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March 9, 2009 CONTACT For Immediate Release San Juan Symphony to present Ann Schein in Adams Foundation Piano Recital Internationally renowned pianist Ann Schein will conclude the San Juan Symphony’s 2009 Adams Foundation Piano Recital Series with a performance on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 3 p.m. at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. Ticket prices range from $9 - $20 and may be obtained by calling the Community Concert Hall at 970-247-7657. The program for the evening will include Beethoven’s Sonata in E-flat Major, Opus 81a "Les Adieux", Ravel’s Sonatine, Debussy’s L’isle joyeuse, Liszt’s Années de Pèlerinage: Deuxieme Année – Italie, and Chopin’s Sonata No. 3 in b minor, Opus 58. About Ann Schein, the Washington Post has written, “Thank heaven for Ann Schein…what a relief it is to hear a pianist who, with no muss or fuss, simply reaches right into the heart of whatever she is playing – and creates music so powerful you cannot tear yourself away.” From her first recordings for Kapp Records, and her highly acclaimed Carnegie Hall recital debut as an artist on the Sol Hurok roster, Ann Schein’s amazing career has earned her high praise in major American and European cities and in more than 50 countries around the world. She has performed with conductors including George Szell, James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, James dePreist, David Zinman, Stanislaw Skrowacewski, and Sir Colin Davis, and with major orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony, the Washington National Symphony, the London Philharmonic, the London Symphony and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. She performed at the White House during the Kennedy administration. From 1980 to 2000, she was on the piano faculty of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. She has been an artist-faculty member of the Aspen Music Festival and School since 1984. Her performance of the Rachmaninoff 3rd Concerto during the 2006 season with conductor Joseph Silverstein was one of the most recent of over 100 performances of this work since the beginning of her career. She was chosen to hold the Victoria and Ronald Simms Chair, awarded to a member of the Aspen piano faculty, for the summers of 2006 - 2008. Recent recordings include a Schumann album of solo works on Ivory Classics, a Chopin CD including the 24 Preludes and the Sonata in b minor on MSR Classics, and a recording of the Walton Violin and Piano Sonata with violinist Herbert Greenberg on the Delos label. The New York-based Adams Foundation is an organization dedicated to restoring the piano recital in small communities throughout the United States. # # # |
