In light of President Reif’s announcement on March 10th regarding COVID-19, this event has been CANCELED.
On behalf of Music and Theater Arts and the MIT Community, I apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your support in Music and Theater at MIT. If you have questions or would like further information, please contact performance@mit.edu
Venkatesh Sivaraman (Venkat), ’20, has been a student of the piano since the age of three, and currently studies with David Deveau as an Emerson Fellow. He has presented solo repertoire in regional, state, and national piano competitions, and performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. At MIT, he has presented three solo recitals, featuring works such as Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit and sonatas by Schubert, Barber, and Kirchner. He has been a member of MIT’s Chamber Music Society for four years, performing piano trios by Shostakovich, Brahms, Dvorak, and Harbison, among others. When time permits, Venkat also enjoys composition and orchestration, and he has written three film score arrangements for the student-run MIT Video Game Orchestra. As co-winner of the MIT Symphony Concerto Competition, Venkat will perform Ravel’s Concerto in G with the orchestra on April 24. He will graduate in May with a degree in computational biology and a minor in music.
Program
Sonata No. 2 in G# minor (1898) Alexander Scriabin
(1872-1915)
I. Andante
II. Presto
Sonata in D major, K. 119 Domenico Scarlatti
(1685-1757)
Sonata No. 8 (1913) Alexander Scriabin
(1872-1915)
I. Lento - Allegro agitato
Sonata in A Major, K. 208 Domenico Scarlatti
(1685-1757)
Sonata (Fugue) in D minor, K. 417
Sonata No. 4 in F# major (1904) Alexander Scriabin
(1872-1915)
Funded by the late Mr. Cherry L. Emerson, Jr. (SM, 1941) the Emerson Program offers merit-based financial assistance for private lessons to MIT students of outstanding achievement on their instrument or voice in classical, jazz or world music via competitive auditions. Each academic year, the Emerson program for private study offers half scholarships and full scholarships to approximately 50 qualified students out of about 100 who apply and audition for scholarships and fellowships. Auditions are held at the start of the fall semester. Private teacher selections, made in consultation with the music faculty, may include instructors from MIT or from the greater Boston musical community.
