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THE BUFFALO CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY PRESENTS ITS FIRST
FREE GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY RECITAL
OF THE 2008/09 SEASON
As part of its Gift to the Community Recital series, free concerts featuring internationally renowned young musicians, the Buffalo Chamber Music Society presents French pianist JEAN-FRÉDÉRIC NEUBURGER Sunday, September 21 at 3 pm, performing in Kleinhans Music Hall's Mary Seaton Room. No tickets are needed.
The Washington Post described 20-year-old Neuburger as a "brilliantly polished, profoundly gifted young pianist" following his debut recital in the Young Concert Artists Series at the Kennedy Center.
Mr. Neuburger has already performed extensively as soloist with orchestra. Recently, he made two important orchestral debuts: the first in Shanghai with the Shanghai Philharmonic in Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2, and the second in Tokyo with the New York Philharmonic in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, under the direction of Lorin Maazel. In May 2007 he appeared with Yoel Levi and the Orchestre National d'Île-de-France in Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 for the re-opening of Paris's Salle Pleyel. During the summer of 2007, he performed Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major with the Orchestre National de Lyon on tour in Japan, and during the 2007-2008 season appears with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège. He has also made solo appearances with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic, Danish National Orchestra and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
During the 2007-2008 season, Mr. Neuburger gave his debut recital at Suntory Hall in Tokyo and was featured for a second time in the Young Concert Artists Series in New York and Washington, D.C., appearing with the Amedeo Modigliani Quartet. He has also given recitals at prestigious festivals including Auvers sur Oise, Radio-France-Montpellier, the Roque d'Anthéron Piano Festival, Chopin Festival at Duznicki and les Folles Journées de Nantes, among many others. He has also given recitals at the Auditorium du Louvre, Auditorium du Musée d'Orsay, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, the Chopin Festival in Duznicki, Poland, and the Chopin-Gesellschaft in Darmstadt, Germany.
Mr. Neuburger won the 2006 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, where he was also awarded the John Browning Memorial Prize and the Rhoda Walker Teagle Prize, which in December 2006 sponsored his New York debut at Carnegie's Zankel Hall and his debut recital in Washington, DC at the Kennedy Center, both of which were enthusiastically received. Mr. Neuburger had previously won First Prize in the 2005 Young Concert Artists European Auditions in Paris.
For information call 716-462-4939 or log on to www.bflochambermusic.org.
PROGRAM
Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 BACH
Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 CHOPIN
Nocturne in E major Op. 62, No. 2
Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53 ( "Héroique")
La Valse RAVEL
Sonata No. 3 in F minor, opus 5 BRAHMS
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