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Reviews: Review of the July 4th Concert with Napa Valley Symphony |
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Conrad gave a sensational rendition of Gershwin's beloved "Rhapsody in Blue" at Festival del Sole's free July 4th concert with Napa Valley Symphony under Maestro Ashey Raboy. To read the review on Napa Valley Register, please click here.
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Performances: Conrad to Give Pre-Concert Recital at Mostly Mozart Festival in Lincoln Center |
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On August 1, 2008 at 7pm, Conrad will give a pre-concert recital at the Mostly Mozart Festival in Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. He will perform Beethoven's Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 (“Waldstein”). For tickets to this concert, please click here.
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Performances: Conrad to Give Debut Recital at Schloss Elmau, Germany |
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On July 30, 2008 at 7pm, Conrad will give a piano recital at Schloss Elmau, Germany, in their Jazz-Classical Concert Series. He will perform works by Beethoven, John Corigliano and Chopin. For tickets, please click here.
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Performances: Conrad To Give Debut Recital at the Verbier Festival |
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On Sunday, July 27 at 2:30pm, Conrad will make his recital debut at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. Works to be featured in this recital include those by Beethoven, John Corigliano, Chopin, Liszt, and a work by Conrad himself, entitled Fantasy-Sonata. For details and ticketing information, please click here.
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Performances: Conrad Invited to Perform Summer Concert with San Francisco Symphony |
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After their successful performance with the San Francisco Symphony's Chinese New Year concert in Februaray, Conrad and Peng Peng are invited back to perform with the San Francisco Symphony again in their Summer-in-the-City Concert Series on July 17, 2008 at Davis Symphony Hall under Maestro James Gaffigan. The concert will feature an all-Mozart program with Conrad and Peng Peng performing the Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major, K. 365. For tickets, please click here.
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Performances: Conrad Opens the Third Season of Festival del Sole with Napa Valley Symphony |
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On July 4, 2008, Conrad will perform Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Napa Valley Symphony under its music director Asher Raboy. This concert is in advance of the official opening of the Festival del Sole's third season, July 12-20. This is an free outdoor event to be followed by fireworks. Conrad made his debut at Festival del Sole last summer with the Russian National Orchestra performing Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto to rave reviews. This marks his return engegement with the Festival. To view detailed information about the Festival and the July 4th concert, click here.
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Performances: Conrad To Give Recital Debut in Mexico City, Mexico |
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On June 25, 2008, Conrad will be giving a piano recital in Mexico City's National Performing Arts Center, Ciclo En Blanco y Negro. He will perform works by Beethoven, Chopin, Lizst, John Corigliano, as well as his own Fantasy-Sonata, a 17 minutes work for solo piano. Click here for a short YouTube video clip about this concert, and here for tickets.
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Performances: Conrad Joins Juilliard Orchestra's China Tour with Maestro Xian Zhang |
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Conrad will join the Juilliard Orchestra on its 2008 China Tour as piano soloist performing Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 under Maestro Xian Zhang, Associate Conductor of the New York Philharmonic. He will be performing three concerts with the Juilliard Orchestra in Beijing's National Center for Performing Arts (May 30, 7:30pm), Shanghai's Grand Theater (June 4, 7:15pm) and Suzhou Science and Cultual Arts Center (June 3, 7:30pm). In addition, Conrad will also participate in the chamber music concert on June 2 in Shanghai Conservatory's HeLuTing Concert Hall performing piano solo selections. For more information about the Juilliard China tour, click here to read an article on the May issue of the Juilliard Journal.
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Other News: Wall Street Journal Article on Conrad and Musical Prodigies |
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On April 1, 2008, The Wall Street Journal published an article wrtitten by classical music columnist Barbara Jepson on Conrad and musical prodigies. Jepson explores the topics of artistry, success and early exposure of musical prodigies in her article, cleverly titled "The Tao of Early Musical Success". The article can be accessed here.
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Reviews: Sun-Sentinel Review of Conrad's Performance at Festival of the Arts BOCA |
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel carried a review for Conrad's March 12 performance of Mozart's piano concerto #20 in D minor at Festival of the Arts BOCA with the Russian National Orchestra and Mexican-American conductor, Alondra de la Parra. The concert also features renowned flutists Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway. To read the full review, click here.
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