International Fortepiano Salon, Catskill Mountain Foundation / NY, 15 Maart 19h.

Celebrating the Piano Performance Museum Part II, Sunday March 15th, 2 pm EST    International Fortepiano Salon at the Piano Performance Museum, Catskill Mountain Foundation (Hunter, NY)​. After four seasons of welcoming distinguished artists and rare fortepianos from around the world, the International Fortepiano Salon celebrates its home: the Piano Performance Museum at the Catskill Mountain Foundation in Hunter, New York.  Register here for the Link This special program showcases historic instruments by Johann Andreas Stein, Geib, and Ignaz Pleyel, revealing the piano’s evolution across Europe and America. Each instrument will be introduced in brief remarks highlighting its craftsmanship, touch, and distinctive sound. On the elegant Stein fortepiano, we present music by Julie Candeille, whose refined, theatrical voice captures the brilliance and clarity of late eighteenth-century revolutionary period in France.  The American-made Geib piano features a Mazurka (Philadelphia: W.H. Boner & Co., 1870) by Faustina H. Hodges, reflecting the richness of nineteenth-century American piano culture and its dialogue with European dance traditions. On the luminous Pleyel—closely associated with Frédéric Chopin—we hear a Chopin waltz, alongside an expressive étude by Hélène de Montgeroult, illuminating the instrument’s singing tone and poetic nuance.  Hosts Yiheng Yang, Maria Rose, and Patricia Garcia-Gil are joined by Program Director Pam Weisberg and master technician Richard Hester for an virtual Salon hour of performance, history, and conversation — where each piano tells its own story.

View Past Salons on CMF YouTube Channel

In case you can’t attend the livestream, this upcoming episode and all past Salons are always available on the Catskill Mountain Foundation YouTube channel to view at your leisure (click on button above). Enjoy!

Catskill Mountain & Museum Geelvinck

Al enige jaren onderhouden de culturele instelling Catskill Mountain, gelegen in de schilderachtige Appalachean Mountains in New York State, en Museum Geelvinck een warme relatie, die al enige malen heeft geleid tot een samenwerkingsproject op het gebied van de Fortepiano. Onze beide instellingen beheren een niet onaanzienlijke collectie historische piano’s, die regelmatig bespeeld worden. Zowel de International Fortepiano Salon van Catskill Mountain als de Geelvinck Salon programmeren concertuitvoeringen, waarbij muzikale virtuositeit en kennisverbreding van de fortepiano hoog in het vaandel staan. Catskill program director Yi-heng Yang heeft op het eerste Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival in 2011 de Eerste Prijs gewonnen.