PREFORMANCES WITH ALLISON CHARNEY To Feature Flutist Carol Wincenc And Pianist Craig Ketter In Work By Rarely Heard Swedish Composer Amanda Maier

PREformances with Allison Charney will present a rarely- heard work by Swedish composer and violinist Amanda Maier-Röntgen on Monday April 23rd at 1pm at Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Music Center.

Acclaimed flutist Carol Wincenc and PREformances collaborative pianist Craig Ketter will perform the Sonata in B Minor by Amanda Maier, a contemporary of Brahms, originally written for violin and piano - and adapted for flute and piano by Carol Wincenc. Amanda Maier's name was virtually unknown, until she and her music were rediscovered in the 1990s.

Ms. Wincenc and Mr. Ketter will perform all three movements of Maier's Sonata in B Minor in PREformances with Allison Charney's Season Nine finale concert which will also feature Rupei Yeh, cello, pianists Pam Goldberg and Reiko Uchida and Allison Charney, soprano in in works which include Bach's Cello Concerto No. 5; two transcriptions by Schubert and Liszt, works by Clara Schumann and operatic arias by Debussy, Cilea and Strauss. Throughout its nine year history PREformances has promulgated the work of women composers, contemporary composers and singular works of music, through commissions and concert presentation.

According to information provided by The Swedish Music Heritage academy Carolina Amanda Erika Maier (Maier-Röntgen by marriage) was born on 20 February 1853 in Landskrona and died at the age of forty-one in 1894 in Amsterdam. She studied at the educational institution of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in Stockholm between 1869 and 1872, and in 1872 became Sweden's first-ever female Director of Music. In Leipzig between 1873 and 1876, she studied violin with Engelbert Röntgen and harmony and composition with Carl Reinecke and Ernst Friedrich Richter. She was a violinist and composer, active in Sweden and on the Continent.

A summary list of Amanda Maier's works includes a Violin Concerto (in one movement), chamber music (including a violin sonata, a piano quartet, a string quartet, pieces for violin and piano and a lost piano trio) and songs. Additionally, two works for piano and for violin and piano were composed in collaboration with her husband Julius Röntgen.

The Röntgen family's home in Amsterdam was a meeting point of several well-known musicians. Drawing room guests included Anton Rubinstein, Joseph Joachim, Clara Schumann, Edvard and Nina Grieg and Johannes Brahms.

ABOUT PREFORMANCES WITH ALLISON CHARNEY
At PREformances with Allison Charney, you will hear celebrated classical musicians in anticipation of their upcoming performances on the world's most prestigious stages. Join curator and host, acclaimed opera singer Allison Charney, as she guides the audience through a behind-the-scenes glimpse at these top-level artists' practices and performances, all while breaking the traditional barriers that exist between classical music performers and audience members. A portion of the proceeds from all ticket sales supports the cutting-edge cancer research of the Basser Center for BRCA.

PREFORMANCES WITH ALLISON CHARNEY

April 23, 2018 at 1PM

Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center

129 West 67th Street, New York,

Tickets $30

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