We invite you to attend the second concert of our 25th Anniversary, 2019-20 Concert Series for The Artist Series of Tallahassee, featuring Itamar Zorman, piano and Liza Stepanova, piano.

Born in Tel-Aviv to a family of musicians, Itamar Zorman began his violin studies at the age of six at the Israeli Conservatory of Music in Tel-Aviv. He received his Bachelor of Music from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and his Master’s of Music from The Juilliard School in 2009, where he studied with Robert Mann and Sylvia Rosenberg. The recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust award, Zorman was also joint winner of the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition. As a chamber musician, Zorman has appeared at the Lincoln Center, Zankel and Weill Recital Halls in Carnegie Hall, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. He is a founding member of the Israeli Chamber Project, and a member of the Lysander Piano Trio, with which he won the 2012 Concert Artists Guild Competition. Itamar Zorman plays on a 1734 Guarneri Del Jesù from the collection of Yehuda Zisapel.

Praised by The New York Times for her “thoughtful musicality” and “fleet-fingered panache,” Liza Stepanova is in demand as a soloist, collaborator, and educator. As a member of the Lysander Piano Trio, she won the 2012 Concert Artists Guild Competition and received the Grand Prize at the 2011 Coleman Competition. The Trio gave its Kaufman Center and Weill Hall recital debuts in 2014 to enthusiastic reviews. Stepanova’s first solo piano CD, recorded in New York City in 2018. The recording features music from Bach to Ligeti that was inspired by visual art. Stepanova has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at international festivals at Castleton, La Jolla, Music@Menlo, Mostly Mozart, Copenhagen (Denmark), and Davos (Switzerland). Stepanova received her DMA from The Juilliard School with a Richard F. French Award for outstanding doctoral work. Following teaching positions at The Juilliard School and Smith College, she is currently an assistant professor of piano at the University of Georgia, Hugh Hodgson School of Music.

Itamar and Liza are married and have a 2 year who loves being on the road with mama and papa!

PROGRAM:
Songs my mother taught me, op. 55 no. 4                          Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904),
                                                                                            arrangement by Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)

Sonata for violin and piano                                                   Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
  Con moto
  Ballada
  Allegretto
  Adagio

Fantasy for violin and piano in C major, D 934                Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

  Andante molto
  Allegretto
  Andantino
  Allegro
  Andante molto
  Allegretto
  Presto

INTERMISSION

Sonata for violin and piano in A major                                 César Franck (1822-1890)

  Allegretto Ben moderato
  Allegro
  Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia
   Allegretto poco mosso

Itamar Zorman and Liza Stepanova appear by arrangement with Frank Salomon Associates.