Fourth Boston International Piano Competition
Ellsworth Auditorium
Pine Manor College ~ Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
May 17 - 20, 2007
Schedule
May 17 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Timothy McFarland
May 18 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Victor Rosenbaum
May 19 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Randall Hodgkinson
Our Faculty
Timothy McFarland, a native of St. Louis, is a pianist of recognized distinction. An advocate of contemporary music, recent performances of the work of Robert Ceely have generated critical praise. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, Mr. McFarland was a student of Russell Sherman and Rudolf Kolisch. In addition to his performances as a pianist, Mr. McFarland is the Music Director of the Belmont (MA) Symphony Orchestra, is a faculty member of the University of Massachusetts in Boston, and is an Affiliate Artist on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Victor Rosenbaum has performed widely as a soloist and chamber musician performer in the United States, Europe, Asia, Israel, and Russia in such prestigious halls as the Alice Tully Hall in New York and the Hermitage in St Petersburg, Russia. He studied with Elizabeth Brock, Martin Marks, Rosina Lhevinne and Leonard Shure. He has collaborated with Leonard Rose, Arnold Steinhardt, Robert Mann, and the Cleveland and Brentano String Quartets. He appeared at the Tanglewood, Rockport, Yellow Barn, Kneisel Hall, Kfar Blum (Israel) Festivals and at Musicorda where he is on the faculty. He has been a soloist with the Indianapolis and Atlanta Symphonies, and the Boston Pops. He has given master classes at the Menuhin School, a guest teacher at Juilliard, Royal Academy, Royal College, Guildhall and School of Music in London, the Toho School in Japan and the Jerusalem Music Center. He was a visiting Professor at the Eastman School and is on the faculty of the Mannes College of Music in New York, the New England Conservatory of Music, and the Longy School where he was Director and President from 1985 to 2001. His recordings of Schubert and Beethoven have been very highly praised.
Randall Hodgkinson was the Grand Prize Winner of the International American Music Competition, sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Foundation. He has performed with orchestras in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Boston, Cleveland and abroad in Italy and Iceland. He has performed numerous recital programs spanning the repertoire from J.S. Bach to Donald Martino. He is an artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society, and performs the four-hand and two-piano repertoire with his wife Leslie Amper. He studied with Veronica Jochum, Russell Sherman, and Leonard Shure and gained the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees with distinction. Mr. Hodgkinson's festival appearances include Blue Hill (Maine), Barge Music, Chestnut Hill Concerts (Madison, Connecticut), Seattle Chamber Music Festival, and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Mr. Hodgkinson is presently on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and the Longy School of Music in Cambridge. Recently, Mr. Hodgkinson gave the world premiere of the Piano Concerto by Gardner Read at the Eastman School in Rochester. His performance of the work has been released on Albany Records. His other recordings include solo works by Roger Sessions and Donald Martino for the New World label, chamber music with the Boston Chamber Music Society for Northeastern Records, and the Morton Gould Concerto with the Albany Symphony for Albany Records.