One of the most fascinating pianists on the international music scene today, Sara Davis Buechner is internationally known for her musical command, cosmopolitan artistry, and visionary independence. She is acclaimed for championing all sorts of rare virtuoso repertoire in her concerts, her many recordings, and for performing over 100 piano concertos. She will even be including her own composition, A New York Sketchbook, on her typically adventurous and colorful Piano Masters program. As a proud transgender woman, Buechner also appears as a speaker and performer at important LGBTQ events and has contributed interviews and articles about her own experiences to media outlets worldwide.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Sonata in B-flat Major KV 333
ANTONÍN DVOŔÁK: Four Piano Pieces, op. 52
SARA DAVIS BUECHNER: A New York Sketchbook
FEDERICO LONGAS: Three Spanish Pieces
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Four Foxtrots
Michael Lewin, artistic director
Piano Masters Series is a recital series celebrating the art of great piano playing, featuring acclaimed artists from around the world.
Program Information
Repertoire
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Sonata in B-flat Major KV 333
Allegro
Andante cantabile
Allegretto grazioso
ANTONÍN DVOŔÁK: Four Piano Pieces, op. 52
Impromptu
Intermezzo
Gigue
Eclogue
SARA DAVIS BUECHNER: A New York Sketchbook (1988)
“Riverside Park, Sunday Morning”
“Waltz for Aline”
“El Paseo del Bronx (The Bronx Step)”
—INTERMISSION—
FEDERICO LONGAS: Three Spanish Pieces
“Bulerias”
“Catalana”
“Aragón”
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Four Foxtrots
transcribed from acoustic recordings and player piano rolls
“Swanee”
“Do - Do - Do”
“Novelette in Fourths”
“Kickin’ the Clouds Away”
About the Artist
One of the leading concert pianists of our time, Sara Davis Buechner is praised worldwide as a musician of “intelligence, integrity and all-encompassing technical prowess” (New York Times). With an active repertoire of more than 100 piano concertos ranging from A (Albeníz) to Z (Zimbalist)—one of the largest of any concert pianist today—she has appeared as soloist with many of the world’s premier orchestras. Buechner’s extensive discography includes music by Bach, Brahms, Busoni, Dvořák, Mozart, Stravinsky, and Turina; Hollywood piano concertos by Bernard Herrmann and Franz Waxman; rare American music of George Gershwin, Dana Suesse, Pauline Alpert, and Joseph Lamb; and the complete piano music of Miklós Rózsa.
Buechner is a professor of piano at Temple University in Philadelphia, and previously taught at New York University and the University of British Columbia. As a proud transgender woman, Buechner also appears as a speaker and performer at important LGBTQ events, and has contributed interviews and articles about her experience to numerous media outlets worldwide. Read more about Buechner here.
Music Division and Concert Staff
MUSIC DIVISION
Dean of Music
– Michael Shinn
Chair of Voice – Patty Thom
Chair of Instrumental Studies – Matthew Marsit
Chair of Composition, Contemporary Music, and Core Studies – Jonathan Bailey Holland
Chief Ensemble Operations Coordinator – Ryan Fossier
Ensembles Coordinator – Victoria Garcia
Administrative Coordinator – Chantel O'Brien
PERFORMANCE SERVICES
Director of Performance Services – Liz Keller-Tripp
Director of Audio/Visual Services – Richard Malcolm
Audio/Visual Specialist – Phil Roberson
Associate Director of Concert Services – Ryland Bennett
BOX OFFICE
Associate Director of Event Management and Audience Services, Berklee – Nicole Kindred
Ticket Operations and Patron Services Manager, Boston Conservatory at Berklee – Erin Conors
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