BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:301@1718.ucla.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200405T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200405T160000 DTSTAMP:20200807T180142Z URL:https://1718.ucla.edu/events/2019_markus-groh/ SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Markus Groh (piano) DESCRIPTION:Chamber Music at the Clark concert seating is determined via l ottery. The booking-by-lottery entry form for Markus Groh concert seats po sts here on Thursday\, February 6\, 2020. Lottery registration closes Thur sday\, February 27\, 2020.\n\nLearn more about the booking-by-lottery sy stem for securing Chamber Music at the Clark seats.\n\nMarkus Groh (pian o)\n\nPianist Markus Groh gained global attention after winning the Quee n Elisabeth International Competition in 1995. Since then his remarkable “sound imagination” and astonishing technique have confirmed his place among the finest pianists in the world. In recent seasons\, Mr. Groh ma de his debut with the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica under Carl St. Clair\; he toured the U.S. with the Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet \; he made debuts with the Pacific Symphony and the National Symphony of C olombia\; as well as return appearances with the Omaha Symphony and the Na tional Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica.\n\nMarkus Groh has previously ap peared with the symphony orchestras of Baltimore\, Cincinnati\, Cleveland\ , Colorado\, Detroit\, Florida\, Fort Worth\, Houston\, Indianapolis\, Jac ksonville\, Kansas City\, Louisville\, Milwaukee\, National (Washington\, DC)\, New Jersey\, New Orleans\, the New York Philharmonic\, Omaha\, Phila delphia\, Rochester\, Saint Louis\, San Francisco\, Seattle\, Toledo\, and Vancouver. Worldwide engagements include the Auckland Philharmonia\, Bamb erg Symphony\, Beijing Symphony\, Berlin Symphony\, Bournemouth Symphony\, Budapest Festival Orchestra\, Hague Residentie Orkest\, Helsinki Philharm onic\, London Symphony\, Malmö Symphony\, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orch estra\, Mozarteum Orchestra\, New Japan Philharmonic\, Orchestre de la Sui sse Romande\, Osaka Philharmonic\, Royal Scottish National Orchestra\, St. Petersburg Philharmonic\, Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra\, and the Warsaw Philharmonic.\n\nAmong the conductors with whom Mr. Groh has collaborated are Jesus López Cobos\, Andreas Delfs\, Ivan Fischer\, Mig uel Harth-Bedoya\, Marek Janowski\, Neeme Järvi\, Fabio Luisi\, Ludovic M orlot\, Kent Nagano\, Jonathan Nott\, David Robertson\, Kwamé Ryan\, and Stefan Sanderling\, to name a few.\n\nA spellbinding recitalist\, Markus Groh draws from the piano shapes\, textures\, and colors that one seldom hears in live performance. In addition to his stunning debut on the Hayes Piano Series at Kennedy Center in 2013\, he has appeared at the Friends of Chamber Music Denver\, Friends of Chamber Music Kansas City\, Vancouver R ecital Society\, and several times at The Frick Collection in New York. Ch amber music activities include regular tours with the Tokyo String Quartet and the newly- founded Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet.\n\nWidely accla imed for his interpretations of Liszt\, an all-Liszt CD (including the To tentanz and B Minor Sonata) was released by AVIE in 2006. Showered with r ave reviews\, it was also named “Editor’s Choice” in Gramophone. In the words of the Philadelphia Inquirer\, “Among the pianists laying cl aim to Liszt as a central figure in their repertoires\, Groh’s fingers a nd sense of comprehension set a new modern standard.” A highly acclaimed all-Brahms CD was released by AVIE in June of 2008. Other recordings incl ude a CD of Debussy\, Prokofiev\, and Britten cello sonatas with Claudio B ohórquez on Berlin Classics\, and a CD of Liszt’s Totentanz with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande\, conducted by Fabio Luisi on Cascavelle.\n \nA frequent guest at international festivals such as Grant Park\, Festiva l Cultural de Mayo/Mexico\, La Folle Journée\, Ruhr\, Ludwigsburg\, Bad K issingen\, and the Schubertiade\, Mr. Groh is the founder and artistic d irector of the Bebersee Festival near Berlin. He has appeared frequently o n radio and television throughout Europe\, in Japan (NHK)\, Mexico\, Canad a\, and in the United States (NPR).\n\nMarkus Groh was a student of Profe ssor Konrad Richter in Stuttgart and Professor Hans Leygraf in Berlin and Salzburg. He has recently been named Professor of Piano at the University of the Arts in Berlin.\n\nhttps://www.markusgroh.org\n\nMarkus Groh is rep resented by Schmidt Artists International: http://www.schmidtart.com/\n\n\ n\nProgram\n\nLudwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)\n\nPiano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor\, op. 90\nMit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdr uck\nNicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen\nPiano Sonata No. 28 in A Major\, op. 101\nEtwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung\nLebh aft\, marschmäßig\nLangsam und sehnsuchtsvoll\nGeschwind\, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit –heit\nIntermission\n\nPiano Sonata No. 2 9 in B-flat Major\, op. 106\, “Hammerklavier”\nAllegro\nScherzo: Assai vivace\nAdagio sostenuto\nIntroduzione: Largo\; Fuga: Allegro risoluto\nR eception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://1718.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09 /m_groh_3-_website.jpg CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street \, Los Angeles\, California\, 90018\, United States GEO:34.033012;-118.314487 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90018\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=UC LA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library:geo:34.033012,-118.314487 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR