St. Boniface Episcopal Church 5615 Midnight Pass Road, Siesta Key, Sarasota, FL 34242

(941)349-5616 www.bonifacechurch.org

SUNDAY November 17, 2019 6p.M.

Mackenzie Melemed

Piano

The Boniface Music Series magnifies the glory of God by bringing to the

community the best and brightest performers each season.

This concert is brought to you by the Friends of Music and is also sponsored in part by a gift

from Bob Bole.

Thank you for your support and enjoy the concert!

Program Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Minor BWV 867 ....................................... J.S. Bach

(1685–1750)

Sonata in G Major K.55 ..................................................................... D. Scarlatti

(1685-1757)

Sonata in F Major Op. 54 ........................................................ L. van Beethoven

(1770-1827)

Trois Pieces ......................................................................................... F. Poulenc

(1899-1963)

1. Pastorale

2. Hymne

3. Toccata

Intermission

Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B-flat major Op. 87 .................... D. Shostakovich

(1906-1975)

Prelude in B Minor Op. 32, No. 10 .......................................... S. Rachmaninoff

Prelude in G Minor Op. 23 No. 5 ................................................... (1873-1943)

Five Preludes Op. 16 ......................................................................... A. Scriabin

(1871-1915)

The Banjo ....................................................................................L.M. Gottschalk

(1829–1869)

Winner of The Juilliard School's 2019 Leo B. Ruiz Carnegie Hall Recital Prize, The

Juilliard School's 2018 Arthur Rubinstein Piano Prize, and the 2018 Paris

Recital Prize from Poland's Prix de Tarnów Competition, twenty-four year old

American pianist Mackenzie Melemed is currently studying in the highly

selective two-year Artist Diploma program at The Juilliard School with Robert

McDonald and Emanuel Ax, while also performing on the international stage.

Praised by The New York Times as an "excellent young pianist," he has

performed throughout the United States, in China, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Japan, Poland, Sweden and

Switzerland. Melemed graduated from The Juilliard School’s prestigious accelerated five-year-dual-degree program

with his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degree. Melemed's New York Debut Recital at Carnegie's Weill

Recital Hall will be held on December 13th.

In May, Melemed won the 3rd Prize from the 1st China International Music Competition. In the final round, he

performed Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with The Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of

Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing.

Melemed began the 2018-19 season in October with a concert tour in Finland, where he performed solo recitals,

chamber music concerts, and concerti with orchestra. Highlights of that tour include the first performance of

Barber’s Piano Concerto with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the European premiere of South Korean

composer Jeajoon Ryu’s Piano Concerto with Ralf Gothóni and the Kuopio City Orchestra. In November, he was

invited to record the Ryu Piano Concerto with Ralf Gothóni and Sinfonia Varsovia. The CD will be released in 2019

on the Warner label and commemorates 30 years of diplomacy between Korea and Poland.

In December, Melemed gave a solo recital at WQXR’s The Greene Space performance hall and Grieg’s Piano

Concerto with the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, MA. In January, Melemed

performed at the Glafsfjordens Music Festival in Sweden, appearing in concerts with the David Oistrakh Quartet

and bassoonist Sebastian Stevensson. In March, Melemed went back to Finland twice, performing Selim

Palmgren’s Piano Concerto No.2 with the Tampere Filharmonia and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.3 with Saimaa

Sinfonietta.

In April, Melemed performed Jeajoon Ryu’s Piano Concerto on tour with the KBS Symphony Orchestra (Korea) at

the Beethoven Eastern Festival in Poland. The concerts were held in Lublin, Katowice (NOSPR), and in Warsaw at

the National Philharmonic Hall.

In recent seasons, Melemed has concertized throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, performing solo

recitals, chamber music, and concerti with orchestra. In February 2018, Melemed’s recording of Avner

Dorman’s Three Etudes was released on the Steinway and Sons label.

Melemed owes his successes to a tremendous musical upbringing and to the constant support and love from his

family. Former teachers include Dean Arvidson, Alexander Korsantia, Olga Rogach and William Smiddy.

Additionally, Melemed has been honored to work with distinguished artists, such as Vladimir Feltsman, Stephen

Hough, Robert Levin, Susan Starr, and Nelita True, among others.

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support this series, in addition to these arts initiatives:

The Boniface Young Artists Showcase: a fantastic forum to develop and

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Monday

December 9,

2019

7:30 p.m.

St. Boniface

Church

5615 Midnight

Pass road,

Siesta Key, FL