Jon Kimura Parker - Live From Rideau HallL: 50th Anniversary Internationally acclaimed concert pianist jon kimura parker was born, raised,and educated in Vancouver. A true Canadian ambassador of music, jon kimura http://www.gg.ca/50/artists10_e.asp
Extractions: Jon Kimura Parker Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Jon Kimura Parker was born, raised, and educated in Vancouver. A true Canadian ambassador of music, Jon Kimura Parker has become one of the most sought-after artists in his native Canada, as well as in Europe, the United States and the Far East. Whether performing as recitalist, soloist with orchestra or chamber musician, he has won unanimous praise for his brilliant and versatile technique, exquisite tone and thoughtful musicality. (Photographer: Lindsay Lozon)
Debut Atlantic | Début Atlantique concert pianist jon kimura parker confounded the highest expectations. Ian parker, jon kimura s cousin, emceed the evening with a cheerfulness http://www.debutatlantic.ca/anniversary.asp
Extractions: Biggest of all - in addition to the three-course meal, the meeting of minds, and performances by pianists Ian Parker and Keran Xu, violinist Caitlin Tully with accompanist Robert Koenig, and jazz pianist Eric Allen - the over-the-top recital by world-class Canadian concert pianist Jon Kimura Parker confounded the highest expectations.
Parker Piano Preview In 1984 young JapaneseCanadian pianist jon kimura parker shot into the spotlighttaking the top prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm2-8/parker.html
Extractions: I n 1984 young Japanese-Canadian pianist Jon Kimura Parker shot into the spotlight taking the top prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in Britain. As a laureate of the Leeds Competition he joined the impressive fraternity of past winners which includes Radu Lupu and Murray Perahia. I first heard Parker live about ten years ago in concert with the Edmonton Symphony at the Jubilee Auditorium. Parker has a virile stage presence that immediately commands attention. His performance of Prokofiev's daunting Piano Concerto No 3 was unforgettable. With a rich, round piano tone he communicated both the lyricism and the sometimes furious excitement of the work. He did not hide behind the bravura notes but rather made the music his own and conveyed a genuine understanding of the piece. Since that memorable concerto I have heard Parker once more live with the Edmonton Symphony and several more times on CBC radio. At each hearing my initial impressions are confirmed: here is an artist truly in touch with his musical ideas, expressing them with conviction, ample technical ability and discipline.
Marek Jablonski (1939-1999) : Light And Shadow Marek Jablonski, the internationally distinguished Canadian pianist and teacherwho died On January 27, 2000, his bestknown student, jon kimura parker, http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm5-6/Jablonski-en.htm
Extractions: Marek Jablonski, the internationally distinguished Canadian pianist and teacher who died last year, was born in Nazi-occupied Crakow on November 5, 1939 and began studying piano as a youngster in the city's music conservatory. His first recital took place in 1945 before a most unusual audience. The hall was filled with officers of the Russian secret police the Jablonski family's immediate neighbours. Marek's father was in the Polish armed forces, and the boy was not to see him until 1947. The plight of Poland and Marek's experience of the war and its aftermath left its indelible mark. His love for his native land never faded, and it explains his unique relationship with the music of his fellow Pole, Frédéric Chopin. When Marek was ten, his family decided to leave Poland. They emigrated to Canada and settled in Edmonton, although their initial destination had been Vancouver. Marek continued his studies with Gladys Egbert and attended the Banff Centre for the Arts during the summer. He gradually acquired a reputation as a young virtuoso. Luck played a part in 1955, when the great Artur Rubinstein happened to hear the sixteen-year-old Marek. Rubinstein was enthusiastic about Marek's talent and predicted a brilliant career for the young pianist. The maestro kept in touch with him and was generous with advice.
