(Kimball
Gallagher)
Don’t miss the rare opportunity of hearing
a visiting international pianist in Pietermaritzburg. Kimball Gallagher plays
Chopin’s Ballade No 4 and one of the most monumental of Romantic piano works, Liszt’s
Sonata in B minor. The programme includes Jaunpuri
by Michael Harrison; Ode to Antarctica
(pre-premiere) by Christina Courtin; Elham
Prelude by Elham Fanoos; Hamid by
Jaloul Ayed and Kimball Gallagher’s own composition, Selections from 88 Preludes.
Hailed by critics as a “dynamo”,
Gallagher’s sold-out 2008 debut at Carnegie Hall launched his international
88-Concert Tour which seeks to revive salon culture through 88 performances in
a variety of intimate venues. This unique four-year tour continues to gain
momentum with performances in private homes throughout the United States and
distinguished venues all over the world, from the Kennedy Center to Kabul,
Bombay to Boulder, Chicago to Shanghai and Tuscany to Tunisia.
This past season has included concerts in
Paris, Cairo, Alexandria, Dubai, a tour of India and a return to Kabul,
Afghanistan. Kimball now visits South Africa and Pietermaritzburg1
Each concert in the 88 concert tour creates
an unparalleled forum for dialogue between artist and listener, inviting
audiences into a unique live performance experience. As a gift, each concert
host receives a personalized piano work written for them using a compositional
system to spell out musical notes to match their name; the world-premiere is
given in their home. This tour will culminate in a 2015 Celebration Concert at
Carnegie Hall in New York City. A native of Boston, Kimball Gallagher earned
his undergraduate degree at Rice University in the studio of Jeanne
Kierman-Fischer, and his Master of Music degree as a pupil of Robert McDonald
at The Juilliard School.
Kimball Gallagher will perform Concert #74e
of the 88-key Concert Tour in Pietermaritzburg on October 16 at 19h30 at the
home of Music Revival, 35 Montgomery Drive, Athlone. The venue opens at 19h00. R100
includes a welcome drink on arrival and coffee and there is secure parking.
Booking is essential on email: booking@musicrevival.co.za
or on 033 342 3051. Please include your contact numbers in both email and
telephone bookings.
For more information on Kimball Gallagher
visit www.kimballgallagher.com and
www.pianokey.net
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