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SUMMARY:DUO MUNDI GEORGE & GULI Piano Series Program Oct. 15
DESCRIPTION:SUMMARY: Duo Mundi George & Guli present a two-piano program at 3 p.m. Sunday\, Oct. 15\, at the Franco Center\, 46 Cedar Street. Students 21 and under admitted at no charge. Adult tickets are $20. Call the box office at 207-689-2000. (Photo credit: Karen Bourdier) BUY TICKETS ONLINE HERE\n\n\nThe two-piano team DUO MUNDI GEORGE & GULI will appear at the Franco-American Heritage Center in Lewiston on Sunday\, October 15. Beginning at 3 p.m.\, this Piano Series program features concert artists and teachers George Lopez and Gulimina Mahamuti.\n\nFranco Center fans\, familiar with George Lopez’s solo Piano Series recitals and concerto performances with the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra\, will be thrilled to witness his collaboration with pianist Gulimina Mahamuti in an exciting and innovative program of music for one-piano four hands and two-pianos four hands. Their October 15 program will include “Night” by Fazil Say\, the phenomenal Turkish pianist and composer\, and a four-hands arrangement of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.”\n\nSince its inception in 2018\, the DUO MUNDI team of GEORGE & GULI has performed to great acclaim in venues across the United States\, as well as in Mexico and Europe. In June 2024\, they return to China to complete a tour interrupted by the pandemic. Highly experienced as artists and teachers\, they have performed and given master classes\, as well as developed workshops and lectures for audiences on several continents\, presenting their innovative\, diverse\, and intimate programming style. (Visit their webpages: https://www.gulimina.com/duomundi.html and  https://www.youtube.com/@duomundigeorgeguli9739.)\n\nBoth DUO MUNDI artists are known and respected for their solo performances and teaching.\n\nGeorge Lopez\, the Beckwith Artist-in-Residence at Bowdoin College\, where he also conducts the college orchestra\, has been a dynamic performer and much-sought-after teacher and lecturer for over 30 years\, and has performed solo recitals and concertos to critical acclaim in major American cities\, as well as in Europe\, Cuba\, and South America. His “Music in the Museum” series at Bowdoin consistently sells out to audiences who enjoy his engaging lecture-recitals.\n\nInternationally acclaimed Chinese-American pianist\, Gulimina Mahamuti\, the first Uyghur from China to receive a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance\, enjoys an active career\, performing and teaching in North America\, Europe\, and China\, where she has appeared on television and has been featured in the press. Before moving to Maine in 2018\, she was an Assistant Professor of Music at Ohio Wesleyan University. Ms. Mahamuti is the immediate Past President of the Maine Music Teachers Association and serves on the Music Teachers National Association’s DEI Committee.\n\n\nAdmission is $20 for adults; no charge for students 21 and under. Doors open at 2 p.m. \nThe Franco Center is at 46 Cedar St. and is handicap accessible. Visit or call the box office at 207-689-2000 or go to FrancoCenter.org/shows. Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.\, Tuesdays and Wednesdays\, and one hour before events. \n\n\nBUY TICKETS ONLINE HERE
URL:https://francocenter.org/event/george-sebastian-lopez-to-open-piano-series-oct-15-at-franco-center/
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SUMMARY:Franco Center’s Piano Series to open Nov. 4 with Matthew Graybil
DESCRIPTION:LEWISTON—Concert pianist Matthew Graybil will open the Franco Center’s Piano Series season at 7 p.m. Friday\, Nov. 4. One of the most popular pianists to have performed at the Franco Center\, Graybil will begin the program with his arrangement of Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite. Beethoven’s Sonata No. 14\, Opus 27 (“Moonlight”) will complete the first half of the recital. Following intermission\, he will feature works by Bellini and Chopin\, and end the scheduled program with Bellini’s arrangement of Liszt’s “Reminiscences of Norma.”  \nGraybil stands out among the new generation of American classical pianists. He was praised by The New Yorker as “an exceptional artist” and by the Southampton Press for playing described as “hypnotic and compelling.” Following the release of his debut album\, in 2012\, featuring works by Brahms and Schubert\, Fanfare Magazine called him “one of the most sensitive\, poetic young pianists to debut on record in recent memory.”    \nIn September 2015\, Graybil and Igor Lovchinsky\, a close friend since their time at Juilliard\, opened the Franco Center’s 10th Piano Series Season with the New England premiere of the Piston work\, for which they had collaborated in the New York premiere the previous year.  \nA record of Chopin’s Complete Etudes\, Op. 10 was released by the Chopin Project in 2016\, and his recording\, with Larry Weng\, of the Piston Concerto for two pianos soli was released in February 2018 for Steinway & Sons records. He returned to Steinway’s recording studio in August\, 2018\, to record selections from his Debussy centennial celebration program. In March 2020\, he released his most recent album with violinist Niv Ashkenazi\, entitled “Violins of Hope” for Albany Records.  \nA native of Lancaster\, Pennsylvania\, Graybil began his piano studies at age 6 and gave his first recital within a year.  His teacher was Harvey Wedeen. He made his orchestral debut\, at age 14\, with a performance of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1.   \nHe received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Jerome Lowenthal and Matti Raekallio. He has given masterclasses at music schools and universities internationally and served as a faculty member of the Lancaster International Piano Festival. He resides in New York City.  \nA prizewinner in national and international competitions\, Graybil has given solo recitals and performed with orchestras and in chamber groups in the United States\, Canada\, Mexico\, the Netherlands\, and France.    \nA special thanks goes to the Piano Series season sponsor Ann’s Flower Shop.  \nTickets are $20. No charge for students. Tickets can be purchased online at www.francocenter.org or by phone at 207-689-2000. Tickets can also be purchased in person at our box office between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.     \nThe Franco Center is at 46 Cedar St. in Lewiston. Parking is in the mill lot. Handicap access is on the Lincoln St. Alley side of the building.  \n  \nTICKETS HERE
URL:https://francocenter.org/event/piano-series-at-the-franco-to-open-with-matthew-graybil/
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