Eva Gevorgyan has performed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Russian National Orchestra, State Academic Symphony Orchestra Evgeny Svetlanov, Canton Symphony Orchestra, Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Malta Philharmonic and others. Low near 65F. It engages diverse communities and audiences nationwide with thoughtful, timely programming, and works with arts organizations of all sizes to build a critical presence in their communities. "The music is like a wind that blows from ancient times across the continent to the U.S. and everywhere," she said. Joining Music From China as Artistic Director in 1996 and also maintaining a solo career, Wang Guowei has appeared with such artists as the Shanghai Quartet, Amelia Piano Trio, Continuum, Four Nations Ensemble, Virginia Symphony, Post Classical Symphony, Ornette Coleman, Butch Morris, Yo-Yo Ma. Peabody Archives. During intermission, Susan Lewis speaks with Haochen Zhang and Yannick, and Debra Lew Harder meets backstage with a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra's horn section, Shelley Showers, who plays both the horn and the Wagner Tuba in An Alpine Symphony. Gabriela Monteros visionary interpretations and unique compositional gifts have garnered her critical acclaim and a devoted following on the world stage. Since then, The Concert Truck has toured across the country, presenting concerts in city streets, music and . Pianists Susan Zhang and Nick Luby Bring The Concert Truck to the Southeastern Piano Festival 88 (Keys) Per Hour By Kyle Petersen Jun 12, 2019 Updated Jun 13, 2019 Let us help you find. The duo is clearly proud that their creation is being featured as part of the Southeastern Piano Festival and in their musical home from which it was conceived, calling it a special honor, but they also continue to look toward new possibilities that the truck can offer them. Read moreReview: The Mad Ones at Trustus Theatre, In this week's edition of to-do list, Camden's own Patrick Davis returns to the Midlands for a concert, local band Stagbriar takes the New Brookland stage. People would wander in to listen, expressing their appreciation for his music. Montero also recently performed her own Latin Concerto with the Orchestra of the Americas at the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie and Edinburgh Festival, as well as at Carnegie Hall and the New World Center with the NYO2. The Concert Truck visits a summer music camp. Join us Wednesday mornings from 10:00 to 10:45. Steinway ArtistYaron Kohlberg, born in Jerusalem, is the President of Piano Cleveland, presenter of the Cleveland International Piano Competition in which he won the silver medal in 2007. Eva was awarded the Junior Prize (City Prize) at the Eppan Junior Piano Academy (Italy). Her most recent album, released in autumn 2019 on the Orchid Classics label, features her own Latin Concerto and Ravels Piano Concerto in G Major, recorded with the Orchestra of the Americas in Frutillar, Chile. Others include Bach and Beyond, which held the top spot on the Billboard Classical Charts for several months and garnered her two Echo Klassik Awards: the 2006 Keyboard Instrumentalist of the Year and 2007 Award for Classical Music without Borders. Free Times arts, culture and music coverage is provided courtesy of a Knight Foundation grant. We want to spend some time on the road and get to know the country in ways that we havent been able to before.. It has received awards, fellowships, and grants for social innovation and creativity in music. . Eva has appeared with such conductors as Vladimir Spivakov, Lawrence Foster, Vasily Petrenko, Valery Gergiev, Alexander Sladkovsky, Roberto Beltran-Zavala, Eduard Topchjan, Dimitris Botinis, Piotr Gribanov, Tigran Hakhnazaryan, Ruth Reinhardt, Anatoly Levin, Ilmar Lapinsh, and others. It was bizarre and beautiful to me, says Susan. OH From the Collection: "It sort of took off from there.". The Warnock Foundation is excited to launch our new blog. Other past presenters include Minnesota Public Radio and the Smithsonian. As teachers danced in the background and students clapped to the beat, Luby and Zhang executed detailed choreography as they played an arrangement of Libertango by Astor Piazzolla. Partly cloudy skies early will give way to cloudy skies late. They did a lot of the main structural modifications to the truck that was donated to us, Luby explains, noting that they also assisted with the initial prototype. Impassioned by their love for music, pianists Nick Lubyand Susan Zhang converted a 16-foot box truck into a fully functioning mobile concert hall, complete with lights, sound system, and piano. I definitely liked it!". (Susan Zhang). Matt Grinke (Alumnus - student of Susan Evans 1999 - 2009) New York State of Mind . 