Bachauer concert series

Feb 28, 2025 : 7:30 pm

Session 125

Nocturnes and Nightmares

Widely acclaimed as a performer and teacher, the Bachauer Gold Medalist takes the Bachauer stage in a concert focused on music of the night, with music of Amy Beach and Franz Liszt, and Nikolai Medtner’s haunting “Night Wind” Sonata.

Stephen Beus

“Strikingly original... an interpretive voice all his own” (Fanfare Magazine). In the space of four months, American pianist Stephen Beus won first prize in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, first place in the Vendome Prize International Competition (Lisbon) and he was awarded the Max I. Allen Fellowship of the American Pianists Association (Indianapolis).

Born and raised on a farm in eastern Washington, Mr. Beus began lessons at age 5 and made his orchestral debut four years later. He went on to win numerous national and international competitions throughout his youth, capturing the attention of both audiences and critics. He has performed extensively across the USA and internationally, including Kazakhstan, Russia, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Georgia, China, France, Italy, Portugal, the Czech Republic, and Morocco.

Stephen Beus is a Steinway Artist and currently teaches at Brigham Young University. For more details, visit www.stephenbeuspiano.com.

LERA AUERBACH

Dreams

AMY BEACH

Dreaming, op. 15, no. 3

AARON JAY KERNIS

Before Sleep and Dreams

V. Before Sleep and Dreams

II. Play Before Lullaby

FRANZ LISZT / VLADIMIR HOROWITZ

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

NIKOLAI MEDTNER

Sonata in E Minor, op. 25, no. 2