The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York is pleased to announce the upcoming concert at Le Poisson Rouge of Bucharest-born New York-based pianist Matei Varga, whose prodigious talent is fast becoming recognized in the United States and Europe.
His debut at Zankel Hall (October 2008) was described by Rorianne Schrade of New York Concert Review as "masterful," while his account of Schumann's Fantasy op. 17 at the Berlin Konzerthaus (August 2009) was hailed by Wolfgang Schrieber of Süddeutsche Zeitung as "magical." Matei Varga was also one of the curators and featured musicians of the special concert "Under 30. Young Romanian Composers and Musicians at Merkin Concert Hall," presented by RCINY in 2008.
The 2010-2011 season marks the release of his Naxos album, produced by Max Wilcox, with rarely recorded piano music by George Enescu. In November 2010 he performed Chopin's E minor Piano Concerto with the Romanian National Radio Orchestra, a solo recital celebrating Schumann and Chopin at the Radio Hall in Bucharest and a piano duo recital with Ben Schoeman at the Bucharest's Athenaeum. He will also be a juror at the first edition of the "Dinu Lipatti" competition in Bucharest. In April 2011, he will appear with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra in Brahms' D minor Piano Concerto.
The concert presented by Le Poisson Rouge is scheduled for Sunday, February 6, starting at 6:30 pm, and will include works by:
Janáček: In the Mists
Szymanowski: Scheherazade, Op. 34
Bartók: Suite, Op. 14
Enescu: Sonata
Matei Varga was featured in the following RCINY projects:
November 2008 - Under 30. Young Romanian Composers and Musicians at Merkin Concert Hall
April 2009 - RCINY at the Romanian Conference at Columbia University: Putting Romanian Art on the NY Map
June 2009 - Piano Recital by Matei Varga art the Embassy of Romania in Canada, Ottawa
[Image: Matei Varga. Photo by Matthew Sussman]
