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Asia Tour 2009

From March 11 to 22, 2009 Rasa Vitkauskaite, my wonderful pianist, and I will be touring in China and Japan, playing concerts and doing masterclasses.

For arrangements in China, please contact our top sponsor Gao's Royal Musical Collection.

Here are the details of the tour. I hope to see you there!

The Facebook event page for the tour is here.

Also, if you have any friends in these cities, feel free to invite them to these masterclasses and concerts!!! :-)


Schedule

Concert Repertoire

Sponsors

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SCHEDULE

FRI MAR 13
Beijing
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONALITIES
9am-12noon Masterclass
2:30-5:30pm Masterclass
7:30pm Recital

SAT MAR 14
Beijing
CHINA CONSERVATORY
9am-12noon Masterclass
2:30-5:30pm Masterclass
7:30pm Possible Recital

SUN MAR 15
Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province
HEBEI ART SCHOOL
10:30am-12:30pm Recital
3pm-7:30pm Masterclass

MON MAR 16
Beijing
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ACADEMY
10:30am-1:30pm Masterclass
4pm Recital

TUE MAR 17
Shanghai
SHANGHAI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
3pm-6pm Masterclass

WED MAR 18
Shanghai
SHANGHAI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
9:30am-12:30pm Masterclass
2:30pm-5:30pm Masterclass
7:30pm Recital

THU MAR 19
Shanghai
SHANGHAI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
9:30am-12:30pm Masterclass

SAT MAR 21
Tokyo, Japan
ISHIMORI WIND INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
Japan Clarinet Society
11:00am-1:30pm Product demo, CD signing
1:30-3:00pm Masterclass
3:00-4:00pm Product demo, CD signing
4:00-6:00pm Recital
6:00-7:00pm Product demo, CD signing

 

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CONCERT REPERTOIRE

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo (1919)
I. Sempre p e molto tranquillo. MM=52
II. MM=168
III. MM=160

Simon SARGON (b. 1938)
Deep Ellum Nights: Three Sketches (1991)
I. Dark and Smoky
II. Quiet and Easy
III. Tempo di Rag

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120, No. 1 (1894)
I. Allegro amabile
II. Allegro, molto appassionato
III. Andante con moto - Allegro (Tema con variazione)

I N T E R M I S S I O N

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Première Rhapsodie (1910)

Charles-Marie WIDOR (1844-1937)
Introduction et Rondo, Op. 72 (1898)

Luigi BASSI (1833-1871)
Concert Fantasia on Theme's from Verdi's "Rigoletto"


ENCORES (hopefully!)

Simon SARGON (b. 1938)
KlezMusiK (1995)

Carlos GUASTAVINO (1912-2000)
Las Presencias (1961)
No. 7 Rosita Iglesias

 

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Thank you to our wonderful

SPONSORS

who made this tour possible!

Gao Royal Musical Collection
Ongaku Records, Inc.
Vandoren
Rossi Clarinets
Longy School of Music
Boston Conservatory
Beijing Central University of Nationalities
China Conservatory
Beijing Contemporary Music Academy
Hebei Art School
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Ishimori Wind Instruments Co., Ltd.
Japan Clarinet Society