Fw: concert announcement

[Shirona <shirona...>]

Dear Friends,

You are invited to the Carnegie Hall recital of

              Joshua Hannum-Izzard,

a magnificent American pianist representing the
Russian piano school:

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
154 West 57th Street, New York City
Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at 8:00 PM

"Lyricism, virtuosity, romantic fervor, the works!"
(Chicago Tribune)

"...never a slack moment.  Mr. Izzard held the
audience with a tonal palette of great variety and
beauty, and conceptions of arresting freshness, all
backed by a technique of unusual polish and
versatility..."  (Albany Times Union)

"To copy Mr. Izzard would be impossible.  His
performance this evening of the Brahms sonata op. 5,
and Paganini variations will remain in my memory
for a long time.  Vital, fresh, marvelously executed,
at once individual yet faithful to the composer.
This young man is not to be missed." (The Charleston
Review)

The Carnegie Hall program will include:

SONATA op. 27, #1 in E-flat major by L. van BEETHOVEN,

PRELUDE, CHORALE, AND FUGUE by C. FRANCK

2 IMPROMPTUS, op. 90 by F. SCHUBERT

CONCERT PARAPHRASE "RIGOLETTO" by G. VERDI - F. LISZT

SONATA #7 in B-flat major by S. PROKOFIEV

Biography:

Born in 1978 in Buffalo, Wyoming, USA, Joshua
moved to Albany, New York in 1989, where he took
lessons from a Russian-born pianist Eda Mazo
Schlyam.  In 1999, he entered the Moscow State
Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where he has been a
student of Pavel T. Nersessian, a brilliant Russian pianist.
Joshua performs regularly as a soloist, with orchestras
such as Mozart Chamber Orchestra, "Vremena Goda,"
and the Aspen Festival Orchestra, as well as a
chamber artist in leading halls in Moscow, with
standing invitations in Europe, USA, and Russia
for the 2003-2004 season.

Tickets: $24/$16 (seniors and students).
Tickets are available for sale at Carnegie Hall Box
Office (+1 212-247-7800) CarnegieCharge, and
the new online ticket service: www.carnegiehall.org
There will also be last-minute ticket sales at Weill
Recital Hall, just before the concert.

If you have questions about this event, please call
+1 212 928-9373.