FREDERICK HISTORICAL PIANO COLLECTION

About the Musicians

David Hyun-su Kim began his musical studies at the age of six with violin, and cello lessons began a few years later. At 12, he began piano lessons, and six years later, performed Rachmaninoff's second concerto with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. David studied piano with Randall Hodgkinson at Harvard and The New England Conservatory, and with Daniel Shapiro at The Cleveland Institute of Music. His doctoral degree was completed at SUNY Stony Brook, where he studied with Christina Dahl. He currently teaches piano and music theory at the Westchester Conservatory of Music in White Plains, and the Great Neck Conservatory in Long Island. You'll find more details, past and present, along with recordings and his concert schedule, on his website davidkimpianist.com/ .

Lauren Basney attended the Juilliard School as a full-scholarship student, receiving her Bachelor of Music in 2001. She made her solo New York debut at Weill Hall in Carnegie Hall in 2004. Since then, she has performed throughout the United States and Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Japan, Israel and Australia. Lauren is the recipient of the Oundjian Scholarship (Juilliard) and the winner of the Zerounian and Madura String Competitions. She was selected as a Yamaha Young Performing Artist and was twice the winner of the Special Presentation Award sponsored by Artists International, Inc. She, and received her Master of Music (2005) and Artist Diploma (2006) from Yale University. She was awarded Yale University’s Stuart Walker and Henry & Lucy Moses Scholarships, and upon graduation, received the Yale School of Music Alumni Prize. In December 2013, she was awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. You'll find more details on Lauren's website as well, laurenbasney.com/ .

Together, Lauren and her husband, pianist and fortepianist David Hyun-su Kim, perform regularly as a duo, both on modern instruments, and on instruments with a period set-up. Together they have appeared at the New England Conservatory’s Pierce Hall, Harvard University’s Presidents Room, Kuyper College’s Vos Chapel, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s St. Francis House, the Lilypad Performance Space (Cambridge), and now we welcome them here in Ashburnham.

About the House Concerts

Our House Concerts are fundraising events, to help defray such annual expenses as replacing slate tiles on the roof, insuring the pianos, etc. Admission to the concerts is by freewill donation. Any amount is most welcome, and all donations to our 501(c)(3) organization, Historical Piano Concerts, Inc., are fully tax-deductible, and will be acknowledged in writing for your tax records.

Seating is very limited, and announcements are sometimes on very short notice. If you are interested in attending (or simply being informed by email about) an upcoming house concert it is necessary to contact the Fredericks by phone or email. See the Contact Page for details.

For complete contact information and how you can help support the Historical Piano Concert Series and/or The Historical Piano Study Center, please click here.

Carnaval, Op. 9 (1834-35) David Kim, on the 1830 Tröndlin piano, Leipzig.		Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
	1. Préambule (in Ab)
	2. Pierrot (in Eb) Quasi maestoso
	3. Arlequin (in Bb) Vivo
	4. Valse noble (in Bb) Un poco maestoso
	5. Eusebius (in Eb) Adagio – Più lento
	6. Florestan (in g) Passionato
	7. Coquette (in Bb) Vivo
	8. Réplique (in Bb) Listesso tempo
	9. Papillons (in Bb) Prestissimo
	10. Lettres dansantes (in Eb)
	11. Chiarina (in c) Passionato
	12. Chopin (in Ab) Agitato
	13. Estrella (in f) Con affetto
	14. Reconnaissance (in Ab) Animato
	15. Pantalon et Colombine (in f) Presto
	16. Valse allemande (in Ab) Molto vivace
	17. Paganini (in f - Ab)
	18. Aveu (in Db) Passionato
	19. Promenade (in Ab) Con moto
	20. Pause (in Ab) Vivo
	21. Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins (in Ab) Non allegro
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Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47 “Kreutzer” (1803) David Kim, on the 1805-1810 Kathonig piano, Vienna		Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Lauren Basney's violin was built by Aegidius Sebastian Klotz, Mittenwald, Germany, c. 1785/86. Her bow is by Klaus Grünke (Nuremberg, Germany, 2016) a replica of a bow by Nikolai Ferdinandovich Kittel, "the Russian Tourte" (1805/06-1868).
	1. Adagio sostenuto – Presto
	2. Andante con variazioni
	3. Presto