World-renowned Pianist Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner Featured at de Blasiis Chamber Music Series at The Hyde
The Hyde Collection is delighted to host the Glens Falls Symphony and de Blasiis Chamber Music Series, welcoming world-renowned virtuoso pianist Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner to the Helen Froehlich Auditorium stage on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at 3 pm.
Sánchez-Werner began his first college degree at age five and, at 6, began performing regularly with orchestras. He made Juilliard history at age 14 as the youngest-ever admittee to the College Division. In 2009, he performed solo at the White House for President Obama, and in 2013, for the Presidential Inauguration concert at the Kennedy Center. At 18, he was honored as the most promising American pianist of a new generation.
Twenty-seven-year-old Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner was selected First Prize Winner of the 2022 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. Named a Gilmore Young Artist, an honor awarded to the most promising American pianists of the new generation, his multi-faceted artistry has been featured in the New York Times, CBS, PBS, NPR, CNN International, Mexico News Daily, the Wall Street Journal, and WDR-Arte.
Program to include works by:
• Chopin
• Beethoven
• Jesus González Rubio
• Consuelo Velázquez
• Stravinsky
When: Sunday, April 21, 2024, 3-5 pm
Photo, video, and interview opportunities are available.
Where: The Hyde Collection, 161 Warren Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801
Ticket Information: $21 general/$11 students & 18 and under
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About Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner:
A California-born New Yorker, Llewellyn began his first college degree at age five and, at age 6, began performing regularly with orchestras. Principal teachers have included Ilya Itin, Boris Berman, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Robert Durso, composition with Lowell Liebermann, and improvisation with Noam Sivan. He has extensively worked with Robert Levin, Joseph Kalichstein, Wu Han, Gilbert Kalish, Robert McDonald, and the Brentano, Borromeo, and Shanghai Quartets.
Llewellyn holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Juilliard, where he was awarded the Kovner Fellowship, won the concerto competition, and was the youngest admittee to each program at ages 14 and 18, respectively. He received an Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music, where he was awarded the Charles S. Miller Prize. Llewellyn is a Steinhardt Doctoral Fellow and Adjunct Professor at New York University. He studies with Eduardus Halim. For more information on Mr. Llewellyn Sánchez Werner visit: https://llewellynsanchezwerner.com/
About The Hyde Collection:
The Hyde is one of the Northeast’s exceptional small art museums with distinguished European and American art collections. The core collection, acquired by Museum founders Charlotte and Louis Hyde, includes works by such artists as Sandro Botticelli, Tintoretto, El Greco, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat, and Pablo Picasso and American artists Thomas Eakins, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler, and Anna Hyatt Huntington. The Museum’s Modern and Contemporary art collection features works by artists including Josef Albers, Dorothy Dehner, Sam Gilliam, Adolph Gottlieb, Grace Hartigan, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, Robert Motherwell, Ben Nicholson, Robert Rauschenberg, and Bridget Riley. Today, The Hyde offers significant national and international exhibitions and a packed schedule of events that help visitors experience art in new ways. Visit www.hydecollection.org
Throughout the years, the Museum has expanded considerably from the historic Hyde home. It includes a modern museum complex with an auditorium, classroom, five galleries, and a state-of-the-art storage facility.
About the de Blasiis Chamber Music Series:
Founded by sisters Giovannina (Gio) and Virginia (Ginny) de Blasiis, the de Blasiis Chamber Music Series is one of the oldest in the country bringing the finest performers and programs to the Glens Falls area. The de Blasiis chamber series hosts concerts throughout the year featuring an eclectic mix of performers in various musical genres – classical to flamenco and others in between! For more information on the de Blasiis Chamber Music Series, please contact the Glens Falls Symphony at (518) 793-1348.