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About the Event<\/h3>\n

In his 42nd season at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Jeffrey Siegel shares his personal favorite fiery rhapsodies, lively capriccios, charming waltzes, and deeply moving intermezzos by the German composer<\/span>\u00a0Johannes Brahms<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Keyboard Conversations\u00ae with Jeffrey Siegel combines the passion and poetry of a world-class pianist with entertaining commentary.\u00a0H<\/span>i<\/span>s lively, engaging insights and captivating performances create an enthralling evening for all music lovers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is the third concert in this season\u2019s four-part Keyboard Conversations\u00ae series. The series concludes March 22 with\u00a0Evocative Visions<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

American\u00a0pianist Jeffrey Siegel has been a soloist with the world’s great orchestras. Abroad, these include the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, London\u00a0<\/span>Philharmonia<\/span>, Moscow State Symphony, Munich\u2019s Bayerischer Rundfunk, Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestras, Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of La Scala, and NHK Symphony of Japan. In the United States, engagements have included the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Siegel has collaborated with many of the preeminent conductors of our time, including Sir Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit, Neeme J\u00e4rvi, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Sir Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson Thomas, and David Zinman, as well as legendary maestros of the past, including Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Eugene Ormandy, Sir George Solti, William Steinberg, Klaus\u00a0<\/span>Tennstedt<\/span>, and Yevgeny Svetlanov.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A passionate communicator as well as performer, Siegel also presents Keyboard Conversations\u00ae. These brilliantly polished concerts with commentary combine captivating comments with dynamic performances of piano masterpieces. Each concert concludes with a\u00a0<\/span>lively Q&A.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>New listeners<\/span>\u00a0discover an informal, entertaining, and instantly accessible introduction to the vast repertoire of the piano and to classical music, in general. Seasoned music lovers discover an enriched, more focused listening experience. Long-running series flourish in London, as well as in numerous American cities, among them New York City, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Palm Desert, Dallas, Denver, and Washington, D. C. The loyalty of Jeffrey Siegel\u2019s audiences is heartwarming. During the 2018\u201319 season, the Scottsdale series celebrated its 40th consecutive season of Keyboard Conversations\u00ae while the Chicago series marked its 50th.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Siegel has appeared on Oprah Radio\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Dr. Oz Show<\/span><\/i>\u00a0as guest of host and heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz and author and co-host Dr. Michael Roizen. In addition, he has been a frequent guest on the popular BBC program\u00a0<\/span>In Tune<\/span><\/i>\u00a0in London.\u00a0<\/span>Keyboard Conversations\u00ae ~ Piano Treasures<\/span><\/i>, a Time Life production, has been broadcast by PBS to more than 150 cities nationwide and is now available on DVD. CD releases include\u00a0<\/span>The Romantic Music of Chopin<\/span><\/i>;\u00a0<\/span>The Miracle of Mozart<\/span><\/i>, recorded live in London;\u00a0<\/span>The Power and Passion of Beethoven<\/span><\/i>;\u00a0<\/span>The Romanticism of the Russian Soul<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>and The Romance of the Piano<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(Random House Audio Publishing Group);\u00a0<\/span>Music for the Young \u2013 and Young at Heart<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(WFMT Radio, Chicago);\u00a0<\/span>American Pianistic Treasures<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(WEDU, Tampa), and\u00a0<\/span>Spellbinding Bach<\/span><\/i>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Born into a musical family, Siegel studied with Rudolf Ganz in his native Chicago, with the legendary Rosina\u00a0<\/span>Lh\u00e9vinne<\/span>\u00a0at The Juilliard School, and, as a Fulbright Scholar, with Ilona Kabos in London. Siegel and his wife live in New York City and have two grown children and three grandchildren.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAn achievement of a sort seldom heard.\u201d \u2014\u00a0<\/span>The New York Times<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA pianist with a bravura technique and a big, gorgeous sound . . . and when the artist himself offers the inside scoop, the musical experience becomes vastly more personal.\u201d \u2014\u00a0<\/span>The Denver Post<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJeffrey Siegel has everything: massive technique, musical sensitivity and character, wide tonal resources, immense reserves of power, and the ability to communicate.\u201d \u2014\u00a0<\/span>Los Angeles Times<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Presenting Sponsor: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Joan Goldfarb<\/strong><\/p>","excerpt":"

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