Curium Piano Trio



Program:
Kaija Saariaho "Light & Matter" (2014)
Pale Yellow (2003) by Jennifer Higdon (b.1962) Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17

Curium is:
Agnieszka Peszko, violin
Natalie Raney, cello
Rachel Kim, piano

Curium: the 96th element in the periodic table. Discovered in the Bay Area in 1944 and named after the pioneering female scientist, Marie Curie, the element is a symbol of the innovations of female minds, past and present.

Founded in the summer of 2017, the women of Curium piano trio have gained reputations as performers that radiate dynamism and presence. Specializing in performing the music of female composers, they are committed to bringing creative and diverse musical programming to their audiences. The Curium trio highlights the works of women composers and performers alongside traditional piano trio repertoire, and have brought together a community of people with their representation of diversity and women.

Curium was chosen as the 2017 winners of the Barbara Fritz Chamber Music Award. In the summer of 2018, Curium was invited to participate in the St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Seminar. Curium is a fiscally sponsored affiliate of Intermusic SF.

Curium Piano Trio at the Maybeck
Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 3:00pm
This concert is $20 General Admission/$15 Students & Seniors 

Piano Recital: Shir Semmel - Sold Out


Program:
Janacek – Sonata 1.X.1905 (From the Street) JW 8/19
Schumann – Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
Bartok – Sonata Sz. 80
Beethoven – Sonata in E flat major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux”

Hailed as a “wonderful pianist” with “absolute devotion to the music” and “admirable technique” (Globes), pianist Shir Semmel has performed in Europe, the United States, and her native Israel to critical acclaim. Praised for her “unstoppable energy and personality” (timesunionPLUS), her performances have been described as “gripping from beginning to end” (The Jerusalem Post).

Shir Semmel at the Maybeck
Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 3:00pm
This concert is SOLD OUT
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Thomas Schultz plays Rzewski's: "The People United Will Never Be Defeated"

Program:
Louis Andriessen - Image De Moreau
Hyo-shin Na - Rain Study 
Frederic Rzewski - The People United Will Never Be Defeated

Thomas Schultz has established an international reputation both as an interpreter of music from the classical tradition – particularly Bach, Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt – and as one of the leading exponents of the music of our time. Among his recent engagements are solo recitals in New York (a series of six recitals at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall between 2004 and 2012, and recitals at the Goethe Institute and Bargemusic), San Francisco, Berlin, Paris, Ghent, Seoul, Busan, Taipei and Kyoto, and at the Schoenberg Festival in Vienna and the Piano Spheres series in Los Angeles. In 2005, 2010, 2014 and 2017 he gave masterclasses on the piano music of the Second Viennese School at the Schoenberg Center in Vienna.

Thomas Schultz at the Maybeck
Sunday, September 16, 2018 at 3:00pm
This concert is $25 General Admission/$20 Students & Seniors


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Katherine Heater - "Scarlatti Carnival: Spinning for Sonatas" - SOLD OUT

Come spin the wheel of fortune and see where it lands. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) wrote hundreds of keyboard sonatas, of which 555 survive. Katherine Heater, harpsichord, will be offering a selection of these sonatas from which the audience will create the program by chance.

Katherine Heater plays historical keyboards (harpsichord, organ, fortepiano) with many of the Bay Area's early music groups such as Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Voices of Music and Musica Pacifica. She has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado, the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, and at festivals on Whidbey Island, Bloomington, Indiana and Miami. Ms. Heater teaches harpsichord at UC Berkeley and piano at the Crowden Music Center.


Katherine Heater at the Maybeck
Sunday, September 09, 2018 at 3:00pm
This concert is SOLD OUT


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