Fast Forward: Contemporary Festival

Dedicated to international solo and chamber works composed after 1970, this concert features students from Kaufman Music Center's Lucy Moses School and Special Music School.

WILLIAM BOLCOLM  –  "The Big Bad Mr. Monster Strikes Again"
Hendrix Chan, age 7, piano
Student of Emily White

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA  –  “Musical Toys”
    IV. The Magic Smith
CHICK COREA  –  Children’s Songs, No. 2
Alexander Jovanovic, age 7, piano
Student of Irina Nuzova

ERIC BAUMGARTNER  –  “Jackrabbit Ramble”
Bradley Tang, age 9, piano
Student of Emily White

NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN  –  Preludes Op. 53, Nos. 2 & 3
Emma Waite, age 10, piano
Student of Irina Nuzova

MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN  –  “Waltz Irritation d’apres Nokia” (“The Ringtone Waltz”)
Alexander Azatyan-Rosenblatt, age 10, piano
Student of Genia Betman

LEONARD BERNSTEIN  –  “Thirteen Anniversaries”
    III. For Stephen Sondheim
    V. For Leo Smit
Elaine Huang, age 11, piano
Student of Emily White

LAUREL ZUCKER  –  “LookOut” for Solo Flute
Amos Lageschulte, age 11, flute
Student of Valerie Holmes

LEONID A. DESYATNIKOV  –  Nocturne from “Giselle’s Obsession”
Zen Micheline Hung, age 11, piano
Student of Genia Betman

OSCAR PETERSON  –  Jazz Exercise No. 3
Svetlana Stephanopoulos, age 12, piano
Student of Emily White

VAJA AZARSHVILI  –  "Nostalgia" (1976)
Joshua Ip, age 12, piano
Student of Genia Betman

NINO ROTA  – “Two Valses on the name BACH”
    I. Circus Valse
    II. Valse Carillon
Mayu Kanai, age 12, piano
Student of Irina Morozova

NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN  –  Concert Etudes, Op. 40
    III. Toccatina
Gabriel Gurevich, age 12, piano
Student of Irina Nuzova

SERGEI SLONIMSKY  –  Prelude and Fugue in E Minor
Silvia Nicholson, age 13, piano
Coached by Irina Morozova

RHIAN SAMUEL  –  " Isolation Suite" (2020) by Rhian Samuel
    I. Toccata
Mack Scocca-Ho, age 14, piano
Student of Emily White

NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN  –  Concert Etudes, Op. 40
    VII. Intermezzo
Anna Kesselman, age 14, piano
Student of Natela Mchedlishvili

ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK  – "Flute Set" for Solo Flute
Sasha Zuri Blackman, age 15, flute
Student of Valerie Holmes

VICTOR POLTORATSKY (arr. Jouri Maevski)  –  “Souvenir”
Lennon Zych, age 17, piano
Nema Parkhomovsky, age 17, piano
Students of Vladimir Yudilevich

ALEXANDRE ROSENBLATT  –  “Siberian Blues”
Julia Jones, age 17, violin
Accompanied by Alexander Ruvinstein
Student of Viktor Basis

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