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American Liszt Society
Upcoming ALS Events
The ALS Bicentennial Festival will take place February 17-19, 2011 at the University of Georgia. It’s theme is "Liszt and the Future."
Two singers from the Metropolitan Opera and over 30 ALS pianists will perform. Lecture topics include: Late Liszt; Tausig’s
Transcription of Liszt’s Faust Symphony; ALS Bicentennial CD Release; MacDowell and Liszt; Adele aus der Ohe: Student of Liszt;
Liszt and the Future of Russian Music; Istvan Thoman, Liszt’s Successor at the Budapest Academy; Liszt, Wagner, and Parsifal;
Liszt and the Future. Other highlights include:
1) The world premiere of William Bolcom’s "Laura Sonnets," a song cycle based on five Petrarch
sonnets. Commissioned by ALS in honor of the bicentennial of Liszt’s birth, it will be sung by baritone
Thomas Hampson as part of his festival recital. The first copies of the score of “Laura Sonnets” will be for
sale at a post-premiere reception, with the opportunity to have Bolcom and Hampson autograph the score.
2) The first performance of a work for solo piano chosen as the winner of the ALS Bicentennial Composition
Competition will be given. The $4000 prize is provided by Steinway & Sons;
3) An ALS-sponsored 2-CD set of rare Liszt performances by three recipients ofthe ALS Medal –
Claudio Arrau, Jorge Bolet, and Gunnar Johansen – will be on sale for the first time.
4) Noted Liszt authority Alan Walker will present the $2000 prize to the recipient of the American
Liszt Society Alan Walker Book Award.
A complete Festival schedule should be online by mid-May at www.americanlisztsociety.net