About the Keys to the Future Festival

Following two seasons of sold-out concerts, KEYS TO THE FUTURE, New York’s only festival of contemporary solo piano music, returns for a third season in 2008 with an even deeper mix of styles and talent. Eight dynamic pianists present 23 recent works by contemporary classical masters & emerging composers along with jazz & theater music luminaries.

KEYS TO THE FUTURE 2008 takes place Tuesday through Thursday, March 25, 26, and 27 at Greenwich House’s Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, just west of 7th Ave. Each concert begins at 8pm.
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Joseph RubensteinCurated by pianist/composer Joseph Rubenstein and presented by Greenwich House Arts, KEYS TO THE FUTURE offers a vivid survey of contemporary piano repertoire with 3 intense and stimulating one-hour recitals.

Each concert contains a kaleidoscopic array of solo piano pieces that explores the vast expressive potential of the instrument.

The pianists:

  • Amy Briggs Dissanayake
  • David Friend (winner of the 1st Annual Keys to the Future Young Artists Competition)
  • Stephen Gosling
  • Marina Lomazov
  • Blair McMillen
  • Lisa Moore
  • Tatjana Rankovich
  • Joseph Rubenstein

The composers:

• John Adams
• Louis Andriessen
• Derek Bermel
• Chester Biscardi
• William Bolcom
• Chick Corea
• John Halle
• Elena Kats-Chernin
• Martin Kennedy
• György Ligeti
• Ingram Marshall
• Henry Martin
 • Robert Muczynski
• John Musto
• Hans Otte
• Arvo Pärt
• Kevin Puts
• David Rakowski
• John Fitz Rogers
• Joseph Rubenstein
• Poul Ruders
• Bruce Stark
• Charles Wuorinen

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Keys to the Future Festival, Inc. - Advisory Board

• David Del Tredici
• Pavlina Dokovska
• Aleba Gartner
• Fred Hersch
• Phil Kline

 • David Lang
• Brad Mehldau
• Christopher O’Riley
• BC Vermeersch

"There is a huge range of new piano music being written right now, and a huge range of new pianists to play it. I am very impressed with the Keys to the Future festival, which fills a giant hole in New York’s musical life. This festival is an explosion of piano music of all types, played by a new generation of virtuosi.”
David Lang, composer and co-founder of Bang on a Can

“Keys to the Future is one of the most inclusive and thoughtfully curated piano series anywhere. The repertoire encompasses composers from ‘uptown’ and ‘downtown’; the US, Europe, and South America; and the worlds of jazz and contemporary songwriting.”
Fred Hersch, pianist/composer
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