BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Academics,Arts and Humanities Divisions,Music,Arts,Public Events DESCRIPTION:This recital has been made possible through the generous suppor t of the Hope College Tom Donia Memorial Organ Fund. The fund was created i n 1990 by family and friends of Tom Donia\, a 1973 Hope graduate who died i n 1990. The Director of Communications for the American Red Cross\, Donia h ad a life-long interest in music.\n\nPROGRAM\n\nPrelude & Fugue in D Major BWV 532 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)\n\nDanse Macabre Op.40 Camille Sa int-Saëns (1835-1921)\n(transcribed for organ by Edwin Lemare)\nPièce Héroï que César Franck (1822-1890)\n\nRhapsody Op.7\, No.1 Camille Saint-Saëns (1 835-1921)\n\nMephisto Waltz No.1\, S.514 Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886)\nDer Tan z in der Dorfschenke (The dance in the Village Inn) (transcribed for organ by Raul Prieto Ramirez)\n\nFrom Suite du premier ton Louis-Nicolas Cleramba ult (1676-1749)\nBasse et dessus de trompette ou de cornet séparé en dialog ue\nRécits de cromorne et de cornet séparé en dialogue\nDialogue sur les Gr ands Jeux\n\nBaba-Yaga & The Great Gate of Kiev\, from Pictures at an Exhib ition Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) /\nNikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)\ n(transcribed for organ by Raul Prieto Ramirez)\n\nAudio or video recording of this recital\, using any device\, without prior written consent is stri ctly prohibited.\n\nRaul Prieto Ramirez\n\nWith words such as “sizzling”\, iconoclastic”\, “impeccable”\, and “transcendent” used to describe his per formances\, Raúl Prieto Ramírez is the first Spanish organist in recent ti mes to establish himself among the elite of the international pipe organ sc ene. "The powerful personality\, passionate expressiveness\, gift for commu nication\, and outstanding technique of Spanish organist Raúl Prieto Ramíre z make him shine in a wide range of repertoire and styles". (Los Angeles Philharmonic)\n\nHe is San Diego Civic Organist and Artistic Director of th e Spreckels Organ Society\, where he presides over the famed Austin organ a t the city’s Balboa Park Pavilion – the largest open-air musical instrument in the world. Mr. Ramírez is the eighth Civic Organist to serve San Diego on the Spreckels organ bench.\n\nAt age 27\, as the first Organist of Spain ’s National Concert Hall in Madrid\, Mr. Ramírez increased attendance by a multiple of 30 and critics hailed him as one of the most exciting talents i n the music scene. He later founded the International Organ Festival/Academ y in Barcelona\, the Sursa American Organ Competition in partnership with M oscow and served as organ consultant for both religious and civil instituti ons.\n\nHis global schedule takes him to major festivals and concert halls (from the Mariinsky Theater and Moscow House of Music in Russia to organ ch urches and cathedrals through Europe and the US)\, performances and lecture s for universities and institutions (such as Indiana University\, Baylor\, Moscow Conservatory\, Graz University\, and Chapters of the American Guild of Organists)\, collaborations in summer academies\, and as jury member at international competitions.\n\nAfter studies in Spain where he received the highest distinctions and awards\, Mr. Ramírez moved to Stuttgart on a scho larship from the German government to study organ performance with Ludger L ohmann. At the same time\, he was developing his technique with pianist Leo nid Sintsev at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg\, Russia. He also worked on interpretation of the different schools of organ literat ure with Marie-Claire Alain\, Guy Bovet\, Eric Lebrun\, Lionel Rogg\, Zsigm ond Szathmáry\, and Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini\, and he also intensively s tudied composition\, orchestral conducting\, improvisation\, and continuo p laying. The premieres of his works have been recorded and broadcast in Spai n\, including chamber music\, organ music\, many pieces for solo instrument s and a concerto for organ and orchestra that was premiered in Barcelona.\n \nAs a result of his varied studies\, Mr. Prieto Ramírez possesses a wide a nd deep knowledge of organ repertoire\, styles\, and schools\, from the 14 th century Robertsbridge Codex to the new compositions he commissions. He i s respected as a specialist in such disparate subjects as Spanish music\, h istoric keyboard techniques\, and modern symphonic transcriptions for the o rgan. His transcriptions of Liszt’s piano études and Mephisto Waltz have be en praised by audience and critics alike in Italy\, Russia\, the United Kin gdom\, and the United States. Critics have also highly praised his interpre tations of the music of Buxtehude\, Bach\, Franck\, and Reger.\n\nHis first two compact discs\, on the Brilliant Classics label\, were recorded at Mil an Cathedral in Italy (music of Franck\, Liszt\, Reger\, and Saint-Saëns) a nd at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona (music for piano and org an duet). In June 2016\, Mr. Ramirez and his wife\, Spanish pianist Maria T eresa Sierra\, were featured duo artists at the American Guild of Organists ’ national convention in Houston.\n\nRaúl Prieto Ramírez is represented exc lusively in North America by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists\, LLC. DTEND:20230927T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260316T220055Z DTSTART:20230926T230000Z GEO:42.789233;-86.100323 LOCATION:Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts\, Concert Hall SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Donia Organ Concert - Raul Prieto Ramirez UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44312770123718 URL:https://calendar.hope.edu/event/donia_organ_concert_-_raul_prieto_ramir ez END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR