All Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) program to celebrate his 150th birth year

La vallée des cloches

Sonatine

Adagio assai (The second movement from Piano concerto in G) arranged for solo piano by Keisuke Nakagoshi

String Quartet arranged for solo piano by Lucien Garban

Pianist Keisuke Nakagoshi studied with Emanuel Ax, Gilbert Kalish, Menahem Pressler, and Paul Hersh and has performed on concert stages across the US, including the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Hollywood Bowl. In 2009, Mr. Nakagoshi and Swiss pianist Eva-Maria Zimmermann formed the piano duo ZOFO, and their first CD was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble in 2013. Mr. Nakagoshi is currently a Pianist-in-Residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and serves as pianist on the production team for Opera Parallèle. He made his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony performing Ingvar Lidholm’s Poesis with Herbert Blomstedt conducting.