April 30: Pianists synchronize with each note
They play 12 feet apart from each other on two 11-foot Steinway Grand Pianos and are so synchronized with each note that a patron last year asked how we found a piano with a keyboard at each end. You’ll see them look at each other now and then but it is only one sound that you’ll hear. It is hard to imagine how they do it. This is a concert not to be missed.
Known throughout the world, Enid Katahn has recorded all of Debussy’s piano works, records for the BBC, and appears regularly on public radio and public television. Katahn is also known as a hot George Gershwin and Eubie Blake musician—as well known for her jazz and she is for her classical music.
“Unforgettable music-making by a consummate artist” was the way an English critic described one of her recitals.
Amy Dorfman’s dynamic career has included annual solo recitals at the Nordhessen Fest in Germany since 1986. Longtime accompanist of the celebrated bassist Edgar Meyer, Dorfman has joined Meyer in broadcasts on National Public Radio’s St. Paul Sunday and in recitals from San Francisco to New York City both with Meyer and as a soloist.
“This is truly the most remarkable performance I have ever heard in my life,” said Buster Irvin, CCP concert administrator. “Two pianos sound as one. I had to search to find who was playing the melody. Extraordinary. This is one of the greatest concerts you will ever hear in your life,” he said.
For ticket information for this one time performance, call the Playhouse Box Office at 931-484-5000 or email [email protected].