Sat, Mar 26, 2005, 8 pm

Venue: Zellerbach Hall

Price: $34/$46/$62

Subscription Series: Choose-Your-Own, Winter Music Mini-Series

Two of classical music's great pianists join forces for a concert celebrating musical companionship and expressiveness at its finest. Emanuel Ax, long considered one of the leading pianists of his generation, is renowned not only for his brilliant technique, but also for his poetic temperament and lifelong focus on bringing a wide repertoire of great music to life. Ax returns to Cal Performances in recital along with fellow Grammy Award-winning pianist Yefim Bronfman, an Avery Fisher Prize winner whose captivating solo recitals, prestigious orchestral engagements, and rapidly growing catalog of recordings draw consistent praise. "A marvel of digital dexterity, warmly romantic sentiment, and jaw-dropping bravura," said the Chicago Tribune of the two piano virtuosos' recording in 2002 of Rachmaninoff's rarely recorded piano pieces for 4 hands.

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Program: Schumann/Six Etudes in the Form of a Canon, Op. 56; Debussy/En Blanc et Noir; Ravel/La Valse; Stravinsky/The Rite of Spring

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Video Program Notes

Emanuel Ax talks about his March 26 duo piano recital with Yefim Bronfman. The conversation, with Cal Performances director Robert Cole, was recorded in December 2004 when Mr. Ax appeared in recital with Yo-Yo Ma. (Length: 5 minutes)

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Program Notes: Program notes are available online, click here.

Education and Community Events:
Key Notes: Art of Piano The 2004/05 season marks the debut of Key Notes, a thematic lecture series presented at the Musical Offering Classical Record Shop and Café by Cal Performances and the UC Berkeley Department of Music. Join us for some light refreshments and stimulating conversation with fellow music lovers. The Musical Offering is located at 2340 Bancroft Way, across the street form Zellerbach Hall. Key Notes lectures are free and open to the public.
Composing for Duo Piano
Jorge Liderman, faculty composer at the Department of Music, talks about hos experience composing for tow pianos. This lecture is presented on conjunction with a performance of Liderman's work by the Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo on Sun, Feb 20 and with a concert by Emanual Ax and Yefim Bronfman on Sat, Mar 26.
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Related Performances:
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
Lang Lang, piano
Yo-Yo Ma, cello & Emanuel Ax, piano
The Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre,
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Richard Goode, piano

Artists links:
Official Emanuel Ax site (Sony)
Official Yefim Bronfman site

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