12/14/2022
Exciting news!!! I'm opening my piano studio in Acton MA - feel free to Contact me with any questions or go to the LESSONS section to learn more!
Also a bunch of concerts coming soon! I'll keep updating the UPCOMING EVENTS page in the next few days.
Love and peace to all!
Exciting news!!! I'm opening my piano studio in Acton MA - feel free to Contact me with any questions or go to the LESSONS section to learn more!
Also a bunch of concerts coming soon! I'll keep updating the UPCOMING EVENTS page in the next few days.
Love and peace to all!
Anna Arazi@The International Stretto Piano Festival
May 15, 2021 2:30PM EDT
Exquisite music by Verdina Shlonsky, Angela Slater and Adam Berndt (two world premières!!!)
The recital is performed on an ergonomically scaled keyboard installed in a Steinway Grand piano at the Revelation gallery in Greenwich village, NYC. I'd like to thank the brilliant Hannah Reimann, the organizer of the festival and the owner of the piano, for letting me play her amazing instrument!
Here's the link for tickets and more info:
https://www.musae.me/annaarazi/experiences/1028/stretto-piano
Q&A
Ergonomically scaled piano keyboards - what are these? -> These are piano keyboards with slightly narrower keys.
Who does need them? -> People with a hand span is smaller than 8.5 inch from thumb to pinky (grab a ruler and measure your hand now!)
Are there many people with small hands? -> About 87% of women and 24% of men have hand span smaller than 8.5 inch
Where can I learn more about these keyboards? -> Pianists for Alternatively Sized Keyboards
Playing a keyboard that is bigger than what you need leads to overuse injuries, extended practice time, suboptimal sight reading among others. One of the biggest problem is the self-esteem issue: many smaller-handed pianists blame themselves for not being talented enough, or being lazy, while in fact they just need a different size of the keyboard.
Ergonomics are all around us, but only on the piano we still try to run a marathon in one-size-fits-all shoes. Time for change!
May 15, 2021 2:30PM EDT
Exquisite music by Verdina Shlonsky, Angela Slater and Adam Berndt (two world premières!!!)
The recital is performed on an ergonomically scaled keyboard installed in a Steinway Grand piano at the Revelation gallery in Greenwich village, NYC. I'd like to thank the brilliant Hannah Reimann, the organizer of the festival and the owner of the piano, for letting me play her amazing instrument!
Here's the link for tickets and more info:
https://www.musae.me/annaarazi/experiences/1028/stretto-piano
Q&A
Ergonomically scaled piano keyboards - what are these? -> These are piano keyboards with slightly narrower keys.
Who does need them? -> People with a hand span is smaller than 8.5 inch from thumb to pinky (grab a ruler and measure your hand now!)
Are there many people with small hands? -> About 87% of women and 24% of men have hand span smaller than 8.5 inch
Where can I learn more about these keyboards? -> Pianists for Alternatively Sized Keyboards
Playing a keyboard that is bigger than what you need leads to overuse injuries, extended practice time, suboptimal sight reading among others. One of the biggest problem is the self-esteem issue: many smaller-handed pianists blame themselves for not being talented enough, or being lazy, while in fact they just need a different size of the keyboard.
Ergonomics are all around us, but only on the piano we still try to run a marathon in one-size-fits-all shoes. Time for change!
August 2020 - ONLINE
Silenced Music: Female Composers
Online Study Group at Tufts University
Can you name five composers off the top of your head? How about female composers? Here is your chance to learn about the better, mostly unknown, half of the world of composition. Come explore and appreciate life and works of outstanding artists in the eight weeks course.
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Elisabetta de Gambarini
Maria Agata Szymanowska
Louise Farrenc
Clara Schumann
Nadia and Lili Boulanger
Morfydd Llwyn Owen
Verdina Shlonsky
Silenced Music: Female Composers
Online Study Group at Tufts University
Can you name five composers off the top of your head? How about female composers? Here is your chance to learn about the better, mostly unknown, half of the world of composition. Come explore and appreciate life and works of outstanding artists in the eight weeks course.
