"Geniuses (re)Discovered" - Dane Ko - Marbin Matinees Concert Series

October 20, 2024 | 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
2024-10-20 02:00 PM 2024-10-20 03:00 PM "Geniuses (re)Discovered" - Dane Ko - Marbin Matinees Concert Series Gordon Lightfoot Concert Hall America/New_York

Geniuses (re)Discovered: Mozart, Debussy, Georges Enescu
Experience the sonic imagination of some of the greatest geniuses of Classical music. The program opens with one of the most well-known piano sonatas by the most recognized prodigy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and closes with a rarely performed masterpiece by who Pablo Casals called “the greatest musical phenomenon since Mozart”, Georges Enescu. Sound paintings by Debussy refresh our pallets and bridge between the two sonatas.

About Dane Ko

Prize winner in the 2023 Concour Prix Ravel, Hong Kong-born Canadian pianist Dane Ko is an active recitalist, chamber musician and educator on international stages. Dane has performed in such venues as the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, Koerner Hall of The Royal Conservatory in Toronto, and Le Château de Fontainebleau in France. Among Dane’s growing accolades are prizes at The Shean Piano Competition, The Glenn Gould School Chamber Music Competition, and the Canadian Music Competition “Stepping Stone”. Dane frequently takes part in festivals which in recent years include the Mozarteum Sommerakademie (Austria), the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival (United States), ISA-International Summer Academy of the mdw (Austria), Domaine Forget (Quebec), and Fontainebleau (France) during which he was awarded second prize in the Concour Prix Ravel presented by The Maurice Ravel Foundation as well as the Prix Langage Musical harmony prize. Dane’s interviews and performances have been broadcasted on Florida’s Classical WSMR, Hong Kong’s RTHK Radio 4, and CBC Radio One.
In addition to his performance activities, Dane is a passionate teacher with a robust private studio, serves as an instructor at McGill University Schulich School of Music, and frequently guest lectures at collegiate institutions including at his alma mater, University of Toronto’s Graduate Piano Pedagogy Seminar. A tribute to his late teacher, Marietta Orlov, Dane’s ongoing doctoral project on the Romanian piano school centering on Professor Orlov’s pedagogical legacy recently won the Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral Award by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – a major three-year research grant. In May 2024, Dane was invited to serve on the inaugural Junior Jury of the prestigious Montreal International Piano Competition (CMIM). In the fall of 2024, Dane looks forward to recitals in Montreal, Toronto, Hong Kong and presenting lectures and masterclasses at the University of Hong Kong.
Graduate of the University of Toronto and The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory, Dane holds a Bachelor of Music in piano performance, an Advanced Certificate in Performance, a Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy and an Artist Diploma supported by full scholarships. Dane also holds the ARCT diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music conferred with the National Gold Medal. Currently based in Montreal, Dane is pursuing the Doctor of Music degree at McGill University Schulich School of Music. Dane is indebted to his teachers which include Marietta Orlov, Anna Fomina, Lydia Wong, Ilya Poletaev, as well as masterclass studies with Robert Levin, Jan Jiracek von Arnim, Klaus Hellwig, Ronan O’Hora, Benedetto Lupo, Eric Le Sage, John Perry, Jeremy Denk, John O’Conor, Frank Braley, Rebecca Penneys, Wael Farouk,Roberta Rust, Jerome Lowenthal and numerous others.

Program

Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, 330
 I) Allegro moderato
II) Andante cantabile 
III) Allegretto
 
Debussy - Images 2ème série
I) Cloches à travers les feuilles
II) Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
III) Poissons d’or
 
Enescu - Piano Sonata in F-sharp Minor, Op. 24, No. 1
I) Allegro molto moderato e grave
II) Presto vivace
III) Andante molto espressivo
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