Frederic Chiu

01/04 20:30 Teatro Juarez Machado

Atuou em teatros como Lincoln Center em Nova Iorque, Kennedy Center em Washington, Chatelet em Paris e Mozarteum em Buenos Aires. Colaborou com nomes como Joshua Bell, Pierre Amoyal, Gary Hoffman e o St. Lawrence String Quartet, Bob James, o escritor David Gonzalez, o ator Brian Bedford, e o clown Buffo. Trabalhou com maestros como Christoph Campestrini, John Nelson, Stefan Sanderling, Rodolfo Fischer, Susan Haig, Bernhard Klee, Xian Zhang e Alexander Titov. Além dos programas de seus concertos, apresenta Classical Smackdown, uma espécie de competição entre compositores com o público votando em seu compositor favorito, experiência que traz agora ao Pianístico. Lançou 30 discos de compositores como Prokofiev, Chopin, Liszt, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schubert, Rossini e Grieg, bem como as Sinfonias V e VII de Beethoven/Liszt e a versão para piano solo do Carnaval dos Animais. Seus recentes projetos incluem Hymns and Dervishes, de Gurdjieff e Hartmann, Distant Voices: Piano music of Claude Debussy & Gao Ping e a Fantasia para Violino e Piano, de Schubert, com William Harvey. Como professor, atuou na Juilliard School, Indiana University ‘s Jacob School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory, Banff Centre, Carnegie Mellon University e Hartt School em Hartford, CT e  conservatórios na China. É co-fundador e diretor artístico do Beechwood Arts and Innovation em Connecticut.


04/01st 08:30 pm Juarez Machado Theatre

He performed at theatres such as the Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center in Washington, Chatelet in Paris, and Mozarteum in Buenos Aires. He collaborated with artists like Joshua Bell, Pierre Amoyal, Gary Hoffman and the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Bob James, the writer David Gonzalez, the actor Brian Bedford, and the clown Buffo. He worked with maestros such as Christoph Campestrini, John Nelson, Stefan Sanderling, Rodolfo Fischer, Susan Haig, Bernhard Klee, Xian Zhang, and Alexander Titov. Beyond his concert program, Frederic Chiu presents Classical Smackdown, a competition where the audience votes for their favorite composers, an experience featured in his Pianístico program this year. He released 30 albums of composers like Prokofiev, Chopin, Liszt, Ravel, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schubert, Rossini & Grieg, and the V and VII Symphonies of Beethoven/Liszt and the solo piano version of Carnaval dos Animais. His recent projects include Hymns and Dervishes, from Gurdjieff & Hartmann, Distant Voices: Piano music of Claude Debussy & Gao Ping, and Fantasia for Violin and Piano, from Schubert, with William Harvey. As a teacher, Frederic Chiu worked at Juilliard School, Indiana University’s Jacob School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory, Banff Centre, Carnegie Mellon University and Hartt School em Hartford, CT, and conservatories in China. Also co-founder and art director at Beechwood Arts and Innovation in Connecticut.

Programa

Classical Smackdown
Sergei Prokofiev vs. Claude Debussy

Round 1
Debussy (1862 – 1918) 
     Suite Bergamasque (1890-1905)
          Prelude
          Menuet
          Clair de Lune
          Passepied

Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) 
     Three Pieces from Romeo and Juliet (1935)
          Public Merrymaking (arr. Frederic Chiu)
          Friar Laurence
          The Montagues and the Capulets

Round 2
Prokofiev (1891 – 1953)
     Sarcasm (1912)
     Two Fugitive Visions (1915-17)
     Diabolic Suggestions (1908)

Debussy (1862 – 1918)
     Cloches à travers les feuilles from Images (1907)
     Jardins sous la pluie from Estampes (1903)

Round 3
Debussy (1862 – 1918) 
     Rêverie (1890)
Prokofiev (1891 – 1953)
     Toccata (1912)

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Program

Classical Smackdown
Sergei Prokofiev vs. Claude Debussy

Round 1
Debussy (1862 – 1918) 
     Suite Bergamasque (1890-1905)
          Prelude
          Menuet
         Clair de Lune
         Passepied

Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) 
     Three Pieces from Romeo and Juliet (1935)
          Public Merrymaking (arr. Frederic Chiu)
          Friar Laurence
         
The Montagues and the Capulets

Round 2
Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) 
     Sarcasm (1912)
     Two Fugitive Visions (1915-17)
     Diabolic Suggestions (1908)

Debussy (1862 – 1918)     
     Cloches à travers les feuilles from Images (1907)
     Jardins sous la pluie from Estampes (1903)

Round 3
Debussy (1862 – 1918) 
     Rêverie (1890)

Prokofiev (1891 – 1953)  
     Toccata (1912)