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SUMMARY:Marouan Benabdallah\, piano
DESCRIPTION:In a programme of Bartók: Suite Op. 14\; Brahms: Variations an
 d fugue on a theme by Händel Op. 24\; Saint-Saëns: Africa fantasy Op. 89
  (arr. Marouan Benabdallah)\; Debussy: Estampes (excerpts)\; D. Succari: N
 ight of Destiny\; S. Dada: Algerian Miniature No. 2 and Z. Moultaka: Mouwa
 shah No. 3\n\nIn association with Balassi Institute\n\n\n\nNot yet thirty-
 five\, acclaimed pianist Marouan Benabdallah is indisputably the leading r
 epresentative of his native Morocco on the international concert stage\, h
 aving recently performed debut recitals at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall\,
  the Kennedy Center\, the Aspen Music Festival\, Teatro Colon with the Bue
 nos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra\, the Castleton Festival Orchestra under 
 the baton of Lorin Maazel.\n\nWith a musical heritage deeply rooted in the
  Hungarian tradition\, Mr. Benabdallah received his formal training at the
  Bela Bartok Conservatory and the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest\, and in
  2008\, was presented with the Medal of the Hungarian Parliament for his a
 chievement in music – an honor he shares with such artists as Placido Do
 mingo\, José Cura and others.\n\nAfter being awarded the First Prize at n
 early every major competition in his native Morocco by age 13\, Mr. Benabd
 allah first attracted international attention in 2003\, following his triu
 mphs at the Hungarian Radio Piano Competition\, the Andorra Grand Prize\, 
 and shortly after\, the Naples International Piano Competition.  His succ
 esses quickly lead to performances in Germany\, Austria\, China\, Spain\, 
 the United States\, the United Kingdom\, France and Italy\, among others. 
 More recently\, Marouan Benabdallah was a prizewinner at the Arthur Rubins
 tein Master Competition in Tel-Aviv\, Israel\, where the local media procl
 aimed his playing “miraculous” (Maariv).\n\nMarouan Benabdallah’s 
 “stunning natural virtuosity” (Nice -Matin\, France) and “delicate s
 tylishness” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) placed him as soloist in front of n
 umerous orchestras in Europe\, Asia and the United States\, including the 
 Budapest Symphony Orchestra\, Beijing Symphony Orchestra\, Cannes Symphony
  Orchestra\, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra\, Hilton Head Symphony Orc
 hestra (U.S.)\, Moroccan Philharmonic Orchestra\, Royal Symphony Orchestra
  of Morocco and Venice Philharmonic Orchestra (Italy)\, to name a few\; pe
 rforming on such stages as Salle Cortot in Paris\, the Noga Hilton Theatre
  in Cannes\, Laeiszhalle in Hamburg\, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in B
 eijing\, the Oriental Art Centre in Shanghai\, the National Center for the
  Performing Arts in Bombay\, the Cairo Opera House and the Great Hall of t
 he Franz Liszt Music Academy.\n\nMarouan Benabdallah’s recent performanc
 e highlights include the Aspen Music Festival\, the Gstaad Music Festival\
 ; an extensive tour of India that featured the young pianist in a recital 
 setting and as soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of India in performance
 s of Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1\; appearance with the Philharmonic Orc
 hestra of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna in Italy\; a debut at the legenda
 ry Teatro Colon with the Buenos Aires Philharmonic\; a performance at the 
 new Maison Symphonique in Montréal with the McGill Chamber Orchestra led 
 by Boris Brott\, a recital at the Aspen Music Festival and a performance o
 f Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Castleton Festival Orchestra on 
 the season’s finale concert under the direction of Lorin Maazel.  The W
 ashington Times later wrote of Benabdallah’s collaboration with Maazel: 
 “Mr. Benabdallah performed the work with great vigor and precision\, dis
 playing professionalism\, assurance\, and poise while still bringing out t
 he flashiness that’s a hallmark of this driving concerto.”\n\nNotably\
 , in 2011 Marouan Benabdallah gave his debut at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel H
 all\, prompting the New York Times to praise his “resourceful pianism\, 
 lyrical instincts and thoughtfulness.” The attending Anthony Tommasini w
 ent on to write: “[Marouan Benabdallah] played with rich colorings and f
 lair\, and brought tenderness to the lyrical musings and vigor to the burs
 ts of chords and dizzying passagework. How he managed to memorize music th
 at seems such a succession of arbitrary ideas is beyond me.”   Shortly
  after\, Benabdallah took the stage at the Kennedy Center for his debut at
  the famed hall as part of the Hayes Series\, presented by the Washington 
 Performing Arts Society.  Reporting on the performance\, the Washington P
 ost commended the young pianist for his “keyboard agility\, even touch a
 nd ability to highlight a single voice in the midst of a complicated textu
 re\,” as well as his "rhythmic energy and a compelling sense of momentum
 ."\n\nAlthough still on the onset of his career\, Marouan Benabdallah has 
 been acclaimed for his “cultivated sense of architecture and harmonic im
 plication” (Cleveland Plain Dealer)\, “stunning interpretation [Liszt]
 ” (Le Journal Saône-et-Loire)\, “sheer ease and mastery of the piano
 ” (Metrolife)\, “skillful control” (Daily Times) and a “stunning v
 irtuosity…devoid of smoke and mirrors” (The Nice -Matin).  However\, 
 his acclaim is not limited to the press.  He has been described by legend
 ary pianist Ferenc Rados\, who served as a mentor to the young artist\, as
  a “remarkable musician”\, while famed pianist Daniel Barenboim commen
 ded his “spontaneity” and “natural playing.”  With an ever-growin
 g reputation\, Mr. Benabdallah has been presented before such luminaries a
 s Zubin Mehta\, Ivan Fischer and Antonio Pappano\, has been invited to per
 form for former First Lady Laura Bush\, and is enjoying an exponentially g
 rowing schedule.\n\nPossessing a deep musical interest that exceeds the co
 nfines of his instrument\, Mr. Benabdallah also trained as a conductor dur
 ing his studies at the Bela Bartok Conservatory\, where he was a student o
 f Gabor Eckhardt.  In 2007\, he received his diploma from the Franz Liszt
  Academy under the guidance of Sandor Falvai and Kalman Drafi after a triu
 mphant performance of Rachmaninoff’s Third piano concerto.\n\nMarouan Be
 nabdallah makes his home between Paris\, Budapest\, Rabat and Washington D
 .C. Marouan Benabdallah is a "Yamaha Artist".\n\nhttp://www.marouan.org/ma
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