Pianist Vanessa Perez

Program:

J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826

Isaac Albéniz: From “Suite Iberia”
Book I, Evocacion
Book II, Triana

Heitor Villa-Lobos: “A Lenda Do Caboclo”, Excerpts from A Prole Do Bebe

Frederic Chopin: Four Ballades*

Venezuelan-American pianist Vanessa Perez has already been recognized as a “virtuosa” of the keyboard, endowed with an extraordinary interpretative power that captivates audiences. In 1998, she was awarded the Jose Felix Ribas Prize, highest honor given by the president of Venezuela to a young artist who has contributed to the enhancement of the country.

She studied with Rosalina Sackstein and Ena Bronstein in the US, with Christopher Elton at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and in Italy at the Accademia Pianistica “Incontri Col Maestro” in Imola with pianists Lazar Berman, and Franco Scala. Later on she completed postgraduate studies at Yale University with Hungarian pianist Peter Frankl.

In chamber music collaborations, she has performed at the Wigmore Hall, London; Schnitke Festival at the RAM , London; and Montpellier Festival, France; she has also collaborated with renowned Spanish Soprano Isabel Rey. In March of 2002, she received a unique invitation by Grammy award trumpeter and composer Arturo Sandoval to perform at “The Blue Note” in New York, where she was introduced by him to perform his work for piano titled “Sureña.”.

Future engagements in 2008 include collaborations with Cellist Jan Vogler and Violinist Colin Jacobsen, for TQ producciones in Peru a duo recital with pianist Gabriela Montero, solo recitals in the US , and in Puerto Rico’s Casals Festival in March 2008 performs as soloist with the Orquesta de La Juventud Simon Bolivar among others.