Program
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Italienishces Konzert, BWV 971 (1782) (Italian Concerto)
I. (Allegro)
II. Andante
III. Presto
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Images 1ere série, L. 110 (1904-1905)
I. Reflets dans l'eau
Images 2ème série, L. 111 (1907)
II. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
III. Poissons d'or
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (1899)
Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn, M. 58 (1909)
La Valse, M. 72 (1919-1920)
About the Performer
Sho Yamasaki, G, piano – was born in Tokyo, Japan. He first studied the piano with Aki Kawazoe and Yuzo Asaka. Sho has performed recitals in Tokyo throughout his life, while actively engaging himself in the chamber music. In Cambridge, he has been studying piano with Timothy McFarland, and chamber music with David Deveau and Jean Rife. In his solo recital at MIT Killian Hall last year, he played repertoire of Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, and Prokofiev.
He is currently doing a joint degree program of Harvard Kennedy School (MPA) and MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA). Prior to this program, he worked in the consulting and financial auditing field as a CPA.
