Masterclass with Ingrid Jacoby, piano

WashU students will have the opportunity to perform for internationally acclaimed pianist Ingrid Jacoby and receive valuable feedback in front of an audience. Free and open to the public.

Program:

Intermezzo Op. 117, No. 2 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
     Avery Wang

Sonata in G Major, K. 283 by W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
      Allegro
     Niu Niu Zhang

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
      Allegro Maestoso
     Jenny Lin

Biography:
Ingrid Jacoby is highly-acclaimed for her many recordings and performances throughout the world. Her numerous awards include:  the Baldwin National Piano Competition; the Steinway Hall Artists Prize; the National Society of Arts and Letters Lifetime Achievement Award;  the Audience’s Favourite Performer  Prize at the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition;  the Artists Presentation Award; and the Gold Prize at at the Concert Artists Guild Competition in a field of over 1,300 entrants.  This resulted in her Carnegie Hall debut, which garnered stellar reviews.

Sir Neville Marriner invited Ingrid Jacoby to record the complete Mozart Concerti with the Academy of St. Martins in the Fields--the only pianist to whom he has given this honour to since Sir Alfred Brendel.  Before Sir Neville's death, they recorded 9 works together, receiving highest accolades.  Top reviews were given to: the complete Beethoven Concerti  with Sinfonia Varsovia; the Shostakovich Concerti with Sir Charles Mackerras and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; and many other recordings. Ms Jacoby has worked with other eminent conductors such as Guiseppe Sinopoli, Leonard Slatkin, Vasily Petrenko, Dimitri Sitkovetsky, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Constantine Orbellian, Nicholas Collon, and Lady Jane Glover. 

Ingrid Jacoby has performed with some of the world's finest orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the London Mozart Players, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and the Russian National Orchestra, playing in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.  In addition to touring China, Europe, America, and South Africa, she has performed at Italy's most prestigious festival, the Ravello Festival. She has also performed at the Aspen Festival in the U.S. and the Aldeburgh Festival in the UK. Ms Jacoby performed Mozart with the Salzburg Chamber Orchestra at the Salzburg Music Festival, in the city's celebrated Mozarteum.