Missouri Classical Music News : Missouri Music Teachers Association

"Liszt and Matthay: Roots and Legacy" is the title of the joint 2006 Festival of the American Liszt Society and the American Matthay Society hosted by The Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia in Athens, February 9-11, 2006. MTNA members will be offered a discounted registration fee. Please check the American Liszt Society website after September 15 for a festival schedule and downloadable application form.

Three generations of Liszt scholars will present lectures. Keynote speaker is Jim Samson (University of London), whose book on Liszt's Transcendental Etudes won the 2004 Royal Philharmonic Society Book Award. Alan Walker, author of the definitive biography of Liszt, speaks on Liszt and his pupils. Gregor Benko, founder of the International Piano Library, will speak about and present historical piano recordings.

An exhibit of Lisztian memorabilia will be on exhibit in the Georgia Museum of Art. The Museum Gift Shop will feature books by Festival presenters.

Concerts include works of Liszt, Hummel, Czerny, Raff, Tausig, Bülow, Vianna da Motta, d'Albert, Haydn, Schumann, and Ravel. Pianists include Nancy Elton, James Giles, Howard Karp, Anne Koscielny, Fernando Laires, Evgeny Rivkin, Katia Skanavi, MMTA member Jane Solose, Martha Thomas, David Watkins, and Richard Zimdars. Ann Schein will play the closing recital.

MTNA members receive a special discount on festival registration fees.

posted by Brent Hugh at 8/26/2005
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