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3rd Milton & Peggy Salkind International Piano Duo Festival

San Francisco International Music Festival

San Francisco International Music Festival 3rd Milton & Peggy Salkind International Piano Duo Festival

The Milton and Peggy Salkind International Piano Duo Festival is the United States’ first and foremost international music festival solely dedicated to the art of the piano duo. Now entering its 3rd season, the Salkind International Piano Duo Festival spotlights world-class artists in a series of concerts that capture the spirit of similar European and Russian festivals. This year, an extraordinary array of distinguished artists from Canada, Italy, Argentina, Venezuela, Latvia, and the United States will perform a remarkable series of seven concerts.

The 2010 Salkind Festival invites you to experience a showcase of “American Masterpieces” - an intriguing mix of traditional, innovative and seldom-heard compositions for piano duo from North and South America presented in the beautiful concert and recital halls at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience the rich sonorities and rewarding repertoire of the piano duo genre.

Festival Artists: Duo Turgeon (Canada); Anderson & Roe (USA); Marina & Fred Hammond Duo (Argentina & Venezuela); Duo Pianistico di Firenze (Italy); The Ruslan & Raffi Piano Duo (Latvia); Pas De Duo (Berkeley); The Angelo Piano Duo (San Francisco).

July 8: Salkind Festival Opening Gala Concert will showcase a variety of exciting and innovative works for piano duo.

Additional Dates:
Fri July 9, 2010 8:00pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
Sat July 10, 2010 8:00pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall

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Program

Gottschalk

Grande Tarantella

Lecuona

Cordoba; Ante El Escorial; Malaguena

Cables/Munson

Helen's Song

Bernstein

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Barber

Souvenirs

Performers

Duo Turgeon

Festival artist

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SFCV Previews
June 26, 2010

Back when Milton and Peggy Salkind teamed up as a piano duo in the early 1950s, there were just a handful of piano duo acts — Rosina and Josef Lhevinne, Gaby and Robert Casadesus, and a few others. The Salkinds helped to blaze the trail that others, most famously the Labeque sisters, have since trod. San Franciscans have a chance to enjoy a rare duo on the weekend of July 8-10.

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