March 9, 2004
Pianist Lubin to Lecture, Perform
EVANSTON,
Ill. --- Renowned fortepianist Steven Lubin will present a School
of Music-sponsored lecture-recital from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday,
April 1, at Northwestern University’s Lutkin Hall, 700 University
Place, Evanston campus.
His free program will be performed on a replica of an 18th century
fortepiano.
Lubin’s program will include Variations in F Minor by Haydn,
Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata,” and three works
by Mozart -- Sonata in A Minor, K. 301, Variations on “Ah,
vous dirai-je maman,” K. 265, and Sonata in D, K. 310.
Lubin will provide commentary on the music, performance techniques
and improvisation practices of the period.
A
fortepiano’s sound is much softer than the modern piano’s,
both less loud and with a gentler tone color. The fortepiano was
invented in Vienna in the late 1760s or early 1770s by Johann Andreas
Stein and was popular until the early 1800s.
Lubin has been a dominant figure in the early music movement
for the past two decades. Especially known for his whimsical improvisation,
he was the first to perform Mozart concertos in period style as
both the soloist and conductor in major New York venues.
His
groundbreaking recordings of Mozart concertos for Arabesque,
awarded a coveted “Record of the Year” by
Stereo Review magazine, served as an introduction for many to
early music performance
practice.
Lubin
has performed as a soloist with many of the world’s
great orchestras including the Academy of Ancient Music, the Wiener
Akademie, the National Symphony and the Los Angeles and St. Paul
Chamber orchestras. He is a favored guest artist at major international
festivals.
Lubin
is a professor of music at Purchase College, Purchase, N.Y. He
earned
a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University,
a master’s degree in piano from the Juilliard School, and
a doctoral degree in musicology from New York University.
Admission
to Lubin’s April 1 program is free and open to
the public. Seating will be on a first-come, first-seated basis.
For more information, call Ellen Schantz, director of communications
and marketing for the School of Music, at (847) 491-5726.
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