Schedule of the Event:

June 21, 2025

Flagstaff Piano Festival presents pianists AIMEE FINCHER, TIANTIAN LIANG, KENNETH OSOWSKI, and SILVAN NEGRU?IU in the 2025 Opening Ceremony & Faculty Concert. Free admission.

Time: 7:00pm

Program:

J. STRAUSS II – Overture to Die Fledermaus

CHEE – Female Rain

DUN – Eight Memories in Watercolor (selections)

EINAUDI – Logos

OSOWSKI – Fugues on Thelonious Monk

SILVESTRI – Preludio & Baccanale

BEACH – Summer Dreams, Op. 47 (selections)

PIAZZOLLA – Libertango

June 22, 2025

Flagstaff Piano Festival presents pianist JOHN O'CONOR in a solo recital.

Time: 3:00pm

Program:

BEETHOVEN – Six Bagatelles, Op. 126

BEETHOVEN – Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight"

DEBUSSY – La fille aux cheveux de lin

DEBUSSY – Clair de lune

CHOPIN – Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15

CHOPIN – Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2

CHOPIN – Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2

CHOPIN – Berceuse in D-flat Major, Op. 57

CHOPIN – Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47

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June 23, 2025

STEVEN SPOONER Recital

Time: 7:00pm

Flagstaff Piano Festival presents pianist STEVEN SPOONER in a solo recital featuring an audience-selected program of works by Liszt & Friends. Arrive early for a free pre-concert sampler recital featuring FPF Academy participants starting at 6:00 PM in the Brooks Piano Seminar Room (PFA 144).

Program:

AUDIENCE CHOICE: LISZT & FRIENDS

The audience will select the two halves of the recital program at the beginning of the event, by voting on two of the five options below.

1. LISZT – Sonata in B Minor, S. 178

2. LISZT – Années de pèlerinage

Sposalizio
Aux cyprès de la Villa d'Este: Thrénodie
Il penseroso
Vallée d'Obermann

3. LISZT – Song Transcriptions

Die Lorelei, S. 532
Widmung, S. 566
Die Post, S. 561/4
Ständchen, S. 560/7
Erlkönig, S. 558/4

4. LISZT – Paraphrases

Miserere du Trovatore, S. 433
Fantasy on Themes from Rienzi, S. 439
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13, S. 244/13

5. BLIND DATE (works not by Liszt, to be revealed from stage)

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JOHN O'CONOR Masterclass

Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Flagstaff Piano Festival presents JOHN O'CONOR in a public masterclass with FPF Academy participants.  O'Conor is distinguished artist-in-residence and professor of piano at Shenandoah Conservatory and The Glenn Gould School. Free admission.

June 24, 2025

YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT I - 7:00pm

Flagstaff Piano Festival presents the 2025 Young Artist Concert I, featuring FPF Academy participants in a varied and inspiring piano soirée program. Different program & performers from Young Artist Concert II. Free admission.

STEVEN SPOONER Masterclass: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Flagstaff Piano Festival presents STEVEN SPOONER in a public masterclass with FPF Academy participants. Spooner is professor of piano at Peabody Institute. Free admission.

June 25, 2025

CHENG–CHOW PIANO DUO Recital - 7:00 PM

Flagstaff Piano Festival presents ANGELA CHENG & ALVIN CHOW in a piano duo recital. Arrive early for a free pre-concert sampler recital featuring FPF Academy participants starting at 6:00 PM in the Brooks Piano Seminar Room (PFA 144).

Program:

BRAHMS – Hungarian Dances (selections)

DEBUSSY – Petite Suite, L 65

DVO?ÁK – Slavonic Dances, Opp. 46 & 72 (selections)

MILHAUD – Scaramouche, Op. 165

COPLAND/BERNSTEIN – El Salón México

ARLEN/HIRTZ – Wizard of Oz Fantasy

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SOFYA GULYAK Masterclass - 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Flagstaff Piano Festival presents SOFYA GULYAK in a public masterclass with FPF Academy participants. Gulyak is professor of piano at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Free admission.

June 26, 2025

SOFYA GULYAK Recital - 7:00 PM

Flagstaff Piano Festival presents pianist SOFYA GULYAK in a solo recital. Arrive early for a free pre-concert sampler recital featuring FPF Academy participants starting at 6:00 PM in the Brooks Piano Seminar Room (PFA 144).

Program:

BACH/BUSONI – Chaconne from Partita in D Minor, BWV 1004

FRANCK – Prelude, Fugue, and Variation, Op. 18

BACH/BUSONI – Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659

BACH/BUSONI – Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

CHOPIN – Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 45

CHOPIN – Rondo à la mazur, Op. 5

CHOPIN/LISZT – Meine Freuden, S. 480/5

CHOPIN/LISZT – Mädchen Wunsch, S. 480/1

LISZT – Réminiscences de Norma, S. 394

LISZT – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp Minor, S. 244/2 (Cadenza by Sofya Gulyak)

ANGELA CHENG & ALVIN CHOW Masterclass - 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Flagstaff Piano Festival presents ANGELA CHENG & ALVIN CHOW in a public masterclass with FPF Academy participants. Cheng & Chow are professors of piano at Oberlin Conservatory. Free admission.

June 27, 2025

FPF COMPETITION - 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Flagstaff Piano Festival presents the 2025 Young Artist Piano Competition, featuring FPF Academy participants. Free admission.

COMPETITION AWARDS & YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT II - 7:00 PM

Flagstaff Piano Festival presents the 2025 Competition Awards & Young Artist Concert II, featuring FPF Competition winners & Academy participants in a varied and inspiring piano soirée program. Different program & performers from Young Artist Concert I. Free admission.

SILVAN NEGRUTIU Masterclass - 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Flagstaff Piano Festival presents SILVAN NEGRU?IU in a public masterclass with FPF Academy participants. Negru?iu is Kitt Endowed Professor in Piano and Director of Piano Studies at Northern Arizona University Kitt School of Music, and Artistic Director of Flagstaff Piano Festival. Free admission.

Date: June 21-27, 2025

Location: Kitt Recital Hall, 1115 Knoles Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86011

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