Satoko Hayami & Jason Kutz

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Satoko Hayami and Jason Kutz performing a piano four-hands selection.

press release: For the first time ever the Rural Musicians Forum audience will experience piano 4-hands, a unique setting where two pianists play simultaneously on one piano. Well-established Madison-based pianists Satoko Hayami and Jason Kutz will showcase 4-hands piano music by American composers, spanning from 1864 to 2019.

Versatile musicians passionate about many musical styles, Satoko and Jason enjoy performing in a collaborative setting which will be heard in full power during this performance. The concert will present a pleiad of fabulous composers and works created for this ensemble such as pre-ragtime composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk's virtuosic arrangement of Rossini's William Tell Overture; excerpts from Samuel Barber's Souvenirs, a ballet suite; a lush arrangement of themes from the Wizard of Oz by William Hirtz; and the riveting Gazebo Dances by John Corigliano, a four-movement work that, in his own words, "[suggests] the pavilions often seen on village greens in towns throughout the countryside, where public band concerts are given on summer evenings." Additionally, the audience will have the privilege to hear the world premiere arrangement of Music in 3/4 for Four by Kutz, excerpts from his solo piano suite, Music in 3/4.

Admission is by free will offering, with a suggested donation of $15. Taliesin’s Hillside Theatre is located at 6604 State Hwy 23, about five miles south of Spring Green.