University of Chicago Piano Program students and friends perform the complete Well Tempered Clavier Book I.
Svetlana Belsky, Russian-born pianist, teacher and author, concertizes throughout the United States and abroad, heads the piano program at the University of Chicago, and has published a book and numerous CD liner notes.
"...a passionate pianist and scholar... big and bold music meeting big and bold performance"
Hyde Park Herald, 2/2/2011
With Dean Henry Fogel and violinist David Yonan after March 25, 2012 concert in
Ganz Hall celebrating the music of
Chicago composer Edward Joseph Collins and his contemporaries
With pianist Elena Doubovitskaya in Gottlieb Hall after a series of two-piano concerts
featuring music of Russian composers
Audio and video recordings coming soon!
ANOTHER EXCELLENT REVIEW! "...This book is a gem...don't overlook the Preface and copious footnotes. The information provided by translator Belsky about author Kogan and Soviet Russia is fascinating. Kudos to her not only for bringing Kogan's extraordinary book to our attention, but also for troubling to place its creation into the prober historical context." Catherine Kautsky, American Music Teacher, October/November 2011.
GREAT NEWS! Dr. Belsky’s annotated translation from the Russian of Grigory Kogan’s Busoni as Pianist has been nominated for the Claude V. Palisca Award (for outstanding Translation of 2010) by the American Musicological Society!
"... a 'must read' for serious pianists, piano pedagogues, scholars of performance practice, Busoni scholars, and anyone interested in the historical development of interpretive styles, schools , and trends." Erinn E. Knyt, Notes, March 2011
Music Media Monthly calls the translation "excellent" and recommends the book!
