Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank

Whether it’s a kitchen pirouette or morning-routine pas de deux, domestic partners continually hone their couples choreography. When prize-winning pianists and spouses Ran Dank and Soyeon Kate Lee perform together, this literally means not stepping on each other’s toes. The Dank / Lee Duo puts four hands on one piano for duets The New York Times praised for “a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style.” These Juilliard graduates have performed alongside major symphony orchestras worldwide and co-founded Music by the Glass, a concert series bringing together young professionals in New York City. Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank’s touring program features four-handed transcriptions of Felix Mendelssohn and Nikolai Kapustin, as well as a freshly commissioned piece by Grammy®-nominated composer / pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin.

PROGRAM

Rachmaninoff:
from Etudes Tableaux Op. 39

1. Allegro agitato
2. Lento assai
3. Allegro molto 
4. Appassionato
5. Allegro Moderato. Tempo di Marcia.

Ran Dank, piano

Scriabin:
Etude Op. 2 No. 1
Etude Op. 8 No. 2
Etude Op. 65 No. 3

Ravel:
La Valse

Soyeon Kate Lee, piano

Marc-Andre Hamelin:
Tango for Four Hands
Soyeon Kate Lee, Ran Dank

Intermission

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

PRE-SHOW TALK | 6:30PM | STEWART CENTER 310
Join musicologist Dr. Daniel Guberman for a discussion about the evening’s performance.