A Piano Recital by Robin Zebaida - Chiang Mai 4th November 2009

D & M Music Studio proudly presents:
"A Piano Recital by Robin Zebaida"
Location: AUA Language Center Auditorium in Chiangmai on Rajadamnern Road
Phone No: 081-682-8000
Date: November 4th, 2009
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: adults 300baht and students 200baht available to purchase on the night at the door at 6:30 pm or call 081-682-8000 for advance booking.

Described after a Liszt recital as 'a pianist of Herculean stamina', British concert pianist Robin Zebaida enjoys a flourishing international career. His work has taken him around the world, and particularly to the Far East, for performances and masterclasses.

Other recent engagements have included visits to Canada, Central America, South Africa, Europe and Australia, where his Sydney recital was reported as achieving 'a warmth and empathy with the audience rarely seen'. At home in London he has performed at venues including St John's Smith Square and the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

His wide ranging and versatile recital performances encompass not only standard repertoire from Bach to Gershwin but also many unfamiliar or neglected composers. Particular areas of interest include Russian music, orchestral and vocal transcriptions, and music for the left hand; these are reflected in a CD," Off the Beaten Track", on the Regent label.

In a career which embraces many aspects of music making, he also makes appearances as an accompanist, chamber music partner and concerto soloist. He founded and directs Classical Cornucopia, a group of freelance professional musicians, which made its debut in January 2007.

Away from the concert platform, Robin Zebaida's broadcasting experience includes studio recordings and live appearances on radio and television for several national and foreign networks. As a Steinway Artist he was specially chosen to demonstrate the qualities of the 'Rolls Royce of the piano world' in an interview for the BBC World Service to mark the publication of a new history of Steinway pianos.

A former recipient of awards from the Ann Driver Trust, which supports musical education, Robin Zebaida also enjoys the opportunity to combine recital tours with teaching. As well as individual coaching for pianists and chamber groups, he has given masterclasses around the globe in English, French and German for various educational establishments and under the auspices of the British Council. He also works as an international adjudicator and as an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.

Robin Zebaida was born and educated in London, England, later winning an Exhibition to read music at New College, Oxford, from where he graduated with maximum distinction in performance. He completed his formal studies with a postgraduate year at the Royal College of Music.

Programme:
Variations serieuses, op 54 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47)
Visions and Prophecies (1936) Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
12 Etudes d'execution transcendante, op 11 Sergei Liapunov (1859-1924)
no.1 Lullaby
no.2 Dance of the Ghostsno.3 Carillon

INTERVAL

Polonaise in A flat (Heroique), op 53 Fryderyk Chopin (1810-49)

Prelude in C# minor, op 45
53 Studies on Chopin Etudes: Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938)

no.5 (op 10, no 3)
no.22 (op 10, no 12 - "Revolutionary")

2 Etudes d'execution transcendante, op 11 Sergei Mikhailovich Liapunov

no.7 Idylle
no.8 Chant epique