Favorite short pieces that represent meaningful times in pianist Ines Irawati\u2019s life will be featured in a free concert on Tuesday evening at the Rancho Bernardo Library.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am calling (the concert) \u2018Souvenirs,\u2019\u201d Irawati said. \u201cThese are short pieces \u2026 that are very dear to my heart, representing different parts of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
First up will be two pieces by Franz Schubert \u2014 Impromptu op. 90 no. 2 in E-Flat Major and Impromptu op 90 no. 3 in G-Flat Major.<\/p>\n
\u201cI learned these in high school, after I arrived in America,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian-born pianist came to the United States at age 15 to study in the Cleveland Institute of Music\u2019s Young Artists program, which was designed for high school students.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe kids lived in the dorm with college students,\u201d Irawati said. \u201cWe attended high school in the morning, then studied music later in the day.\u201d<\/p>\n
After graduating, she remained at the Cleveland Institute of Music to earn her bachelor\u2019s degree in piano performance before earning her master\u2019s in piano performance from Yale University.<\/p>\n
After the Schubert selections, Irawati will play three movements from Maurice Ravel\u2019s \u201cSonatine\u201d \u2014 Mod\u00e9r\u00e9, Mouvement de menuet and Anim\u00e9.<\/p>\n
\u201cI learned these at a difficult time of my performing (career) when experiencing stage fright,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The remainder of the hour-long concert will feature music by Franz Liszt. The first section will feature three pieces \u2014 \u201cUn sospiro\u201d from \u201cTrois Concert de Etudes,\u201d \u201cSposalizio\u201d from \u201cDeuxieme Ann\u00e9e de P\u00e9lerinage: Italie\u201d and \u201cIsoldens Liebestod\u201d from Wagner\u2019s \u201cTristan und Isolde.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI love (Liszt\u2019s) music very much,\u201d she said. \u201cThe one of \u2018Isoldens Liebestod\u2019 I worked with at the San Diego Opera singers. It is one of my favorite arias.\u201d<\/p>\n
Irawati is the former musical and artistic director of the San Diego Opera Young Artist Training Program. It was through the program that she worked with many singers, and the aria was a frequent selection.<\/p>\n
Irawati will conclude the concert with Liszt\u2019s Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 in C-Sharp Major, which she said many in the audience will likely recognize from a \u201cTom and Jerry\u201d cartoon.<\/p>\n
The piece was featured in the 1947 short \u201cThe Cat Concerto\u201d and is among the cartoon\u2019s most famous short films.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is very new for me,\u201d Irawati said. \u201cI have wanted to play it, but was afraid because it is so hard and everybody knows it because of \u2018Tom and Jerry.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Frequent attendees of the Friends of the Rancho Bernardo Library concert series will likely recognize Irawati, who has performed at the library several times as a founding member of the Aviara Trio. She is also a member of the Hidden Valley Virtuosi and founder of MusiKamar, a music series that brings chamber music performances to smaller and intimate spaces.<\/p>\n
\u201c(The RB Library) is one of my favorite places to play because I love the people, they are like family to me,\u201d she said. \u201cI try to do (a concert there) every year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Irawati said she will talk a little about the composers and selections because that is one of the ways she connects with her audiences.<\/p>\n
A traumatic experience at age 3 led to Irawati\u2019s career as a pianist, she said.<\/p>\n
After being hospitalized to have her tonsils removed she became very clingy with her mother, she said. To help her overcome that behavior, her mother put her into several activities, including\u00a0 gymnastics, swimming and group music lessons, so she could form friendships with other young children.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt some point, I had to pick and choose an activity and my music teacher said I was very talented and needed real piano lessons,\u201d Irawati said, noting she was about 4 \u00bd years old at the time.<\/p>\n
As for her continuing with the piano, Irawati said some of her enjoyment comes from the meditative aspect playing brings to her life.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a form of art where you can express yourself fully, as it involves the body, mind, feelings, emotions and creativity,\u201d she said. \u201cIt involves your whole soul, body and mind when you play and there is a connection with people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Realizing the benefits of music, Irawati and her husband, an \u201camateur\u201d pianist whom she met at a concert where she performed, have encouraged their two children to play. Now teenagers, their son is a violinist and daughter a cellist who are considering following in their mother\u2019s footsteps by pursuing music careers, she said..<\/p>\n
The couple has lived in San Diego since 2003, previously in Rancho Pe\u00f1asquitos and now in Del Mar. It was initially the weather that attracted Irawati and her husband to California, she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first it was hard here (as a pianist) because the music scene was not as vibrant as it is now,\u201d Irawati said. \u201cBut then I met a few wonderful people who said \u2018you can make something of yourself here and contribute.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Her solo concert will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25 in the library\u2019s second-floor community room, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive. Seating is on a first-come basis.<\/p>\n
The concert series is geared towards adults and teens. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to support the Friends\u2019 concert series. For details, call 858-538-8163.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Favorite short pieces that represent meaningful times in pianist Ines Irawati\u2019s life will be featured in a free…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":388260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,185097,26061,185096,185094,185095,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-388259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-free-concerts-in-rancho-bernardo","12":"tag-free-concerts-in-san-diego","13":"tag-friends-of-the-rancho-bernardo-library","14":"tag-pianist-ines-irawati","15":"tag-rancho-bernardo-library-concert","16":"tag-san-diego","17":"tag-sandiego","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115572427257271556","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}