"Piano Fireworks!" at the Southeastern Piano Festival
David Pacific
featuring Co-Artistic Directors
Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers
with Featured Guest Artists
From Bach to rock, mimes to celestial keyboard magic, and traditional flare to dueling virtuosos that dazzle, Piano Fireworks! is a celebration of the modern concert stage reimagined for the 21st century. A multimedia showcase featuring artists from across the globe, the Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance brings to you Rochester's own Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers with Featured Guest Artists at the Southeastern Piano Festival—right in the comfort of your own home!
Biography
The Lomazov/Rackers Piano Duo has been praised for "demon precision and complete dedication"(Audio Society). Gramaphone praises the duo for "assured and centered pianism" and American Record Guide writes "The ensemble between Lomazov and Rackers is dead on". The duo garnered significant attention as Second Prize winners at the Sixth Biennial Ellis Competition for Duo Pianists (2005), the only national duo piano competition in the United States at that time. As advocates of modern repertoire for duo piano, they have given premieres of numerous works across the United States, including several works written specifically for them.
About the Southeastern Piano Festival
Each summer the Southeastern Piano Festival transforms the University of South Carolina School of Music and Columbia, SC into a major cultural destination that draws in audiences and young piano talent from across the United States. The Southeastern Piano Festival embraces a multi-faceted personality: it is a high-level training platform for young pianists, a presenter of new and world-renowned concert pianists and master teachers, an advocate for new piano music, and a vehicle for exploring different roles the piano plays on stage and beyond.
Thank you to the following sponsors whose support made this production available free of charge so that all of Rochester can enjoy the finest in art and performance: Rochester Area Community Foundation, The Rubin Family Foundation, Seneca Foods Foundation, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Suzanne Gouvernet, Donald and Elizabeth Fisher Advised Fund of the Rochester Area Community Foundation.
Special thanks to Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers for their generosity in allowing us to share performances from the Southeastern Piano Festival with our audiences.