Photo Memories of

the 64th
MATTHAY PIANO FESTIVAL

The College of St. Scholastica
Duluth, Minnesota
June 22-25, 2022

honoring

"Mannheimer and Matthay:
Celebrating Legacies of Excellence"
















The American Matthay Association gratefully thanks the Minnesota Music Teachers Association for its sponsorship

















LEFT: Panel discussion on Frank Mannheimer with JOHN PERRY, AIKO ONISHI, JANICE LARSON RAZAQ, SIGNE ZALE, and STEPHEN SIEK, moderator.



RIGHT: Two great master teachers: AIKO ONISHI and JOHN PERRY












LEFT: KIM CRAIG and AIKO ONISHI



RIGHT: Three former pupils of FRANK MANNHEIMER in Mr. Mannheimer's former living room on East Third Street. STEPHEN SIEK, JANICE LARSON RAZAQ, and SIGNE ZALE















LEFT: Participants in the afternoon session honoring LEO SOWERBY, L to R: DAN FRANKLIN SMITH, STEPHEN SIEK, FRANCIS CROCIATA, SIGNE ZALE, and NICK SUSI



RIGHT: CLARA WELLS scholars after JOHN PERRY'S superb master class, L to R: MATTHEW GROSSI, MARIKO YAMADA, JOHN PERRY, and NAREN PALOMINO














LEFT: JANICE LARSON RAZAQ presents a lecture/recital on Schumann's Waldszenen, exploring the insights she once received from her teacher FRANK MANNHEIMER

RIGHT: WENDY FREELAND presents a lecture/recital honoring her teacher JOHN KENNETH ADAMS, a devoted pupil of FRANK MANNHEIMER




















LEFT: VICKY FISCHER FAW (MTNA Teacher of the Year) on "Articulating Bartók (the Anti-Matthay?): Understanding the Touch Notation in his Piano Works"

RIGHT: The final performance of this year's Matthay Festival. L-R: JIM LEES, STEVEN SMITH, ANDREW SMITH, MARIKO YAMADA, and KEVIN CHANCE















LEFT: BETTINA MUHLENBECK lecturing on "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and William Sterndale Bennett: Undiscovered Letters of Musical Admiration."

RIGHT: Three Generations spreading the ideals of Tobias Matthay and Frank Mannheimer: NEIL RUTMAN, NAREN PALOMINO, and AIKO ONISHI


















LEFT: DAN FRANKLIN SMITH exploring the beauties inherent in Prokofiev's Ninth Sonata

RIGHT: MARIKO YAMADA lecturing on "Matthay Awareness in Japan: Translating The Act of Touch into Japanese, and its Reinterpretation."

























Videos from the Matthay YouTube Channel



Listen to the Recital of Janice Larson Razaq





Listen to the Recital of David Abbott


Listen to the Recital of Neil Rutman


Hear Francis Crociata's Presentation on Leo Sowerby


Watch the Festival Video honoring Frank Mannheimer







Program Schedule

Biographies of 2022 Presenters

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