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Elisabetta de Gambarini
Maria Agata Szymanowska
Louise Farrenc
Clara Schumann
Nadia and Lili Boulanger
Morfydd Llwyn Owen
Verdina Shlonsky
March 8, 2019 Friday at 8:00PM
New School of Music, 25 Lowell street, Cambridge MA
PRISM TRIO: Subaiou Zhang (violin)
Tim Paek (cello)
Anna Arazi (piano)
Piano trios by Lili Boulanger, Judith Weir and Morfydd Owen; World Premieres of five piano trios composed for the PRISM TRIO by Angela Elizabeth Slater, Kerensa Briggs, Laura Shipsey, Sarah Westwood and Blair Boyd.
New School of Music, 25 Lowell street, Cambridge MA
PRISM TRIO: Subaiou Zhang (violin)
Tim Paek (cello)
Anna Arazi (piano)
Piano trios by Lili Boulanger, Judith Weir and Morfydd Owen; World Premieres of five piano trios composed for the PRISM TRIO by Angela Elizabeth Slater, Kerensa Briggs, Laura Shipsey, Sarah Westwood and Blair Boyd.
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January 28, 2019 at 7:00pm
Berk Hall, Berklee College of Music, Boston MA Performing with Sofija Zlatanova, viola Glinka Sonata for viola and piano Dvorak Sonatina for violin and piano, arr. for viola Rachmaninov Vocalise Tchaikovsky Valse Sentimentale Shostakovich Valse No. 2 and Impromptu |
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April 15, 2018 at 7:30pm
Center of New Music, Concert Hall, University of Iowa Performing Ketty Nez's 4 visions and Andras Hamary's Suite for 2 pianos and percussion with video, with composer and pianist Ketty Nez and musicians from the University of Iowa Center for New Music |
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March 9-18, 2018 Orléans, France
Having fun at the 13th Concours international de piano d’Orléans Here's my program: Claude Debussy Two Etudes - Chromatic and Arpeggios Grazyna Bacewicz Etude No. 10 William Bolcom Etude No. 1 from 12 New Etudes Talia Amar Triangulation (with live electronics) - WORLD PREMIERE! Sofia Gubaidulina Chaconne Edison Denisov Signes en Blanc Vera Ivanova Three Studies in Uneven Meters Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No. 4 Ketty Nez chase Verdina Shlonsky Five Sketches Andre Boucourechliev Archipel IV Alexander Scriabin Vers La Flamme Donatoni Arpege Hector Parra Au coeur de l'Oblique Dmitri Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue No. 24 Curious? Would you like to hear any of these at your concert series or home recital? Do not hesitate to contact me! |
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February 24, 2018 at 6:30PM
Piano-muse in Brighton Playing a bunch of modern and contemporary music! Sofia Gubaidulina Chaconne Edison Denisov Signes en Blanc Claude Debussy Two Etudes Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No. 4 Alexander Scriabin Vers La Flamme The venue: 1665 Commonwealth avenue, Boston MA Don't forget to RSVP: www.groupmuse.com/events/6028-piano-muse-in-brighton |
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January 26, 2018 at 8pm
Boston University, Concert Hall Performing WORLD PREMIERE of Ketty Nez's 4 visions for 2 pianos and 2 percussionists. The concert includes Andras Hamary's Suite for 2 pianos and percussion with video, with composer and pianist Ketty Nez and percussionists Michael Zell and David Tarantino. |
September 10, 2016 at 7:30PM
Solo Recital in Boston on a gorgeous 7-foot Schimmel
In the program Schumann's Kreisleriana and Prokofiev's Sonata No. 4
The venue: 46 Fisher avenue, Boston MA
Don't forget to RSVP:
https://www.groupmuse.com/events/3878-piano-hill
Solo Recital in Boston on a gorgeous 7-foot Schimmel
In the program Schumann's Kreisleriana and Prokofiev's Sonata No. 4
The venue: 46 Fisher avenue, Boston MA
Don't forget to RSVP:
https://www.groupmuse.com/events/3878-piano-hill
February 15, 2016 Lecture and Recital at the Conference of Israel Musicological Society (Tel Aviv)
Lecture about Verdina Shlonsky's life and music gathered a few dozens of listeners, and the performance of the Pages from the Diary at the main concert hall of the Levinsky College exposed literally all the participants of the event to Shlonsky's unique musical world. This was my great pleasure and honor to be part of this event. Many thanks to the organizers of the event Rotem Luz and Rivka Elkoshi.
