THE SOLO PIANO SERIES

2021 / 2022 SEASON

THE SOLO PIANO SERIES

Angela Hewittguest artistic curator

WELCOME BACK!By the time we see you in Lincoln Hall come January, 2022, it will have been a month shy of two years since our last time together. We have missed you terribly! We ache to make new piano-friends, too.

It’s time for a little live music. It’s time for a lot of live music!

Thus, with guidance from this year’s guest artistic curator, our long-time friend Angela Hewitt, we have a terrific line-up for you. Planning any musical season takes place months, even years, in advance. Anticipating how we might best be more certain around safety issues, we have moved the opening of live recitals to January, as you will see in this brochure.

This 2021-22 season will bring you some favorite artists and some brand-new faces. The repertory altogether is a fine mix of treasured works and a generous dose of adventuresome music.

To keep the music coming in our traditional fall months, before we return to Lincoln Hall, we want to give you three exceptional Rising Stars programs in October through December. Details can be found on pages 12-14. These on-line/virtual programs are free for all subscribers.

NEWS FROM THE INTERREGNUMBecause PPI has the finest, most loyal donors around, we say THANKS on your behalf to everyone who has made and makes this music possible. We extend real gratitude to Portland State University for our continued residence in Lincoln Hall, where PPI began decades ago.

In our recent time of not being together, we have lost some long-time patrons of PPI, among them our former Board member and best cheerleader, Dr. Louis McCraw, whose exceptionally generous bequest this past year launched our reserve fund to ensure PPI’s future. We thank all who continue to invest in our music.

MORE WELCOME AT LINCOLN HALLJust to make it easier and more pleasant to attend recitals at Lincoln Hall, this season we will have a new crew of “outdoor ushers” in bright vests, equipped with flashlights, to guide everyone to and from the hall and parking. Getting to our hall should be easier than ever for everyone.

OPENING WITH A BANG!Opening weekend surely deserves quite a celebration as we return to live music. We’ll let you know details soon, but do plan to spend time with us before and after the January recitals to celebrate the return of our favorite music.

FRIENDS FROM THE NORTHFinally, because our guest curator, two other main series artists, and all the Rising Stars this year are Canadian, we are informally calling this our Canadian-American Friendship Season. Nice, eh?

Bill Crane, executive director

Dear Portland Friends,When I was first asked to curate your 2021-2022 season — a task that filled me with joy — it was at a time when we would never have envisaged a pandemic wreaking havoc on the world. Even when I began to carefully choose the artists, the horror seemed like something that might just last a short time; now here we are more than a year into it. We hope with all our might that this season — moved into the first six months of 2022 — will take place under normal circumstances.

Portland is a city that has always meant a lot to me, ever since I first arrived here in the early 1990s. Your warmth as music lovers, and your willingness to listen and learn is right up there with the best! Even just the fact that each pianist who comes to PPI is asked to play two different programmes on consecutive days shows how serious you are — and indeed is a challenge to the performer.

It wasn’t easy choosing from so much talent in the world, but I decided to make it a deeply personal statement. Yes, there are three Canadians (Janina Fialkowska, Jon Kimura Parker, and myself), and along with British pianist Paul Lewis these are all great pianists with whom I have shared the stage (in duo piano work) and whose artistry I heartily admire.

Janina was fortunate to have the great Arthur Rubinstein as her mentor in his final years and she projects the same nobility and directness of expression. Paul was mentored by Alfred Brendel and will show us his mastery of the classical composers — especially Schubert, for which he has an ideal lyricism. Jon (or “Jackie,” as we call him) is a different personality, sweeping us along in a tsunami of enthusiasm for whatever he plays (and we especially look forward to his “Americana”).

Then we have two young artists who are great talents, both developing into something very special. I first heard Aristo Sham in Hong Kong when he was 12 years old and I was astounded by his ability and musicality; thirteen years later he continues to blossom into the complete artist. Nicolas Namoradze, mentored by Emanuel Ax, is not only a brilliant pianist but also a composer, and I’m thrilled that he will be presenting some of his own compositions to the Portland audience. There’s a nice connection in that he won the 2018 Honens Competition in Calgary for which Jon Kimura Parker is the Artistic Director.

