ArtsEcho has announced that composer Ronn Yedidia is the recipient of the 2008 ArtEcho Chamber Music Commission which is designed to celebrate ethnic diversity in New Jersey. The composer will have the freedom to choose the instrumentation and medium for the new work - which will be premiered at the ArtEcho Galleria in Union City, New Jersey, in May 2009.
Founded in 1987, ArtsEcho is a non-for-profit corporation dedicated to creating, commissioning and presenting new works of musical, theatrical and visual arts for adults and children nationwide.

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The Hudson Valley Piano Club has commissioned composer Ronn Yedidia to create a new work for the New York Piano-Organ Duo - comprised of pianist Jason Cutmore and organist Daniel Sullivan. Performances of the new composition will be scheduled in Canada and the U.S. throughout 2009 & 2010.

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The 17th annual concert of "20th Century Music & On" will be held at Merkin Concert Hall on Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 7:30 PM - featuring a variety of instrumental and vocal works by Ronn Yedidia.  The program will include:

Sweet, Sweet Rachel - for string quartet & piano (in dedication to Rachel Weller; 2008)
Nebulight Zone - for piano, vibraphone & percussion (co-composed with Yuval Edoot; 2008)
Modim Anachnu Lach, from the Jewish Prayer - for baritone, choir, cello & piano (commissioned by Cantor Raphael    Frieder; 2008)
Lullabye - for violin, cello & piano (1994; a special performance in memory of Dr. Nathaniel Yangco)
Farewell, Nathaniel - for clarinet & piano (in memory of Dr. Nathaniel Yangco; 2007)
3 Songs - for voice & piano (lyrics by Ofer Bendor, translations by Sandra Bendor; 1996, 1998)
Toward The Horizon - for string quartet, flute & piano (2000)

The performers:

Sandra Bendor, voice
Raphael Frieder, baritone
Cyrus Beroukhim & Anna Elashvili, violin
Jessica Meyer, viola
Wanda Glowacka, cello
Theresa Norris, flute
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
Yuval Edoot, vibraphone & percussion
Ronn Yedidia, piano

Sunday, May 4, 2008 @ 7:30 PM
Merkin Concert Hall
Kaufman Center, Goodman House
129 West 67th Street (between Broadway & Amsterdam Ave.)
New York City

Tickets: $35
Students & Seniors: $20
Box Office: 212-501-3330
Online: www.kaufman-center.org
For more information: 201-585-0647

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Ronn Yedidia's lyrical composition, The Song On The Land, has been released on the SonyBMG label in March, 2008 - as part of Ahn Trio's new CD entitled "Lullaby for my Favorite Insomniac". In addition, the CD features trio arrangements of Yedidia for the Korean love song, Dream, and the American song, Solitary Singer.
Back in 2003, the Ahn Trio aired Ronn Yedidia's Lullabye on the EMI Classics label. That recording has won an overwhelming response from the media for its emotional power and beauty.

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Ronn Yedidia's Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (commissioned by the Seattle Chamber Music Society) - was received with an overwhelming success at its world premiere in Seattle on July 20, 2007. It was broadcast live on KING-FM Radio (Seattle, 98.1 FM). 
Music critic R.M. Campbell of  "Seattle P-I" has written following the premiere: "Just as the Trio's scoring is unique, so is its style: a romantic composition in the vein of 19th and early 20th-century masters... It is a brave thing to do, even in these pluralistic days... The most important thing, once prejudice about returning to the past is put aside, is the question: Does the piece work without sounding like a cliche or a pastiche of old mannerisms ? - It does."

