On Saturday’s broadcast, we presented the first 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 I
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Waltz from Masquerade, by Aram Khachaturian
Performed by Leila and Lorenzo Jennings, 3rd Prize Youth Division -
Allegro con spirito from Sonata in D Major, K. 448, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Lauren Kim and Colin Song, 2nd Prize Youth Division -
Sonata for Piano Four Hands, by Francis Poulenc
Performed by Brianna Chou and Sophia Feinerman, 3rd Prize High School Division -
Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, No. 2, by Antonín Dvořák
Performed by Iris and Azalea Ellie, Honorable Mention Youth Division -
Mouvement de Samba from Scaramouche Suite, by Darius Milhaud
Performed by Joshua and Jonah White, 1st Prize High School Division -
Concertino in A Minor, for two pianos, Op. 94, by Dmitri Shostakovich
Performed by Joshua and Jonah White, 1st Prize High School Division