Posted by Maxim Lando, on Mar 06, 2013

A few weeks ago I played a chamber music concert in Manhattan (we played Beethoven, Glinka, and Khachaturian trios). The concert was so much fun, but I want to tell you about one of the best parts. After the concert I met an 85 year old composer named James Cohn. He offered to send me any of his piano compositions that I wanted to play.

After listening to some recordings, I chose several of his piano pieces including his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. I really love this piece. The music is fast, jazzy, and the melodies are very catchy! The whole concerto is only fifteen minutes long, so now I am HOPING, hoping that an orchestra will want to perform it (with me playing the piano part of course)!

I am also working on some of James Cohn’s solo pieces for piano. They kind of have funny tittles. One is called Strutting Butterflies and another is called Variations on Muskrat Ramble. Mr. Cohn has a certain style in his music that I really love. It has elements of both jazz and classical music and the music seems to sometimes be joking around, which I love. Right now my favorite piece is a 50 second piece called Freilach which is very fun to play. Look him up if you want to learn more about his music!

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   Maxim. I love the enthusiasm with which you write about music just as much as I love the enthusiasm with which you live and play it! Last night I went to a concert with Marina. She also writes a blog and in her posting about last night’s concert she mentioned YOU! So when I clicked on your name in her review, up popped your blog page! I love that you and Marina have always been and will always be connected by music and I totally enjoy watching the two of you grow and mature as musicians and wonderful people. If you want to read what she wrote, this is the link macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/artsandculture_music/2013/03/21/the-queens-college-orchestra-conducted-by-joann-falletta/#more-109

   Comment by Karen Bardash — March 21, 2013 @ 9:28 AM

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