It will be very moving for us all to be back in a concert hall again, listening together to great music performed live. My thanks go to the staff of PPI, and especially Executive Director (and dear friend of almost 30 years) Bill Crane, for inviting me to curate your season — one which we all look forward to with great hope and expectation.

Angela Hewitt, guest artistic curator

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BEYOND THE SCORE Master classes are a wonderful way to gain a deeper understanding of playing the piano and are incomparable opportunities to gather insight from our recitalists about traditions they carry from their years of study and performing. Portland Piano International, hence, invites you to join in Beyond the Score, two master classes that will be thrilling whether you are an advanced player, a novice, or just a music lover. Both classes are free sessions.

CURIOSITY REWARDED,WITHOUT THE JITTERS!These are special moments of interac-tion between teacher and student when both strive toward a new level of artistry. Everyone observing will gather certain small new insights into the music, but there will be no exam! Reinforcing PPI’s commitment to the belief that there is al-ways more to learn about music – while having fun in the process – Beyond the Score is just the ticket for going even deeper with your favorite music. And, the sessions are free!

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THE SEASON AT A GLANCE

MAIN SERIESAll main series recitals will be in Lincoln Performance Hall at Portland State University at 4:00 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays. (January through June, 2022.)

JAN 22 / 23, 2022

ARISTO SHAMFEB 5 / 6, 2022

ANGELA HEWITTMAR 12 / 13, 2022

JANINA FIALKOWSKA

APR 2 / 3, 2022

NICOLAS NAMORADZEMAY 7 / 8, 2022

PAUL LEWISJUN 4 / 5, 2022

JON KIMURA PARKER

RISING STARS VIRTUAL RECITALSFREE BONUS TO TICKET HOLDERS

All Rising Stars virtual recitals will be broadcast on-line at 4:00 p.m. on Sundays and archived for later viewing through our web-page. (October through December, 2021.)

OCT 10, 2021

KEVIN AHFATNOV 14, 2021

JEAN-LUC THERRIEN

DEC 12, 2021

LA FIAMMATA DUOLINDA RUAN &CHARISSA VANDIKAS

SAT & SUN JAN 22 & 23 / 4PMLINCOLNPERFORMANCE HALL

NATIONALITY: Hong-Kongese

HOME: Sweden

NOTEWORTHY: A native of Hong Kong, now living in Sweden for independent studies at the Ingesund School of Music, Mr. Sham took degrees in economics and French at Harvard and a master of music degree at the New England Conservatory in Boston.

WHAT OTHER PROFESSION IS APPEALING? I love travelling, good food and wine, and communicating with people from cultures all around the world. I would love to be a hotelier, restaurateur, or even a winemaker if I were not a pianist. Perhaps still a possibility in the future!

WHAT COMPOSER OR PERFORMER WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET OVER DINNER?If I had to choose just one, that would be Mr. Johannes Brahms. There is something very abnormal and extraordinary about his brain and how it worked, as he constructed each masterpiece from minuscule units of a few notes whilst flowing naturally and being as deeply felt as any composer could have written, not to mention the overwhelming love that pours out ofevery page of music he wrote.

“A young artist with ‘boundless potential’who can ‘already hold his own with the best.’” – WASHINGTON POST

ARISTOSHAM

SUNDAY

BACH– Suite from the Violin Partita in E MajorRACHMANINOFF

PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 5 in C Major, op. 38/revised as op. 135

SCRIABIN Sonata No. 10, op. 70

RACHMANINOFF Études-Tableaux, op. 39

SATURDAY

BRAHMS Sonata No. 1 in C Major, op. 1

HENRI Piano SonataDUTILLEUX

CHOPIN 24 Preludes, op. 28

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These concerts are graciously sponsored byCarol Edelman.

“To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better.”

– GIUSEPPE VERDI

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“Hewitt’s playing radiates joy, wit, and profound understanding of the composer’s keyboard style.” – THE SUNDAY TIMES reviewing a Bach recording.

