeks of concerts, masterclasses and lectures in New York City, and is open to participant students as well as the public. Founded in 1999 by pianist Jerome Rose, the Festival has attracted students from around the world who have the opportunity to attend the Festival to study with international Faculty and Artists, participate in master-classes, and attend nightly concerts and special weekend lectures and events given by some of the world’s best-known pianists and scholars, including Menahem Pressler, Earl Wild, Claude Frank, Peter Frankl, Sergei Babayan, and Marc-André Hamelin. Students receive three lessons per week and can observe other lessons throughout the day. The Festival has grown from a base of 30 participants to well over 100 each season. Participants who attend the Festival for two weeks are eligible to compete for $10,000 in the IKIF Artist Recognition Scholarship Awards.

For further information, please contact Hemsing Associates at (212) 772-1132 or visit www.hemsingpr.com.
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