Summit Music Festival is the largest and most comprehensive event of this kind in the New York Metropolitan area. Participants from more than 20 different countries have the opportunity to work and learn from faculty and guest artists of the highest caliber, amidst an atmosphere of friendship and mentoring.

For our 34th season SMF will be held at the beautiful and spacious EF Academy campus located in Thornwood, NY.

Schedule:

Monday, August 5, 2024

8pm
Michael Davidman, piano
Franck, Chopin, Turina, Rachmaninoff

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

8pm
Faculty concert
Yulia Lipmanovich, piano
Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Chin Kim, violin
Bach: Sonata in A minor for solo violin  BWV 1003
Aaron Minsky, cello
A. Minsky Truckin’ through the South Broadway
The New Yorker
Cell-tic Jig
The Hawk Ascending
Variation # 5 Bach Gigue in C

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

8pm
Students Gala Concert

Thursday, August 8, 2024

8pm
Faculty concert
Daria Monastyrski, piano
Haydn: Sonata F major, Hob.XVI 23
Chopin: Nocturne op 27 no.2 in D flat major
Nocturne op.32 no. 2 in A flat major
Valse Brilliante op 34 no. 2
Ballade no. 1 in G minor op.23
Arkady Orlovsky, cello
Tamara Orlovsky, piano
Prokofie Sonata for cello and piano in C major op. 119
Tchaikovsk : “THE SEASONS” for piano: January, March, November
Rave Alborada del grazioso.
Mussorgsky Excerpts  from PICTURES at an EXHIBITION arr. for cello and piano by Charles Schiff

Friday, August 9, 2024

8pm
Faculty concert
Bela Horvath, violin
Anat Malkin, viola
Gloria Kim, cello
Candace Chien, piano
Rachmaninoff: Concerto no. 3
Michael Davidman, piano
Hyun Ju Jang, piano (orchestra part)
Brahms: Quartet in C minor op.60

Saturday, August 10, 2024

6pm
Dan Monastyrski, piano

8pm
Students Gala Concert

Sunday, August 11, 2024

8pm
Concerto Competition Final Round

Monday, August 12, 2024

8pm
Faculty chamber music concert
Mikhail Kopelman, violin
Anat Malkin, viola
Kyungok Park, cello
Elizaveta Kopelman, piano
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat Major, Op.47

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

6pm
Peter Vinograde, piano
Bach  Aria Variata in A Minor, BWV 989
Schubert   13 Variations in A minor, “Hüttenbrenner “, D. 576
Michael Matthew : Image Fragments (2024)
Brahm : Four Pieces, op. 119

8pm
Jeffrey Solow, cello
Jinha Park, piano
2 Bach Suites (tba) for unaccompanied cello
Brahms: Sonata in F major, op. 99
Greta Rigato, piano
Massimiliano Mainolfi, piano

Rachmaninoff- J. Aumiller : Moment Musicaux op. 16 n. 5

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

6pm
Yuval Avital, piano
Haydn  Sonata in C major Hob XVI: 48
Liszt  Spanish Rhapsody
Bardanashvili  Fantasia
Rachmaninoff  Sonata no. 2

8pm with cooperation with Temple University
Violin students of Dr. Eduard Schmieder

Thursday, August 15, 2024

8pm
Dmitri Berlinsky, violin
Efrem Briskin, piano
Bach  Chaconne
Beethoven  Sonata op.47 in A major”Kreutzer”

Friday, August 16, 2024

8pm
Students chamber music concert

Saturday, August 17, 2024

8pm
Summit Music Festival Orchestra
Soloist – Andrew Zheng, piano
1st prize winner at the 2023 Mary Smart Concerto Competition
Conductor – Hideaki Hirai
Chopin Concerto no. 1 for piano and orchestra op. 11 in E minor
I. Allegro maestoso
and other works TBA

Date: August 4-18, 2024

Location: EF Academy, 582 Columbus Avenue, Thornwood, NY 10594

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