Episode 27: PianoPalooza

PianoPalooza! Highlights from the one night of the summer that the Heifetz faculty pianists take the stage with no strings attached….literally! Featuring works by Rossini, Astor Piazzolla, Franz Liszt and more for pianos – and pianists – in solo and in pairs, all in performances from the Heifetz Institute. This Episode’s Playlist Debussy: Feux D’artifice (Fireworks) Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.09.2018 Rossini: Overture to the Barber of Seville Yoon Lee, Miki Aoki Andrew Rosenblum, piano six-hands First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.19.2021 : Robert Schumann: Romance, Op. 28 No. 2 [excerpt] Lynne Mackey, piano House concert, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 11.09.2020 Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion Andrew Rosenblum, Yadi Liang piano four-hands Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute recording | 07.17.2022 Irene Britton Smith: Passacaglia (1940) Jessica X. Osborne, piano Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute recording | 07.17.2022 Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Beilin Han, Yoon Lee, piano four-hands Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute recording | 07.17.2022 Florence Price: Piano Sonata in E minor (1932) II. Andante [excerpt] Andrew Rosenblum, piano First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.19.2021 Dmitri Shostakovich: Concertino for Two Pianos, Op. 94a Jessica Osborne, piano 1 | Miki Sawada, piano 2 Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute recording | 07.17.2022 Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre, Op. 40 Miki Sawada, Jingxuan Zhang, piano 1 | Allison Freeman, Seonmi Lee, piano 2 Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute recording | 07.17.2022   Go Deeper Check out the program and the performers fot the 2023 Heifetz Institute PianoPalooza, taking place in Francis Auditorium on the campus of Mary Baldwin University Tickets & Info. Read the impressive lineup and biographies of the 18 keyboard artists who make up our 2023 Heifetz Institute Collaborative Piano Faculty here. View the complete 2022 PianoPalooza Livestream on our YouTube Channel! More at heifetzinstitute.org