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Rare and universal: Internationally lauded pianist, Chautauqua favorite Jon Nakamatsu returns for Chopin recital

by Max Zambrano on July 13, 2021

MAX ZAMBRANO - STAFF WRITER Jon Nakamatsu, now a guest faculty member at the School of Music, plays Vladimir Horowitz’s personal piano during a special demonstration for students and Chautauquans on July 27, 2018, in

The art of piano: Piano program faculty member Alexander Kobrin to take Amp stage with ‘intimate, dramatic’ works

by David Kwiatkowski on July 6, 2021

DAVID KWIATKOWSKI - STAFF WRITER Kobrin Alexander Kobrin has taught and learned the art of piano all over the world.

In final recital, School of Music piano students to feature ‘groovy’ Kapustin amid classics of Mozart, Chopin

by Jamie Landers on August 7, 2020

ILLUSTRATION BY MADELINE DEABLER/DIGITAL EDITOR The words “groovy” and “jazzy” are not usually used to describe the classical works of

Sara Davis Buechner to play Mozart, Brahms & Gershwin foxtrots in piano recital ‘crafted for Chautauqua’

by Jamie Landers on July 15, 2020

In 1925, composer and pianist George Gershwin played foxtrot improvisations for piano students at Chautauqua’s School of Music. Nearly 100

How Independence Day soloist Tony DeSare became the Pandemic’s Piano Man

by Jamie Landers on July 4, 2020

DeSare In 2012, The New York Times described Tony DeSare as “two parts young Sinatra and one part Billy Joel.”

Piano Students to Partake in Annual Competition

by Julia Arwine on June 27, 2019

Chautauqua School of Music’s annual Sigma Alpha Iota competition — which rotates each year between the school’s Voice, instrumental and Piano Programs — is being held for piano students this season. The preliminary round of the

Gavrylyuk returns to School of Music as artist-in-residence

by Flora Junhua Deng on June 23, 2018

This season, pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk is coming back to Chautauqua Institution for three weeks as an “artistic luminary” in the

Malcolm Bilson brings 1812 model piano for recital and masterclass

by Rebecca Klar on July 10, 2017

Malcolm Bilson plays music the way 18th-century composers intended. The fortepiano expert plays on pianos modeled after the instruments composers

Pianist Frederic Chiu returns to Chautauqua to perform a rare piece

by Rebecca Klar on July 6, 2017

Frederic Chiu’s mission is to use his skills on the piano to convert others into classical music fans. At Chautauqua,