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Composer David LiptakPERFORMANCES2009 2008 2007 2006 20052009 December 14th - Star Bright, for piano and an ensemble of 12 players, is performed by Eastman Musica Nova led by Brad Lubman. Premiere performance. November 23rd - Concerto for Viola and Percussion, with viola soloist John Graham and the University of South Florida Percussion Ensemble led by Robert McCormick. There is a concert performance and recording of the work for Capstone Records. August Star Light, for solo piano, will be performed as required repertory for the Chautauqua Music Festival XIV Piano Competition. The music was commissioned for this event by the Chautauqua Music Festival. May 15th - Duo, for flute and clarinet, was performed in Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School of Music by flutist Bonita Boyd and clarinetist Adrian Sandi. This was followed by four additional performances as part of a 12-day tour of China, in the cities Guangzhou, Xi'an, Shenyang, and Beijing. 14th and 13th - Piano Quintet was performed by the Open House Ensemble at the Red House in Syacuse and at the Tenri Center in New York. April 26th and 25th - Piano Roll Blues was performed as part of the Piano by Nature series in the Adirondack Park, Elizabethtown, New York. March 30th - Folgore's Months, a setting of four songs for soprano and wind ensemble, was presented by soprano Tony Arnold and the Eastman Wind Ensemble with conductor Mark Scatterday, in Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School of Music. Premiere performance. 28th - Songs for Persephone, for soprano, flute, and guitar, was performed by Kathryn Lewek, soprano, and the Boyd/Goluses Duo in Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music. Commedia, for clarinet, violin, and piano, was given four performances by the Verdehr Trio. The concerts were March 1st at the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York, March 4th at Ithaca College, March 6th in Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School of Music, and March 8th at the Phillips Collection in Washington. February 20th - The Trees Have Spirits, for solo bass, performed by Scott Worthington, and Starpoints, for solo violin, performed by Anyango Yarbo-Davenport, were presented by Ossia New Music in Syracuse. 19th - Sonata for Cello and Piano was performed by cellist Steven Doane and pianist Barry Snyder at Kilbourn Hall, presented by Ossia New Music. 4th - Trio for Viola, Percussion, and Piano was played by violist George Taylor, percussionist Jim Tiller, and pianist Gregory Millar at Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music. Premiere performance. January 25th - Piano Quintet was performed by the Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble as part of the Chamber Music Rochester season. Back to top 2008 December 27th - Piano Quintet was performed by the Center for New Music at the University of Iowa. August Four performances of Ice Flowers, for violin and koto, were given in Denmark by vio-LINK-oto (Pia Liptak, violin, and Ryuko Mizutani, koto), on these dates: 27th - Rundetaarn, Copenhagen 26th - Odense 24th - Kerteminde June 1st - Poppies, for string trio, was played as part of the First Muse Chamber Series by violinist Juliana Athayde, violist Melissa Matson, and cellist John Haines-Eitzan, Rochester. May 1st - In Praise of Stubborn Sounds, for mixed ensemble and in celebration of Elliott Carter's 100th birthday, was performed in Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School of Music by Brad Lubman conducting the Musica Nova Ensemble. March 29th - Sonata for Cello and Piano, was performed by cellist Steven Doane and pianist Barry Snyder in Kilbourn Hall of the Eastman School of Music. Premiere performance. Back to top 2007 Melissa's Quilt Symphony Space, New York City. The “Azure Ensemble,' Karen Ritscher, viola, and Ingrid Gordon, marimba. October 5th Shadower Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, CA. Kathleen Winkler, violin, and Michael Werner, percussion. July 24th Cold Litanies Rebecca Gilbert, flute, with Cary Ratcliff, piano; and cellists Kathy Kemp (4/15) and Mimi Hwang (5/20). April 15th (Society of Medicine) and May 20th (Rochester Zen Center), Rochester, NY Piano Quintet Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. March 19th Ice Flowers vio-LINK-oto. “Cross Currents” Festival, Honolulu, HI February 20th Cold Litanies Trio Xia. “Cross Currents” Festival, Honolulu, HI February 18th - premiere Fantasy Pia Liptak, violin, and David Liptak, piano. “Cross Currents” Festival, Honolulu, HI February 18th The Play of Winds Jonathan Vincour, New York Viola Society, New York, NY January 21st Back to top 2006 A Bridge Across Spaces Florent Renard-Payen, cello. Colgate University Memorial Chapel, Hamilton, NY. November 19th Commedia Fire Wire Ensemble. Chicago, IL. November 16th and December 6th Piano Quintet Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble Ithaca, NY. October 22nd - premiere Concerto for Viola and Percussion John Graham, viola. Aspen Music Festival. Aspen, CO. August 2nd Broken Cries Tarab Cello Ensemble. Seligman Performing Arts Center, Beverly Hills, Michigan. June 17th Banners of Scarlet Penfield Symphony Orchestra. David Harman, conductor. Penfield, NY. May 22nd Concerto for Viola and Percussion John Graham, viola. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music. Rochester, NY. April 18th - premiere Commedia Time’s Arrow New Music Ensemble. Boston, MA. April 12th Sonata for Violin and Piano Katie Wolfe, vioin, and Ketty Nez, piano. Boston, MA. March 15th Melissa's Quilt George Taylor, viola. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music. Rochester, NY. February 26th A Bridge Across Spaces Florent Renard-Payen, cello. Hamilton College, NY. February 25th Under the Resurrection Palm Thomas Meglioranza, baritone. Symphony Space, New York City. February 9th Broken Cries Tarab Cello Ensemble. Boston, MA. February 4th and 5th (two performances) Back to top 2005 Ancient Songs Timothy Jones, Baritone. Houston, TX November 21st Octet Eastman Wind Ensemble, Mark Scatterday, conductor. Rochester, NY. November 11th - premiere Away RIT Singers, Ed Schell, conductor. Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, NY. November 6th - premiere Fanfare for Trumpets Eastman Community School, Rochester, NY. October 22nd - premiere Three Dances for Orchestra University of Rochester Symphony, David Harman, conductor. Rochester, NY. October 22nd - premiere Ancient Songs WS Smith, baritone. Aspen Music Festival. Aspen, CO. July 2nd Chamber Concerto No. 1 Julio Fresneda, clarinet, OSA Cuarto de Percusion. Valencia, SPAIN May 27th The Passing of Memory Eastman Music Nova, Brad Lubman conducting. Rochester, NY April 11th Ice Flowers Pia Liptak, violin; Ryuko Mizutani, koto. Eastman World Music Series. February 7th - premiere |