ANGELA HEWITT

SAT & SUN FEB 5 & 6 / 4PMLINCOLNPERFORMANCE HALL

NATIONALITY: Canadian

HOME: London

NOTEWORTHY: Besides being one of the very few people ever to record the complete solo keyboard works of Bach, Angela also just completed her cycle of all 32 Beethoven Sonatas for Hyperion. In 2020 she was the first woman ever to receive the coveted Bach Medal of the City of Leipzig and performed the Goldberg Variations in front of Bach’s grave at the Thomas Church. For 15 years she has put on her own Trasimeno Music Festival in Umbria, Italy—a magnet for music lovers around the world. When movers in Berlin dropped her own beloved Fazioli concert grand, headlines appeared around the world overnight. We can hear her cherished new Fazioli on an album of Love Songs, released by Hyperion in summer 2021. She is an Ambassador for Orkidstra in her home town of Ottawa—a project that gives free music lessons to children from disadvantaged neighborhoods, thus enlarging their world and developing their skills and personalities.

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR BEST ADVICE TO A YOUNG MUSIC STUDENT?I think that all music students who are learning an instrument should also learn how to sing and dance. I’m not being funny! All music is song and dance, and if you can’t sing a phrase well, you’ll never be able to play it well. Likewise, you have to feel the rhythms of the dance and understand gesture to give music life and make it buoyant. So, get singing and dancing!

“I’ve never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in storefor you, music itself is not going tolet you down.”

– VIRGIL THOMSON

ARISTOSHAM

SATURDAY

FRANÇOIS 18ème Ordre from the Third COUPERIN Book of Pièces de Clavecin

OLIVER Preludes (1929) MESSIAEN

BRAHMS Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, op. 5

SUNDAY

DOMENICO A selection of sonatas SCARLATTI

BACH Four Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Nos. 13–16, BWV 882-885

Four Duets, BWV 802-805

English Suite No. 4 in F Major, BWV 809

Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582 (arr. d’Albert)

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These concerts are graciously sponsoredby Carole Alexander in memory of her sister,Barbara Gullion.

PHOTO CREDIT: JAMES KATZ

SAT & SUN MAR 12 & 13 / 4PMLINCOLNPERFORMANCE HALL


HOME: Bavaria, Germany

NOTEWORTHY: In 1974, while enrolled in law school in her hometown of Montreal, Ms. Fialkowska participated in the inaugural Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and was declared “a born Chopin interpreter” by Mr. Rubinstein, who launched her international career and became her mentor of many years.

WHAT COMPOSER OR PERFORMER WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE A SIT-DOWN DINNER WITH AND WHY?Franz Liszt: He was gorgeous looking, very erudite and cultivated, he knew everyone, and he helped his less fortunate colleagues. He was probably the most generous composer who ever lived. He was also a great teacher as well as being a great pianist and composer.

“I believe that all great art holds the power to dissolve things: time, dis-tance, difference, injustice, alienation, despair. I believe that all great art holds the power to mend things: join, comfort, inspire hope . . . reconcile us to ourselves. Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place.”

– TILDA SWINTON

“...one of the Grandes Dames of piano playing” – FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE

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SUNDAY

MOZART Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310

GERMAINE Impromptu TAILLEFERRE

GABRIEL FAURÉ Nocturne No. 4 in E-flat Major, op. 36

DEBUSSY Poissons d’or from Images, Book 2

Prélude 4, Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir from Préludes, Book 1

RAVEL Sonatine

BRAHMS Intermezzo in B-flat Major, op. 76, no. 4

Rhapsody in B Minor, op. 79, no. 1

Intermezzo in B-flat Minor, op. 117, no. 2

Capriccio in D Minor, op. 116, no. 2

Intermezzo in A Major, op. 118, no. 2

CHOPIN Grande Valse Brillante in E-flat Major, op. 18

Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, op. 39

SATURDAY

CARL MARIA Aufforderung zum Tanz,VON WEBER op. 65, J. 260

SCHUBERT Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960

SIBELIUS Valse Triste, op. 44, no. 1 from Kuolema

CHOPIN Polonaise in A Major, op. 40, no. 1 (“Military”)

Nocturne in F Major, op. 15, no. 1

Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, op. 23

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These concerts are graciously sponsored by The Standard.

