This concert will feature two acclaimed pianists, Natalie Tenenbaum and Julian Waterfall Pollack, performing works for two pianos by various composers, including John Adams, The Goo Goo Dolls, Steve Reich, and Johny Mandel. The concert will take place on November 23, 2013 at 8PM at The Greenwich House in NYC, with a suggested $10 donation at the door and a reception to follow. The program includes pieces written by the performers as well as works from 1978 to 2013 representing their love of music across genres.
This concert will feature two acclaimed pianists, Natalie Tenenbaum and Julian Waterfall Pollack, performing works for two pianos by various composers, including John Adams, The Goo Goo Dolls, Steve Reich, and Johny Mandel. The concert will take place on November 23, 2013 at 8PM at The Greenwich House in NYC, with a suggested $10 donation at the door and a reception to follow. The program includes pieces written by the performers as well as works from 1978 to 2013 representing their love of music across genres.
This concert will feature two acclaimed pianists, Natalie Tenenbaum and Julian Waterfall Pollack, performing works for two pianos by various composers, including John Adams, The Goo Goo Dolls, Steve Reich, and Johny Mandel. The concert will take place on November 23, 2013 at 8PM at The Greenwich House in NYC, with a suggested $10 donation at the door and a reception to follow. The program includes pieces written by the performers as well as works from 1978 to 2013 representing their love of music across genres.
Saturday,
November
23rd,
2013,
8PM
@
The
Greenwich
House,
NYC
Tickets:
$10
suggested
donation
at
the
door.
Reception
to
follow.
This
debut
concert
of
Music
For
Two
Pianos,
performed
by
acclaimed
pianists
Natalie
Tenenbaum
and
Julian
Waterfall
Pollack,
will
feature
not
only
music
written
by
both
musicians
but
also
works
by
John
Adams,
The
Goo
Goo
Dolls,
Steve
Reich,
and
Johny
Mandel.
The
eclectic
all-American
program
was
drawn
together
by
the
performers
love
of
great
music,
regardless
of
genre.
In
addition
to
the
demanding
written
material
on
the
program,
some
of
the
pieces
call
for
the
two
pianists
to
improvise.
All
of
the
music
featured
in
this
concert
was
written
between
1978
and
2013
on
American
soil.
Natalie
Tenenbaum
(b.
1984)
Julian
Waterfall
Pollack
(b.
1988)
Pianist
and
composer
Natalie
Tenenbaum
has
appeared
as
soloist
and
with
orchestras
across
Israel,
Europe,
Asia
and
the
US,
performing
in
venues
such
as
Lincoln
Center,
Koreas
National
Theater,
Jerusalem
Music
Center,
the
Kennedy
Center,
Berlins
Konzerthaus.
An
avid
performer
of
new
music,
Tenenbaum
premiered
Tomer
Addadis
Piano
Concerto
No.
1
in
2011
with
the
Israel
Chamber
Orchestra,
and
gave
an
invigorating
sparkling
performance
(New
York
Times)
of
Jason
Eckardts
Piano
Concerto,
Trespass,
that
same
year.
Graduate
of
the
Juilliard
School,
Natalie
premiered
her
own
compositions
at
Carnegie
Hall,
Harvard
University,
Merkin
Hall,
The
National
Arts
Gallery
(New
York),
Tel
Aviv
Museum
Of
Art,
The
Blue
Note.
Natalie
is
a
recipient
of
scholarships
from
the
America-Israel
cultural
foundation
as
well
as
Ronen
Foundation.
She
is
a
winner
of
the
2012
Harrington
Award
and
the
2013
Jean
Banks
Award
(BMI).
At
the
age
of
18,
pianist
and
composer
Julian
Waterfall
Pollack
was
awarded
the
Level
One
Gold
Prize
in
jazz
from
the
National
Foundation
for
the
Advancement
of
the
Arts'
(NFAA),
received
a
full-ride
scholarship
to
Berklee
College
of
Music,
was
signed
to
Jazzschool
Records
for
his
debut
album,
and
was
featured
on
Marian
McPartlands
syndicated
NPR
show
Piano
Jazz.
A
graduate
of
the
NYU
Steinhardt
masters
program,
Pollack
has
performed
his
own
Piano
Concerto
(commissioned
and
premiered
by
the
Camellia
Symphony
Orchestra)
with
The
Jackson
Symphony
Orchestra,
The
Mendocino
Music
Festival
orchestra,
and
this
year,
the
Telluride
Chamber
Festival
and
The
Ives
Quartet
commissioned
and
premiered
Pollacks
String
Quartet.
Receiving
an
ASCAP
Young
Jazz
Composers
award
for
his
composition
Blackberry,
Julians
sophomore
album
Infinite
Playground
received
accolades
with
comments
ranging
from
"ferociously
assured
and
creatively
dazzling,"
to
"masses
of
heart
and
soul,
adding
an
emotional
intensity
that
lifts
this
music
to
uncommon
heights..."
(San
Francisco
Chronicle).
In
October,
Pollack's
latest
trio
album
Waves
of
Albion
was
released
on
the
German
label
Berthold
Records
and
has
been
garnering
glowing
reviews
internationally.
Emerging,
young,
and
poiseda
pianist
with
an
earnest
air,
writes
Nate
Chinen
of
The
New
York
Times.