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Ravel et Le Jazz: Stephen Prutsman & Jeffrey LaDeur

  • Old First Concerts 1751 Sacramento Street San Francisco, CA, 94109 United States (map)

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Ravel et Le Jazz 

Stephen Prutsman, piano 

Jeffrey LaDeur, piano

Maurice Ravel

Prelude in A Minor (1913) 

Valses nobles et sentimentales (1911) 

Bill Evans / Stephen Prutsman 

Original Jazz Compositions

Maurice Ravel 

Une Barque sur l'océan & Alborada del gracioso 

Stephen Prutsman 

Original Score to Buster Keaton's One Week (1920)

The San Francisco International Piano Festival is thrilled to welcome back Stephen Prutsman to the stage for an evening of Ravel, Jazz, and a screening of Buster Keaton's 1920 comedy classic. Ravel's admiration for the jazz idiom and its performers went beyond fondness, and he went so far as to say,“You Americans take jazz too lightly... In my opinion, it is bound to lead to the national music of the United States." This turned out to be a mutual love affair as countless jazz greats have paid homage to Ravel through their voicings, color, refinement, and invention. Tonight, we play back and forth between styles, juxtaposing Ravel originals with jazz played by the peerless Stephen Prutsman and conclude with Mr. Prutsman's irresistible score to Buster Keaton's One Week.


Earlier Event: August 29
Solo Recital: Asiya Korepanova, Piano
Later Event: August 31
Festival Finale: Maurizio