3/21/04 Presenting
A Compelling Thematic Piano Recital

6/26/04
Women and the Piano
Lecture and Recital

Since its early development, keyboard instruments were intricately linked with the roles and social status of women. The prominent position women played in the development of the piano--as pianist, muse, or patron--tends to be overlooked. This two-part concert will focus on relationship between women and the piano. The first part of the program will be a performance of works inspired by women; the second half will be a discussion on the social history of women and the piano from the 1600s to the days of the early recording artists.

Recital
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in B-minor, K. 162
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight” in C-sharp minor
I. Adagio sostenuto
II. Allegretto
III. Presto agitato
Franz Liszt: Reminiscences de "Norma"

Lecture

A discussion on the social history of women and the piano from the 1600s to the days of the early recording artists.
Question & Answer

3/21/04
Presenting
A Compelling Thematic Piano Recital

The pianoforte underwent enormous changes during the first half of the nineteenth-century. Works composed during this period reflect the mechanical and sonorous development of the instrument.

Lisa Yui will give a lecture performance on the relationship between piano compositions and the development of the piano between 1800-1850. In the second half of the program, Lisa will speak about the process of giving a successful lecture concert in today's concert circuit.

Recital
Franck: Prelude, Fugue and Variations
Scarlatti: Sonata in E major
Weber: Perpetuum Mobile
Field: Nocturne no. 1 in E-flat
Beethoven: Sonata Op. 53, "Waldstein" (1st movement)
Liszt: Rigoletto Concert Paraphrase

Intermission

Lecture
How to prepare a lecture for your recital performance.

Question & Answer

Lisa Yui

Lisa Yui is the winner of several international piano competitions and has performed in Canada, the United States, and Japan.

She is the producer, performer, and lecturer of "The Lives of the Piano", the first piano lecture concert series at the Manhattan School of Music.

She teaches a course on the social history of the piano at Marymount Manhattan College, and is also on the faculty of the Music Advancement Program (MAP) at the Juilliard School.

Lisa received her Bachelor's degree at the Juilliard School, studying with Oxana Yablonskaya and working as teaching assistant to the author, professor and pianist, David Dubal.

She received her Masters degree at the Manhattan School of Music, where she currently is a candidate for the Doctoral of Musical Arts degree.

Lectures & Master Classes

· Social History of the Piano

· Culture of the Piano

· The Lives of the Piano

· Women and the Piano

· The Early Keyboard Instruments

· The Virtuosos of the Piano

· Evolution of the Piano in 19th-Century Europe

Lisa has been selected among over 1200 Canadian artists to participate in the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi, Japan, where she will perform in the Expo Hall Classical Showcase. Between March 10-May 12, 2005, she will be directing and lecturing in "Beethoven at Yamaha," a nine-part lecture/concert series at the Yamaha Artist Services in New York. There, she will perform among the thirty eminent pianists that includes Frederic Rzewski, Frederic Chiu, Jed Distler and Jerome Lowenthal.