A Piano Recital in Memory of
Frederic Chopin:
March 1st, 1810 -- October 17, 1849

Mazurka in C major opus 56
Mazurka in c minor opus 56
Mazurka in A-flat opus 50
Mazurka in C-sharp minor opus 50
Barcarolle opus 60
Ballade No.1 in g minor opus 23
Franz Liszt:
Funerailles ( October 1849 )
Consolation No. 3 in D-flat
Polonaise in A-flat opus 53

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The second Hudson Valley Piano Club Salon was held on October 19, 2003. Pianist Yashar David Yaslowitz enchanted an audience of forty with his powerful performance.

The final notes of the Polonaise lifted the audience to its feet. Applause and hugs were hardly sufficient to express our gratitude for an afternoon of pure pleasure. If Chopin's spirit was present he would have considered Yashar not only an extraordinary pianist, but also a sensitive friend who understood the man and the emotions behind the music.

When the concert was over, it seemed that our guests hesitated, lingering over coffee and desert, not wanting to acknowledge the end of the afternoon's music -- leaving would break the spell. Our guest book will help us to remember ...

"Thank you for a wonderful experience."

"He's wonderful."

"Another wonderful concert, thank you!"

"Amazing work, Yashar. Congratulations."

"Thank you so much."

And finally, the day after from one of our guests...

"I woke up the next morning and I wanted it to happen all over again."

Yashar will next perform at St. Paul’s Festival of the Arts, Nyack, New York, November 1st 2003 at 8pm. He will perform works by Bach, Rachmaninov and Scriabin, and also the complete Four Ballades by Frederic Chopin.

Yashar David Yaslowitz

A native of Suffern, NY, Yashar first received piano lessons at age 8. As a teenager he studied with local pianist-composer, John Lampkin.

Following a year of study with Julie Jordan at the Juilliard Evening Division, he was awarded a performing arts scholarship at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford, where he studied with David Westfall and Luiz de Moura Castro.

He graduated with honors in piano performance in 2000, and performed in masterclasses for international artists Vladimir Feltsman, Anne Schein and Abbey Simon.

Yashar was the recipient of the 2003 and 2001 George Bryant Scholarship Fund for studies in organ and sacred music. He is currently studying with renowned organist, Anthony Newman. Past studies in organ include local organist Bill Hargrove and at the Chautauqua Institute.

A second year graduate student at the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music, he was one of only three students admitted to the honors graduate program at Purchase College. He is studying piano with Marc Silverman, chairman of the piano department at the Manhattan School of Music.

Yashar is a recently appointed faculty member at the Rockland Conservatory of Music, and teaches students in New Jersey, Westchester and Connecticut.

Upcoming efforts include entrance into the M.T.N.A. piano competition for young artists, as well as preparing lecture/recitals on Beethoven’s final three Piano Sonatas and a ‘multi-media’ recital involving dance, visual arts and literature centering on Debussy’s Twelve Preludes.