Master course by Sandra Shapiro (piano and chamber music)
Sandra Shapiro, professor of piano at Cleveland Institute of Music is holding a master course 1 December 2015 at the Liszt Academy for students of piano and for chamber ensembles with pianist members.
Time and place:
1 December 2015 (Tue) 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Liszt Academy Main Building, Room XXXIII
(1061 Budapest, 8 Liszt Ferenc Square)
The course is open for all interested, as passive participants. Liszt Academy students may apply as active participants.
To apply as passive or active participant, please write to Ms Beáta Furka until 25 November 2015. E-mail: furka.beata[at]lisztacademy.hu
Professor Shapiro holds a chamber music concert with Ivan Ženatý on 30 November 2015 at the Solti Hall of the Liszt Academy.
The daughter of Russian-Israeli immigrants, Sandra Shapiro began her studies at the age of three and a half, and by age 11, was performing in recitals and as a soloist with orchestras. Because of her prodigious talent, Ms. Shapiro left home at age 15 to study at the Juilliard School upon the recommendation of her mentor, Gina Bachauer. Her teachers include Leon Fleisher, John Perry, Nadia Reisenberg, and Guido Agosti.
As a member of the renowned duo-piano team of Hecht & Shapiro, Ms. Shapiro's laureates include winning the Munich International Duo Piano Competition, the Ellis National Duo Piano Competition, and top prizes in the Dranoff International Two Piano Competition, and the International Jeunesses Musicales Competition.
Ms. Shapiro's performances have taken her throughout most major cities in the United States, along with international performances in Berlin, Stuttgart, Munich, Belgrade, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem. She has been featured in radio and television productions for RIAS Berlin; Sudwestfunk Radio Production, Baden‑Baden, Germany; PBS; WQXR, New York; NPR McGraw‑Hill Young Artist Showcase, Australian Broadcasting Commission, and numerous performances over National Public Radio.
Ms. Shapiro has performed with many orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Stuttgart Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Belgrade String Orchestra, Brevard Festival Orchestra, Florida Symphony, San Angelo Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Everett Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, as well as Cleveland Orchestra appearances at both Severance Hall and the Blossom Music Festival.
As a soloist, awards and prizes include First Prizes in the Young Musician's Foundation National Debut Competition, and The World Piano Competition, as well as a prizewinner in the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition. Other recognitions include the "Outstanding Chamber Musician Award" from the University of Southern California, and the "Young Maestro Award" from the Peabody Institute of Music. Her great love for chamber music has led to collaborations with Truls Mork, Peter Rejto, Stanley Drucker, Mats Lidstrom, the Cavani String Quartet, Franklin Cohen, and members of the New York Philharmonic on the New York Philharmonic's Chamber Music Series.
Recordings include "Sentimiento" on the Azica label as well as collaboration with the principal wind players of the New York Philharmonic in an album entitled "The Complete Music of Robert Schumann for Winds and Piano".
Ms. Shapiro is a Steinway Artist.