15 November 8 pm City Hall
Tami Kanazawa and Yuval Admony (Japan/Israel) piano duo recital
Program
Invitation to the Dance for Two Pianos
Anton Arensky: Suite No.1 Op.15
I – Romance
II – Valse
III – Polonaise
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite (arr. Nicolas Economou)
I – Miniature Overture
II – March.
III – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
IV – Russian Dance (“Trepak”)
V – Arabic Dance (“Coffee”)
VI – Chinese Dance (“Tea”)
VII – Dance of the Reed Flutes
VIII – Waltz of the Flowers
Astor Piazzolla: Tangata (arr. Pablo Ziegler)
Yuval Admony: Don’t Drag the Rag
Married couple, Kanazawa-Admony Piano Duo has won the first prize in 5 international piano duo competitions: in Oslo, Osaka, Sicily, Rome and Tokyo. Recipients of The Israel Minister of Culture Award for a Permanent Chamber Group.
Their playing has been described as: “As expected, the playing of the veteran Israeli Piano Duo Kanazawa-Admony raised the entire evening to another level”, (The Country) “The excellent duo of Tami Kanazawa and Yuval Admony brought a refined and spectacular performance to Rachmaninoff’s Suite for Two Pianos” (Evening News) and: “Astonishing coordination, infectious sweep… Mutual attentiveness, and refined musical taste… a high-level performance.“ (The Jerusalem Post).
They appeared in over 30 countries including prestigious halls such as Carnegie Hall, New York, Argentina Theatre in Rome, Tokyo Metropolitan Festival Hall, Budapest Congress Hall, Warsaw Radio Hall and others. International Festivals include The Budapest Spring Festival in Hungary, Klavierduo Festival in Germany, Duets in The Baltic Sea in St. Petersburg, Odessa Dialogues in Ukraine, Asian Music Festival, and in Israel: Felicja Blumental Festival, Upper Gallilee Festival, Israel Festival and Pianos Festival in Jerusalem Theatre.
Radio Broadcasts include BBC London, CBC Canada, Tokyo FM, NHK Japan, Israel “Voice of Music” and more. Appeared with Israel’s’ leading orchestras including The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Israel Kibbutz Orchestra, Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva, Raanana Symphonette and others. Their Symphonic Poems by Liszt with NAXOS Label was acclaimed in the music magazines Fanfare and International Piano. Also released: Rhapsodies for Two Pianos with Romeo Records.
Piano Duo Professors at the Buchman-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv University, The Tel Hai International Piano Master Course, the Jerusalem Music Center, Piano Fest in Subotica, Serbia. They also gave master classes in Norway, Korea, Japan, Canada, Italy, Poland, Germany, Greece and Russia.
