Pianist David Rothman Plays Chopin, Prokofiev, Schubert
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- David Rothman, piano
Robert Schumann — Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Sergei Prokofiev — Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14
Franz Schubert — Piano Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Give yourself a noontime break this Thursday, March 7. Pianist David Rothman returns to Portland's TOC (The Old Church) with a program of: Chopin's Trois Ecossaises; Prokofiev's Sonata No. 2, Op. 14; and Schubert's Sonata in C minor, D. 958; and Schumann's Sonata in G minor, Op. 22.
Rothman has previously delighted TOC audiences with performances of the entire Schubert Cycle, Mozart Cycle, and all of Chopin's solo piano pieces, as well as the Rachmaninoff Third and Brahms Second Piano Concerto.
About David Rothman, piano
David Rothman was born in Toronto, Canada in 1962. When he was two, his family moved to Los Angeles. At six, Mr. Rothman began to study piano, and at ten, he was accepted into the Menuhin School in England. Nadia Boulanger was among the panel who accepted Mr. Rothman into the school. At seventeen, he was accepted into the Curtis Institute where he studied with Mieczyslaw Horszowski.
Before leaving the Menuhin School, he played a Beethoven Sonata at Wigmore Hall in conjunction with the school and he played at Curtis Hall in December of 1981. With accompanist, Michael Barnes, he has played twelve concertos, including the Brahms Concerto No. 2 and Schumann Concerto in A minor. David Rothman presently lives in Portland, Oregon and is a frequent guest artist on TOC Portland's Lunchtime Concert Series.
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