The Miami International Piano Festival Spectacular 2025 Season
Kemal Gekic, Artistic Director of the MIPF and Artist-in-Residence & Professor of Piano at Herbert and Nicole Wertheim School of Music at FIU, will be performing on January 12, 2025, at the Aventura Arts and Cultural Center. His exciting program will include some of his own compositions and the music of the great romantic composers Chopin and Liszt.
Kemal Gekic has enriched the artistic community in Miami and throughout Florida with his unparalleled artistry since 1989. His concerts are real experiences and unique events. He is a true communicator that can take his audience into a magical and inspiring experience and embodies all important forms of art. He is a visionary, a philosopher, a storyteller, a magician, a painter, an actor, a true guiding light, and an inspiration for younger audiences.
PROGRAM
January 12, 2025
KEMAL GEKIC (Croatia)
K. GEKIC Prologue (2023) F. CHOPIN
Nocturne Op.9 No 2 (with variants by the composer)
Grande Valse Brillante Op.18Valse Op. 64 No. 1Fantaisie Impromptu Op. 66Prelude Op.28 No. 15Barcarolle Op.60Polonaise 0p.53INTERMISSIONF. LISZT
Liebestraum No. 3Concert etude Un Sospiro (Siloti edition)Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 K. GEKIC
Dialogues (2015) Introduction and Concert Fugue (1981) Movement (2023)
Mission of Patrons of Exceptional Artists
Exceptionally talented pianists, with unwavering dedication, devote their entire youth to developing their skills, abiding by rigid and demanding schedules, and focusing on achieving a successful music career. During this arduous process, they often find themselves lost without the support and understanding of a benefactor. That is where the mission and purpose of Patrons of Exceptional Artists comes in, an organization that, for the last 25 years, has brought the talent of countless deserving pianists to the attention of the public, conductors, and agents. Many of our artists are now in the international circuit, represented by top management.
To enrich its mission, in 1998, Patrons of Exceptional Artists branched out to create the now-celebrated Miami International Piano Festivals and Academy, where students experience the hands-on immersion of working closely with an outstanding international faculty. In the winter, the MIPFA takes place at the beautiful Cadet Hotel in Miami Beach, and in the summer at the Gustav Mahler Cultural Center in Dobbiaco, Italy, a gateway to the Dolomites, about which Mahler wrote, “Dobbiaco is extraordinary: it tempers your body and soul.”
We have also expanded our outreach through an online state-of-the-art virtual platform that continues to evolve, creating an archive and visual library of all MIPF activities. The goal is to provide global exposure to our artists while allowing music lovers worldwide to enjoy our concerts, lectures, and masterclasses. The Miami International Piano Festival concerts are interactive experiences that engage our audiences and enhance their appreciation of music in its infinite prism of ideas and emotions.
Giselle Brodsky, founder and artistic director of Patrons of Exceptional Artists, spends hundreds of hours
listening to innumerable performances of hopeful applicants to select artists who, with their passion and commitment to the expression of music, will inspire and be inspired by our faculty, students, and audience.
Patrons Of Exceptional Artists is a 501 (C) (3) non-profit organization. For more information, contact Giselle Brodsky, at info@miamipianofest.com or visit our website at miamipianofest.com.