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Guest Artist Master Class at the University of Missouri-Columbia presents Claude Frank Piano Master Class, Sunday, April 2, 2006 at 2:00pm at the Whitmore Recital Hall, School of Music in the Fine Arts Building, University of Missouri-Columbia.

Free Admission; Suggested donation of $5.

Mr. Frank's appearance is made possible by the 2006 Plowman Chamber Music Competition presented by the Missouri Symphony Society.

The Master class is generously co-sponsored by the Mid-Missouri Area Music Teacher's Association (MMAMTA), Mid-Missouri Collegiate Chapter (MMCC) of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)*, and the School of Music at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Leading one of the most distinguished careers of any pianist, Claude Frank has repeatedly appeared with the world's foremost orchestras, at major festivals and at its most prestigious universities since his debut with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in 1959. Mr. Frank is an internationally acclaimed interpreter of the piano literature of Beethoven; the American Record Guide chose the 1990 re-release of his recording of the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas above twenty-two other renditions as "the one that reaches an exceptionally high level and maintains that level with quite amazing consistency." The Music and Arts Programs of America, Inc. label has recently re-released Mr. Frank's recording of the sonatas, from his original 1971 RCA LP set, in a 10-CD box set.

May 2001 was a very special landmark in Mr. Frank's career. The 92nd Street Y in New York hosted his recital commemorating the 50th Anniversary of his New York recital debut. The program, with works by Bach, Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven, closely resembled the program Mr. Frank performed at Town Hall in 1950.

During the recent seasons, he was Artist-in-Residence of the first Laguna Beach Chamber Music Festival (April 2003) and performed Mozart's Concerto for Three Pianos with Leon Fleisher and Menahem Pressler at the Ravinia Festival (July 2002). Claude Frank has given joint recitals with his daughter, violinist Pamela Frank, in San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Fairfax, and Toronto, as well as numerous performances abroad. He also appeared with his late wife, pianist Lilian Kallir, at Town Hall in New York City, and has performed in recitals at the Aspen Festival and the Ravinia Festival in Chicago.

Mr. Frank has been a repeated soloist with the great orchestras of five continents, including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and the orchestras of New Orleans, Toronto, Zurich, Brussels, Hamburg and Frankfurt. He has been heard in performances with the Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony, the Grant Park Symphony in Chicago, the Oregon Symphony in Portland, the Baltimore Symphony, the Kansas City Symphony, the Minnesota Symphony, St. Luke's Orchestra and the Denver Symphony, among others.

A renowned teacher as well as performer, Claude Frank is on the faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and is a professor at the Yale School of Music. Of special interest are his master classes at Yale University, Duke University, University of Kansas and North Carolina School of the Arts, among many others.

* Funding for the MMCC/MTNA portion is generously provided by the Organization Resource Group from student activity fees.

posted by Brent Hugh at 3/29/2006
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