Program

Drew Petersen in Concert

Drew Petersen, piano

Sonatine

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Modéré 

Mouvement de menuet 

Animé 

Selected Études

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Op. 25, No. 1 in A-flat Major

Op. 25, No. 2 in F Minor 

Op. 25, No. 3 in F Major 

Op. 10, No. 8 in F Major

Op. 10, No. 6 in E-flat Minor

Op. 10, No. 10 in A-flat Major 

Op. 25, No. 9 in G-flat major 

Op. 25, No. 10 in B minor

Gaspard de la Nuit

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Ondine 

Le Gibet 

Scarbo

Intermission

Piano Sonata No. 2 (original version, 1913)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Allegro agitato

Non-allegro

Allegro molto

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Drew Petersen, piano

Acclaimed young American pianist Drew Petersen is a sought-after soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician in the United States, Europe and Asia. He’s been praised for his commanding and poetic performances of repertoire ranging from Bach to Zaimont, and is the recipient of the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant, 2017 American Pianists Award, and the Christel DeHaan Fellow of the American Pianists Association, as well as a residency at the University of Indianapolis.

Since then he has made debuts with the Houston, Phoenix, Tucson, Pacific and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras, and has appeared in solo recitals at the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, University of Indianapolis, and Dame Myra Hess Concerts in Chicago. Most recent performances include concerts at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival and Brevard Music Center’s Summer Festival, orchestral performances with the Indianapolis Symphony and a recital at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival. 2018 also marked the release of his first solo recording of American music on the Steinway label for which BBC Music Magazine acknowledged his presence as a rising star. The 2019-2020 season includes appearances with orchestras in Sarasota, Fort Smith, Buffalo, Waco and Columbus, as well as recitals in Madison, Duluth, Savannah and his Kennedy Center debut.

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