Stowe Performing Arts will present pianist Renana Gutman in a stunning program of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Frédéric Chopin on Wednesday, May 22 from noon to 1 p.m. in Stowe Community Church.
Praised by the New York Times for her "passionate and insightful" playing, Renana Gutman has performed across four continents as an orchestral soloist, recitalist and collaborative artist. She has played at venues like The Louvre Museum, Grenoble Museum (France), Carnegie Recital Hall, People's Symphony Concerts, Merkin Hall (New York), St. Petersburg's Philharmonia (Russia), Stresa Music Festival (Italy), Ravinia Rising Stars (Chicago), Jordan Hall, Gardner Museum (Boston), Herbst Theatre (St. Francisco), Menuhin Hall (UK), UNISA (South Africa), Marlboro (VT), and National Gallery, Phillips Collection, and Freer Gallery (Washington DC). Her performances are heard frequently on WQXR Young Artists Showcase, NY, WFMT Dame Myra Hess, Chicago, and MPR in Performances Today, MN.
Renana was one of four young pianists selected by the renowned Leon Fleisher to participate in his workshop on Beethoven piano sonatas hosted by Carnegie Hall, where she presented performances of "Hammerklavier" and "Appassionata" to critical acclaim. Her recording of Chopin Etudes op.25 will be released soon by "The Chopin Project."
A top prize winner at the Los Angeles Liszt competition, International Keyboard Festival in New York, and Tel-Hai International Master Classes, she performed concerti such as Brahms 2nd, Rachmaninoff-Paganini Variations, and Beethoven's "Emperor" with the Jerusalem Symphony, Haifa Symphony, Belgian "I Fiamminghi", and Mannes College Orchestra. Her festival appearances included Marlboro and Ravinia, where she collaborated with prominent musicians like pianist Richard Goode, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and members of the Guarneri string quartet, to name a few.
This series is presented by the family of the late Irene Bareau - Dr. Clea James of Stowe and Oliver Bareau of Singapore; Green Mountain Inn; and The Stowe Reporter. Stowe Performing Arts is deeply indebted to Stowe Community Church for hosting Noon Music in May since the inception of the series in the early 1980s. Special thanks to Martin Snow for tuning the piano for three of the five events on this year's series.
The doors will open at 11:20 a.m. The concert is free, but donations are gratefully accepted. All are welcome!
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