Mr. Sweeney will be performing with the LA Opera in their production of Il Trittico. Performances September 6th through September 26th. Click here for tickets or call (213) 972-8001.
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07-10-2008
Mr. Sweeney will be performing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday, August 5th. Click here to order tickets.
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Classical pianist/conductor
National Cello Institute: Opening Concert
05-09-2008
Mr. Sweeney will be performing at the opening concert of the National Cello Institute with acclaimed pianist, Ines Irawati. They will be performing a full recital program together including the works of Beehtoven, Piatigorsky, and Prokofiev.
Date: Sunday June 22nd, 2008
Location: Pomona College -- 550 North College Ave, Claremont, CA 91711 (google maps)
About Ms. Irawati:
Known for her expressivity and virtuosity, Ines Irawati is in demand both as a solo recitalist and a collaborative pianist. Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, she began piano and composition instruction at age six at the Yamaha Music School in Indonesia. At age 12, she made her official debut playing the third Beethoven Piano Concerto and Chopin's first concerto with the Indonesian Youth Symphony. Her early musical studies began with Muneaki Watanabe, Yazeed Djamin and Iravati Soediarso.
As a performer and a composer, Irawati has performed her own compositions all over Indonesia, Singapore and Sri Lanka. At the age of 15, she was invited to the International UNICEF Benefit in Japan, where she performed her first concerto with the Tokyo Symphony. Her work for solo flute, “Flirting Belugas”, was published by the Manduca Music Publication. Her composition teachers include the renowned Indonesian composer, Slamet Abdul Sjukur, and Donald Erb.
At age 14, Irawati was recommended by Jahja Ling, the recently appointed director of the San Diego Symphony, to join the prestigious Young Artists Program at Cleveland Institute of Music. She was accepted under full scholarship, and continued her studies at the Institute where she then received her Bachelors of Music. Her teachers and coaches include Olga Radosavljevich, Vivian Weilerstein, Anne Epperson, and Donald Weilerstein.
Irawati holds a Masters of Music degree from Yale University, where she studied with Claude Frank, and was coached by Peter Frankl, and Kikuei Ikeda, the second violinist of the Tokyo String Quartet. As both a solo and collaborative pianist, she has participated in master classes with such noted musicians as Emmanuel Ax, Murray Perahia, Martin Katz, Barbara Bonney, and Dawn Upshaw (more....)