EVENT
Keyboard Music From the Ages For the Ages - 23 May 2026
Timeless Music For Harpsichord and Piano
HUNTER – Academy of Fortepiano Performance faculty members, Audrey Axinn, Maria Rose, Masayuki Maki, Andrew Willis and guest artist, violinist Cynthia Roberts, will perform Keyboard Music From the Ages For the Ages: Timeless Music For Harpsichord and Piano, including harpsichord music as well as piano music in the acoustically wonderful Evelyn Weisberg Hall at the Doctorow Center for the Arts on Saturday, May 30 at 7:00 PM.
This concert will include Jacques Duphly’s Second livre de pieces de clavecin (1748) and Troisieme livre de pieces de clavecin (1756) performed on harpsichord by Masayuki Maki. Beethoven’s Sonata in F minor, op. 2 no. 1 will be played by Andrew Willis on fortepiano. Franz Schubert’s Impromptus op. 142/D.935, No. 3: Andante and variations will be played on fortepiano by Maria Rose. Johannes Brahms’ Sonata for violin and piano, op. 78 wil be performed by violinist Cynthia Roberts and fortepianist Audrey Axinn.
The Academy of Fortepiano Performance, led by these renowned performers and specialists, gives students the opportunity to participate in lessons, master classes, and workshops supported by plentiful access to pianos from the 18th and 19th century or their modern replicas. Based at the Piano Performance Museum in Hunter, the Academy has returned year after year, offering performance opportunities on historical instruments that are not normally available to their students. The residency is from May 30 through June 7.
Keyboard Music From the Ages For the Ages will be performed at the Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Hunter, NY on Saturday, May 30 at 7:00 PM. For tickets, visit www.catskillmtn.org, email boxoffice@catskillmtn.org or call 518 263 2063. For more information about the Academy of Fortepiano Performance, go to https://www.academyfortepiano.org/academy2026
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About Catskill Mountain Foundation
The Catskill Mountain Foundation’s (CMF) aim is to provide educational opportunities in the arts for youth and lifelong learners, to bring the experience of the arts to the Catskill community, and to support artists and art organizations in the development of their work through residencies. Since its founding in 1998, CMF has presented hundreds of music, dance, and theater performances; screened over 1,000 films to tens of thousands of audience members; provided studio arts classes to thousands of students of all ages; and served thousands of art-loving patrons in the Catskill Mountain Foundation Gift Shop. The Catskill Mountain Foundation operates the Doctorow Center for the Arts in Hunter, the Orpheum Performing Arts Center in Tannersville, and the Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts in Maplecrest, NY.
Since 1998, CMF has raised, generated, and invested close to $16 million in facility development and an excess of $42 million in programming operations, for a total investment in the Catskill community of over $58 million. Catskill Mountain Foundation is supported in part by New York State Council on the Arts, the Greene County Cultural Fund administered by the Greene County Legislature, The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, The Royce Family Foundation, The Samuel and Esther Doctorow Fund, The Orville and Ethel Slutzky Family Foundation, Platte Clove Bruderhof Community, Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation, The Greene County Youth Bureau, Marshall & Sterling Insurance, All Souls’ Church, Stewarts Shops, Windham Foundation, and by private donations. CMF believes that the arts can transform the lives of those touched by it and can transform the community. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
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