PianoPalooza! Highlights from the one night of the summer that the Heifetz faculty pianists take the stage with no strings attached….literally! Featuring works by Rossini, Astor Piazzolla, Franz Liszt and more for pianos – and pianists – in solo and in pairs, all in performances from the Heifetz Institute.
This Episode’s Playlist
Debussy: Feux D’artifice (Fireworks)
Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.09.2018
Rossini: Overture to the Barber of Seville
Yoon Lee, Miki Aoki Andrew Rosenblum, piano six-hands
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.19.2021
: Robert Schumann: Romance, Op. 28 No. 2 [excerpt]
Lynne Mackey, piano
House concert, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 11.09.2020
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
Andrew Rosenblum, Yadi Liang piano four-hands
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 07.17.2022
Irene Britton Smith: Passacaglia (1940)
Jessica X. Osborne, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 07.17.2022
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Beilin Han, Yoon Lee, piano four-hands
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 07.17.2022
Florence Price: Piano Sonata in E minor (1932)
II. Andante [excerpt]
Andrew Rosenblum, piano
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.19.2021
Dmitri Shostakovich: Concertino for Two Pianos, Op. 94a
Jessica Osborne, piano 1
Miki Sawada, piano 2
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 07.17.2022
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre, Op. 40
Miki Sawada, Jingxuan Zhang, piano 1
Allison Freeman, Seonmi Lee, piano 2
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 07.17.2022
Go Deeper
Check out the program and the performers fot the 2023 Heifetz Institute PianoPalooza, taking place in Francis Auditorium on the campus of Mary Baldwin University Tickets & Info.
Read the impressive lineup and biographies of the 18 keyboard artists who make up our 2023 Heifetz Institute Collaborative Piano Faculty here.
View the complete 2022 PianoPalooza Livestream on our YouTube Channel!