Geoffrey Burleson, Piano 01.19.12

Geoffrey Burleson has performed to wide acclaim throughout Europe and North America, and is equally active as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, and jazz performer. The New York Times has hailed Mr. Burleson’s solo performances as “vibrant and compelling,” furthermore praising his “rhythmic brio, projection of rhapsodic qualities, appropriate sense of spontaneity, and rich colorings.” Mr. Burleson’s solo recordings include: Roy Harris: Complete Piano Works, released last year by Naxos, and Vincent Persichetti: Complete Piano Sonatas (New World Records), a 2-CD set on which all twelve of Persichetti’s piano sonatas are united on one release for the first time. The Persichetti recording was accorded high acclaim from the BBC Music Magazine (“BBC Music Choice”; 5/5 stars), a laudatory feature review in Gramophone, and was listed among the best recordings released in 2008 by Fanfare and the American Record Guide. Another 2008 release is Odd Couple(Oxingale), a duo CD of American works with cellist Matt Haimovitz. Upcoming projects include Saint-Saëns: Complete Works for Solo Piano, on 4 CDs for Naxos. Volume 1 of the project, Saint-Saëns: Complete Piano Études, will be released in May 2012. Mr. Burleson is a core member of The New York Art Ensemble, the Boston Musica Viva, and The Pittsburgh Collective, and Impetus. He holds the DMA degree from SUNY-Stony Brook, where he studied with Gilbert Kalish. He teaches piano at Princeton University, and is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Piano Studies at Hunter College-City University of New York. PROGRAM Gavotte avec Six Doubles Jean–Phillippe Rameau (1683–1764) Suite, Op. 90 Camille Saint–Saëns (1835–1921) Prélude et Fugue Menuet Gavotte Gigue Allegro appassionato, Op. 70 Camille Saint–Saëns Sonata, Op. 1 (1928) Roy Harris (1898–1979) Gaspard de la Nuit Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) Ondine Scarbo

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