Thursday 26th June 10.30–11.30am

Good Morning: Early Keyboards

Museum Piano GalleryFree, no tickets required Martyna Kazmierczak introduces and performs music by JC Bach, CPE Bach and Clementi on square pianos, Leopold Koželuch on the fortepiano and William Byrd on the virginals.

Thursday 26th June 12.00 noon–3.00pm

ViSuaLiSe! Museum Piano GalleryFree, no tickets required

A video and piano installation curated by Belle Chen. Academy pianists collaborate with art students throughout the festival.

Thursday 26th June 12.00 noon–7.15pm

Inside Out PianistsConcert RoomFree, no tickets required

Metronomes, toy pianos, performances and surprises all day. Music by John Cage, Henry Cowell, Harrison Birtwistle, Morton Feldman, György Ligeti, Yoko Ono and more. Performed by Academy pianists and the Halcyon Quartet and curated by Christina McMaster. Including:

4.00pm A complete performance of Stephen Montague’s After Ives

6.00pm Head of Piano Joanna MacGregor demonstrates John Cage’s preparations for piano 6.15–7.15pm Performance of John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano

Thursday 26th June 1.05pm

Childhood, Fire Sermon, TroutDuke’s HallFree, no tickets required

Georg Michael Grau, Man Minnie Ho and Yuko Sano pianoMembers of Vuillaume Quartet with Andrew Vickers double bass

Lera Auerbach Images from ChildhoodEinojuhani Rautavaara Sonata no.2, ‘The Fire Sermon’Schubert Piano Quintet, D.667, ‘Trout’

Thursday 26th June 2.30–6.00pm

Piano RollsDuke’s HallFree, no tickets required

A rolling programme of music:

2.30pm Americana: Two PianosJoseph Havlat and Thomas Ang piano:Bernstein West Side Story DancesJohn Adams Hallelujah Junction

3.30pm Melusine Piano Trio: Bella Tang piano, Laura Rickard violin and Carolyn Ronning cello:Beethoven Piano Trio in G, op.1 no.2

4.00pm Daniel Lebhardt piano and Mark Lee violinFranck Violin Sonata

4.30pm Cristian Sandrin piano,Stella Quartet with Ben Daniel-Greep double bass:Mozart Piano Concerto in E flat, K.449

5.15pm Invocations, ImprovisationsLiszt’s Fantasie über Themen aus den Opern von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Hochzeit des Figaro und Don Giovanni, S. 697 – completed, edited and performed by Chiyan Wong.

Summer Piano Festival 2014

Welcome to the Academy’s new Festival, celebrating the creative range of repertoire played by our pianists and curated by Joanna MacGregor OBE, the Academy’s Head of Piano. Dip in and out of as many free events as you like.

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Thursday 26th June 3.00–4.00pm

Viennese MastersMuseum Piano GalleryFree, no tickets required Costanza Principe introduces and performs music by Schubert on the Piano Gallery’s fortepiano and Beethoven on the Broadwood piano.

Thursday 26th June 4.00–6.00pm

ViSuaLiSe!Museum Piano GalleryFree, no tickets required

A video and piano installation.

Friday 27th June 10.00am–12.30pm

Masterclass with Stephen Kovacevich

Duke’s HallFree, no tickets required

Alexandra Vaduva and Florian Mitrea pianoTom Lee and Paul Stoneman percussion

Bartók Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

Acclaimed international soloist Stephen Kovacevich makes a welcome return to the Academy to work with piano and percussion students on Bartók’s magnificent Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.

Friday 27th June 11.00am–5.00pm

ViSuaLiSe!Museum Piano GalleryFree, no tickets required

Academy pianists and art students continue their cross-platform collaborative work — including a discussion at 1.00pm with Belle Chen, artists and musicians.

Friday 27th June 12.00 noon–1.15pm

War Song: Lieder 1910–20Henry Wood RoomFree, no tickets required

Johan Barnoin and Frederick Brown pianoCharlotte Schoeters sopranoNicholas Beever tenor

Head of Piano Accompaniment Michael Dussek introduces songs by Ravel, Debussy, Gurney and Ireland, and Butterworth’s A Shropshire Lad.

Friday 27th June 12.00 noon–6.15pm

Theatres of ResonanceConcert RoomFree, no tickets required

Curated by Christina McMaster and Belle Chen, and performed by Academy pianists, a day of live piano music and visuals. Including works by Takemitsu, Satie, Richard Bullen, Philip Glass and many others.

3.30–4.30pm Umberto Jacopo Laureti performs Italian piano music with film — from Frescobaldi and Busoni to Nino Rota.

5.00–6.15pm David Gray improvises to the silent film spectacular Nosferatu. Introduced by Neil Brand.

Joanna MacGregor Stephen Kovacevich David Thompson / EMI Classics

John CageChristina McMaster Yuko Sano

Friday 27th June 2.00–3.00pm

Jacob Barnes Prize Winners’ ConcertDuke’s HallFree, no tickets required

Jørgensen Trio:Olga Jørgensen pianoAntonia Kesel violinCecilia Bignall cello

Martinuo Piano Trio no.2 in D minorPanufnik Piano Trio, op.1Piazzolla Four Seasons in Buenos Aires

This year’s winners of the Jacob Barnes Prize, the Jørgensen Trio, play an exciting programme of piano trios from Eastern Europe and Argentina.

Friday 27th June 3.30–4.30pm

Modern TimesHenry Wood RoomFree, no tickets required

A symposium on the role of young pianists today, with Head of Piano Joanna MacGregor and Nicki Wenham, artistic manager, founder and director of Young People in the Arts.

Friday 27th June 7.00–8.00pm

Strange Meeting: Echoes and Responses from the Western Front Duke’s HallFree, no tickets required

Drama Centre London studentsPatrick Rafter violinEmily Mitchell trumpetSusana Gómez Vázquez, Aretas Botyrius, Joseph Havlat and Thomas Ang piano

Music, songs, poetry and prose from both sides of No Man’s Land, directed by Richard Williams. This event complements the Museum’s new exhibition, War Music: Notes from the First World War.

Saturday 28th June 7.30pm

Academy at Kings PlaceKings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AGTickets £9.50, £12.50, £14.50 and £19.50 from Kings Place Box Office: www.kingsplace.co.uk, telephone 020 7520 1490

Simon Wright conductorDame Harriet Walter narratorAlexandra Vaduva and Florian Mitrea pianoTom Lee and Paul Stoneman percussion

Bartók Seven Pieces from MikrokosmosBartók Sonata for Two Pianos and PercussionStravinsky L’histoire du soldat

As two of the most prominent and influential composers of the twentieth century, Bartók and Stravinsky took music in new directions. The works performed this evening are linked by rhythm, wit and folk tales, and written by composers living through revolutionary political and economic crises in their homelands.

Bartók’s innovative Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos precedes his magnificent Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, written just before his tragic exile from Hungary. Stravinsky’s dark Faustian drama, The Soldier’s Tale, tells of a deserting soldier and the Devil who eventually possesses his soul, exhibiting themes of abstinence, loss, crushing desperation, regret and resolve. It will feature esteemed British actress Dame Harriet Walter as narrator.

Simon Wright Dame Harriet Walter

Summer Piano Festival 2014