SASHA & MARI PIANO DUO
Program:
C. Debussy The Petite Suite, L 65
1. En bateau (Sailing): Andantino
2. Cortège (Retinue): Moderato
3. Menuet: Moderato
4. Ballet: Allegro giusto
F. Schubert. Fantasie in F minor, D.940
S. Rachmaninoff - 6 Pieces, Op. 11
S. Sound Song of the Light, Op.
Preview this incredible duo at the links below!
F Schubert Fantasie D 940 Segment Sasha& Mari Piano Duo: https://youtu.be/vQYerEiKneM
Sasha Sound - Song of the Light, Op.8, Sasha & Mari Piano Duo : https://youtu.be/gR3fSzwygyE
About the Artists
Sasha Sound is a concert and jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and music educator. He performed concerts in Russia, Europe, and the US. Sasha was a teaching assistant in the piano area and jazz studies at the University of Iowa. In the Spring of 2018 Sasha completed his doctorate at the University of Iowa. His final thesis is dedicated to the analysis and performance of tempo and rhythmical principles Al Rigore and Flessibile in Medtner's compositions. As a part of his final doctoral project, Sasha recorded Medtner's solo works: Tales op. 20, op. 34 No. 2,3, Three pieces op.31 including Improvisation op. 31 No. 1, and the Second Improvisation, op. 47.He also served as a piano faculty at Iowa Wesleyan College and at Indian Hills Community College in Iowa. He currently holds a Master Teacher position at Pacific Piano School in San Jose, California.
Mari Kawamura is a concert pianist whose curiosity has taken her in a variety of directions ranging from improvisation and dance to biology and physics. Kawamura is drawn to music, which utilizes the entirety of the piano as an expressive device. She is as equally fascinated by works that showcase the tremendous agility of the instrument, as by compositions that explore its ability to produce cavernous resonances, complex spectral sounds, and unpitched noise. After studying with Stephen Drury at the New England Conservatory, she pursued her Doctorate in Contemporary Music Performance at the University of California, San Diego, where she trained under Aleck Karis. Her research dealt with ma, an ancient Japanese concept concerning space and time, and is focused on identifying ma-like structures in music outside of Japan's sphere of influence with the goal of demonstrating that the concept of “charged stillness” is a widespread global phenomenon.