10/07/2024
It's time for another exciting and moving harpsichord concert, the second in our 2024-25 ICEKS concert series. The brilliant young harpsichordist Michael Delfin will grace our stage for a solo harpsichord program featuring music of the famous 3 "Bs"--no, not those "Bs!" Try William Byrd, Dieterich Buxtehude, and (well, one from that other group) Johann Sebastian Bach. Other music to be performed includes that of J.P. Rameau, Michelangelo Rossi, and a more modern work by Emma Lou Diemer. Michael won the top prize ex aequo in the Ninth Jurow International Harpsichord Competition, shortly after being nominated to the Diapason 20 Under 30 Class of 2021. He is the recipient of the Bourbon Baroque Nicolas Fortin Scholarship, the Historical Keyboard Society of North America Bechtel/Clinkscale Scholarship, and the Catacoustic Consort Early Music Grant. As a pianist, Mr. Delfin has won prizes in the International Crescendo Music Awards, Chautauqua International Piano Competition, and two consecutive concerto competitions at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Recent performances include recitals for the Ear Taxi New Music Festival, The Stone, and the Western Early Keyboard Association, and solo appearances with Lyra Baroque, Bourbon Baroque, the CCM Concert Orchestra, and the American Chamber Symphony. We are very pleased to bring Michael to Iowa for what promises to be a very special concert.
This concert will be presented at the Agudas Achim Congregation Synagogue, 401 Oakdale Blvd., Coralville, IA 52241 USA, on Sunday, October 27, 2024, at 3:00 in the afternoon. As with all ICEKS concerts, this event is free of charge and open to all. Please join us if you can, and bring a friend or two to hear this delightful music from our past!
