Judith Lang Zaimont's Sonata for Piano Solo To Be Performed on June 1
at Washington, DC's National Museum of Women in the Arts- Pianist Joanne
Polk To Perform This Major Work

Judith Lang Zaimont's critically acclaimed Sonata for Piano Solo will
be performed by renowned pianist Joanne Polk on Sunday, June 1, 2003 -
3:00 PM at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Avenue,
N.W.  in Washington, D.C.

This performance of the 3-movement Zaimont Sonata is especially
significant.  The piece was premiered in May of 2000 at the Phillips
Collection in Washington D.C.  and was cited as the most important solo
piano piece of 1999 by Piano & Keyboard magazine in its great piano
compositions of the 20th Century timeline.  It is the composer's largest
solo statement to date for the instrument and has also been performed
in New York City and Minneapolis.  The third movement, Impronta Digitale,
was chosen as a representative American work for the 2001 Van Cliburn
Competition and was performed by both of the competition's Gold Medal
winners.  Joanne Polk has recorded the Sonata for a 2003 CD release on
Albany Records.

Additional repertoire for this concert will include Four Songs by Clara
Schumann.

Tickets for the June 1 concert are $15 general admission, $12 IAWM and
NMWA members and seniors (60 and over) and $10 students.  Reservations
are required.  For reservations and other concert information, contact
the NMWA at 202-783-5000 or 1-800-222-7270.  You can also visit them
online at http://www.nmwa.org/.

Judith Lang Zaimont was the subject of a major feature article about her
piano music in the April 2003 issue of Clavier magazine and was recently
featured on Instrumental Women: Comparing Notes, which aired nationally
on National Public Radio during the month of March.  This program,
presented by Minnesota Public Radio, featured music and in-studio
commentary from Ms. Zaimont and other important woman composers.

Judith Lang Zaimont's music is widely performed throughout the U.S.
and Europe and has been recorded for the Harmonia Mundi, Koch International
Classics, Arabesque, Milken Family Foundation, Albany, Jeanne, Leonarda,
Northeastern, and 4Tay labels.  She was awarded First Prize in the
international 1995 McCollin Competition for Composers (for Symphony No.
1, performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1996) and the 1995 Recording
Award - First Prize awarded by the International Alliance for Women
in Music (for the Arabesque CD Neon Rhythm).  Several other Zaimont
compositions have been honored by selection for competition repertoire
lists, including works for the Carnegie - Rockefeller competition for
interpreters of American vocal music.  Her music appears on two Century
lists (Chamber Music America; Piano & Keyboard Magazine), and is the
subject of many publications.  Ms. Zaimont teaches at the University
of Minnesota.

More information about Ms. Zaimont, including sound clips from her many
recordings, is available at her website - http://www.jzaimont.com.  You
can read her latest reSOUNDings newsletter online at
http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/march03/JZ_nws_031203.htm.

For any other information about the music of Judith Lang Zaimont, please
contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or
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