3400 North Charles Street specialcollections@lists.jhu.edu The collection is open for use at the Arthur Friedheim Library Archives of the Peabody Institute. The group's purpose is to encourage the local youth to bring music to back to the community. "It felt like a very interactive performance," she says. 500 Cubic Feet (reel-to-reel tapes and CDs), From the Collection: Alongside the Piano Cleveland team, Kohlberg creates original programming to attract audiences to piano music. John serves on the board of Chamber Music America and has guest lectured and presented on arts-related issues at the Colburn School of Music, University of Michigan, Manhattan School of Music, Banff Centre, APAP|NYC, and Chamber Music Americas National Conference. Get 5 free searches. Susan Zhang, Piano, 2018 April 22. Cleveland Newsletter. https://aspace.library.jhu.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/184354 Accessed March 01, 2023. Pianists Susan Zhang and Nick Luby Bring The Concert Truck to the Southeastern Piano Festival. She has been learning piano with her Piano Teacher San-Qing Lu-Bennaman for 14 Month. Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. He's currently completing work on a graduate certificate in performance at the University of South Carolina. That's where the idea of a mobile concert hall came from.". By Jessica Bizik Eva Gevorgyan was born in April 2004. Rachel has been performing Traditional Country/Gospel/Americana/Blues music since she was 6 years old and hails from a family with deep roots in traditional music. Read moreTo-Do List (Feb. 22-28): Patrick Davis comes to town, SC State Museum celebrates hip-hop. But it wasn't until the pandemic, when music venues across the country were forced to close their doors, that the truck really took off. Peabody Archives. (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media forNJ.com), Musician Wang Junling, left, speaks with concert-goers after the performance. Eva is a Young Yamaha Artist. Reference this page: https://aspace.library.jhu.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/184354, For guidance about how to search our finding aids: Susan Chan Professor Office LH 239C Phone (503) 725-3119 Email chanss@pdx.edu Contact me The New York Concert Review described Susan Chan as "a thoughtful musician and a sensitive player," and The New Yorker called her "an energetic advocate for contemporary music." Impassioned by their love for music and belief in its emotional power, pianists Nick Luby and Susan Zhang converted a 16-foot box truck into a fully functioning mobile concert hall, complete with lights, sound system, and piano. After Baltimore, the Concert Truck will make the trip to Minnesota, where the pianists plan to give pop-up performances around the state to celebrate Minnesota Public Radio's 50th anniversary. Contact peabodyarchives@lists.jhu.edu for more information. The event is free to attend. Since then, The Concert Truck has toured across the country, presenting concerts in city streets, music and arts festivals, schools, neighborhoods, parks, and more. Putting concept together with action, the two pianists outlined their vision of a traveling concert hall and began securing funding, first through the Spark program and eventually through the Performing Arts Consortium and the South Carolina Arts Commission, among others. Special Collections He is also a co-founder of OurConcerts.live that produced and streamed more than 300 concerts during the pandemic and continues to provide access to live music to audiences around the world. They just go to wherever they want to play. What she's watching: The Great British Baking Show and You. wed13jul10:00 amwed10:45 amThe Concert Truck: Nick Luby & Susan ZhangFREE MUSIC ON THE GREEN CONCERT SERIES, (piano) Impassioned by their love for music and belief in its emotional power, pianists Nick Luby and Susan Zhang converted a 16-foot box truck into a fully functioning. In this week's to-do list, the SC State Museum hosts First Sunday at the Museum and Jesus Christ Superstar hits the Koger Center. Musikgarten teacher at Music and Movement with Susan Piano Teacher at Esch Music Academy Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Some resources may be made available online for temporary streaming access for educational or research purposes. https://guides.library.jhu.edu/c.php?g=994933, Sheridan Libraries Policies: Michael Mancuso may be reached at mmancuso@njadvancemedia.com. He won ten international prizes and serves regularly on juries of international competitions worldwide. Concert Artist. GPTQ: Accurate Quantization for Generative Pre-trained Transformers Can quantize GPT models w/ 175B params in ~4 GPU hours, reducing the bitwidth down to 3 or 4 bits per weight, with negligible accuracy degradation relative to the uncompressed baseline. (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media forNJ.com), Musician Sun Li , right, speaks with concert-goers after the performance. Arthur Friedheim Library Pleased with the direction and achievements of the group, the Palm Beach Symphony's board of directors . All performances of The Concert Truck are free and open to the public. