rofessional Concert Series
rofessional Concert Series
Washington Conservatory of Music presents
Saturday, June 12, at 8 PM
Westmoreland Congregational
United Church of Christ
One Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda, MD 20816
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On Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 8 PM, pianist José Ramos-Santana will perform a concert featuring works of Spanish and Latin American composers including selections from the Iberia Suite by Albéniz and works by Campos Parsi. He will also perform works of Frédéric Chopin.
José Ramos-Santana, a native of Puerto Rico, performs a wide and diverse repertoire while being an acknowledged master of Spanish Music. He has appeared as a soloist with such major orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, Detroit Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, 92nd Street Y Orchestra, The New York Virtuosi, Casals Festival Orchestra, Puerto Rico Symphony, and the orchestras of New Mexico, Sioux City, Utah, and Syracuse, among others.
José Ramos-Santana's much lauded guest appearance with the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall during the Sonidos de las Américas Festival was described by critic Allan Kozinn of The New York Times as "powerful...Mr. Ramos-Santana played with virtuosity and precision." This event marked his third Carnegie Hall performance in one year.
A top prize winner of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, he has performed extensively in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and the Far East. He has appeared in music festivals such as Spoleto, Caramoor, Casals Festival, Grant Park Festival in Chicago, Festival de Música Contemporánea in El Salvador, and Festival Bravissimo in Guatemala as a soloist with the Guatemala Symphony Orchestra. As a recitalist, Mr. Ramos-Santana has performed at The Kennedy Center's Terrace Theatre and the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, Radio Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland, Bösendofer Hall in Osaka, Japan, Center for the Arts in Hong Kong, China, and at the 25th Anniversary of Música de Camara Series at Merkin Hall in 2004.
A frequent performer on radio and television, he has been featured in documentaries, including the 1986 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition on the PBS network, "Casals Festival 1995" on the Arts and Entertainment Channel, and on "CBS Sunday Morning." In 1989 he was selected from over one hundred pianists to participate in the prestigious Xerox Affiliate Artist Program. Mr. Ramos-Santana is a graduate of the Juilliard School where he studied with Adele Marcus, William Masselos, and Sylvia Rabinof. He has also coached with Leon Fleisher and Alicia de Larrocha.
His world premiere recording of "Glosas" by Roberto Sierra with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, has been described by the Hong Kong Hi Fi Review magazine as "José Ramos-Santana who established his career as an interpreter of Spanish Music is indeed extraordinary in his performance, which excites our desire to repeat this auditory experience." Other works included in this CD are Ravel's Piano Concerto in G and Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto in g minor op. 22, on the Fleur de Son Label.
Mr. Ramos-Santana is a faculty member at The Catholic University and at Washington Conservatory of Music; in the summers, he is an artist faculty member of the International Keyboard Institute and Festival at Mannes College in New York City and the Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival in Italy.
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