Music

Garrick Ohlsson, piano Athena Deng, piano Madison Yan, piano Christopher Shin, piano The Festival concludes with a rare South Florida appearance of one of America’s piano legends, Garrick Ohlsson, whose career was catapulted after winning the Chopin, Busoni, and Montreal International Competitions. His recital includes works of Brahms and Chopin and will be preceded by three of our talented Academy students: Canadian pianist Athena Deng, prize winner of the 2021 William Knabe International Piano Competition, American Christopher Shin, prize winner of the MTNA 2021-2022 Senior Piano Competition, and South Florida’s own Madison Yan, prize winner of the 2019 William Knabe International Piano Competition.

Khrystyna Mykhailichenko, piano Isadora Rezende, piano Evelina Kleczek,piano Antoni Kleczek, piano William Ge, piano Tonight we feature the Frost Chopin Academy’s youngest talents, including 13-year-old Evelina Kleczek, her 15-year-old brother Antoni, and 15-year-old William Ge, recipient of a Chopin Foundation scholarship. We are also featuring the winner of The First Parnassus International Music Competition, of the Music International Competition and full-scholarship recipient Isadora Rezende, 16, of Brazil. The evening concludes with 16-year-old Ukrainian refugee Khrystyna Mykhailichenko, whom we have also brought here on a full scholarship. Included in Khrystyna’s program are works from her native Ukraine.

Dina Yoffe, piano Katie Liu, piano Angeline Ma, piano Hyeonuk Park, piano Top-prize winner at the International Chopin and Schumann Competitions, pianist Dina Yoffe, who is also a renowned pedagogue and juror of many of the most prestigious piano competitions, performs works of Beethoven and Schumann. She will be joined by three of our talented academy students, all scholarship recipients of the Chopin Foundation of the U.S. Katie and Angeline have attended every edition of the academy since its inception in 2018. Hyeonuk was awarded 1st prize at the 2021 Claudette Sorel International Piano Competition and is currently studying at the Juilliard School.

Olga Pasichnyk, soprano Ewa Pobłocka, piano Kevin Kenner, piano Malvyn Lai, piano Katherine Liu, piano Saaya Hara, piano Join us for an evening of song with Ukrainian-Polish soprano Olga Pasichnyk, winner of the Queen Elisabeth International Competition in Brussels accompanied by pianists Kevin Kenner and Ewa Pobłocka in a selection of works by Ukrainian composers, Chopin and Poland’s operatic master Stanisław Moniuszko. We will also highlight some of our talented academy students, American pianist Malvyn Lai and Katherine Liu, who are scholarship recipients of the Chopin Foundation of the U.S., and pianist Saaya Hara, who has traveled all the way from Japan. She was a semifinalist at the XVIII International Chopin Competition in Warsaw.

The 4th Annual Frost Chopin Festival celebrates its live return with an amazing lineup of two stellar pianists: 18-year-old J J Jun Li Bui, who won 6th prize at the XVIII International Chopin Competition in Warsaw last year, as well as the eminent Polish pianist Ewa Pobłocka, prize winner of the X International Chopin Competition. A specialist in the music of Chopin and J. S. Bach, Pobłocka recently recorded all of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, and will open our festival performing some of his most magnificent keyboard works. The concert opens with J J Jun Li Bui’s renditions of works by Chopin, Debussy, and Stravinsky. Miami’s beloved musicologist Dr. Frank Cooper joins us again this year to introduce the concert program.

Pianist and composer, Ana Rodriguez, performs an hour piano recital of toccatas and danzas. The performance features modern and contemporary works by the following local and international composers: Aurelia de la Vega, Alicia Terzian, Alexis Aranda, Radames Gnattali, Ferdinando De Sena, Miguel A. Nieves, and Ana Rodriguez. Reserve FREE ticket here: https://cmnarts.ticketleap.com/ana-rodriguez/dates/Jun-10-2022_at_0800PM

Singer/ Songwriters, Jazz/Pop Ensembles, Jugglers, Electronica, Comedians, Opera and Performance Artists pop-up on the steps of the Old Post Office. Short sets create a perfect fit between drinks and bites in Downtown restaurants and bars. (Thursdays and Saturdays, from 4:30p to 8:30p)

Little Havana Social Club presents Colombian percussionist, composer, singer, producer and arranger Humberto Ibarra y su Cumbia Mayor; the Colombian dance group from the Organización Cultural y Folclórica Puerta de Oro; and Los Pascual, a Dominican group, exponents of traditional merengue and bachata led by brothers Reylin and Oniver Pascual, with Venezuelan producer Mr. Pauer as DJ and emcee. Little Havana Social Club, a signature program of the Koubek Center, evokes the sounds and spirit of the fiesta de barrio with a contemporary Miami touch. Eclectic and cosmopolitan but rooted in tradition, this concert series celebrates a historic neighborhood while aiming to bring together a multi-generational audience from different backgrounds. Ritmos Latinos, the next installment of Little Havana Social Club, will focus on the music and dance of Colombia and the Dominican Republic, showcasing a strong lineup of Miami-based artists.

Join five-time GRAMMY® nominee Christian Sands for his take on jazz piano and jazz in general in this CAP Summer Master Class & Jam Session. Bring your jazz instrument to jam! Jam or just listen; either way, it's fun and informative!

Join five astonishing musicians of the Brass Instititues of America Quintet for a CAP Summer Master Class. Bring your instrument and play, or just listen. Either way, it's informative and fun!