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 20600 Chagrin Boulevard Suite 610 All of a sudden, an emcee starts yelling, Are yall ready for some classical music? It was pretty terrifying. The road trip moves on next to the Midwest. "People who don't know classical music can hear something fun.". (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) Susan Chang founded Music from China in 1984.. Through the years, Rachel has opened for many legendary artists including Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, The Judds, Emmylou Harris and Loretta Lynn. (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media forNJ.com), Musicians (from left) Wang Guowei on erhu; Sun Li on pipa and Wang Junling, on zheng. Sometimes hip-hop, sometimes indie music from the early and mid-aughts, sometimes Rachmaninoff. Some of his successes include being the grand prize winner for intermediate level at 2019 Carmel Klavier international piano competition, the 1st place winner for Steinway Chicago junior piano competition division II . The Concert Truck will host Nick Luby and the Southeastern Piano Festival Associates on Boyd Plaza outside the Columbia Museum of Art on Monday, June 17, at noon. Wang Junling plays a zheng, also known as a Chinese zither, an instrument which dates back to the time the Great Wall of China was built more than 2,500 years ago. 500 Cubic Feet (reel-to-reel tapes and CDs), From the Collection: NEW BLOG POST! Detail of zheng, also known as a Chinese zither, an instrument which dates back more than 2,500 years. . Read moreSeventh annual Irish Fest Camden kicks off in early March, "The scripts incisive, perceptive insight into the dreams and aspirations of young adults caused me to think this should be required viewing for parents as well (as teens)," our contributor August Krickel writes. Nick, Susan, and the Truck have been featured by Voice of America VOA, Minnesota Public Radio, the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, WYPR Maryland, and many local TV news stations and online publications and syndicates. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. "Sometimes, people don't feel comfortable," she says. Peabody Archives. The University of South Carolinas Southeastern Piano Festival, an internationally renowned celebration of some of the finest musicians in the world today, tends to be a fairly austere event, even if the music practically crackles with intensity. For each performance, music lovers of all ages are invited to enjoy these outdoor concerts in Steamboat Springs premier botanical garden. They have also lived in Escondido, CA and Carlsbad, CA. (Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com), Herbert Kuehne, of Monroe Township, talks with musician Wang Junling, right. Performances during PianoDays @CLE will feature visiting artists and Concert Truck founders Nick Luby and Susan Zhang, in addition to local musicians at each venue. Some resources may be made available online for temporary streaming access for educational or research purposes. "People were connecting to music through head phones," Luby says, "not live music. Jingxuan Zhang has been passionate about teaching since she was eighteen. She was named an Honorary Consul by Amnesty International in 2015, and recognised with Outstanding Work in the Field of Human Rights by the Human Rights Foundation for her ongoing commitment to human rights advocacy in Venezuela. Sometimes people are surprised to find out how normal we are, says Susan Zhang, a Hip Hop-listening, Netflix-watching millennial, who also happens to be a classical pianistand co-founder of The Concert Truck, with her boyfriend and creative partner, Nick Luby. John Zion serves as the Managing Director of MKI Artists, one of the leading classical music management agencies in the United States where he directs the careers of a prestigious roster of artists, ensembles, and composers. Arthur Friedheim Library Join Facebook to connect with Susan Zhang and others you may know. The vehicle reached Baltimore this week from its home base in Columbia, S.C. I was thinking, Oh my God. 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", She emphasized the strong connection between flow of the music and the flow of nature, calling to mind images of wind and water. Stay Up-to-date with the . He is one of today's top Israeli pianists and has played as soloist and chamber musician in major halls in 40 countries spanning five continents. Montero made her formal debut as a composer with Ex Patria, a tone poem designed to illustrate and protest Venezuelas descent into lawlessness, corruption, and violence. . Kuehne was among those in attendance at a Chamber Concert of Traditional Chinese Music presented by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra in partnership with the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission. In total, Eva has received awards at more than forty international competitions for piano and composition in the United States, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, and Russia among others, including First Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists (incl. PROGRAM:? 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