On The Keys

Ivan Moshchuk is a Detroit based pianist and winner of the 2010 Gilmore Young Artist award. He is also a fine composer, or was a composer. Hear his lovely piece, Album Leaf that's reminiscent of Sergei Rachmaninoff and learn why he can't focus on too many things at once. Currently he is a pianist, but let's hope this program is an encouragement to him to continue composing. Piano Concerto any one? His personal audio diary and a recording of the piece will be posted after the show airs Thursday, 8 pm on the Classical Stations. He kindly granted us permission to share the Feuillet d'album score. See below for the complete piece. The Great Pianist from History this week is Leo Smit . The University of Buffalo, his final place of work, has a nice collection of photos . Leo Smit was not only a versatile pianists, he was a composer who studied with Copland and Kabelevsky . During the show you'll get a chance to hear Smit as composer and pianist in his Ostinato. He is the most American of