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The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will premiere Ronn Yedidia's symphonic work "Steps In the Wonderland"(1998) on four different subscription concerts next May, 2007. These concerts mark the 70th anniversary of the IPO. The program will open with Yedidia's composition and will continue with Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 (with soloist Julian Rachlin) and Symphony No. 8 by Shostakovich.
The conductor will be George Pehlivanian. It is the first time that the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is including a work by Ronn Yedidia in a regular performance program.
The concerts are scheduled as follows:

May 3, 2007 - Congress Center, Binyaney Ha'umah, Jerusalem
May 6, 2007 - Mann Auditorium, Heichal Hatarbut, Tel Aviv
May 7, 2007 - Mann Auditorium, Heichal Hatarbut, Tel Aviv
May 8, 2007 - Haifa Auditorium

For information (in Israel): 1-700-70-30-30

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The annual concert of "20th Century Music & On" will take place at Merkin Concert Hall on Sunday, April 15, 2007 at 7:30 PM.
This year's program is featuring a mixture of new and older compositions by Ronn Yedidia:

Vocalise (for flute & piano; 1993)
Panorama (for cello & piano; 2003)
3 Songs ( lyrics by Ofer & Sandra Bendor) - world premiere
Domm (for piano, vibraphone & percussion - co-composed with Yuval Edoot; 2007) - world premiere
Lyric Trio (for flute, cello & piano; 2006) - world premiere
Little Hours of Bliss (for flute, cello & piano; 2002, revised 2007) - world premiere of revised version
Concertino for clarinet, violin, viola, cello & piano (commissioned by Mrs. Paula Oreck; 2007) - world premiere
3 Israeli Songs ( lyrics by Gil Yedidia, Ronn Yedidia and Uzi Shalev) - world premiere

The performers will include:

Theresa Norris, flute
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
Ofer Peled, saxophone
Anna Elashvili, violin
Jessica Meyer, viola
Wanda Glowacka, cello
Tal Ronen, double bass
Yuval Edoot, vibraphone/percussion/drums
Sandra Bendor, singer
Ronn Yedidia, piano & keyboards/singer

Sunday, April 15, 2007 @ 7:30 PM
Merkin Concert Hall
Kaufman Center, Goodman House
129 West 67th Street (between Broadway & Amsterdam Ave.)
New York City

Tickets: $25
Students & Seniors: $15
Box Office: 212-501-3330
Online: www.kaufman-center.org
For more information: 201-585-0647

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Ronn Yedidia will feature 20 of his pop songs in a special event on May 5, 2007 @ 9 PM in Tel Aviv. For the first time he will be performing as a singer/pianist and will be accompanied by a seven-piece band. The show will take place at the legendary Tzavta 1 Hall in Tel Aviv.
Most of the lyrics for Yedidia's songs were written by Uzi Shalev who is a bassoonist at the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and a long-time colleague of Ronn Yedidia. But there will also be other lyrics by poets Ofer Bendor and Gil Yedidia (the composer's brother) as well as by Ronn himself. The performers will include:

Yossi Sidi, musical production & keyboards
Sigi Khazma, singer
Rafi Yedidia, bass
Yuval Edoot, drums
Gilad Ronen, saxophone/flute
Lior Eitan, flute
Uzi Shalev, bassoon
Micha Haran, cello
Ronn Yedidia, singer/piano

Tickets: 40 Shekels
Box Office: 03-6950156/7
Online information: www.tzavta.co.il

 

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The Seattle Chamber Music Society has selected composer Ronn Yedidia to be its first ever commissioned composer - for the upcoming 2007 Summer Festival held at the Lakeside School (July 2-27, 2007) and at The Overlake School ( August 1-10, 2007). Yedidia was commissioned to compose a Trio for clarinet, cello and piano which will receive its world premiere at the festival on July 20, 2007. The performers will include clarinettist Alexander Fiterstein, cellist Amit Peled, and pianist Alon Goldstein. This year marks the 26th anniversary of the Society's summer festival ( established in 1982 ).

 

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Pianist Soheil Nasseri will premiere the Piano Sonata No. 6 ("Bells of Dawn") by Ronn Yedidia on two major recitals:
He will give its world premiere at his New York piano recital at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall on March 26, 2007 @ 8:00 PM
He will give the German premiere of the work at Berlin's Konzerthaus, Kleiner Saal, on April 16, 2007 @ 8:00 PM
The program will also include solo piano works by Beethoven, Schubert and Prokofiev.

