Martin Labazevitch - Chopin in Key Biscayne

Program

F. Chopin
- Prelude Op.28 No.6 in B minor
- Scherzo No.1 Op.20 in B minor
- Mazurka Op.33 No.4 in B minor
- Mazurka Op.33 No.1 in G sharp minor
- Mazurka Op.68 No.4 in F minor
- Ballade No.4 Op.52 in F minor

F. Liszt
- Sonata in B minor S.178

Praised by critics in Europe and the United States for his lyricism, virtuosity and an intensity of performance, pianist Martin Labazevitch has appeared in many concert halls and festivals in Europe, Israel, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. He is a recipient of many awards and recognitions in piano competitions in the U.S., Spain and Japan as well as a recipient of the Honorary Ambassador Award in Stalowa Wola, Poland, the Kosciuszko Foundation Scholarship, as well as the Harold Bauer Award for the most promising pianist at the Manhattan School of Music. Born in Poland, Mr. Labazevitch studied at the Odessa Conservatory in Ukraine, with Anatoly Kardashev, then at the Manhattan School of Music with Nina Svetlanova and later with Cuban-American virtuoso Horacio Gutierrez - whom he considers his greatest inspiration. Mr. Labazevitch has been a soloist with leading orchestras in Spain, Poland, Lithuania, Japan, and the United States. As a chamber musician, he is a founding member of the Paderewski Trio, an all-Polish ensemble, which for the entirety of its existence had been coached by the late Isidore Cohen - a member of the Juilliard String Quartet and the Beaux Arts Trio. Since 2012 Mr Labazevitch has been sharing his passion for teaching with students at the Levine School of Music in Washington D.C. He is the Co-Artistic Director of the Puerto Rico International Piano Festival, in San Juan as well as the Founder and the Artistic Director of the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition and Chopin Piano Academy in Washington D.C