Renowned pianists Kirill Gliadkovsky and Chris Durrenberger will join forces in a two-piano recital on February 16 at Saddleback College’s McKinney Theatre.
The 7:30 p.m. concert features Mozart’s Greatest Work for Piano Ensemble – his grand Sonata in D Major for two pianos; Brahm’s extremely popular and richly melodic Hungarian Dances for piano duet (one piano four hands) and Camille Saint-Saens’ humorous, witty and charismatic Carnival of the Animals – a musical tale describing characters of various animals, as well as humans, and making fun of certain musical and non-musical stereotypes with narration of a poem by Ogden Nash, written specifically for the piece.
Chris Durrenberger, an associate professor at Wittenberg University in Ohio, has received top prizes at major national and international competitions. He was selected to pilot a National Endowment for the Arts residency, “Chamber Music in Rural America,” which led to hundreds of performances, live broadcasts on National Public Radio, a featured spot on ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, and a performance for the National Council in Washington, D.C.
Since making his first public appearance at the age of six, Kirill Gliadkovsky has toured extensively on three continents performing piano and organ recitals and as a soloist with orchestras in various cities in Russia, including Moscow’s prestigious Bolshoi, Maliy and Rachmaninoff Halls, St.-Petersburg Philharmonic’s Glinka Hall, as well as in Italy, U.K., Poland, Mongolia, Canada, Japan and throughout the United States. He’s been a featured artist in numerous live TV and radio broadcasts and programs on NPR, CBS, PBS, CBC, WQXR, KBYU, KPAC and other networks.
Tickets are $12 general; $10 seniors; $7 students. Saddleback College is located at 28000 Marguerite Parkway. For more information, visit www.saddleback.edu/arts or call 949-582-4413.
