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Jan Cmejla Piano Recital

Friday, March 15, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

Meet the fifteen-year old piano prodigy from Prague as he performs works by Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninov, and Novák.

PROGRAM (Subject to a change)
Beethoven: Sonata in A major op. 2 no. 2
Allegro vivace
Largo appassionato
Scherzo: Allegretto
Rondo: Grazioso
Chopin: Waltz in A-flat major op. 34 no. 1
Chopin: Nocturne C-sharp Minor, op. Posth
Chopin: Ballade in F major no. 2 op. 38
Novák: Memories: Inquietto
Rachmaninov: Preludes op. 23 no. 4, 5

Suggested donation: $15.00
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Jan Cmejla (born in 2003) has played the piano since the age of six and studied composition since the age of eight. Since 2018, he has been studying at the Prague Conservatory under Prof. Eva Boguniová. Jan is a winner of some of the most acclaimed piano competitions and performed in prestigious concert halls at home and abroad. His numerous successes include the top prize at the 2014 AMADEUS international competition for pianists under 11 years old; being one of ten participants selected from 300 candidates from 49 countries for the prestigious Allianz Junior Music Camp 2015 in Vienna, organized by Lang Lang International Music Foundation; and the 1st prize at the 2018 International Competition Virtuosi per Musica di Pianoforte. In 2019, he also added the first place at the Concertino Praga international music competition for young talented musicians.

Note: Jan Cmejla will also perform on March 17 at the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

In cooperation with the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York and the Czech Embassy in Washington, DC and with support of the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association (BBLA)

From the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences. 

Details

Date:
Friday, March 15, 2019
Time:
7:00 pm
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Website:
https://www.svu2000.org/newyork/news/jan-cmejla-piano-recital/

Venue

Bohemian National Hall
321 E 73rd St.
New York, NY United States

Organizer

Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences
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