Newport Music Festival 2010 Celebrates 42nd Season
65 Concerts in Newport Mansions Scheduled July 9-25
 

Newport, RI, April 01, 2010—The Newport Music Festival 2010 celebrates its 42nd season July 9–25, continuing the tradition of presenting unique chamber music programs, American debuts, world-class artists and special events in the Gilded Age “summer cottages” of Newport, Rhode Island. Entering his thirty-sixth season, Artistic Director Dr. Mark P. Malkovich, III researches and selects works from the 19th century chamber music, vocal repertoire and the Romantic-era piano literature, to create one of the most extraordinary festivals in the world. In its forty-one year history, the Newport Music Festival has become celebrated for presenting over one hundred thirty artists and ensembles in their American debuts. Yamaha Pianos and Your New England Toyota Dealer are the major Festival sponsors.

The Festival will present 65 concerts—three to five per day—in the famous Newport Mansions with 35 American and international artists from 14 countries. Season-long tributes to the bicentenaries of composers Frédéric François Chopin and Robert Alexander Schumann will feature their enduring music. Morning concerts are at 11 a.m., afternoons usually at 4 p.m. and evenings at The Breakers, the queen of the Newport Mansions, at 9 p.m. Midnight concerts feature one-hour intermission-free works with champagne receptions preceding. The Festival was again selected for “America’s Elite 1000—the Ultimate List,” the very best American luxury goods, shops, services and special events; it has also been named one of the “Top 50 Outstanding Festivals & Events” in North America by Leisure Group Travel magazine.

We’re planning one of our “most festive of festivals” [Bernard Levin, London Times]. Afternoon concerts are being given the names of international toasts, e.g. “Cheers!,” “Skål,” “Salud,” “Zdorovie,” etc., featuring music of their respective countries. Hungarian pianist Gergely Bogànyi will perform the complete piano works of Chopin in a series of ten morning concerts. Every single piano piece, including a newly reconstructed one, will be heard. Italian pianist Carlo Grante will follow with his own Scarlatti Series and a Schumann Series. To date, 35 artists are confirmed, including Ukrainian pianist Alexei Grynyuk, American pianist Frederick Moyer and the American debuts of Ukrainian bayan sensation Aleksandr Hrustevich (of YouTube fame) and soprano Julia Sitkovetsky, who will perform with her father, violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky, and her grandmother, pianist Bella Davidovich. Claire Huangci, winner of the US Chopin Competition 2010, will bring a close to the Festival with a recital on July 25th. More than 500 compositions are included in the morning, afternoon and evening concerts, many of which are unusual and seldom played. Several works by American composers are planned as well.

For further information and brochure requests, kindly write the Newport Music Festival, PO Box 3300, Newport, RI 02840-0992, or phone 401-846-1133. Newport County tourist information is available at the Newport County Convention & Visitors Bureau, 23 America’s Cup Avenue, Newport, RI 02840, local phone 401-849-8098 or toll-free 800-976-5122. The Rhode Island Division of Tourism may also be reached toll-free at 800-845-2000. Informational websites include GoNewport.com and VisitRhodeIsland.com. Current Festival information is also available on the official Festival website www.newportmusic.org. Or you may e-mail your request to staff@newportmusic.org.