Frederick Collection: CHOPIN by GAYDAMOVICH & SHAMS | 04.2023

Music from the Frederick Collection, Ashburnham, MA, USA
Sunday, 30 April 2023
live recital by
IGNACY GAYDAMOVICH, gut-strung violoncello by Ludwig Neuner, Berlin (1889)
MOHAMED SHAMS, piano by Erard & Cie, Paris (1840)
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810-1849) in transcription & in the original
00:51 Introduction et polonaise brillante in C, Op. 3 1. Largo 2. Alla polacca
10:25 Etude in c#, Op. 25, No. 7 "The Cello"
16:49 Nocturne in Eb, Op. 9, No. 2
21:30 Sonata in g for violoncello & piano, Op. 65 1. Allegro moderato
38:12 Sonata in g 2. Scherzo43:29 Sonata in g 3. Largo Cantabile
47:12 Sonata in g 4. Finale Allegro - Più mosso al fine
53:36 [encore] Prelude in e, Op. 28. No. 4 Largo
56:10 credits & support
Duration 56:45
© 2023 Frederick Collection ℗ 2023 Ignacy Gaydamovich & Mohamed Shams
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Cellist IGNACY GAYDAMOVICH holds a DMA from Hartt, graduate performance diplomas from Longy and Boston Conservatory, a Master's from Texas Christian University, and an MA from the Chopin Music Academy (Warsaw). Among his mentors have been Terry King, Rhonda Rider, and Jesús Castro-Balbi. He has received the Grand Prix and Best Solo and Chamber Prizes at the Allegro-Vivo Festival (Horn, ÖS) and a prize at the Bacewicz International Chamber Music Competition (Łódź, PL). He has taught at Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Crane School of Music (SUNY-Potsdam), and TCU. He has also been a guest faculty member at festivals in China, Panama, and Lithuania, and has given masterclasses at SUNY-Potsdam, University of Mississippi, and Warsaw's Chopin University of Music. His countless solo, chamber, and collaborative appearances have whisked him to stages and halls across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Ignacy is a popular return performer at Music from the Frederick Collection.
Gaydamovich.com
Pianist MOHAMED SHAMS garnered a Master's from Manhattan School of Music and a BM with distinction from Cairo Conservatoire (Giza). The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (Glasgow) awarded him another Master’s, and Hartt presented him with his Doctorate. He researched 20th-c. American composers as a 2006 Fulbright recipient and regularly plays Elliott Carter, John Corigliano, and Florence Price. He is also a champion of works by seldom-performed late-19th- and early-20th-c. composers, such as Medtner, Bortkiewicz, and Grażina Bacewicz. He is currently on faculty at Purchase-SUNY (White Plains) and University of St. Joseph (Hartford). WQXR (NYC) has aired him in their McGraw-Hill Young Artists Showcase. Herald Scotland lauded Mohamed Shams as a "deeply impressive pianist of tremendous flair and intellectual strength” and a “spectacular pianist”. He is a much sought-after recitalist, accompanist, chamber musician, and soloist In North America, the Middle East, Scotland, and London.
www.MohamedPianist.com
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So beautiful, transported to another time and place. Lovely.