Chopin Workshop with Jarred Dunn

Feb. 9, 2023

Through Chopin's Eyes: Editions and Filiation

Join Jarred Dunn at the Beckett School at Laurier for a piano workshop specializing in Chopin repertoire.

This seminar emphasizes the importance of Chopin manuscripts in teaching his music. We will examine Chopin piano works in two ways: (1) sources consulted and cited by popular publications (Ekier/Paderewski editions), and (2) Chopin's handwriting. Participants will learn to detect desirable versions of Chopin pedaling, phrasing, and embellishment.

• Location: 190 Lester Street, Waterloo, room 7
• Dates: March 24, 2023
• Time: 10 a.m. - noon
• Cost: $20; no cost for BSL instructors or WLU students
• Open to: Piano teachers, students (both WLU faculty and students as well as community members all invited)

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Recital: Jarred Dunn Plays Chopin

Join Jarred Dunn for a Chopin recital! No cost for attendees and no registration required. 

• Location: St. James-Rosemount United Church, Kitchener
• Dates: March 25, 2023
• Time: 5:15 p.m. 

Program:

Five Mazurkas, Op. 6

Nr. 1 in F-Sharp Minor
Nr. 2 in C-Sharp Minor
Nr. 3 in E Major
Nr. 4 in E-Flat Minor
Nr. 5 in C Major

Four Mazurkas, Op. 7

Nr. 1 in B-Flat Major
Nr. 2 in A Minor
Nr. 3 in F Minor
Nr. 4 in A-Flat Major

Four Mazurkas, Op. 17

Nr. 1 in B-Flat Major
Nr. 2 in E Minor
Nr. 3 in A-Flat Major
Nr. 4 in A Minor

Four Mazurkas, Op. 33

Nr. 1 in G-Sharp Minor
Nr. 2 in C Major
Nr. 3 in D Major
Nr. 4 in B Minor

More about Jarred Dunn:

Jarred Dunn (Yamaha Artist) won first prize and concerto award at the 7th Lithuanian Chopin International Competition, was a prizewinner at the 1st Hoffman International Competition, and won prizes in piano and chamber music at the Vitti, Verona, and Rome International Competitions. Praised as “a piano sound-colour magician” (Muzikos Barai) and “evocative and mystical” (NYC Classical Music), he has been heard on CBC/Radio-Canada, Classical 96.3FM, WWFM, WQXR, Belarusian First, and Madison Radio/TV. His albums include Chopin and Debussy and Brahms in Solitude. He has performed with orchestras around the world, including NOSPR Katowice, Toruń Symphony, Budapest Chamber, Cantus Chamber, Vilnius Chamber, Niagara Symphony, Toronto Sinfonia, and many more. As a chamber musician he collaborates with Ãtma Quartet and Brahms Summer Festival (Pörtschach).

Jarred Dunn plays recitals often, including performances at Yamaha Performance Centre, Isabel Bader Centre, New York International Festival, Warsaw NIFC, NOSPR Katowice, Dvorana Hall (Bratislava), Klavierhaus Göttingen, Vilnius Town Hall, Franz Liszt Hall, etc. His Chopin playing is recognized for its “elegance and noble sensitivity, passion - without being pathetic - beautiful piano and powerful forte, melodious cantilena, broad phrasing and very rich, nuanced range of sounds” (Warsaw Arts Review).

He judges in competitions, including the Global Musical Arts, Lithuanian International Chopin, Classicalia International, and CFMTA National Piano Competitions. In 2022, he hosted Competition Studio TV at the 12th International Paderewski Piano Competition.

He studied at the Bydgoszcz Academy of Music with Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń after graduating with distinction from Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, where he studied piano with Anna Górecka and chamber music with Urszula Stańczyk. He took Professional Studies at The Juilliard School with Jacob Lateiner and Yoheved Kaplinsky. He continued his studies with Dorothy Taubman, Andrei Gavrilov, Robert Levin, Andrzej Jasiński, and Maria João-Pires.