Minnesota Premiere of Judith Lang Zaimont's Sonata for Piano Solo on
April 21, Part of All-Zaimont Concert - Composer's Piano Music is Subject
of Feature Article in April Clavier Magazine
Judith Lang Zaimont's critically acclaimed Sonata for Piano Solo will
be given its Minnesota Premiere on Monday, April 21 - 7:30 PM as part
of 'Darkness into Bright' - an important all-Zaimont concert to be
presented at Ultan Recital Hall of Ferguson Hall, 2106 4th Street South
on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis
Repertoire for this School of Music sponsored concert will include
the composers' Tanya 'Poems' (1999) for solo cello, the Minnesota
Premiere of the Sonata for Piano Solo (1999), The Ages Of Love (1971),
a song cycle for baritone and piano, and the Minnesota Premieres of
Vergie Rainey - Two Narratives (2002) for soprano, mezzo and piano and
'Bubble-Up' Rag - a concert piece for flute and piano (2001).
Performers will include guest artists Joanne Polk, piano, Cheryl Coker,
soprano, Lester Senter, mezzo and U. of Minn. School of Music performance
faculty members Tanya Remenikova, cello; Lawrence Weller, voice; Margo
Garrett, piano and Immanuel Davis, flute.
This concert is free and open to the public. For directions and other
information, please contact the University of Minnesota School of Music
at 612-624-5740 or visit them online at http://www.music.umn.edu/
Judith Lang Zaimont is 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.
The Minneapolis Premiere 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. 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.
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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