 

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The renowned Israeli ensemble, Musica Nova, will give the Israeli premiere of Ronn Yedidia's Fantaisie Concertante for harp, flute and string quartet. The concert is scheduled for February 24, 2007 @ 5:00 PM - and will take place at The Center For Music in Tel Aviv ( 26 Bialik Street).

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Pianist Gila Goldstein will perform two of Ronn Yedidia's "Dances of Earth, Wind and Fire" on four different recitals. She will play 'Prelude to the Ocean' & 'Tribes on Earth' on the following dates:
January 21, 2007 @ 2:30 PM - at the Trail Mix Concert Series in West Shokan, New York
February, 11, 2007 @ 4:00 PM - at Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento St., San Francisco
February, 15, 2007 @ 8:00 PM - at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Geiringer Hall
February, 26, 2007 @ 8:00 PM - at the Piano Salon at Yamaha Artist Services, 689 Fifth Avenue - 3rd floor, New York City

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Ronn Yedidia has presented four of his compositions last January 19, 2007 at Carola Van den Houten's Soiree in Manhattan. He was joined by flutist Theresa Norris and cellist Wanda Glowacka. The performed works included: Vocalise (for flute & piano), Panorama (for cello & piano), the newly composed Lyric Trio, and Little Hours of Bliss (for flute, cello & piano). The evening offered poetry readings and an art demonstration in addition to the musical portion.

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Ronn Yedidia's 10-year-old piano student, Hyung-Do Kim, has given his recital debut at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City on December 17, 2006. He played an unprecedented program for his age which included the complete Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach and 6 of Chopin's etudes - in addition to music by Haydn, Schubert, Gluck-Sgambati and Rachmaninoff.
The Korean Daily Newspaper which is published in America has cited that " 'Dream Tree' Hyung-Do Kim (10) demonstrated the infinite possibilities of a great performer at his New York recital debut. He played the 40-minute Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach with impressive confidence - like a massive, great pianist. He entertained and delighted the audience with lovely pieces in the second half and received a standing ovation which brought him back for two Chopin encores."

 

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Ronn Yedidia presented a lecture/recital at the Colburn School in Los Angeles on December 4, 2006. The presentation was in front of the piano department and focused on his solo piano music.


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Pianist Alexey Koltakov has won the "Best Performance of Commissioned Work" at the 2006 San Antonio International Piano Competition - for his performance of Ronn Yedidia's Rhapsody at the final round of the competition. Mr. Koltakov was also the first prize winner of the entire competition. The other finalists included Grace Fong, Michael Mizrahi, Svetlana Smolina and Vicky Chow.


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Ronn Yedidia's newly composed Fantaisie Concertante for harp, flute and string orchestra will be performed at the closing event of the Festival for Bulgarian Arts and Culture in New York 2006. Conductor Kiril Tarpov will lead the Young Soloists of New York Chamber Orchestra, harpist Suzanna Klintcharova and flutist Theresa Norris.
The program will also include the Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Trio Concerto for harp, flute, cello and string orchestra by the Bulgarian composer Alexander Kandov.

Location: Peter Norton Symphony Space (95th Street & Broadway), New York City
For information & tickets: 646-270-9055


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The annual concert of "20th Century Music & On" will take place at Merkin Concert Hall on Sunday, May 7, 2006 at 7:30 PM.
The concert will feature a variety of compositions by Ronn Yedidia, and works by composers Edward Thomas and Yuval Edoot.
World premieres will be given to Ronn Yedidia's 2nd String Quartet, 3 of his songs, and
a major work for harp, flute and string quartet entitled 'Fantaisie Concertante'.
Another world premiere will be given to a collaborative composition by Ronn Yedidia and percussionist Yuval Edoot - 'In and Out' - scored for piano, vibraphone and percussion. This work is the next one in a series of new creations by the duo Yedidia-Edoot which experiments with the blending of written music and spontaneous improvisation. It succeeds last year's triumphant presentation of 'Impromptu a Two'.