PHOTO CREDIT: RAN KEREN

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“I discovered an amazing, unconventional personality...Namoradze feels everythingin his own way, whether it’s desire, impulse, passion, intimacy...not just a poet of the piano, he is its artist” – CULBYT

NICOLASNAMORADZE

SAT & SUN APR 2 & 3 / 4PMLINCOLNPERFORMANCE HALL

NATIONALITY: Georgian/Hungarian

HOME: Berlin

NOTEWORTHY: Having recently finished his musical studies with a master’s degree at Juilliard and his doctorate at City University of New York, Nicolas is now pursuing postgraduate studies in neuropsychology at King’s College, London.

TELL US SOMETHING FUN ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM CHOICES FOR US. One of the recitals centers around the Gregorian chant “Dies irae” (“Day of Wrath”), which the Liszt and Rachmaninoff works are based on – it’s a rather existential program! The other opens with a set of charming, rarely heard musical fables by the British composer York Bowen; a pair of concise Zen-influenced “celestial” works (on the sky, stars, and moon) ensue, an appropriate prelude to a work of such cosmic breadth as Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata, which concludes the program.

“When I don’t like a piece of music, I make a point of listening to it more closely.”

– FLORENT SCHMITT

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SUNDAY

YORK BOWEN Fragments from Hans Andersen (selection), opera 58, 59, 61

ALEXINA LOUIE I leap through the sky with stars

NICOLAS Moon: RefractedNAMORADZE

BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, op. 106 (“Hammerklavier”)

SATURDAY

BACH French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812

NICOLAS Etudes (selection)NAMORADZE

BACH-BUSONI Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ

LISZT Totentanz, S. 525

BACH Contrapuncti VI & VII from The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080

RACHMANINOFF Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, op. 28

These concerts are graciously sponsored byBetty and Bruce Bell and Alterman Law Group PC.

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SAT & SUN MAY 7 & 8 / 4PMLINCOLNPERFORMANCE HALL

NATIONALITY: British

HOME: London

NOTEWORTHY: Having performed all 32 of the Beethoven piano sonatas repeatedly on tours in the United States and Europe, Mr. Lewis in 2010 was the first pianist to perform all five Beethoven concertos in a single season of The Proms, the exceptional eight-week festival of daily concerts sponsored by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

WHAT INSPIRES YOU WHEN CHOOSING A PROGRAM?You just have to adore the music that you choose to play. You have to be crazy about it and that at least gives you the best chance of convincing others of what’s great about the music. You don’t want to choose things that you’re likely to get frustrated with.

“It is impossible to imagine Goetheor Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.”

– H. L. MENCKEN

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“...while the fiercely articulated final Presto is breathtaking in its fiery excitement and accuracy, the muscularity that tellingly offsets the grace of Lewis’s playing (was) very much to the fore.” – THE GUARDIAN

SUNDAY

SCHUBERT Sonata No. 7 in E-flat Major, op. 122, D. 568

Sonata No. 14 in A Minor, D. 784, op. 143 posth. (“Grande Sonate”)

Sonata No. 17 in D Major, D. 850

SATURDAY

BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, op. 13 (“Pathetique”)

SIBELIUS Six Bagatelles, op. 97

THOMAS Oregon premiere of a newlyLARCHER commissioned work

CHOPIN Polonaise-Fantasie in A-flat Major, op. 61

BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, op. 57 (“Appassionata”)

These concerts are graciously sponsored byJudy and Hank Hummelt.

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JONKIMURA PARKER

SAT & SUN JUN 4 & 5 / 4PMLINCOLNPERFORMANCE HALL


HOME: Washington

NOTEWORTHY: Mr. Parker is an active member of Artists Against Racism, the international organization whose mission is “To build an understanding of all people. To speak to the youth, the future of our global community, about the basic human right of equality, so that a civilized society will finally result.”

WHAT ARE YOUR BIGGEST INSPIRATIONS? The range of human expression is my biggest inspiration; it’s endless and and unpredictable and wonderfully imperfect. Music is my conduit for that. As for pianists themselves, the ones who’ve mattered to me the most are Artur Rubinstein, Oscar Peterson, and Elton John. Over the years I was able to tell all three in person how much they’ve meant to me.

