Concert: Itay Goren: Banned Music

This lecture/recital features five composers of different nationalities whose music was banned by the Nazis - Pavel Haas, Erich Korngold, Luigi Dallapiccola, Darius Milhaud and Paul Hindemith. Mr. Goren will speak about the lives of the composers and will perform selections from their works, demonstrating the wealth of ideas and variety of styles that existed in Europe of the early 20th century, before the tragic events that followed the Nazis rise to power.

Registration is required.

Pianist Itay Goren’s playing is described as “an evocative journey from shimmering excitement to calm contemplation”
(Classical New Jersey).
Itay Goren has performed in Europe, Asia, the Pacific and the United States. In addition to highly acclaimed solo recitals in
Madrid, Prague, Paris, and New York City, his festival appearances include the Festival de Cámera in Villaviciosa de Odon in Spain, the Pacific Summer Music Festival in Guam, Rencontres musicales de Jaugette and the American Music Festival
in France and the Hindemithon Festival in New Jersey.
Studying music from an early age, Itay continued his education at William Paterson University in New Jersey. Under the guidance of pianist Elka Kirkpatrick, Itay graduated with degrees in both classical and jazz performance and received the highest university awards. Upon graduation he joined the faculty of the music program at Ramapo College of New Jersey where he taught for 11 years.
As a soloist with orchestras Itay performed Concerti by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt and Rachmaninoff. Following his concerts in Germany in 2019 of Brahms’ 2nd Piano Concerto with the Tübingen Academic Orchestra, a reviewer from the Schwäbisches Tagblatt wrote: “ beautiful, brilliantly glittering figurations...750 listeners spellbound...thunderous applause”.
To learn about upcoming concerts, watch videos from past performances and join the mailing list, please visit
www.itaygoren.com