IMIF in the News
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Faculty Performances at the
International Music Institute and Festival USA
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Sharon Eng (viola) and Elizabeth Borowsky (piano) perform Zoltan Kodaly's "Adagio." (2009)
Sharon Eng (viola faculty) and Elizabeth Borowsky (piano faculty) perform "Allegro Moderato" from Schubert's "Arpeggione" Sonata.
Guðný Guðmundsdóttir (violin) performs Massenet's "Meditation from Thais" accompanied by an IMIF student trio. (2005)
Blanka Bednarz (violin), Cecylia Barczyk (cello), and Frederick Minger (piano) perform Astor Piazzolla's "Otono Porteno."
Brian Ganz (piano) fields questions from IMIF participants after a magnificent solo lecture-recital. In this excerpt, he speaks about what pianists can listen for and learn from strings and vice versa.
Brian Ganz (piano) fields questions from IMIF participants after a magnificent solo lecture-recital. Here, he addresses his use of a vibrato-like physical movement and the correlation between physical motions and sound produced.
Brian Ganz (piano) fields questions from IMIF participants after a magnificent solo lecture-recital. Here, he speaks about his keeping physically and mentally healthy and preparing for performances.
Brian Ganz (piano) fields questions from IMIF participants after a magnificent solo lecture-recital. Here, he speaks about memorization.
IMIF Student Performances
String quartet performing Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" at IMIF community concert.
Violin Faculty Guðný Guðmundsdóttir and three student violinists perform Grazyna Bacewicz's violin quartet.
12-year-old IMIF violin participant Yuka Kubota performs Bartok's "Rumanian Folk Dances" at IMIF student recital with her mother (and IMIF faculty member) Yoshie Kubota.