PAULLEWIS

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SUNDAY

BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, op. 27, no. 2 (“Moonlight”)

LISZT Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, S. 161, no. 5 from Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année: Italie

SCHUBERT Fantasie in C Major, op. 15 (“Wanderer”)

Americana!

CHICK COREA “Got a Match?”

ALEXINA LOUIE “Memories in an Ancient Garden”

OSCAR PETERSON “Blues Etude”

HAROLD ARLEN “Wizard of Oz” Fantasyarr. WILLIAM HIRTZ

SATURDAY

MOZART Sonata in D Major, KV 311

SCHUBERT Impromptu in F Minor, op. 142, no. 3

RAVEL Jeux d’eau

CHOPIN Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, op. 52

CLARA Scherzo No. 2, op. 14SCHUMANN

BRAHMS Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, op. 24

About his most recent recording,Musical Toronto cheered, “...a big,clear picture window of a rich souland great artistic depth.”

“If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth.”

– SYDNEY SMITH

These concerts are graciously sponsored by John Barker.

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HOME: Toronto

NOTEWORTHY: With an astounding list of accomplishments in a young life, Mr. Ahfat recently most notably became the newest core member of the three-time Grammy-nominated ARC Ensemble, one of Canada’s preeminent chamber ensembles and foremost cultural forces, and, as Kevin puts it, “just an awesome, genuine, down-to-earth group of people.”

WHAT JOB WOULD YOU HAVE IF YOU WEREN’T A PIANIST?I have a deep love of great graphic design, videography, and cinematography, and would likely venture down that route if piano were not in the equation. I’ve shot a few self-shot projects and I always find myself really enjoying climbing down the post-production editing hole.

“Lesser artists borrow; great artists steal.”

– IGOR STRAVINSKY

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“Ahfat is poised to become one of the youngest heirs of the classical piano realm, with a bold, boundary-pushing, millennial style matched by refined execution.” – VANGUARD SEATTLE

SUNDAY

BRAHMS Intermezzo in A Major, op. 118, no. 2

Theme and Variations in D Minor (from String Sextet No. 1), op. 18b

MOZART Nine Variations on a Minuet by Duport, K. 573

ALBERTO Danzas argentinasGINASTERA

KENJI BUNCH Premonitions (2015)

RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales

KAROL Variations on a Polish Folk Theme, op. 10SZYMANOWSKI

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JEAN-LUCTHERRIEN


HOME: Montreal

NOTEWORTHY: Not only having been named one of Canada’s 30 hot classical musicians under 30, this Quebec-born pianist has also received the Governor General of Canada’s Academic Medal and a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts for music projects in Europe.

TELL US HOW YOU BECAME INTERESTED IN THE PIANO.I am the youngest of a family of eight children. All my siblings played music before me (mostly classical), which is why I got interested in learning it as well. I tried violin for a couple of months but I thought it was too hard! Besides, I realized pretty quickly that the piano was the best instrument for me to do everything I wanted to do. I also liked to be on a stage, which felt like the best way for me to express myself to others.

“The aim of art is to represent not theoutward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”

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SUNDAY

JACQUES HETU Prélude et danse, op. 24

DEBUSSY Selections from Suite Bergamasque, Preludes (Livre 1), and L’Isle Joyeuse

LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514

DAVID L. MCINTYRE A Wild Innocence

PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, op. 14

“One of Canada’s 30 hot classical musicians under 30 for 2020.” – CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION MUSIC

These special virtual recitals are graciously sponsored by Harold Goldstein and Carol Streeter, Maryellen and Michael McCulloch, and Sue Horn-Caskey and Rick Caskey.

SUN DEC 12, 2021 / 4PMONLINE

LINDA RUAN andCHARISSA VANDIKAS NATIONALITY: Canadian

HOME: Vancouver, BC, and Toronto

NOTEWORTHY: As the Grand Prix Winners of the Canadian Music Competition in 2017, La Fiammata made its orchestral debut with Orchestre de la Francophonie and have gone on to top prizes at the 2019 Suzana Szorenyi International Piano Duo Competition in Romania and the 2018 Northwest International Piano Ensemble Competition in Vancouver, B.C., and dozens of other triumphs and awards.

