“One of the great Bach players of our time,” Finnish-Cuban pianist Anton Mejias performs the United States premiere of Twelve Preludes: The Art of Memory by composer Philip Lasser, alongside Book II of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. A distinguished member of The Juilliard School faculty since 1994, Philip Lasser is Director of the European American Music Alliance Summer Music Institute and Academy and is known for creating a unique sound world that blends the colorful harmonies of French Impressionist sonorities with the dynamic rhythms and characteristics of American music.
Anton Mejias, piano
Philip Lasser, composer
PROGRAM
BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
PHILIP LASSER The Art of Memory [US Premiere]
Co-Commissioned by the Dresdner Musikfestspiele and Newport Classical
6:30 PM – Composer Talk with Philip Lasser
7:30 PM – Performance
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