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Stephen Porter Performs on Piano (Live)

Join Stephen Porter for a solo piano performance that will include:

 

Janacek  "In the Mists"

Beethoven  Sonata no. 30 in E major, Op. 109

                   Sonata no. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110

 

Stephen Porter has performed internationally as a soloist at venues that include the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, the Gothenburg Academy of Music and Drama in Sweden, the Sala Villa-Lobos at the University of Rio de Janeiro, Albert Long Hall in Istanbul, LSO St. Luke’s with the Amadeus Orchestra of London, Sarajevo as the featured soloist of the Bosnia International Music Festival, the Malmö Academy of Music in Sweden, and the Rockefeller Foundation at Bellagio, Italy.  He is a four-time artist resident of the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, and is currently Artist-in-Residence at Texas A&M University-Central Texas.

 

Mr. Porter premieres the work of many contemporary composers, most recently the music of Martin Skafte (Sweden), Toni Lester (USA), Caio Senna (Brazil), Norberto Oldrini (Italy) and Andrew List (U.S.) in recitals in Norway, Sweden, Italy, France, Brazil and the U.S.  In 2022 he performs with two Grammy Award winning artists, bass-baritone Dashon Burton and mezzo-soprano Krista River.  Stephen Porter is a graduate of Oberlin College and the New England Conservatory of Music.  His primary teachers were Peter Takacs, Estela Olevsky, Jacob Maxin, and Paul Doguereau, a protégé of Ravel.

Date:
Sunday, October 16, 2022
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Druker Auditorium
Audience:
  Adult  
Categories:
  Concerts & Performances  
Accessibility:
Reasonable accommodations will be provided to persons with disabilities requiring assistance. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact Newton’s ADA/Sec.504 Coordinator, Jini Fairley, two weeks in advance of this event: jfairley@newtonma.gov or (617) 796-1253. For Telecommunications Relay Service, please dial 711.