News Release About guest pianist jon kimura parker Vancouver native jon kimura parker hasbecome Canada s ambassador of music through command performances for Queen http://www.phoenixsymphony.org/about/2005-02-Rachmaninoff.htm
Extractions: FOR TICKETS , please call 602-495-1999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2005 (PHOENIX) - The Phoenix Symphony, led by Artistic Advisor James DePreist, performs music by two of Russia's best-known composers in a weekend of Classics Concerts February 10-12 at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Phoenix. Musical selections include music from Prokofiev's exquisite ballet score Cinderella and Rachmaninoff's dazzling Third Piano Concerto with pianist Jon Kimura Parker . A free pre-concert discussion entitled, "Musically Speaking," with pianist Jon Kimura Parker begins one hour prior to each concert. Thursday's concert begins at 7:30 p.m. The Friday and Saturday concerts begin at 8 p.m. Saturday's concert is sponsored by Phoenix Symphony Friends.
Jon Kimura Parker Internationally acclaimed concert pianist jon kimura parker was born, raised,and educated in Vancouver. His extraordinary career has taken him from http://mozartfestival.com/ecm/2005_Mozart_Festival/2005_guest_artists/Jon_Kimura
Extractions: Wine Classic 2005 Guest Artists Jon Kimura Parker Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Jon Kimura Parker was born, raised, and educated in Vancouver. His extraordinary career has taken him from Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House to Baffin Island and Zimbabwe. A true Canadian ambassador of music, Mr. Parker has given two command performances for Queen Elizabeth, special performances for the United States Supreme Court, and has performed for the Prime Ministers of Canada and Japan. In the past two seasons, Mr. Parker has performed as guest soloist with the New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony, the Columbus Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra and the NHK Orchestra in Tokyo, as well every major orchestra in Canada. Recent summer festival appearances include Britt, Green Music, Vail, the Hollywood Bowl, Orcas Island, San Diegos Mainly Mozart, Seattle, La Jolla, Sun Valley, and Santa Fe with Pinchas Zukerman and Lynn Harrell. Mr. Parker also collaborates regularly with the Tokyo Quartet. Mr. Parker received all of his early education in Canada, training with his uncle, Edward Parker, with daily coaching from his mother Keiko Parker. He also studied with Robin Wood, which led to four years of advanced study with Lee Kum-Sing at the Vancouver Academy of Music and UBC. He was a regular student of Marek Jablonski at The Banff Centre, and in 1979 was admitted to The Juilliard School on full scholarship as a student of the renowned pedagogue Adele Marcus. Currently, Mr. Parker is Professor of Piano at The Shepherd School of Music at
Evenings With The Orchestra jon kimura parkers career has taken him from Carnegie Hall and the Sydney OperaHouse Jeffrey Kahane is renowned as a brilliant pianist and conductor http://mozartfestival.com/ecm/2005_Mozart_Festival/View_Festival_By_Series/Eveni
Extractions: Series sponsored by The renowned Mozart Festival Orchestra under the energy of its new director, Scott Yoo. Dynamic soloists. The acoustically sumptuous Harman Hall. This orchestra gathers from across the country only once a year for these evenings of exhilaration, inspiration and fascination. Mozart - Overture to the Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384 Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 Bruckner - Symphony No. 3 in D minor (1889 version) Popping the cork on new Music Director Scott Yoos inaugural season, Opening Night is a soirée of Mozart masterpieces and the intense, powerful drama of Bruckners Wagner Symphony. A sonic celebration of the German masters of the Classical and Romantic eras. Jon Kimura Parkers career has taken him from Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House to Baffin Island and Zimbabwe. He has appeared as guest soloist with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony, the Houston Symphony, and the Minnesota Orchestra, among many others.
