The College of Music is pleased to present the faculty paino recital of Stijn De Cock on Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in Longmire Recital Hall.
Hailed for his passionate and virtuosic piano playing by the East Hampton Star, Dr. De Cock maintains an active musical career as a soloist, chamber musician, and teaching artist in the United States and abroad. His playing has been described as “alternating between the stormy and sublime, while getting to the heart of the music” and was praised for its ability to create “a most compelling musical narrative” (Amalfi Festival concert review).
In recent years, Dr. De Cock’s concert seasons have included concerts on four continents, from the North America to Europe, Asia, and Africa. As the founding director or the Brancaleoni International Music Festival, Dr. De Cock has created a large-scale international summer festival in Italy that offers a unique, intensive, and integrated artistic learning environment to aspiring young pianists, singers, and string players from around the world.
Dr. De Cock has taught and held faculty positions at the State University of New York Fredonia, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, the University of Michigan, Schoolcraft College, and Albion College. He holds an undergraduate degree from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels, and a Master’s and Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan.
The program will include:
Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Das wohltemperierte Klavier I: XXII. Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor, BWV 867 and Clavier-Übung III: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Duex Poèmes, Op. 32 and Fantaisie in B Minor, Op. 28 by Alexander Scriabin
Moments musicaux, Op. 16 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-sharp Minor, S. 244 by Franz Liszt
This event is free and open to the public.
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