75th Duszniki Zdrój International Chopin Festival. 7-15 August 2020
The Dworek Chopina and the Chopin Monument in Duzniki Zdroj (then known as Bad Reinerz in Silesia) circa 1897 Chopin statue in Havana, Cuba Biographical details of performers and their programmes are available here https://festival.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Chopin-2020-eng.pdf Note These reviews are now complete. I also reviewed the extensive and demanding Chopin i jego Europa Festival (Chopin and his Europe Festival) 15-31 August 2020 Warsaw https://festiwal.nifc.pl/en Profile of the Reviewer Michael Moran https://en.gravatar.com/mjcmoran#pic-0 SATURDAY, 15 AUGUST CHOPIN MANOR 8:00 pm FINAL PIANO RECITAL KEVIN KENNER Kevin Kenner Ned Rorem (b.1923) Kevin Kenner began his recital with a composition by an American composer little known in Poland or to me. Ned Rorem studied at Northwestern University and at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, later serving as secretary and copyist to Virgil Thomson and co...