On Saturday’s broadcast, we present the second of two programs featuring the Winner’s Concert from the 2015 Chicago Duo Piano Festival Competition. Piano duos from across the Chicago area and the Midwest performed on Saturday, May 30 in Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston. Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem of the Music Institute of Chicago are the Artistic Directors of the Duo Piano Festival continue to expose audiences to the exciting medium of duo piano playing.
Chicago Duo Piano Festival: Part 2
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“Hoe Down” from Rodeo, by Aaron Copland
Performed by Brianna Chou and Sophia Feinerman, 3rd Prize Winners High School -
Allegro assai from Sonata for Two Pianos in B-flat Major, Op. 12, by Muzio Clementi
Performed by Madelyn Stephenson and Andrew Feng, 2nd Prize Winners High School -
“It Ain’t Necessarily So,” “Summertime,” from Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin
Performed by Madelyn Stephenson and Andrew Feng, 2nd Prize Winners High School -
“Mouvement de Samba” from Scaramouche Suite, by Darius Milhaud
Performed by Lauren Kim and Colin Song, 2nd Prize Winners Youth -
“Anitra’s Dance” from Peer Gynt Suite, Edvard Grieg
Performed by Claudia Li and Katherine Mao, Honorable Mention Youth -
Allegro con brio from Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K 448, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Kimberly Han and Alice Zhang, First Prize Winners Youth -
Tarantella from Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Performed by Kimberly Han and Alice Zhang, First Prize Winners Youth