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Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel “The Romantic Music of Robert Schumann: Fantasies Forbidden and Fulfilled,” Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Paris – 1911!

A Century Celebration Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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This program is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts

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PROGR A M -ROM ANTIC MUSIC OF ROBERT SCHUM ANN Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel “The Romantic Music of Robert Schumann: Fantasies Forbidden and Fulfilled,” Robert Schumann.................................................................................. Aufschwung (Soaring) (1810-1856) from Fantasy Piece, Op. 12, No. 2 Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck from Sonata No. 3, Op. 14 Sonata in F-sharp Minor, Op. 11 Un poco adagio – Allegro vivace – Aria Schumann-................................................................................................ Widmung (Devotion) Liszt (1811-1876) INTERMISSION Schumann.......................................................................................... Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 Questions and Answers

P R O G R A M -19 11: A C E N T E N N I A L C E L E B R AT I O N Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel “1911: A Centennial Celebration!”

Claude Debussy.........................................................................................Golliwog’s Cake Walk (1862-1918) Two Preludes Brouillards (Mists) Les collines d’Anacapri (The Hills of Anacapri) Gabriel Fauré............................................................................................. Two Preludes, Op. 103 (1845-1924) No. 3 in G Minor No. 2 in C-sharp Maurice Ravel...........................................................................Valses nobles et sentimentales (1875-1937) INTERMISSION Igor Stravinsky............................................................... Three Movements from “Petrushka” (1882-1971) Russian Dance Chez Petrushka (Petrushka’s House) The Fair Questions and Answers

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JEFFREY SIEGEL The distinguished American pianist JEFFREY SIEGEL has been soloist with the world’s great orchestras.

Abroad, these include the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, Philharmonic and Philharmonia, Moscow State Symphony, Bayerischer Rundfunk, The Hague Residentie Orkest, Oslo Philharmonic, Stockholm Philharmonic, Orchestra of La Scala and NHK Symphony of Japan. In the United States, engagements include the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Siegel has collaborated with many of the pre-eminent conductors of our time: Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Charles Dutoit, Neeme Järvi, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson Thomas and David Zinman, as well as legendary maestros of the past, including Eugene Ormandy, Sir George Solti, William Steinberg, Klaus Tennstedt and Yevgeny Svetlanov.

In addition to his solo appearances, Jeffrey Siegel presents Keyboard Conversations®, a unique concertplus-commentary format in which he speaks to the audience about the music before performing each work.

New listeners have greeted these programs enthusiastically, as they present an informal, accessible and highly entertaining introduction to the vast repertoire of the piano and to classical music in general. Seasoned music-lovers have been enriched by Mr. Siegel’s erudition and delighted by his wit. Ongoing series flourish in numerous American cities, among them New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Phoenix, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Dallas, Denver and Washington, D. C. Some of these venues have been presenting Keyboard Conversations for more than thirty years—resounding testimony to Jeffrey Siegel’s superb artistry, innovative format and loyal fans. Following the successful

reception of Keyboard Conversations in the United Kingdom last season, Keyboard Conversations continue in 2010-2011 at London’s dynamic, newest arts complex, Kings Place.

Listeners to Oprah Radio’s “Dr. Oz Show” recently heard Mr. Siegel in an interview and performance dedicated to the joys of music, as the guest of host and heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz and popular author and co-host Dr. Michael Roizen.

Random House Audio Publishing Group has released an audiobook series of four CDs of Keyboard Conversations: Mozart and Friends, The Power and Passion of Beethoven, The Romanticism of the Russian Soul and The Romance of the Piano. They are available at www.randomhouse. com/audio, at www.amazon.com, for download at iTunes, and at booksellers across the country. Twin Cities Public Television, in conjunction with The Schubert Club, has produced two halfhour Keyboard Conversations - Mozart & Chopin - available on DVD exclusively at Mr. Siegel’s concerts. Jeffrey Siegel’s recording of Gershwin’s complete works for piano and orchestra with Leonard Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony continues to be a best-seller, and is available on Amazon, as well.

Born into a musical family, Jeffrey Siegel studied with Rudolf Ganz in his native Chicago, with the legendary Rosina Lhévinne at The Juilliard School and, as a Fulbright Scholar, with Ilona Kabos in London. Mr. Siegel and his wife live in New York City and are the parents of two grown children. * WEBSITE: www.keyboardconversations.com Please visit Mr. Siegel’s website for further information about Keyboard Conversations® - including the current season’s schedule, audio and video highlights, and direct box office links.

Jeffrey Siegel is a Steinway artist.

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