Other compositions by Ronn Yedidia will include:
'Mi Sheberach' from the Jewish Liturgy - which was commissioned by Temple Israel of Great Neck and premiered there last September, 2005. Scored for : baritone, choir, oboe, cello and piano.
The Song On The Land (for violin, cello and piano)
When Will I See You Again? (for violin, cello and piano)

A work by the prolific American composer Edward Thomas entitled 'Ballet For Two Pianos' will be performed by pianists Fiona Grant and Ronn Yedidia.

Special featured ensembles and soloists include : the renowned Maia Quartet whose members are violinists Tricia Park & Zoran Jakovcic, violist Elizabeth Oakes, and cellist Hannah Holman ; French-Bulgarian harpist Suzanna Klintcharova ; baritone/ cantor Raphael Frieder and singer Sandra Bendor.
Other performers include:
Theresa Norris, flute
Marsha Heller, oboe
Wanda Glowacka, cello
Tal Ronen, double bass

Sunday, May 7, 2006 @ 7:30 PM
Merkin Concert Hall
Kaufman Center, Goodman House
129 West 67th Street (between Broadway & Amsterdam Ave.)
New York City

Tickets: $25
Students & Seniors: $15
Box Office: 212-501-3330
Online: www.kaufman-center.org
For more information: 201-585-0647

 

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Ronn Yedidia has been awarded the 2006 San Antonio International Piano Competition Commission to compose a new solo-piano work to be performed by all finalists of the competition at Ruth Taylor Recital Hall, San Antonio, Texas, on October 14-26 of 2006.
The competition will also award a special monetary prize for the "Best Performance of the Commissioned Work" to one of the five finalists."

 

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Three more performances by piano students of Ronn Yedidia will be held on the following dates:

1) At "Classic Residence" in Teaneck, New Jersey, on Saturday, November 5, 2005 at 7:30 PM - featuring pianists Hyung-Do Kim, Samantha Whitmore, Kyu Sunwoo and Lilly Kim.
address: 655 Pomander Walk, Teaneck, NJ
admission: free

2) At Klavierhaus on Sunday, December 11, 2005 at 3 PM
address: 211 West 58th Street, New York City
admission: free

3) At the New York Piano Academy in residence at Manhattan's West End Presbyterian Church on Monday, December 19, 2005 at 7:30 PM. The event culminates the academy's first trimester's activities and features a variety of students - from beginners to professionals performing both classical and jazz (jazz students are instructed by Mr. Haim Cotton - NYPA's Jazz Program Director).
address: 165 West 105th Street, New York City
admission: free

 

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Ronn Yedidia's commissioned work based on the text "Mi Sheberach" from the Jewish Prayer will receive its world premiere on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 7:00 PM at Temple Israel of Great Neck. The composition was commissioned by the synagogue to celebrate the Bar-Mitzva year of Cantor Raphael Frieder as the temple's chief cantor.
"Mi Sheberach" is scored for Baritone voice, SATB vocal quartet, Oboe, Cello and Piano. Cantor Frieder will sing the baritone solo part.

Location: Temple Israel of Great Neck
108 Old Mill Road, Great Neck, NY
Admission: by special invitation
For information call: 516-482-7800

 

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Piano Students of Ronn Yedidia will be featured on three different occasions this coming summer of 2005:

1) At the Great Neck Arts Center on Sunday, June 26, 2005 at 1:00 PM - in a program
entitled "Stars of Tomorrow - musical prodigies".
address: 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY
tickets: $25 for adults, $12 for children

2) At the National Arts Club on Monday, June 27, 2005 at 7:30 PM
address: 15 Gramercy Park South, New York City
admission: free

3) At the opening event of the New York Piano Academy held at Manhattan's West End Presbyterian Church on Thursday, June 30, 2005 at 7:30 PM
address: 165 West 105th Street, New York City
admission: free

The performers (ages 9-18) will include: Hyung-Do Kim, Heather Zhang, Talia Cotton,
Samantha Whitmore, Kyu Sunwoo, Chen-Yuan Lu, Lilly Kim, and Jinhee Kim.

