The Fryderyk Chopin Society of Connecticut & New Britain Museum of American Art Presents
Angelina Gadeliya Piano Recital
The New Britain Museum of American Art
56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT.
Fryderyk Chopin Society of Connecticut is thrilled to partner with the New Britain Museum of American Art to bring visitors classical music performances from world-renowned pianists.
CONCERT INFORMATION
All concerts begin at 3 p.m. in the Stanley Works Center. Doors open at 2:30 p.m.
Chopin Society members receive 50% discount for the FCS concerts; access to museum galleries is included with concert ticket purchases.
Concert seating is first come, first served on the day of the concert and seating capacity is limited to 120.
Museum Members have free admission, and Museum guests are welcome with the purchase of an admission ticket.
MEMBERSHIP
Join us as a Regular, Premium, or Sustaining Member.
In joining the Chopin Society, you would receive such benefits as advance seat reservations, invitations to VIP reception and many more.
For additional information, please write to info@chopinsocietyct.org
Biography
Praised for her "rich and resonant sound" (The New York Sun) and her ability to "make music speak" (The Colorado Springs Gazette), Ukrainian-American pianist Angelina Gadeliya leads a rich musical life as a soloist, chamber musician, new music expert, and educator. Her work with the NYC-based Decoda ensemble has frequently brought her to the stages of Carnegie Hall and the Juilliard School, as well as to Germany, South Korea, Abu Dhabi, Princeton University, Vassar College, the Trinity Wall Street series, and various New York locales. Ms. Gadeliya’s recent performances also include solo and chamber music recitals in such venues as New York’s Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie’s Weill and Zankel Halls, the Beijing National Center for the Performing Arts, the Curtis Institute of Music, and in prestigious concert halls of Canada, Israel, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Poland, and Ukraine.
Her festival affiliations include Music Fest Perugia, the Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival, the Beijing International Music Festival and Academy, and she has also appeared at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, the Dakota Sky International Piano Festival, the Beethoven Master Course in Positano, Italy, the Bach Festival of Philadelphia, the Reynosa International Piano Festival in Mexico, the Metropolitan Museum of Art lecture series, and the 2007 Emerson String Quartet's Beethoven Project at Carnegie Hall. Ms. Gadeliya has appeared with orchestras across the US and has collaborated with such artists as Lucy Shelton, Anton Miller, Mihai Tetel, Jean-Michel Fonteneau, James Conlon, David Stern, Andrew Manze, Paul Nadler, David Bowlin, principal players of the New York Philharmonic, and the internationally acclaimed Mark Morris Dance Group. This upcoming season she will be featured as soloist with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra in their May performances. Ms. Gadeliya serves as the President of the Fryderyk Chopin Society of Connecticut and is the Assistant Professor in Residence of Piano and Director of Keyboard Studies at the University of Connecticut in Storrs.
A passionate advocate of new music, Ms. Gadeliya has given numerous premiers of new works and has worked closely with composers Frederic Rzewski, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Richard Danielpour, Richard Wilson, John Adams, Thomas Adès, Steve Reich, Steven Mackey, Daniel Bjarnason, and John Harbison, among others. She holds degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory, the Juilliard School, Mannes College, and has a Doctorate from Stony Brook University. Her principal mentors include Angela Cheng, Pavlina Dokovska, and Gilbert Kalish. Ms. Gadeliya currently resides in Glastonbury, CT with her husband Misha and their three children, Felix, Anastasia, and Luke. Her performances have been featured on New York’s WQXR as well as WWFM radio stations. For more information, please go to www.angelinagadeliya.com.
Program
Valentyn Silvestrov (b. 1937)
Kitsch-Musik
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Nocturne in B major, Op. 9 No. 3
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
Mazurka in D-flat major, Op. 30 No. 3
Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 30 No. 4
Mazurka in E minor, Op. 33 No. 4
Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831)
Etude No. 15 in C major
Nocturne in B-flat Major
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52