Michael Serio

This year I’m working on a program that includes Scarlatti, Debussy’s Suite Bergamasque,  dance music of Granados, Mompou, Ginastera, Albeniz and Stravinsky and two four-hand works with my Well-Tempered Pianist partner, Debi Adams : Barber’s Souvenirs ballet Suite and Stavinsky’s Petrushka ballet suite. Dance is the theme this year – great fun indeed!

I’ll be playing some of the solo music in a holiday concert with my brother Nick on Thursday, Dec 28th. I also will be accompanying my son Tony’s beautiful voice on a couple of Christmas classics. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/325217214174920/

12/2011: I just received a recording of my first round and it’s posted on Soundcloud.

The Sixth Boston International Piano Competition will be held from Thursday, June 23rd to Sunday, June 26th, 2011 at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Here are my repertoire choices:

Round 1:  (15 minutes) – Thursday, June 23rd 4:45p

• Granados: Mazurka
• Bridge: The Dew Fairy
• Granados: Lament

Round 2: (15 minutes) – Saturday, June 25th 5:15p

• Scarlatti: Sonata in C L. 457
• Beethoven: Sonata Op 53,  Allegro con brio

Round 3: (30 minutes)

• Shostakovich: Prelude Op 34 #10
• Albéniz: Evocación
• Debussy: Estampes
  • Pagodes (Pagodas)
  • Soirée dans Grenade (Evening in Granada)
  • Jardins sous la pluie (Gardens in the Rain)
• Schumann: Arabeske

Scarlatti Sonata in C L. 457
Mozart Fantasia in C minor K. 475
Beethoven Sonata #21 in C Major, Op53 “Waldstein”

1. Allegro con brio
2. Introduzione: Adagio molto – attacca
3. Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo

Intermission

Schumann Arabeske
Schubert Fantasia in F minor for piano four hands (with Debi Adams)

1. Allegro molto moderato
2. Largo
3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
4. Finale. Allegro molto moderato

FYI, I will be performing a recital at the Brookhaven in Lexington on April 11th, at the First Church in Belmont at 7:30pm on April 24th and at a residence in Weston on May 2nd at 3pm. This concert will commemorate my 50th birthday.

Download First Church in Belmont Program

Checkout a new business venture called The Well Tempered Pianist…

ChronicEase.com is a new site for my Alexander Technique practice.