An Die Musik: Classical Pianist Michael Sheppard
In person: $20 ($10 student) |
Stream: $15
- Michael Sheppard, piano
Frédéric Chopin — Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
Regina Harris Baiocchi — Azuretta
Fred Hersch / Stephen Sondheim — "No One is Alone" from Into the Woods
Robert Schumann — Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
The livestream link will be revealed to streaming participants 15 minutes before the show and will remain active through Feb. 17. In-person attendees will also receive a link to the recording to view for one week.
About Michael Sheppard, piano
Known as "a virtuosic soloist possessed of power, sensitivity, earthiness, and humor" (Whitney Smith, Indianapolis Star) with the "power to make an audience sit up and pay attention...thought-provoking for performers and listeners alike" (James Manheim, All Music Guide ), Michael Sheppard studied with the legendary Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory. He was selected by the American Pianists Association as a Classical Fellow, which designation led to the recording of his Harmonia Mundi CD of 2007. In 2018 he released an experimental album of all improvisations, 12 Images. In between those two, there was another album which has been languishing in limbo and will hopefully come out some time before the piano itself ceases to be culturally relevant. Updates about that as they occur. (His recording, not the relevancy thing.)
He has performed solo recitals and concertos around the world, as well as across the USA, including several solo Weill (Carnegie) Hall recitals and a solo Kennedy Center debut. As a funny little matter of fact, he happens to have given solo recitals in the hometowns of both Mahler (Jihlava, Czech Republic) and Elvis (Tupelo, Mississippi), and enjoys taking in the local culture wherever in the world he finds himself. Michael gives master classes, teaches regularly and plays with some of the top singers and instrumentalists around; he also coaches singers, instrumentalists, and conductors, and also has begun to conduct occasionally himself.
https://www.sheppardarts.com/