 

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The Great Neck Arts Center under the programming direction of composer/pianist Ronn Yedidia is presenting 4 concerts featuring several of the today's most renowned ensembles and soloists:
Sunday, April 3rd, 2005, at 4:00 PM - the Ahn Trio performing an eclectic cross-over program including Ronn Yedidia's trio renditions of his "Lullabye" and "The Song on the Land" with the composer at the piano.

Sunday, April 10th, 2005, at 4:00 PM - the David Glukh Klezmer Ensemble performing a full program of its ethnic fusion. Ronn Yedidia is featured as an accordionist/arranger with David Glukh, David Keen, Eddy Khaimovich and Yuval Edoot.

Sunday, May 15th, 2005, at 4:00 PM - violinist Lara St. John in recital, accompanied by Ronn Yedidia on piano and accordion, and Yuval Edoot on percussion - will perform works by Cesar Franck, Ronn Yedidia (Rondo Macabre), Edward Elgar, George Gershwin, Serge Rachmaninoff and Georges Bizet, as well as several gypsy/klezmer selections.

Sunday, June 26th, 2005, at 4:00 PM - a concert by young musical prodigies performing short solo programs on piano, violin and cello. Piano students of Ronn Yedidia will be featured.
All concerts are held at the Doris Weinstein Play-house at the Great Neck Arts Center located at 113 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck, NY.
For ticket information call: 516-829-2570

 

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"20th Century Music & On" will be featured at Merkin Hall on April 17th, 2005, at 7 PM in its annual concert.
The concert will be dedicated solely to compositions by Ronn Yedidia. The program will include:
Fanfare in Memory of Yitzhak Rabin, for piccolo-trumpet and piano
Impromptu a-two, for piano, vibraphone, and percussion (co-composed with Yuval Edoot)
2 Chansons, for voice and chamber band
The Song on the Land, for cello and piano
Lullabye, for violin, cello, and piano
Rondo Macabre, for violin and piano
The David Glukh Klezmer Ensemble (a special klezmer program)
As Long as the Candle is Lit, for SATB choir and piano

The performers will include:
David Glukh, piccolo-trumpet
Yuval Edoot, vibraphone and percussion
Sandra Bendor, voice
Wanda Glowacka, cello
Lara St. John, violin
David Keen, violin
Eddy Khaimovich, bass
Ronn Yedidia, piano and accordion
Beth Robin, piano
The Zamir Chorale
Matthew Lazar, conductor

 

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The Zamir Chorale under the direction of Matthew Lazar will premiere Ronn Yedidia's commissioned work "As Long as the Candle is Lit" on March 27th, 2005, at 7 PM, at Merkin Hall in New York City. Pianist Beth Robin will perform the piano part. The concert is an all-premiere program by living composers commissioned by the Zamir Chorale, through the sponsorship of the Jeanne R. Mandell Endowment for New Music.

 

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The Trail Mix Music Festival in West Shokan, NY, will present Ronn Yedidia in three different capacities:
On October 9th, 2004, at 11 AM, his piano student Chen-Yuan Lu will perform works by Haydn and Rachmaninoff at the Young Talent concert of the festival featuring a variety of young soloists performing on piano, violin, and cello.
On October 10th, 2004, at 5 PM, pianist Emma Tahmizian will perform Ronn Yedidia's Etude No.6, "Sunrise", in a solo program which also includes works by Bolcom, Prokofiev, and Moussorgsky.
On October 10th, 2004, at 9 PM, Ronn will perform as an accordionist with the David Glukh Klezmer Ensemble in a program which will conclude the festival.

