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New Ross Piano Festival September 23rd - 26th, 2010

NEW ROSS PIANO FESTIVAL
September 23rd - 26th, 2010
 
 
 
Kilmokea Country Manor and Gardens is offering 3 full packages to Piano festival enthusiasts to stay with us in the beautiful surroundings of Kilmokea for their visit to New Ross for the annual Piano Festival 2010.
 
 
 Package 1.
Stay with us for 3 nights in a superior double room with Organic Breakfast and Afternoon tea, complimentary use of our indoor heated swimming pool and meditation room.
Entry to all piano festival events is included.
€399 for 3 nights per person sharing.
 
Guests availing of this package may recieve a 10% reduction when they book an Aromatherapy Massage treatment, a jacuzzi session or a sauna session at Kilmokea.
 
 
Package 2.
 
Stay with us for 3 nights in a superior double room with Organic Breakfast and Afternoon tea, complimentary use of our indoor heated swimming pool and meditation room.
Entry to the 3 main concerts at the piano festival is included.
€375 for 3 nights per person sharing.
 
Guests availing of this package may recieve a 10% reduction when they book an Aromatherapy Massage treatment, a jacuzzi session or a sauna session at Kilmokea.
 
 
Package 3.
 
 Stay with us for 3 nights in a cosy double room with Organic Breakfast and Afternoon tea, complimentary use of our indoor heated swimming pool and meditation room.
Entry to the 3 main concerts at the piano festival is included.
€369 for 3 nights per person sharing.
 
Guests availing of this package may recieve a 10% reduction when they book an Aromatherapy Massage treatment, a jacuzzi session or a sauna session at Kilmokea  

THURSDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER 7.30pm

South East Young Pianists Concert

20 young piano students play the grand piano for sheer fun

FRIDAY 24th SEPTEMBER 8.00pm

LIBOR NOVÁCEK piano

Janácek In the Mists

FINGHIN COLLINS piano

Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 12

SA CHEN piano and the RENOIR QUARTET

Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11

SATURDAY 25th SEPTEMBER 12 noon

LIBOR NOVÁCEK piano

Haydn Sonata in C major Hob XVI:50

Chopin Mazurkas Op. 7 nos. 1, 2 and 4

Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

SATURDAY 25th SEPTEMBER 3.30pm

MASTERCLASS: LIBOR NOVÁCEK & emerging pianists

SATURDAY 25th SEPTEMBER 7.30pm

SA CHEN piano

Beethoven Sonata in E flat major Op.31 no.3

FINGHIN COLLINS piano and the RENOIR QUARTET

Schumann Piano Quintet Op. 44

ABDEL RAHMAN EL BACHA piano

Chopin 24 Preludes Op. 28

SATURDAY 25th SEPTEMBER 10.00pm

FINGHIN COLLINS piano

Schubert Piano Sonata in B flat major D. 960

SUNDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 12 noon

REBECCA CÁPOVÁ piano

Mozart Sonata in F major K. 280

Ravel Miroirs

Dutilleux Choral et Variations

NEW ROSS

FESTIVAL

PIANO

SA CHEN

“...a truly idiosyncratic musical mind with

something new to say without ever breaking

away from the score.....Tempos are judged

correctly and her always-wonderful singing

phrasing and rhythmic élan make every bar

shine with a crystal-clear brightness...”

Pianist magazine

FINGHIN COLLINS

“...he shows himself to be a very rare artist

in that the fearsome technical difficulties

are surmounted seemingly without effort,

at the same time as the poetic nature of his

interpretations place him in the highest

class, alongside Perahia and Kempff…”

International Record Review

ABDEL RAHMAN EL BACHA

“Wonderful control, exceptional virtuosity

which gives the feeling that the artist has

an incredible deep strength” L’Alsace

“A rare artist” Concertonet

LIBOR NOVÁCEK

“…possessing that special blend of

imagination, poetic temperament, emotional

range, subtlety, rhetorical eloquence and,

of course, supreme technical mastery…

The Prague-born, British-trained pianist

Libor Novácek possesses all these qualities

in abundance.”

International Record Review