University Of Alabama News pianist jon kimura parker to Headline Celebrity Series Season Finale. TUSCALOOSA,Ala. Internationally acclaimed pianist jon kimura parker will headline http://uanews.ua.edu/mar00/parker032300.htm
Extractions: (205) 348-8320 (fax) Pianist Jon Kimura Parker to Headline Celebrity Series Season Finale Tickets are $30 and $25, and are available at the Moody box office or by calling 205/348-7111. "We are delighted that one of the worldís premiere pianists will help us close out another exciting Celebrity Series at The University of Alabama," said David Durant, coordinator of music services at UA. "Of course, each of our performances year in and year out has been geared to bringing Tuscaloosa some of the finest artists known around the country and world, and Jon Kimura Parker has undeniably built a wonderful career that has spanned the globe as he has performed from London to Hong Kong. Just prior to his visit here to Tuscaloosa, Parker will be performing again in Hong Kong, and he will perform in Germany just after he leaves West Alabama. So we are truly in for an outstanding event." Equally eclectic in recording, Parker's previous recordings for Telarc have included a solo Chopin album, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev Piano Concerti with Andre Previn, and a recent venture into comedy as Peter Schickele's pianistic sparring partner in the "Concerto for Two Pianos vs. Orchestra" by the fabled P.D.Q. Bach. Last spring Telarc released a new recording of Jon Kimura Parker performing the Samuel Barber Piano Concerto with Yoel Levi and the Atlanta Symphony.
Bronson Piano Studio pianist jon kimura parker blew us away yesterday afternoon. Although I had neverheard him live in recital before, his reputation had preceded him, so, http://www.bronsonpianostudio.com/reviews/071804r1.htm
Extractions: Jon Kimura Parker Recital Piano Festival Northwest Jon Kimura Parker Triumphs! by Lyn Bronson Pianist Jon Kimura Parker blew us away yesterday afternoon. Although I had never heard him live in recital before, his reputation had preceded him, so, naturally, I had high expectations. On this occasion he was playing for an audience of pianists, piano buffs and teachers on the final afternoon of the Portland State University (PSU) Piano Festival Northwest in Miller Hall at Portlands World Forestry center. The first half of the recital was performed on PSUs Hamburg Steinway concert grand and this portion of the recital contained Parkers own transcription of Stravinskys The Rite of Spring. If you thought that the oft-performed piano version of Three Movements from Petrouchka is loud and aggressive, then you havent heard Parkers version of The Rite of Spring in which we heard a level of brutal piano pounding that has to be heard to be believed. For this type of transcription to be successful with audiences depends on their being familiar with the original score, recalling the orchestration, and perhaps even associating the score in their minds with the choreography of George Balanchine. Since this was a sophisticated audience, many of whom could do all of the above, the performance was successful. However, about half way through, the piano began going so out of tune I couldnt imagine how Parker was going to play the rest of the recital on this instrument. At the beginning of the intermission we observed the Hamburg Steinway being wheeled off into the wings to be replaced by a freshly serviced New York Steinway D.
Bronson Piano Studio 07/17/04, jon kimura parker Piano Master Class, Piano Festival Northwest The second pianist during this session was Erin Bennett, a recent graduate with http://www.bronsonpianostudio.com/reviews/071704r3.htm
Extractions: Jon Kimura Parker Piano Master Class Piano Festival Northwest Jon Kimura Parker Piano Master Class by Lyn Bronson Jon Kimura Parker was on board Saturday afternoon to give a master class in Miller Hall at Portlands World Forestry Center for PSUs Piano Festival Northwest. Reynolds proved instantly able to make even the most subtle changes to his performance, so that right before our eyes his performance developed in expressivity and intensity. The second pianist during this session was Erin Bennett, a recent graduate with a Master of Music in piano performance from the University of Florida School of Music. She played for the class the Allegro movement from Schuberts Sonata in C minor, D.958, which is not a work familiar to most people attending this master class. This is a charming perpetual motion piece very reminiscent of the final movement of Boildieus Harp Concerto in the same key. Roberts first comment was that in pieces that have a repetitive pattern for extended periods, we begin to hear bar lines. Therefore, he suggested that she adopt a macro bar line approach whereby she would group measures to create the impression of a longer line. It was amazing to hear Bennett immediately apply this and create an entirely different effect. They worked together to created a new cohesiveness in this 700 measure work.
