Saving Small Hands: Adaptive Keyboards Pave the Way
To prevent potential injury to student pianists, Eastman had the use of an on-loan adaptive keyboard for the 2024-25 academic year.
Colleagues Gather to Honor Life, Work of Pianist Fernando Laires
Eastman School of Music faculty, alumni, and guests will gather on Sunday, March 26, in Hatch Recital Hall to commemorate the life and musical contributions of internationally renowned concert pianist and teacher Fernando Laires. Professor Laires, who died Sept. 9, 2016, was Professor of Piano at Eastman from 1992 until his retirement in 2004. His…
Natalya Antonova to Perform All-Chopin Solo Recital
The next Eastman Faculty Artist Series performance is tomorrow evening, October 8, at 8 p.m. in Hatch Hall, and will feature Natalya Antonova, Professor of Piano. Antonova will be giving a solo recital of music by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) in celebration of the 205th anniversary of the composer’s birth year. The program includes Chopin’s Rondo…
17-Year-Old Virtuoso from Silver Spring, Maryland, Wins Tops Prize in Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition
ROCHESTER, N.Y.– Brian Le, 17, of Silver Spring, Md,, was awarded first prize in the Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition Saturday, July 18, following a stellar performance of the first movement Allegro maestoso of Chopin’s Concerto No. 1 in E Minor with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Neil Varon. As the top winner…
Meet the Masters
This weekend, Eastman hosts two of the music world’s most famous performers: pianist Leon Fleisher (pictured above), who will perform the Brahms Piano Quintet with the Ying Quartet on Sunday afternoon’s Kilbourn Series chamber music concert; and violinist Itzhak Perlman (pictured below), who appears with conductor Neil Varon and the Eastman Philharmonia in Max…