COLUMBIA SOUNDS

presents

Magdalena Baczewska, piano

in recital

Thursday June 30, 8pm

REID HALL

4, rue de Chevreuse, 75006

program:

Peter Susser (b. 1959)

Toys (2003) - European premiere              

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) 

Mazurkas, op. 59     

Mazurka in A minor

Mazurka in A-flat major

Mazurka in F-sharp minor 

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Klavierstücke, op. 119       

• Intermezzo. Adagio
• Intermezzo. Andantino un poco agitato
• Intermezzo. Grazioso e giocoso
• Rhapsodie. Allegro risoluto

free and open to the public

the recital will be followed by a cocktail

reservation required - click here

Magdalena Stern-Baczewska (BaCHEVska), 

Magdalena Stern-Baczewska, the Director of Columbia’s Music Performance Program and Lecturer in Music, is also an award-winning concert pianist, harpsichordist, and recording artist, sharing the stage with noted musicians such as Tan Dun and Joshua Bell. Baczewska has performed, among others, at Carnegie Hall (New York), the Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco), the National Center for Performing Arts (Beijing), the Salle Cortot (Paris), Moores Opera House (Houston), and Steinway Hall (New York), and more recently the Guangzhou Opera House and Shenzhen PolyTheater in China.  She is a laureate of numerous piano competitions and recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Minister of Culture in Poland, her birthland.  Her latest album containing works of Chopin and Szymanowski will be released this year by the French label Paraty.