Sara Daneshpour, Piano
Sunday, September 17, 2023
3 pm
Memorial Hall
See Review of Recital by Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati Business Courier.
Still in her early 20s, Sara Daneshpour has performed not only in her native city of Washington, DC, but also in New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Russia, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Denmark and Sweden on stages of prestigious venues. She also has been featured nationwide on 160 public radio stations, including the venerable WGBH in Boston.
Ms. Daneshpour has received many awards in international competitions including, among others, 3rd prize at the 2017 Arthur Rubenstein International Piano Competition; 1st prize at the XII Concours International de Musique du Maroc; 2013 Laureate of the ProLiance Engery Classical Fellowship Awards of the American Pianists Association; 1st Prize, Gold Medal and the Audience Award at the 2007 International Piano Competition in San Jose, California; Gold Medal at the 2007 International Russian Music Piano Competition; and a medal at the Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona.
In concerts with orchestra and solo recitals, she stuns audiences with an unusually wide repertoire ranging from Bach to Boulez, with her dazzling technique and an exceptional level of artistic depth and sincerity. Her performances have earned high accolades from audiences and critics alike.
Ms. Daneshpour has studied under the direction of Leon Fleisher at the Curtis Institute of Music, with Yoheved Kaplinsky and Oleg Volkov at The Juilliard School and with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She will join the faculty at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music this fall.
Program
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)
- Das Wolhtemperierte Clavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier), Book One
- Prelude and Fugue No. 1, in C Major, BWV 846
- Prelude and Fugue No. 2, in C Minor, BWV 847
- Prelude and Fugue No. 3, in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848
- Prelude and Fugue No. 4, in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849
- Prelude and Fugue No. 5, in D Major, BWV 850
- Prelude and Fugue No. 6, in D Minor, BWV 851
- Prelude and Fugue No. 7, in E-Flat Major, BWV 852
- Prelude and Fugue No. 8, in E-Flat Minor, BWV 853
- Prelude and Fugue No. 9, in E Major, BWV 854
Intermission
Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
- 12 Etudes, Op.25
PHOTOS
Photography by Constance Sanders
