2023-24 SEASON
Miami Beach Woman’s Club
2401 Pine Tree Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Imagine spending a delightful afternoon with other classical music lovers enjoying beautiful piano music performed by masterful musicians - all in a lovely tropical Miami Beach setting. Now imagine enjoying a glass of wine after the concert while mingling with fellow audience members and artists. Then imagine extending the experience with an elegant sit-down buffet dinner where the conversations get interesting, and the wine continues to flow.
You’ve just pictured the Chopin Salons! Set at the historic Miami Beach Woman’s Club, this season will feature THREE distinguished artists. Admission is complimentary for members, and non-members are invited to purchase a ticket.
Enjoy the unique ambiance of this historic Miami Beach landmark and a cultural experience like no other.
Concert & Wine Reception: $50 General Admission
Post-Concert Dinner (Optional): $75 per person (tax & service fees included)
Valet Parking: Available on site
Active Chopin Foundation Members receive complimentary admission
March 10, 2024 at 4:00pm
Peter Miyamoto
Peter Miyamoto enjoys a brilliant international career, performing to great acclaim in recitals and as a soloist in Canada, Europe, China, Japan, and major US cities. In 1990, Miyamoto was named the first Gilmore Young Artist. He won numerous other competitions, including the American Pianist Association National Fellowship Competition, the D’Angelo Competition, the San Francisco Symphony Competition, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Competition. He was a top prize winner at the 1995 National Chopin Piano Competition in Miami. A sought-after pedagogue, Peter is the Catherine Paine Middlebush Chair of Piano at the University of Missouri and formerly taught at Michigan State University, and the California Institute of the Arts and has presented masterclasses worldwide. He serves on the Chopin Foundation’s Scholarship Committee.
Peter’s solo CDs, The Chopin Ballades and Fantasies and A Schubert Recital, Brahms Works and A Piano Recital have received critical acclaim in Gramophone Magazine, International Record Review, American Record Guide, Fanfare Magazine, and Audiophile Audition. More recently, Great Pianists As Composers: Piano Works of Artur Schnabel, Glenn Gould and Dinu Lipatti and C Minor Progression: Works by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert were released in 2019 and 2020, respectively, and were reviewed in American Record Guide (January 2020). A CD of commissioned violin-piano duos with violinist Julie Rosenfeld and produced by ten-time GRAMMY Award Winner Judith Sherman was released on Albany Records in Spring 2018.
““...Performed with luminous clarity and a velvet touch””
— GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE
Program:
F. Chopin
Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 55, No. 2
Etude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 6
Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35 “Funeral March”
January 28, 2024 at 4:00pm
Ewa Poblocka
Ewa Pobłocka won prizes at the 10th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1980), the International Viotti Music Competition in Vercelli (1977), and the International Festival of Young Laureates in Bordeaux (1979). Ewa has performed throughout Europe and the Americas, as well as in China, Indonesia, the Republic of South Africa, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, and Australia, not only as a soloist but also as an accomplished chamber musician. She has given numerous first performances and made world premiere recordings of works by Polish contemporary composers. She has worked with European radio stations and recorded over 50 discs for Deutsche Grammophon, Polskie Nagrania, CD Accord, and Bearton, among others. Many of her recordings have won prizes and critical acclaim. She is the first Polish pianist to record both volumes of Das Wohltemperierte Klavier by Bach. Recently, she has performed both volumes during recital series in many European venues. She has been a jury member of many international piano competitions, including the Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the Artur Rubinstein Competition in Tel-Aviv, and the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, and others. Ewa Pobłocka also willingly devotes herself to literary activities – her first book, ‘Forte-piano,’ was released in 2021. Since 2020, she has been running the broadcasts ‘Start with Bach’ and ‘Bach’s Cases” on Polish Radio.
Program
Z. Noskowski
Canzonetta, from Causeries, Op. 32 No. 3
Serenade venitienne, from 5 Stances, Op. 46 No. 1
Marguerite, from Fleurs du springemps, Op. 48 No. 4
K. Szymanowski
Etude in B-flat minor, Op. 4 No. 3
Mazurkas, Op. 50 No. 1, 3, 13
I.J. Paderewski
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 1 No. 3
Mazurka in B Major, Op. 2 No. 4
Nocturne in B-flat Major, Op. 16 No. 4
Minuet in G Major, Op. 14 No. 1
F. Chopin
4 Mazurkas, Op. 17
Impromptu No.1 in A-flat Major, Op. 29
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47
Polonaise in A Major, Op. 40 No. 1 “Military”
“Listening to Pobłocka I could not help reflecting how the creation of a beautiful tone and touch from this intractable mechanical device called ‘the pianoforte’ has been so neglected in recent decades, sacrificed to velocity and dynamic inflation. ”
— MICHAEL MORAN
This concert is part of the Miami Arts, Culture & Heritage Months. You can receive 25% off using the code SAVE25
Sponsored by Lynn Atkinson and David Drucker
November 19, 2023 at 4:00pm
Martin Garcia Garcia
Martín García García was born in Gijón, Spain, and at 26 years old, has received significant international recognition. This year alone has seen Martin performing in nearly 80 concerts worldwide (in America, Asia, and Europe), in a year that marked his debut in Korea, Mexico, and Brazil. He has also visited Japan, the United States, Canada, Poland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Lithuania, and Luxembourg to give remarkable recitals and perform alongside prestigious orchestras such as the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Hamburg Symphoniker, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, and the Brasilia Orchestra. It’s worth noting that the Spanish artist also gave over 70 performances across America, Asia, and Europe in 2022, achieving significant milestones like his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York and a successful tour in Japan with 25,000 attendees across 14 performances. García García gained international attention as the first-prize winner at the 2021 Cleveland International Piano Competition and bronze medalist at the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition.
Program
F. Chopin
- 4 Mazurkas Op. 33
- Barcarolle Op. 60 in F-sharp Major
- Grande Valse Brillante Op. 18
- 3 Grandes Valses Brilliantes Op. 34
- Preludes Op. 28: No. 13, No. 3, No. 2, No. 14
- Sonata Op. 35 in B-flat minor
“This is a pianist of giant technical ability ...in the service of what I call “seeking.” His immense musicality leads him constantly to search for one interpretive choice or other, and I believe that he “finds” them, to his satisfaction. ”
— BY FRANK DAYKIN FOR NEW YORK CONCERT REVIEW
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