The College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University will be hosting some of the top pianists of the day in a series of lectures and master classes for students and community members alike. Fortepianist Malcom Bilson will kick off the series on Monday, followed by Jeremy Denk on Feb. 14-16 and Jerome Lowenthal on April 25 and 26.
Bilson will present a lecture titled "Do We Really Know How to Read Urtext Editions and What, if Anything, Do Instruments Have to Do with It?" from 12:30-2 p.m. Monday, in Bryan Recital Hall for students and the public. The performance practice specialist will also coach BGSU piano majors in a master class from 2-4 p.m. All events are free.
Bilson, who transports his own fortepianos (a forerunner of the modern piano) to performances in his station wagon, has recorded the three most important complete cycles of works for piano by Mozart: the piano concertos, the piano-violin sonatas and the solo piano sonatas; Schubert's incomplete sonatas on piano; and Haydn's sonatas - all within the last decade.
Bilson will present a lecture titled "Do We Really Know How to Read Urtext Editions and What, if Anything, Do Instruments Have to Do with It?" from 12:30-2 p.m. Monday, in Bryan Recital Hall for students and the public. The performance practice specialist will also coach BGSU piano majors in a master class from 2-4 p.m. All events are free.
Bilson, who transports his own fortepianos (a forerunner of the modern piano) to performances in his station wagon, has recorded the three most important complete cycles of works for piano by Mozart: the piano concertos, the piano-violin sonatas and the solo piano sonatas; Schubert's incomplete sonatas on piano; and Haydn's sonatas - all within the last decade.