Season Finale: Virtuoso Piano Festival

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 | 2PM | WHEELER THEATER AT FORT WORDEN

THE ROMANTIC PIANO

A R T I S T S

Ran Dank piano
Soyeon Kate Lee piano

P R O G R A M

BRAHMS Selections from Waltzes for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 39
SCHUMANN Kriesleriana, Op. 16
LISZT Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178

C O N C E R T D E T A I L S

Power husband & wife piano duo team Ran Dank & Soyeon Kate Lee make their debut at the Olympic Music Festival for a spectacular Virtuoso Piano Festival! This program includes gorgeous romantic waltzes for piano duet by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann’s evocative set of character pieces Kriesleriana, which begin to illuminate his struggles with mental illness, and Franz Liszt’s monumental Sonata in B minor.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2024 | 2PM | WHEELER THEATER AT FORT WORDEN

THE VIRTUOSIC PIANO

A R T I S T S

Ran Dank piano
Soyeon Kate Lee piano

P R O G R A M

DEBUSSY Petite Suite for Piano, Four Hands
CHOPIN Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
CHOPIN Piano Sonata in B-flat minor, Op. 25 “Funeral March”
RACHMANINOFF Six Moment Musicaux, Op. 16

C O N C E R T D E T A I L S

The 2024 summer season comes to a thrilling close with a concert of virtuosic piano music. Debussy’s Petite Suite for Piano duet is a moving set of character pieces representative of the composer’s most classic French style. Chopin’s Piano Sonata in B-flat minor was a transformational work of Romantic piano literature, including his most famous funeral march slow movement. Sergei Rachmaninoff is forever associated with the piano not only because of his famous career as a soloist but more importantly because of his revolutionary approach to piano writing. His Moment Musicaux present a passionate range of music from intimate romantic melodies to thunderous cascades of sound. Do not miss this exciting final performance of the season!