PIANO OUTREACH OF NEW YORK 461 Central Park West Suite 3A New York, NY 10025 212-386-2274 www.pianooutreach.org FOUNDER, DIRECTOR Vera Barskaya Anselmo BOARD OF DIRECTORS Andrew Anselmo Nathaniel Berman Veronica Bulgari Irene Drivas P.Conor Grimes Reshma Mally Debbie Sadr PIANO OUTREACH OF NEW YORK PROGRAM FEATURES Spring 2015 Fundraiser Hunter Ward Piano student from De LaSalle Academy (PONY) THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH AT 6:30PM FEATURE ARTIST SALON PIANO CONCERT NEW YORK JUNIOR LEAGUE 2ND FLOOR BOARD OF ADVISORS Jiin Wen Burns Patrick Riley Paul livanos 130 EAST 80TH STREET NEW YORK, NY SILENT AUCTION PONY provides scholarships to children who cannot afford the lessons. Piano-playing skills, note reading and writing, ear training, and rhythm are taught, together with music history. RECEPTION *$100/PP MINIMUM DONATION * PIANO SCHOOL OF NYC WILL MATCH ALL DONATIONS FROM PIANO SCHOOL STUDENTS & FAMILIES PIANO OUTREACH OF NEW YORK, INC. 461 CENTRAL PARK WEST, SUITE 3A NEW YORK, NY 10025 DONATE ONLINE AT WWW.PIANOOUTREACH.ORG JOSU DE SOLAUN Program: E. Granados - Valses Poeticos (Poetic Waltzes) R. Schumann - Fantasy, Op. 17 “…there was never any doubt about De Solaun’s technical mastery and he dazzled us with a ferocious last movement, the conclusion of which brought members of the audience to their feet in a frenzy of excited applause. Lyn Bronson Peninsula Reviews http://www.peninsulareviews.com/ 2011/01/23/world-premiere-bymonterey-symphony/ ▪Piano Outreach of New York, Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization that provides scholarships to children for the study of music ▪ For more information please visit our website at www.pianooutreach.org JOSU DE SOLAUN Pianist http://www.josudesolaun.com As a First Prize winner of the XIII George Enescu International Piano Competition in Bucharest (won by legendary pianists such as Radu Lupu, Elisabeth Leonskaja, and Dmitri Alexeev), the XV José Iturbi International Piano Competition and the I European Union Piano Competition, held in Prague, Spanish pianist Josu De Solaun has been invited to perform in distinguished concert series throughout the world, having made notable appearances in Bucharest, Saint Petersburg (Mariinsky Theatre), Washington, DC (Kennedy Center), New York (Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Opera), Princeton (Taplin Hall), London (Southbank Centre), Paris (Salle Cortot), Leipzig (Schumann Haus), Taipei (Novel Hall), MexicoCity (Sala Silvestre Revueltas), Prague (Nostitz Palace), Rome (Academia deEspaña), Menton (Festival International de Musique), and all major cities of Spain. Beginning at a young age, he has performed in France, Georgia, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Canada, Germany, Japan, China, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, the Netherlands, Mexico, Chile, and Switzerland as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist, His performances have been broadcast on Spanish national radio, Taiwanese National TV, Czech National TV, as well as on New York’s WQXR, Princeton’s WPRB, and Chicago’s WFMT. Josu De Solaun is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, where his two main teachers and main musical influences have been pianists Nina Svetlanova and Horacio Gutierrez. In Spain, where he studied until the age of 17, his main teachers were Ricardo Roca, Ana Guijarro, and specially, Maria Teresa Naranjo. Throughout his almost 16 years of study in the USA, he has also benefited from the valuable advice and mentorship of Albert and Miyoko Lotto, Joaquin Achucarro, Matti Raekallio, Edna Golandsky, and Jerome Lowenthal. ▪Piano Outreach of New York, Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization that provides scholarships to children for the study of music ▪ For more information please visit our website at www.pianooutreach.org