Kathryn Brown's piano masterclass

29 November 2024

Dates & venue:

Thursday 12 December 2024, 15:00-20:00

Friday 13 December 2024, 09:00-17:00

Saturday 14 December 2024, 09:00-17:00

Venue: Main Building, Room I.

 

PARTICIPATION AND APPLICATION: 

Active participants: 

Only Liszt Academy students (BA, MA, non-degree, TMA 60 piano, exceptional Young talents, Doctoral School) may apply.

You can apply by filling out the online form below (in the case of TMA 60 students, please enter "TMA" after their name, and select the MA I. Year program in the program tab).

Application deadline: Thursday 05 December 2024

The schedule of the active participants will be posted on the Liszt Academy website a few days prior to the course.

Passive participants:

Only students and teachers of the Liszt Academy of Music and the Bartók Conservatory, as well as students of the Trainer of Extraordinary Talents are eligible to participate in the course. Pre-registration is not required.

 

Kathryn Brown has performed around the globe as concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. She is widely hailed for her interpretations from Mozart to Gershwin, as well as her premieres of the New Music of today. She gave her New York Recital Debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and has also appeared in concert at New York’s 92nd Street Y. International highlights include concerts at Prague’s Rudolfinum Hall, the University of London, and the National Theatre in Ghana, Africa. A recipient of the Darius Milhaud Prize and Louis Sudler Prize for the Arts, Kathryn Brown is an advocate of contemporary music and has recorded and premiered works by Gian-Carlo Menotti, Keith Fitch, David Tcimpidis, Margaret Brouwer, Michael Hersch and Matthias Pinscher.

Kathryn Brown has also performed extensively as a chamber musician. Pianist and cofounder of the Myriad Chamber Players, (a seventeen-member ensemble comprised of musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra and international soloists), Ms. Brown’s chamber music credits also include performances at the Marlboro Music Festival in collaborations with members of the Guarneri String Quartet and Beaux Arts Trio. She has also performed with the Cavani String Quartet, members of the Lincoln Center Chamber Players and The Verdehr Trio. She was featured with Dmitri Ashkenazy on Ravinia’s Rising Stars series and has collaborated with many musicians from the world’s leading orchestras. Brown also performed at Carnegie Hall with the Cleveland Orchestra as orchestral keyboardist under the baton of Christoph von Dohnanyi.

Kathryn Brown is an enthusiastic supporter of the education of young musicians and presents masterclasses, lectures, and is a frequent juror of competitions nationally and internationally including the recent United States Fulbright Selection Committee. She currently serves as Head of the Keyboard Division at The Cleveland Institute of Music.

 

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