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CDMF presents a Piano Concert by Steven Spooner


 

CDMF Performing Arts Festival

presents a

 

Piano Concert

by

Steven Spooner

 

Friday, February 25th, 7:00 pm

at

Hyde Creek Community Church

2145 Nova Scotia Ave.

Port Coquitlam

 

Tickets: $20.00 adult, $15.00 students

Group of 4 (2 adults, 2 students) $50.00

Tickets available by calling 604-468-2622 or email at cdmf@telus.net or at the door

 

Program   

 

Sonata in C Major, Hob.XVI/48 Haydn

I.  Andante con espressione

II. Presto

Polonasie in C#Minor, Op. 26 no. 1 Chopin

Mazurka in C#Minor, Op.6 No. 2

Mazurka in F Minor, Op. 7 No. 3

Legend No. 2, St. Francis Walks on the Waves Liszt                                                                            

Intermission

Sonata in B Minor, S. 178 Liszt                          

                                                                                                                                     

 Described as “dazzling” (Washington Post), critics have hailed the powerful performances of pianist Steven Spooner and noted that the “American had everything: polished technique, musical intelligence, innate sensitivity, and a personality that reaches across the keyboard”.  Spooner is a prizewinner at each of the seven international piano competitions he has entered and top prizewinner at both the Hilton Head International Piano Competition and the Artlivre Chopin/Liszt International Competition.  He was awarded First Prize and recipient of the Niekamp Career Grant as most outstanding pianist in French music at the Paris Conservatory.

Spooner has studied at the Paris Conservatory, Moscow and Tbilisi Conservatories in the former Soviet Union and Indiana University, Bloomington.  He has been appointed to the Artist Faculty of the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy, IIYM and the Gyorgy Castle Academy in Budapest.  Spooner currently serves on the piano faculty at the University of Kansas, the National Board of the American Liszt Society and is a Steinway artist.  His tours this year take him all over the world including major cities in Europe, South America and Asia.