Back by popular demand Yamaha piano artist, Alexander Wu, brings in focus the fascinating life and career of the most important pedagogue of the modern era. French composer, conductor and musician, Nadia Boulanger taught the greatest 20th century composers and, who enabled them to find their own distinct language, that would shape the sound of our modern era.
Mr. Wu will perform and highlight the works of Nadia Boulanger and her students which include: Lili Boulanger, Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein, Quincy Jones, Dana Suesse, George Gershwin, Marc Blitzstein, Ástor Piazzolla, Dorothy Rudd Moore, Burt Bacharach, George Walker, R. Nathaniel Dett, Phillip Glass, Marion Bauer, Manuel Ponce, Elliot Carter, Virgil Thompson, Ellie Ziegmeister, Jean Françaix, Roy Harris and others