Irwin Shung – Saturday

For the first two concerts, we are excited to welcome back American pianist Irwin Shung to Music At Wentworth Villa. Dr. Shung opened our 2019/20 season with a wonderful performance of the Goldberg Variations. This season, he will perform (over 2 consecutive afternoons) the entire Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2, by J.S.Bach.

From the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 870

Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 871

Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 872

Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, BWV 873

Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 874

Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 875

Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 876

Prelude and Fugue in D-sharp Minor, BWV 877

Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 878

Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 879

Prelude and Fugue in F Major, BWV 880

Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 881

Dr. Irwin Shung, whose playing has been praised by State Magazine for its “ease, technique, and musicianship,” enjoys an active performing career spanning North America, Europe, and Asia. Shung joined the faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music in July, 2015, and also directs the Resonance Masters’ Series at the new performance hall, Resonance at SOMA, situated in Bellevue, Washington. He currently serves as president of the Northeast Ohio Music Teachers’ Association.

Shung received his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music in January, 2015, where he studied with Dr. Daniel Shapiro. He has also received instruction on piano from various distinguished teachers including Marian Hahn (Peabody Conservatory), Leon Fleisher (Peabody Conservatory), Herbert Stessin (Julliard School), and Gabriel Chodos (New England Conservatory). Awards received include the Pauline Favin Memorial Award from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, and wins in the 2012 Darius Milhaud Competition and the Young Artist International Piano Competition.

Shung’s specialty in the music of J. S. Bach stems from extensive study of Baroque and pre-Baroque repertoire on the piano and harpsichord with over a dozen teachers from the Historical Performance Practice department of Case Western University and the Early Music Departments of Peabody and Oberlin Conservatories. His complete recording of the first book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier is available on YouTube. Shung is currently building a recording studio in preparation for a performance of Book II and the Goldberg Variations, with other projects to follow.

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