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Malinverni is a New York City based pianist, composer and educator. After tenures at William Paterson University and New York University, he now serves as Chair of Jazz Studies at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, State University of New York, just a few miles north of the City. Throughout his time in NYC, Pete has established performing, recording and inspirational contact with a host of masters on the scene there, including Joe Lovano, Vernel Fournier, Charles Davis, Mel Lewis, Dennis Irwin, Karrin Allyson, Steve Wilson and many, many others. These collaborations have happened in studios and on stages like the Carnegie Recital Hall, the Caramoor Festival, the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, the Rome Music and Image Festival, the Santiago (Chile) Jazz Festival and others, as well as in New York's great clubs, such as the Village Vanguard, Birdland, the Blue Note, the Village Gate, Bradley's, Smalls and Mezzrow. https://www.petemalinverni.com/
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Having immigrated to the United States in 1940, Hungarian composer Béla Bartók (1881-1945) stayed in Saranac Lake during the last three summers of his life. Bartók, who had grown up in the old Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, built on his extensive ethnomusicological research as he developed his personal musical style. Traveling to remote villages in the Monarchy, he recorded, transcribed and analyzed thousands of Hungarian, Romanian and Slovak folk songs. He then made these specific local traditions universal by incorporating them in his own compositions, which were modern in their style and often quite complex structurally. There are parallels between his life and a famous poem by his Hungarian contemporary Endre Ady (1877-1919), who compared the artist's journey to a course of water that starts out as a tiny brook and eventually reaches the ocean. Peter Laki, visiting Professor of Music, Bard College, is the author of numerous musicological articles. He served as the editor of Bartók and His World, a collection of essays and documents published for the Bard Music Festival. He writes program notes for many orchestras and performing arts organizations around the country and has lectured at many international conferences. |
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“Celebrating Bartok: Concerto for Viola - A New Perspective, and Four Selections from 44 Duos on collected folk tunes” Catherine Beeson is Artistic Director of Loon Lake Live, the North Country’s premiere chamber music series, and Historic Saranac Lake’s “house band”. In addition to LLL she has performed as soloist and guest artist with the Colorado Symphony, Ensemble Faucheux, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Lenape Chamber Ensemble. Catherine has also served as Director of Education and Community Engagement programs for the Colorado Symphony, and as Executive Director for the Longmont Symphony. She is a proud advocate for the music of our time as it connects us to the past, envisions our future, and reflects to us our collective ‘You Are Here’.
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Transylvanian born, Brooklyn based pianist and composer Lucian Ban will discuss Bartok’s lifelong dedication and passion for the folk music of Romanian people, his research trips and field recordings at the beginning of the Twentieth Century in Transylvania and beyond. Developed within the Retracing Bartok project developed by Jazz Updates organization for Timisoara 2023 European Capital of Culture, the project is conceived as a celebration of the extraordinary richness of the Romanian folk music and it is both an artistic reflection on the transformation of folk into contemporary culture and the retracing of Bela Bartok story and love for Romania and its musical heritage. Part of the project Lucian Ban together with American violist Mat Maneri and legendary British reed player John Surman have released in 2020 “ Transylvanian Folk Songs / The Bela Bartok Field Recordings” – an NPR Best Album of The Year and multiple award winning release for Sunnyside Records. https://www.lucianban.com/.
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Archivist and Curator Chessie Monks-Kelly will show attendees some of the personal items that once belonged to Béla Bartók recently acquired by Historic Saranac Lake. This presentation is part of Historic Saranac Lake's Annual Meeting. All members and people interested in joining are welcome to attend in person or view the live online presentation. |
SUPPORT THE BARTÓK FUNdThe Bartók Fund supports ongoing maintenance of the Bartok Cabin and programs to raise awareness of Béla Bartók's music and history in Saranac Lake. The Bartók Fund was established with generous support from family and friends of Jody Sandhaus. Donations from summer Bartók concerts continue to support the fund. Click here to listen to the music of Jody Sandhaus.
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In memory of Jody Sandhaus Malinverni
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This discussion series has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
Historic Saranac Lake's programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts
with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Historic Saranac Lake's programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts
with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
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