Piedmont Piano Company is pleased to present
Rachel Breen, solo piano
Life Cycles: A Recital and Discussion on the Passage of Time
Rachel Breen, a recent Juilliard graduate and winner of many international competitions currently concertizing around Europe, will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, and Stravinsky, and discuss the music. This eclectic but carefully curated set of repertoire is focused on the convergences between emotional states, musical periods, and stages of life. Light refreshments and lively conversation will follow the recital!
JAZZ AFTERPARTY!
Please join us after Rachel’s recital at Shinmai, just across the intersection at 1825 San Pablo, for a fun jazz afterparty at our favorite Oakland restaurant. This week listen to great jazz from the Peter Barshay Trio. There will be no host cocktails, beer, wine and sake - or order dinner if you like. Antendees of the recital at the piano store will receive a discount on food and drinks! Start time 6PM - if you can’t make the show, come for the party!
FREE ADMISSION
RSVP recommended
Donations welcome
Twenty-three-year-old Rachel Breen of Oakland, California, is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where she was a student of Julian Martin and coached chamber music with Joseph Kalichstein and Roger Tapping. Previously, she studied with Dr. Sharon Mann at the San Francisco Conservatory; until age 10, she was self-taught. Breen has won prizes in a number of national and international competitions, including first prizes in the Georges Cziffra International Competition (Senlis, France), the Nuova Coppa Pianisti International Competition (Osimo, Italy), and the Mondavi National Competition. She received the award for best solo performance from Professor Sergei Babayan at the Arthur Fraser International Competition, and has received top prizes in the Composers of Spain International Piano Competition (Madrid, Spain), the International Russian Music Piano Competition, the Premio Melini International Competition (Trento, Italy), and the Gallinari International Piano Competition (Bologna, Italy). She was named a Finalist by the National YoungArts Association and performed at YoungArts week in Miami as a result, and has also been featured in the Oberlin Artist Recital Series, the Aspen Music Festival Overture Series, and Alice Tully Hall’s Wednesday at 1 series, where she gave the world premiere of Theo Chandler’s piano quartet, Variations Between the Creases. She has performed a number of times with orchestra (most recently, at Lincoln Center; in Madrid, Spain; and in Hannover, Germany).
Breen specializes in the music of Bach, and is currently based in Europe, where she studies with Professor Lars Vogt.
Aside from piano, she graduated from Miramonte High School at 16, where she received the first prize on the National Latin Exam and third prize on the National French Exam.