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Rockport Chamber Music Festival: CHRISTINA & MICHELLE NAUGHTON, piano duo

June 14, 2024 7:30 pm  -  9:00 pm
$35.00
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Back by popular demand, the incredibly talented Naughton sisters (the first piano duo to win the coveted Avery Fisher Grant) bring a spectacular program of works by Mozart, Ravel, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and more.

“paired to perfection” –Philadelphia Inquirer

Program
MOZART: Sonata in D Major, four hands, K. 381
RAVEL: Mother Goose – Suite for piano, four hands
ALBENIZ: “Triana” from Iberia, Book 2, for two pianos, arr. Granados
Intermission
DEBUSSY: “En Blanc et Noir,” for two pianos
RACHMANINOFF: Suite No. 2 for two pianos, Op. 17

The first piano duo to receive the Avery Fisher Career Grant presented by Lincoln Center (2019), Christina and Michelle Naughton have been described by the Washington Post as “on a level with some of the greatest piano duos of our time. They have to be heard to be believed” The Naughtons have concertized globally; soloing with orchestras such as the Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Detroit, Atlanta, St. Louis, New Jersey, Milwaukee and Houston Symphonies, Minnesota Orchestra; as well as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish Philharmonic, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and New Zealand Symphony. Some recital highlights include DC’s Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series, LA’s Walt Disney Hall, Boston’s Gardner Museum, Berlin Philharmonie’s Kammermusiksaal, Zurich’s Tonhalle, Netherlands’ Concertgebouw, France’s La Roque-d’Anthéron Festival, and Brazil’s Sala São Paulo. Christina and Michelle’s discography features an exclusive signing with Warner Classics, with two 20th century albums titled “Visions” and “American Postcard”. Born in Princeton, NJ; they are graduates of the Juilliard School the Curtis Institute of Music, where they were each awarded the Festorazzi Prize.

“Indeed, I’m ready to put them on a level with some of the greatest piano duos of our time…They have to be heard to be believed” —Washington Post

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Date:
June 14
Time:
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost:
$35.00
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Organizer

Rockport Music
Phone
9785467391
Email
info@rockportmusic.org
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Venue

Shalin Liu Performance Center
37 Main Street
Rockport, MA 01966 United States
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