 

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"20th Century Music & On" is offering its annual concert at Christ & St. Stephen's Church on Sunday, March 7, 2004 at 8 PM.

This year the program will feature the Ahn Trio and the Imani Winds as special guest ensembles. The focus will be on emerging young composers. Yuval Edoot, VColeman, Jeff Scott and Kenji Bunch will be featured.

Ronn Yedidia will present 3 of his chamber works from the mid 90's:
Fanfare in memory of Yitzhak Rabin ( for piccolo trumpet & piano ),
Tov Lehodot, from the Jewish Siddur Prayer ( for soprano & piano ), and the
Lullabye - transcribed especially for the Ahn Trio ( violin, cello & piano ; originally for cello & piano ).

The performers include:
Tamara Tsoutsouris, soprano; David Glukh, piccolo trumpet; Yuval Edoot, vibraphone & percussion; Ronn Yedidia, piano.

Angella Ahn, violin; Maria Ahn, cello; Lucia Ahn, piano.

Valerie Coleman, flute; Toyin Spellman, oboe; Mariam Adam, clarinet;
Jeff Scott, French horn; Monica Ellis, bassoon.

Music Director: Ronn Yedidia
Assistant Director: Wolfgang Tsoutsouris

Location: Christ & St. Stephen's Church
120 West 69th Street , NYC ( between Broadway & Columbus )
Date & Time: Sunday, March 7, 2004 at 8 PM
Suggested Admission: $18

For information call: 201-585-0647 or email: Yedidia@aol.com

 

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Piano Recitals by Students of Ronn Yedidia at Klavierhaus are scheduled as follows:

1) On Sunday, December 14, 2003 at 6 PM

2) On Sunday, March 14, 2004 at 1 PM

3) On Sunday, July, 18, 2004 at 3 PM

Klavierhaus is located on 211 West 58th Street in Manhattan.
The public is invited. Receptions will follow.

 

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The David Glukh Klezmer Ensemble is hosting guest violinist Lara St. John at the Cornelia Street Cafe in the Village.
The program features virtuoso and lyrical Jewish Klezmer tunes alongside gypsy classics and a variety of contemporary arrangements which blend an array of ethnic flavors.
2 sets will be played.

David Glukh, piccolo trumpet
Ronn Yedidia, accordion
David Keen, violin
Yuval Edoot, percussion
Lara St. John, special guest violinist

Location: Cornelia Street Cafe ( 29 Cornelia Street, off 6th Ave. - in the basement )
Date & Time : Wednesday, February 4, 2004 at 8:30 & 9:45 PM
Entrance : $10 per person
1 drink minimum : $6
Children are welcome to attend

 

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Piano Students of Ronn Yedidia are performing under the auspices of The Consul General of the Republic of Hungary - Ambassador Dr. Gabor Horvath - as part of the American Liszt Society special recital - featuring famous young pianists in an all-Liszt program.
Pianists Claire Lee (10) and Ji In Park (16) will open the program with Franz Liszt's 3 Pieces from Albumblatter (Mazurka, Hryc & Krakowiak), Concert Etude "Un Sospiro", and Paganini Etude No. 2.
The other performers include pianists Matthew Weissman, Renana Gutman, Dmitry Shteinberg, Magdalena Baczewska and Tihamer Hlavacsek.

Location: The Hungarian Ambassy, 227 East 52nd Street, New York City
Date & Time : Thursday, November 6, 2003 at 7:00 PM

RSVP by November 3 via email: hucons@humisny.org

 

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The World Premiere of Ronn Yedidia's Dances of Earth, Wind and Fire (2003) by pianist Soheil Nasseri will take place at:
Alice Tully Hall (65 St. and Broadway)
Tuesday, September 30, 2003 at 8 PM

other works on the program by Beethoven, Richard Danielpour and Rachmaninoff

Tickets: $45, $33, $10 for people under 25 with an ID
Call CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500 or buy online at www.lincolncenter.org.

 

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