Showing posts with label Abbas Abboud. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abbas Abboud. Show all posts

Sunday, 11/1/2009 @ 10:45 am: Abbas Abboud, piano


UUCJ Music for a Sunday Morning



Iraqi virtuoso Abbas Abboud, after completing studies at the Baghdad School of Music and Ballet and the National Conservatory of Music in Amman, Jordan, attended France's Conservatoire National on full scholarship and was unanimously awarded the Gold Medal.
Free and the public is invited. Nursery care provided.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville • www.uujax.org • 904-725-8133
7405 Arlington Expressway • Henson Markham, Music Director • 904-346-0373

Tuesday, 10/20/2009 @ 6:15pm: Abbas Abboud, piano




Upon completing studies at the Baghdad School of Music and Ballet and the National Conservatory of Music in Amman, Jordan, Iraqi virtuoso Abbas Abboud attended France's Conservatoire National on scholarship, and was awarded their Gold Medal by unanimous vote of the Jury des Concours. Other awards include first prizes in both the Concours International de Piano and the Foundation Natexis Banque Populaire music competition. In addition to concertizing throughout France, Germany, Switzerland and Jordan, Mr. Abboud performed under contract with the Alsumaria Iraqi Satellite TV Network from June 2007 - May 2008.

PROGRAM SELECTIONS
  • Mozart : Piano Sonata No. 14 in C–minor, K. 457
  • Beethoven : Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ("Appassionata"). 3. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto
  • Liszt : Funérailles -- Watch Abbas Abboud on YouTube!
  • Chopin : Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op. 20 -- Watch Abbas Abboud on YouTube!
  • Chopin : Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

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