presents
Auditorium, APS Conference Center, Argonne National Laboratory
Saturday, October 25, 2008, at 8:00 p.m.
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| Program | ||
|---|---|---|
| C. P. E. Bach (1714-1788) | – | Sonata in G Minor, Wg 65/17. H 47 |
| Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) | – | Fantasy on "The Last Rose of Summer", Op.15 |
| Franz Liszt (1811-1886) | – | Fantasia quasi Sonata: Apres une lecture de Dante |
| Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871) | – | Fantasy on Moses in Egypt, Op. 33 (based on Rossini melodies) |
| Johan Nepomuk Hummel (1903-2005) | – | La Contemplazione, Una Fantasia Piccola, Op. 107, No. 3 |
| Franz Liszt (1811-1886) | – | Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 |
More on the artist, post-concert reception, location, and ordering tickets below.
This program is partially supported by the University of Chicago and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
Winner of the First Prize and Gold Medal at the 1971 International Liszt-Bartok Competition in Budapest, the Ukrainian-born pianist Mykola Suk has appeared to great acclaim in numerous solo recitals, as a soloist with with major orchestras under leading conductors, and at chamber music festivals throughout the former USSR, North America, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and Asia. A performer of both traditional and contemporary music, Mr. Suk has received numerous accolades from the international press. He has premiered a number of concerts and solo works by composers such as Valentin Sylvestrov, Ivan Karabits, Myroslav Skoryk and Virko Baley, some of them written especially for him.
Following his American debut at Weill Recital Hall in 1991, Mr. Suk has appeared with orchestras in Europe and in the United States, which included the Chicago premiere of Schnittke's Concert for piano and strings. He toured triumphantly with the State Orchestra of Ukraine throughout Austria and Germany. In addition, Mr. Suk regularly participates in major chamber music festivals in the U.S.A., Europe, and Australia.
Mykola Suk has performed the complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas for piano and violin with Oleh Krysa throughout the former Soviet Union and in the United States, including a performance at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in 1991.
Born in Kiev into a family of musicians, pianist Mykola Suk studied at the Kiev Special Music School and at the Moscow Conservatory with Lev Vlasenko. He has been awarded the title of Outstanding Artist of the Ukraine. Formerly on the faculty of the Kiev and Moscow Conservatories, he teaches at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and is an artist-in-residence and director of the Music at the Institute series at the Ukrainian Institute of America.
Suk has recorded for the Melodya, Russian Disc, Hungaraton, Melda, and Troppe Note/Cambria labels.
[He] "nearly set the keyboard on fire"
-- Washington Post
"... an astonishing blend of muscular power, poetry, and utter control...he will prove to be one of the more formidable talents to have appeared in this country in years."
-- American Record Guide
"...surely the most towering and volcanic talent to have come out of Russia since Anton Rubinstein..."
-- European Piano Teacher's Journal
"One of the more formidable talents to have appeared in this country in years, Mykola Suk’s performance of the Dante Sonata was some of the finest Liszt playing I have ever heard."
-- American Record Guide
The audience is invited to join the artist at a reception following the performance.
The concert will be presented in the Auditorium of the APS Conference Center (Bldg. 402) at Argonne.
The concert is open to the public.
Photo ID is required to enter the laboratory site.
Visitors need to register prior to the event
by calling 630-252-4793 during regular working hours.
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Admission to the concert is $25.
Call 630-252-4793 to order your tickets now,
VISA and MasterCard accepted;
or use the
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to order your tickets by mail.
Remaining tickets will be sold in the lobby of the Argonne Cafeteria (Bldg. 213) between noon and 1:00 p.m. during the week immediately preceding the concert.
The Auditorium Box Office will open one-half hour before the performance.