Soyeon Kate Lee (from Korea) and Ran Dank (from Israel) have received many awards and accolades in their young careers, including taking the top two prizes at the prestigious 2010 Naumberg International Piano Competition. These youthful and talented artists make their Portland Ovations debut with a program that features several works for two pianos that will include, Darius Milhaud's Sacramouche, Claude Debussy's Nocturnes and Maurice Ravel's La Valse. The program will conclude with Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank performing Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in the not-often performed four-hand arrangement (one piano, two musicians). Rooted in the complex, compelling musical life of late 19th and early 20th century Paris, this program of musical gems highlights how the composer's personalities and music are interlinked but remain very different.
Ovations Offstage offers several activities and events that correspond with this performance beginning with a pre-performance lecture at 6:30pm on November 1st in The Green Room, at Merrill Auditorium where Bates College's Alice Swanson Etsy Professor of Music, Bill Matthews will use both audio and video excerpts to demonstrate the revolutionary challenges posed by these works to Western traditions. Following the performance patrons are invited to join Portland Ovations and the artists on the Merrill stage for a post-performance reception to commence Portland Ovations' season long "Rite of Spring" Series. On Friday, November 2nd Ran Dank will conduct a Piano Masterclass with USM piano students at The University of Southern Maine School of Music in Gorham. For more information on Ovations Offstage events please contact Ovations Offstage at 207.773.3150 or by email at offstage@portlandovations.org.
Tickets for Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank are $35 for Ovations' Members, $38 for the general public and a limited amount of $10 student deal tickets are also available. The Davis Family Foundation and the Maine Arts Commission provide support for the Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank performance. To purchase tickets, visit Portland Ovations online at www.portlandovations.org, contact PortTIX at 207-842-0800 or stop by the box office window at Merrill Auditorium.
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