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Reviews: Kalamazoo Gazette Reviews Conrad's Gilmore Recital |
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On Sunday, January 17 at 7PM, Conrad gave his debut recital at the Gilmore Festival's Rising Stars Recital Series in a sold-out concert at Wellspring Theater. To read a review of the recital, please click here.
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Performances: Conrad To Perform Mozart and Beethoven Piano Concertos with Santa Fe ProMusica |
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On January 28 and 30, 2010, Conrad will return to Santa Fe and perform two piano concertos with the Santa Fe ProMusica Chamber Orchestra at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in downtown Santa Fe. This is Conrad's second collaboration with the orchestra and its music director Thomas O'Conner. In January 2009, Conrad performed Mozart Concerto #20 in D minor and Beethoven Concerto #3 in C minor with the ensemble to great success, resulting in the immediate return this season. This time, he will perform Mozart's Piano Concerto #22 in E-flat major on January 28, and Beethoven's Piano Concerto #4 in G Major on January 30. For tickets and concert details, please click here.
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Performances: Conrad's Piano Trio to Have World Premier Performances in Chicago |
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Conrad's most recent composition, Piano Trio (2009), commissioned by Chicago's Music in the Loft concert series and the Lincoln Trio, will have its world premier performances on January 16 and 17, 2010 in Chicago by the Lincoln Trio. The new piano trio, which contains two movements and is about 16 minutes long, "aims to search the endless possibilities and risks that love entails", as Conrad wrote in his program notes. For more information about the concerts and tickets, please click here.
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Performances: Conrad To Give Gilmore Rising Stars Recital |
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On Sunday, January 17, 2010, Conrad will give his Gilmore Rising Stars recital in the Wellspring Theater in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Conrad's recital program will include Bach's French Overture, selections from Debussy and Rachmaninoff Preludes, Samuel Barber's Piano Sonata, as well as his own Fantasy-Sonata composed in 2008. To read more about the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and Awards and the Gilmore Foundation, please click here. For more information about the Rising Stars Recital Series and tickets, click here.
Please click here to read a feature story about Conrad on the Kalamazoo Gazette.
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Performances: Conrad to Give South American Recital Debut in Chile |
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On Saturday, November 7, Conrad will be making his South American recital debut in Frutillar, Chile. The gala concert is supporting education and the arts and will be held at noon at the beautiful Teatro del Lago. Conrad will be performing works by Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Lowell Liebermann. Click here for more information and tickets.
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Performances: Conrad's String Quartet ''two worlds'' to be Performed in Chicago |
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As the composer-in-residence for Chicago's Music in the Loft concert series, Conrad's string quartet "two worlds" composed in 2007 will be performed by the Biava Quartet on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3 and 4, in Chicago's Music In the Loft concert series. Throughout the season, Conrad's music will be featured and three more of his compositions will be performed. For tickets and concerts time and venue, please click here.
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Performances: Conrad to Give Free Recital at Julliard's Paul Hall |
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On Saturday, October 24 at 5pm, Conrad will give his annual Julliard recital in Paul Hall. This is a free recital, everyone is welcome and no tickets are required. He will perform Bach's Overture in the French Style, BWV 831, Piano Sonata No. 1 by Australian composer Carl Vine, as well as selected Rachmaninoff Preludes from Op. 23 and 32. For direction to Juilliard, please click here.
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Performances: Conrad to Perform with Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in Singapore |
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On Friday, October 9, Conrad will perform Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under Conductor Jaap Van Zweden at the 2009 Singapore Sun Festival. On the same program, Cellist Nina Kotova will perform Chris Theofanidis' Cello Concerto. Conrad has been studying composition with Chris for the past six years and it is very special for him to be performing on the same program. The concert will be held at Esplanade Concert Hall at 7:30 pm. For more information, please click here.
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Performances: Conrad to make his Russian Debut in Moscow |
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On Saturday, September 12, Conrad will make his Russian debut performing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor with the Russian National Orchestra under the baton of music director Mikhail Pletnev at the hallowed Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. This marks the third time Conrad has collaborated with the RNO but the first time in Russia. For more information about the Russian National Orchestra and its concerts, please click here.
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Reviews: Syracuse Post-Standard Reviews Conrad's performance at Skaneateles Festival |
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Conrad performed Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto #1 with the Skaneateles Festival Chamber Orchestra on Saturday, August 22 to standing ovations. To read a review of this concert, please click here.
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