Lecture about Verdina Shlonsky's life and music gathered a few dozens of listeners, and the performance of the Pages from the Diary at the main concert hall of the Levinsky College exposed literally all the participants of the event to Shlonsky's unique musical world. This was my great pleasure and honor to be part of this event. Many thanks to the organizers of the event Rotem Luz and Rivka Elkoshi.
January 28, 2016 "CLUSTER" Contemporary Music Event
at the Boston University Tsai Performance Center
Joined by Peter Zazofsky, Boaz Sharon, Daria Janssen, Grace UnHae Kwon, Aija Reke and Hannah Son, we performed compositions ranging from Lili Boulanger, Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky to Martin Amlin, Ketty Nez and Martin Bresnik.
at the Boston University Tsai Performance Center
Joined by Peter Zazofsky, Boaz Sharon, Daria Janssen, Grace UnHae Kwon, Aija Reke and Hannah Son, we performed compositions ranging from Lili Boulanger, Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky to Martin Amlin, Ketty Nez and Martin Bresnik.
August 11, 2015 Lecture-Recital and teaching at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute
during which I premiered Ketty Nez's new composition 'chase' and performed Verdina Shlonsky "Pages from the Diary". Guidance through this new music tremendously helped my audience to comprehend and enjoy it. I invited the listeners to join me at the piano, and to follow the visual image of 'chase', which was done by a dozen of brave and curious young pianists (see the picture).
Carnegie Hall debut on April 12, 2015 as a winner of the American Protégé International Competition 2014. I played Vers la Flamme Op. 72 by Alexander Scriabin. You are welcome to see more photos from this performance in my gallery and listen to my playing of this piece on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA6hyTowAPI
Third Prize at the Dallas International Piano Competition 2015!
Read more here: review at the www.theaterjones.com
I had a life-changing experience performing on a narrower Steinbuhler DS 6.0 keyboard (15/16 size of a standard keyboard). The lack of tension and a total comfort were absolutely priceless!
Read more about David Steinbuhler's keyboards: www.steinbuhler.com
Here you can learn about Pianists for Alternative Size Keyboards (PASK) movement: www.paskpiano.org
Read more here: review at the www.theaterjones.com
I had a life-changing experience performing on a narrower Steinbuhler DS 6.0 keyboard (15/16 size of a standard keyboard). The lack of tension and a total comfort were absolutely priceless!
Read more about David Steinbuhler's keyboards: www.steinbuhler.com
Here you can learn about Pianists for Alternative Size Keyboards (PASK) movement: www.paskpiano.org
Women in Black and White concert took place at the Tsai Performance Center on February 3, 2015.
In the program music by Lili Boulanger, Sofia Gubaidulina, Joan Tower, Ketty Nez and Talia Amar.
Wonderful performers made this remarkable project happen: Xinran An, Edoardo Carpenedo, Young Woong Cho, Ivana Jasova, Cherry Kim, Choah Kim, Haram Kim, Grace UnHae Kwon, Cole Merricks, Ketty Nez, Rebecca Oliverio, Bing Shen, Chloe Swindler, John Vitale and Tianyao Xie.
In the program music by Lili Boulanger, Sofia Gubaidulina, Joan Tower, Ketty Nez and Talia Amar.
Wonderful performers made this remarkable project happen: Xinran An, Edoardo Carpenedo, Young Woong Cho, Ivana Jasova, Cherry Kim, Choah Kim, Haram Kim, Grace UnHae Kwon, Cole Merricks, Ketty Nez, Rebecca Oliverio, Bing Shen, Chloe Swindler, John Vitale and Tianyao Xie.
"For most of history Anonymous was a woman." -Virginia Woolf