{"id":163,"date":"2017-05-31T11:15:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T18:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.junasai.com\/?p=163"},"modified":"2019-11-20T21:13:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T05:13:14","slug":"jun-asai-piano-concert-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.junasai.com\/?p=163","title":{"rendered":"Jun Asai Piano Concert 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Saturday, August 5, 2017 from 4PM
\nAt The Colburn School (LA downtown)<\/h1>\n

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\u3010Program\u3011
\nBeethoven Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight)
\nChopin Preludes, op. 28
\nBalakirev Islamey<\/p>\n

A laureate at many international competitions, Colburn alumna and pianist Jun Asai returns in a program featuring three great works from the 19th century. Opening the program will be Beethoven\u2019s \u201cMoonlight\u201d sonata (a title originating not from the composer himself but from the German poet Ludwig Rellstab), followed by Chopin\u2019s Preludes, traversing the gamut of all 24 keys. Rounding out the program will be Balakirev\u2019s Islamey, a pianistic tour de force, inspired by the composer\u2019s visits to the Caucasus region and its colorful folk music. This recital is sponsored by Davar Church, where she currently serves as Music Director.<\/p>\n

Tickets are now Sold Out!<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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[Profile]
\nJun Asai has performed with the L.A. Philharmonic, Glendale Philharmonic, Fort Worth Symphony, Utah Symphony, Nagoya Philharmonic and Shanghai Philharmonic. Winners of various prizes, including at L.A. Phil\u2019s Kaper Awards, the National Chopin Competition, Shanghai Int\u2019l Competition, Joanna Hodges Int\u2019l Competition, Bachauer Int\u2019l Competition, New Orleans Int\u2019l Competition, Citt\u00e0 di Cant\u00f9 Int\u2019l Piano Competition, etc. Her teachers include Eduardo Delgado, Daniel Pollack, Oxana Yablonskaya, and Yoheved Kaplinsky. She has also worked with John O\u2019Conor, Arie Vardi, Mikhail Voskressensky and Nelita True in various masterclasses. She gave her debut recital at Carnegie\u2019s Weill Hall in 2002, appeared four times on the TV program \u201cMusical Encounter,\u201d and played the role of a piano prodigy in \u201cSneakers\u201d with Robert Redford. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and grew up locally in Pasadena where she took lessons at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and later at the Colburn School of Music. She entered the Juilliard School at the age of 15, graduated with a Master\u2019s Degree in 2004 and is currently in the doctoral program at the Johns Hopkins University under the tutelage of Leon Fleisher. She serves as music director at Davar Church in Pasadena.<\/h2>\n

[Direction]<\/b>
\nThe Colburn School
\nZipper Hall
\n200 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012<\/p>\n