Fifth Boston International Piano Competition
Sorenson Theater
Babson College ~ Wellesley, Massachusetts
May 21 - 24, 2009
Schedule
May 21 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Timothy McFarland
May 22 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Victor Rosenbaum
May 23 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Janice Weber
Our Faculty
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.
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.
Janice Weber graduated summa cum laude from the Eastman School of Music. She studied with Cecile Genhart, Eugene List and Nadia Reisenberg. She has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, and other leading orchestras in the USA. She has given recitals in the USA, Europe, and the Far East. The New York Times chose her third novel "Frost the Fiddler" as a Notable Book of the Year. She is a member of the piano faculty of the Boston Conservatory of Music and performs regularly in the chamber music series. Her recordings include works by Rachmaninoff, Ornstein, Griffes, Karg-Elert, and received the International Liszt Prize for her recording of the last Hungarian Rhapsody.