Marion Rubin Berman Piano Honors Concert: Transcriptions & Arrangements
This year's Marion Rubin Berman Piano Honors Concert will feature piano competition winners presenting transcriptions and arrangements. The students performing this evening were chosen through the annual NEC Piano Honors Competition.
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In celebration of the life of Marion Rubin Berman ’31 (known by her friends as “Mitzi”), her two children, Dr. Harris A. Berman and Phyllis E. Berman, and her daughter-in-law Ruth Nemzoff, have chosen to honor her memory by sponsoring NEC’s Honors Piano Competition and Concert. Music, and piano in particular, was the driving force in Mitzi’s life. Although she married shortly after graduating New England Conservatory at age 19, she continued her piano career by teaching—first in Lawrence, Massachusetts where, according to family legend, young Lenny Bernstein was a pupil in the synagogue children’s choir she led. In 1937, Mitzi and her husband, Frederick P. Berman, moved to Concord, New Hampshire, where she was reunited with her NEC friend Angela Annichiarico ’32. Together they played duo piano for community events for years—Broadway Musical shows, Concord Music Club concerts, and many community programs. They were both leading piano teachers in Concord for years.
Angela tragically died at a young age in a house fire, a terrible loss for Concord, her family and for Mitzi, who continued to be active in the musical life of Concord for over 65 years, inspiring young people and new generations of piano teachers. Although she died at the age of 92 in 2004, she would have been very proud to be honored here tonight at the school that shaped her career.
NEC is grateful for the generous support of Dr. Harris A. Berman, Ruth Nemzoff, and Phyllis E. Berman in sponsoring the Annual Piano Honors Competition and Concert.
J.S. Bach - Ferruccio Busoni: Chaconne (1892)
Artists- Chaeyoung Min, piano
Georges Bizet - Vladimir Horowitz: Carmen Fantasy
Artists- Xiaoye Wei, piano
George Gershwin - Michael Finnissy: "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
Artists- Teng Cao, piano
George Gershwin - Michael Finnissy: "A Foggy Day in London Town"
Artists- Teng Cao, piano
Leopold Godowsky: Study on Chopin's Etude, Op. 10, no. 1
Artists- Xiangyun Lian, piano
Leopold Godowsky: Study on Chopin's Etude, Op. 10, no. 6
Artists- Xiangyun Lian, piano
Leopold Godowsky: Study on Chopin's Etude, Op. 10, no. 12
Artists- Xiangyun Lian, piano
Fritz Kreisler - Sergei Rachmaninoff: Liebesleid
Artists- Ke Xin Tian, piano
Richard Wagner - Franz Liszt: Overture to Tannhäuser
Artists- Lucas Thomazinho, piano
Richard Wagner - Franz Liszt: Isolde's Love-Death from Tristan und Isolde
Artists- Wenhao Shou, piano
John Stafford Smith - Victor Xie: Someday He Will Be Proud (“The Star-Spangled Banner”)
Artists- Victor Xie, piano
Benjamin Hanby - Victor Xie: Bluebird (“Up on the Housetop”)
Artists- Victor Xie, piano
Vincenzo Bellini - Franz Liszt: Reminiscences de Norma, S. 394
Artists- Lucas Amory, piano
Felix Mendelssohn - Sergei Rachmaninoff: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Artists- Zhiqiao Zhang, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Arkadi Volodos: “Turkish March”
Artists- Che Li, piano
Muczynski: Desperate Measures (Paganini Variations)
Artists- Haram Choi, piano
Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka
I. Russian Dance
II. In Petrushka’s Room
III. Shrovetide Fair
Artists- Andrew Li, piano