Mount Allison University News And Events jon kimura parker TO PRESENT MASTERCLASS AND RECITAL Feb.4 of Music willpresent a masterclass by internationally renowned pianist, jon kimura parker. http://www.mta.ca/news/index.cgi?id=169
Vail Daily News For Vail And Beaver Creek Colorado - Live Music pianist jon kimura parker, who plays tonight at the Ford Amphitheater at the VAIL pianist jon kimura parker has played for Queen Elizabeth II twice http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20050707/AROUND07/107070021/-1/AROUND04
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Extractions: Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Jon Kimura Parker was born, raised and educated in Vancouver. A true Canadian ambassador of music, Mr. Parker has given two command performances for Queen Elizabeth II and has performed for the Prime Ministers of Canada and Japan, and for the United States Supreme Court. A remarkably versatile artist, Mr. Parker has, in the past season, performed at Carnegie Hall, Chicago's Orchestra Hall, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, London's Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Sydney Opera House; toured the Canadian Arctic as part of "Piano Six," performing the music of Beethoven, Chopin, Nirvana and Alanis Morisette on an electronic keyboard for over 1,000 Inuit school students; jammed with Doc Severinsen and the original Tonight Show Orchestra; been profiled in Newsweek magazine in Australia; and given an impromptu concert at the Victoria Falls Hotel while on safari in Zimbabwe. He also played himself in a guest appearance on the children's program "Under the Umbrella Tree" on the Disney Channel. Equally eclectic in recording, Mr. Parker has made several compact discs for Telarc, including a solo Chopin album, Russian Piano Concertos with Andr6 Previn, and a recent venture into comedy as Peter Schickele's pianistic sparring partner in the "Concerto for Piano vs. Orchestra" by the fabled P.D.Q. Bach. This spring, Telarc releases a new recording of Jon Kimura Parker performing the Samuel Barber Piano Concerto with Yoel Levi and the Atlanta Symphony.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - Performer Details Internationally acclaimed pianist jon kimura parker was born, raised, and educatedin Vancouver. A true Canadian ambassador of music, parker has given two http://www.laphil.org/resources/performer_detail.cfm?id=1531
Telarc International: Canadian pianist jon kimura parker recently returned to his native country on atour with a group of other Canadian pianists, known as Piano Six. http://www.telarc.com/gscripts/title.asp?gsku=0441
Alabama Symphony Orchestra - Archive Internationally acclaimed concert pianist jon kimura parker was born, raised,and educated in Vancouver, British Columbia. A true Canadian ambassador of http://www.alabamasymphony.org/cgi-bin/coranto/viewnews.cgi?id=EpuVEyVFFlgAAZgUJ
Browse Prokofiev Concerts By Work 13Feb-2002, Orchestra Hall (Minneapolis), Roberto Abbado, with pianist jon kimuraparker, jon kimura parker (piano), Roberto Abbado, Minnesota Orchestra http://www.prokofiev.org/concerts/concertsbywork.cfm?id=75&season=0
WNYC - Soundcheck: Beam Me Up, Mr. Parker (June 30, 2004) Classical pianist jon kimura parker is known for bringing a touch of irreverenceto the concert hall, incorporating the theme from The XFiles into the http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/06302004
Extractions: Classical pianist Jon Kimura Parker is known for bringing a touch of irreverence to the concert hall, incorporating the theme from The X-Files into the cadenza of a Mozart concerto and occasionally performing in a Star Trek uniform. Yet hes also known for bringing power and poetry to the keyboard literature, and today on Soundcheck, the pianist joins host John Schaefer in advance of his New York Philharmonic debut. Also on the show, theater critic Clive Barnes discusses a major tribute taking place at the Lincoln Center Festival, marking the centenary of the birth of English choreographer Frederick Ashton. The series will feature four of the world's leading ballet companies, including England's Birmingham Royal Ballet and The Royal Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago and Japan's K-Ballet Company.
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