Piatigorsky Concert Returns
October 11th
Classical Music With A Flare For Human Warmth!
One of this country’s most respected authorities on the presentation of live classical music will present a complimentary concert in Cook, MN with Classical guitarist, Jack Sanders . The Piatigorsky Foundation, presenting these programs for thirty-two years, focuses on artistic excellence and public outreach to communities. This Cook concert will occur on Tues., Oct 11th at 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 231 2nd St E.
Honored in 2013 with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Guitar Society, JACK SANDERS’ performances have included The Sitka, Kapalua, and Arrowhead Bach Festival and he has appeared with the St. Petersburg, Colorado, and Angeles String Quartets. As a touring artist for the Piatigorsky Foundation since 2005, Sanders performs throughout the United States and is scheduled to perform in Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Florida during the 2022-23 season.
His duo with violinist Clayton Haslop appeared at two GFA Festivals, Merkin Hall in New York, the Oregon Bach Festival and in concerts from Hawaii and Alaska to Maine. The Haslop/Sanders Duo toured for the California Arts Council, and in 1988 they toured China including the Shanghai Conservatory, where Mr. Sanders was the first U.S. guitarist to appear after the Cultural Revolution. The Duo recorded for Centaur and Townhall. His solo recording Just Preludes, released by Townhall Records, features the preludes of Ponce, Villa-Lobos and Carlevaro.
Sanders, along with oboist Allan Vogel and flutist Janice Tipton, has appeared at the International Music Festival of Costa Rica and the Sedona Chamber Music Festival. He has given first performances of the concerto, Las Folios D’Espana, by Louis Moyse, Music in 4 Sharps by Ian Krouse, and the U.S. premiere of Raymond Luedeke’s Elemental Dances with the Colorado String Quartet. A recent recording of Concords with flutist Rachel Rudich was recently released on Bridge Records.
A faculty member of Pomona College and Claremont Graduate University from 1980-2022, Sanders has had numerous students win prizes in competitions including the GFA, Parkening, Tokyo, Indiana International, ASTA, YoungArts and Spotlight Awards.
An accomplished luthier, Sanders builds modern guitars, vihuelas, baroque guitars and 19th Century instruments. His instruments are owned by the San Francisco Conservatory, Yale University, UCLA, CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU Northridge and Columbus State University. Mr. Sanders received his degrees from California Institute of the Arts studying there with Stuart Fox. As a three-time full scholarship recipient to the Banff Center of Fine Arts, Sanders studied there with Oscar Ghiglia.
About the Piategorsky Foundation: Evan Drachman established the Foundation in 1990 …….Evan Drachman’s grandfather…Piatigorsky deeply believed in the healing and inspirational power of classical music. He once said, “Music makes life better. Music is a necessity. It is rich. It is imaginative. It is magnificent. And it is for everyone” The Foundation is committed to carrying on Piatigorsky’s mission by evoking cultural curiosity through educational and accessible live performances.
Donations at the door of the Tues. concert are requested by Northwoods Friends of the Arts to help cover the cost of the performances. This season, the Piatigorsky Foundation’s Minnesota tour will include Cook, Arlington, Bigfork, Silver Bay and Plymouth. They will be performing masterpieces by Bach, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Weber, Rubinstein, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky.
This concert is generously sponsored in part by Northwoods Friends of the Arts and The Cooks Lions Club.