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May 31, 2007
Harpsichordist Hedi Salanki Plays in All-Baroque Concert
Acclaimed harpsichordist Hedi Salanki will be the featured performer in a program of all-Baroque music at Calvary United Church of Christ in Reading on Monday, June 18 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will also include exceptional young artists participating in the Pennsylvania Academy of Music's two week summer festival, Music Naturally. Tickets are $10 and can be reserved by calling the Lancaster-based Academy at 717.399.9733.
A native of Hungary, Hedi Salanki has become one of today's foremost performers of a wide repertoire of solo and chamber music for harpsichord and fortepiano. She has appeared with the New Jersey Symphony, I Solisti New York, the New York Chamber Orchestra, the Syracuse Symphony, and numerous Baroque chamber ensembles. Salanki earned a Doctorate in Harpsichord Performance from the Juilliard School, as well as degrees and diplomas from the Liszt Academy, the Bartok Conservatory and Rutgers University. Her many recordings on the Pantheon, Priceless, Laserlight, and Prince Productions labels are featured frequently by major classical music stations in the USA and Europe. Her compact disc recordings include many significant works of Bach, including the Goldberg Variations (BWV 988) (nominated for Ovation Magazine's Debut Artist of the Year Award), the Concerti, and the complete English Suites. She has also recorded Scarlatti Sonatas, G.P. Telemann Overtures, a French Baroque program, and the rags of Scott Joplin. Salanki is currently on the faculty of the University of West Florida.
The Pennsylvania Academy of Music's summer festival, Music Naturally, attracts top professional artists to the region to coach and perform, sometimes with the talented students who participate in the festival. In addition to Salanki, other artists performing at the festival this year include Arnold Steinhardt, first violinist for the Guarneri String Quartet; Ning Mu, violist; the Newstead Trio; the Miami String Quartet and many others. Concerts are scheduled around the region in Lancaster, Lititz, Harrisburg, Rohrerstown, Elizabethtown and Reading. The festival is underwritten in part by Benchmark Construction Company, Inc. of Brownstown.
The complete festival schedule is as follows:
Sunday, June 17at 6:00 p.m., Conestoga House grounds, Marietta Avenue, Lancaster
Faculty Showcase: A reception of hors d'oeuvres and wine is followed by a faculty concert in the lush pastoral setting of the Conestoga House grounds; on the program are Tchaikovsky's string sextet Souvenir de Florence, a Philippe Gaubert composition for flute, bassoon, and piano, Café Music by Paul Schoenfield and more; performers include The Newstead Trio (Michael Jamanis, violin; Sara Male, cello; Xun Pan, piano), Matt Herren (cello), Allan Schiller (violin), Ning Mu (viola), Simon Maurer (viola), Jennifer Grim (flute), Ivo Kaltchev (piano), Kimberly Buchar Kelley (bassoon) and Veri and Jamanis (piano). Tickets: $40.Monday, June 18 at 7:30 p.m., Calvary United Church of Christ, Reading
Harpsichord in the Spotlight: The harpsichord is the star of a program featuring faculty member Hedi Salanki and others playing an all-Baroque program. Tickets: $10Tuesday, June 19 at 7:30 p.m., St. Stephen's Cathedral, Harrisburg
An Evening of Chamber Music: Students share the stage with faculty members in a program of ensemble music. Tickets: $10Wednesday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m., Church of the Brethren, Lititz
Mozart, Brahms and Dvorak: Violinist Arnold Steinhardt is joined by members of the Newstead Trio, as well as pianist Frances Veri and violist Ning Mu for a program featuring a Mozart sonata, Brahms's piano quintet, and a rarely-heard Dvorak Terzetto. Tickets: $15Friday, June 22 at 7:30 p.m., Barshinger Hall, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster
An “ABC” Concert: Violinists Arnold Steinhardt and Michael T. Jamanis play the music of Albinoni, Bach and Corelli, and Robert Sherman narrates David Amram's “Theme and Variations on Red River Valley” featuring flautist Jennifer Grim with string orchestra. Tickets: $15Saturday, June 23 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Fruitville Pike, Lancaster
Academy Day at Barnes and Noble: Violinist Arnold Steinhardt signs copies of his autobiography “Violin Dreams,” in the morning while supporters of the Academy use special vouchers (available at www.pamusacad.org) to have a percentage of their purchases donated to the Academy.Sunday, June 24 at 2:00 p.m., Freemasons Cultural Center, Masonic Village, Elizabethtown
An Afternoon at Elizabethtown. Young artists join faculty for a performance featuring music of chamber works by Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, and Schumann. FREEMonday, June 25 at 5:30 p.m, Lancaster Theological Seminary, Santee Chapel.
Cello Fest: A Music Naturally tradition featuring solo and ensemble cello works. Tickets: $10BONUS PERFORMANCE: A “piano fest” featuring young artists will take place at 8:00 p.m., Miller Recital Hall, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster. FREE
Tuesday, June 26 at 7:30 p.m., St. James Episcopal, First Reformed Church, First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster
Church Hop: Another Music Naturally favorite, featuring young artists performing at several downtown Lancaster churches. FREEWednesday, June 27at 7:30 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, Lancaster
The Miami String Quartet: “Everything one wants in a quartet” is how the New York Times describes this group of talented musicians; on the program is Mendelssohn's op 80, Bruce Adophe's “Whispers of Mortality,” and Schubert's “Death and the Maiden.” Tickets: $15Thursday, June 28 at 8:00 p.m., Church of the Apostles, Rohrerstown
The Academy Winds: The Academy's faculty wind quintet – Jennifer Grim (flute), Doris Hall-Gulati (clarinet), Geoffrey Deemer (oboe), Kimberly Buchar Kelley (bassoon), and Andrew Downing (French horn) – performs alone and with students. Tickets: $10Friday, June 29 at 7:30 p.m., Barshinger Hall, Franklin and Marshall College
Grande Finale! Faculty and students solo and in ensemble in a spectacular program that will feature Zhang Hongyan playing the Pipa, a plucked instrument similar to a lute. Tickets: $10Saturday, June 30 at 6:00 p.m., Conestoga House, Marietta Avenue, Lancaster
Closing Celebration: A wine and hors d'oeuvres reception precedes a potpourri of fun and inspiring compositions; festival competition winners will be featured playing piano and chamber music. Tickets: $40
The Pennsylvania Academy of Music is a non-profit pre-collegiate institution dedicated to the musical advancement of its students. Founded in 1990, the Academy attracts students from an immediate nine-county area as well as from around the world, who study disciplines ranging from instrumental, chamber music, orchestra, opera and vocal performance to music composition and theory, improvisation, accompanying ,jazz and recording. The Academy has a widely accomplished international faculty and is one of only 12 autonomous pre-collegiate music schools in the country accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.
