Composer’s Voice Presents: Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame – Toy Piano & Dance with Yumi Suehiro 2nd Set Part of the Queens New Music Festival

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Composer’s Voice proudly presents the second set of Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame featuring pianist Yumi Suehiro on toy piano. Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame (FMOF) is a signature Vox Novus project that invites composers from around the world to create one-minute works written for a featured performer. For this special edition, the toy piano becomes a stage for bold experimentation as each miniature composition is paired with original choreography under the direction of Dance Director Rachael Kosch. The result is a seamless fusion of sound and movement—15 concise but striking encounters where music and dance inspire, challenge, and transform one another in real time at the Queens New Music Festival in the Secret Theater in Queens New York.

Born in Osaka, Japan, Yumi Suehiro began her musical journey at age six and quickly earned acclaim with numerous competition wins, including the Kobe International Competition as its youngest winner. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music with a Master of Music under Zenon Fishbein and Peter Vinograde, Suehiro has performed internationally at festivals such as Darmstädter Ferienkurse and Sound of Stockholm, and as a core member of Ensemble Mise-en, notably performing Ligeti’s Piano Concerto in 2017. Dedicated to education, she has also served on the faculty of Lehman College Continuing Education.

Program – Fifteen One-Minute Works for Toy Piano & Dance

• - Haiku by José Jesús Martínez-Espuig | Performed by Nicole Y. McClam
• - Reflets dans l'eau d'un verre by Satoru Ikeda | Performed by Louise Coleman
• - Evaporación detenida by Juan María Solare | Performed by Cayla Blake
• - Konnakol by Volker Ignaz Schmidt | Performed by Casey Schwarz
• - Alien Language by Alp Durmaz | Performed by David Stocchi
• - Benediction by Ross James Carey | Performed by Gabriel Zaragoza
• - Chanson triste by Leo Brauneiss | Performed by Leann Gioia
• - Boxed Reminiscence by Jonah Vicente | Performed by Hannah Franzen
• - Uno by Carlotta Ferrari | Performed by Tori Hey
• - 28/12/21 by Oscar Johnzén | Performed by Margot Hartley
• - Run away, penguin! by Alvaro Bravo | Performed by Charlotte Aucella
• - Flickering by Paul Smith | Performed by Hannah Franzen
• - Lucy's Dance by James Bohn | Performed by Full Cast
• - I would have loved to play the C4 too, but the piano key was broken…!
  by Enrico Francioni | Performed by Rachael Kosch
• - Schroeder's Limits by Michael Kimber | Performed by Gabriel Zaragoza

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http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/dance/Yumi_Suehiro/25-05-16-QNMF/index.htm

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