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October 21, 2007
William Bolcom for Two Pianos
co-presented with
William Bolcom for Two Pianos
co-presented with
Guest Artists: Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann
William Bolcom (USA, 1938):
Recuerdos (1991)
Frescoes (1971)
for 2 pianos, harmonium and harpsichord
for 2 pianos, harmonium and harpsichord
Sonata for Two Pianos (1993)
The Serpent’s Kiss (1969)
Through Eden’s Gates (1969)
Illuminating Introduction 7:15 | Concert 8:00
Illuminating Introduction 7:15 | Concert 8:00
Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann have been performing together as a duo since 1989. They studied with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hannover and with Jean-Eudes Vaillancourt at the Université de Montréal.
The duo received first prize at the International Chamber Music Competition in Caltanissetta , Italy , and were laureates of The4th Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition.
In 1993 they became members of the young artists’ roster of Yehudi Menuhin-Live Music Now. Their recitals and concerts with orchestra have taken them to many parts of the world, including the United States , Italy , Germany , Holland , Greece and Canada . The duo has appeared at the celebrated Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, the Banff Arts Festival, the Royal Bank Calgary International Organ Festival and Competition, the International Two Piano Symposium and Schubertiade, Miami , the Tage für neueMusik, Darmstadt , the Braunschweiger Kammermusik Podium and at the EXPO 2000, Hannover.
They have made recordings for the CBC, for several stations of the ARD in Germany and for National Public Radio in the USA . In 1997 they recorded their first CD with 20th century works for two pianos. The duo’s most recent recordings appear on the Arktos label featuring works by Rachmaninov, Bernstein, Debussy, Liszt and Gershwin. As founding members of the International Piano Quartet they had the opportunity to record Stravinsky’s Les Noces under the direction of Robert Craft at the Abbey Road Studios in London . The CD first appeared on Koch International Classics and has been recently re-released on Naxos.
Currently on faculty at The Mount Royal College Conservatory in Calgary , Elizabeth and Marcel have also been involved in various musical activities at The Banff Centre for the Arts and were recently appointed as Artistic Directors of The Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition and Foundation in Miami . They are members of the Calgary based group Land’s End Chamber Ensemble and have appeared as soloists with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and the Red Deer and Lethbridge Symphonic Orchestras. Their extensive repertoire ranges from the baroque to the contemporary and includes numerous own arrangements and compositions.