WERE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONAL INFLUENCES IN YOUR SELECTING YOUR PROGRAM?Something we’re very excited about is the American premiere of Julia Mermelstein’s “density swells upclose in breath.” In the process of composing this piece, the composer spent a few sessions recording our heartbeat data as we played and later incorporated this into the piece. You could say that in that way this piece is very near and dear to our hearts!

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“The perfect partners-in-crime, they proved to be fascinating to listen to and wonderfully expressive in this work....” (Poulenc, Concerto for Two Pianos at the 59thConcours de Musique du Canada)

SUNDAY

DEBUSSY Six Épigraphes Antiques L. 131

OLIVIER Visions de l’Amen (Selections)MESSIAEN

JULIA density swells upclose in breathMERMELSTEIN

RACHMANINOFF Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, op. 17

“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.”

– FRANCIS BACON

PHOTO CREDIT: LISA SAKULANSKY

EDUCATION & OUTREACHWould you like even more for your enjoyment of the piano? Portland Piano International has a whole host of educational and outreach opportunities to deepen everyone’s love of our favorite instrument. Please join us to get a special look at the upcoming piano virtuosi of the future (Rising Stars on October 10, November 14, and December 12). Come see what really happens in a special piano lesson with “one of the greats.” (Master classes on March 11 and May 6.) Celebrate that piano teaching is stronger than ever in Oregon. (Tholen Fellowship.) Join piano lovers the world over on the 88th day of the year and raise a little money for PPI. (Piano Day!, March 29, 2022.) Find out about the itches that composers just had to scratch!

THE THOLEN FELLOWSHIP PROJECTUnparalleled patience and sharp skills are perennial requirements of the piano teachers throughout Oregon who, year-in and year-out, bring up succeeding generations of piano students. You may have studied with one of them! All of them whom we know long constantly to improve their own playing and teaching. To support and encourage their goals, with generous funding from the Nellie Tholen Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, we continue a program, now in its fifth year, of matching accomplished master teachers with Oregon “teacher-students” motivated to perfect their skills. In winter of 2021, we doubled the enrollment and now have 24 Fellows working with four distinguished faculty members and becoming even stronger leaders in their own communities.

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AnthonyPadilla

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RISING STARSPPI patrons in years hence will be able to say, “I remember when . . .,” as the world embraces new great concert pianists, many of whom will have been heard early on in PPI’s Rising Stars program. When travel was possible (alas!), we presented these astounding young pianists in recital in Portland and in communities around the state, giving more Oregonians the chance to hear great music. The artists have also taught terrific master classes for intermediate piano students. At present, we must continue to present them only virtually (Oct 10, Nov 14, Dec 12), but we hope to have them back on our stages as soon as possible.

PIANO DAY!The earth will have circled the sun again, pianists the world over will have played a bazillion notes, we all will have ached for too long to hear live music together, and, then, on the 88th day of the year, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, it will be time to celebrate Piano Day! In Portland, we will be part of an international celebration, as we have done for several years, to show our love for the piano by playing and listening extravagantly and, we hope, by all contributing financially to PPI’s funds for educational activities, particularly welcoming students and their families to our programs.

THE INSIDE SCOOPSurprises can be fun, but we think it’s always better to know something about the music one is going to hear in a recital. To give audience members a better chance to know more about the music they will hear, we will publish our program notes on-line at least two weeks before all main series recitals. Just consult our web-page, portlandpiano.org/program-notes, to learn about the circumstances of a composer’s creative work, why the recitalist has chosen the pieces on a program, and other details in advance. As well, our tradition of pre-concert lectures continues at 3:15 p.m. right in Lincoln Performance Hall, just before our 4:00 recitals, both Saturday and Sunday, free to all ticket-holders.

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FULL SEASONAll 12 performances:2022: JAN 22/23, FEB 5/6, MAR 12/13, APR 2/3, MAY 7/8, JUN 4/5

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