Pianist Nada
Pianist Nada Nada Loutfi | |
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 Pianist Nada in 2024 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Genres | Classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Concert artist, educator |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Website | pianistnada.com |
Pianist Nada, born as Nada Loutfi is a performing and recording artist specializing in the solo piano works of Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897).[1]
Early years and education
[edit]Pianist Nada was born in Beirut, Lebanon.[2] She began her piano education, but had to stop formal lessons when her family fled the destruction of the Lebanese Civil War.[1] As a result of her internal displacement, Nada was mainly self-taught, relying on only a few music books to learn her instrument.[3][4]
She was later admitted to the Paris Conservatory and became the first Middle-Eastern woman to earn First Prize in the piano competition in 1984.[5][6] She spent several years touring and giving concerts throughout Europe, but then completed further studies at the Banff Center in Canada.[7][6] She also continued her education at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.[8][9]
Performances
[edit]Nada has performed in Salle Gaveau in Paris, Severance Hall in Cleveland, Yamaha Hall in Tokyo, Auditorium de Radio-France, Assembly Hall in Beirut. She has appeared as a soloist with the Louisville Orchestra, Lakeside Symphony Orchestra, Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Dayton Art Institute, Eastman School of Music, Salzburg Festival and Montpellier Festival.[10]
Outreach
[edit]In addition to her concertizing, Pianist Nada has hosted and performed on her own radio series called The Classical Hour.[11][12] She won special prize in the International Piano Competition Claude Kahn in 1983. Pianist Nada has also hosted regular performances on the platform Groupmuse.[13]
Naji Hakim wrote the piece Variations on the theme by Jean Langlais specifically for a Pianst Nada in 2020.[7] The world premiere was in the USA in 2021. Quantum Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra was written in 2023 by composer, Fernando Otero for Pianist Nada. [14]
As an educator, Pianist Nada has given masterclasses (Basel, Switzerland and Campbellsville University, Kentucky) and served as artist in residence (Bellarmine University and Fairmont College) at universities and colleges both in the US and Europe. She is an adjunct instructor for piano studies at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.[8] She was named Distinguished citizen in 1995 by Abramson Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky.
Discography
[edit]List of Nada's albums:[15]
- Johannes Brahms Symphony No 1, No 2 (2022)
- Johannes Brahms Part I, Part II, and Part III (2020)
- Johannes Brahms’ 11 Organ Chorales for Piano (2019)
- Capriccios & Intermezzos – Nada and Brahms (2018)
- Nada Meets Johannes Brahms (2017)
- Vienna: Brahms & Nada (2017)
- Nada in Hamburg with Johannes Brahms (2016)
- “Les Sentiments D’Amour” (2006)
- Nada Loutfi, Pianist (1997)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Music Is Me, So I Am: A Conversation with Pianist Nada". pianistmagazine.com. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Pianist Nada". jamesarts.com. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Dreaming of Brahms". pianistnada.com. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Pianist Nada en tournée au Liban". agendaculturel.com. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ "IU Southeast Arts Institute Faculty Recital PIANIST NADA". oglecenter.com. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ a b "Pianist Nada in concert". aub.edu.lb. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ a b "Music & Morsels: Theme & Variations". marinjcc.org. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ a b "Pianist Nada Pianist". southeast.iu.edu. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Brahms the progressive". pianistnada.com. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Loretto Motherhouse Church Concert Series – Pianist Nada". lorettocommunity.org. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "My Classical Hour: Famous Repertoire Pieces with Pianist Nada". groupmuse.com. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ "An Afternoon of Brahms With Nada Loutfi and Classical Hour". archive.louisville.com. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Pianist Nada". groupmuse.com. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Subject :PAID AD - Quantum Rhapsody for Piano & Orchestra -Grammy Award-Winning Composer Fernando Otero". conductorsguild.org. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- ^ "Recordings". nadaloutfi.com. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Pianist Nada
- Nada Loutfi
- Nada pianist on music.apple.com