August 16, 2004
Monday, 2:00 PM
Piano Master Class
Mr. Russell Sherman
Program
Schubert: Sonata D. 845 in A minor (Yu-Chen Shih)
Brahms: Sechs Kalvierstucke Op. 118 (Jannie Lo)
Beethoven: Sonata No. 23, Op. 57 (Evan Wong)
Russell Sherman Bio
An active recitalist internationally, pianist Russell Sherman celebrated his 70th birthday year and the 2000-2001 season with critically and publicly acclaimed engagements highlighted by performances at New York's Alice Tully Hall, Sarasota's Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a concert series at Boston's Jordan Hall, and concerts in Spain and Korea. During the 2001-2002 season, his Boston performances have included appearances with the Pro Arte Orchestra and on the Celebrity Series In the spring of 2002, Mr. Sherman repeated his all Beethoven recital and performed Liszt's Transcendental Études at the University of Texas at Austin, before embarking on a recital tour in Australia. His recording with Monadnock Music of the Beethoven Piano Concertos was released late in 2001 by GM, which has also released his recordings of the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas. He has also recorded on the Albany label. He has performed with major orchestras such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony. Abroad, Mr. Sherman has played in the major cities of Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Korea, Russia and South America. In recital, Russell Sherman has appeared on Carnegie Hall's Keyboard Virtuosos Series, California's Ambassador Foundation Series, the Distinguished Artists series at New York's Tisch Center for the Arts at the 92nd St. Y, the Bank of Boston Celebrity Series, at Columbia University's Miller Theatre, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Chicago's Orchestra Hall. He has also appeared at the Ravinia Festival, the Hollywood Bowl and the Mostly Mozart Festival. He was a Visiting Professor at Harvard University and is currently a Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at the New England Conservatory.