Czech Chamber Music Society • Olga Kern

Name: Czech Chamber Music Society • Olga Kern
Start: 2023-02-12T17:30:00+01:00
End: 2023-02-12T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Rudolfinum, Dvořák Hall

Rudolfinum — Dvořák Hall 1 hour 20 minutes Price from 200 to 850 CZK

The virtuoso pianist Olga Kern will perform at the concert on 12 February as part of the recital series of the Czech Chamber Music Society. In her recital, she will present a varied programme with an emphasis on the romantic note. Lukáš Vondráček cancelled his performance for family reasons.

Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven
Ten Variations on „La stessa, la stessissima“ by Salieri, WoO 73 (10')

Robert Schumann
Carnaval, Op. 9 (30')

George Gershwin
Three Preludes (6')

Earl Wild / George Gershwin
Etude No. 7 „Fascinating Rhytm“ (2')

— Intermission —

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Moment Musical in E minor, Op. 16 No. 4 (3')
Etude-tableau in G minor, Op. 33 No. 8 (4')
Polichinelle, Op. 3 No. 4 (4')

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Meditation, Op. 72 No. 5 (5')

Alexander Scriabin
Etude F sharp major, Op. 42 No. 4
Etude C sharp minor, Op. 42 No. 5

Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
Islamey, Op. 18

Performers

Olga Kern piano

Olga Kern

piano

Pianist Olga Kern has established herself as one of the leading pianists of her generations. Born in a family of musicians, she jumpstarted her U.S. career with her historic Gold Medal win at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas as the first woman to do so in more than fifty years.

Prize winner of Concertino Praga competition at the age of eleven; First prize winner of the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition at seventeen, Ms. Kern is a laureate of many international competitions. In 2016 she served as Jury Chairman of both the Seventh Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition and the first Olga Kern International Piano Competition, where she also holds the title of Artistic Director. Ms. Kern frequently gives masterclasses and since September 2017 has served on the piano faculty of the prestigious Manhattan School of Music. Beginning with the 2019 season, Ms. Kern was appointed the Connie & Marc Jacobson Director of Chamber Music at the Virginia Arts Festival. Ms. Kern was honored with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in New York City in 2017.

Recent and upcoming highlights include performances with the Minnesota Orchestra, the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, St. Louis, Dallas, Palm Beach, Milwaukee, Austin and Toledo, the National Symphony of Washington DC, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Dublin symphony and many others; or the US tour with the Royal National Scottish Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, National Philharmonic of Russia and Warsaw Philharmonic.

In 2017/2018, she served as Artist in Residence with the San Antonio Symphony and went with the Chinese National Youth Orchestra on their tour to China. In 2019 she helped celebrate Leonard Slatkin’s 75th Birthday in a series of special concerts with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center. She will appear in recitals and concerts in Orford, Sunriver, Fort Worth (Cliburn), Carmel, San Francisco, Dallas, Pecs, Budapest, Lisbon, Milan, Sicily, and Calvia. In the autumn of 2022 Olga Kern has hosted her Third Triennial Olga Kern International Piano Competition. In the coming seasons, she will serve on the jury of many international competitions.

Ms. Kernʼs discography includes her Grammy Nominated recording of Rachmaninoff’s Corelli Variations and transcriptions (2004), Brahms Variations (2007) and Chopin Piano Sonatas No. 2 and 3 (2010), the Tchaikovsky piano concerto with the Rochester Philharmonic, a CD of Russian composers including works by Balakirev; live recording CD of Chopin concerto with the Warsaw Philharmonic; Rachmaninoff cello sonata with Sol Gabetta and the CD of Brahms and Shostakovich Quintets with Dali Quartet. She was featured in several documentaries including the award-winning films about the 2001 Cliburn Competition, “Playing on the Edge”; “They came to play” and “Olga’s journey”.

Recitals