Upcoming performances

JONATHAN FLORIL, PIANO

 
Since his recent triumph as the First Prize and the Jan Gorbaty Prize Winner for the best performance of the music of Chopin at the 59th Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition in New York City, 22-year-old Ecuadorian/Spanish pianist Jonathan Floril has been highly praised for his exceptionally poetic performances of the music of Fryderyk Chopin, in addition to having at his command a vast repertoire that spans more than four centuries of composition. Mr. Floril has appeared in hundreds of recitals throughout the continents of Europe and America, including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, University of Houston’s Moores Opera House, Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufmann Concert Hall (92Y) and Steinway Hall. At his acclaimed All-Wagner recital debut at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofíain Spain, where Maestro LorinMaazel is the musical director, critics described him as “more than a prodigy, not only because of what he performs, but also how he performs…his extraordinary musical gifts are united by his professional honesty and authentic artistic dimension.” (Levante).Floril´s orchestral debut followed at Casa de la Música in his birth country, Ecuador, as soloist on Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto with the Ecuadorian Philharmonic under the legendary baton of Maestro Pierino Gamba.  Program: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 , Op 7 (Grande Sonate); Scriabin: Piano Sonata No 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23; Chopin: 4 Ballads.  $100/Ecuadorian food reception /wine