Michael Gurt

Founder/Director
LESSLIE HARLOW

Artistic Directors
RUSSELL HARLOW

Park City Institute Artist Liaison
JENNY KNAAK

Park City Institute Technical Director
HAYDEN CHIPLEY

Program

Variations on a Theme of Handel, op. 24 (Brahms)

Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, op.39 no. 5 (Rachmaninoff)

Prelude in D Major, op. 23 no. 4 (Rachmaninoff)

Sonata #7 in B-flat Major, op. 83 (Prokofiev)

Theater

The Eccles Center is the largest theater in Park City, Utah with 1,269 seats. It is home to Park City Institute's Main Stage Season from October through April each year, presenting a broad range of world-class performing arts from international dance companies to Broadway icons to beloved author/humorists to virtuosos in a host of musical styles from Chamber Music to rock'n'roll.

Health and Safety

The Park City Institute and the Park City School District have taken measures to assure the health and safety of our patrons, staff, and performers. We are constantly adjusting our COVID protocols based on the recommendations of the CDC, and directives of local and state health departments. Permanent changes include, updated HVAC, touch-less restrooms faucets, electronic ticketing, electronic programs, enhanced cleaning, and all volunteers and staff to be fully vaccinated. Based on guidance, we adjust the capacity of the theater and reserve empty seats between ticketed groups.

The artists are asking that for the safety of our audience everyone wear N95 face masks for this performance.

Park City Institute

Presents

Michael Gurt

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 3:00 PM

Since 1984, internationally acclaimed classical solo artists have been converging on picturesque Park City, Utah, working together to prepare unique, vibrant chamber music programs designed to delight intimate audiences that include everyone from first-time concertgoers to lifelong chamber music fans.

Chosen for their dynamic musical personalities, the Beethoven Festival roster of artists breathe expression into every Festival performance, making each concert a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the listener.

These exceptional artists perform these programs throughout Utah and beyond, as well as including their work in outreach to lesser served communities, senior living facilities, and schools.

More information and a Full Concert Calendar can be found at:

https://www.pcmusicfestival.com/

PROGRAM NOTES

MICHAEL GURT Virtuoso Pianist

Virtuoso Pianist Michael Gurt has performed as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Memphis Symphony, the Capetown Symphony, the China National Symphony Orchestra, and the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban, South Africa. He won First Prize in the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in 1982 and was a prize winner in international competitions in Pretoria, South Africa, and Sydney, Australia. He is Paula Garvey Manship Distinguished Professor of Piano at Louisiana State University.

Both a concert piano soloist and fine chamber musician, Michael Gurt has made solo appearances in Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) in New York, Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles, Orchestra Hall in Detroit, City Hall in Hong Kong, the Victorian Arts Center in Melbourne, Australia, Baxter Hall in Capetown, South Africa, and the Attaturk Cultural Center in Istanbul, Turkey.

He recently completed a concert tour of Brazil as well as performing this summer at chamber festivals across the US. Gurt has collaborated with the Takacs String Quartet and the Cassatt String Quartet and has performed at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville, Queensland along with many of the finest instrumental soloists of this generation. He has served on the juries of both the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition and the New Orleans International Piano Competition, and he has recorded on the Naxos, Centaur, and Redwood labels.

Gurt serves as Piano Mentor at the National Music Festival in Chestertown, Maryland, and was the chair of the piano department at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival from 1987 through 2007. He has served as Piano Chair of the Louisiana Music Teachers Association and has taught at two summer music seminars held at Tunghai University in Taichung, Taiwan. Professor Gurt holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the Juilliard School.

Chamber Music at the Eccles Center is made possible with the generous support from Bob Shallenberg, the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, and Summit County Cultural RAP Tax.