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PrivateLessons.com Releases “Songs & Dances” Piano Solo
CD by Ghenady Meirson
Rachmaninoff’s transcriptions of The Brooklet, Lilacs, Daisies,
Hopak, Minuet (L’Arlesienne Suite) and music by Chopin,
Mendelssohn, Granados, and Moscow-based Vladimir Ryabov
Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) March 1, 2005 -- PrivateLessons.com today
released a debut CD by pianist Ghenady Meirson. The album entitled
Songs & Dances lists for $16.95 and is available for sale online
at PrivateLessons.com (http://www.PrivateLessons.com) Artists Place
and by phone at 1-888-387-8273.
“Since this is my first effort as a recording artist and producer,
half of the music on the CD turned out to be first and only
takes,” said Meirson. “An immediate comment from my editor
George Blood, who generally accepts nothing less than two takes,
‘that’s because you are a performer.’ Looking back, I did
treat the recording process just like a concert performance --
recording in a concert hall, playing a Steinway grand and feeling
like a nervous wreck.”
Songs & Dances album contains 15 short pieces, exploring songs
and dances by various romantic and 20th century composers including
Chopin, Mendelssohn, Granados, Rachmaninoff and Ryabov. “I wanted
to produce a CD that would appeal to people of diverse levels of
music appreciation and tastes,” adds Meirson. “At a recent IAJE
Jazz Educators Conference, as a matter of informal market test, I
played the CD for jazz musicians who were instantly attracted to
Rachmaninoff’s harmonies in Daisies and Lilacs.” While
professional musicians may appreciate the difficulty of some of the
pieces, the CD is easy to listen to, offering haunting melodies and
musical variety.
About the Artist
Educator, author, composer, pianist and music industry entrepreneur,
Ghenady Meirson began studying piano at an early age in his native
Odessa, Ukraine. He graduated from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in
Rome and The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. At Curtis,
he majored in piano studying with Seymour Lipkin and Mieczyslaw
Horszowski, and in accompanying studying with Dr. Vladimir Sokoloff.
In 1982, Meirson wrote a singer's handbook entitled "Do Sing in
Russian" and began to specialize in Russian vocal repertoire.
Since then, he prepared many artists for opera, oratorio, recitals
and recordings, and helped such organizations as the Philadelphia
Orchestra, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Singers and
Mendelssohn Club Chorus. Ghenady Meirson is on the faculty at both
The Academy of Vocal Arts and The Curtis Institute of Music in
Philadelphia.
About PrivateLessons.com
In 1996, Ghenady Meirson founded PrivateLessons.com, a
membership-based network that connects the public with independent
music teachers across the U.S. and Canada. Now an established leader
in its niche, PrivateLessons.com helps thousands of musicians and
over 150,000 visitors per month that seek private music teachers.
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